"Congratulations Mrs. Lin, little xuan is now a healthy baby."
The young nurse walked out of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) holding a skinny-looking baby and smiled at the woman waiting at the door.
"Sorry to trouble you, Nurse Yuan!"
The woman looked at the baby with eyes full of excitement and love.
... .... ...
The sudden conversation ringing in his ear roused Lin xuan awake.
Although he could only make out some vague outlines in front of him, the touch on his body made him realize that he seemes to be being picked up.
'Huh'
''What's going on..''
''Aren't I qualified for some beauty sleep?''
Lin xuan who felt inexplicably tired after using his brain for a little while, no longer had the strength required to think about the situation he was in, and subconsciously wanted to shut the people disturbing his beauty sleep up.
But when the words came to his lips they turned into howling and crying
... ..... ..
"WOW!!"
Loud cries echoed throughout the hallway.
Unfortunately, the cries did not interrupt the ongoing conversation, but instead caused the tension in the air to reduce.
"Listen Mrs. Lin, the baby cries so much stronger than many babies born at full term".
"That is all thanks to Nurse Yuan taking care of me"
The woman, now known as Mrs. Lin, replied with a hint of a smile.
At the same time, Lin xuan felt himself being handed from one person to another....
'Ehn'
'Am I being carried?'
'The baby they spoke about...was me!!'
'Am I now a baby?'
Lin Xuan's mind went blank when he realized that the 'baby' was actually himself.
The violent mood swings caused his brain to become overloaded in an instant, and he was soon enveloped with a strong wave of tiredness.
In his daze, a translucent panel popped up in front of him:
[Ding]
[Achievement unlocked]
[Achievement: born at 33 weeks and survived successfully]
[Achievement reward: title [premature infant] granted]
[Premature infant]: you were born at 33 weeks, and survived thanks to the incubator and the careful care of the nurses.
[Current state]: weak, pitiful and helpless.
[Title effect]: when equipped others will feel pity towards you.
[Remark]:only title currently available, cannot be upgraded or replaced.
.....
[
Character: Lin xuan
Age: 0yrs (21 days)
Attributes:
Physical: 0.2/10
Mental: 0.7/10
Title:[premature infant](equipped)
Talent: none
Skill: none
Occupation: none]
"Did I time travel?"
Was Lin Xuan's last thoughts after reading the panel information.
In the next moment, he fell asleep again.
.....
In the following days Lin xuan found it hard to keep his mind clear for an extended period of time, so he spent most of his days fast asleep, or in a hazy, quasi-downtime state.
Until this day.
He was yet to awaken fully. But after feeling the pacifier in his mouth, he started sucking it instinctively.
Smack, smack—
Soon after he started sucking the pacifier, panel prompts appeared in his mind:
[Consuming premature infant formula milk, primary nutrition +1]
[Consuming premature infant formula milk, primary nutrition +1]
Lin xuan was no stranger to these notification, because in the past few days, he'd been constantly receiving such notifications after he drank milk.
But this time was different, because after he drank for a while this time, a new panel prompted in his mind:
[Achievement obtained: sucking on a pacifier ×500]
[Achievement reward: talent [Nutrition absorption]
Talent effect: there is a limit to the amount of nutrient the human body can take in a day. Anything that exceeds that limit will become a burden to the body....due to the talent, this restriction doesn't apply to you anymore and allows you to absorbs endless nutrients
Remarks: can be upgraded]
'Nutrient absorption talent?'
Lin Xuan felt his heart beat faster when he saw the panel prompt.
The most important thing, of course, is to not overthink.
So he left most of his actions to instinct.
Soon after the prompt changed again:
[Consuming premature infant formula milk, primary nutrition +2]
[Consuming premature infant formula milk, primary nutrition +2]
'It actually doubled?!'
Lin xuan was surprised to see that the nutrition absorption had doubled, especially when he immediately discovered another change in himself-
Even if he was hungry, he couldn't drink that much milk at once.
Even if it was a premature infant formula created for premature infants, drinking to much at once would threaten to burst his extremely fragile stomach, yet he didn't feel any discomfort of sorts after drinking so much.
'Could it be that this nutrition absorption talent also improved my digestive functions?' He analyzed secretly.
Just as he was analyzing the situation, the familiar sound of his mother's voice suddenly came to his ears, with a hint of annoyance in her tone.
"Why are you still feeding him?, don't you see how much he has eaten"
"I'm sorry, my bad" Daddy Lin's voice resounded "he usually pushes the bottle away after drinking to his fill, I don't know why he hasn't pushed...."
Before he finished speaking, the pacifier in Lin Xuan's mouth fell off.
"???"
He just realized the sweetness brought about by the [Nutrition Absorption] talent, so he turned around and threw away the bottle. He didn't have such a mentality.
Lin xuan started crying immediately.
There was no other way. His language factor had yet to fully develop, so he had no effective way to protest except crying.
"Don't cry little baby, my baby xuanxuan is the best behaved....daddy is the bad guy so just ignore him okay?"
Ye hogyu took the crying baby from her husband's hands and reprimanded him "You can't even feed a baby, Lin Xuan's stomach is very fragile, can't you be more careful"
Lin hai apologized profusely, then grabbed the car keys and said: "please carry while I get the car, let's go to the hospital for a checkup."
Seeing him looking like that Ye hongyu lost most of her anger and agreed
"You're right, let's go and have a look"
"What, why are you going to the hospital, just give me back the bottle and I'll be fine" Lin xuan tried to voice his complaints while stretching his hands for the bottle.
But in the eyes of his parents it was a sign of him being uncomfortable and they suddenly sped up
"WEEEEEE"
Lin xuan cried even harder
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