Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Yan Qingchi felt that his ignorant look was cute and soft, so he stretched out his hand to rub his face. Qi Qi let him rub it in a good-tempered manner, and was not angry at all, and even smiled at him.
He laughed like this, which actually made Yan Qingchi feel embarrassed. So, he coaxed softly: “The baby is still sleeping.”
“Then when can he come out to play with me?” Qi Qi said, stroking his fingers. He then gently tapped his belly and asked, “Can you hear me? Baby?”
He was still a baby himself, so when he called someone else a baby, Yan Qingchi couldn’t help but laugh, and answer him with a warm voice, “In a few days, he can come out to play with you.”
“Then what does he like to play with? I can give him my toys.”
Yan Qingchi looked at him gently, “He likes You,” he said, “so whatever you want to play with him, he will be happy.”
Hearing what he said, Qi Qi felt a little shy, so he stepped forward and kissed his stomach, and whispered, “Me too, I like him.”
Yan Qingchi suddenly felt warm, a little moved, a little warm, and even a little grateful. He said softly “Hmm” and touched Qi Qi’s head.
On September 7th, Yan Qingchi and Jiang Mochen’s child finally came to this world.
When the anesthetic effect wore off and Yan Qingchi woke up, Jiang Mochen was sitting on the chair next to his bed. Seeing that he was awake, he finally showed his usual smile.
Yan Qingchi smiled at him and said softly, “I made you worry.”
Jiang Mochen bent down and kissed his forehead, and said helplessly: “Why do you always steal my words? I haven’t had time to tell you how hard it has been for you.”
“Then you say it now.” Yan Qingchi was very cooperative.
Jiang Mochen smiled and said, “Thank you for your hard work.”
Yan Qingchi teased him, “Serve the people.”
Seeing that he still had the spirit to joke with him, Jiang Mochen finally felt relieved and reached out to hold his hand.
“It’s a boy. The child is very healthy. My parents are watching him now. I have already thought of the child’s name before, but I never told you. It is called Yan Zhishu. It is the same as Qi Qi. It has the same character as your surname, Chi. A book about chess, calligraphy and painting.”
Yan Qingchi had also thought about the name of this child before. He thought that according to Jiang Mochen’s naming method, the child might be named Jiang Zhishu. Unexpectedly, he guessed the name correctly but the surname wrong. But… he shook his head, “You can call Zhishu, but the surname cannot be Yan. It still has to be your surname, Jiang.”
Jiang Mochen was puzzled, “Why? We now have two children, one with your surname, and one with my surname. Wouldn’t that be great?”
Yan Qingchi disagreed, “Have you ever thought about how you can explain to your two children when they grow up and get to know more why they have different last names?”
“Just like other children, tell them that one has his father’s surname and the other has his mother’s surname.”
“If Qi Qi was also my biological child today, then of course we can explain it this way. But Qi Qi is not. This is a very sensitive matter, and I don’t want to be like this.”
Jiang Mochen didn’t understand, “Are you afraid that Qi Qi will think that he and his brother have different surnames, so he will feel that he is different from his brother? Qi Qi is still young, and he can’t think of so much.”
“But he will grow up.”
“Then he will understand.”
Yan Qingchi shook his head, “Jiang Mochen, you are not an adopted child. You have never been adopted, so you don’t know how important even a subtle difference is for an adopted child. Just a bit of sensitivity and fear will make him unable to help but think too much and cause him unnecessary worries. I know you feel sorry for me and are thinking about me, but I don’t care about this. To me, it doesn’t matter to me that the child’s surname is Yan or Jiang, but for the child, having two children with the same surname is undoubtedly the best choice.”
Jiang Mochen thought his words were a bit strange, as he had never been adopted, how did he know how sensitive and fearful adopted children could be? Hadn’t Yan Qingchi never been adopted?
He only thought that Yan Qingchi was careful, so he couldn’t help but think about Qi Qi. It was just that he had already thought that this child would have the same surname as Yan Qingchi. He didn’t even say it out just to give Yan Qingchi a surprise. However, because of Qi Qi, this surprise was abandoned for no reason.
Jiang Mochen couldn’t bear it. He saw Yan Qingchi getting pregnant and saw him give up his rising career to raise a baby at home. Yan Qingchi had a good attitude and had no regrets or unwillingness. He even started a new career for himself and achieved impressive results in painting, but this did not mean that his sacrifices were all deserved.
These were their two children, but it was Yan Qingchi who bore the psychological and physical pressure of a man’s pregnancy. This child should be named after him.
