My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn
Chapter 153 - 48 Godmother

Chapter 153: Chapter 48 Godmother

Wu Ermei returned home, still feeling a bit uneasy, and pulled Jiang Wei aside, "Hey, was what you told me before true?"

"What thing?" Jiang Wei looked puzzled.

"About Shen Chi," Wu Ermei said anxiously, "Didn’t you say that in the barracks, many soldiers who looked at Xiaoguai were handled by him? And didn’t you also mention that afterward, two officers who gossiped somehow made mistakes and were called in for ideological work?"

"Is that so, what about it?" Jiang Wei fed his son a chopstick of pickled vegetables and took a swig of rice wine before asking.

"Didn’t you say that Shen Chi cannot be offended? Does that mean he’s not very magnanimous?" Although Shen Chi hadn’t treated them badly today, she still couldn’t shake a feeling of unease.

"That kind of thing has nothing to do with being magnanimous or not, any man with a bit of temper would care about it," Jiang Wei replied indifferently.

Wu Ermei paused, recounted today’s events, and then asked, "Do you think Shen Chi will hold a grudge?"

Jiang Wei frowned but did not answer her question. He said with a displeased tone, "How many times have I told you not to get involved in Niu Lan’s business? Why don’t you ever listen?"

"Isn’t it because of her mother?" Wu Ermei felt a bit guilty, then righteously continued, "When my mom was seriously ill and people saw how poor we were and refused to lend us money, wasn’t it Niu Lan’s mother who helped us? Without her, where would we have gotten the money for my mother’s pain relief injections? How could my mother have passed away so peacefully?"

"Both of Niu Lan’s parents are gone now, and she’s ended up like this, how can I not help?"

"I’m not saying you shouldn’t be grateful, but you need to consider the situation when being grateful," Jiang Wei spoke suffocatingly, "How many times has it been already? Every time, she fights like a shrew with women who get close to Yuan Lixing. What good does it do her? I think you should just let her be and wait until she hits a big snag to realize she needs to change."

"That’s easy for you to say. If I don’t get involved, should I just let her reputation be ruined?" Wu Ermei got a bit heated.

"You say you’re getting involved, but has her reputation gotten any better because of it?" Jiang Wei raised his voice too, "Instead of cleaning up after her mess every time, you’d be better off teaching her how to take care of her husband and daughter properly. Her husband hardly comes home from the barracks, and her daughter is like a wild child. What kind of family is that?"

It had to be said that Niu Lan did have her strengths. As a military wife who followed the troops, she had a decent job in the canteen, a stable income, and her household was well-managed. Yet somehow, it was as if her family never really came together, just muddling through life.

Wu Ermei was silent. If Niu Lan would listen to her, would things be like this now?

Niu Lan’s situation hadn’t had much impact on Lin Xiaoguai. After the gossip, she put it out of her mind. Except for some inconvenience in her activities for a while, there was only one time after seeing Yuan Lixing, she sighed at how he really had a face that was extremely popular in that era.

But now, Lin Xiaoguai had Yaya to worry about.

"You repeat that again?" Yu Xiaomiao glared at her daughter, visibly angry.

"If you want me to say it, I’ll say it!" Yaya was just as defiant, "I don’t want to go to kindergarten; I want to stay with Aunt Lin!"

Yu Xiaomiao had a headache. She hadn’t expected that after arranging everything, her daughter would throw a wrench in the works.

Lin Xiaoguai was somewhat embarrassed and squatted down to ask Yaya, "Why don’t you want to go to kindergarten?"

"Because Aunt Lin isn’t there," Yaya said, feeling wronged.

Lin Xiaoguai felt helpless and looked at Yu Xiaomiao, hoping she wouldn’t blame her for this.

Yu Xiaomiao, of course, wouldn’t blame Lin Xiaoguai. She knew how well Lin Xiaoguai had treated her daughter over the past year—even she as the biological mother might not have done as well. The increasingly healthy glow and smiles on her daughter’s face were evident. As a mother, she was too grateful to blame her.

The two adults took turns trying to persuade, and Yu Xiaomiao even raised her hand in a threatening gesture, but Yaya remained unyielding and finally burst into loud tears.

"I don’t want to go to kindergarten; I want to stay with Aunt Lin, I like Aunt Lin and I also like little brother. If I go to kindergarten, Aunt Lin definitely won’t like me as she does now."

Yaya was genuinely heartbroken. Although she didn’t understand complex reasoning, she knew that distance would change the way Aunt Lin treated her.

Children are often the most sensitive. They may not understand what affection is, but they intuitively "forecast" outcomes.

Lin Xiaoguai was taken aback. She hadn’t expected Yaya to be so perceptive. Sharing a powerless look with Yu Xiaomiao, she suddenly had an idea and said, "Xiao Miao, how about you let me be Yaya’s godmother?"

Yu Xiaomiao was stunned, but Lin Xiaoguai felt increasingly certain it was a good idea. Her eyes sparkling, she said, "I really like Yaya, and Yaya likes me too. Isn’t this a kind of fate? Don’t you agree?"

"Of course not," Yu Xiaomiao replied without thinking.

