Fortunately, they were at the county hospital, and Gu Jianing was currently the deputy director there.
As such, her hospitalization and delivery had already garnered significant attention from the hospital’s doctors.
Even without Aunt Zhou around, the doctors were closely monitoring Gu Jianing’s condition.
Thus, shortly after Gu Jianing went into labor, the female doctor assigned to her delivery was notified.
After an examination, it was determined that it wasn’t yet time to move to the delivery room.
Gu Jianing could only be assisted by a nurse to walk around the ward to help with the labor process.
Noticing that no one else was by Gu Jianing’s side, the nurse frowned.
“Director Gu, where are your husband and the others? Is there no one here to take care of you?”
Gu Jianing knew the nurse was concerned about her.
By now, her forehead was already glistening with fine beads of sweat from the pain.
Hearing this, she forced a smile and said, “My husband is a soldier. With the severe typhoon hitting, he’s currently on the front lines of disaster response.”
“Originally, my husband’s grandmother was supposed to come take care of me, but a few days before she was set to leave, she fell and injured her leg.”
“My husband did hire a nanny for me, but unfortunately, she left not long ago because she was worried about her own family during the typhoon.”
The nurse suddenly understood and felt a surge of admiration for Gu Jianing’s husband.
After all, even though they were in the hospital—which wasn’t at the center of the typhoon—the terrifying conditions outside caused by the storm were still visible.
But still…
“That nanny really chose the worst time to leave.”
After walking around the ward for half an hour, the doctor checked again and confirmed that Gu Jianing was now 5 centimeters dilated.
It was finally time to move to the delivery room.
Once inside, her dilation progressed even faster.
Gu Jianing lay on the bed, waves of pain radiating from her abdomen. Thanks to the “Easy Delivery Pill” she had taken earlier, the pain was still within bearable limits.
She could also feel the baby in her belly gradually pushing downward, as if ready to come out.
But then…
“Dr. Gu, you’re fully dilated! It’s time to push!”
“Breathe in, breathe out.”
Just as Gu Jianing was about to muster all her strength to deliver the baby, suddenly—the system’s voice rang sharply in her mind.
[Ding! Detected host’s child in life-threatening danger! Detected host’s child in life-threatening danger…]
Gu Jianing had never found the system’s voice so chilling before.
Now, it felt icy to the bone.
The abrupt alert also caused Gu Jianing, who had been ready to push with all her might, to lose her momentum.
“Dr. Gu, what’s wrong? You need to gather your strength to deliver the baby!”
System, what exactly is going on?
Are Xingxing and Yueyue in danger?
What happened to them?
At this moment, how could Gu Jianing focus on giving birth? She was far more worried about Xingxing and Yueyue’s safety.
Weren’t Xingxing and Yueyue supposed to be at the military base?
How could they be in life-threatening danger there?
Moreover, if they were truly in danger, why hadn’t the protective charms she gave them activated or shattered?
What on earth was happening?
Gu Jianing anxiously pressed the system for answers.
[Apologies, host. The system only detects life-threatening situations involving the host’s children. Further details cannot be determined.]
Gu Jianing wanted to scream curses.
Sheng Zexi wasn’t here, she was in the middle of labor, and now Xingxing and Yueyue were in mortal danger.
Lying in the delivery room, Gu Jianing felt utterly helpless—as if the heavens had turned a deaf ear to her pleas.
And as if her despair wasn’t enough, the Malice Detector also went off at that moment.
[Ding! Detected an individual’s malice toward host’s family members exceeding 99%.]
Gu Jianing: !!!
The alarm blared three times in a row.
Each chime tightened the knot of dread in Gu Jianing’s chest.
A malice value exceeding 99%—what did that mean?
It meant that person harbored murderous intent toward “her family” and would act on it today.
Coupling this with the system’s earlier warning about Xingxing and Yueyue being in danger, Gu Jianing understood immediately.
The targets were Xingxing and Yueyue.
And right now, that person was already making their move—her children were in peril.
However…
The Malice Detector did provide one advantage: it revealed more details.
She quickly opened the detector’s interface.
This function not only identified the malicious individual but also marked who they intended to harm.
At the very least, she could find out who the culprit was!
Sure enough, the alarm’s data confirmed it—the targets were Xingxing and Yueyue.
But when Gu Jianing saw the name of the perpetrator, her eyes widened in shock.
Zhou Juan!
It was actually Zhou Juan!
She remembered—wasn’t the nanny Sheng Zexi had hired to take care of her, the one who was currently absent, also called “Aunt Zhou”?
The person trying to harm Xingxing and Yueyue… was Aunt Zhou?!
Why?
Why would she do this?
Gu Jianing couldn’t comprehend it.
But one thing was clear—both she and Sheng Zexi had been deceived.
Aunt Zhou hadn’t left out of concern for her family.
She had left to find an opportunity to hurt Xingxing and Yueyue.
“System, please, help me think of a way to save them!” Gu Jianing begged internally.
But just then, another wave of pain tore through her abdomen.
“Dr. Gu, you must focus! You can’t afford to be distracted now—you need to push the baby out, or they’ll be in danger!”
The doctors were frantic.
The delivery had been progressing smoothly, but now, it had stalled.
The baby.
Gu Jianing pressed a trembling hand against her swollen belly.
This child was hers too.
She couldn’t let anything happen to them.
Push first. Deliver the baby first.
She made her decision, silently praying that the protective charms she had placed on Xingxing and Yueyue would hold.
And that her clever children would find a way to survive.
“I can see the head! Dr. Gu, push harder!”
“Ah—!”
…
[Ten Minutes Earlier]
The violent typhoon had transformed the world into a chaotic, unrecognizable landscape.
Xingxing and Yueyue, bundled in oversized raincoats, trudged alongside Goudan, the three children following closely behind Aunt Zhou.
The wind and rain were so fierce that they could barely see the path ahead. A single misstep could send them tumbling into the storm.
Every movement was a struggle.
But as they walked, Xingxing frowned, studying their surroundings. The storm raged harder, and something felt… wrong.
Leaning toward Yueyue, he whispered, “This… isn’t the way to the county hospital.”
Xingxing had never walked the route himself, but he had seen it before—when their father drove them from the military base to the hospital.
This wasn’t the same road.
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