After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Marked the Crazy Hotshot – Chapter 113
by Little PandaWhen Bai Xin was six months pregnant, it was September.
Her belly was already very obvious. Wearing a light and thin long dress with extremely strong elasticity, as she lay on the sofa, that round belly became even more clear and cute.
Cheng Jiqing’s work had basically all stopped; she was just at home accompanying Bai Xin.
Every day after dinner, Cheng Jiqing would take Bai Xin downstairs for a walk, do aerobic yoga, and sometimes they would also go to the dance studio they rented next door.
The difference from before was that there was an additional 1.5-meter bed in the dance studioβsometimes Bai Xin could sleep for a while when she got drowsy.
And there was also this adjustable sofa that Bai Xin was lying on at this momentβit allowed Bai Xin to lie down at the most comfortable angle to watch Cheng Jiqing dance.
Bai Xin looked at the woman in the center of the dance studio.
Cheng Jiqing’s body, after long-term exercise, had firm skin. When she exerted force, the muscles of her calves were like a meticulously drawn picture, lean and beautiful.
She wore a backless dance leotard, and when she moved, it was as if her butterfly-like shoulder blades were dancing.
Bai Xin’s fingertips were about to rub the pads of her fingers raw.
The music stopped, and Cheng Jiqing stopped.
Cheng Jiqing panted slightly. She looked at the person in the mirror who was staring at her without blinking and asked with a smile, “What time is it?”
Bai Xin had already gotten up from the sofa. She had slippers on her feet and a clean towel in her hand. As she walked over step by step, her usual cool and detached air was tinged with languor.
“It’s still early. Feel better?”
“Mhm, much more relaxed.”
Cheng Jiqing nodded and took the towel.
Bai Xin raised an eyebrow. “What? Is Little CEO Cheng under a lot of pressure at home?”
Over these past few months, Cheng Jiqing’s ‘life-preserving’ acuity had greatly improved. Without even thinking, she said, “No.”
But after thinking for two seconds, she immediately and honestly corrected herself, “Your pregnancy is so hard. Wanting to take good care of you and take good care of the baby, there must be pressure.”
There was another point she didn’t fully say out loud.
During the period of Bai Xin’s pregnancy reaction, it was very severe. She couldn’t eat or sleep. To say she felt no pressure would be impossible.
And this kind of pressure had continued until now, especially when she thought about how Bai Xin still had to go through the ordeal of childbirth.
She had searched online; most mommies said it was a trip through the gates of hell2.
Compared to that pain, shedding a layer of skin was nothing.
Listening to Cheng Jiqing’s gentle and soft words, Bai Xin’s pitch-black pupils softened for a moment, and then her gaze involuntarily fell on Cheng Jiqing’s neck.
Beads of sweat were scattered on her collarbone, glistening faintly. Two drops, unable to bear their weight, fell into her dΓ©colletage as if collapsing.
The next second, the towel wiped away the sweat, absorbing all the water stains from that tender pink skin.
Cheng Jiqing asked, “Go back?”
The action of wiping sweat stopped, and her hand moved to rest on Bai Xin’s belly. The warm touch carried a faint throbβ¦
She gently caressed it back and forth a few times.
Bai Xin’s belly suddenly moved slightly. Cheng Jiqing said in pleasant surprise, “She moved.”
Bai Xin imperceptibly took a breath, snatched the towel from Cheng Jiqing’s hand, with a hint of dissatisfaction, “⦔
After speaking, she used the towel to wipe the sweat on Cheng Jiqing’s neck that hadn’t been wiped yet. No matter how soft the towel was, it still had a frictional touch on the smooth and tender skin.
Bai Xin’s eyelids lifted slightly, looking directly at Cheng Jiqing.
A cold and indifferent temperament, yet born with a pair of peach blossom eyes. When moved by emotion, it was truly like poison.
Cheng Jiqing narrowed her dark eyes. Her gaze moved from Bai Xin’s face to her belly, and she said in a low voice, “I’m all sweaty, my clothes are wet.”
Her subtext was actually, let’s go home first.
That low tone was deliberately suppressed, as if afraid the child in her belly would hear.
Bai Xin looked at her, amused. She passed the towel behind Cheng Jiqing’s neck, grabbed both ends, and pulled the person closer.
