Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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That night, Jiang Mochen asked Aunt Zhang to make pickled fish again. When Qi Qi saw the pickled fish, he asked in surprise, “Are we eating this again?”
Jiang Mochen touched his head, “If Qi Qi doesn’t want to eat this, Qi Qi should eat the other dishes.” He said, giving him a piece of sweet and sour short ribs.
Qi Qi bit into the ribs and asked him, “If Qi Qi doesn’t eat, then who will?”
Yan Qingchi narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Mochen.
Jiang Mochen followed suit and said, “I’ll eat it. I like pickled fish the most.”
Qi Qi nodded and said “Oh.”
After dinner, Yan Qingchi was playing with Qi Qi in his room. Qi Qi’s puzzle was very large and laid out on the bay window. This bay window was not used for storage, so it was not high. When he and Qi Qi sat on the ground, they could just hold the puzzle pieces and put them together without getting tired. The two of them were happily playing, when Yan Qingchi suddenly asked, “If Qi Qi is alone, will he feel lonely?”
Qi Qi shook his head, “No, I have dad and father with me.”
“Then, when Dad and father have gone to work. Will Qi Qi be lonely when there are only aunt and Qi Qi?”
Qi Qi’s hand paused while putting together the puzzle, then he raised his head to look at him, and asked in a low voice, “Is dad going to work? “
Yan Qingchi stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms and kissed him, “Dad is not going to work, I just wanted to ask you. After all, dad hasn’t been with you for a long time.”
Qi Qi leaned against him and thought for a while, lowered his head and pinched his fingers, “Sometimes I feel a little lonely, but it doesn’t matter. I have children with me when I go to school. After school, I video chat with my dad and then I go to sleep.”
Yan Qingchi pinched his face and whispered softly. “Well, how about I find a friend for Qi Qi?”
Qi Qi looked up at him in confusion.
Yan Qingchi smiled, “Qi Qi, do you want a younger brother or sister? Just like your father, your father is your aunt’s brother. Oh, by the way, Qi Qi, do you remember Aunt Qingxi? She is your Dad’s sister.”
Qi Qi didn’t understand, so he frowned and asked him, “What do you mean?”
“Look,” Yan Qingchi picked up his hand and counted it for him, “In your dad’s house, your grandparents have me and Aunt Qingxi, two children, right?”
Qi Qi nodded.
“At your father’s house, there are two children, Aunt Xingchen and your father, right?”
Qi Qi continued to nod.
“So, Qi Qi, do you want to have a brother or sister like your fathers?”
Qi Qi finally reacted. He was a little surprised and looked at Yan Qingchi speechlessly for a moment.
Seeing him like this, Yan Qingchi asked, “Don’t you want it?”
Qi Qi pursed his lips.
Yan Qingchi hugged him, shook him, and asked softly, “What’s wrong, baby? Does the baby not like it?”
Qi Qi lowered his head, neither speaking nor looking at him.
Yan Qingchi was a little anxious, lowered his head and pressed it against his forehead, and whispered: “Why don’t you tell dad quietly?”
Qi Qi reached out and hugged him, pressed his face against his clothes, and said nothing.
Yan Qingchi patted him gently and asked, “You don’t like it, do you Qi Qi? Then don’t do it. It’s better if Qi Qi is the only child in the family.”
Qi Qi felt embarrassed after hearing this. He felt that he was a little selfish, but it was obviously not like this. On the day he was picked up by his father, he said goodbye to his friends and looked at their envious eyes. At that time, he was still thinking about what would happen if his father treated him very well, then asked him if he could pick up other children too. It was very pitiful to have no parents, Qi Qi didn’t want them to be so pitiful all the time.
But now, his father said he wanted to take another child home to keep him company, but he didn’t want it. This was wrong, Qi Qi thought, it was not good for him to be like this, not good at all.
Qi Qi raised his head from Yan Qingchi’s arms and whispered, “No.”
“What is that?” Yan Qingchi asked softly.
Qi Qi looked at him, bit his lip, and said softly, “If you bring another child home, will you still like me?”
Yan Qingchi looked at him, feeling pity in his heart. He squeezed Qi Qi’s face and his tone was gentle, “Of course I will, I will always like Qi Qi. Qi Qi is my little baby.”
Yan Qingchi thought for a moment, “Look Qi Qi, you now have a father and me. Do you dislike your father just because you like me? Or do you dislike me because you like your father?”
Qi Qi shook his head.
“So, even if you have a younger brother or sister, your father will still like Qi Qi very much, and Qi Qi can play with your younger brother or sister, and your younger brother or sister will also like Qi Qi.”
Qi Qi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then he asked with some uncertainty, “Will he like me?”
“Yes, Qi Qi is so cute, who wouldn’t like him?”
Yan Qingchi looked at him with a smile, “Qi Qi, daddy will make a little agreement with you.”
“What’s the agreement?”.
Yan Qingchi looked at him and said very gently: “Even if we have a younger brother or sister in the future, dad will always like you the most. Dad will always like you the most.”
He said, holding out his little finger, “Let’s pinky promise it, don’t lie.”
Qi Qi’s mouth suddenly became flat, and he looked at him with a pair of eyes that didn’t want to cry. But his eyes were watery, and tears seemed to be about to flow out at the slightest blink.
