Chapter 1 What is a Ghost Fetus?

"What's this big job that even you, the Valley Master of Yaowang Valley, can't handle?" Chen Xiao teased.

"Director Chen, please don't make fun of me. It's really urgent! This is just too bizarre!" Chu Luo said with a wry smile.

"Alright, you wait. I'll head over there right away."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, Gu Yutong asked with a reluctant expression, "Master, are you leaving again?"

She finally got a chance to spend more time with her master, but he was always busy with one thing or another.

"Yes, there's an emergency at the hospital. I need to go. You go home, I'm leaving first!" Chen Xiao said, turning to leave.

Watching Chen Xiao walk further and further away, Gu Yutong suddenly mustered her courage and shouted, "Master, can I go with you?"

Chen Xiao hesitated for a moment, thinking, I'm going to the hospital, what would you do there?

But sensing Gu Yutong's eager gaze, he didn't know how to refuse.

In the end, he could only smile and say, "Sure, you can come with me!"

"Yay!" Gu Yutong jumped up happily.

If Gu Zhendong saw this scene, he would probably start worrying about his daughter.

Because if a woman is overjoyed by a man's words, she is in danger.

Gu Yutong didn't think she was in danger. She just felt that she was very happy, genuinely happy, when she was with her master.

Arriving at the hospital, Chen Xiao met up with Chu Luo.

Chu Luo was slightly stunned when he saw Gu Yutong, but because the situation was urgent, he didn't ask much and took them directly to an office.

Inside the office, almost all the experts and directors of Jiangcheng Hospital were present. They were all frowning, looking tense and helpless.

The atmosphere was very oppressive, and it only improved slightly when Chen Xiao arrived.

"Director Chen, you're here!"

"That's great, Director Chen, with you here, there's finally hope!" Everyone came forward to greet Chen Xiao, their eyes filled with hope.

"What exactly is going on that you're all so anxious?" Chen Xiao thought to himself, these experts and directors are all veterans with decades of medical experience. They've seen all kinds of storms, so even the most difficult diseases shouldn't be enough to cause this.

At most, they just can't cure it, but doctors aren't gods.

"Brother Chen, take a look at this first." Chu Luo handed over a B-scan image.

Chen Xiao took it and was immediately stunned.

It was a B-scan image of a pregnant woman. The fetus had already formed and looked to be at least thirty weeks along.

And the fetus actually had two horns several centimeters long on its head, and its face was ferocious, with two fangs sticking out of its mouth.

This wasn't a child at all! This was clearly a little devil!

At this time, a very old doctor introduced, "Director Chen, the pregnant woman's last prenatal checkup was two months ago. At that time, the fetus was all normal. I don't know what happened during this period, but the fetus has developed so deformed!"

"At first, I suspected that the B-scan machine was broken, but after changing to another one, it was still the same. What do you think is going on? Can such a fetus be kept?"

Chen Xiao's expression was grave as he explained, "This fetus can't be kept. The pregnant woman is carrying a ghost fetus!"

"A ghost fetus? What's a ghost fetus? I've been an obstetrician for over thirty years and I've never heard of such a thing!" the old doctor said with a puzzled expression.

Chen Xiao explained, "There are usually two situations that can cause a ghost fetus."

"The first situation is that the mother has been pregnant before, but miscarried for various reasons. The dead fetus will turn into resentment and remain in the mother's body. When the mother becomes pregnant again, the resentment will take over, seizing the new fetus's body and turning it into a ghost fetus."

"This situation is extremely rare, because normally, an unformed infant rarely generates so much resentment, but once it does form, this kind of ghost fetus is extremely harmful to the mother's body. In mild cases, the mother will suffer unbearable pain and mental derangement, while in severe cases, her life will be in danger at any time."

Hearing Chen Xiao's explanation, the old doctor shook his head and said with a serious face, "Director Chen, I know your medical skills are very good, but isn't this statement too superstitious? Resentment can seize a body? Please forgive me for speaking frankly, but this statement is too absurd. Moreover, the pregnant woman herself is perfectly normal and is not as you described, neither showing any signs of pain nor mental derangement."

Chen Xiao was not angry at the old doctor's questioning. He just said calmly, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Since the pregnant woman is perfectly normal, then she is likely carrying the second type of ghost fetus, and this type of ghost fetus is even more common."

"Because the second type of ghost fetus is man-made. During the pregnant woman's pregnancy, evil energy is introduced into her body, which can turn the fetus into a ghost fetus. In Southeast Asia, there are many sorcerers who are good at this method."

"Absurd, Director Chen, you're becoming more and more absurd! It's simply nonsense!" The old doctor shook his head, clearly not believing what Chen Xiao said.

At this time, the doctor next to him persuaded, "Doctor Wang, it's better to believe it than not to believe it. Besides, you've seen the B-scan image. If what Director Chen said is false, how do you explain the deformed fetus on the image?"

Doctor Wang sighed, "Alas, but how are we going to explain this to the pregnant woman's family? Just say that the pregnant woman is carrying a ghost fetus? If this gets out, our Jiangcheng Hospital will become a laughingstock among our peers."

"That's exactly what it is, it's the truth, why can't we say it?" Chen Xiao said calmly.

Doctor Wang didn't speak, turning his head away and huffing and puffing to the side.

Doctor Li began to smooth things over again, "Director Chen, don't blame Doctor Wang. The main thing is that this pregnant woman's husband is involved with the underworld and has a bad temper... If we just tell him this, he'll definitely smash our hospital!"

"Involved with the underworld? And smash the hospital? I'd like to see who has the guts to do that! If you don't dare to say it, I'll go tell him!" Chen Xiao laughed directly upon hearing Doctor Li's words.

Involved with the underworld? The entire Jiangbei underworld is under Chen Xiao's control!

Chen Xiao put on a white coat, wore a medical mask, and followed the crowd to the consultation room.

The pregnant woman had already been sent to the ward to rest. In the consultation room, only the pregnant woman's husband was waiting for the results.

"What's wrong with you doctors? I just brought my wife in for a prenatal checkup, why did you make us wait so long?" The pregnant woman's husband was indeed a hothead, and he immediately started yelling at everyone aggressively.

Chen Xiao walked up to him and said calmly, "There's a problem with the fetus. Based on the current situation, it can't be kept."

"What? Can't be kept?" The pregnant woman's husband was furious upon hearing this. "What do you mean can't be kept? You have to give me an explanation today, or I'll smash your hospital!"

"Alright, then I'll give you an explanation." As he spoke, Chen Xiao took off his mask.

Seeing Chen Xiao's true face, the pregnant woman's husband was completely dumbfounded...