Chapter 125: A Boy, It's a Boy, Boys Are Wonderful.

Li Shuyao's streak of bad luck was far from over.

On her way to the hospital, things just kept going wrong.

First, after breaking her hand, a flock of birds flew overhead, and several freshly dropped bird droppings landed squarely on Li Shuyao with uncanny precision. She was instantly covered in a foul stench, with even her face smeared, and some of it even got into her mouth.

Li Shuyao couldn't stop gagging the whole way.

Just as they were about to reach the hospital, they ran into a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law having a heated argument.

Because Li Shuyao kept retching to one side, the stretcher tilted, and she ended up bumping into the old lady.

The old woman, knocked off balance, fell backward—landing right on Li Shuyao's broken leg.

Two sharp cries of ""Ah!"" rang out at once.

One was Li Shuyao, crying out in pain from her fractured leg being pressed, and the other was the old lady who had been knocked over.

The old woman, realizing she’d been bumped, exchanged a glance with her daughter-in-law and immediately got an idea.

""Oh my, my leg, my body hurts so much, ahh, I can't take it!""

""Heavens, Mom, what's wrong? How did you get knocked over? No, this won't do, you have to pay, you must pay!""

""That's right, you must pay!""

So, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law instantly stopped fighting each other and turned their attention to Li Shuyao.

Even after Li Shuyao was taken inside the hospital for treatment, the pair followed her in.

Onlookers outside were whispering among themselves.

""That girl’s really unlucky to have gotten tangled up with those two.""

""Yeah, everyone knows the Qian family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are infamous in our military district for being shrewd and money-grubbing. If they latch onto you, they won’t stop until they’ve skinned you alive.""

...

Gu Jianing only heard about Li Shuyao’s string of misfortunes later from Zhang Shuwan.

By then, Li Shuyao had already left the Northwest Military District.

""...She got fifty yuan squeezed out of her by those two,"" Zhang Shuwan said excitedly. ""And get this—yesterday, when Li Shuyao was being carried onto the car, she just happened to fall sideways and hit her mouth on the car. Her mouth started bleeding, and I heard she even lost a tooth!""

There was no helping it—this story had spread all over the Northwest Military District by now.

Those soldiers who had once been interested in Li Shuyao, and their families, were no longer considering her.

""Do you know what those old ladies are saying about Li Shuyao?""

""Hmm?"" Gu Jianing looked over.

""They say she just looks unlucky, like she brings bad luck. If anyone married her, they’d get dragged down by her misfortune.""

""So, all those families who were thinking about her because of her background, her looks, and her status in the arts troupe, have all given up on the idea.""

When Li Shuyao first arrived at the Northwest Military District, plenty of soldiers tried to chat her up, but when she left yesterday, not a single person came to see her off.

Gu Jianing listened, deep in thought.

She hadn’t expected that the ""bad luck aura"" she’d given Li Shuyao would actually make her so unlucky.

Maybe this meant Li Shuyao really was a terrible person!

As for those old ladies’ concerns, both Gu Jianing and Zhang Shuwan could understand. Even though people these days were supposed to reject old superstitions, the older generation still held onto those beliefs.

But as the arts troupe from the capital left, the gossip about Li Shuyao gradually faded away.

What Gu Jianing didn’t expect was that Sheng Zexi would be away on his mission for so long.

Even after she finished her medical training course, he still hadn’t returned. By then, he’d been gone for over a month.

Meanwhile, Gu Jianing was more than two months pregnant.

Zhang Shuwan and Jiang Baihe were already over three months along, and their bellies were starting to show.

Both of them trusted Gu Jianing’s medical skills and would often come to her for a pulse check, asking about their own and their babies’ health.

That day, after Gu Jianing finished the final exam for her training, she returned home, and the two arrived one after the other.

""Jianing, do you think I’m having a boy or a girl?"" Jiang Baihe asked happily after hearing her baby was healthy.

Gu Jianing tilted her head and didn’t answer directly. Instead, she asked, ""Sister Jiang, do you want a boy or a girl?""

Jiang Baihe paused, her hand resting on her belly, a look of longing on her face and a gentle smile in her eyes. ""I’d love either, boy or girl. As long as it’s my and Jianguo’s child, I’ll love them.""

She meant it. After four years, she and Chai Jianguo had finally conceived. Whether it was a boy or a girl, she’d treasure the child.

""But my husband wants a girl. He says it’d be best if she looked like me. He even asked someone to get some expensive, brightly colored fabric so I could make little clothes for our daughter. I think a daughter would be wonderful—flowers before fruit, you know?""

""I see."" If Jiang Baihe had only wanted a boy and didn’t like girls, Gu Jianing might not have told her the result. But since they’d be happy either way, and especially wanted a girl, Gu Jianing said, ""Then congratulations to you and Captain Chai—you’ll get your wish. You’re having a lovely little girl.""

""Really?"" Jiang Baihe’s face lit up with joy. ""I’ll tell Jianguo later. He’ll be so happy.""

""Looks like I’d better start preparing things for my daughter early.""

""Jianing, Jianing, what about me? Is mine a boy or a girl?"" Zhang Shuwan asked anxiously after Jiang Baihe.

Clearly, both women had absolute faith in Gu Jianing’s medical skills. If she said it was a girl, it was a girl; if she said it was a boy, it was a boy—no doubts at all.

""A boy!"" Gu Jianing knew Zhang Shuwan wanted a son to carry on the family line, so her husband’s relatives wouldn’t try to take advantage of them.

So Gu Jianing didn’t keep her in suspense and told her directly.

In fact, after two months, the system could not only scan how many babies a patient was carrying, but also determine their gender, health, and development.

When Zhang Shuwan heard that she was having a boy, she froze for a moment, then her eyes turned red.

""A boy, it’s a boy, boys are wonderful.""

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face. All the grievances and hardships she’d suffered over the years seemed to melt away in that moment, the heavy weight on her heart finally lifted."