Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 880 - 921: The Flaw in the Daughter’s Name

Chapter 880: Chapter 921: The Flaw in the Daughter’s Name

"Yunzhu, this child is really good-looking," Xu Yingying remarked as she scrutinized the little baby carefully and complimented her.

Which woman wouldn’t want her child to be praised? Ye Yunzhu, being a new mother, was naturally no different. But she modestly responded with a laugh, "She’s still so little—how can you tell whether she’s pretty or not?"

"I’m serious, look at her eyes—they’re so much like yours! And this little mouth is also exactly like yours. When she grows up, she’ll surely be heartbreaker material. Hey, but this nose doesn’t quite look like yours."

Although everyone watched the little baby every day, nobody had inspected the child as closely as Xu Yingying had, nor had they studied who the child really resembled. Hearing Xu Yingying say this, they all became curious and began to look closely. And sure enough, just as Xu Yingying had said, the child’s eyes and nose were very much like Ye Yunzhu’s.

"Yes, yes, she really does look alike, so cute."

"Yes, when she grows up, she’ll definitely be as beautiful as Sister Yunzhu."

Everyone chattered simultaneously, and Xu Yingying then laughed and said, "But this nose isn’t like Yunzhu’s—it must be like her father’s."

Everyone’s gaze immediately shifted back and forth between Li Yifei and the little baby’s noses, which were both lofty and distinctly similar. Everyone felt a thud in their heart.

Without lifting her head, Xu Yingying chuckled, "I do feel like this nose is quite similar to our Yifei."

The room suddenly fell silent—everyone’s heartbeat sped up. None of them knew what Xu Yingying meant by her comment. Clearly, everyone understood that if Xu Yingying knew at this moment that Li Yifei was the child’s father, she surely wouldn’t be able to accept it. What chaos might ensue was anybody’s guess.

"Hey, what’s wrong? Ha... I was just kidding. You didn’t take me seriously, did you?" Xu Yingying looked around at everyone with a chuckle.

"Ha..." Everyone laughed along, but the smiles were rather forced. This joke was truly not very funny and mainly just frightening.

At that moment, Ning Xin’er spoke, "Sometimes it’s really hard to see any resemblance in little kids. When Yifei was little, I thought her eyes looked like Yifei’s, but now not so much. Her lip shape is somewhat similar, though. Girls change a lot as they grow—only when she’s fully grown will we be able to see who she truly resembles."

Ye Yunzhu also hurriedly added, "Yes, yes, Yingying, your joke really scared me. If you misunderstood that, I would have jumped into the Yellow River and still not been able to clear my name."

Xu Yingying chuckled softly, "I’m not that petty. But speaking of which, why hasn’t your man shown up?"

Pretending to be helpless, Ye Yunzhu said, "Don’t mention him; just pretend he doesn’t exist."

Xu Yingying’s eyes widened instantly, "That won’t do at all, he got you pregnant, how can you just pretend he doesn’t exist? He absolutely needs to take responsibility."

Ye Yunzhu gave a bitter smile, "I don’t even know where he is right now, how am I to make him take responsibility? Anyway, my daughter and I are doing fine now, I don’t want to think about him."

"Yunzhu, you’re really too easy-going. If it were me, I would’ve caught that jerk and beaten him badly, letting him know the price a man pays for being irresponsible." Turning to look at Li Yifei, Xu Yingying added, "Yifei, you’re capable, aren’t you? Go and catch that man, teach him a lesson. For that kind of man, don’t be too gentle with him—if he dares not to come, just give him a good beating, just leave him breathing."

Li Yifei suddenly felt dumbstruck and let out a dry laugh, "Um... I’ll try my best."

Xu Yingying glared at him, "What do you mean ’try your best’? Can’t you even handle this minor thing? Yunzhu is our good friend. Seeing a friend like this, aren’t you going to help out? Are you even a man? I’m telling you, no matter what, I’m charging you with this task. If the next time I come back and you haven’t found this little baby’s father, I will hold you responsible."

Li Yifei’s eyelids twitched twice, "Yingying, this is Yunzhu’s own matter, isn’t it a bit much for us to force our way in?"

"What do you mean ’force our way in’? Yunzhu is too embarrassed to pursue it, but are we supposed to just stand by and watch her suffer? Let that bastard man have fun somewhere else?"

Li Yifei added, "Maybe he’s busy and it’s inconvenient for him to come. This involves privacy, we can’t just interfere like this."

"What privacy, Yunzhu, we’re good friends, right? I’m standing up for you, don’t you mind?"

Seeing Li Yifei’s distressed face, Ye Yunzhu couldn’t help but burst into laughter, saying, "Yes, yes, it’s best if Yifei handles this. Who else but him, since he’s my old classmate? He has to catch that little rascal for me, then we can hang him up and whip him eight times a day."

