This thought merely flashed through his mind. Turning around, he said to the tall woman, "Are you the midwife? Didn't you run off?"
"I..."
"She didn't run away; she went to find yellow paper, saying the woman in childbirth was possessed. When we first went in, she was burning paper at the head of the bed."
Fuck!
Du Heng genuinely felt an urge to go mad.
There were already complications with the birth, and now they were burning paper? With ash flying everywhere, were they afraid the infection would come too slowly?
Du Heng's eyes turned cold. "Let go. If anything happens to the mother or the baby, you won't be able to bear the consequences." Then, he said to the shorter woman, "You must be the mother-in-law, right?"
The shorter woman, panicked and helpless, nodded quickly upon hearing Du Heng's words.
"Don't just stand there. Hurry up and find a car. It will take the 120 at least half an hour to get from the city to your village."
"Okay, okay, I'll go now."
