Not a god

Chapter 12 Name
At that moment, Father Chen thought a lot.

Chen Xi, who was only the size of a palm, lay in the delivery room. He went from only being able to cry and sleep to being able to crawl and run, and finally to being able to call him daddy.

It’s been 22 years already, Xiuhua. Our child is already 22 years old and has become a father. If you were still alive, in a few years there would be a little one calling you grandma.

Although the woman was still a little girl in his memory, Father Chen couldn't help laughing at the thought of someone calling her grandma.

He is not a very competent father. He is clumsy and lacks patience when it comes to taking care of children. But Chen Xi is actually not a very "competent" child either. The understanding and precocity he has shown since he was a child often make him feel that he is a little redundant as a father.

But I didn’t expect that time would pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, I’m going to be a grandfather.

He wanted to ask why such an important thing was not told in advance, when he and Wanwan would go to get the marriage certificate, and who would be invited to the wedding banquet.

Chen Xi weighed the child in his arms and said, "Come, call me grandpa."

Father Chen immediately looked at the camera nervously.

The baby in the camera looked at him with round eyes, which was enough to melt his heart.

"Oh, he's not even one year old yet and can't speak." Chen Xi looked like he just remembered.

"You..." Father Chen coughed, then calmed down a lot and asked, "Boy or girl?"

"Girls."

"Have you chosen a name?"

"get up."

"what is it call?"

"Xiao Yan."

"Chen Xiaoyan? What a nice name..."

The old father was a serious man, so he might take it seriously. Chen Xi shook his head: "I'm just kidding. There's no name yet, and this child is actually..."

A woman's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Who are you calling? It's Xiaoxi!"

Chen Xi already had a headache: "Aunt Jiang..."

The screen shows a beautiful woman who can withstand the original camera's close-up shooting at a deadly angle. She has a pair of peach blossom eyes like Jiang Wanwan, and she is full of charm when she smiles. However, now is the era of traffic, and it will be difficult for her to make a name for herself if she is not chosen by capital.

Mr. Chen is a strong man, and he always wears a short-sleeved vest even in winter. Ms. Jiang is very bulky, and she wears a high-necked sweater under a long down jacket. It seems like they are not in the same season.

"Eh?! Where did the child come from?"

"Brother, the milk powder is ready... Hey, is the big star here too?"

As expected, the mother and daughter started fighting as soon as they met.

Chen Xi felt the temperature of the bottle and tactfully stopped Wanwan from feeding the baby with just-boiled water.

Jiang Qing looked at the camera and trembled with fear: "Oh my! You, you, you two! Where did you two get this child?!"

"What child... Yes, yes, I gave birth to him, what's wrong?!"

Wanwan’s favorite thing is to show off in front of her mother, but this time Chen Xi felt that it was unnecessary.

"Aunt Jiang, we..." He wanted to explain, but was interrupted again.

"You've really grown wings, you little bitch. Why are you telling me such a big thing now?"

"What's the harm in telling us in advance? You guys are flying around the world anyway, right? How can you have the time to care about us?"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you, Xiaoxi, bring the child to me!"

"Aunt Jiang, I..."

“Oh, so cute. Is it a boy or a girl? Let grandma take a look—” She immediately got into the role.

"Don't show her!"

"Wanwan, go away and don't block the camera!"

"Just block it! Brother, let's not let her see it."

"It's a girl."

"My big fat granddaughter, she looks so cute. Can she call me grandma?"

As Ms. Jiang spoke, she felt a little melancholy. She was only forty years old, and her ambition to dominate the entertainment industry had not yet been realized, but she was about to become a grandmother.

The two little kittens back then are now parents. Time really is unforgiving.

"We'll go back after we're done here. By the way, Xiaoxi, I heard your store was on the news?"

"Yeah, but it's nothing."

"I'm glad you're okay. I remember you're still in school, right?"

"Graduating this summer."

"Have you thought of a name for the child?"

"not yet."

As he spoke, the baby in his arms started crying again. Chen Xi touched the bottle and felt the temperature was about right, so he held the baby in one hand and started feeding him with the other.