“Qingchi, I don’t think Qi Qi would think so much.” Jiang Mochen tried to persuade him, “Look, hasn’t he accepted the fact that there is going to be another child in the family very well now?”
“That’s what he does now. He has not yet realized the difference between biological and adopted. No one in the family has told him this, and no one else knows that I am pregnant, so he thinks that he and this child are the same. This child is my child. I don’t want Qi Qi to think too much about unnecessary things like his surname in the future.”
He looked at Jiang Mochen and said, “I know you are doing it for my own good. I’m very happy, but if he doesn’t have my last name, will he not be my child? Will it affect my status in the family?” Yan Qingchi shook his head, “No, so, can you consider me? I’m happy to have my child have my last name, but I still hope that he can have your last name.”
Jiang Mochen looked at him, feeling heartbroken. He then reached out and touched Yan Qingchi’s face, “Can’t you think more for yourself? You love our children, but what about your own rights? You worked hard to give birth to this child for ten months. It is natural for you to have your last name, but you don’t want to?”
Hearing this, he smiled and held his hand, “Don’t I have you? You have thought of and thought about everything for me. Naturally, you will not wrong me. Just love me.”
Jiang Mochen only felt that his words made his heart sour, like a lemon soaked in salt water. So, he bent down and hugged Yan Qingchi, feeling that he might be the greatest father in the world.
“Then let’s call him Jiang Zhiyan. You worked so hard to get pregnant with him. I will never allow your surname not to appear in his name.”
Yan Qingchi couldn’t help laughing when he saw him giving in and hearing what he said again. After a while, he looked at Jiang Mochen and felt that he was really a good lover. He waved, and Jiang Mochen lowered his body and leaned towards him. Yan Qingchi then put his arms around his neck and kissed him.
“You’re so kind.”
Jiang Mochen looked at him with a smile, “Didn’t you say that, I have to love you.”
Yan Qingchi nodded, “Jiang Mochen, don’t think that I care too much about Qi Qi and that I don’t care about your wishes. I’m very happy that you want him to have my last name. If Qi Qi was also our own child, then this would be very good, our family of four is very good, but not Qi Qi, so we inevitably need to take care of his emotions, because he is still a child, and we are his most important people in the world, and we are his everything. But in our world, it’s not just him, we also have each other, right? We already have more than him and are much more mature, so we naturally need to accommodate him, right?”
Jiang Mochen nodded. He had always known that Yan Qingchi was thoughtful, but he never thought that he could be so meticulous about some things. He was worried about Qi Qi’s mood, and at the same time he was afraid of hurting his good intentions, so he had to keep explaining, Afraid of letting either of them think too much.
He supported his shoulders and made him lie back again. Then he held his hand, kissed it and said warmly: “I know, I just feel sorry for you, but you make the decisions in this family. Whatever you say will be what we do. You are right, it doesn’t matter whose surname the child has, what matters is that both of them are our children, that’s good, just be happy.”
Yan Qingchi laughed and felt that he was full of happiness now.
“Then there is one more thing I want to say.” He said.
“You tell me, we will do whatever you say.”
“The word Yan sounds good as a surname, but as a name, especially a boy’s name, it is not suitable. I don’t want my baby to be called Yan.”
“Then which one do you want?”
Yan Qingchi thought for a while, “Have I ever told you the origin of my name?”
Jiang Mochen shook his head.
“When my parents named me, they took the meaning of ‘One Inkstone Qingchi’. They hoped that I could be a cultured, educated and knowledgeable person, so my name was Yan Qingchi. Since you want this child to have a name related to me, and I decided to use the pronunciation yan, so let’s use this inkstone, which is made of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.”
“Okay.” Jiang Mochen agreed, “Then I hope that when he grows up, he can become a person like you. A person who is gentle and considerate, tolerant and generous, has his own persistence and ideas, and lives a free and unrestrained life.”
Yan Qingchi smiled, “Are you flattering me?”
“I am telling you my good expectations for my children. Just right,” he said, “this yan[1] matches the book. Isn’t the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used by the ancients when they were studying?”
“Then his nickname, let’s call him Yan Yan? In fact, Nezha is also quite cute. Yes, when I was pregnant with him, I wanted him to be Nezha.”
“Baby, you can only choose one between Yan Yan and Nezha.”
“Then let’s call him Yan Yan, so that the baby won’t hit me when he grows up.”
“He doesn’t dare, you are the head of the family.”
Yan Qingchi smiled, “You are really good at talking.”
