Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“No! I don’t want this name!” Zu Qi reflexively refused. A layer of cold sweat broke out on his face, and there was some obvious panic in his expression.
There was some doubt in Xue Jue’s eyes. He calmly looked at Zu Qi who reacted so fiercely and asked, “Why?”
Zu Qi turned his head to avoid Xue Jue’s probing gaze, swallowed nervously, and then said with a pale face: “No reason, I just don’t like this name anyway.”
Xue Jue said nothing, but looked at the restless Zu Qi with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through Zu Qi’s soul.
Even though Zu Qi was facing Xue Jue with the back of his head, he seemed to be able to detect the gaze whose presence was so strong that it could not be ignored, which made his scalp numb and goosebumps rise all over his body.
Just when Zu Qi thought that Xue Jue would ignore what he just said, he suddenly heard an almost inaudible sigh from Xue Jue. From the corner of his eye, he saw his expression of anger and helplessness, but he just said: “Okay.”
Zu Qi blinked and turned to look at Xue Jue, with a confused expression.
“The child doesn’t have to be called Xue Mingkun, but he definitely can’t be called Xue Wanwan. This name is too…unbecoming.” Xue Jue’s words were full of compromise, “But the nickname can be Wanwan.”
Hearing this, Zu Qi breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it was not Xue Mingkun, even if Xue Jue wanted to be named Xue Dazhuang[1] or Xue Erniu[2], he would support it with both hands.
“Thank you.” Zu Qi pursed his lips and said with some embarrassment.
“It’s okay.” Xue Jue’s face was still a little cold. He was silent for a while, and then asked unconsciously, “Can I know why you are so disgusted with this name?”
Zu Qi casually said without thinking: “I have an ex whose name is Li Mingkun. The name you gave me coincided with his…”
After hearing this, Xue Jue’s face turned black. He took out his mobile phone on the spot and typed the three characters “Xue Mingkun” and then the following analysis annotations were deleted.
Although the name crisis was completely resolved, Zu Qi still felt that the stingy Xue Jue was sulking again. He silently returned to the sofa and banged on the computer keyboard, as if venting his resentment.
It wasn’t until Xue Wanwan fell asleep in Zu Qi’s arms that Xue Jue put down his work and came over to carry the little guy to the crib next to him.
Zu Qi was helped by Xue Jue to lie down. Soon he started feeling sleepy, so he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Time flew by and the end of the year was here in the blink of an eye.
The weather outside was getting colder and colder, but Zu Qi stayed indoors to recuperate every day and didn’t feel the change in temperature.
Looking out the window, you could see that the trees on the street were decorated with small fiery red lanterns, and passers-by had started wearing thick cotton clothes.
The flavor of the New Year was getting stronger and stronger.
On New Year’s Day, Zu Qi was discharged from the hospital. It started to snow lightly in the sky, the ground was covered with snow, and everything as far as the eye could see was covered with white flowers.
Zu Qi was wearing a warm black down jacket with a furry hat on his head. Until only his dark eyes were exposed. He followed Butler Zhang in the direction of the car.
Maybe the paparazzi had already heard about his discharge from hospital, but now they were hiding in every corner, pointing their cameras at Zu Qi and taking pictures.
At first, Butler Zhang would deliberately block the camera for Zu Qi, but later he found that there were too many paparazzi, so he led Zu Qi into the car as quickly as possible.
In order not to attract attention, Weng Yuxiang and Xiaoya had left the hospital with Xue Wanwan in their arms two hours ago, leaving Zu Qi and Butler Zhang behind.
As a result, on the way back to Xue’s house, Zu Qi opened Weibo and saw his name on the hot search at first glance.
[Mother Xue left early with the baby in her arms, Xue Jue was nowhere to be seen, and the lonely Zu Qi was discharged from the hospital alone. It is suspected that he is not welcomed by the Xue family…]
The lengthy Weibo post was also accompanied by a nine-square grid of pictures.
Zu Qi clicked in and took a look and was immediately happy. Wasn’t this the secret photo that was taken by the paparazzi half an hour ago?
