Chapter 664: Extra: Big Bosses Full of Tricks; Ning Qing Follow-up

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“Have you chosen a name?” The child was transferred to the next door.

The number of people surrounding Qin Ran suddenly decreased.

Only Ning Wei and Cheng Juan stayed behind.

The doctor stood at the door holding a notebook and asked cautiously.

Reaching out to cover Qin Ran’s quilt, Cheng Juan tilted his head and turned to the doctor. “Cheng Xu.”

“Cheng Xu?” The doctor had yet to react.

Was it such a trifling matter?

“No.” Cheng Wenru came back from next door and tried her best to object. “This name is too random. Film Emperor Qin, do you have any ideas?”

Qin Xiuchen put his hand against the corner of his lip thoughtfully. Then, he cleared his throat and leaned against the door. “Why don’t we call him Cheng Ziyu?”

When Qin Ran had just gotten pregnant, he had thought of no fewer than ten names.

Now that Cheng Wenru asked, he casually suggested one of them.

A boy would be called Ziyu, while a girl would be called Zhaoning.

Cheng Wenru had only casually asked Film Emperor Qin and didn’t expect him to really be prepared. She couldn’t help but swallow back the name she was about to suggest and said instead, “Cheng Ziyu sounds much better than Cheng Xu. Third Bro, what do you think?”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Juan glanced at her and pondered slightly. He didn’t explain to Cheng Wenru that “Cheng Xu” didn’t mean “procedure”, and the “Xu” had a different Chinese character.

He didn’t object to the name chosen by Film Emperor Qin and said slowly, “Then, we’ll call him Ziyu.”

At this point, Cheng Ziyu’s name was finally determined.

**

The next day, Tang Jun, Qin Ling, Master Wei, and the others also hurried back by plane.

Too many big bosses had come to see Cheng Ziyu, and people came and went in the ward from time to time.

Afterward, even when he stopped crying, Cheng Juan didn’t let anyone carry him back.

Everyone knew that Qin Ran was afraid of noise and didn’t dare to hara.s.s her casually.

Cheng Juan originally wanted to hire a maternity matron for the child, but Ning Wei, Cheng Mu, Cheng Shui, and everyone else… had mercilessly refused.

When Tang Jun and Qin Ling came in, Cheng Mu and Cheng Huo were studying the baby bottle.

“How is it? Is it 70 degrees yet?” Standing beside Cheng Mu, Cheng Huo held a milk powder spoon, looking at the milk bottle Cheng Mu was holding like it was a big enemy.

Qin Ran’s appet.i.te had been very good during pregnancy, and although Cheng Juan had thought of different ways to make her eat without restricting her freedom, her appet.i.te still hadn’t gotten better.

Her whole person was somewhat reduced. Now that the baby was born, it could only drink milk powder.

Cheng Mu shook his head. “It’s about 80 degrees, I can’t report it accurately.”

He held the milk bottle seriously, and the other hand was placed on the milk powder can. The whole milk powder can was an original iron box with a white sticky note on it, with the word “Gu” written on it.

Gu Xichi was still in the Medical Organization and had sent someone to hurriedly deliver two cans of milk powder.

“Let me.” Giant Crocodile took over the milk bottle and said, “It’s 79 degrees. Wait two more minutes.”

After watching the child with Qin Ling, Tang Jun turned to Cheng Mu, Giant Crocodile, and asked Cheng Shui, “What are they doing?”

“They’re preparing milk for the Young Master,” said Cheng Shui. “Madam Ning said that the best temperature is 70 degrees.”

Staring at Giant Crocodile actually getting along with Cheng Huo and Cheng Mu, Tang Jun was speechless for a while. Then, he just chuckled and shook his head.

He immediately turned his attention to the child sleeping on the bed.

“What’s his name?” Tang Jun stayed beside the boy’s bed, watching him lying on it without opening his eyes nor crying. Looking at the cold and aloof child, he was so happy that he didn’t know where to put his hands and feet.

Cheng Shui gave up his position to Tang Jun. “Ziyu.”

Although Qin Ling’s face was emotionless, he was looking at the small child with fascination and joy.

