The elevator quickly arrived at their floor. The doors opened, and they walked out together.
Almost no one was on this entire floor.
Si Xi and Wu Fu scurried ahead, while Xia Chujian and Ning Sa walked side by side behind them.
Their footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.
They walked to the end of the long corridor before Ning Sa finally saw the "Life is in the Distance" studio plaque.
She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank goodness it's still here. They haven't moved yet."
Xia Chujian pushed the door open first and called out, "Aunt, a potential client is here."
Xia Yuanfang came out at the sound of her voice and immediately saw the pregnant woman standing behind Xia Chujian.
Sharing the same thought as Xia Chujian, she said with a smile, "You're about to give birth, aren't you? We don't do deliveries here."
Ning Sa said, "No, I have an obstetrician. I came to you because there's a problem with the child in my womb. Can you take a look?"
Xia Yuanfang frowned slightly and said, "If the problem was discovered in the first five weeks of pregnancy, I might be able to help. But now..."
Ning Sa suddenly groaned, clutching the front desk counter with one hand and her stomach with the other. Sweat poured from her forehead, and her face was frighteningly pale.
Xia Yuanfang and Xia Chujian were both startled.
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Are you going into labor? I'll call an ambulance for you. Let's go to the hospital right away! Do you want to go to a public or private hospital?"
Ning Sa was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten her back, but she still waved her hand and said, "No... no... I'm not going into labor... I've been having this intermittent pain for three months now. It'll be fine in a little while..."
Seeing this, Xia Yuanfang said, "Then come in first. I have some basic testing equipment here that can check on the condition of the fetus in your womb. If it's really bad, I'll still call an ambulance to take you to the hospital, okay?"
Ning Sa couldn't even speak now, she just nodded in agreement.
Worried that something might happen, Xia Chujian carefully turned on the camera on her Quantum Optical Brain, intending to record.
Xia Yuanfang glanced at her and then looked at the corner of the ceiling.
Xia Chujian then understood that there was surveillance here, so she didn't need to record separately.
Relieved, Xia Chujian took the two little ones to play in the spacious living room.
Xia Yuanfang took Ning Sa to the small room with a lot of medical equipment and closed the door.
There were almost no traces of decoration in this room. Xia Yuanfang only had one special request for the decoration company: the soundproofing for this room and the small room next to it had to be the best.
Therefore, the door to this room was specially made and had excellent soundproofing.
After Xia Yuanfang and Ning Sa entered, she helped Ning Sa change into a prepared gown and then had her lie down on the bed.
After lying down, Ning Sa looked at the busy Xia Yuanfang and asked, "Doctor Xia, you also treat Humanoids, right?"
This was something Xia Yuanfang mentioned in her advertisement, because many doctors were unwilling to treat Humanoids.
Xia Yuanfang's mention of Humanoids was one of the reasons that attracted Ning Sa.
Xia Yuanfang nodded, "Yes, I can treat both Humanoids and humans."
Ning Sa was slightly relieved. She placed her hands on her stomach and said, "My name is Ning Sa. There might be... a problem with the child in my womb. Please don't be alarmed..."
Xia Yuanfang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ms. Ning. If there wasn't a problem, you wouldn't have come to me."
Ning Sa said, "To be honest, I'm grasping at straws here. I'm really at my wit's end. If you don't mind me saying so, your place is really the last treatment room I could find."
Xia Yuanfang didn't say anything more. She worked quickly, attaching various sensors to Ning Sa's stomach, and then turned on her Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager.
With this device, she could clearly see the child in Ning Sa's womb.
In the Beichen Empire, this wasn't particularly advanced technology.
Major public and private hospitals, clinics, and laboratories were equipped with this type of equipment.
When the image appeared on the Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager, Xia Yuanfang understood.
She calmly said, "This child of yours is a Humanoid. It's appearing in its beast form in the mother's womb, with horns on its head, resembling a leopard."
Tears immediately streamed down Ning Sa's face.
She sobbed and said, "Doctor Xia, can you help me? I'm so afraid that after he's born, he won't be able to turn back into a complete human..."
Xia Yuanfang said, "After the Humanoids of the Beichen Empire are born, there will be a special government agency to assess the infants."
"Humanoids who can switch back to normal human form within thirty days of birth are of the Lowly People class and can grow up with their parents."
"Those who cannot switch back to normal human form within thirty days of birth are of the Slaves class and will be immediately taken away from their parents and sent to a specially enclosed Humanoid breeding center."
"Your child hasn't been born yet, worrying now is too early, isn't it?"
Ning Sa was overwhelmed with sorrow: "This child of mine, from the moment he took shape in my belly, has been... has been... in beast form, never turning into human form..."
Xia Yuanfang was surprised: "Always in beast form? That's rare."
According to the information she had seen, Humanoid children would switch between beast form and human form while still in the womb.
But at birth, they would all have some beast form, because beast Genes are stronger.
At the moment of birth, when the fetus leaves its previous safe environment and enters a new environment, it experiences tremendous psychological stress.
At this time, beast Genes will overwhelm human Genes, so Humanoid infants are all in beast form, or a combination of beast and human form, when they are first born.
However, within thirty days of birth, the human Genes of some Humanoids will quickly overwhelm the beast Genes, switching to a complete human form.
