Chapter 81: Daily Life After Marriage 2 - Jun Cangling And Lu Lanying
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Lanlan corrected, "I was asking about you."
Jun Youyue choked for a moment.
If she said she spent all her money buying gifts for Lu Xici, would she be lectured by the young girl?
"I'll inherit the family business." Jun Youyue thought for a long time and came up with this sentence.
She did not care much about material things, but thinking carefully, it seemed that during this time, her food, clothing, and expenses were indeed all provided by Lu Xici.
Although they were a married couple, being too meticulous about finances could harm their relationship, and it was also not right to let one person spend all the money.
"Oh." Lanlan did not ask further.
After signing various agreements, Lu Xici donated another sum of money to the orphanage and left with the two young girls and their toys.
Lanlan fell into contemplation as she watched the luxury car that came to pick up Lu Xici and the others.
"There is even a driver, new mommy is so nice." Lingling could not think of so much, she just clapped her hands happily and greeted the driver sister.
"Little Miss." The driver replied respectfully.
The two young girls were a bit unaccustomed.
"Mommy~Mom, can I call you that?" Lingling had a bit of social bravado.
She had no concept of being shy, she climbed onto Lu Xici as soon as she got in the car, hugged her, and acted spoiled, even calling her mommy.
In this way, she was quite similar to how Lu Xici was as a child.
“Okay, okay, what a good girl." Lu Xici was quickly coaxed into delight, completely forgetting she originally did not plan to bring two girls back.
Lanlan watched this scene of motherly kindness and filial daughter and sighed with worry.
"What is it?" Jun Youyue, having realized this young girl was quite mature, no longer treated her entirely as a child.
Even a three-year-old girl could have her thoughts, and adults needed to notice them promptly.
"Isn't she kind of silly?" Lanlan whispered to Jun Youyue.
"No, she is quite cute." Jun Youyue glanced at Lingling, who waved at her.
"Do not talk bad about others behind their back." Jun Youyue tapped Lanlan's forehead.
Lanlan nodded, looking quite satisfied with this answer.
"You passed the test." There was one more thing she was too shy to say. She thought Jun Youyue and Lu Xici would be good mothers.
Jun Youyue: …
Isn't this child a bit too mature, even knowing how to evaluate potential mothers?
"Wow, such a big house." Upon arriving at the Lu residence, Lingling's jaw nearly dropped at the sight of the large garden and villa.
"Is this hers or yours?" Only Lanlan was concerned about the distribution of assets.
"It belongs to her mother. Now, let's go meet your Grandma and get your names registered."
Jun Youyue held Lanlan's hand, getting a bit used to such a young child.
After taking a few steps, Lingling ran over and took Lanlan's hand, and the two young girls started whispering to each other.
"How do you feel? Is Lanlan quite aloof?" Lu Xici took the opportunity to speak with Jun Youyue.
"She is fine, better than me. She talks to me on her own and even evaluates me."
Jun Youyue watched the usual interactions between the two little girls, feeling it was somewhat similar to how she and Lu Xici interacted in their childhood: one spoke, and the other listened.
"Lingling is quite cute, we will take turns looking after them later."
On the way back, Lingling, using her excellent social skills, had already become familiar with Lu Xici, calling her mommy and quickly smoothing out the awkwardness between the adults and the newly adopted child.
"Okay. Have you thought of any names?"
To accommodate the two little ones, Jun Lu walked at a slow pace.
Today was windy with few clouds. The new parents, lacking experience, did not bring extra clothes or hats and had to pile their scarves on the children.
"There was one name, but they are used to their nicknames. I want to incorporate those. Let us take them shopping tomorrow, we only prepared clothes for one child."
They leisurely strolled to the door.
The door, as if sensing their arrival, opened just as they reached it.
Lu Tingyi personally opened the door, followed by Jun Zhuotian.
Jun Zhuotian was originally busy, but seeing that this was an important event for her grandnieces, she made time to visit the Lu family
"Wow, two big aunties. Which one is my Grandma?"
Lingling, still very sociable, pulled Lanlan to run in front of Lu Tingyi, carefully scrutinizing her, then took two steps forward to observe Jun Zhuotian.
Lu Tingyi did not expect to see two little children. She looked up at Lu Xici, seeming to question her.
Lu Xici turned her head away, looking guilty.
Lu Tingyi then looked at Jun Youyue. Before their eyes met, Jun Youyue followed Lu Xici's lead and turned her head away.
Lu Tingyi had no choice but to accept it.
Raising one child or two made no difference. The children seemed to get along well, so keeping them together was good.
Lingling was still figuring out who was who.
Lanlan pulled her back a couple of steps.
"Look at this auntie, she looks like... her. That one looks more like the other, so they match up like this."
