Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Chapter 467 Thank you for being willing to stay by my side

Lin Qingping slowly woke up, feeling as if she had been asleep in the darkness for a very, very long time...

It was quiet all around; there wasn't a sound.

Where are the children?

She clearly heard the child crying.

She touched her belly, which was flat. She was startled. Was she still stuck in her past life?

Startled, he came to his full senses.

"Hey, she's awake, she's awake," a familiar voice said.

Lin Qingping glanced to the side and saw that it was her eldest sister, Gu Youlian.

Gu Youlian's eyes were red, and she looked at her with tears of joy, "Pingzi, you're awake, that's wonderful."

Lin Qingping felt very weak, and even speaking was a bit difficult. "Sister, why are you here..."

"It's not just your sister who's here, we've all come."

With the sound, Lin Qingping saw Wu Tianjiao and Mei Li smiling in front of her.

Lin Qingping was somewhat stunned. Was this real? Or was she dreaming? Why were these two people appearing?

“Pingzi, come here and see my daughter-in-law.” Meili brought a swaddled baby to her.

Daughter-in-law?

Lin Qingping's mind was still a bit slow, and she couldn't quite grasp it.

“You gave birth to a daughter,” Wu Tianjiao said with a smile. “Meili is so fond of her that she wants to keep her for herself. Don’t pay any attention to her. Although Hengheng is my nephew, I won’t favor him.”

daughter?

Lin Qingping was shocked.

A daughter?! She gave birth? Was that really her precious baby crying just now? Was it her little baby's voice that pulled her back from the darkness?

She lay there, very weak, and Melly pressed the baby against her face, a faint, unfamiliar fragrance filling her breath.

At that moment, tears welled up in her eyes.

She had asked herself again and again what the meaning of being reborn was.

She had given herself the answer countless times, but at this moment, life suddenly took on a new meaning...

"Where is Gu Juncheng?" she suddenly remembered.

“We were just here a moment ago!” Gu Youlian replied.

As they were talking, a figure appeared at the door. Seeing that she had woken up, he strode over, pushed Gu Youlian aside, bent down, and stood in front of her. He probably wanted to hold her hand, but since she had an IV drip in her hand, he withdrew his hand.

Then, he just watched her quietly, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he didn't say a word.

Lin Qingping then noticed that his eyes were red and his eyelashes were wet.

He didn't... cry, did he?

"Gu Juncheng..." she called softly, gazing into his eyes, looking very deep, and smiled at him, "We have a daughter."

"Yes!" He nodded vigorously, but his eyes were even redder.

He quickly turned his face to the side.

Lin Qingping, however, truly saw that his eyes were moist...

Seeing this, Gu Youlian and the others exchanged glances.

Little Zhangzhu was fast asleep. Meili gently placed the child in the crib and went out with Gu Youlian and the others.

"Gu Juncheng, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Lin Qingping looked at the face in front of her, but what floated before her eyes was the dream of returning to her past life. The words on the tombstone were still deeply engraved in her mind.

She raised a hand and gently stroked his face.

The touch of his fingertips was warm and elastic, and when it reached his chin, the stubble prickled her fingers and made them itch slightly.

All of this is so real, so vivid, and so precious.

She wasn't left alone and helpless in her past life, and he didn't leave this world too early. They even had a continuation of life. What was there to be unhappy about?

“I’m not unhappy…” He held her hand, pressed his face against her palm, his eyes reddened, and his voice hoarse, “I’m very happy, really, Lin Qingping, thank you, you’ve worked hard.”

Thank you for being by my side.

Thank you for everything you've done for me.

"How are you feeling now? Is it still in pain?" He looked at her as if she were a glass doll, someone he dared not touch, as if she would shatter at the slightest touch.

Lin Qingping shook her head. She felt a little uncomfortable in her abdomen, but it wasn't very painful.

"Are you hungry?" Gu Juncheng asked her again, but after asking, he remembered the nurse's instructions that she couldn't eat yet, and his gaze became even more profound.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Qingping smiled at him, her heart filled with the joy and satisfaction of being a mother. "Have you seen your daughter?"

"Of course I've seen it." He suddenly stood up. "I'll bring the pearl over so you can have a good look at it."

Lin Qingping's gaze followed his figure, and she discovered that he had picked up the child with remarkable skill.

"You're so good at holding babies!" she exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, I've learned it." He held the pearl in his hands again in front of her. "Look, how beautiful it is, just like you."

Although Lin Qingping was the biological mother, she really couldn't tell who the newborn baby resembled, nor could she see why this sleeping little one was so beautiful...

But Gu Juncheng's gaze was firm; he was convinced that his daughter was beautiful. Lin Qingping was too lazy to argue with him and simply asked, "Were you the first person to hold her?"

He shook his head. "No, it was my older sister. She taught me how to hold a baby."

Lin Qingping assumed that he was panicked and afraid to hold the child when he first saw him.

In reality, Gu Juncheng didn't get the first chance to hold his daughter because the first person he rushed to was her, not his daughter, but the woman who was wheeled out of the hospital bed, suffering terribly inside and talking incoherently...

“Very good, healthy.” Gu Juncheng only said these two words when he pulled his daughter close to her.

It seems that the only expectation for this child is that he/she is healthy.

Lin Qingping kissed her daughter's soft little face, which carried the unique scent of a baby, and her heart melted.

What was supposed to be a heartwarming scene was instead filled with an inexplicable depth of meaning in Gu Juncheng's gaze.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Qingping asked, seeing him like this. She began to wonder if he was like his mother, starting to feel dissatisfied that he had given birth to a daughter.

Facing her gaze, Gu Juncheng said in a hoarse voice, "I'm thinking, is it really better to have a son than a daughter?"

Lin Qingping felt a sudden boom in her mind, as if the sky had collapsed.

There was a soft knock on the ward door; someone had arrived.

"Come in," Gu Juncheng said.

The door opened, and Zhiyuan walked in.

"Zhiyuan, school's over?" Lin Qingping's mind was still racing, thinking about what Gu Juncheng had just said. She forced a smile.

Zhiyuan nodded and asked her, "Mom, does it hurt?"

Lin Qingping shook her head and said with a smile, "You found the hospital yourself? How did you know the way?"

"I know! I remember the way," Zhiyuan said, but his eyes were anxious, constantly glancing towards Zhangzhu.

“Go see your sister,” Lin Qingping said.

"Okay!" Zhiyuan was overjoyed. He took something out of his schoolbag and pulled out a bag of candy and a small silver bracelet to give to his sister.