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A few snores could be heard from inside the room. Ye Xiao wanted to ask, but held back.

Instead of continuing forward, Zhao Huai, who was ahead, shone his flashlight on a small bed on one side.

Ye Xiao then noticed that there was a person lying there.

A woman, probably in her fifties, is lying in bed snoring.

Just as Zhao Huaigang was about to go over, a painful groan suddenly came from inside.

Startled, Zhao Huai immediately strode to the bedside and forcefully shook the elderly woman awake.

"Hey, wake up!"

The violent shaking woke the elderly woman in bed. She opened her eyes groggily and seemed to hear the cries of pain from inside, which immediately made her more alert.

The woman hurriedly threw off the covers, got out of bed, slipped on her slippers, grabbed the flashlight from Zhao Huai's hand, and quickly walked inside.

Ye Xiao followed Zhao Huai to the doorway, not daring to go in. He could only watch as the older woman stopped in the third-to-last cubicle on the right, then reached out and lifted the curtain to go inside.

Some of the painful groans grew clearer, and a sound came from inside.

"What's wrong? Stomach ache? Ouch!"

Immediately, the woman lifted the curtain and waved anxiously to Ye Xiao and his companion at the door, "Come quickly and help! Her water has broken, she's about to give birth!"

My water broke, I'm about to give birth?

Ye Xiao was still a little confused. Seeing Zhao Huai walking quickly in that direction, he had no choice but to follow him quickly as well.

I lifted the curtain and entered the cubicle. Inside, there was a single bed. The space was small, with only a bedside table next to the partition.

Lying on the single bed was a woman who was not overweight, wearing a wide dress. She was not exactly thin, but she was definitely not fat either.

But her belly was swollen and huge, which looked somewhat frightening.

The blanket was pulled to one side, and there was a large wet patch on the bed. The woman looked to be around thirty years old and was currently holding her stomach, groaning with a distorted expression.

The older woman urged from the side, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and help me get this person to Section 2."

"Come on, lend a hand!"

Zhao Huai beckoned to Ye Xiao, who had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

He supported the woman by the arm and lifted her back, almost pulling and dragging her to her feet.

Ye Xiao and Zhao Huai, one on each side, slowly led the woman out of the cubicle.

She didn't look well; her face was pale, and her eyes showed neither the joy of becoming a mother nor the anxiety and apprehension about childbirth.

Instead, it exuded an eerie, deathly aura. Its legs moved mechanically, like a puppet, allowing Zhao Huai and Ye Xiao to lead it out of the cubicle and towards Zone 2.

After passing through the isolation door and arriving at Zone 2, Zhao Huai pointed to a room in the corridor, "Go there, the operating room!"

The older woman was running ahead, hurrying towards the small room next to Dr. Liao's office, and banging on the door.

"Dr. Liao, I'm due to give birth on the 9th."

Not long after, Dr. Liao opened the door and hurriedly came out of the house, following the old lady this way.

As he pushed open the operating room door, he asked the older woman:

"Who? Number 9?"

"Correct!"

Snapped!

The operating room lights were turned on; there seemed to be a separate circuit used here.

The bright room was a stark white, looking cold and hard.

Two operating tables were placed on either side of the room. Dr. Liao pointed to the operating table on the left.

"Let number 9 lie down on it."

As he spoke, he quickly put on a sanitary uniform, then grabbed a notebook from the table and began flipping through it.

"The 9th, is the due date earlier than expected?"

Ye Xiao felt the woman beside him suddenly tremble. Her previously wandering gaze suddenly focused and fell on the operating table that was gradually approaching.

Ye Xiao could feel the body beneath his hands trembling slightly, as if the woman had a physiological fear and aversion to the operating table.

But the woman's spirit seemed to have been completely tamed. Even with physiological repulsion, she mechanically moved her feet toward that direction without any resistance.

Ye Xiao and Zhao Huai helped the woman to the operating table. The woman seemed quite familiar with the procedures to come.

She lay directly on the operating table, lifted her skirt, spread her legs, and supported her knees.

Her round, bulging belly was exposed, as was her lower body.

Ye Xiao didn't dare to look and turned his head away, walking to a corner.

A feeling that wasn't disgust, but rather extreme discomfort, left Ye Xiao with very mixed feelings.

Strangely, few of the tens of thousands of online viewers in the live stream spoke up at this moment. At first, a few people complained and made sarcastic remarks, but in the end, they all fell into an odd silence.

Although some parts of the video are blurred, everyone can still clearly feel a sense of oppression and strangeness.

Ye Xiao's somber and serious expression caused everyone to frown as well.

The woman's breathing, accompanied by a trembling shiver, echoed in the operating room.

Wearing rubber gloves, Dr. Liao walked a few steps to the operating table and turned off the overhead operating light.

He lowered his head and reached out to examine it...

Ye Xiao stood in a blind spot, deliberately avoiding the rather "unseemly" scene.

"It's only dilated to 5 centimeters, we'll have to wait a bit longer."

As he spoke, he took off his rubber gloves, took a bottle of medicine from the medicine cabinet, hung it on the IV stand next to the operating table, and inserted the needle into the woman's hand, saying:

"Let's keep you on an IV drip for now, so you'll have the strength to stand up soon."

"Don't be half-dead. You know, Boss Tang doesn't allow seppuku..."

Seeing the woman lying on the operating table like a dead dog, Dr. Liao frowned, leaned close to her ear, and said a few words.

Because they were quite far apart and the other person was deliberately keeping their voice down, Ye Xiao couldn't hear what they were whispering about at all.

But it was obvious that the woman, who had been completely unfocused and looked like a lazy bum, had a momentary tremor in her eyes, and her hands, which were placed beside her, also trembled slightly.

Even more remarkably, she finally responded, nodding at Dr. Liao with a look of fear and unease that indicated she understood.

As time went on, the woman's contractions seemed to grow stronger, and her groans became increasingly painful, giving Ye Xiao goosebumps.

"You two can go out first!"

Dr. Liao said something to Ye Xiao and Zhao Huai, and Ye Xiao suddenly felt as if he had been granted a pardon, and quickly walked out of the operating room.

The two didn't dare go far and could only stay outside the door.

After an unknown amount of time, a heart-wrenching groan suddenly came from inside.