Chapter 60: Naming

Jiang Miao was utterly dumbfounded! How could she be favoring girls over boys?

Indeed, there was a trend of favoring girls over boys in the Gita Republic. This was mainly because caregivers found raising boys too exhausting!

Despite achieving equality and genetic enhancement, there were almost no differences between adult men and women except for a slight difference in physical strength. But when they were still children, the difference was still significant!

Most girls could really be quiet and well-behaved, while boys always caused chaos. By the time they reached seven or eight years old, it was simply a disaster.

At this age, the abandonment rate of boys was particularly high!

Caregivers chose to abandon the anticipated future rewards of parenting and transferred custody of the children to the government, a behavior known as “abandonment.” Frankly speaking, it was when parents couldn’t stand raising them anymore and handed them over to the government.

The abandonment rate of boys had always been several times higher than that of girls, and more than half of the cases of boys being abandoned occurred during the ages of seven to eight. The remaining half was slightly better, managing to hold on until puberty before driving their caregivers crazy and being abandoned.

Jiang Miao had seen this information online long before she started cooperating with Yan He in parenting. She had reflected on this phenomenon of abandoning boys, which was completely opposite to her motherland in ancient Earth times.

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Fathers and sons protecting mothers and all that, it was a common family sentiment in ancient Earth times, honestly, it was sentimental and a bit juvenile.

But with just these words, the coldness between Yan He’s brows and eyes instantly melted away. His features softened so much it seemed like they were emitting light.

“Son, Dad will train you well,” he said with a smile, gently patting the tiny bundle in his arms. “You mustn’t disappoint Mom’s expectations!”

Jiang Miao kept her composure, quietly observing.

Initially, she didn’t take Tanaka’s words to heart. After all, she didn’t think a calm and composed man like Yan He would be vulnerable or depressed.

But after what just happened, she wasn’t so sure anymore.

As soon as she finished speaking, Yan He’s face turned as cold as ice. But now, it was like the sun in winter, warmly shining on their son.

Jiang Miao began to feel a little nervous, after all, this was someone who had just given birth less than half an hour ago.

Thinking about it, she suddenly froze! She seemed to… from entering the door… until now… she hadn’t…

“That, um, Yan He,” Jiang Miao asked softly, “are you feeling okay?”

Yan He was puzzled, “What’s wrong?”

“You just gave birth to a child, but when I came in and saw you, you seemed very relaxed. I, I forgot to ask about your well-being and just focused on the baby.” Jiang Miao admitted her mistake honestly and apologized, “I’m sorry.”

Yan He held the baby in his arms and felt warmth all over his body.

Seeing Jiang Miao’s apologetic look, he almost reached out to pat her head if he wasn’t holding the baby.

“Silly,” he smiled, “don’t you know about my physical condition?”

He laughed! He laughed! Jiang Miao breathed a sigh of relief and asked, “Do you need to go back to the hospital?”

“No need, I’ve had a complete surgery, the artificial uterus has been removed,” Yan He said, “I also removed the excess skin on my abdomen and stimulated it with lasers. The instructions say that by consistently stimulating the skin with lasers to promote cell division, stretch marks will disappear after a while.”

“Let me see, let me see,” Jiang Miao said, feeling a bit worried.

She had never seen a new father before, only new mothers from six thousand years ago. When she went to see her cousin who had just given birth in her previous life, her cousin looked like she was on her deathbed.

“It looks terrible, don’t look,” the new dad said, holding the baby to block his stomach, unwilling to let his beloved girlfriend see his out-of-shape body.

Yan He actually had these kinds of thoughts. Moreover, he used to be a man who was so confident in his body.

Jiang Miao couldn’t help but laugh and said, “What’s good or bad about it? Let me see, I can’t relax until I see you’re okay.”

She held onto Yan He’s robe hem and didn’t let go, her voice soft and sweet.

Yan He had no choice but to say, “Xiaona, bring the baby crib over.”

Under Xiaona’s control, the smart baby crib with feet, no, with wheels, moved from Jiang Miao’s bedroom to the living room on its own.

Yan He placed the swaddled baby on the crib and then took off his robe.

His arm muscles and chest muscles had never been neglected in training, they were still quite impressive. It’s just that his waist wasn’t as slim as before, it had become much rounder.

The fact that having a baby ruins your figure is quite fair, regardless of gender.

Jiang Miao leaned in carefully to take a closer look.

Yan He gave his belly a quick pull while giving birth, so Jiang Miao didn’t see his stomach looking like a wrinkled sack.

Although his abdominal muscles had degraded over the past few months, and his belly was slightly swollen, overall it was still fine.

“Is this the surgical incision?” Jiang Miao asked.

With laser surgery and laser repair, the resulting wound was just a delicate pink line. If you didn’t look closely, you could hardly see it.

As Jiang Miao spoke, she couldn’t help but run her fingertips along the pink surgical scar.

