Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

Xu Damao then seemed to wake from a dream, quickly picked up Lou Xiao'e, and carefully placed her on the cart.

"Big Head, Tiger, you two stand guard on both sides! I'll pull the cart!" Zhang Dabiao grabbed the handle of the cart and took a deep breath.

These days, motorcycles are fast, but they're so bumpy that pregnant women can't stand it. Handcarts are slow, but if you run fast enough, you can still make the time.

"Da Mao, you stay here and keep an eye on the moths!"

Zhang Dabiao quickly removed the iron weights from his body. The iron weights, weighing a total of 40 jin (20 catties) on ​​his hands and legs, were for his daily training, and wearing them now was just a burden. He pulled the cart and rushed out of the courtyard. He had practiced Hongmen Iron Wire Palm and Chasing Wind Step. Although he hadn't mastered the Chasing Wind Step yet, his strength and explosive power were definitely not to be underestimated.

The cart sped through the alley, with Xu Damao following closely beside him, sweating profusely, holding Lou Xiao'e's hand tightly.

"E'er, hang in there! We're almost at the hospital! Our baby will be alright!" Xu Damao cried as he ran.

In the courtyard house.

Qin Huairu held Banggeng, whose face was covered in blood and whose ears were still bleeding, and cried her heart out.

"Grandpa! Banggeng can't hear! His ear is bleeding!" Qin Huairu cried out in despair.

Yi Zhonghai stomped his feet in anger: "What are you all standing there for! Get him to the hospital right now!"

Without saying a word, Sha Zhu picked up the stick and carried it on his back. Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi followed behind, and the whole family rushed to the hospital in a panic.

The once bustling courtyard was instantly emptied, leaving only bloodstains and amniotic fluid on the ground, a shocking sight.

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Hongxing People's Hospital is also the designated employee hospital for many factories.

Zhang Dabiao pulled the cart, running until he was drenched in sweat, his clothes completely soaked. Xu Damao ran alongside him, losing a shoe in the process, but didn't bother to pick it up.

"Doctor! Doctor! Help! My wife is about to give birth!" Xu Damao shouted at the top of his lungs as soon as he entered the hospital.

Several nurses rushed out with a stretcher, lifted Lou Xiao'e, who was in so much pain that she was almost delirious, onto it, and headed straight for the delivery room.

The red light in the delivery room came on.

Xu Damao paced back and forth in the corridor like a headless fly. He clutched his hair with both hands, repeatedly muttering, "God help me, please don't let anything happen, please don't let anything happen..."

Zhang Dabiao leaned against the wall of the corridor, panting heavily. This frantic run had taken its toll even on him, a trained fighter.

Seeing Xu Damao's dejected appearance, he walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Da Mao, don't worry too much. Your sister-in-law is well-nourished and in good health. Although she was frightened just now, she didn't fall and should be fine."

Xu Damao grabbed Zhang Dabiao's hand, tears streaming down his face: "Brother Dabiao, thank you so much today. If you hadn't pulled me up, E'zi would have fallen to the ground... I don't even want to think about it! I owe you my life!"

"Alright, why are you saying all this to your own brothers? Sit down for a bit, I'll go get you some water." Zhang Dabiao turned and went to the water room, his mouth was dry from running all the way, so he wanted to get some water to drink first.

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Time passed by, second by second.

Lou Xiao'e's painful screams occasionally drifted from the delivery room, each one like a knife stabbing into Xu Damao's heart. He wished he could rush in and suffer in his wife's place, and even more so, he wished he could go back right now and kill that little beast Bang Geng.

More than two hours passed.

Just as Xu Damao was about to collapse, a loud cry suddenly came from the delivery room.

"Wow—wow—"

The loud, forceful cry pierced through the thick wooden door and echoed down the corridor.

Xu Damao suddenly stood up, froze, and tears instantly streamed down his face.

The delivery room door opened, and a nurse walked out with a smile: "Who is Lou Xiao'e's family member?"

"I! I'm her man!" Xu Damao stumbled and lunged forward.

"Congratulations, mother and baby are safe and sound. It's a big, healthy boy, weighing a full seven pounds and two ounces! Although you were a few days premature due to the shock, the baby is developing very well and is very healthy," the nurse said with a smile.

Upon hearing the words "mother and child are safe," Xu Damao's legs went weak, and he knelt down on the ground, covering his face and wailing.

"I have a son... I, Xu Damao, have an heir! Thank God!"

Zhang Dabiao, watching from the side, also breathed a sigh of relief. He went over and pulled Xu Damao up: "Alright, stop howling, hurry inside and check on Moth and the baby."

Xu Damao wiped away his tears and followed the nurse into the ward.

Lou Xiao'e lay weakly on the hospital bed, her face pale, but her eyes were filled with maternal radiance. In the small bed next to her lay a rosy, wrinkled baby, fast asleep with its eyes closed.

Xu Damao leaned closer, looking at the little life, his hands trembling.

"E'er, you've worked so hard. We have a son now." Xu Damao held Lou Xiao'e's hand, his voice choked with emotion.

Lou Xiao'e forced a smile: "Da Mao, let's name the child."

Xu Damao thought for a moment, then turned to Zhang Dabiao: "Brother Dabiao, you're cultured, why don't you come up with a name for me?"

Zhang Dabiao waved his hand: "This is your son, you can name him yourself. But let me remind you, don't name him something like Xu Xiao, it sounds awful."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao nodded repeatedly. He recalled what Zhang Dabiao had told him and Lou Xiao'e before. In their original destiny, Lou Xiao'e was to give birth to a son named He Xiao for Sha Zhu. Since her first child was a son, Lou Xiao'e had also considered having the character "Xiao" in her child's name without knowing the truth.

But if it weren't for Sha Zhu hitting someone today, Lou Xiao'e wouldn't have ended up getting involved and forced to have a premature birth.

Therefore, Xu Damao felt awkward about the character "晓" no matter how he looked at it, but it was a character that Lou Xiao'e had already considered, so he couldn't use it.

"His name is Xu Xiaojun! Jun as in 'building an army'! From now on, he should act tough like a soldier, and no one should dare to bully him!" Xu Damao said through gritted teeth.

"Xu Xiaojun...a good name." Lou Xiao'e nodded weakly.

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While the Xu family was immersed in the joy of welcoming their son, another part of the hospital was shrouded in gloom.

Outside the emergency room.

Qin Huairu slumped onto the bench, her eyes red and swollen, her voice hoarse from crying. Jia Zhangshi stood beside her, constantly cursing Xu Damao. Sha Zhu stood sweating profusely at the door, anxiously awaiting the result, while Yi Zhonghai remained silent in the background.

The doctor came out with the test results, his expression somewhat grave.

"Doctor, how is my son? Why is his ear bleeding?" Qin Huairu rushed over and grabbed the doctor's sleeve tightly.

The doctor sighed and said, "The child has three broken teeth, which is a minor issue; a filling will suffice. However, the ruptured eardrum in the left ear is more serious, and the child is currently deaf in the left ear."

"What?! You're deaf?!" Qin Huairu's vision went black, and she almost fainted.

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi immediately started throwing a tantrum in the corridor: "Good heavens! That heartless Xu Damao has made my Banggeng deaf!"

"I want him to pay with his life!"