Courtyard House: Starting by inheriting the tradition and suppressing the barbarians.

The atmosphere in the courtyard has been quite eerie these past few days.

Inside the central courtyard.

Sha Zhu is like a rooster that's been injected with chicken blood!

He always holds his head high, with an uncontrollable silly grin on his face.

Ever since he became certain that Qin Huairu was pregnant with his child.

This silly Zhu has completely immersed himself in the role of "soon-to-be father".

In the dead of winter, Qin Huairu didn't even have to move a finger.

The water for washing the face was carried by Sha Zhu, and the water for washing the feet was poured by Sha Zhu.

Even the snow in front of the Jia family's house was swept clean by Sha Zhu before dawn.

He was afraid that Qin Huairu might slip and fall, hurting his "eldest son".

Inside the Jia family's house, Qin Huairu lay on her side on the kang (a heated brick bed), covered with a thick cotton quilt.

She peeled the big red dates that Sha Zhu had bought, and every now and then she let out a pretentious groan.

"Oh... Pillar, I want something sour."

"Alright! Sour for a boy, spicy for a girl! It's definitely a son!"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu, who was chopping wood at the door, threw down his axe and ran over happily.

"Sister Qin, what kind of sour food do you want?"

"Hawthorn cake? Or candied hawthorn berries? I'll go buy them right now!"

Seeing Sha Zhu's expression, as if he wanted to tear his heart out, a hint of smugness flashed in Qin Huairu's eyes.

But more than anything, it was a feeling of guilt.

The more realistic the performance, the more tense she became.

After all, the baby in her womb doesn't actually exist.

......

Just as Sha Zhu was about to go out to buy candied hawthorns.

They happened to run into Li Xuan, who had just come out of the backyard pushing a cart.

In the past, Sha Zhu would have completely ignored Li Xuan.

But today, Sha Zhu is in a good mood!

He felt that he had finally gotten his revenge in front of Li Xuan!

You, Li Xuan, are rich and powerful.

But I have a son now!

And you don't have that yet!

This primal sense of superiority regarding reproduction inflated Sha Zhu's ego!

"Hey, isn't this Advisor Li?"

Sha Zhu stood with his hands behind his back, deliberately puffing out his chest, blocking Li Xuan's car.

With a smug grin on his face, he said, "Where are you going to see the big boss for medical treatment this weekend?"

"If you ask me, your medical skills are excellent, but you also need to take care of this important life event."

"Don't let my son be running around all over the place by then, and you're still stuck studying medicine!"

This blatant boasting made several neighbors sunbathing nearby feel uneasy for Sha Zhu.

That silly Zhu really forgets the pain once the wound heals; he always brings up the very thing he shouldn't have.

Li Xuan stopped and held the handlebars with one hand.

He looked Sha Zhu up and down as if he were examining a terminally ill patient.

That look in his eyes made Sha Zhu feel inexplicably uneasy.

"What are you looking at?" Sha Zhu asked, sticking his neck out.

Li Xuan ignored him and instead turned his gaze to the half-open window of the Jia family's house.

Just in time, you could see Qin Huairu lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) pretending to be serious.

At that moment, Qin Huairu also happened to be looking out through the crack in the window.

Upon meeting Li Xuan's ambiguous gaze, she was so frightened that she quickly shrank back under the covers, her heart pounding wildly.

"Silly Pillar."

Li Xuan withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly, "I heard Qin Huairu is pregnant?"

"That's right!"

Sha Zhu looked proud. "You've heard about it too?"

"Hehe, envious, aren't you? I, He Yuzhu, have a son!"

"Do you have a son?"

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, his smile carrying three parts mockery and seven parts pity.

Although he did not activate his X-ray vision.

But for a top-notch doctor, observation, listening, questioning, and palpation are the basic skills.

Qin Huairu looked somewhat haggard.

However, her blood and qi were not as abundant as those of a pregnant woman.

On the contrary, he has excessive liver fire, which is obviously due to excessive anxiety.

In addition, Qin Huairu's exaggerated acting skills these past few days.

Li Xuan didn't even need to take the pulse to guess the diagnosis with a high degree of accuracy.

"Silly Zhu, we may not get along."

"But as a doctor, I still have to remind you of something."

Li Xuan calmly asked, "How old is Qin Huairu this year? Almost forty, right?"

"In addition, she suffered from chronic malnutrition and overwork."

"I've already had three children."

"Getting pregnant again at this age isn't necessarily a good thing."

Sha Zhu's expression changed: "Li Xuan, what do you mean?"

"You're cursing my son?"

"This is science."

