After Manbao had placed the needle, it wasn't long before Zhou Xi felt it. She tightly stared at the midwife's mouth, followed her in holding her breath, then exerted force, only to feel that the pain made her lose all sensation...
She instinctively grabbed whatever was next to her, tightly clutching it. Manbao's hand was gripped by her, and it felt as though it was about to break. Her other hand was clenched into a fist and stuffed into her mouth...
The midwife exclaimed excitedly, "I see the head, I see the head! Let's hold our breath again, and once the child's shoulders are out, it will be alright..."
Manbao wanted to look, but Ms. Qian firmly held her down. She thought that her younger daughter was even more worrisome than her elder one; was childbirth something a young girl should witness?
All Manbao could do was hear the midwife continuously shouting and watch her elder sister's face contort in pain as she breathed and pushed again. Manbao felt her heart clench...
