Chapter 65

Mao Jinghua also laughed and said, “Giving birth is painful. If you feel discomfort, just shout it out.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao chuckled and said, “I probably endured the pain.”

When the truly unbearable contractions hit for the first time, Zhou Qiaoqiao clenched the bedrails on both sides and endured.

Later on, the pain increased step by step. When she dilated to three centimeters, Zhou Qiaoqiao broke down.

“Yan Wei, let’s have a c-section…” After shouting three times that she couldn’t take it anymore, Zhou Qiaoqiao, using every last bit of strength, opted for a cesarean section.

Of course, in the end, Yan Wei still held their 6-pound-7-ounce little prince outside the delivery room. Thanks to the effects of an epidural, Zhou Qiaoqiao finally didn’t experience the supposed excruciating pain of the later contractions.

Back in the labor room after receiving the epidural, Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at Yan Wei with resentful eyes.

“You really didn’t know this was possible? I endured three hours of pain for nothing.”

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The baby was still small, so it was hard to tell who he resembled. His facial features hadn’t fully developed yet. Even his usually spirited eyes were monolid at the moment. But his eyes were indeed quite round, so saying he looked like Zhou Qiaoqiao wasn’t completely unreasonable.

They reserved a VIP room so there was no need to squeeze with others. They all entered the room and Yan Wei carried Zhou Qiaoqiao to the bed.

After giving birth, the number of people coming to visit Zhou Qiaoqiao gradually increased.

Zhou Qiaoqiao gave birth to a boy, which made the Yan family quite happy. However, for Zhou Qiaoqiao, the gender didn’t matter much; the most important thing was that the child was safely born.

Everyone crowded around to see the baby, and Yan Wei also curiously leaned over to take a look.

Seeing everyone focused on the baby, Zhou Qiaoqiao felt a sense of loneliness. Thus, she let out another deep sigh, “Ah!”

Yan Wei stiffened for a moment, then turned to look at Zhou Qiaoqiao, who was lying alone on the bed. He chuckled, picked up the baby, and placed the child by her side. The baby still had traces of amniotic fluid in the creases, feeling a bit messy.

Soon, everyone swarmed around the bed again. Zhou Qiaoqiao smiled and looked at the baby, softly saying, “It’s so amazing. How did I manage to give birth to him? A little baby who will grow up to be an adult, just like us!”

Yan Wei also smiled. The baby in the swaddle seemed to sense something and opened his eyes, looking at them.

You see, that’s how amazing it is—a birth, a miracle.

Newborns and first-time parents always seem a bit flustered. When should the baby be fed? How much should he drink? How often? Is he too warm? Is he uncomfortable? Is he sleepy?

At times like these, new parents are like a hundred thousand “whys,” constantly absorbing everything they should know about nurturing a life.

On the day Zhou Qiaoqiao was discharged from the hospital, a person arrived—Shang Qiwen.

After her misdeeds were exposed and she was driven away by Yan Ye, Shang Qiwen returned to the Shang family. Fortunately, the Shang family was willing to accept her.

However, her quality of life naturally plummeted. After all, causing trouble for Yuyao had its consequences. The Shang family was not as affluent as before, but they also knew that they had dug a pit for their daughter. Therefore, they didn’t completely reject her.

For the real Shang Qiwen, this disparity was undoubtedly huge. After all, she had been pampered from a young age, married into a prestigious family like the Xiangs, and was the aloof Miss Shang. In order to avoid suffering with Yan Ye, she married into the Xiang family. If it were her now, leading a life like this, she would definitely find it unbearable.

But Liu Yun wasn’t like that! She had merely returned from the life of a wealthy young lady to her reality—she had always been an ordinary person. Ordinary schooling, ordinary graduation, ordinary work—a life that was now ordinary for Liu Yun. Even the current Shang family could be considered wealthy for her.

Yet, she still couldn’t bear it, and she couldn’t understand why, despite both of them being characters transmigrated from novels, she had ended up leading such different lives.

The more Liu Yun thought about it, the more unwilling and uncomfortable she felt.

Then, one night, she had a dream…

In the dream, she once again transmigrated into this world—into Zhou Qiaoqiao’s body.

