Chapter 167 - Egg Retrieval Day (1)

When Sunday rolled around, Xiao Lei and Xiao Zhihao woke up early to go to the hospital for the egg retrieval process. Luo Guangying's driver was already waiting for them when they went down to the apartment lobby. 

The moment they arrived at Hospital Imperial, they bumped into Luo Guangying and Callum in the lift. Both of them had just arrived at the hospital as well.  

Since there were only the four of them, Luo Guangying asked in a kind voice when he saw her nervous expression, "Worried?" 

"Just a little... I heard that it might take a few tries," Xiao Lei said with a nervous smile. "I don't think I can keep going through all those injections... The first attempt was pretty hard to go through."

She had broken a lot of furniture, which Luo Guangying found out when the maid he sent to refill her fridge reported back to him. He had promptly replaced all the broken pieces of furniture.  

With a smile, he nodded. "Then we better get it done in one cycle."

"Don't worry, Xiao Lei. Our boys are strong. You'll definitely get pregnant," Callum said with a mischievous grin, before getting elbowed in the stomach by his partner. He then pouted. "Ouch! That hurts!" 

"Serves you right." Luo Guangying scoffed. "Not a conversation can go by without you spouting weird nonsense."

Xiao Zhihao laughed softly at the both of them. 

"Are you alright, Mr. Shenlong? I heard that you were sick previously," Xiao Zhihao asked suddenly with a worried gaze. He recalled that his mother told him that Callum had a little fever previously, as that was what she was told when her call to Callum previously was picked up by Luo Guangying. "It's not serious, is it?" 

Callum smirked and patted his stomach loudly. "I'm fine. Just a little annoying bug..."

"Don't worry about him. He won't die that easily." Luo Guangying smiled as he looked at the boy. He hoped that their kid would be as kind and as smart as Xiao Zhihao. "How's school?" 

"Pretty great. I have an exam coming up, so I won't be coming back next weekend. I want to spend more time studying." 

"Oh, that's good. Study hard. Don't worry about your mum. I'll make sure to check on her," Luo Guangying said while shooting a glance at his husband. 

Xiao Zhihao nodded. They continued to chitchat while walking toward Dr. Phillip's office. 

When they got to Dr. Phillip's office, the doctor told them the things that he would be doing and what he needed them to do. 

"Don't worry, Phillip! I've refrained from touching Guangying the past two days. I'm good to go!" Callum said with a confident tone while giving Dr. Phillip a thumbs-up. "My boys are all geared up and ready to come out!" 

All the a.d.u.l.ts in the room facepalmed themselves while Xiao Zhihao chuckled at Callum's description. 

Among all the a.d.u.l.ts that he met recently, Callum was his favorite even though they had barely talked to each other. He felt that Callum was a great husband, just like his father.

Rolling his eyes at Callum, Dr. Phillip then turned to Xiao Lei and said with a gentle tone, "I'd be putting you under sedation later. We will insert an ultrasound probe into your v.a.g.i.n.a to identify the follicles. After that, we will insert a thin needle into the ultrasound guide to go through the v.a.g.i.n.a and into the follicles. From there, we will retrieve the eggs." 

When he saw Xiao Lei's nervous expression, he added, "There might be a slight pain. I need to know that you are ok with it, and that you won't hurt me or my nurses."

Xiao Lei hesitated for a moment before nodding with a determined expression. "I'll control myself."

"Mum, just hold onto my hand." Xiao Zhihao said as he looked up to his mother with a gentle smile. 

"NO!" Dr. Phillip and another nurse, who had seen Xiao Lei during her medical checkup, said in unison. Both of them feared that Xiao Zhihao's hand would be crushed to dust if they were to allow it.

Xiao Zhihao chuckled. He knew what they were worried about. "It's fine."

He opened his backpack and showed them the clothes in it. "If we wrap these clothes around my hand, then it wouldn't hurt."

Looking at her son's determination to be her pillar of support, Xiao Lei could not help but smile. She reached out and placed her hands on her son's shoulders as she said with a serious tone, "Zhihao, I'd be fine. And it's not proper for you to be inside. You're still young. Stay outside with the uncles. I'll be fine." 

"But..."

"I managed to give myself all the shots at home, right? This is not a big deal."

Dr. Phillip nodded. "I'll do my best not to hurt your mother." 

Xiao Zhihao looked at Dr. Phillip, then at his mother. He then sighed and nodded. "I'll listen to the doctor. I'll be right outside the door. If you need me, just call for me, alright?"

Xiao Lei grinned. "Ah, my boy. You're behaving too much like an a.d.u.l.t! That's not cute, you know? Be a bit like your age..." 

Her son had just hit the teenage years, but to Xiao Lei, Xiao Zhihao had always been a little serious. She wondered if he was acting this way because of their circ.u.mstances, and if so, she felt a little sad that she could not give him a better living environment.

"Hopefully everything would change for the better soon..." Xiao Lei thought to herself as she looked at her son.

Dr. Phillip smiled at the two as he thought, "Ah... A beautiful, loving mother, and a kind, considerate beautiful son... What a nice view..."

He then turned to Luo Guangying and Callum and dropped his smile. "You two. Go and follow the nurse. Do what you do every day with your hand and put them into the bottles. The nurse will tell you how to shoot properly. Come back quickly and don't fool around like monkeys! This is a hospital!"