Xu Yingying nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, give him a harsh whipping."

At this point, Li Yifei’s face turned as dark as Bao Gong’s. The two of them were scolding him after all, even talking about hanging him up and whipping him eight times a day. How was he supposed to live with that?

Everyone looked at Li Yifei’s unpleasant expression, suddenly everyone felt like laughing but dared not to, making it quite uncomfortable to hold back.

"I... I’m going to get some water!" Chu Xiaoyao was the first one who couldn’t hold back and quickly found an excuse to run out.

Su Yiyi also hurriedly said, "I’m going to get diapers for the child." She also slipped out.

Ning Xin’er had a bit more self-control, but it was also hard for her, she said, "You guys chat, I’ll go see if Auntie is back yet."

The three of them ran downstairs and then couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, Chu Xiaoyao controlled her laughter and said, rubbing her stomach, "It’s really too funny. Uncle got scolded so badly and couldn’t even argue. His frustrated look was truly amusing."

Ning Xin’er, rubbing her cheeks that were sore from laughing, said, "Yeah, I’ve never seen him lose his composure like that before."

Su Yiyi also laughed but then said sympathetically, "I feel so sorry for Brother Li. I really hope Sister Yingying can recover her memory soon. Brother Li is really having a tough time."

As soon as this was mentioned, the three of them couldn’t laugh anymore. Ning Xin’er sighed and said, "Yeah, I really hope this time passes quickly, and we can be as happy as we were before."

"Yunzhu, can I hold her?"

Upstairs, Xu Yingying and Ye Yunzhu were no longer denouncing that "irresponsible jerk," and Xu Yingying, looking at the little baby, tried asking.

Ye Yunzhu said with a smile, "Of course you can."

"Isn’t she too small? Won’t she get hurt?" Xu Yingying worried.

"It’s okay, the child is well-nourished and very sturdy. Just support her head with one hand and her waist with the other, like this," Ye Yunzhu explained, demonstrating.

Xu Yingying carefully watched Ye Yunzhu’s actions, then gently picked up the child while Li Yifei watched nervously close by; he was always worried when holding his daughter, let alone Xu Yingying.

"Why are you so worried? She’s not your daughter." Xu Yingying held the child with a delighted face, but seeing Li Yifei hovering around her, she rolled her eyes at him.

Li Yifei quickly said, "I’m just worried you might drop the child. You’re not mad at me, right? Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to accompany Yunzhu."

"To hell with you," Xu Yingying spat at Li Yifei, then gently swayed the little baby, saying, "Our little darling, so cute."

Li Yifei felt a pang in his heart and cautiously asked, "This is Yunzhu’s child."

Xu Yingying lowered her head to kiss the little baby, then turned to Li Yifei and said, "Yunzhu’s child, can’t she be part of our family? I can be her godmother."

With Xu Yingying lowering her head, Li Yifei couldn’t see the expression on her face. He had an illusion that Xu Yingying might have regained her memory, because of what she just said. But the comment Xu Yingying made when she turned back made him dismiss the thought, after all, for such a long time, Li Yifei and everyone had been trying to help Xu Yingying regain her memory, but Xu Yingying had not yet recovered. It couldn’t be possible that she had regained her memory just by going out for a few days.

"What’s the child’s name?"

Ye Yunzhu glanced at Li Yifei and said, "Li Yixiang."

"Li Yixiang?" Xu Yingying looked at Li Yifei, "I say, Comrade Li Yifei, our daughter is named Li Yufei, and Yunzhu’s daughter is named Li Yixiang, why does it sound like they are sisters?"

Ye Yunzhu secretly rolled her eyes at Li Yifei again, while Li Yifei had an embarrassed expression. When the daughter was born to fill out the form, Li Yifei thought of calling his own elder daughter Li Yufei, so he simply followed the middle character and named the second daughter Li Yixiang. In the case of having many children, using a fixed character in the middle is a very old tradition; he completely forgot about Xu Yingying, and now that Xu Yingying asked, he really didn’t know how to answer.

Fortunately, at this moment Ye Yunzhu was smiling and said, "I thought at the time, this child is another fatherless child. Maybe she could just follow Yifei and become a goddaughter, and the name wouldn’t sound bad to others. I didn’t discuss this with you, really sorry about that."

Xu Yingying chuckled lightly, "What’s there to be sorry about? It’s something good. I already have Yufei as a daughter, recognizing this goddaughter is even better. Yufei and Yixiang, such a pair of sisters, really nice indeed. Little Xiang’er, I’m really your mother now."

Li Yifei and Ye Yunzhu sighed in relief, watching Xu Yingying joyfully holding the child. They exchanged a glance and saw a hint of doubt in each other’s eyes. Today’s Xu Yingying was too easygoing. The daughter’s name was such a big loophole; hadn’t she noticed it?