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A flowerpot fell from the second floor, striking Zhou Qiaoqiao below and causing her to faint on the spot. When she was rushed to the hospital, her heart momentarily stopped beating. After her heart stopped three times, the bleeding from Zhou Qiaoqiao’s wound suddenly stopped, and her overall condition started to improve.

After the doctor restarted her heart, Zhou Qiaoqiao’s heartbeat returned to normal.

Two hours of rescue efforts finally brought this woman, who had suffered this unexpected disaster, back to safety.

The doctor wiped his sweat and instructed that the woman be sent back to her room. It was at this moment that Liu Yun transmigrated.

She opened her eyes and saw the hospital room, as well as Shao Kai by her side.

She absorbed the memories of this body, and then she saw the male lead who had come to offer compensation.

Wealthy, handsome, tall, and successful in his career—such men are the most attractive. This was the type of man Liu Yun had liked even in her previous life, and Yan Ye was just like that.

With the assistance of the novel’s plot, Liu Yun understood the male lead’s weaknesses, his interests, and some of the characteristics of the white moonlight.

She quickly caught the male lead’s attention using what she knew about him. Starting from the compensation their interactions gradually increased.

One day, Yan Ye and Shan Lingtong finally broke up. It was a common occurrence in novels for the male and female leads to break up at least once, to show the male lead how important the female lead was to him.

Seizing this opportunity, Liu Yun succeeded in inserting herself into the situation. And she succeeded—not only did she replace Shan Lingtong successfully, but she also efficiently became the cinnabar mole in Yan Ye’s heart.

The subsequent love-hate relationship between the cinnabar mole and the Bai Yuegang was naturally a lengthy process, but the outcome was ultimately positive.

Finally, as Zhou Qiaoqiao, Liu Yun successfully married Yan Ye and became the mistress of the Yan family.

With a handsome and wealthy husband, living the life of a rich wife, Liu Yun felt that life couldn’t be more fulfilling.

In these happy and blissful memories, Shang Qiwen woke up with a smile. As she woke up and looked around, she realized she was still in her room at the Shang family’s residence. Due to the retaliation from Yan Ye, the Shang family’s fortune had declined, and they were no longer as luxurious as before.

Shang Qiwen stared at the ceiling in a daze. Of course, at this moment, she became even more aware that she wasn’t Shang Qiwen; she was Liu Yun from the real world. And she… was originally supposed to transmigrate into Zhou Qiaoqiao, not Shang Qiwen.

The more Liu Yun thought about it, the less sense it made. Why? How could such a huge mistake have happened?

She had never considered that maybe it was all just a dream?

She gradually accepted that this was manipulated by Zhou Qiaoqiao, altering her fate.

As a result, the more Liu Yun thought, the more she resented it. She decided to confirm everything with Zhou Qiaoqiao.

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Liu Yun had already inquired about Zhou Qiaoqiao’s hospital room early on. She changed her clothes and waited outside the door for a long time. Only after confirming that Yan Wei had taken the child to bathe did she enter the room and lock the door.

Hearing someone open the door, Zhou Qiaoqiao assumed it was Yan Wei returning. She asked, “Did you forget the clothes?”

Not hearing a response, she turned to look and saw Shang Qiwen wearing sportswear and a cap, with sweat on both cheeks. Shang Qiwen gazed at Zhou Qiaoqiao with a peculiar glint in her round eyes.

Zhou Qiaoqiao was taken aback, and Liu Yun displayed a chilling smile. She whispered, “From the beginning… it was all wrong.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao got up. Although several days had passed, the baby’s head was relatively large, and due to the episiotomy during childbirth, she found it difficult to move. Seeing Shang Qiwen’s appearance, she felt fortunate that the child wasn’t present. It was evident that Shang Qiwen had come to cause trouble.

“It was you who stole from me,” Shang Qiwen removed her hat, stepped forward, and spoke to Zhou Qiaoqiao. “You took what was rightfully mine.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao’s heart skipped a beat. What did Shang Qiwen mean by this?