Lanlan gestured, making her little friend exclaim in sudden understanding, "Oh!"
This was the first long sentence Lanlan had spoken today.
Afterward, she tightly pressed her lips together, not wanting to speak anymore, very much like young Jun Youyue.
"Both are grandmothers? Grandma? What should I call them?" Lingling, who could be considered Lanlan's first follower, believed whatever Lanlan said but struggled with how to address them.
"You can call me Grandma. She is just your Mom Jun's aunt."
Lu Tingyi squatted down and took Lingling's small hand.
"Are you two sisters? Who is the older one and who is the younger one?"
"We are good friends! The orphanage director said I am two months older, so I am the big sister!"
Lingling started to actively shake hands with Lu Tingyi, calling her “Grandma” repeatedly, making Lu Tingyi's face beam with joy.
They say grandparents have a special bond with their grandchildren, and given how Lu Xici was usually treated by Lu Tingyi, with Lingling and Lanlan around, Lu Xici might lose her favored status completely.
Naming the children was going to be a tough task.
Having only two daughters in their lifetime, they could not be careless with the names.
The four adults sat together flipping through dictionaries, a sight that made Lanlan click her tongue in wonder.
"Auntie, who are you?" While Lanlan was observing the plants in the living room, Lingling caught up with Auntie Liu.
In less than two minutes, she became familiar with Auntie Liu and then found her next target, the cook busy in the kitchen.
"Don't go in." Lanlan pulled Lingling back just as she was about to step into the kitchen.
"Yes, Little Miss, do not go into the kitchen. There is oil, it is dirty." Auntie Liu, with her old arms and legs, could not run fast and only now caught up with the energetic Lingling who had been running around the house.
"Okay, then who is that auntie?" Lingling asked, catching Auntie Liu and starting her questions.
Auntie Liu patiently answered the little girl's endless questions.
Seeing the new housekeeper so kind and patient, Lanlan finally felt somewhat at ease.
She had been quite anxious today.
She was used to living in the orphanage, always being alone until she met Lingling.
Lingling was her first friend and her only friend.
She did not want to be separated from Lingling but felt awkward telling the unfamiliar "mothers."
Luckily, they were not separated. They could grow up together and always be together.
However, Lanlan was genuinely worried whether the people adopting them could afford to raise two children.
She was also concerned that Lingling's chatter and many questions might anger the adoptive parents.
Now it seemed her worries were somewhat unnecessary.
Jun Youyue passed her special evaluation, and the celebrity following Lanlan and her family were exceptionally kind.
After the adults came up with a few names but could not decide, Auntie Liu brought the two children to the adults.
"We have chosen a few names. You two can pick the ones you like." Lu Xici squeezed Lingling's small hand and spoke to the children.
Since there were two children, they did not have to worry about whose surname they would take.
Lingling, being the elder, would take Jun Youyue's surname, while Lanlan, the younger, would take Lu Xici's surname.
The names for Lingling were: Jun Tianling, Jun Lingyue, and Jun Cangling.
The names for Lanlan were: Lu Yulan, Lu Lancheng, and Lu Lanying.
Lingling had not learned all the characters yet and could not fully understand the meanings of these names.
She was about to ask when Lanlan requested a dictionary from Jun Youyue and took Lingling aside to discuss.
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"Can you explain why you brought back two?" Seeing the children leave, Lu Tingyi began questioning her dear daughter.
Her dear daughter had indeed fallen out of favor. Lu Xici shrank her head.
"We originally decided to bring Lanlan home, then Lingling ran over, hugged us, and cried, saying she did not want to be separated from Lanlan..."
It was a very reasonable explanation. Lu Tingyi had nothing more to say.
Lingling was so likable that if Lu Xici had heartlessly only brought Lanlan home, Lu Tingyi would have scolded her.
The children discussed for a full half hour.
From the adults' eavesdropping, it seemed that most of the time Lanlan was teaching Lingling to recognize characters.
In the end, the two little girls decided to choose the last set of names.
Taken from "Cangying," which means the vast sea, the names had good meanings and nice forms and sounds.
Lu Tingyi looked at Lanlan with a hint of pity.
At this moment, Lanlan did not understand what her grandmother's gaze meant.
When she went to school and had to write her name in every book, she might regret her choice.
*The character for ying is 瀛, which is too complex to write for a child maybe even for an adult
At 27 years old, Lu Xici and at 29 years old, Jun Youyue adopted a pair of smart and lovely daughters: Jun Cangling and Lu Lanying.
Author's Note:
The story of the little ones ends here. As expected, choosing names is the most troublesome part ().
The adopted children are like Jun Youyue and Lu Xici when they were little, essentially as good as biological daughters~
See you tomorrow~
