Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lin Wenwen was also looking at her stomach concernedly. “It’s been a month, yet you still don’t look like a pregnant woman at all,” she said, “Is everything alright? Sis… Um, Chief, are you sure that she’s safe?”
It had been four or five months since Lin Qiao got pregnant, but her lower stomach was still flat. As Lin Qiao was always traveling, Mrs. Lin, who had no work to do, started worrying about her, even though she knew that the baby was special.
So, once Lin Qiao returned to the base, Mrs. Lin couldn’t help but drag her to Lin Hao’s place for a check-up this time.
“She is fine, really! She eats and sleeps a lot. She is good!” Lin Qiao felt a little helpless. She knew about her baby the best, yet her family was still worried about her. She didn’t know how to explain to them.
“You still need to do some regular checking to let Lin Hao know about your condition. Earlier, we didn’t have the devices, but now we do. We need to know how the baby is growing,” Mrs. Lin looked at Lin Qiao and said.
“Mom is right. You need to listen to Mom and let Lin Hao give you a check-up,” Lin Wenwen agreed with Mrs. Lin.
“Alright, I get it!” Lin Qiao sighed. She had no choice but to listen to them.
“From now on, you should come here to let Lin Hao give you a checking every time you return from work. This is not only for you, but also for the baby,” said Mrs. Lin earnestly.
Lin Hao was ready for a while. Once Lin Qiao arrived at his place, he asked her to lift her top and expose her lower belly.
Lin Qiao didn’t feel awkward, as she was facing her own little brother. With the serious attitude of a doctor, Lin Hao carefully observed her womb through the b-ultrasonic scanner.
The image in the screen surprised Lin Hao. After printing the result, he pointed at a small spot on it and started talking.
“Look, this is the baby. It seems that she has just gotten through the embryogenesis, and entered the development phase. Normally, this phase starts in the fourth month of the pregnancy. Some people call it ‘the end of the critical stage’. The baby is of a normal size like any healthy baby. But, her growth is a bit too slow. Sister, you and that man… Eh, you did it in October last year, right?” After explaining the baby’s condition, Lin Hao glanced at Lin Qiao and asked a question.
Lin Qiao sat up and adjusted her clothes, then took over the paper. Looking at the tiny spot, her heart was filled with warmth that made her not help but curve her lips in a smile. However, the smile on her face faded the moment she heard Lin Hao’s question. “Emm,” she nodded and responded.
Lin Hao looked at her with a strong curiosity and asked, “Who on earth is he? When will you tell us? You’re not gonna wait until the father came to us for the baby, are you?”
‘He is already doing that!’
Lin Qiao rolled her eyes in her heart. But still, she maintained her bland tone and said, “We’ll talk about it if he really has the courage to come to us.”
Lin Hao rolled his eyes the same way as Lin Qiao would, then responded with, “Don’t tell me that he doesn’t know about the baby yet? Aren’t you going to tell him?”
“This baby isn’t the same as normal babies…” Lin Qiao put a hand on her belly while her eyes glowed with a soft light.
Hearing her, Lin Hao wore a cold look and replied with, “Are you worrying that he might not want the baby?”
Lin Qiao glanced at him but stayed silent. Currently, she couldn’t even tell if the baby would be a human or a zombie.
“If that’s the case, I think you are doing the right thing,” said Lin Hao with a faint, cold light in his eyes. Then, he frowned slightly and continued, “The baby’s… The baby’s heart isn’t beating.”
A normal fetus would have a heartbeat at the age of fifty or sixty days. Lin Qiao was pregnant for months, so the baby’s heart should have started beating long ago. However, Lin Hao didn’t heart her heartbeat just now.
“What do you mean?” Lin Qiao paused briefly, then fixed her eyes on Lin Hao.
“It’s okay, relax! Even though the baby doesn’t have a heartbeat, she still seems healthy. But, we need to wait longer to see about her development. Normally, the fetal heart will form before the other parts. Your baby has already entered the development stage, so the heartbeat… Maybe, it’s because of you,” Lin Hao tried to explain, but he also had a confused look on his face.
He didn’t understand why the baby didn’t have a heartbeat. He didn’t major in obstetrics. He read a lot of relevant books for Lin Qiao, but currently, he only had some basic knowledge in that sphere.
Currently, the baby was growing slowly but endlessly. That was a good thing at the end.
“Your condition is going for the better. We just don’t know when she will be born,” Lin Hao comforted Lin Qiao while trying to change the topic.
Lin Qiao nodded and sighed with relief. However, deep down, she felt a little lost, for the fact that the baby didn’t have a heartbeat.
Would her heart never beat? So, Viney might be born as a child who had no heartbeat. Would she be a zombie?
As they came out of the room, Mrs. Lin and Lin Wenwen hurriedly walked up and asked Lin Hao about the baby eagerly, “How’s it going? Is the baby okay?”
Lin Hao glanced at Lin Qiao. As the latter nodded silently, he said to Mrs. Lin, “Mom, the baby is fine. She’s just growingly much slower than normal babies. So, we can’t tell when she will be born. Based on what we know now, she has just entered the development state. Normal babies mostly take three months to enter that stage, yet this baby took five. A normal baby would be born in six months from that stage. According to that, we’ll probably need to wait for ten months. Well of course, that is only a guess of mine. We still need to wait and see when exactly she will come to this world.”
Lin Hao didn’t tell Mrs. Lin about the heartbeat, but only mentioned the positive facts about the baby.
“So, the pregnancy will last fifteen months in total? And, the baby is developing much slower than normal babies?” Lin Wenwen looked at Lin Qiao’s flat belly with confusion while murmuring to herself.
“I see! Good… as long as the baby will be born safely!” Mrs. Lin sighed with relief, then continued with, “Are they both okay?”
Lin Hao nodded and said, “Chief is perfectly healthy, and so is the baby.”
“Good, good!” Mrs. Lin finally stopped worrying.
“Alright, I’ve done the checking! Let’s head back… Lin Hao needs to work. The medical department is busy now,” While speaking, Lin Qiao gently put an arm around Mrs. Lin’s shoulder and brought her out of Lin Hao’s office.
But then, she suddenly recalled that she had read from a report earlier saying that one among the second batch of commoners from Hades Base was having his superpower waking up.
She stopped walking, then turned to asked Lin Hao, “Where is the man who is still triggering his superpower?”