Cheng Jiqing’s ears were filled with hot breath. The woman murmured softly, “Me too⦔
There were two more words after that.
The intention was as clear as day.
The look in Cheng Jiqing’s eyes instantly changed. Her hand, through the fabric, caressed Bai Xin’s belly, like a soothing gesture beforehand.
She gazed at Bai Xin’s tender red cheeks and planted a kiss on the spot where her dimple was.
Then, her lips.
A light taste and she stopped. The next second, she bent down and lifted the person up.
It was only a few meters away. Cheng Jiqing placed the person on that bed in the dance studio.
Her hands were propped on both sides, as were her legs, the mattress pressing down with indentations.
Heady.
Bai Xin’s long dress was pushed up, piled above her ribs.
Cheng Jiqing lowered her head, her lips gently and cherishly kissing the snow-white bellyβ¦
At first, Bai Xin could still respond.
Soon, she couldn’t do anything at all.
She could only grab Cheng Jiqing’s shoulders, trembling slightly, her toes curling up. She felt the little person in her belly was disturbed by her reaction.
It moved a few times.
Outside, it was already dark and gloomy. A half-hour of restrained and forbearing tenderness.
Cheng Jiqing held Bai Xin and lay on the bed for a short rest.
Bai Xin leaned on her shoulder for a nap, so she took out her phone and scrolled through Weibo for a while.
She happened to see a hot search on Weibo.
#Qin Yufu and Lawyer Tang’s Late-Night Rendezvous#
Lawyer Tang was a later guest on “Let’s Go Together,” invited after she and Bai Xin had withdrawn from the variety show.
Cheng Jiqing was silent for two seconds, then smiled silently.
Qin Yufu’s official pairing was surnamed Tang.
It turned out that what was meant to be, would always be.
She inexplicably thought of Cheng Jing. Cheng Jing and Tu Xiuxiu were officially together. Not long after confirming their relationship, the four of them had even had a meal together once.
Song Ling was also in a relationship. The other party was an Alpha, and her family didn’t approve. They were currently in the middle of a conflict.
When Song Ling told her about this, she felt it was unexpected, yet not unexpected.
Song Ling’s temperament was straightforward and clean, without any twists and turns. Just like how Song Ling was with her; no matter what she was like, as long as Song Ling approved, she wouldn’t pay any mind to what anyone else said.
It was the same with relationships. As long as she approved, it didn’t matter what the other person was; in Song Ling’s eyes, it was all the same.
Back then, Song Ling thought Bai Xin was an Alpha. When she found out they were together, she seemed surprised, but this process was extremely brief. She didn’t care about these things.
It was also because of this that she greatly admired Song Ling.
What about Alpha, what about Omega, and what about Beta?
Isn’t being in love enough?
Isn’t being happy enough?
A person lives in this world for only a few decades.
If one still has to care about the secular world’s gaze during this short time, isn’t that person too pitiful?
Love is the most powerful weapon in this world.
Tang Jia and Tong Yanxi had also reconciled. A few days ago, Tang Jia was still discussing with her, saying she wanted to propose to Tong Yanxi again.
Cheng Jiqing thought carefully about these matters and these people around her.
It could be considered that good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil4.
Although the outcome was already vastly different from when she first came here, everything was moving in a good direction.
This was already enough.
At this moment, Cheng Jiqing held Bai Xin and thoughtβthis world is truly beautiful.
Cheng Jiqing put down her phone and went to pull the blanket up over Bai Xin’s belly.
Bai Xin hummed softly in Cheng Jiqing’s arms, as docile as a cat.
Cheng Jiqing went to touch her cheek, brushing away the strands of hair that were poking her face, her voice as gentle as water:
“Wife, do you guess our child will be an Alpha, an Omega, or will she become a beautiful Beta?”
“Then what do you hope your child will become?”
Bai Xin opened her eyes to look at her.
Cheng Jiqing said, “All are good.”
In her eyes, it didn’t matter what she differentiated into in the future. She simply liked their child.
Anyway, as long as it was their child, she would like her.
Bai Xin said, “Then I hope she’s an Alpha.”
But Bai Xin’s next sentence made her heart melt in an instantβ
“This world isn’t that fair to Omegas and Betas. I hope she doesn’t have it so hard.”