"Then it’s settled." Once Lin Xiaoguai decided on something, she never dragged her feet. She squatted down, put her hands on Yaya’s shoulders, and said, "From now on, Yaya, you shouldn’t call me Aunt. Call me godmother."

"Godmother?" Yaya sobbed with a puzzled face, "What’s that?"

"It means that Yaya will become my daughter too."

"Really?" Yaya was a bit excited, and then suddenly thought of something, turned her head to Yu Xiaomiao and asked, "Mom, is it true?"

What else could Yu Xiaomiao say at that point? She sighed, "But you have to go to kindergarten."

"Okay." Yaya answered without any hesitation, her face still streaked with tears, now beaming with a radiant smile.

When she went back, Lin Xiaoguai told Shen Chi about it. Shen Chi was stunned for a moment but didn’t mind, nodded and said, "As long as you’re happy."

On the other hand, Wang Guozhong was alarmed when he learned about it. He stared wide-eyed and said, "Just like that, you agreed to a godmother?"

Yu Xiaomiao nodded, her expression helpless, "You didn’t see how happy Xiao Guai looked. How could I refuse?"

"But this isn’t right either." Wang Guozhong lamented, "I was hoping that once Yaya started kindergarten, she would like me, her father, more. How could it be like this?"

Both the husband and wife were truly grateful to Lin Xiaoguai, but to say they weren’t jealous of how much Yaya adored her would be a lie. Every day, Yaya came home talking about what delicious food Aunt Lin had made her or where Aunt Lin had taken her to play. Wouldn’t the parents feel irritated hearing all that?

"Let it be, when it comes down to it, we are the ones who benefit. Even if you want to act cute, do it with some moderation for me," Yu Xiaomiao thought clearly. Even before Yaya was Lin Xiaoguai’s goddaughter, she was already so good to her. After becoming her goddaughter, she’d probably stuff even more good things into her daughter’s mouth.

After Yaya started school, Lin Xiaoguai not only didn’t get to relax, but she became even busier. The reason was that Little Niangao had started to become naughtier and naughtier. Without Yaya as his little playmate, he directed all his energy into causing trouble for Lin Xiaoguai.

Shen Chi came home to find Lin Xiaoguai dozing off on the couch, and Little Niangao watching cartoons next to her, laughing gleefully.

"Why are you so tired?" Shen Chi was worried she was sick, so he touched her forehead and finding her temperature normal, asked with concern.

"As your son, what did he do." Lin Xiaoguai grumbled unhappily.

She couldn’t get angry at her son, so naturally, she took out her frustration on his father.

Shen Chi touched his nose and then asked Little Niangao, "Son, where did Mom take you to play today?"

"Flower and Bird Market." Little Niangao replied clearly, "Lots of little birds, little dogs, little cats, fun."

Shen Chi listened and didn’t think there seemed to be any problem.

Seeing what he was thinking, Lin Xiaoguai said slowly, "Because it was fun, he wanted to bring everything back home."

Thinking of her son’s eagerness to take home anything he saw at the Flower and Bird Market, she felt a pounding headache. That little rascal was as stubborn as his dad; he almost plucked all the feathers off the pet store’s parrots. The gentle pet cats were bullied by him until their fur stood on end, and when the little dogs barked at him, he barked back. Lin Xiaoguai felt that she had lost all her face in just one day. Trying to stop her son nearly made her faint.

——Lin Xiaoguai now had a good habit. If her son behaved well anywhere, she attributed it to her own merit. If anything was amiss, naturally, it was Shen Chi’s fault.

Shen Chi paused when he heard this, was about to laugh, but then met Lin Xiaoguai’s deep gaze. He quickly held back his laugh and said earnestly, "Then why didn’t you buy something to pacify him? After all, the Military Family Area doesn’t forbid keeping pets."

"I don’t like keeping pets." Lin Xiaoguai spoke the truth; if she was a person who liked pets, with a shop that could exchange for anything, she’d undoubtedly buy a bunch of quality pets to indulge in. But since her past life until now, the only pet she ever bought was the black-backed dog that stayed at her old home.

"Why?" Shen Chi was quite surprised, as most girls tended to like pets.

"Cats and dogs have shorter lifespans than people, I don’t like to develop feelings and then go through the loss," Lin Xiaoguai said in a subdued tone.

"What about long-lived species like parrots and turtles?"

"I don’t like those either," Lin Xiaoguai shook her head, "Those two kinds of animals aren’t affectionate." To some extent, Lin Xiaoguai had some cravings for touch; for beings she felt affectionate towards, she liked to express her love through hugs, kisses, and other intimate actions, obviously parrots and turtles couldn’t satisfy her in that regard.

Shen Chi found it inexplicable, looking at his son with a bit of sympathy.

Clearly, his son was like him in this respect. He also liked various little animals as a kid, he enjoyed catching them on the mountain and bringing them home to keep. Although those little animals ended up on the dining table at his mom’s hand later.

He thought that the little regrets he couldn’t fulfill as a child could be compensated through his son, but his wife didn’t like it...

Well, compared to his wife, the son could be put aside for now.

Having a little regret is fine, he isn’t lacking anything right now.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)