“Zhou Qiaoqiao, you were supposed to die last year,” Shang Qiwen pulled a chair over, sat down, and surveyed the surroundings first, exclaiming, “But you didn’t die!” Instead, you took the life that was supposed to be mine. You little thief.

Zhou Qiaoqiao stared in disbelief. Shang Qiwen continued with a smile, “Things have changed. There must have been some kind of problem. Give me back my body, give me back my life.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao propped up the bed with both hands, shifted slightly, and said, “What exactly do you mean?”

“You can’t possibly not know,” Liu Yun sneered, “You can’t possibly not know. The first time you saw me, you had hostility towards me. Therefore, you must have known in advance.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Zhou Qiaoqiao naturally wouldn’t admit anything. She turned her head to look elsewhere.

“I’ve found the wrong person…” Liu Yun’s gaze became vacant as she muttered to herself, “There must be a way, there must be a way.”

Liu Yun nervously looked around, but there was no one in the room. No one at all!

She looked at Zhou Qiaoqiao with a smile, her voice sharp, “There must be a way to go back, back into my own body.”¹She meant QQ’s body

Liu Yun continued to stare at Zhou Qiaoqiao, who nervously gripped the sheet beneath her.

Her inner self cried like a miserable creature… How terrifying!

“What if you were dead?” Liu Yun’s eyes lit up, as if she had thought of the best reason in the world. She tilted her head to look at Zhou Qiaoqiao, an expression of innocence on her face, her stunning appearance making her seem so pure at this moment.

However, Zhou Qiaoqiao was so frightened by her current state and demeanor that she shouted, “Have you gone mad!!!”

Liu Yun smiled, “It’s alright, it’s alright. You’re just a character in a book, not really a human being.”

Seeing that Zhou Qiaoqiao didn’t show a surprised expression, Liu Yun became even happier, “You see, you’re not surprised at all that your world is a book. Why? Is it because… you knew it from the beginning?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao looked at her silently, confirming Liu Yun’s words. She wasn’t surprised, indeed because she had known in advance.

Liu Yun stood up contentedly. Up to this point, she could at least confirm that her dream was real, which meant that Zhou Qiaoqiao had indeed stolen her opportunity.

Seeing her approach, Zhou Qiaoqiao asked, “Can you go back to your own world?”

Liu Yun paused and looked puzzled. She didn’t know, and she didn’t want to go back. Although the Shang family was struggling now, she still lived a better life compared to the real world.

Zhou Qiaoqiao sat on the bed and looked up at her. She continued calmly, “If I die, you’ll end up in prison in this world.”

Liu Yun chuckled indifferently, “It’s okay. After you give up your body, I can go into your body. Shang Qiwen will be the one going to prison, not me.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao furrowed her brows and asked, “How do you know you can enter my body? This is my body originally. What does it have to do with you?”

“I don’t know either, but how will we know unless we try?” Liu Yun smiled. Actually, if that dream was real, the warnings it provided were probably also accurate.

Zhou Qiaoqiao saw that she was serious and got scared, crawling off the bed. In her nervousness, she accidentally fell to the ground. Watching Liu Yun get closer, Zhou Qiaoqiao shouted, “Are you crazy? What if you can’t get into my body?”

Liu Yun pounced on her: “No, in the dream yesterday, it was said that as long as you die, I can enter.” This world would correct itself.

Zhou Qiaoqiao saw Liu Yun lunging at her like a wolf and exclaimed, “Holy sh3t!” She kicked Liu Yun, sending her flying out.

Liu Yun hadn’t expected Zhou Qiaoqiao to suddenly kick her. She cried out, “Ah,” and crashed into the wall behind her.

She slid down from the wall, lying on the ground. Then she saw Zhou Qiaoqiao on the other side, rising from the ground.

Zhou Qiaoqiao’s initial vulnerability and fear were gone. She pulled up the sleeves of her clothes and glared fiercely at Liu Yun. “Who’s afraid of whom? Dammit, we’re both women, and there’s no guarantee who will get the upper hand!”