Cheng Jiqing’s expression was gentle. She lowered her eyes and kissed Bai Xin’s forehead. “We will protect her well⦔
The day Bai Xin gave birth was probably the most terrifying day of Cheng Jiqing’s life.
The due date was 40 weeks, but Bai Xin went into labor half a month early.
Although this was common in the hospital, on the day of labor, Cheng Jiqing leaned against Bai Xin’s bed, holding Bai Xin’s hand, filled with nothing but anxiety.
The delivering doctor was found by Cheng Jing.
Tang Jia was also on standby at the hospital 24 hours a day, and Tong Yanxi had to send a message in the group chat every few hours.
Song Ling also came several times.
From the start of labor to delivery, it took a full eleven hours.
The moment the delivery room door opened, Cheng Jiqing felt that her legs had never been so weak.
It wasn’t until the nurse came out holding the baby and saidβmother and daughter are safe.
Only then did she drag her weary legs, wanting to rush inside.
She was stopped by the nurse at the door. She needed to wait for Bai Xin to recover a bit and return to the hospital room before she could see her.
“Don’t be anxious, look at the baby first.”
Cheng Jing was at the side, speaking in a low voice.
Only then did Cheng Jiqing remember to look at the baby. Wrinkled, not as pretty as she had imagined, and hadn’t even opened her eyes yet.
She was a bit dazed, followed by a delayed realization.
This was her child, her and Bai Xin’s child, the child that Bai Xin had exhausted all her strength to give birth to.
It must have hurt so, so muchβ¦
Cheng Jiqing’s gaze moved from the child back to the delivery room door, and she asked, “When can I see her?”
But, at this moment, she still just wanted to see Bai Xin.
She wanted to hug her Miss Bai.
On the morning of this day.
After Cheng Jiqing saw Bai Xin, she held her and sobbed, her tears soaking Bai Xin’s patient gown.
Her face was buried in Bai Xin’s palm, tears flowing uncontrollably.
This was the first time Bai Xin had ever seen a Cheng Jiqing like this.
That inexplicable, rapidly sinking low mood after giving birth was actually pulled back just like that.
Her eye sockets reddened, and her fingertips rubbed against Cheng Jiqing’s cheek.
Her voice was hoarse to the extreme: “Be good.”
Unexpectedly, upon hearing that voice, Cheng Jiqing actually cried even harder.
If it weren’t for Tang Jia saying that Bai Xin couldn’t get emotional right now, Cheng Jiqing would have probably cried for a while longer.
Seeing Bai Xin’s weak appearance.
She was truly terrified in hindsight, and her heart truly ached.
During the postpartum confinement period5 that followed, Cheng Jiqing did almost everything herself, putting all her patience and energy into Bai Xin and the child.
When Bai Xin needed to breastfeed in the middle of the night, she couldn’t help, but she would still get up to hold Bai Xin. After feeding the little one, she would kiss Bai Xin.
Bai Xin’s little temper was worn down to almost nothing every time.
Any doctor or nurse who had seen Cheng Jiqing couldn’t help but be surprised.
Who could have imagined that the famous Film Empress would dote on her wife to this extent in private.
When Cheng Jiqing heard this, she would just smile.
What was this? Compared to Bai Xin’s hardship, this bit of labor was not worth mentioning at all.
Morning.
Bai Xin wanted to eat the small wontons from under the Beicheng Bridge, and Cheng Jiqing had gone out to buy them but hadn’t returned yet.
Cheng Duoduo started crying; it was time for her feeding.
The baby bottle had been warmed in advance by Cheng Jiqing. Bai Xin looked at the little baby girl in her arms who was drinking happily with ‘bajiba-ji’6 sounds, and gently pinched her cheek with her fingers.
“Your appetite is quite good.”
The baby’s bright eyes gazed at her, those pitch-black pupils like black gems.
Extremely beautiful.
Cheng Duoduo’s eyes were like hers, while her nose and mouth were like Cheng Jiqing’s.
Her skin was snow-white, as if illuminated.
Her body was soft; holding her was like holding a marshmallow.
The sentence Cheng Jiqing said most often was, this child is so cute.
Bai Xin came back to her senses and looked at the baby’s little mouth, moistened by milk. It was indeed very cute; the entire child had a sort of Q-bouncy7 feel.