Yan He’s body trembled slightly, and he suddenly caught hold of her unconscious hand.

Jiang Miao blinked, witnessing the… process of change.

Yan He held her wrist, gently pulling her into his arms.

His skin was always warm, and the scent of his body was extremely familiar to her. Because of his belly over the past few months, they hadn’t been able to embrace each other properly for a long time. Jiang Miao couldn’t help but greedily hold onto Yan He tightly, deeply inhaling his scent.

The expression of longing was fervent and unrestrained.

But Jiang Miao still had her wits about her, panting, she said, “No, you just had surgery!”

Yan He pressed her head against his chest and whispered, “Of course not.”

Although he had undergone extensive abdominal surgery, he was not satisfied with his current physical condition. How could their first time together be so haphazard? Of course, he had to wait until his body recovered properly!

The baby cried at the right moment.

It was also at this moment that Xiaona spoke, “Major, please allow me to remind you that it’s time to feed the baby for the first time.”

The two immediately separated, one going to check on the baby, the other saying to Xiaona, “Okay.”

The pre-prepared bottle brought by the household robot contained simulated human milk mixed with animal milk. Now, almost all babies grew up drinking this simulated human milk, except for those carried by women who could secrete milk themselves and breastfeed their babies.

Jiang Miao reached out to pick up the baby, but Yan He was one step ahead, already lifting him up. “I’ll do it.”

The child was carried by him, born by him, and Jiang Miao didn’t vie with him for the honor of feeding the baby for the first time. She sat with her legs crossed on one side, watching this handsome man skillfully feed the baby with a bottle.

Yan He watched the child with gentle eyes. When he looked up and saw her smiling, he chuckled, “What are you laughing at?”

Jiang Miao laughed like a fool. She tilted her head against the back of the sofa and chuckled, “Happy!”

After laughing for a while like this, she stopped and said softly, “Watching you feed the baby, I feel like I’ve found a kind of…”

“A kind of what?” Yan He raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Miao hesitated for a moment, then her brows slowly relaxed into a peaceful expression, “A sense of completeness.”

Yan He glanced down at the baby, then looked up at Jiang Miao with similar eyes, his gaze tender. “Yes, I feel the same.”

Neither of them spoke, and the room was filled only with the sound of the baby eagerly sucking on the milk, so urgent and full of vitality.

Jiang Miao remembered something else. “By the way, about the child’s surname and name, we…”

There were still several days before the due date, and Jiang Miao had originally planned to finalize the surname and name during these days, but she didn’t expect Yan He to deliver early. She had wanted to decide the surname and name like Zhang Ya and Mr. Coso, by drawing lots.

But Yan He didn’t care. “Let’s use your surname.”

“Oh, have you thought of a name?”

“No need, you can think of one.”

“Ah, so both the surname and the naming rights will belong to me? That’s unfair.”

Yan He chuckled. “What’s fair or unfair about it? It’s just a matter of willingness. I like your surname, and I think you’ll come up with a good name. Let it be like this.”

So the child was named Jiang.

Jiang Miao felt like she had gained a great advantage. Yan He seemed to not care about anything other than the benefits for the carrier, letting her have her way. She couldn’t help but hesitate.

“It’s okay, I really don’t care about this.” Yan He looked at her hesitation and smiled, “You always overthink things.”

“Well, then I won’t be polite.” Jiang Miao breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Xiaona, bring up the list of names I prepared for the baby. Just the ones for boys.”

Yan He couldn’t help but chuckle even more. “So you were prepared early?”

Jiang Miao blinked. “It’s always good to be prepared.”

The screen lit up, and the names were displayed, each one carrying auspicious blessings.

Jiang Miao liked each one, feeling they were all good, but after hesitating for a while and being unable to make a decision, she couldn’t choose.

Yan He gave her a suggestion, “Close your eyes and point with your finger.”

It was indeed a good way to overcome indecisiveness!

Jiang Miao closed her eyes, and Xiaona shuffled the order of the names and rearranged them. Then Jiang Miao reached out and randomly selected a name.

Rui.

From then on, the little one had his own name, Jiang Rui.

Jiang Miao liked the name. Just as he finished his meal, she took him from Yan He’s arms and held him on her shoulder to burp him.

“Jiang Rui,” she said, “Hello, I’m your mom.”

In the midst of this joyous emotion, for some reason, her eyes suddenly stung, and her vision became blurry.

Yan He gazed at her for a long time, leaned over, and kissed away the tears from her eyes.

He extended his arm, enveloping her and the child in his embrace.

In this moment, Jiang Miao’s happiness reached its peak.

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Sansukini: Well, my children’s names are Scottish because I loved reading historical novels. You know, those novels that are smutty but not really smut. They were really graphic. Lol. I grew up in Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, James Patterson, etc. They were really good and they were the best ESL materials growing up. Sorry, sometimes I tend to overshare.

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