The Byoukidere Is Her Sweetie
Chapter 398: 398: Daily Life of Soon-to-Be Dad Jiang Zhi Pampering His Pregnant Wife

Chapter 398: 398: Daily Life of Soon-to-Be Dad Jiang Zhi Pampering His Pregnant Wife

“Several data points are indeed abnormal, especially the coagulation panel, which is all out of the critical range,” Director Liu couldn’t figure it out, “Why is this happening? Could there be a problem with the inspection equipment?”

If it wasn’t an issue with the equipment, it must be the person that had a problem; the data that came out was too bizarre. He had never seen a Prothrombin Time this short in his over thirty years of practice.

Director Liu put on his reading glasses, intending to take a closer look at the “patient.”

Jiang Zhi pulled Zhou Xufang along to leave and instructed Vice President Sun at the door, “Dispose of the data.”

Vice President Sun immediately went to take care of it.

After leaving the hospital, Zhou Xufang asked, “Are we going home?”

“To the lab.”

Zhou Xufang didn’t ask any further; she knew Jiang Zhi had set up a lab whose research was all related to her.

On the way to the lab, she looked at the ultrasound report in her hands, “Jiang Zhi, don’t you think it looks a lot like an egg?” She looked closely again, “The kind that’s pointed on top and round at the bottom.”

Jiang Zhi, who had also seen the ultrasound report, dismissed it, “Nonsense, how is that like an egg?”

The lab was located in the suburbs, an hour and a half’s drive away. Jiang Zhi had called ahead, and the person meeting them was already waiting outside.

“Mr. Jiang.”

Jiang Zhi nodded his head and led Zhou Xufang inside.

The laboratory held some of Zhou Xufang’s data samples, and aside from tests that would physically harm the baby, all necessary checks had been accomplished.

The doctor consulting her was a Chinese doctorate in medicine, surnamed Zhong, who spoke slightly faulty Chinese, “The Prothrombin Time has halved compared to the previous sample data, and several other blood data points also show significant differences from the samples previously retained.”

“What’s the reason?”

“It’s probably related to Miss Zhou’s pregnancy.”

Jiang Zhi was a layman and didn’t understand what a decrease in Prothrombin Time meant, “Could it possibly have a bad effect on the body?”

“There hasn’t been any manifestation of that so far.”

There were too many unknowns and uncertainties with Zhou Xufang, and Jiang Zhi looked worried and uneasy, “Should we be worried about her continuous high fever?”

“Could it damage her brain?” Zhou Xufang, who was quietly sitting nearby, followed up with a question.

Dr. Zhong couldn’t help but chuckle, “Your brain is not ordinary; rest assured.”

Perhaps.

Her brain had withstood electric shocks; it should be quite resistant to high heat.

No longer worried about that question, she now had another concern, “Dr. Zhong, is there a possibility that I could give birth to an egg?”

Dr. Zhong was amused by her question, “No, your genes have mutated, but your species hasn’t changed.”

“Why can I breathe underwater then?”

She knew she could stay underwater for long periods but didn’t know why.

“To be precise, it’s not breathing underwater, but ‘breathing’ through your cornea,” Dr. Zhong tried to explain in layman’s terms, “In a state of oxygen deprivation, the transparent membrane in front of your eyes can absorb dissolved oxygen from the water. That’s why your eyes turn red when you stay underwater for a long period.”

The cornea of the eye receives no blood supply and is the only part of the human body that can directly extract oxygen from the air. Zhou Xufang’s genes had been artificially altered, leading her corneas to undergo a special mutation, enabling them to absorb large amounts of dissolved oxygen underwater.

Zhou Xufang was puzzled…

Exiting the lab, it was almost noon.

As they reached the door, Zhou Xufang blinked at Jiang Zhi, “Jiang Zhi, look at my eyes.”

Jiang Zhi looked.

She blinked again, “Notice anything special?”

“Yes, they’re especially beautiful.”

Zhou Xufang, with her specially beautiful eyes, “Happy? We’re not going to lay eggs.”

Jiang Zhi’s expression clearly wasn’t happy; his brow was furrowed, “If you get sick, ordinary hospitals can’t treat you, and they can’t diagnose any problems either.” He touched her head, “You’re still feverish, and I dare not give you medicine.”

She had a unique physique and was now pregnant; Jiang Zhi worried about everything, big and small.

“It’s okay, only over thirty degrees; don’t I often spike to over forty degrees?” Zhou Xufang said, “My body is quite robust.”

Robust as it may be, it was still mortal flesh.

“You used to recover quickly from high fever,” It was the first time her fever lasted this long.

Zhou Xufang pondered ways to handle it, “How about you kiss me, and we see if the fever spikes to forty degrees and then check if it goes down?”

“Let’s try that.”

Jiang Zhi held her face and leaned in to kiss her.

Zhou Xufang pushed him away, “Not here, let’s go to the car.”

She didn’t use much force, but he was pushed against the door with a loud crash.

So loud.

Zhou Xufang: “…”

She seemed stronger than before.

She hurried to help Jiang Zhi, “Did I hurt you?”

Jiang Zhi: “It hurt.”

She tiptoed and massaged him.

Jiang Zhi didn’t care that they were outside and kissed her passionately.