Bai Xin, languidly, took the bottle from the greedy baby’s mouth and said slowly, “Cheng Duoduo, can I discuss something with you?”
Upon hearing this, Cheng Duoduo glanced at her, smacked her lips, her little face wrinkled, and she hummed twice.
Bai Xin said, “You cry a little less in the future⦔
After saying that, she looked at that expression, which seemed as if she had understood.
She put the nipple back into Cheng Duoduo’s mouth, symbolically feeding her a mouthful.
Then she immediately took it away again. “You cry less, make less fuss, be more well-behaved, and most importantlyβ¦ don’t fight with me for my wife, you know?”
As Bai Xin spoke, she saw the baby in her arms suddenly open her little mouth and spit out the mouthful of milk from just now.
Bai Xin: “⦔
Bai Xin’s expression paused. She waited for half a minute, but saw no further reaction from the child.
For a moment, she was thinking, did this girl understand?
Was this mouthful of milk her refuting her, disagreeing?
Just then, Cheng Jiqing came in carrying the small wontons.
After hearing Bai Xin’s words, Cheng Jiqing laughed for a good while. “So the baby just spat out the ‘stolen goods’ you used to bribe her? Hmm, so principled.”
“Your daughter is a little fox,” Bai Xin hummed lightly.
Cheng Jiqing rubbed Bai Xin’s head, which was wearing a fluffy hat. “I need to ask the doctor if one can get some kind of ‘cuteness disease’ postpartum.”
In return, she received a coquettish eye-roll from Bai Xin.
Cheng Jiqing held Cheng Duoduo and sat down on the edge of the bed next to Bai Xin, saying, “Miss Bai, I feel it’s necessary to remind you that your daughter is still an infant.”
Bai Xin raised an eyebrow, her gaze following Cheng Jiqing’s to land on that chubby, fair, and tender little child.
After a moment, she suddenly let out a laugh as well.
Cheng Jiqing raised her head and met Bai Xin’s eyes. After another few seconds, the two of them let out a low laugh together.
Outside the window, the sunlight was just right.
The years were just right.
There was only the taste of happiness.
Three years passed in a flash, like a white steed flitting past a crack in the door8.
Cheng Jiqing started filming again when Cheng Duoduo was two years old. Bai Xin was a few months later, but all in all, Cheng Duoduo was not difficult to raise.
β¦She was not difficult to raise in terms of daily life.
In other aspects⦠the benevolent see benevolence9.
Cheng Duoduo was three and a half years old this year and attended a prestigious kindergarten in Beicheng.
This afternoon, Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin went to pick up Cheng Duoduo from school together.
It was rare for them to have a day in the week when they could pick up the child together.
As a result, they waited outside the kindergarten for a good while, but didn’t see her come out.
Cheng Jiqing called the class teacher and put it on speakerphone.
“That’s great, I was just about to call you. Could I ask you to come over?”
“What’s wrong?”
On the other end, the class teacher sighed and said, “Mrs. Cheng, your Cheng Duoduo hit someone.”
The two in the car exchanged a glance.
Cheng Jiqing asked, “Did she have a conflict with a classmate?”
“No, she hit the teacher.”
Cheng Jiqing & Bai Xin: “⦔
In the office, two small figures in beige stood side by side. One of them had her hair in a bun, with thin, airy bangs. She shook her head, looking towards the few adults on the sofa from time to time.
Another girl next to her, also about three years old.
Turned her head and asked nervously in a low voice, “Duoduo, are your mommy and mami fierce?”
Cheng Duoduo had her hands behind her back, her dark peach blossom eyes blinking. She glanced at the two of them again. That side probably felt her gaze and also looked towards her.
Cheng Duoduo pursed her lips, her two cheeks puffed up like a bun.
“One of them is a little fierce.”
“Then laterβ¦ she won’t hit you, will she?” the girl was a little worried.
“That she won’t, but when she’s fierce, it’s scarier than being hit. But it’s okay as long as my mommy is here.”
The little girl beside her nodded in a daze.
Bai Xin withdrew her gaze from Cheng Duoduo’s face and curled her lips imperceptibly. Little fox, she knows to act cute to get by whenever something happens.
“So you mean to say, my daughter hit someone without reason?” Cheng Jiqing asked politely.
