The car stopped at Warm Garden, and the doctor was already waiting at home.
Ye Nuanxi was examined thoroughly from head to toe, and aside from the two slaps on her face, there were no other injuries.
"Mr. Huo, Miss Ye's health is very normal, there shouldn't be any problems with a normal pregnancy!"
After the examination, Su Yu, the head of the medical team, reported to Huo Beichen, "The two slaps on the face were quite forceful, even with treatment, swelling will likely subside by tomorrow!"
"When will she wake up?"
Huo Beichen nodded to acknowledge, then spoke coldly, "I want a specific time!"
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Su Yu replied directly without arrogance, "The anesthetic typically lasts four to five hours, but based on Miss Su's constitution, at least seven to eight hours, she should awaken around seven ten in the morning!"
"Alright, I understand. You may go now!"
"Yes!"
Su Yu gestured for her medical team to leave with her. As they reached the door, she couldn't help but remind him, "Mr. Huo, Miss Ye's emotional state today is really too poor, not suitable for conception, so, as for intercourse, it's best not to tonight..."
Huo Beichen: "..."
Was he such a beast? Even his own doctor was reminding him?
"You're my doctor, just do your job!"
His voice was low, laced with strong displeasure. Having his scant desires seen through was a dangerous thing for someone who normally wanted for nothing. Huo Beichen, feeling somewhat irritated, tugged at the sleeve of his suit, carelessly tossing the cufflink that had been pinned there onto the nightstand next to the woman's bed, and then he turned to look indifferently at Su Yu leaving through the door, saying, "I, Huo Beichen, do not have the special proclivity of raping women, much less insensate logs!"
The implication was for her to hold her concern; he wouldn't touch this woman under these circumstances!
However, Su Yu heard it differently: "Yes, yes, yes, as if Mr. Huo would rape a woman, it's more likely for a woman to rape Mr. Huo!"
How much virtue must the woman on the bed have accumulated in her past lives to have climbed into Huo Beichen's bed, even though it was merely as a surrogate mother, she had indeed slept with Huo Beichen for real!
"Bang!"
Su Yu hadn't even had time to react when the sound of a heavy door slamming shut interrupted her.
Watching the door that he just remotely closed, Huo Beichen felt as if all strength had left him, and he sat down beside the woman's bed. His gaze foolishly fell on the woman's medicated cheeks, and a mysterious pain began to throb in his heart...
Why?
She was only a surrogate perfectly suited in every aspect to be the mother of his child. Her goal was to carry the baby for him for ten months. The physical transaction between them assuredly bore no soul. So why, upon seeing her like this, did he feel agitated, uncomfortable, and even... pained?
The words 'heartache' emerged in Huo Beichen's mind, startling him profoundly!
Could he still feel heartache?
Hadn't his heart already been shattered ten years ago, after that great fire?
Huo Beichen's gaze traveled inch by inch upward, eventually resting on the woman's tightly closed eyes. Her thick eyelashes seemed to stir the heart just by looking at them. In his mind involuntarily emerged the memory of last night's dark night sky, those bright yet restrained eyes that shone like beautiful stars in the night, intensely stimulating his desire to conquer and the distant longing in the depths of his heart...
They were so alike!
If she wasn't the young miss of the Ye family, he would have even started to suspect that they were the same person—that she was still alive!