They are the Humanoid Lowly People, who can grow up with their parents and enjoy certain rights.
After thirty days, if they are still in beast form, or a combination of beast and human form, and cannot switch to a complete human form, it means that the beast Genes in their body completely overwhelm the human Genes, and they can only be Humanoid Slaves, without any rights, and will be taken away from their parents.
But this fetus has been in beast form in the mother's womb, never switching to human form. The books say that it is highly probable that this child will always be in beast form and can only be a Humanoid Slave.
However, Xia Yuanfang had never had the opportunity to see clinical cases, so she was not sure how high the probability mentioned in the books was, or whether it was an absolute probability event.
Xia Yuanfang pondered for a while and asked, "How do you know that your child has always been in beast form? Do you go for prenatal check-ups often?"
Ning Sa's face flushed, and after a while, she stammered, "...I... I have this thing at home..."
She looked towards the Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager.
Xia Yuanfang said "Oh" and thought, this woman has a Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager at home, so she is not of ordinary status, at least very rich.
Because this kind of medical equipment, even if it is not very expensive, is worth a house for ordinary families.
If you are not opening a studio or clinic, who would be full enough to buy a Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager for home use? Seeing that Xia Yuanfang did not speak, Ning Sa said again: "I just discovered that this child... this child... has never turned into human form, that's why I'm so worried... not to mention thirty days after birth, I'm worried that he will never... be able to switch to a complete human form!"
Xia Yuanfang thought, there are many Humanoids who can't switch to a complete human form in their lifetime.
Aren't the hundreds of millions of Humanoid Slaves in the Royal Plantation all Humanoids who can't switch back to a complete human form?
She looked at Ning Sa with sympathy and sighed, "To be honest, your child has a high probability of never switching back to a complete human form."
"Ah?! Is there really no way?!" Ning Sa was particularly emotional, which also affected the fetus in her belly.
In the Three-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound Imager, the little leopard with horns suddenly moved.
Ning Sa immediately screamed, clutching her stomach.
Xia Yuanfang could see that when the child moved, his horns were hitting Ning Sa's placental wall.
That must be so painful...
Xia Yuanfang felt a little unbearable.
She pondered for a moment and asked, "Ms. Ning, may I ask, which of you and the child's father is a Humanoid? Or are both of you?"
Ning Sa closed her eyes and said, "I am, his father... is not."
Xia Yuanfang asked again, "What about the child's father?"
"...We broke up." Ning Sa took a deep breath and wiped her tears. "After he knew that the child would probably be in beast form for the rest of his life, he asked me to abort the child and have sterilization surgery. But I would rather break up with him than abort my child!"
Xia Yuanfang said with relief, "Ms. Ning did the right thing. The child is innocent."
"Doctor Xia also thinks I should keep him? But in this state, even if I give birth to him, he will be taken away and be a Slave forever..." Ning Sa's eyes were stubborn to the point of madness, "I can't! I can't let my child be a Slave for life!"
"Doctor Xia, please! Help me think of a way!"
Looking at Ning Sa's pleading and desperate gaze, Xia Yuanfang bit her lip and said in a low voice, "...There is a way, but it's very expensive, you..."
Before she could finish her words, Ning Sa sat up with surprise and joy and said, "As long as there is a way, money is not a problem!"
Indeed, she was someone who didn't lack money.
Xia Yuanfang slowly extended a finger.
But Ning Sa immediately said, "100,000 yuan? No problem!"
Xia Yuanfang was stunned. She only wanted 10,000 yuan. How could this woman blurt out 100,000?! Seeing that she didn't speak, Ning Sa thought she had offered too little and immediately said, "One million? I can offer one million!"
Xia Yuanfang felt a buzzing in her head, as if she had been hit with a club.
She never dreamed that she could earn a million from such a patient!
"Doctor Xia? Is a million not enough? I can offer... five million!" Ning Sa went all out, planning to sell all the things that man had given her and convert them into cash, and then borrow a little more money. She could still scrape together five million.
Xia Yuanfang came back to her senses and quickly said, "100,000 is enough, no need for a million."
"Ah? Really? 100,000 is enough?!" Ning Sa couldn't quite believe her ears.
She was prepared to sell everything she owned to cure her child. If it only cost 100,000, it would be too cheap for her! Xia Yuanfang said, "100,000, for four treatments. When is your due date? Let me see if I can complete the first three treatments before the due date."
Ning Sa said, "The due date is May 15th."
Xia Yuanfang thought for a moment and said, "A month and a half is a bit rushed, I'll try. How about this, you come here next week at this time, and I'll give you the first treatment. This treatment should allow your child to switch from a fetal state to a humanoid form. Then, after the second treatment, he will be born in a humanoid state."
Ning Sa suddenly looked up, staring straight at Xia Yuanfang, and said, "Doctor Xia, can you guarantee that my son will be born as a humanoid?! He has never been a humanoid in my belly!"
Xia Yuanfang said with slight displeasure, "Ms. Ning, as a patient, you must trust me. If you don't trust me, I can't perform the treatment. You don't need to give me 100,000, it's better to just leave."
Ning Sa had sought medical treatment everywhere for half a year before finding Doctor Xia Yuanfang, the only doctor who could give her a definite answer. Of course, she wouldn't give up.
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