"You're already feeding her with formula at such a young age. But it's true. Wanwan doesn't seem to have much milk." Jiang Wanwan was about to blush again, but her cousin was nearby, and she didn't want to argue with this brainless mother about these inappropriate things.

Chen Xi disagrees with this.

Aunt Jiang’s perception of Wanwan is probably still stuck at the time when she was skinny and weak in middle school, little did she know that Wanwan has already grown up now.

Just as the two were about to start arguing again, Chen's father hit the woman on the head with a hammer at the right time.

The noisy air suddenly became quiet.

Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief. This woman was the only person that Chen Xi had ever been afraid of since he was a child.

His fear of Ms. Jiang is similar to humans' fear of cockroaches. Specifically, there are three reasons:

1. When humans and cockroaches look at each other, you cannot tell the cockroach's emotions and thoughts from its facial expression. 2. No one knows where the cockroach will suddenly appear. 3. You don't know if the cockroach will suddenly fly up, hold your face and bite you.

Although it is impolite to compare a beauty like Ms. Jiang to a cockroach, it is also true that there are similarities between the two.

It is simply - the cancer of the earth!
He finally had the chance to say what he was about to say: "This is not Wanwan and I's child, but for some other reasons, we decided to adopt this child."

Hearing this, Father Chen frowned and Ms. Jiang also calmed down a little.

The two adults exchanged glances, and after a while Ms. Jiang said, "Have you made your decision?"

"Well, it's decided."

"This isn't about raising a cat or a dog, it's about raising a child."

"We know that."

"That's good."

Chen Xi was a little surprised: "Don't you have anything else to say?"

Ms. Jiang smiled and said, "If it was just Wanwan, it definitely wouldn't work. But Xiaoxi has been very sensible and reliable since she was young. She has strong opinions and ideas. Since you've already made up your mind, it must be okay."

"That's it."

"After all, we didn't take care of you when you were little. Now that you've grown up, it's too pretentious for you to be bossing around and acting like a big shot."

"do not talk like that."

Father Chen also nodded beside him: "If I have to give you some advice, it's that if you haven't thought of a name yet, you should think about it carefully."

"A name?" Chen Xi really had no idea.

"Your name was given by your mother... Chen Xi, do you know why your mother gave you this name?"

Chen Xi was stunned. His mother died of illness when he was three years old. When he was young, that woman was in bed all day long.

All he had left of that woman were some vague images.

When his father took him to the hospital to visit his mother, when he opened the door of the ward, she was sitting on the bed, looking at the face outside the window, then turned to look at him standing at the door, smiling at him, as if talking to him.

It's just that the scene in my childhood memory is too old, the face has long been blurred, and I can't remember what he said.

I only remember a very gentle and warm feeling.

He guessed, "Chen Xi's words sound like the morning light, because he hopes that I can be like the morning sun, giving people qualities such as hope, warmth and light, right?"

Hearing this, Father Chen, who was always serious and reserved, couldn't help but smile. He seemed to remember something funny and laughed softly twice:

"I asked her the same question at first, but she looked confused and said she had never thought of it."

What on earth is going on with this couple of parents?

"Your mother only has a junior high school diploma, not that highly educated. She said that when she pronounced the word 'Xi', the corners of her mouth were smiling. She hoped that when people called your name in the future, they would smile at you."

So that’s what it is. It’s really a simple wish.

She should have said to herself:

"Xixi, you're here to see mom again!"

Chen Xi smiled faintly when he heard that, and the blurry face in his memory suddenly became clear.

Even though she was someone I had no impression of, I suddenly felt a strong connection with that woman. In addition to blood ties, there was something very important, or even more important. That should be... love.

It turns out that whenever someone called his name, it was his mother smiling at him.

"What about me?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wanwan immediately looked at Ms. Jiang with anticipation: "Mom, Mom! What does my name mean?"

Ms. Jiang had no expression on her face.

My sister-in-law played me back then?!
"Delaying childbirth? Responding to the nation's call? How does that sound?"

"Why would someone like you become a mother?"

"Because I gave birth to you."

Chen Xi ignored the quarrel between the mother and daughter. Looking at the baby in her arms, she suddenly felt the burden on her shoulders had become much heavier.

It turns out that calling it Chenpi is not a good idea. I need to rethink it.

(End of this chapter)