Hearing this question, Gao Yun was clearly at a loss. She clasped her hands behind her back and said after a long while, "Actually... I was arranged to marry my current husband by my parents. We've been married for several years but haven't registered our marriage. At first, I wasn't old enough, but after Xiao Hua was born, his family said we could only register the marriage if we had a son..."
"Another family with a throne to inherit."
Upon hearing this, Ji Tong couldn't help but start complaining.
She could actually guess what would happen next.
Gao Yun's face showed bitterness. "After Xiao Hua was born, my health was always poor, and I couldn't get pregnant again. I was able to make a living by helping out at their house, but then Xiao Hua got sick, and their family suddenly turned on us and kicked us out..."
Ji Tong recalled Gao Yun's words, "You said you were under the legal marriage age when you got married, so... how old were you?"
“Me? I’m 27 years old this year,” Gao Yun replied.
"27 years old?!"
Ji Tong was a little confused.
The first thing she saw when she saw Gao Yun was that the woman had yellowish-black skin, dry yellow hair, wrinkles on her face, and thick, rough fingers. She looked to be about thirty or forty years old.
I can't believe he's only 27, younger than her?!
The nurse, still standing nearby, said, "Your file says you're the same age as me, not even 26 yet, how come you're 27?"
Gao Yun replied, "Ah, in my hometown we all use the traditional Chinese age reckoning method."
Ji Tong was shocked. She walked over to the nurse and looked at the file folder in the nurse's hand.
The document contained not only Gao Yun's information but also her daughter's information.
Ji Tong stared at Sun Xiaohua's real name for a long time before asking, "Is this your daughter's full name?"
Gao Yun paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, my mother-in-law named it."
"You and your husband didn't get a marriage certificate, so your daughter doesn't have a household registration, right? Then she doesn't have to have this name. Besides, a man who didn't get a marriage certificate with you and now kicks you out, why should his family decide your daughter's name? You even put this name in the hospital's records. In a few days, a reporter will come and report on it. If it makes the news, everyone will know that your daughter's name is this!"
Ji Tong looked at Gao Yun, his tone becoming more and more excited as he spoke.
It was only because she saw on the file in the nurse's hand that Sun Xiaohua's real name was written as—
Sun Zhaodi.
It's been so long, she never imagined she'd meet someone with such a name in real life.
Gao Yun was stunned by what Ji Tong said.
He was speechless for a moment.
It seems that no one in her upbringing ever talked to her about these things, and she never thought about them either.
Gong Yanli stood next to the woman and said, "This file can be changed now. If you need to change her name, just tell the nurse."
Gao Yun murmured, "I... let me think."
Gong Yanli then asked, "By the way, if your daughter doesn't have a household registration, our hospital can do a paternity test. Then you can bring her birth certificate and other documents to the police station to register her household registration."
Ji Tong also realized that her attitude earlier was inappropriate, and explained, "I didn't mean anything by it, I just think that girls shouldn't have names like that."
Gao Yun nodded hurriedly, "I know, I know. I don't think I've ever thought about these things before, but I know that you and your husband are doing this for our own good. I'm not angry. I really thank you."
Ji Tong was surprised that Gao Yun directly said that Gong Yanli was her husband, so she quickly denied it, "He is not my husband, we have no relationship whatsoever, we just happened to run into each other at the hospital!"
Gong Yanli: "..."
Gao Yun continued to apologize, "I'm sorry, I didn't understand, but thank you so much."
Afterwards, the doctor continued to examine the child, so Ji Tong and Gong Yanli did not stay in the ward for long.
The two people came out of the ward and entered the elevator one after the other.
They didn't speak a word the whole way.
After they left the inpatient department together, they saw someone rushing towards it.
Ji Tong watched the person run over from a distance. Once he could see the person's features clearly and was sure he hadn't mistaken him for someone else, he said to Gong Yanli, "Dr. Gong, your girlfriend is here to see you."
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