Li Xuan said slowly and deliberately, with an indifferent expression, "In medicine, there is a condition called pseudopregnancy."

"There's another condition... called gynecological tumors."

"For example, uterine fibroids or ovarian cysts."

"These things growing inside the stomach can also make people feel nauseous and vomit."

"My belly will grow bigger every day, and it will look exactly like I'm pregnant."

Li Xuan paused deliberately at this point.

Seeing Shazhu's face gradually turn pale, he delivered the fatal blow.

"And these things grow so fast, it's awful!"

"I noticed that Qin Huairu's complexion has turned pale and her forehead has darkened these past few days."

"It doesn't look like a pregnancy pulse; it looks more like... a lesion."

"Shazhu, you'd better take her to a big hospital for a checkup right away."

"Don't let the happy occasion turn into a tragedy, where not only is the child fake, but the adults will also be lost."

After saying that, Li Xuan didn't even look at Sha Zhu's thunderstruck expression, and rode away on his bicycle.

Only a fleeting sentence lingers in the wind:

"You'll end up losing everything, and you won't even have a chance to cry."

......

in situ.

Sha Zhu stood there frozen, like a sculpture encased in ice.

The excitement they felt just moments before was instantly extinguished by Li Xuan's bucket of ice water.

A tumor?

Cyst?

Is this going to kill me?

These professional medical terms were like hammers, slamming hard into Sha Zhu's head.

If anyone else said that, Sha Zhu would definitely slap them across the face and call them a load of crap.

But this is Li Xuan!

He is a legendary doctor whom even Elder Chen respects!

He's the expert who cured Director Zhang's migraines!

Could his words be mere nonsense?

"No...impossible!"

"Sister Qin is definitely pregnant... how could it be a tumor..."

Sha Zhu muttered to himself, but his hands were already trembling.

He recalled Qin Huairu's appearance over the past few days.

Although I always say I feel nauseous and want to vomit.

But she did look unwell, and sometimes she would secretly clutch her stomach and frown.

Is it really an illness?

"Zhu Zi! Why haven't you gone to buy it yet?"

"I feel so bad..."

Just then, Qin Huairu's urging voice came from inside the room.

If it were just now, Sha Zhu would have definitely agreed without hesitation.

But now, upon hearing this sound of distress, Sha Zhu's heart clenched.

Uncomfortable?

Is the tumor causing pain?

Sha Zhu suddenly turned around and rushed into the house, his face even paler than Qin Huairu's.

"Sister Qin! Stop eating! Quick! Get dressed!"

Sha Zhu yanked off Qin Huairu's blanket, sweating profusely in his haste.

"W-What are you doing?"

Qin Huairu was startled and dropped the dates in her hand.

"To the hospital! Right now!"

Sha Zhu frantically searched for a cotton-padded coat for Qin Huairu.

She said, trembling, "Li Xuan just said that you might not be pregnant, you might have a tumor!"

"It's a terminal illness! We need to get treatment immediately! Otherwise, it will be fatal!"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu nearly rolled off the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Xuan?

It's Li Xuan again!

She had planned everything meticulously, but she never expected Li Xuan to pull this stunt!

Instead of directly exposing the fake pregnancy, he used the pretense of "concern about the patient's condition" to force Sha Zhu to go to the hospital!

This is practically driving her to her doom!

"I'm not going! I'm not sick! I'm just pregnant!"

Qin Huairu gripped the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) tightly, screaming, "Li Xuan is up to no good!"

"He's trying to harm our child!"

"He's a miracle doctor, Sister Qin!"

"It's better to believe it's true than not to believe it's not!"

"Besides, there's no harm in going to the hospital for a checkup."

Sha Zhu displayed unprecedented toughness at this moment.

"Sister Qin, listen to me! Let's go investigate!"

"If she really is pregnant, we'll come back with the test results and slap Li Xuan in the face!"

"If... if it turns out to be a tumor, we can get it treated sooner!"

"Come on! I'll carry you there!"

Without saying a word, Sha Zhu picked up Qin Huairu and rushed out.

"Let me go! You idiot, Zhu!"

"I'm not going to the hospital! I'm not going!"

Qin Huairu struggled desperately on his back, scratching and clawing, terrified.

Wouldn't going to the hospital expose everything?

But at this moment, Sha Zhu, who was blinded by his eagerness to save people, didn't care about any of that.

He carried Qin Huairu on his back and rushed out of the courtyard, heading straight for Hongxing Hospital.

Yi Zhonghai, a judge at the Intermediate People's Court, watched this scene and dropped the teacup he was holding.

"It's over...it's all over..."

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