Chapter 539 - 569: Qin Guduo
The boy didn’t hate her because he was innocent and kind-hearted.
But the boy wasn’t stupid. He no longer wanted such an irresponsible mother.
Xiao Shi reached out to pat Xiao Cheng’s head. "Even though your birth mom doesn’t want you anymore, Xiao Cheng, you still have us. In a few months, you’ll have a new little brother or sister. So, what do you want? A little brother or a little sister?"
Xiao Cheng thought about it seriously. "It doesn’t matter if it’s a little brother or a little sister," he said. "I’ll be super, super good to them!"
Xiao Shi’s eyes crinkled into a smile.
Not long after, Qin Jiao and her family received a long-distance call. Du Liya had given birth to a daughter—a perfectly healthy and adorable little princess, weighing six pounds and two ounces.
Beidou was ecstatic.
He was deliriously happy.
He gave his daughter an English name, and a Chinese one as well.
And he’d actually named her Qin Guduo.
A little girl with a name that sounded like "flower bud" wasn’t strange—in fact, it was quite cute. But why the surname Qin?
When Qin Jiao told Shen Yi about it over the phone, even Shen Yi was silent for a long time.
Qin Jiao said, exasperated, "Why don’t you try talking some sense into your mom? No matter how you look at it, the baby shouldn’t have the surname Qin."
After a long silence, Shen Yi suddenly said, "Qin is a great surname. When we have kids, let’s have them take the surname Qin, too."
Qin Jiao: "..."
A child was still a distant prospect. After all, while Qin Jiao had just reached the legal age for marriage, Shen Yi still had another year to wait.
But Shen Yi, far away in the South, was already using what little free time he had to dream about his future children’s names. He was busy all day, studying with his professor and finding time to research investment and entrepreneurial ventures with various contacts.
He told Qin Jiao with the utmost seriousness, "Let’s pick out a boy’s name and a girl’s name to have ready. If that’s not enough, we can always pick more later."
Qin Jiao: "..." ’Not enough? Pick more later? Just how many kids are you planning on having?’
After Qin Jiao hung up, she went to complain to her mother, Su Yun, about the conversation. But Su Yun just smiled gently.
She said, "Oh, Xiao Jiao, that just shows how much Shen Yi cares about you. That’s why he wants your future children to take your surname."
A smile touched Qin Jiao’s lips. "Mm, I know. He said if it weren’t for the taboo against people with the same surname getting married, he’d want to change his last name to match mine."
Su Yun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Still, seeing her future son-in-law so devoted to her daughter made Su Yun happier than anything.
She murmured, "I’m not worried about you. That boy, Xiao Yi, is wonderful, and you’re both very capable. I’m just thinking about Xiao Shi. I hope the family she marries into in the future won’t be bad."
Xiao Shi, who was in the middle of a practice test, looked up and said with great seriousness, "My goal is to be a powerful career woman. If my future partner isn’t my equal, I’d rather stay single my whole life. Mom, Dad, if that happens, I’ll just stay with you forever and help my sister and brother-in-law raise their kids."
Su Yun shot her a look. "You’re so young, how can you talk about being alone forever? You have no idea what the future holds or who you might meet!"
Xiao Shi just shrugged. "Exactly, you never know what the future holds," she said, "so there’s no point in talking about it now. I won’t be getting married for another twenty-plus years anyway."
Su Yun did the math. In twenty-plus years, Xiao Shi would be over thirty!
Su Yun’s eyes went wide. "No way! Twenty years is way too long!"
"Fine," Xiao Shi retorted. "Should I go look for someone suitable in my class right now, then?"
"How old are you?! Your top priority right now is to study hard! You are not allowed to even think about this stuff until you get into college!"
Xiao Shi muttered an affirmative, then turned to Qin Jiao and stuck her tongue out. Qin Jiao could only shake her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.