Sitting opposite them on the sofa were the class teacher and the piano teacher.
The piano teacher was still indignant, but somewhat constrained by Cheng Jiqing and the other’s status, she was still considered polite. “Yes, look at what my forehead has been smashed into? I don’t know where she got the strength, or how she could be so ruthlessβ¦ You two, it’s not that I’m picking on the child, I’m also doing this for her own good.”
There was a very clear scratch on the teacher’s forehead, slightly bleeding.
It was said that when Cheng Duoduo threw the music book, she was scratched by the paper of the book.
The class teacher also said, “The children in the class all saw it. She really needs good guidance. I asked her, but she refused to say, which is why I kept her after class.”
Cheng Jiqing turned her head. “Duoduo.”
There was no displeasure on her face, her voice was still gentle, as if she had no intention of getting angry.
Cheng Duoduo raised her head and her hand. “Mommy!”
Cheng Jiqing said, “You, come here.”
Cheng Duoduo went over and stood obediently by Cheng Jiqing’s side.
Cheng Jiqing saw the little girl following behind her. She had seen her twice; she was Cheng Duoduo’s friend from kindergarten, named Xingxing. The class teacher had just said that this little girl’s mother wasn’t free to pick her up yet, and she insisted on staying with Cheng Duoduo.
Cheng Jiqing smiled slightly at the little girl, then asked Cheng Duoduo, “The teacher just told me once, you tell mommy one more time what happened in class?”
There wasn’t the slightest bit of nervousness on Cheng Duoduo’s round face. She still had a milky scent, but her enunciation was quite clear and smooth.
By the time she was halfway through her story, the expressions of Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin had already changed.
The class teacher and the other teacher’s faces turned even paler.
“β¦Xingxing was about to cry, and the teacher still wanted to hug her. I wanted to shout to remind the teacher, but the piano sound was too loud and the teacher couldn’t hear me, so I threw the book.” Cheng Duoduo frowned, looking quite troubled as well, and spread her hands. “I didn’t mean to hit you so hard. I’m sorry, teacher, I didn’t expect you to be so unable to take a beating.”
Teacher: “⦔
Class Teacher: “⦔
The class teacher couldn’t say a word. She had asked Cheng Duoduo repeatedly just now and she wouldn’t say anything. She didn’t expect that she would say such a thing in front of her parents.
This kind of thing in a school was simply a bombshell.
She immediately glanced at Xingxing and saw the little girl wringing her hands. She had probably heard their conversation and was clearly a little flustered.
The moment she looked over, Xingxing’s eyes were already red.
“Cheng Duoduo, how old are you to have learned to lie and make things up? Do you know what you’re saying?!”
The teacher pointed at Cheng Duoduo and said.
Cheng Duoduo immediately threw herself into Cheng Jiqing’s arms, as if she were scared. “Wuwuwu, Mommy, Duoduo is scared⦔
Bai Xin, at the side, saw through it all.
The fluency of her words just now didn’t seem like she was scared at all. It was obvious she was pretending now. No idea who she learned it from. Oh, this was an inheritance of Cheng Jiqing’s talent.
Cheng Jiqing was the softest-hearted towards this trick.
She patted Cheng Duoduo’s back. Before she could speak, Bai Xin said faintly, “Do you know what you’re saying? You say my daughter is lying? Where’s the proof?”
Cheng Jiqing remained silent.
When it came to negotiations, Bai Xin was better at it than her.
Cheng Duoduo had made the first accusation. According to a normal person’s line of thinking, they would be asked to produce evidence first. But for someone like Bai Xin who had fought her way through the business world, the first step was to disrupt the opponent’s rhythm.
Make the opponent prove themselves.
With just this one sentence, Bai Xin already had the upper hand.
The teacher was indeed nervous for a moment, already thinking about how to prove that this matter was false.
And during this moment of hesitation, the others already had an idea of the situation.
If the teacher had been wronged, she should have immediately refuted it, or called Xingxing over.
Just then, the class teacher stood up.
“Xingxing⦔
Before the rest of the question could come out, Xingxing burst into tears. “Wuwuwu, the teacher wanted to hug me, she touched my tummyβ¦ I didn’t want her to.”
