Chapter 825 - 284: You Think I’m Old

"Nannan’s godmother, I promise you, Nannan will take care of you and Jing Si in your old age and see you off when you pass," Su Kexin promised.

Qin Mei’s mouth twitched. Talk about planning ahead! Su Kexin actually thought she and Jie Jingchen couldn’t have children, so she was offering up her own child by making them godparents. She had already said the rumors weren’t credible, so why wouldn’t Su Kexin believe her?

"Nannan’s godmother, come, hold your goddaughter." Su Kexin shoved the baby directly into Qin Mei’s arms.

Qin Mei didn’t even have a chance to refuse. Forced to hold the baby, who felt incredibly soft, her limbs stiffened. Separated from her mother’s embrace, the little one squirmed. Qin Mei tensed up, watching the baby who was about to wake up in her arms. She wanted to hand the baby back to Su Kexin. She had no idea how to coax a child this young.

Su Kexin shook out her sore arms. "I’m going to the bathroom."

Watching Su Kexin head for the bathroom, Qin Mei wanted to call her back. But the words reached her lips and were swallowed back down. The woman was going to the toilet—she couldn’t exactly ask her to take the baby in there with her.

The baby woke up and opened her eyes. Finding herself in a strange embrace and looking at a strange face, the little one moved her tiny mouth but didn’t cry. Her sleepy eyes rolled around, staring intently at Qin Mei.

Qin Mei offered what she thought was a gentle smile. "Don’t cry. Your mommy went to the bathroom. She’ll be back in a bit."

When Su Kexin came out of the bathroom and saw Qin Mei and the baby staring at each other, she said in surprise, "Nannan’s godmother, you and Nannan are truly destined for each other. Our Nannan is usually afraid of strangers. Besides me, she won’t even let her dad hold her without crying. But this is your first time holding her, and she hasn’t shed a single tear. She must know you’re her savior."

"Is that so? That’s my honor." Qin Mei looked at the little one blowing bubbles at her. Truth be told, this baby was genuinely adorable.

"It’s our Nannan’s blessing," Su Kexin said.

"Is her name Wu Nannan?" Qin Mei felt that Su Kexin and her husband were a bit too casual with naming their child. "Nannan" was usually just an affectionate nickname for a little girl.

"Nannan is just her nickname. Her formal name is Wu Lingge," Su Kexin explained.

"What is it?" Qin Mei jolted, nearly dropping the baby.

"Wu Lingge," Su Kexin repeated, then asked, "What’s wrong? Is it a bad name?"

"Wu as in the surname? Ling as in messy? Ge as in singing and dancing?" Qin Mei asked.

"Yes." Su Kexin nodded, asking again, "What’s wrong?"

"No... nothing." Qin Mei looked at the bubble-blowing baby in her arms with a complicated expression. In her previous life, her primary school homeroom teacher was named Wu Lingge.

Qin Mei remembered that her homeroom teacher had a dark blue, heart-shaped birthmark on her calf. Looking at the exact same birthmark on the baby’s soft, pale calf, Qin Mei was dumbstruck. Having the exact same name could be a coincidence, but an identical birthmark too?

Wu Lingge was from Shijiu City. How did she end up teaching in Sichuan, and even marry one of the Sichuan people? Holding her primary school homeroom teacher in her arms—what kind of experience was this? Even more bizarrely, she was now her homeroom teacher’s godmother.

"Nannan’s godmother, do you not like this name?" Su Kexin asked. She looked as if she were ready to change the baby’s name on the spot if Qin Mei didn’t like it. Let alone changing her first name, she probably wouldn’t even object to changing her surname.

Qin Lingge. Honestly speaking, it sounded even better than Wu Lingge. Su Kexin had considered changing the baby’s surname to Qin, though she had never even thought of changing it to Su.

"I like it. Wu Lingge is a great name." Qin Mei smiled a bit forcefully. If she changed the name, would the little one cease to be her homeroom teacher?

Now that her homeroom teacher had fallen into her hands, shouldn’t she take the opportunity to "repay" her for all that education? Back when she hadn’t paid attention in class, her teacher hadn’t held back from smacking her palms and calling her parents in.

Qin Mei secretly pinched the little one’s finger. Hurt by the pinch, the baby let out a loud WAAAH and started crying.

"Nannan, don’t cry. This is your godmother, your savior," Su Kexin coaxed.

The little one continued to bawl loudly. Qin Mei felt both guilty and ashamed. Picking on an infant was incredibly wicked; she despised her own shameful behavior.

"Is she hungry?" Qin Mei asked guiltily.

"Probably." Before Su Kexin could finish her sentence, Qin Mei let out a shriek. Su Kexin was mortified. After the little one finished peeing, she lightly patted the baby’s bottom. "Nannan, you’re a naughty girl. How could you pee on your godmother?"

Qin Mei was a bit dazed. She had pinched the little one’s finger, and in return, the little one had peed on her. She handed her "homeroom teacher" back to Su Kexin. Su Kexin carried the baby home, and Qin Mei went back into the house to change her clothes.