Fang Er's mood grew more restless as he heard Chai Yue's cries of pain from inside.
Sun Simiao, seeing this, patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
"Young friend, I've had some new insights into Tai Chi these past two days. How about we spar a bit?"
Fang Er's head was buzzing. How could he possibly be in the mood for Tai Chi right now?
"Venerable Sun, please don't make things difficult for this humble one. How can I possibly calm my mind to practice boxing at this moment?"
Sun Simiao stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully.
"Tai Chi generates the two forms, the two forms generate the four phenomena, the four phenomena generate the eight trigrams, and the eight trigrams evolve into all things.
The Way of Nature lies in ceaseless generation and the cycle of the Heavenly Dao.
Therefore, thinking of the child about to be born, change your state of mind. Come, accompany me for a spar!"
Having said that, he stopped two meters in front of Fang Er and assumed a ready stance for Tai Chi push hands.
Sun Simiao's words truly gave Fang Er a different feeling.
Ceaseless generation, passing on the torch!
With Changsun Ling'er and the others inside, and Sun Simiao by his side, what was there to fear?
"This lad will spar with Venerable Sun!" Thinking this, Fang Er said gratefully to Sun Simiao.
The two began to push and parry.
Chai Shao stood on the side, his head buzzing. What was going on?
They were fighting while a baby was being born inside!
As time ticked by, Fang Er's forcibly calmed mind grew agitated again, and his movements began to show frequent mistakes.
Chai Shao paced back and forth in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his eyes unknowingly reddening.
Father's love is like a mountain. This was his only daughter!
The arrival of life into the world always involved passing through that first hurdle of life and death.
"Young friend, there's no need to worry. Your honorable son will surely be well."
"Duke of Qiao, it would be best if you also sat down and waited patiently."
Seeing their states, Sun Simiao spoke again to comfort them.
These words were like a powerful shot of adrenaline for Fang Er and Chai Shao.
"Waaah~~~~"
"Waaah~~~~"
"Waaah~~~~"
Just then, a clear, loud, and powerful infant cry echoed from the room.
"She's given birth!"
"Hahahaha, she's given birth!"
Fang Er embraced Sun Simiao, patting his back excitedly and saying.
"Cough, cough!"
"Young friend, spare my life! If you keep patting like that, I'll be gone!"
Sun Simiao's face turned red from his grip, and he quickly begged for mercy.
"Hahahaha, Father-in-law, she's given birth!"
"Hahahaha!"
Releasing Sun Simiao, Fang Er rushed to Chai Shao's side and shouted excitedly.
With a creak, the door opened, and Fang Er quickly turned his head to look.
He saw Changsun Ling'er standing at the doorway holding a swaddled infant, saying with a smile.
"Mother and child are safe!"
"Congratulations, Duke Fang. Yue'er has given you a healthy baby boy!"
"Let me see!" Fang Er hurried over.
Seeing Fang Er running towards her, Changsun Ling'er smiled and handed the baby to him.
However, Fang Er directly ran into the room.
Baby Fang, who thought he would be caught, was thus released by Changsun Ling'er and began to fall towards the ground.
"Holy shit!"
Chai Shao, following behind Fang Er, let out a startled cry and quickly lunged to the ground, catching Baby Fang steadily.
Sun Simiao was stunned!
Xiao Qing quickly ran to Chai Shao's side, took Baby Fang, and helped Chai Shao up.
At this moment, Fang Er had appeared beside Chai Yue. Looking at her pale face, he said with unspeakable heartache, from the bottom of his soul.
"Yue'er, thank you."
Chai Yue smiled weakly and said, "Why are you like this, husband? Since I married you, of course I should bear children for you."
"Oh, right, where's the child?"
"The child?"
Fang Er suddenly remembered. Changsun Ling'er seemed to be handing the child to him just now, but he ran into the room without taking it?
"Oh no! Don't tell me she dropped it!"
Thinking this, he quickly ran outside.
As soon as he reached the doorway, he saw Chai Shao rushing over aggressively and throwing a punch at Fang Er.
However, his fist stopped abruptly just before Fang Er's face. Chai Shao said fiercely, "Alright, you brat! You almost let my grandson be smashed to death!"
Fang Er: ...
"Holy shit, she really dropped it?"
Hearing Chai Shao's words, Fang Er's heart sank. He scanned the surroundings and found the child in Xiao Qing's arms, nervously leaning closer. "Quick, let me see!"
"My lord, thankfully Duke Chai caught him. Otherwise, the young master would have truly fallen,"
Xiao Qing pouted and handed Baby Fang to Fang Er.
"Caught him?"
Looking at the infant in the swaddle, Fang Er felt an unspeakable sense of lingering fear. If Chai Shao hadn't caught him, and he had fallen on the steps...
Holding the child, he walked up to Chai Shao and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Father-in-law, for your action."
"Hmph! If there's a next time, don't blame me for breaking your leg!" Chai Shao said with a displeased wave of his hand.
In fact, he also knew that Fang Er was worried about Chai Yue, which was why this misunderstanding had occurred.
Meanwhile, Changsun Ling'er's expression had not yet recovered. The scene just now had terrified her, turning her face ashen!
The child had fallen from her hands. If anything had happened, even with a hundred mouths, she couldn't explain it.
"Duke Fang, I, I, I didn't do it on purpose just now!"
"I thought you would catch the child." Looking at Fang Er holding the baby, Changsun Ling'er was almost crying with anxiety, fearing that Fang Er and Chai Yue would misunderstand her.
"It's not your fault, not your fault. The child is fine, fine, hehehehehe." Fang Er, looking at the child's sparkling big eyes, felt his heart melt. He hugged the child and walked back into the room with a silly grin.
"Right! Absolutely do not tell Yue'er!" Fang Er said to everyone outside the door as he entered.
If Chai Yue found out about this, he didn't know how scared she would be.
In the delivery room, four maids were helping Chai Yue dress, and Yuan Mengjia and the others were packing things.
"Yue'er, look!" Fang Er walked to the bed holding the baby, saying as if presenting a treasure.
"He's so ugly! Why is he so ugly!" After looking, Chai Yue said with disdain.
"Uh!"
Fang Er was stunned. He didn't think the baby was ugly?
It was just a little wrinkled, not really ugly, was it?
"Hahaha, sister, I'll remember what you said. I'll tell your son later!" Fang Fengzhu laughed from the side.
"They say children don't dislike their mothers' ugliness, but you've turned it into a mother disliking her child's ugliness," Zhang Yuanshuang also teased.
"Sister, don't worry. All newborns look like this. They'll look better in a couple of days after they've grown a bit."
Yuan Mengjia explained to Chai Yue.
"Is that so?" Chai Yue asked Fang Er.
"Yes!" Fang Er had no choice but to nod in affirmation.
Newborn babies have frighteningly red skin, are wrinkled, and have lanugo and stains on their bodies. It's normal to find them ugly when you see them for the first time.
"Waaah~~ Ah~~ Waaah~~"
Baby Fang in his arms suddenly started crying and squirming.
"Oh! He must be hungry. Sister, quickly give him a mouthful."
Yuan Mengjia walked to the bedside, took the child from Fang Er, and handed him to Chai Yue.
Watching Chai Yue lift her clothes to breastfeed, Fang Er chuckled foolishly. His expression also made Chai Yue feel an even deeper sense of happiness than before.