She sobbed, “Duoduo didn’t do it on purpose. Duoduo only did it because she saw me crying.”
“The teacher hugged you because she likes you! How can such a small child have such filthy thoughts!”
The piano teacher stood up from the sofa in a huff.
With this scolding, the child cried even harder.
Cheng Duoduo also cried, but she wasn’t as loud because she was in Cheng Jiqing’s arms and didn’t have enough oxygen to perform.
But she couldn’t let her little friend be bullied, so she prepared to draw the firepower from her friend’s side over to her.
“Wuwuwu, Mami told me that teachers like this are bad guys! They deserve to be hit! Everything Mami says is right, wuwuwu, the piano teacher is a stinky dog egg10.”
Everyone: “⦔
Bai Xin glanced over. “Where’s the surveillance footage from the classroom?”
The class teacher squatted down, patting Xingxing’s back, and gave the piano teacher a complicated look. “It broke a few days ago. It’s been sent for repair but hasn’t been fixed yet.”
“I pay tens of thousands in tuition a month, yet it takes the school several days to fix a single surveillance camera?” Bai Xin’s voice was cold and detached, laced with sarcasm.
Cheng Jiqing knew she wasn’t targeting the class teacher, but was just in a bad mood at that moment.
Perhaps this conversation gave the piano teacher inspiration, and her imposing manner became strong again. “What does a child this young know? Are you going to believe a child and not me? I’m a teacher, how could I possibly do such things? Duoduo, Xingxing, how could you think of your teacher like this?”
There was a slight stalemate. Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin didn’t have that much patienceβit was a rare occasion they could pick up their child together, and now this mess. They wouldn’t even have time to buy groceries later.
Cheng Duoduo pressed against Cheng Jiqing’s chest, hearing that heavy, impatient breath.
She said between sobs, “Mommy, there is surveillanceβ¦ This morning when the maintenance uncle was fixing things for the principal’s office, I pulled him to the classroom to fix it.”
Both the class teacher and the piano teacher were stunned for a moment.
Is this something a three-year-old could think of and do?
The couple, Cheng Jiqing and her wife, however, didn’t feel there was anything wrong, but they both knew their daughter’s crying was very insincere right now.
The two of them raised their eyes together, their gazes landing on the piano teacher as if they had substance, extremely cold.
Cheng Jiqing directly called the principal, requesting to check the surveillance footage.
In reality, when these words were spoken, the piano teacher’s legs had already gone soft.
It was over half an hour later.
The remaining matters were handed over to the lawyer. Bai Xin gave the instruction: go for the throat.
Xingxing’s parents also came to pick her up. Hearing the news, they held Xingxing and thanked them repeatedly.
As they were about to get in the car, Cheng Duoduo, with her little yellow backpack, ran to Xingxing’s family car in a few small, quick steps. It was unknown what she said, but she hugged Xingxing.
Cheng Jiqing glanced over and said to Bai Xin beside her with a smile, “Your daughter is going to be snatched away by a little girl.”
Bai Xin also looked over there, the corners of her eyes curving slightly, then she hummed lightly again. “If she’s snatched away, she won’t be able to occupy you.”
“You sound so sour. Duoduo only stayed at Tang Jia’s for one day, and didn’t you eagerly go pick her up?” Cheng Jiqing smiled dotingly and went to hold Bai Xin’s hand. “Isn’t that right, CEO Bai.”
Bai Xin pinched Cheng Jiqing’s waist. “You’re so annoying.”
Cheng Jiqing laughed. This little one.
Seeing Xingxing’s reluctance to part and Cheng Duoduo’s not-looking-back appearance, she thought, it’s also possible she’s the one snatching the other awayβ¦
She would have to have a good talk with her about today’s events when they got back.
“Mommy, Mami!”
A soft, sticky, milky11 voice sounded.
The two of them, Cheng Jiqing and Bai Xin, watched the little yellow person running towards them, their gazes unconsciously softening.
On the way home.
Cheng Jiqing asked Cheng Duoduo in the back seat, “Duoduo, how did you think of fixing the surveillance camera?”
“Because this morning I saw that bad person bullying kids from another class. I knew the camera was broken, so I asked the maintenance uncle for help.” Cheng Duoduo said while drinking her milk and lightly swinging her legs.
