Chapter 2 Awakening the Golden Finger

“Damn it, is there something wrong with my eyes?”

Xu Lianghan didn’t react immediately. Only when he saw Ruan Yaoyao did he stop pacing and look at her. “Mom, what are you doing here?”

“If I didn’t come, what would you do if you lost my granddaughter?”

For this son who had nearly driven her crazy in the past, Ruan Yaoyao had no patience left at all.

Xu Lianghan felt a little helpless. “Mom, Qiaoqiao is giving birth inside. I don’t have the mood to argue with you right now.”

“You think I have the mood to argue? You’re the one causing a scene! Your wife is giving birth, and I’m not allowed to come? I came to see my soon-to-be-born granddaughter. What’s wrong with that? Not allowed?”

【If it weren’t for you being alone here and nearly losing my precious granddaughter, would I even bother coming?】

【Do you think I have nothing better to do all day?】

Xu Lianghan’s eyes widened in surprise. He looked at Ruan Yaoyao several times, confused. Did he mishear, or was his mother talking to herself?

“Mom, what did you just say? How could I possibly lose my daughter?”

“Hehe!” Ruan Yaoyao gave him a look.

【How would I know?】

【I dreamed it, is that not allowed?】

【I’m just making a precautionary trip. What if something happens?】

Xu Lianghan couldn’t help but laugh and groan. So, his mother came all the way here just because of a dream?

All this time, he had assumed that after so many years, his mother still held a grudge against him for being a son born out of wedlock.

He didn’t expect that she actually cared about him. Here she was, coming over just because of a dream.

Somehow, it made him feel warm inside.

The words hovering above Xu Lianghan’s head were far too obvious. Ruan Yaoyao tried to control herself, but she couldn’t resist glancing at them. In her mind, she muttered: 【This is incredible!】

【Whose eyes go bad and see not ordinary things, but nicknames above people’s heads?】

【Such huge golden words floating above his head—I can hardly ignore them. Feels just like the online games I used to play. Pretty interesting.】

Ruan Yaoyao wondered if it was just because she was getting older, had too much idle time, and had played too many games that her eyes were acting up.

【But thinking about it, with all the things Xu Lianghan has done, this title is well-earned for my precious granddaughter.】

【The worst scumbag father in history. Witnessing her birth and still managing to lose her, then spoiling the fake heiress for over a decade, finally acknowledging her, yet still favoring the fake heiress. If that’s not a ‘scumbag dad,’ what is?】

【Poor Lingxuan. She grew up in an orphanage for the first decade, and even after being recognized, she ended up like a rat chased through the streets. Truly miserable. It might have been better if she hadn’t been recognized…】

Xu Lianghan: “Wait, what exactly is all this stuff my mom is mumbling about?!”

He turned to look at Ruan Yaoyao and realized she was lost in thought, lips not moving.

Then the question arose: if her lips weren’t moving, why was a voice continuously floating into his ears?

At that moment, the delivery room door opened. A nurse came out holding a baby, announcing that both mother and child were safe, and congratulating Mr. Xu on having his wish fulfilled with a daughter.

“Really?! A daughter?!”

Xu Lianghan was thrilled and hurriedly took the baby into his arms.

The newborn was red and wrinkled, honestly not very pretty.

Ruan Yaoyao immediately noticed the glowing words above the baby’s head: “The Most Pitiful True Daughter”. She winced at the sight.

【Really? The Most Pitiful True Daughter?】

【Sigh… she’s had a rough start! I’ll have to watch her closely this time and not let her get lost.】

【My dear granddaughter, don’t worry. Grandma will keep a close eye on you this lifetime, and no one will ever take you away.】

Here it comes again! Xu Lianghan felt helpless and glanced at Ruan Yaoyao.

At this point, he didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation. He just thought maybe he was hallucinating. His attention was fully on his newborn daughter and his wife in the delivery room, so he didn’t think much of it.

Wanting to ease things with his mother, Xu Lianghan held his daughter for a while, then handed her to Ruan Yaoyao. “Mom, I see you like her. You hold her too.”

“Have you looked closely at your daughter?” Ruan Yaoyao didn’t take the baby immediately. She pointed at the infant in Xu Lianghan’s arms and said, “See? She’s just born, no eyebrows yet. Her eyes are still closed, but you can tell she’ll have big eyes, probably resembling your wife. Her nose is very much like yours—straight and defined. Her lips are also like your wife’s. And her ears…”

Ruan Yaoyao listed all the baby’s features one by one for Xu Lianghan to memorize.

Xu Lianghan: “…”

Wait, Mom, why does it feel like I can’t recognize my own daughter?

Ruan Yaoyao didn’t care what Xu Lianghan thought. She pulled back the thin blanket covering the baby, exposing her chest and neck, pointing to a spot on her left shoulder: “See? Your daughter has a mole here. Her hands are chubby, her fingernails are wide, looks like she inherited them from your dad. Wide nails might look a little weird when she grows up…”

Then she added, “And for girls, if they’re not pretty, so be it. Don’t be like those news stories where they take their daughters to do manicures at a tiny age for appearance.”

That’s just torture!

In ancient times, there was a punishment called ‘finger clamp’. How is trimming nails any different?

She rattled on, making it sound like Xu Lianghan would abuse his own daughter. Xu Lianghan was speechless.

Seeing that Ruan Yaoyao didn’t intend to hold the baby herself, he prepared to hand her back to the nurse and go out to be with his wife.

But Ruan Yaoyao panicked and immediately stopped him: “Wait! Since she’s been held, don’t put her back. I’ll hold her.”

Without another word, she snatched her granddaughter from Xu Lianghan’s hands.

【No way! If she’s taken away, who knows if she’ll even still be my granddaughter when she comes back.】

【Her dad isn’t careful. I’ll hold my own granddaughter myself.】

The nurse gave them a questioning look—should she take the baby back? She had only brought her out for a quick check and she still needed more examinations.

“Where to check? I’ll take her,” Ruan Yaoyao decided. No one would take her granddaughter away from her sight, even for a second, until she confirmed the baby was safe.

As if remembering something, she turned and told Xu Lianghan to check if his white moonlight (first love) was also in the hospital. Maybe she gave birth to a daughter at the same time, or has relatives working there.

【Out of all the hospitals in this city, she had to give birth at the same time as my granddaughter. No way there isn’t some trick involved.】

【In her own hospital, and she still manages to swap children—impressive.】

Xu Lianghan froze in place, hearing his mother’s thoughts from afar, utterly confused.

Even his former white moonlight popped up? And a child swap? This is getting more absurd.

He wiped his face, realizing he woke up too early.

It wasn’t his mom’s eyes that were faulty, it was his ears. Otherwise, how could he hear all this nonsense?

The voice sounded exactly like his mother. He couldn’t have misheard—it really was her “speaking.” The question was, how did it get into his ears?

Could it be that the hospital was haunted…?

Xu Lianghan shuddered.

Ugh… this is the maternity ward, and his wife is still inside.

He couldn’t help feeling a little suspicious. Making a call wasn’t difficult.

Moreover, his wife was still being monitored in the delivery room. She wouldn’t come out immediately. When Ruan Yaoyao returned, she would definitely ask, and he’d have to explain.

Xu Lianghan called the hospital director.

“Cao Manhui? No, there’s no such person in the hospital.”

Xu Lianghan exhaled in relief. Looks like he was overthinking.

Today’s events were too surreal, and he had gone a bit crazy along with it.