Chapter 505 Infected
Qi Yunwen noticed a problem: lately, his friends have been leaving work right on time and rushing home. In the past, they would stay a little longer to handle some official business, but now they are eager to go home every day.
Just as it was time to leave work, Qi Yunwen was not surprised to see his friend preparing to go home again. He jokingly asked, "Yaoling, are you in such a hurry to go home? Are you going back to be with your Gu Wanwan?"
Gu Jingxi paused, then asked him, "Don't you need to go back and be with your Qi Xiaoxiao?"
Qi Yunwen rolled her eyes at him: "Why would this kid need me to accompany him? He's studying at the academy now, and he has plenty of classmates and friends to keep him company."
Gu Jingxi said calmly, "I think it's because he doesn't care about you being with him anymore."
Qi Yunwen: "..."
Honestly, his son really doesn't care about his company and even finds him annoying. Now he plays with his peers instead of clinging to him as soon as he gets home a few years ago.
Qi Yunwen sighed softly: "It's not just that he doesn't need my company, he also doesn't allow me or his mother to call him Xiaoxiao. It's probably because once when his classmate was around, I called him by his nickname Xiaoxiao, and his classmate found out his nickname. He was so angry that he ignored me for three days. In the end, I had to spend money to buy him the guqin he wanted, and that's how we got back together."
Gu Jingxi couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Who told you to give him such a nickname? A boy named Xiaoxiao, people who don't know him would think he's a lively, cheerful and smiling little girl."
Qi Yunwen was speechless for a moment, then said, "Xiaoxiao doesn't sound like a boy, so Wanwan sounds like a boy? You're giving your son a nickname like Wanwan, be careful he'll dislike it when he grows up."
Gu Jingxi said matter-of-factly, "We didn't give him this nickname. Who knew he wasn't a daughter? That's why the nickname had to be given to him."
Qi Yunwen asked in surprise, "So, you gave your son the nickname you would have given your daughter?"
Gu Jingxi tacitly agreed. In fact, it wasn't just a nickname; the main point was to avoid waste. Even the little clothes that A Yao had made for her daughter were now being given to Wanwan to wear. The little one looked quite good in the pink clothes. He was satisfied, and A Yao was satisfied too. As for Wanwan, what did that little one know about whether it looked good or not?
Qi Yunwen said, "You and your sister-in-law are somewhat unreliable as parents."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingxi immediately retorted: "You are quite reliable. You gave your son the nickname Xiaoxiao and your daughter the nickname Zhengzheng. Your son once cried and begged to exchange nicknames with his sister."
Qi Yunwen: "..."
He didn't just randomly choose nicknames for his children. His son has always loved to laugh since he was little, and he would smile no matter who held him, so he named him Xiaoxiao (meaning "smiling"). As for his daughter, he felt that she shouldn't be too gentle, otherwise she would be bullied when she went to her husband's family, so he named her Zhengzheng (meaning "strong"), hoping that she would be strong and not be bullied.
Gu Jingxi said calmly, "It's getting late. I'll head back to my residence first. I won't waste any more words with you."
Qi Yunwen: "...Having a child late in life is indeed different."
Gu Jingxi had just taken a step when he heard this and stopped, saying, "Who's old? I'm only thirty-one this year, still young."
Qi Yunwen glanced at him and said, "I'm thirty-two this year, and my daughter is fourteen. In another two or three years, I estimate I'll be a grandfather. You're my generation, and you still won't admit you're getting old?"
Gu Jingxi said, "She's still younger than you."
Qi Yunwen chuckled: "Gu Yaoling, I've noticed that ever since you married a wife who's so much younger than you, you've become more and more concerned about your age."
Gu Jingxi didn't want to pay attention to him and simply ignored the conversation, saying calmly, "It's getting late, I'll take my leave now, see you tomorrow."
Qi Yunwen didn't waste his time and said, "Alright, alright, see you tomorrow."
Gu Jingxi didn't reply, and walked away with light steps.
Seeing his hurried demeanor, a colleague asked Qi Yunwen curiously, "Qi Shaoqing, why is Minister Gu leaving in such a hurry? Is there something urgent?"
Qi Yunwen laughed and said, "There's no urgent matter. Our Minister Gu is rushing back to take care of the children."
His colleague was stunned: "Huh?"
Qi Yunwen said, "Didn't Madam Gu give birth to a son?"
His colleague nodded, puzzled, and said, "The child has a wet nurse to take care of him, and there are so many maids and servants. There's no need for Minister Gu to take care of the child himself."
Qi Yunwen glanced at him, then said in a serious tone, "What do you know? If you don't take care of the child when he's young, he won't be close to you when he grows up."
Upon hearing this, his colleague subconsciously reflected on his own actions. His son didn't seem very close to him; he always went to his mother for help, not his father. As a father, he seemed to have neglected his duties somewhat.
Qi Yunwen saw his colleague pause for a moment, then ignore him and turn to leave. He asked blankly, "Hey, where are you going again?"
Without turning his head, his colleague replied, "Qi Shaoqing, I've finished today's official business. Since it's still early, I need to go back and tutor my son."
Qi Yunwen: "...?"
Is spending time with kids a contagious disease? Can it be transmitted to others? Or should he go back to that brat and strengthen his father-son bond?
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When Gu Jingxi returned home, he found his son sleeping again. He usually didn't come home to find his son awake, only waking up later when he was hungry.
Seeing him staring at their son, Meng Jinyao asked curiously, "Husband, why are you staring at Wanwan like that?"
Gu Jingxi replied, "I'm wondering, he's not a pig, so how come he can sleep so much?"
Hearing this, Meng Jinyao laughed out loud: "When you were his age, you slept all day long. Mother said that you used to not only sleep a lot, but you were also difficult to take care of. You had to be held to wake up. As soon as you were put down, you would wake up. Wanwan is much more well-behaved than you."
Gu Jingxi was speechless for a moment, then said, "Ayao, it's fortunate that Wanwan inherited your traits in this respect, otherwise even his wet nurse would have disliked him."
Meng Jinyao nodded: "That's right."
Gu Jingxi added, "I don't know if it's because I've been looking at him for so long, but the more I look at him, the more pleasing he seems to me. Now I don't think he's ugly anymore."
Meng Jinyao glared at him and said, "He wasn't ugly to begin with. It's normal for him to be wrinkled when he was born. He'll gradually become more handsome. Haven't you seen Yun Xin from the Xiu Yuan family?"
Gu Jingxi: "I didn't notice."
Meng Jinyao said helplessly, "Yun Xin is your grand-nephew, and you don't even pay attention to him. What else do you pay attention to?"
Gu Jingxi looked up at her: "I'm keeping an eye on you."
Upon hearing this, Meng Jinyao paused slightly, glanced around subconsciously, then glared at him and said coquettishly, "Speak properly, or you'll be ashamed if someone hears you."
Gu Jingxi smiled and said, "There's no one else here, and Wanwan is fast asleep. Even if he were awake now, he wouldn't understand what we're saying."
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