Liu Yun’s sinister expression disappeared, replaced by confusion. She thought, “…”

“You thought you were the only one who was frustrated in those dreams, right? This lady’s been frustrated too!!!” With that, Zhou Qiaoqiao advanced on Liu Yun in three swift steps, pressing her down and delivering a slap with a resounding “smack.”

Liu Yun’s head turned to the side, but she still wore a puzzled expression.

Zhou Qiaoqiao grabbed her collar and said, “You used my body to seduce Yan Ye. Becoming a third party was one thing, but you even went so far as to ruin Bai Huimin’s reputation because she didn’t speak well, which severed my relationship with my uncle. With a bit of flattery, you took Zhou Xingxing and Zhou Xiongxiong to the skies, without considering that you entered my body, meaning Zhou Xiongxiong killed me with a fall. You still dare to take him to the skies?”

Liu Yun: “…”

Another “smack,” and Liu Yun’s head turned to the other side. Zhou Qiaoqiao continued to question her: “It was originally my body. I have a strong will, and my life is as resilient as a c*ckroach. Is it my fault? You don’t have a body anymore, yet you ended up in Shang Qiwen’s body. Your starting point was higher than mine. Why did you come back to snatch my body? Is it my fault that you couldn’t seduce Yan Ye? I don’t even like him. I married his brother. Are you furious?”

Liu Yun: “…”

Zhou Qiaoqiao grabbed Liu Yun, making her face her, and continued, “And also, who gave you the confidence to think that you can do whatever you want to me here?” At this point, both Zhou Qiaoqiao and Liu Yun paused in confusion. Liu Yun’s expression distorted as she thought of something, but Zhou Qiaoqiao seemed pleased, “Haha, you idiot. Have you ever considered that I might be your nemesis? I’m alive, so you couldn’t steal Yan Ye away. Coming here, you just owe me a beating.”

This was too insulting. Liu Yun decided to fight back.

Unfortunately, the small knife she pulled out was instantly snatched by Zhou Qiaoqiao. Zhou Qiaoqiao glared at her, threw the knife away, and slapped her again, saying, “Damn, you actually brought a knife? It seems you really want to kill me. Have you ever thought that Shang Qiwen, a delicate young lady, who hasn’t done anything, came to fight with me, a farmer? Are you okay?”

Liu Yun also realized that she was being… overwhelmed by Zhou Qiaoqiao.

Liu Yun: “…”

The difference in strength was so apparent. Zhou Qiaoqiao had too much strength…

When Yan Wei returned with the child, he found their hospital room door closed. He pushed at the door, but it wouldn’t budge.

“Qiaoqiao?”

Then he heard strange noises from inside, as if a chair had fallen. Next came a shout from Zhou Qiaoqiao, “Holy sh3t, you dare to resist? Do you want to die?”

Yan Wei: “!!!”

Zhou Qiaoqiao had scared him so much! He kicked the door open with one foot, and then he saw Liu Yun struggling to escape from Zhou Qiaoqiao’s clutches. Zhou Qiaoqiao had her pinned and was kicking her. “Still resisting, huh? Still resisting.”

Yan Wei: “…Qiaoqiao?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao turned to Yan Wei, suddenly looking very wronged. She pouted and said, “Wei Wei, she wants to kill me. You’re not by my side, and it’s so scary!” She was almost on the verge of tears.

Liu Yun: “…”

Yan Wei hadn’t expected to get this kind of answer, and he was also shocked: “!!!”

After roughly understanding what had happened, Yan Wei looked at Liu Yun speechlessly and said, “Shang Qiwen, do you find the Shang family’s fate too long? So you thought Yan Ye’s actions weren’t enough, and you wanted to see what Chunyi could do?”

Liu Yun was startled and immediately shook her head, saying, “No, no, you have to believe me. Besides, I’m the one who got injured!”

Yan Wei gritted his teeth and said, “You should be grateful that you got injured instead of me. Otherwise, right now, I would be burying you.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded by his side and said, “Exactly, exactly. She scared me so much. She brought a knife and locked the door to the hospital room. I thought I was done for.”

Liu Yun: “…”

Yan Wei: “…”

Zhou Qiaoqiao sighed, “Thank goodness I used to help in the fields when I was young. After all this, Liu Yun was taken away by the police. When she was leaving, she even shouted, ‘Comrade police, I’m the one who’s injured! You should be arresting her, right?'”

