Chapter 1223: Take Her Place In A Heartbeat
With the help of Su Shen and the attending doctor, Gu Zi was carefully eased onto the rolling gurney.
The short journey from home had already left her drained. Sweat clung to her brow in glistening beads, sliding down her face like rain on a windowpane. Her lips pressed tightly together as low, pained murmurs escaped—quiet yet agonizing—each one cutting straight through Su Shen’s heart.
The medical staff began briskly wheeling the gurney toward the delivery room, moving with all the urgency of a Code Red emergency.
Su Shen followed immediately, refusing to let even an inch form between them. Behind him trailed Su Jing and the three children, all struggling to keep up with the momentum.
But Su Shen’s eyes never left Gu Zi. Not once. He stared at her as though she might vanish the moment he blinked—as if she were a dream threatening to dissolve. For a brief, surreal moment, he couldn’t even distinguish whether this was reality or another one of those haunting nightmares where she went into labor and he was helpless to protect her.
Then came the nurse—stern, no-nonsense, and definitely not in the mood for dramatics. She extended an arm to block him. "Sir, you’ll have to wait outside."
The words snapped him back like a rubber band to the present. Su Shen blinked and finally registered the bright red sign above the doors: "Delivery Room—Authorized Personnel Only."
Right. This was the boundary line. From here on, he couldn’t go with her.
For the first time in his life, Su Shen understood what it meant to feel utterly powerless. He couldn’t follow her. He couldn’t ease her pain. He couldn’t fight for her. His fists clenched and unclenched at his sides.
A wave of frustration and helplessness washed over him, swallowing him whole. If there were any justice in the world, he would have taken her place in a heartbeat. It was all his fault anyway. Why did he let this happen? Why did he let her get pregnant?