Yan Qingchi quickly stretched out his hand to hug him tightly and said with a smile, “Why are you crying?”
Qi Qi blinked and tears flowed out. He hugged Yan Qingchi and said softly, “Qi Qi also likes dad the best.”
“Well, that’s just right. Qi Qi likes dad the most, and dad also likes Qi Qi the most. It’s just perfect.” After he finished speaking, he kissed Qi Qi on the face.
Qi Qi also kissed him and smiled sheepishly.
Yan Qingchi took out a tissue and helped him wipe away his tears. Qi Qi had just cried and was so shy that Yan Qingchi teased him for a while before making him laugh again.
Qi Qi was in a better mood now, and his curiosity came up, “Dad, how old is the brother or sister?”
“They are still very young, just like a little pea.”
“Huh? How old is that? How many years younger than me? Huh?”
Yan Qingchi thought for a moment, “I’m probably five or six years younger than you. He’s still less than a year old.”
“So young,” Qi Qi was surprised. He originally thought they were going to pick up someone about the same size as himself. But a child came to the house, and it turned out to be just a baby. “Then he is just a baby.”
Yan Qingchi nodded, “He doesn’t understand anything yet, so he will listen to Qi Qi’s words obediently.”
Qi Qi felt somewhat novel, so he laughed, “He will listen to me?”
“Yes.”
“But I still have to listen to the teacher and my father.”
“So now someone will listen to you.”
Qi Qi couldn’t wait after hearing this, “When will the baby come?”
Yan Qingchi counted the days, “It will be after September this year.”
“It’s so late,” Qi Qi counted on his fingers, “It will be a long time, can’t he come earlier?”
Yan Qingchi didn’t think that his acceptance would be so high, so he patted his head happily, “No, the baby wants to see his brother a lot, but he is very shy. He has to be prepared. He hopes you will like him.”
Qi Qi was called brother for the first time, and unconsciously, he was a little happy, so he said sweetly to Yan Qingchi, “Brother likes him, hahaha, brother? Dad, I will be a brother from now on.”
“Yes.”
“But I have never been a brother before, okay? Will I do a good job?”
“Yes, Qi Qi must be the best brother.”
Qi Qi pursed his lips and thought for a while, it was a pity that it was a holiday now, otherwise he could call his classmates. He remembered Lin Lin was an elder brother. He could ask Lin Lin how to be an elder brother. But it didn’t matter, Qi Qi thought, the baby won’t come until October, and it was still a long time. He could ask after school started.
Qi Qi just accepted the fact that another child was about to be born in the family. Yan Qingchi couldn’t help but breath a sigh of relief and think to himself, this is fine.
When going to bed at night, Qi Qi looked at his bed and asked Yan Qingchi, “Will the baby sleep with me in the future? I can give him half of the bed.”
“Okay.” Yan Qingchi smiled, “As long as you don’t mind him being noisy when the time comes.”
“Why would he be noisy?” Qi Qi was puzzled.
“The baby can’t talk, so he can only cry to get your attention.”
“Then I’ll coax him.” Qi Qi said, “I’ll coax him and he won’t cry.”
Yan Qingchi touched his forehead and kissed him, “My Qi Qi is such a little baby, why is he so sweet.”
Qi Qi smiled slightly, and then giggled as if he thought of something again, “I am a little baby and he is a little baby, hahaha.”
Yan Qingchi didn’t understand the funny point of this sentence and asked him, “What is Qi Qi laughing at?”
“I am a little baby, he is a little baby.” Qi Qi repeated it again and continued to laugh.
Yan Qingchi felt that there was indeed an insurmountable wall between the world of adults and children, so Qi Qi could laugh non-stop because of this sentence, but he could only smile because he kept laughing.
After putting Qi Qi to sleep, Yan Qingchi returned to his room. When Jiang Mochen saw him coming back, he immediately ended the call with the doctor.
“You’re back.”
“Well, Qi Qi went to bed.” Yan Qingchi sat down on the small sofa opposite him.
“I guess so, what about you? Are you tired?”
“Are you okay? Were you talking to your doctor friend just now?”
Jiang Mochen felt guilty about being caught, “I just wanted to ask him if there is anything I need to pay attention to in our daily life? I’m afraid I’ll miss it.”
Yan Qingchi heard this and looked at him seriously, “Jiang Mochen, I’ve been thinking about it for a day. Do you want to know my decision about today’s matter?”
Jiang Mochen was stunned. His mood this day was actually a bit complicated. On the one hand, he was excited and happy, and even wanted to find someone to share his joy. On the other hand, he was restless, worried about Yan Qingchi’s mood, and wishing that the doctor was wrong.
Being pulled from both sides, Jiang Mochen felt that he was about to have schizophrenia. But now, Yan Qingchi said that he had made a decision, Jiang Mochen suddenly became nervous, and he almost sat upright with his hands behind his back to show that he was solemn and serious about this matter.
“Say it.” He said, his heart beating fast unconsciously. This situation was like handing in a paper and waiting for the teacher to announce his score when he was a child. Now, he was waiting for Yan Qingchi to announce his decision. And no matter what he decided, he would happily accept it.
“Although it’s a little strange and I’m a little confused, I still decided that since I already have it, let’s give birth to this child.”
In the warmth of the room, Jiang Mochen heard Yan Qingchi’s gentle voice say this.
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