“But I like Ling Xiaojin more. Mommy, can’t we go with Ling Xiaojin?” the kid begged, her face scrunching up.
“Your elder brother’s name is Yi Qianmo, and so you’ll be Yi Qianjin. Isn’t this nice? Other people will know that you’re siblings after hearing your names. Haven’t you always wanted an elder brother?” Ling Yiran asked.
“Can’t we have my elder brother rename himself as Ling Xiaomo instead?” the girl asked, tilting her head.
“Maybe you can ask him when you meet him,” Ling Yiran said.
“Okay!” Yi Qianjin raised her chin, looking determined.
Qin Lianyi laughed at her goddaughter’s antics. “Do you like the name Ling Xiaojin that much?”
“Yes, I do!” The kid nodded.
“Why? Because you’re used to it? Or do you not want to change your name?” Qin Lianyi guessed.
Before the kid could reply, Ling Yiran said, “She thinks that ‘Yi Qianjin’ is much more difficult to write compared to ‘Ling Xiaojin’ because it has more strokes. She’d agree to change her name to ‘Yi Yiyi’ immediately if we offered the option to her!”
“...” Qin Lianyi wanted to laugh. Her goddaughter was reluctant to change her name simply because it was more difficult to write?
The characters that made up ‘Yi Qianjin’ were truly quite difficult to write for a child, though.
Qin Lianyi laughed self-deprecatingly. “And then I never saw him again. Yi Qianmo as well. I learned of the kindergarten he attends after much trouble and I saw him a few times from afar. There are men from the Yi family in charge of escorting him to and from school, so I can’t really approach him.”
What she did not tell Ling Yiran was that she had approached Yi Qianmo once, but when she tried to say something to him, she was blocked by the Yi family’s bodyguards as though they were worried that she would say something she should not.
Hearing that, Ling Yiran knew that her friend was worried that she would be put in an embarrassing situation when she visited Yi Residence. She said, “Sorry.”
“What are you talking about? What are you sorry for? It’s so great that you’re back now, but… Between the two children with Yi Jinli now, only Yi Qianmo is yours. There’s another girl named Su Wanna, she’s an adopted daughter. Her mother’s name is Su Wenting. Rumor says that she’s close with Yi Jinli. You’ll have to stand up against that woman.”
Qin Lianyi had to tell her friend everything she could. She knew that the rumors were just rumors, but they were so vividly spoken about that she could not help but worry.
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