Mo Beichen resolutely refused to leave, he said, "I want to stay here with her, I'm not going anywhere."
The doctor and midwife exchanged looks, ultimately deciding not to waste time persuading him. Seeing that Gu Qian was in so much pain she was losing consciousness, and the first child had not yet been born, they checked the dilation and said, "Fill the bathtub with hot water, we'll proceed with a water birth; the hot water can lessen the pain from contractions."
The doctor explained briefly, and Nanny Xue immediately went to the bathroom to fill the tub with hot water. Once it was more than half full, the doctor instructed Mo Beichen to carry Gu Qian into the tub. With her water already broken, Gu Qian lay in the tub in her nightgown, and the hot water indeed eased some of her pain.