“It’s 70 degrees.” At the table not far away, Giant Crocodile finally spoke.

Cheng Huo carefully put the milk powder in.

After mixing it, they walked over to the bed. Cheng Mu took the bottle and thought about how Ning Wei had picked the baby up while feeding him.

However, this baby was too weak, and Cheng Mu was afraid of hurting him if he was a little careless. He didn’t dare to pick the baby up and just put the pacifier carefully into the child’s mouth.

It had been more than a day since the baby’s birth.

The baby opened his eyes slightly, showing off dark, pure eyes like obsidian.

He refused to eat.

Perhaps there were too many people around him, for he even cried out.

Hearing his cry, Tang Jun, Giant Crocodile, Cheng Mu, and everyone else panicked.

For a moment, the ward was in turmoil.

Cheng Shui quickly went to find Ning Wei.

Master Wei looked at the baby’s cool eyes that resembled Qin Ran’s and said softly, “Quickly stop crying. Grandpa will play the violin for you, okay?”

Lou Yue stiffly caressed the baby’s head, but perhaps because the baby’s head was still too fragile, his hand was always one centimeter away. “Don’t cry. Uncle will screw off Auguste’s head for you to play with tomorrow.”

Auguste was Lou Yue’s enemy.

Tang Jun was too distressed by the baby’s crying and softly coaxed, “Baby, don’t cry. Your Great Uncle will buy the entire Hacker Alliance for you.”

Cheng Huo glanced at him and was not to be outdone. “Little Young Master, don’t cry. I’ll let Cheng Mu perform by smas.h.i.+ng a border on his chest.”

Ning Wei came in under Cheng Shui’s request and listened to these people’s big words.

The men inside the room all saw her entering.

They stopped talking and made way for her.

The crying baby’s face had turned red, although his face had already been wrinkly red.

Ning Wei skillfully picked up the baby boy and held the feeding bottle in the other hand. The baby boy instantly stopped crying.

Qin Ling stood aside and watched carefully.

Ning Wei was no stranger to Tang Jun, Lou Yue, Cheng Huo, and the others’ big words.

After all, He Chen and Chang Ning had said similar things yesterday.

Kenneth had been even more overboard than Lou Yue, and Ning Wei had given reminders in the beginning, but in the end, she decided to turn a deaf ear. After all, this was the child who would inherit Cheng Juan and Qin Ran’s double business, so there wasn’t a need to worry more.

**

The birth of the child injected new vitality into the four major families and even the major Research Inst.i.tutes.

He was the apple of the eye of all the major big bosses in Beijing.

Instead of returning to Continent M, Tang Jun settled directly in Cheng Juan’s manor.

Ning Wei was worried about Cheng Juan and Qin Ran and stayed with them to take care of the little boy too.

Qin Xiuchen didn’t stay behind, but every day before going to work, he would make a detour to see the baby boy.

This little boy had a bad habit and liked being held by others, or he would cry and be aggrieved.

This delighted everyone in the house.

Tang Jun, Qin Ling, Cheng Mu, and the others all learned how to hug the baby boy and walked around in the garden with him in their arms.

The servants were just decorations, following Chang Ning, Cheng Mu, and Cheng Huo around. They wanted to wait for their arms to tire before holding the baby, but it never happened.

The little boy was almost one month old, and because of the close attention by the several big bosses, his nutrition had kept up, and his appet.i.te was better.

He had white skin, long curly eyelashes, and very beautiful black eyes. It was precisely like a porcelain doll.

Everyone adored him and couldn’t get their hands off him.

After all, who wouldn’t like such a good-looking baby?

A middle-aged aunt looked at Slag Dragon holding the baby in his arms and said regretfully to the person beside her, “Why isn’t he tired at all? Aren’t his arms sore? How is he able to hold the baby for so long? And Mr. Cheng Mu also hugged him all night.”

“Exactly.” A servant beside her nodded in approval.

Until the next day, Cheng Mu performed an unarmed cracking of bricks to the baby, who was being held by Tang Jun in the garden.

Waiting for a chance to hold the baby, the aunt was speechless.

