Doctor Ji, who was watching her operation, was already a bit stunned. What need was there for him to do anything? This young lady gave the pregnant woman a single pill, smeared something strange on her belly, and the pregnant woman calmed down.
He looked at the strange-style knife the young lady was handling with even more disbelief.
She had mentioned a Cesarean section earlier, and he had been curious, but seeing the actual knives made him incredulous. He stood there dumbfounded.
"Doctor Ji, just prepare to hold the baby later!" Ye Qingcheng saw the stunned Doctor Ji and knew he wouldn't be much help.
She would just have to use him as a wet nurse! Holding the baby was something he could manage.
"Ah? Hold the baby?" Doctor Ji asked, confused.
Wasn't he supposed to come in and help the pregnant woman breathe? Why did it change to holding the baby? Shouldn't the baby's father be the one to hold the baby?
He then looked at the man who had been shouting that he only wanted his wife and not the child.
As a doctor with many years of practice, he was quite startled by the young lady's display. Why was the man who had acted so protective of his wife just moments ago now showing no reaction?
When he looked over, the man was just sitting on the soft couch, staring with wide eyes.
"Don't look at him! He can't move or speak for a while! Hurry up and prepare to receive the baby!" Ye Qingcheng managed to observe Doctor Ji's reaction while busy with her preparations.
"...Alright!" Doctor Ji had no choice; he was the only idle person in the room.
Haha, when had the scene of saving lives turned him, a renowned master physician, into an idle bystander?
Ye Qingcheng ignored him and began the actions in her hands.
As she cut open the pregnant woman's abdomen layer by layer, the man sitting on the soft couch had veins bulging, his eyes bloodshot, and his teeth grinding audibly. Yet, he was completely unable to move, forced to watch his wife's belly being cut open by another person.
And Doctor Ji's hands began to tremble uncontrollably.
Ye Qingcheng had given the pregnant woman hemostatic medicine beforehand, so she didn't even need to use a hemostatic clamp. In less than ten minutes, she cut open the abdomen and successfully delivered the baby.
The moment the baby came out, a loud cry of "Waaah" rang out, snapping Doctor Ji, whose thoughts had been wandering, back to reality. He quickly and clumsily wrapped the baby in a small blanket, as he didn't know how to do anything else and waited for the midwife or the young lady before him to take over.
The pregnant woman, exhausted from the difficult childbirth, fell into a powerless sleep once the pain subsided.
It took Ye Qingcheng an hour to complete all the subsequent steps.
She tossed the placenta into a basin prepared nearby and began to suture the wound.
All of this was witnessed by Doctor Ji and the man.
The man felt nothing but heartache and anger; he didn't even glance at the child.
As for Doctor Ji, the more he watched, the more astonished and excited he became. He experienced a medical miracle, moving from initial curiosity to shock, and finally to intense interest.
He didn't just stand there idly; he checked the pregnant woman's pulse from time to time, and each pulse reading told him that the pregnant woman was fine, merely asleep.
Ye Qingcheng was still tending to the pregnant woman's wound, but the heart-wrenching cries of the baby nearby forced Doctor Ji to check on him.
This annoyed Doctor Ji. He had been watching Ye Qingcheng's procedure next to her, not daring to blink, yet this newborn was demanding attention.
After Ye Qingcheng finished everything, she waved her hand toward the man on the soft couch, and the man realized his body could move again.
In mere seconds, he rushed to his wife's side.
"You can't move her yet! I have already instructed Doctor Ji on the care required. You two just rest here securely! Once you finish the medicine I left, you can go home to recuperate!" Ye Qingcheng stopped the man from rushing over to check his wife's wound.
"She... she won't have any problems, right?" the man asked Ye Qingcheng, his voice hoarse and trembling.
His eyes were filled with worry and fear, terrified of hearing a response from Ye Qingcheng that he couldn't accept.
"Take good care of her; after seven days, she will be fine! However, she has a wound, so she needs to avoid certain foods! I will explain everything to Doctor Ji shortly! That's it! You stay here and watch over her! It would be best if you could have a maid or an old woman servant come to help!" Although Ye Qingcheng had a strong and capable personality, she wasn't the type to be cold and stingy with words; she would explain everything necessary.
After all, this was ancient times, not the modern era with professional, experienced medical staff.
"Thank you, Young Lady, for saving her life!" Hearing that his wife was fine, the man's tightly wound nerves finally relaxed. However, he wouldn't feel completely at ease until he saw her wake up himself. "Young Lady, could you stay a little longer, until my wife wakes up before you leave?"
Ye Qingcheng understood that he was simply worried, driven by fear that something might happen to his wife.
Although she was eager to leave, eager to eat a large meal, and eager to buy a wet nurse for the two little tiger babies, the pregnant woman's condition was stable enough that she should wake up soon, so she agreed.
It would also give her a chance to observe if the man had any unexpected reactions.
So, she nodded and walked over to sit by the table.
She picked up the writing brush and began writing notes on the paper on the table regarding the care instructions and medication dosages for a post-Cesarean section pregnant woman, intending to give them directly to Doctor Ji later.
Less than an hour later, the pregnant woman slowly woke up.
The anesthetic was still taking effect, so she didn't feel pain. Upon waking and seeing her husband, she tried to sit up.
"Wife, you're awake? Does it hurt? Is there anything uncomfortable?" The man excitedly held his wife's hand to his lips, his eyes red and swollen as he spoke.
"It doesn't hurt, I'm fine. Husband, the baby? Where is my baby?"
Seeing her husband in such a state, the woman wanted to sit up even more, struggling to rise, her first concern being whether her child was alright.
"You absolutely cannot move around!" Ye Qingcheng stood up and walked over upon seeing this. "You need to lie in bed for a while longer! You have a wound!"
The pregnant woman immediately quieted down upon hearing this. She had nearly fainted from the pain earlier, and it was the medicine given by the young lady before her that helped. So, when she heard Ye Qingcheng say she couldn't get up, she obediently lay back down.
At this moment, Doctor Ji brought the baby over to her.
"The baby is with you now! This won't do; you must have the maids and servants from the residence brought over to look after him!" Doctor Ji said helplessly.
The man finally came to his senses and looked at his son.
"Thank you, Doctor Ji, for helping look after him. I will send someone to the residence right away!" Saying this, he turned to give instructions.
"Doctor Ji! The patient will stay here! Here are the care instructions for the pregnant woman! Take them! I have matters to attend to and must leave!" Ye Qingcheng stood up and said.
Doctor Ji took the paper, but before he could speak, the man had already returned after giving instructions to the young servant.
Hearing Ye Qingcheng say she was leaving, he immediately dropped to his knees with a thud.
"Thank you, Young Lady, for saving her life! I am Liang Zongyao, the second Young Master of the Town Guard's residence! I have no way to repay the Young Lady's life-saving grace! If there is ever a time the Young Lady needs my help, as long as I can manage it, I will not refuse!"
He held up a stack of silver notes high in his hand.
Ye Qingcheng then realized that this man had quite a high status! The son of the Town Guard, not bad!