Cheng Jiqing thought about there being such a beast in the kindergarten. If it hadn’t been exposed today, perhaps one day those claws would have reached Duoduo.
But the things Bai Xin had arranged over the phone just now would also make that woman remember it for a lifetime.
Cheng Jiqing asked again, “Did you deliberately not tell the class teacher beforehand and deliberately wait for us to come?”
Cheng Duoduo licked the corner of her mouth and nodded. “Yep, I was afraid she might help that bad person, and then delete the surveillance footage, and there’d be no evidence. I can’t do it myself, I have to find a backer!”
“β¦Where did you learn these tricks.”
“Mami taught me!” Cheng Duoduo said in a milky voice. “Take one step and see ten steps ahead12. You have to be shrewd so you won’t be bullied.”
Cheng Jiqing: “⦔
She choked, thinking to herself, you don’t need too much of this stuff at your age.
Bai Xin, however, was very satisfied and asked, “You’ve learned well.”
“β¦Hey, this way of teaching of yours.”
After thinking for a few seconds, she helplessly said to Cheng Duoduo in the safety seat, “Duoduo, but you have to know that hitting people is not a solution. What Mami meant was, she praised you because that was a bad person.”
Receiving Cheng Jiqing’s gaze, Bai Xin said, “Your mommy is right.”
Cheng Jiqing added, “Also, you were very brave today, and helping your good friend was also very right. But next time something like this happens, try not to stick your neck out yourself. You’re still small, and your strength isn’t enough to face an adult, you know?”
What if that dog thing had lashed out in anger at that moment? How could this child have fought back?
Cheng Duoduo’s milk bottle was empty, but the straw was still in her mouth. She didn’t speak for a few seconds.
Cheng Jiqing didn’t rush her.
After another few seconds, Cheng Duoduo took the empty bottle out of her mouth. “I know.”
Cheng Jiqing was nagging over here, which Bai Xin found both heart-aching and amusing to watch.
“Don’t know who she takes after.”
Cheng Jiqing also smiled. She glanced through the mirror at the three-year-old in the back who was getting drowsy after finishing her milk.
She said, “Isn’t it obvious? She takes after you.”
“Be clear.”
“Takes after you. Pretty, gentle, and kind.”
In the child safety seat.
Cheng Duoduo yawned, looking at the two adults in the front holding hands.
After watching for a while, she suddenly asked, “Mommy, Mami, why did you name me Duoduo?”
Cheng Jiqing paused, not having said a word yet.
Cheng Duoduo hugged her milk bottle, tilted her head, and asked sincerely, “Duoduo, is it the ‘duo’ from ‘duoyu’ (superfluous)?”13
Cheng Jiqing: “⦔
Bai Xin: “⦔
Cheng Jiqing burst out laughing. Waiting at a red light, she turned her head to look at the little one with a milk-drunk expression. Truly, the innocent words of a child.
“What is your little head thinking about all day? Of course not.”
Bai Xin sat in the passenger seat, shallow dimples on her cheeks.
Alright, this line of thinking, she’s the one who gave birth to her.
The next morning, the temperature was pleasant, making one feel cheerful and relaxed.
Cheng Jiqing had to go to the film set today, so she got up early to prepare breakfast.
Ten minutes later, Bai Xin’s cool voice came from the children’s room.
“Cheng Duoduo.”
When she called her by her full name, it meant Bai Xin had completely lost the patience to coax her. Of course, whenever this happened, it was also when Cheng Duoduo would get out of bed, her little steps pattering.
About another ten minutes later, the two of them came out of the washroom.
One big and one small sat down opposite Cheng Jiqing.
Congee, pan-fried dumplings, and a mixed vegetable side dish.
And one egg for each of them.
Cheng Jiqing peeled an egg. Feeling the gazes from the opposite side, she looked up and found that both Bai Xin and the child were looking at the one she had just finished peeling.
As if waiting to eat it.
Cheng Jiqing held back a laugh. “Peel it yourself.”
“You peel it.”
“Mommy peel it.”
“Why must I be the one to peel it.”
“The one Mommy peels is more fragrant!” Cheng Duoduo’s mouth was especially sweet when she wanted something. She turned her head, “Right, Mami?”
Bai Xin’s eyes and brows moved slightly, and her face became very vivid. Her voice was light and clear, yet it carried a comfortable laugh.
