' Ughh…'
' Where…is this?'
' Why is everywhere dark?'
' Why can't I move? See, hear or smell!'
' What happened… ?Right.'
' I fainted. Agggggh! It's all the Author's fault. Now my sisters would be celebrating, and spending all my hard earned money. '
' At least, they took me to the hospital. Ahh..~'
Zhu Qian rambled on as he cursed the Author for putting him in his current predicament. He couldn't speak, move or feel his body. He could only think.
After a while, it became boring. Not being able to communicate with the world was frustrating. No wonder when people get out of coma, some lose their memories. Silence was depressing.
' Ahh! This silence is killing me. But didn't they say that a comatose person can hear everything around them, but can't respond. Why haven't I heard anything? '
' Did my sisters kill me? No.No.No! I wouldn't be able to think if they had. '
' Wait…don't..tell me…!'
Six months passed. Zhu Qian was quiet, which was concerning, because he wasn't the silent type. The time he had used in the dark had slowly matured him.
' I think I know where I am now...'
During the months, he had gained control of his body, which by the way , wasn't easy. He couldn't move much, since the space he was in , was small and the sticky fluid around him made it hard. He realized he was in a fetal position, which means…
' I am in the womb of a woman. Damn! '
Zhu Qian sighed in frustration. He gathered his strength and hit the covering around him.
" Ahh! " A feminine voice shouted out in
pain.
' Oops! I might have used more strength than normal.'
" Honey, What's the matter?" A deep masculine voice asked in concern.
" Our baby kicked! " The woman said happily. Though she was in pain moments ago, knowing that her baby kicked, which means he was healthy, and they could finally communicate with him made her happy.
" That's great. Hahahahahahaha…!!" The person with the masculine voice turned out to be the husband of the female.
' Hmm…I have parents who are in love with one another. That's a relief. '
Zhu Qian continued to listen to the conversation outside. The language they spoke was different, but he kind of understood it. Perks of learning more than ten languages.
" Mom…" A cute voice called out. Judging by the tone, it was a female.
" Come here, dear. "
The girl walked forward and sat beside her mother.
" Your brother…"
" I know. " The girl cut her mother's sentence short.
The woman let out a sigh, and took the girl's hand, placing it on her protruded stomach.
" Mom..what are you doing?" The girl tried to remove her hand from her mother's grasp.
" Shhh…! Feel…" The woman hushed her daughter, and guided her hand back to her stomach.
Pu!
" He…Kicked!" The girl exclaimed happily. Although Zhu Qian wasn't able to see her, he knew that she had a shy expression on .
During the months of observing and listening, he was able to analyze where he was . During the seventh month… he felt some kind of energy around, and wielded it towards himself.
He had no idea what he was doing. But from the numerous novels he had read, he deduced that the energy was the Qi he had read about. As he absorbed, he became stronger. He could feel the energy coursing through his body, and he became elated.
' Maybe dying wasn't bad afterall. This world would be interesting. ' He thought.
That further cemented his theory that this new world was cultivation based. And his new family was somewhat powerful, judging by how his sister…or is it siblings..he wasn't sure but it was only this girl he knew, practiced hard. They weren't those kind of pampered children, but highly disciplined.
' Better than my past sisters.. humph!'
That was how he spent eleven months in his mother's stomach. Listening, Cultivating, and responding with kicks. Doing the same thing everyday was stuffy, but he benefited greatly from it.
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" Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!"
An ear-piercing scream came out of his mother's mouth, which shook the ground beneath.
' Finally!! It's time to get out of this place.'
" Zhu Feng!!! This is the last child we are having! " His mother furiously said to her husband.
Zhu Qian was flabbergasted. All through the days he had spent in her womb, his mother always spoke to her husband in a gentle tone, even when her mood swings erupted. But hearing her now, Zhu Qian was sure his mother wasn't one to mess with.
" Madam… Please push harder. The baby is coming. " The midwife nervously pleaded with her. It was as if Zhu Qian's mother was a tigress giving birth. The fear she unconsciously imposed on everyone was suffocating. Even Zhu Qian shuddered.
" Okay. We won't have another child, I promise. " Her husband coaxed her.
" Hmph!!" She snorted, and looked away from her husband. Taking a deep breath, she used all strength to push out the baby. Zhu Qian helped too.
" It's a boy! He's out." The midwife exclaimed happily. She carried the baby and wrapped him in a warm blanket after severing the umbilical cord.
" Why isn't he crying?" A weak voice asked. That was my mother.
" That's true.. Hope there's nothing wrong with our baby? Qin'er cried like crazy after coming out." Her husband backed up her words.
" No. No. There's nothing wrong. He is very healthy. " The midwife replied.
She examined me for a while before turning around, and….
PAH!!
Smacked me !!! The hell!
Zhu Qian cried out loud from the pain. A boy who is mentally seventeen in the body of a baby smacked on the buttocks by a middle-aged woman was humiliating.
' Wait till I grow up ! I would return tenfold.' Zhu Qian screamed out in his mind, as he stared at the midwife, who was ordinary looking. She had her black hair up in a neat bun and was wearing a cyan colored robe. She looked at Zhu Qian with a smile, her black eyes glinting.
" Let me have him . " Mother said weakly.
The midwife quickly bundled me up properly , and passed me on to my mother.
" He looks so handsome. Would he be more handsome than you?"
Zhu Qian looked up at his mother. She was….Wow! Too beautiful for words to describe. She had flaming red hair and teal green eyes. She gave out the aura of a cat. Lazy…
While his father was exceedingly handsome, and had a muscular build. His violet eyes were piercing, highlighting his silky black hair. Both of them were a match, and Zhu Qian was expecting exceedingly great genes from both of them.
" So…what Should we name him? " My mother asked my father.
" We already have Qin. So we would name him Qian. Zhu Qian." Father replied with a big smile on his face as he watched mother feed me.
" Zhu Qian…that's good. It fits him perfectly. "
That was the last thing Zhu Qian heard as he drifted off to slumberland.