Zhou Qiaoqiao watched Liu Yun being taken away, and only then did Yan Wei hug her and ask, “Are you okay?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao shook her head and said, “I’m fine. She’s just too weak.”

Yan Wei: “…”

“Oh, right.” Zhou Qiaoqiao looked up at him, “What about the baby?”

Yan Wei: “!!!”

Yan Wei, whose attention had been drawn by Liu Yun, turned to look at the crib and then breathed a sigh of relief – the baby was sleeping!

In fact, during these past few days in the hospital, the maternity center staff had been coming to help. However, because Zhou Qiaoqiao was leaving the hospital today, the staff went ahead to check the room, leaving Zhou Qiaoqiao alone at the hospital this morning.

Looking back now, she felt really scared!

…Scared?

Hmm, she should be scared. Even though the murderer had low combat power and was killed in retaliation, what if it wasn’t because Shang Qiwen was too weak?

Thinking this way, Yan Wei’s hatred grew even stronger.

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Yan Wei had reserved the luxurious version of the hospital’s maternity center. The staff from the maternity center personally came to pick up Zhou Qiaoqiao and Yan Wei. Because Zhou Qiaoqiao was still in her confinement period, the police officer recorded her statement directly at the maternity center.

The luxurious suite in the maternity center had two bedrooms and a living room. One room was for Zhou Qiaoqiao to sleep in, and the other was for the nanny to sleep in with the baby. There was also a living room outside. It could be said that it was very good. The baby had a nanny looking after him throughout the day, and they also catered to the postpartum recovery of the mother, the baby’s bathing, dietary needs during the confinement period, and more.

After everything was settled, Yan Wei sat down beside Zhou Qiaoqiao and asked her, “How did she come to find you? Do you have any history with her?”

Zhou Qiaoqiao confidently replied, “Exactly! I don’t know either. Is she crazy?”

Yan Wei coldly chuckled, “I’ll make her truly crazy.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qiaoqiao indignantly chimed in, “Yeah, crush her.”

Seeing that she still wasn’t afraid, Yan Wei sighed and said, “It’s fortunate she couldn’t defeat you, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao nodded in full agreement, “Exactly! You’re right. How could someone at her level dare to fight a boss?”

Yan Wei: “…You’re not as powerful as you think you are.”

Just as they were discussing this, the confinement nanny brought the baby over for feeding. Zhou Qiaoqiao’s expression turned sour as she said, “Still breastfeeding?”

Yan Wei: “…”

The nanny was also in a difficult situation and explained, “Miss Zhou, it’s been two hours. It’s time for a feeding.”

Zhou Qiaoqiao took the baby with an icy expression, and while breastfeeding, she exclaimed, “Yan Wei, it really hurts. Shouldn’t he just have formula?!!!”

Seeing her like this, Yan Wei lowered his head and kissed her gently, whispering, “I’ll say it again, alright, my dear?”

Breastfeeding was painful, very painful. Some people found it more painful than giving birth. Zhou Qiaoqiao’s breastfeeding experience was certainly uncomfortable.

Every time she breastfed, her hands shook. Every time she breastfed, she felt like throwing the baby away.

Every time, she considered giving up breastfeeding for formula, but Yan Wei never pressured her. He agreed to whatever she said. However, in reality, the one who hesitated to wean the baby from breast milk was Zhou Qiaoqiao herself.

Zhou Qiaoqiao blushed, glanced at Yan Wei, and as she had done every time before, she said, “I’m just saying, let’s stick with breastfeeding!”

Yan Wei sat down beside her, looked at the mother and son who were smiling at each other, and said, “Of course, that’s fine too.”

From here, Zhou Qiaoqiao began her two-month confinement period.

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Sansukini: Qiaoqiao is such a girl boss here. Who knew beating up a batch could be so fun. And breastfeeding is painful but it’s worth it. Aside from the fact that you’re feeding your kid something healthy, you’re also forging a deep bond with your baby.
Ooohhhh… one last chapter for the main story.

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