Zhou Xufang’s fever did reach over forty degrees, but when it subsided, it only went down to thirty-five degrees. Jiang Zhi spent half the day trying physical cooling methods to no avail; only in the evening did her temperature naturally decrease.

June 23.

The Lu Family’s new drug was listed overseas.

After Xu Jiuru got the news, she was restless, “Weren’t they unable to ship the products? Where did the drugs come from?”

Jiang Xiaolin shook his head.

“You need to check on this.”

Later, Xu Jiuru received a phone call from the Jiang Family headquarters, “Chairman, there’s a problem with the pharmaceutical factory’s goods.”

Trouble followed trouble, and Xu Jiuru had a bad premonition, “What happened?”

“Ming Hongwei said that there’s smoke coming from the Bai De Medical Equipment warehouse.”

After Bai De Medical Equipment merged into the Jiang Family, they changed the supply chain mode, making equipment and raw materials self-sufficient and reducing the purchase from external sources.

The two companies were interdependent; when Bai De’s warehouse smoked, the Jiang Family’s pharmaceutical factory was bound to catch fire.

Xu Jiuru immediately called Ming Hongwei to demand an explanation, “Chairman Ming, you better give me an explanation.”

The response was full of helplessness, “Old Madam, you’re putting me in a difficult position. Natural disasters and accidents are beyond my control. Didn’t it smoke when I collaborated with the Lu Family?”

June 23rd.

FOR headquarters.

“Bro Win, there are visitors outside.”

The man’s voice was hoarse, as if something was stuck in his throat; he was FOR’s third-in-command, Xiong Jie.

Ah Win, with a cigar in his mouth and feet up on the table, “Who is it? Someone actually found our hideout?”

“It’s the Jiang Family’s young master.”

Ah, the Jiang Family, a family so rich they could burn money.

Ah Win grinned, “Another fat sheep has come.” A fat sheep that came to the door, there was no reason not to slaughter it, “Let him in.”

Three minutes later, Jiang Zhi was led into the reception room by a man even bulkier than Ah Wan.

Ah Wan felt as though they had entered a bandit’s den, although the walls were covered with high-tech electronics; the bodyguards wielding telescopic sticks and some with tattoos on their necks seemed very streetwise.

A person was sitting on the sofa in the reception room, “Mr. Jiang, what a rare visitor.”

Jiang Zhi pulled out a few papers from the table, wiped the sofa, and sat down, “I only talk to your boss, call Ah Win over.”

Xiong Jie on the opposite side surveyed him several times and made a phone call.

Not long after, the electronic door behind opened, and a man with a scar on his forehead walked out, “Mr. Jiang, do you recognize me?”

There had been some grudges.

Jiang Zhi had been to FOR’s headquarters with Zhou Xufang in the past and had beaten this guy, “I don’t recognize you, but I have money. In the world of the wealthy, there are no secrets.”

Ah Win sat opposite him, “I agree with that statement.” The Jiang Family’s young master was shrewd; he didn’t beat around the bush, “Since Mr. Jiang knows what we do here, you must be here to do business.”

Jiang Zhi was calm and composed, “I’m here to buy secrets.”

Ah Win shaking his legs, “In our line of work as professional errand runners, the most important thing is to keep our mouths shut. If you want to buy secrets about my employer, then I’m sorry, I—”

His words were interrupted.

“Ten billion, deal or no deal?”

Straight to the billions, those with the Jiang surname were damn unreasonably wealthy.

FOR was a professional errand runner company; their main business was engaging in criminal activities, and in this line of work, one absolutely could not betray their employer.

Not betray?

That was because the price wasn’t high enough.

Ah Win asked, “Who?”

The other party remained undisturbed, “Old Madam Jiang, Xu Jiuru.”

Originally, Xu Jiuru had spent ten billion for two lives, naturally, she paid out of her pocket, but Jiang Zhi was different; he sold the Jiang Family’s shares and sold them to Lu Xinglan for ten billion at a throwaway price.

Using the money from selling Jiang Family’s shares to buy Xu Jiuru’s criminal evidence, in terms of cunning and deceit, who could surpass Jiang Zhi.

That same night.

Zhou Xufang, who usually slept soundly, was tossing and turning.

Jiang Zhi woke up when she turned over, “Fang Bao.”

“Did I wake you?”

Jiang Zhi turned on the bedside lamp, worried she might have a fever, he touched her forehead; it was cool, “Why are you tossing and turning, can’t sleep?”

Zhou Xufang had slept a lot during the day and was still very spirited, “I really want to eat something.”

She wasn’t hungry, she just wanted to eat.

No, it wasn’t her who wanted to eat, it was the Jiang Erdan in her belly craving for food,

“What do you want to eat?”

Zhou Xufang swallowed, “I want to eat pickled radish.”

She had recently developed a particular fondness for sour foods, sometimes even dipping vegetables in vinegar.

Jiang Zhi asked, “Which kind?”

“The kind soaked in sugar and vinegar, sour and crunchy.”

This was the first time their little pregnant woman had woken up in the middle of the night asking him to prepare food; it felt quite good, giving him a sense of being needed.

“I’ll go out and buy some for you.”

Zhou Xufang held him back, “It’s too late, we can buy it tomorrow.”

Jiang Zhi placed her hand back under the blanket, helped her lie down, “Didn’t you want it now?”