“Then there is something else I want to say.” Jiang Mochen said, imitating what he just said.
Yan Qingchi nodded, “You tell me.”
“Do you know that the ‘yan’ in Jiang Zhiyan, apart from homophonizing your last name and hoping that he will become a person like you, what else does it mean?”
“What?”
Jiang Mochen looked at him, gentle and focused, “It means that you are Jiang Mochen’s Yan Qingchi, and this child is Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi’s Yan Yan.”
Yan Qingchi listened and thought of how he explained the word “zhi” to Qi Qi a long time ago. Meaning, he told Qi Qi, Jiang Zhiqi meant Jiang Mochen’s Qi Qi. That night, Jiang Mochen thanked him seriously and said that he liked this explanation very much. Unexpectedly, one day, this explanation would be used on him.
He didn’t know why, but he was a little moved. Jiang Mochen then held his hand, and the tenderness in his eyes poured out, “So, I own the three of you now, and I am the richest person in the world.”
Yan Qingchi responded by holding his hand and bringing it to his mouth to kiss it. He then smiled and agreed, “Yes.”
Yan Qingchi stayed in the hospital for a few days and went home only after the incision was completely healed. Mother Yan came to the house several times and even let Yan Qingchi sit for a few days to confine himself. Although there were no strict rules such as “no blowing on the air conditioner, no washing your hair, no brushing your teeth, and no playing with mobile phones”, Yan Qingchi still sat there with a depressed face during the confinement period, feeling that it was completely unnecessary. But he couldn’t bear Mother Yan’s abuse, so he had to sit obediently.
Fortunately, Mother Yan only stayed for a week and left. Yan Qingchi immediately went to the ground, full of life and being a good man.
Jiang Mochen had been busy replenishing his body in the past few days, making soup for him in different ways. Yan Qingchi looked at his various soups and felt that Jiang Mochen’s cooking skills had really improved by leaps and bounds during the year of her pregnancy. Now he was like a qualified chef.
The child Jiang Zhiyan was still sleeping. He was the most popular little celebrity of the Jiang and Yan family recently. His grandparents and aunt always came to see him, teasing him and sighing that this child was so cute.
When Wei Lan heard that he had been discharged from the hospital and returned home, he also ran over. He circled the crib and looked at the little one on the bed, and asked Yan Qingchi, “Can I poke him?”
Yan Qingchi felt that he was a little cute when cautious, so he nodded.
Qi Qi reminded him, “Be gentle, my brother is still very young.”
So, Wei Lan turned around and poked his face, “You’re not that big either.”
Qi Qi proudly expressed, puffing out his small chest. “I’m older than my brother, much bigger.”
Wei Lan rubbed his head, “You’re little.”
After rubbing Qi Qi’s head, he went to poke Jiang Zhiyan in the crib. The child’s skin was soft and bouncy. Wei Lan only poked him once, then he didn’t dare to poke him again for fear of hurting him.
However, Jiang Zhiyan didn’t have any special reaction. He just opened his big black grape-like eyes and looked at them innocently.
When Qi Qi saw Wei Lan poking his younger brother’s face, he also reached out and poked him too, and then whispered to Wei Lan, “It’s so soft.”
“Yeah.”
Qi Qi poked his own face, “Qi Qi’s soft too.”
“Yes, you are a baby too.”
Qi Qi put his feet up and wanted to poke Wei Lan in the face. Wei Lan cooperated and bent down. So, Qi Qi poked him and said in surprise: “Uncle’s also soft.”
“That’s because uncle has good skin.” After Wei Lan said it, he realized, “No, you have to call me brother, not uncle.”
Qi Qi shouted obediently: “Brother.”
Yan Qingchi looked helpless and said, “We are the same age, okay? He will call me dad and call you brother. The generations are confusing.”
“Bur I am a brother too. You are already married and have two children. I am still single. All single people are brothers.”
Yan Qingchi was simply defeated by his absurd reasoning. So, he raised his chin and said, “Come on, brother of Qi Qi, call Uncle Qingchi for me to listen.”
“Yan Qingchi, you are taking advantage of me!”
“Also! Are you not shamelessly pretending to be young.”
Wei Lan snorted and looked at Qi Qi, “Remember, I am the elder brother.”
Qi Qi didn’t understand what he and his father were talking about just now, but he heard what brother said and shouted generously: “Brother.”
Yan Qingchi: …My silly and good baby, too stupid…
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[1] Inkstone in Chinese also sounds like Yan but it is a different pronunciation than the one used in YQ’s name.