Since this day, they stopped discussing why these people never seemed to get tired.

**

Soon, the baby boy would be one month old.

The Cheng and Qin families held a big joyous celebration.

Cheng Wenru and the others were on Cheng Juan’s side at night, discussing the one-month-old celebration with Qin Ran.

Qin Ran’s body was in good condition, and she had already recovered a long time ago. These days, she had resumed her work at home on research projects.

When they were discussing, Cheng Ziyu cried again.

At this moment, Cheng Wenru, Qin Xiuchen, Tang Jun, and the others all surged forward, wanting to hold the child.

Qin Ran frowned and looked up at the aunt. “Is he hungry?”

Seeing so many people coming forward, Cheng Juan didn’t join them and just glanced at the aunt too.

She laughed. “No, Young Master just likes to be held.”

Cheng Ziyu was very clever and wouldn’t cry or make trouble when sleeping with his parents. However, he would whine as soon as his parents left and had to be held by others.

At this moment, Qin Ran and Cheng Juan only realized his behavior after the aunt’s explanation. It turned out that the baby boy had been deliberately making trouble and had even made Cheng Mu hold him for four consecutive hours.

Qin Ran nodded and put the cup on the table. She stood and glanced at Cheng Mu, who was holding Cheng Ziyu. “Put him down.”

Cheng Mu silently put the child in the cradle.

Cheng Ziyu pouted and cried again.

At this time, Tang Jun, Qin Xiuchen, Cheng Wenru, and the others were so distressed that they immediately wanted to reach out and hold him.

Qin Ran raised her foot and walked to the cradle. She lowered her eyes and said, “Shut up.”

The little baby choked pitifully and then stopped, staring at her with its beautiful eyes.

Qin Ran looked down at the boy, and couldn’t help but ma.s.sage her temples, feeling like all her patience had been spent on him.

She turned her head and asked for the milk bottle from the servant, before stuffing it directly into the boy’s mouth. “Drink it.”

The boy’s mouth bulged and he began to drink, his eyelashes trembling aggrievedly. At the side, Tang Jun, Qin Xiuchen, and the others all felt so distressed that they couldn’t breathe.

“Please persuade Ran Ran to be gentler. This child is so young and will only be one-month-old tomorrow. She shouldn’t be so strict with him…” Tang Jun whispered to Cheng Juan not far away.

Cheng Juan glanced at Qin Ran with a hint of amus.e.m.e.nt flowing in his eyes. Upon hearing this, he shook his head slightly. “Don’t spoil him too much, we can’t keep giving in to him every time he cries. From today on, I’ll spend a few hours a day educating him. He makes his mother suffer too much.”

He never expected that Qin Xiuchen and Tang Jun, who had always been so self-disciplined, would also suffer defeat at the hands of Cheng Ziyu.

Tang Jun silently turned his gaze back to the little boy.

I’m sorry, Great Uncle can’t help you.

**

The next day.

At the one-month-old celebration.

Next door to the Cheng family’s manor, the big courtyard house repaired by Cheng Juan was where the celebration was being held.

Early in the morning, Cheng Wenru and Tang Jun dressed Cheng Ziyu and left first.

Qin Ran still had another subject at the laboratory and went over in the morning out of worry. She planned to go to the courtyard with Nan Huiyao and the others after finis.h.i.+ng this stage of the experiment.

At 9 am, someone called her outside the laboratory. “Dean Qin, your mother is here.”

Qin Ran looked a little like Ning Qing, who had also claimed to be Qin Ran’s mother. The guard didn’t dare to neglect her and had personally brought her in to see Qin Ran.

Putting down her pen, Qin Ran looked up with a light expression.

The glory in Ning Qing’s face had disappeared, replaced with unconcealed signs of old age instead. Seeing Qin Ran’s expression, her breath stopped for a moment, then she pinned her hair behind her ears and said, “Ran Ran, I heard that you’re married now and even gave birth to a child recently. Why didn’t you tell me, I…”

She was now far less beautiful than before, and the Shen and Lin families had also declined in battle, leaving only Lin Jinxuan, who was developing prosperously.

