Chapter 1431 - 538: Daughter’s Birth
The two of them laughed when they talked about this.
Not long after that, Verstappen joined them.
The three of them chatted briefly about the conditions of today’s race track in the lounge, and Qin Miao even asked Verstappen to verify if his earlier guess was correct.
As expected, there were no major surprises.
Verstappen had come up with quite a few devious strategies to hold back Qin Miao.
Qin Miao figured that this guy was still holding onto some unreleased tricks.
Finally, the three drivers took the stage for the award ceremony.
After listening to the Dutch and Austrian national anthems, today’s race officially ended, and a three-week spring break lay ahead.
After this race, the drivers’ championship standings are as follows:
1: Qin Miao: 68
2: Verstappen: 62
3: Hamilton: 45
4: Alonso: 34
5: Perez: 29
6: Sainz: 14
7: Stroll: 16
8: Leclerc: 10
9: Norris: 6
10: O’Kang: 4
11: Gasly: 4
12: Zhou Guanyu: 4
13: Bottas: 4
14: Hockenheim: 4
15: Piastri: 2
Qin Miao’s advantage over Verstappen decreased to 6 points from 13, reverting to the gap after the Bahrain Grand Prix.
At least for Qin Miao personally, today’s race result was reasonably acceptable.
The team standings are as follows:
1. Mercedes: 113
2. Red Bull: 91
3. Aston Martin: 50
4. Ferrari: 24
5. Alfa Romeo: 8
6. Alpine: 8
7. McLaren: 8
8. Haas: 4
9. Lynk & Co: 0
10. Williams: 0
The points gap between Mercedes and Red Bull was shortened from 33 points to 22 points after this race.
After all, no matter what, Perez helped Red Bull secure 9 points in this race, providing significant support for the team at this critical moment.
After the race ended, Qin Miao attended a post-race team meeting.
With that, all of Qin Miao’s work for the Grand Prix weekend was finished.
He declined the dinner invitation from the Lynk & Co team leader and canceled a few team-related commercial activities, flying back home that same day.
The urgency was because this month is Qimeng’s due date. Due to work commitments, Qin Miao couldn’t stay with his wife for long, but now that there’s a spring break, he’s definitely going to be with her.
Although he didn’t win the Australian Grand Prix title, the second-place trophy is something many drivers dream of, so it serves as a fitting birthday gift for his daughter.
After the race concluded in the afternoon, Qin Miao returned to China at four in the morning the next day.
However, Qin Miao didn’t rush to the hospital immediately; he slept at home first and went to the hospital at noon the next day.
Now Qimeng is already hospitalized, waiting for signs to start. So if nothing unexpected happens, Qin Miao will spend most of his time at the hospital with Qimeng.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Qin Miao found his mother along with his father-in-law and mother-in-law there.
Judging from their expressions, Qimeng’s condition in recent times seems to be quite good.
When he pushed open the hospital door, Qin Miao met his wife, whom he hadn’t seen for almost two months.
𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
Qin Miao really wanted to hug Qimeng, but with her belly now so big, it wasn’t convenient.
After Qin Miao arrived, his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and mother tactfully left, leaving him alone with Qimeng.
Once the parents left, Qimeng’s face fell, looking somewhat aggrievedly at Qin Miao, saying: "I want to drink cola... but the doctor says I have three highs, can’t have anything sweet. At night, the baby kicks and disturbs my sleep, and I have back pain, toothache..."
I also want to play games, watch anime, and browse TikTok, but they took my phone away, and my computer too!"
Qimeng grew more and more upset as she spoke, almost on the verge of tears.
Initially, Qin Miao was a bit at a loss, as he remembered that Qimeng was not a particularly fragile person.
Maybe pregnancy hormones really do significantly change a woman’s personality?
Seeing his wife looking so wronged, Qin Miao, feeling somewhat guilty, disregarded the fact that they were in the hospital and the doctor hadn’t attended to Qimeng’s issues, and nervously began to comfort her.
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In the days that followed, Qin Miao mainly stayed at the hospital with his wife.
However, due to his identity, after arriving at the hospital, Qin Miao practically never left Qimeng’s hospital room.
Now, Qimeng didn’t really need any material care. With no financial issues at home, all the care she received was top-notch.
Qin Miao’s presence was more of a spiritual support for Qimeng.
During this time, staying by Qimeng’s side also helped calm his somewhat restless heart due to moving to Ferrari.
In essence, Qin Miao is still just a young person, though he knows he doesn’t owe Mercedes anything, and in fact, they should thank him. Yet, thinking about leaving the team that supported him, he occasionally felt a slight sense of guilt during his free time.
But being with Qimeng freed him from such thoughts, stabilizing his emotions.
Of course, this peaceful time didn’t last too long for Qin Miao.
Because Zhou Guanyu also returned home.
Qin Miao learned this news from Qimeng.