Her tone was lazy, “Mhm, that’s right.”
Cheng Jiqing’s gaze met hers, and there was a feeling of spring warmth and blooming flowers.
This was an ordinary day.
It was also a bright and dazzling day.
The two adults’ hands rested on the table, gently overlapping. The hand underneath was even fairer, and on its wrist was a string of white jade bodhi beads.
The child’s triumphant and crisp laughter came from the living room.
From time to time, there was also a woman’s gentle and doting murmur, and sometimes another cool and clear speaking voice would be mixed in, pleasant to the ear.
β¦
This day.
Cheng Jiqing secretly made a wishβ
May every year be like today.
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Footnotes
- ε΄½ | zΗi | Literally βcubβ or βwhelp,β a colloquial and affectionate term for a child, similar to βkidβ or βtykeβ in English.
- ι¬Όι¨ε ³ | guΗ mΓ©n guΔn | Literally βghost gate pass.β A common Chinese metaphor for a perilous, life-threatening situation or a brush with death. It is frequently used to describe the dangers and intense pain of childbirth.
- εΈζ’¦ζ | xΓ mΓ¨ng sΔ« | The Chinese transliteration of βSimmons,β a well-known American mattress brand. The term has become a genericized trademark in China, often used to refer to any thick, spring-coil mattress, much like βKleenexβ is used for tissues in English.
- εζεζ₯οΌζΆζζΆζ₯ | shΓ n yΗu shΓ n bΓ o, Γ¨ yΗu Γ¨ bΓ o | A traditional Chinese proverb reflecting a belief in karmic retribution. It means that good deeds will be rewarded with good outcomes, and evil deeds will be met with bad consequences. This concept is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and folk religion.
- εζε | zuΓ² yuΓ¨ zi | Literally βsitting the month,β this is a traditional Chinese postpartum practice where the new mother rests for one full month after childbirth. It involves specific dietary restrictions, limited physical activity, and protection from cold to help the body recover.
- ε§ε§ε§ε§ | bΔ jΔ« bΔ jΔ« | An onomatopoeia for the sound of smacking oneβs lips or eating with relish.
- QεΌΉ | Q tΓ‘n | A popular food texture descriptor in Chinese, particularly from Taiwan. βQβ refers to a chewy, bouncy, or springy texture, similar to al dente pasta or gummy candies. Itβs a highly desirable quality in many foods like noodles, tapioca pearls, and fish balls.
- η½ι©ΉθΏι | bΓ‘i jΕ« guΓ² xΓ¬ | A chengyu, literally βa white colt passing a crack.β Itβs a metaphor for the swift passage of time.
- δ»θ θ§δ» | rΓ©n zhΔ jiΓ n rΓ©n | Literally βthe benevolent see benevolence.β This is the first half of the idiom δ»θ θ§δ»οΌζΊθ θ§ζΊ (rΓ©n zhΔ jiΓ n rΓ©n, zhΓ¬ zhΔ jiΓ n zhΓ¬), which means βThe benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom.β It signifies that different people will have different perspectives on the same issue, similar to βto each their ownβ or βbeauty is in the eye of the beholder.β
- θηθ | chΓ²u gΗu dΓ n | A childish insult, literally βstinky dog egg.β Itβs akin to calling someone a βstinky poop-headβ or something similar in English.
- η³―ε½ε½ | nuΓ² jΔ« jΔ« | A popular slang term describing something as soft, sticky, and cute. Itβs derived from η³― (nuΓ²) as in glutinous rice, which has a soft and sticky texture. Itβs often used to describe the feel of a babyβs skin or their soft, slightly indistinct way of speaking.
- θ΅°δΈζ₯ηεζ₯ | zΗu yΔ« bΓΉ kΓ n shΓ bΓΉ | A Chinese proverb meaning to have great foresight and to plan far ahead. It advises thinking about the long-term consequences and future possibilities of oneβs current actions.
- ε€δ½ | duΕ yΓΊ | This means βsuperfluous,β βunnecessary,β or βsurplus.β The character ε€ (duΕ) means βmanyβ or βmuch,β but in this compound, it contributes to a negative meaning. The child is cleverly asking if her name, which means βmany,β implies she is βtoo manyβ or unwanted.
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