After the fall, the circle around Ning Qing was ever-changing, and she didn’t know what had happened in Beijing.

She only knew that the Qin family was getting bigger and bigger, and Qin Hanqiu was often seen on the news as well.

What gnawed on Ning Qing’s heart was that if she hadn’t divorced Qin Hanqiu back then, and had brought Qin Ran along with her, wouldn’t she have a share of this glory too…

Glancing at the magnificent laboratory and hearing how the others respectfully called Qin Ran “Dean Qin”, even an ignorant person like her understood the weight Qin Ran held.

“Madam Ning, this is the last time I’ll be speaking so calmly to you. I was kidnapped together with Qin Yu at the age of seven, but you only paid Qin Yu’s ransom. In Yun Cheng, you cut off all ties with me for the sake of her and the Lin family. When she stole my violin score and the Violin a.s.sociation wanted to expel me, you hid the truth for her. Later, when Fourth Master Qin attacked the Qin family, you once again abandoned us,” Qin Ran said through gritted teeth, but her hands didn’t stop moving. “You’re my grandma’s daughter, and that’s the only reason why I didn’t touch you when Qin Yu and Fourth Master Qin reported our news.”

After finis.h.i.+ng the experiment, she returned the instrument to its spot and looked up, smiling. “Otherwise, why do you think you’re still alive when so many people have fallen in Beijing?”

Although she was smiling, her eyes were chilling. “If you still want to eat and live well, you better not come to me again.”

Ning Qing staggered back and stared at her in horror.

Yes, she and Qin Yu were still alive, but it wasn’t as good as before. Qin Yu didn’t pa.s.s an exam last semester and had been dropped out of Beijing University.

This was one of the reasons why she had come to Qin Ran.

She walked out of the laboratory in despair.

The sun was high up in the sky in February, but the wind was still cold.

She stood at the gate in a daze.

The sound of a car sounded not far away.

Ning Qing looked up vaguely.

She saw a royal blue car After being immersed in a wealthy family for a year, she recognized that it was a Maserati, a model she had never seen before.

She watched as the driver’s door opened and a woman came out.

It was Ning Wei.

Ning Wei wasn’t as fragile and battered as before, and her legs were also much better. Compared to before, she even seemed 10 years younger.

Staring in her direction, Ning Qing was stunned and in disbelief.

Beside her, the middle-aged woman in the communication room glanced at Ning Qing and started gossiping. “Do you know a.s.sociate Professor Ning?”

“a.s.sociate Professor Ning?” Ning Qing uttered the unfamiliar word.

“She’s Dean Qin’s aunt, a.s.sociate Professor Ning of Shanghai’s Research Inst.i.tute!” said the middle-aged woman mysteriously.

Ning Qing stared in Ning Wei’s direction in a daze.

Zhou Shan, the princ.i.p.al of Beijing University, was talking very politely to Ning Wei.

The middle-aged woman gave full play to her gossip nature and said enviously, “This Ning Wei is the daughter of the researcher Ning’er. Her son also has the handwritten notes left by him, and it has become a key protection object of the country. Most importantly, she’s Miss Qin’s aunt. As you know, no one in Beijing dares to offend Miss Qin. She’s a national treasure, a leader in the IT and Physics field. As soon as the little Crown Prince was born, a.s.sociate Professor Ning quit her job in Shanghai to take care of him. They all said that this person will be born. The Ning family is really a winner in life, and she even turns out to be Miss Qin’s aunt… Hey, are you alright?”

Ning Wei clutched her chest, having received a huge blow.

She had been reluctant and distasteful when Qin Yu and Lin Wan first came to Qin Ran for reconciliation.

But now, watching all this and hearing the words of the woman beside her, she was left with regret and earnestness.

Whimpering, she glanced at the woman next to her and could only shed tears. The words “I’m her mother” choked in her throat, and she couldn’t say anything.

She had personally abandoned such a daughter time and time again…

She was full of regrets, but the only thing she could do was sit weakly in front of the door and cry bitterly.

She knew that after being calculative for most of her life, she was now left with absolutely nothing.