Chapter 327 Xi
The news that Zuo Shan was pregnant with her second child made Caesar so excited that he almost fainted, and he even forgot about his beloved grandson's birthday.
The usually composed old man was now circling around the left fan, muttering to himself, "This time I have to give it a good name, it can't be as casual as Ah Chen's name."
"Great-grandfather, do you think the name Zuo Chen sounds bad? Or is it not imposing or powerful enough?" Ah Chen said with a resentful look.
Admittedly, the fact that a mother is pregnant seems like something to celebrate, as he could tell from the joyful expressions on the faces of his entire family.
My dad was laughing like a fool, my great-grandfather was a bit like an idiot, and even old Evan kept rubbing his hands together.
But he found that he felt no joy at all in this matter; all he felt was a strong sense of being ignored.
In the past, whenever he came home on his days off, his family would fuss over him, asking him all sorts of questions, cooking delicious food for him, and accompanying him to his martial arts training.
But now? He has suddenly become invisible, no one pays attention to him, not even his mother can look at him for more than five minutes.
Achen couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy towards the baby in his mother's belly. Then he felt a thin strand of energy float from his mother's belly to his palm.
It was colorless and transparent, and it seemed that no one in the room noticed its existence.
It gently wrapped around his fingers, starting with his thumb and wrapping around each one until all ten of his fingers were wrapped around.
He sensed a comforting feeling from this thin strand of energy; while everyone else ignored him, it was the only one that sensed his unhappiness.
Achen released his spiritual energy strands, carefully wrapped the colorless and transparent energy strand, and then gently sent it back into his mother's womb.
He knew that this energy thread was extended from the baby in the mother's womb; it was so thin that it contained very little energy.
It must be very, very small, right? It must have put in a lot of effort to separate this energy thread in order to soothe his emotions.
At that moment, Achen felt a strange flutter in his heart, as if it would become his closest companion in the world.
Is this the legendary younger brother or sister?
Achen carefully followed the energy thread to its source and then sensed a very, very small creature.
It looked smaller than his fist, its limbs were indistinct, and only its head was barely discernible; its facial features were also indistinguishable.
He felt that the little guy was too fragile; a light poke with a finger would probably break it.
The seven-year-old boy has not yet learned about hygiene and has no idea that he has grown from such a small little guy to this size.
He couldn't help but start to worry: how many years will it take for this little guy to grow up?
He will definitely be responsible for protecting the little guy's safety until he grows up.
Oh, right, he doesn't know yet whether it's a boy or a girl.
Thinking this to himself, Ah Chen couldn't help but ask the question.
Then everyone burst into laughter, and Caesar answered his question:
"Ahem! Um, Chen, it's still too small to tell if it's a boy or a girl, so would you prefer it to be a little brother or a little sister?"
"My younger brother, I guess," Ah Chen said after hesitating for a few seconds.
"Why not my sister?" Zuo Shan glared at him.
"Girls are so troublesome. They cry so much, or they're just being sarcastic," Ah Chen said.
He didn't know many girls to begin with, but the ones who left a deep impression were the girls in his class who would burst into tears after he beat their faces into pig heads during sparring sessions.
And then there's Tsuzaki Kaori, that little poison girl. Even though they're friends now, she's sworn she'll never poison him again.
"But Mom wants to have a little sister for you. Don't you want to be her older brother? Can you bear to see your poor little sister without anyone to protect her, getting beaten up by other children and crying her eyes out?"
Zuo Shan blinked at her son, and Achen, unable to resist his mother's charm, quickly gave in.
"Okay, if you want to have a little sister, then have a little sister. If she calls me brother, I will definitely still respond."
"Also, if anyone tries to beat her up, I'll definitely beat that person to a pulp." Ah Chen's tone was somewhat dejected.
"Hahaha! Baby, you're so cute, Mommy loves you to death! Muah!" Zuo Shan was amused by her son's furrowed brows and gave him a big kiss.
Feeling embarrassed, Ah Chen broke free from her clutches and ran away in a flash.
However, he soon slipped back quietly because everyone was discussing naming the little guy, and he couldn't miss it. What if the names they came up with were all terrible?
No, he had to come up with a nice name for his sister to keep in mind.
He is the "Chen" of morning, so what should his sister be called? Chenxi (晨曦), yes, his sister should be called Xi (曦), Zuo Xi (左曦).
Ah Chen thought the name he had chosen was so beautiful that he exclaimed, "My sister's name is Xi, the Xi of Chenxi, Zuo Xi. Isn't this name especially beautiful?"
Several adults, who were having a heated debate about which of Bella, Alice, and Cindy's names sounded better, all looked up at him.
"Oh my! My son is the smartest. Zuo Xi is a very nice name, and it even matches his brother's name." Zuo Shan smiled like a flower.
"Although I admit that the name Xi is quite nice, Ah Chen already has the surname Zuo with you, so shouldn't it be the turn of our Landun family for this one?" Old Master Caesar said with a resentful look on his face.
“Grandfather, the child was conceived with great effort by the fan. Our Lan Dun family only provided one sperm cell, so I believe she has the right to decide the child’s surname,” Little White immediately retorted.
Then he stared intently at Zuo Shan and said, "Whatever name you want to give the child, I will support you unconditionally!"
"Thank you! But I think Grandfather has a point. Since I already have one of the two children's surnames, then you can have this one," Zuo Shan said with a smile.
"Great! It's settled then. Her name will be Xi Lan Dun. Our Lan Dun family finally has a successor!" Old Master Caesar was so excited he almost jumped up.
Ah Chen looked at him with resentment again and said, "Does Great-Grandfather mean that if I don't have the surname Lan Dun, I'm not a descendant of your family?"
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, great-grandfather. I'm just so happy to suddenly have a great-granddaughter, haha, haha!" Caesar laughed a little awkwardly.
"Ah Chen, do you know? A thousand years ago, this world was still an era of male supremacy and female inferiority. All families valued boys highly and did not treat girls as human beings at all. They were treated as commodities and given away or bought and sold."
Even now, some families still follow this bad habit, never considering having a girl as an heir, preferring to support an incompetent boy as the head of the family.
But your great-grandfather wasn't that kind of person. In my eyes, boys and girls were equally precious, and because girls are naturally more delicate than boys, I would give them more protection.
"You're the older brother, so you must love and care for your younger sister, right?" The old man went on and on to make up for his unintentional mistake.
"Alright, I forgive you, great-grandfather! Don't worry, I will definitely be the one who loves my sister the most in the whole family!" Achen said confidently.
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