Mu Lan's eyes turned red and tears were brimming. She shook her head and said breathlessly, "It's impossible."
Pedro told Shintaro who was waiting out of the clinic, "Bring the bowls with ice water. Don't forget to bring the fresh towel you bought."
"Alright!" Shintaro ran to the corridor. Ru Xin left with him.
Inside the clinic, Pedro already rolled up her cotton maxi and her slender legs came to the view. Mu Liang looked at it and his face hardened. "What are you doing?" He said, "You cannot expose her body like that!" If he was alone, it wouldn't be a problem but there were other men too.
Pedro coldly replied, "Do you want to do it then? We don't mind leaving this room."
Osiris butted in, "Alright, alright, this is not the time you two fight. We won't see anything anyway. Do you think there is any chance to think or speak something indecent at a time like this?"
Mu Liang grunted. He didn't want to admit that without their help he couldn't do anything. However, he really hoped that those men would turn into women.
Shintaro and Ru Xin brought back the bowls of cold ice waters and soft towels. Mark and Osiris took them. Carlo soaked a small towel in the ice water and then twisted it to take out the remaining water. After that, he wiped Mu Lan's face with that towel.
Mu Lan was in immense pain but she didn't know that it was just the starting. The labor had just begun. She became nervous because of the commotion inside the clinic. She tried to take deep breaths but the agony was unbearable. When she felt something soft and cold, her tensed body relaxed a bit.
Pedro looked at her. "Kid, don't think of anything else. Bear with the pain and try to concentrate on pushing. Push with all your strength."
Mu Lan breathlessly nodded. "I-I will try… Eek!" She clenched her hands and those were being Mu Liang. Seeing her like that, he also panicked. He nervously asked, "Lan, how are you feeling?"
"Mmm!" Mu Lan looked at Mu Liang with teary eyes. She said, "That's the last thing I want to hear…" She was telling that she didn't want to notice how she felt at that moment.
Carlo read her mind and told Mu Liang, "Don't remind her about her physical situation." Mu Liang nervously nodded.
Pedro encouraged her, "You are doing great. Now push harder."
"What have I been doing then?" Mu Lan didn't know how she could push even harder. She clenched her teeth and tried to use her best. She felt piercing pain inside her stomach as though someone was cutting through her inner skin. She opened her mouth and inhaled deeply. Then she tried to bit down her lower lip.
At that time, Mu Liang noticed her action and put his free hand's index finger inside her mouth. That way she wouldn't bleed. However, she bit his finger so hard that he started bleeding. Mu Lan tasted blood and her eyes turned red. Everything around them started to shake.
The one who first noticed it was Osiris. He blinked and looked at the bowl of ice water he was holding. His hands were steady but the water was and the ice cubes were trembling. Then he noticed the small, sharp objects around him. He mumbled, "What's going on?"
After he asked, others seemed to notice too. Pedro said aloud, "Carl, she is losing control over her power!"
Carlo used his power to control Mu Lan. However, she was in deep pain. It already numbed her senses. As a result, Carlo couldn't do anything. He looked at Mu Liang's finger and scolded him, "Hey you! Take your finger out of her mouth if you don't want us to be killed."
Mu Liang protested. "But she will bite her lip."
Carlo took an unused towel and the moment Mu Liang took away his finger, Carlo put the towel inside her mouth.
"Mmmm!" Mu Lan was still screaming in pain. Her eyes gradually turned black.
Mu Liang stroked her head and continuously said, "Lan, don't worry. Everything will be fine. Just give a little push. Didn't you want to surprise me? I want to be surprised. So, try to relax, okay?" He said that but his voice was shaking.
Pedro announced, "I can see the head."
Carlo told her, "Take a deep breath and then push even harder."
Mu Lan opened her mouth, inhaled deeply and then bit down the towel and pushed with all her might.
Mark encouraged her saying., "You can do it, missy."
"I can see the shoulder." Pedro said.
"Aaahhh!" The painful scream of her shook everyone's heart.
Outside of the clinic, Ru Xin's legs turned into jelly upon hearing her scream. Shintaro, on the other hand, started cursing with tears in his eyes, "That ba***rd Mu boy! I shouldn't have agreed to this marriage! She wouldn't have suffered like this if she wasn't married to him.
"…" Ru Xin was speechless. He ever thought this small guy (Shintaro) would be crazy enough to talk about it at this moment.
Inside the clinic, Mu Lan was breathing heavily. "Hah… hah… hah… hah…"
Pedro said, "Number one has been born. It's a boy."
Osiris exclaimed, "What a beautiful child! I hope the second one will be a girl."
When the baby woke up, the first thing it did was crying loudly. "Waaa!"
Mark took the baby from him and then started cleaning him.
Carlo smiled happily. "You have done a good job, kid."
Pedro said, "Get ready for the second round."
Mu Lan started wiping. "I-I don't want to."
Mu Liang was hugging her till now. He didn't even look at his first child. Her painful expression, her heartfelt screaming, everything made his brain blank. He embraced her closely and said, "If you don't want to, then don't."
Mu Lan let out a chuckle. She already looked dead tired. If it was that easy not to give birth, then she would. But it wasn't. She would kill anyone except for her own children. She had been preparing herself for this day. But she didn't' imagine the pain would be so unbearable.