In the photo, Zu Qi was tightly wrapped by his clothes as he followed behind Butler Zhang, while Butler Zhang strode forward without squinting, as if he didn’t acknowledge Zu Qi’s presence.
The shooting angle of these photos was very problematic. Even Zu Qi, the person involved, felt that Butler Zhang’s reaction and attitude seemed to dislike him.
He scrolled down the comments, and it turned out that there was already a lot of noise.
[Zu Qi’s pregnancy was a hot search, Zu Qi giving birth was a hot search, and now Zu Qi’s discharge from the hospital is a hot search… Are the paparazzi really hot? Just point at a melon and make us chew it to the end?]
[I beg you, please let Zu Qi go, and let us, the melon-eating masses, go, okay? I really don’t care when Zu Qi got pregnant or gave birth to a baby, I would rather eat the love of the two sisters next door. [Crying loudly]]
[It’s almost 2019, and men giving birth to children is nothing new. Is it necessary to send it to hot search every three days?]
[I bet 50 cents that Zu Qi and Mr. Xue will break up soon. Just looking at Zu Qi’s face, you can tell that he is not a peaceful person and will never be willing to hang on a tree for the rest of his life.]
[Upstairs +1, waiting for my husband and Zu Qi to break up!]
….
Although there were very few people speaking for Zu Qi in the comment area, it was not like before, where just mentioning Zu Qi’s name would trigger a round of ridicule.
Netizens were not fools, nor did they follow what the paparazzi and marketing accounts said. It was just that the information shown in the photos couldn’t be more obvious.
Even when he was discharged from the hospital after giving birth, there was only one servant accompanying him. The Xue family was completely missing. They even took the child away in advance, refusing to let him take a look.
Obviously, Zu Qi’s life in the Xue family was not satisfactory. At least the relationship between him and Xue Jue was not as good as it appeared before. The fact that Xue Jue liked Zu Qi was just a boast by netizens.
After analyzing it like this, many people began to sympathize with Zu Qi.
Some people also said that all his pain was purely self-inflicted. Since he had sharpened his head and wanted to squeeze into a wealthy family, he must bear the corresponding consequences. How could there be truth in having love and bread at the same time[3]?
Among the chattering crowd, one girl’s remarks stood out.
She claimed to be a close relative of the Xue family, also named Xue, and revealed that the Xue family did not recognize Zu Qi at all, not to mention that Zu Qi and Xue Jue had not held a wedding banquet. Seeing that their child was already one month old, they might not even hold a full moon banquet for him.
Zu Qi clicked on this girl’s Weibo and found that she was actually a well-known beauty blogger with more than 500,000 followers. The Weibo post that broke the news about him had more than 4,000 comments now.
Zu Qi scrolled down and learned that this girl’s name was Xue Man, and her mouth was not ordinary…
She almost complained about half of the people in the entertainment industry. In comparison, her complaints towards Zu Qi were considered mild. Just from the bloody remarks she made about Shi Hao and his new movie a few days ago, it could be seen that Xue Man had a very bad temper.
“Butler Zhang.” Zu Qi looked up at Butler Zhang who was driving, “Do you know Xue Man?”
Butler Zhang replied: “Miss Xue Man is Master’s cousin, the daughter of the second eldest son of the Xue family. She doesn’t have much contact with us, but she has a very good relationship with the old lady.”
Zu Qi: “…” No wonder… She has such deep malice.
Butler Zhang quickly realized something: “Did Miss Xue Man say anything online again?”
It seemed that even Butler Zhang knew that this Xue Man was a big talker.
Zu Qi was a little embarrassed, it felt as if he was complaining to Butler Zhang, so he responded vaguely and did not elaborate on the matter.
Butler Zhang didn’t wait for Zu Qi’s follow-up even after a long time. He raised his eyes and glanced at Zu Qi in the rearview mirror. When he saw that Zu Qi was playing with his mobile phone without saying a word, he closed his mouth and remained silent.
Not long after, the car slowly stopped outside the gate of Xue’s house.
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[1] Da Zhuang indicates that it will be advantageous to be firm and correct. It is a very common Chinese name.
[2] This literally means Two Cows indicating hard work and diligence. Another very common Chinese name.
[3] Having both love and money at the same time.