1215 Be Ready to Receive Punches
Qiao Nan was certain that s.h.i.+ Qing treasured the triplets as much as Zhai Hua did.
True enough, s.h.i.+ Qing cried out in agony. “Don’t do this to me. They are only four months old. How is it possible that they can recognize faces but not their G.o.dmother? I am so nice to them. I gave the first medal in my life to them. No other G.o.dmother is better than me. I am a role model for the G.o.dmothers!”
Initially, she wanted to give the medal to her father.
Now that the triplets were born, she could only banish the thought of giving it to her father. She had decided to give the medal as a present to her G.o.dchildren.
“Hehehe. I have triplets but you only have one medal. Who do you intend to give the medal to?” Qiao Nan rebuked s.h.i.+ Qing. It was impossible to divide the medal into three and give them to the triplets.
s.h.i.+ Qing was very young and still in school, but she was awarded a medal from her mission. It proved that her mission in the past year must be very dangerous and risky.
Qiao Nan knew that many people who were older than s.h.i.+ Qing and had partic.i.p.ated in far more missions than s.h.i.+ Qing might not be awarded any medals in their military life. It was due to the danger of the mission that she was awarded a medal.
Such a present was indeed an honor and had a huge significance. It was hard to come by. But if given a choice, she would rather the triplets never have such a present from s.h.i.+ Qing. The medal was not as important as her being alive!
s.h.i.+ Qing could tell from Qiao Nan’s sneer that she was still angry with her. It was such a serious matter and she did not tell them about it. It was no wonder that Qiao Nan was angry. If Qiao Nan was not upset, s.h.i.+ Qing would wonder if something was wrong with her. She had finally made it back from the mission, but she did not call anyone else except Qiao Nan. She dared not contact her parents to tell them that she had returned safely. “Don’t be angry. I didn’t do it on purpose. It happened all of a sudden. There was no time to react. The higher-ups said that it was a top-secret mission and we must not divulge any information. I have to obey the orders of the party and the organization.”
“…” Qiao Nan rolled her eyes. “You can say as you please. Did your parents know that you are back? Where are you? Are you at my master’s house that we used to stay at previously?”
After s.h.i.+ Qing transferred schools and moved out of the house, Qiao Nan never asked her to return the keys.
If s.h.i.+ Qing came back to the capital and had no place to stay, she could stay in the house even when Qiao Nan was not around.
s.h.i.+ Qing cradled the cell phone and gave Qiao Nan a kiss through the phone. “You are the only one who understands me the best. My parents do not know me as well as you do.” She was indeed staying at the small quad that Qiao Nan and her used to live in.
She knew that her father had been transferred to the capital. She dared not visit him without notifying him in advance. As for the Feng family, she did not think of visiting them.
s.h.i.+ Qing knew that after she came back from her mission, Qiao Nan would definitely give her a scolding as she was genuinely worried for her. She had to ask for her forgiveness. On the contrary, the Feng family would probably be happy that she was lucky to be able to go on a mission at such a young age. They would be proud that she had completed the mission and had done the Feng family proud.
s.h.i.+ Qing could envision such a scene and she had no wish to face it right now.
She wanted to talk to Qiao Nan. Qiao Nan was the only person who had genuine concern and love for her. Qiao Nan treated her like her closest kin and did not hide her concern for her.
Qiao Nan smiled heartily at s.h.i.+ Qing’s words. “Not only do I understand you, but I understand your dad as well. You’d better pray that he doesn’t have the habit of beating people to a pulp during the Lunar New Year. Otherwise, given what you had done this time, you’d better get ready to receive his punches.”
He would be happy that his daughter returned safely, but s.h.i.+ Qing was too daring to go on such a mission without saying a word. She was such a fool.
Qiao Nan, who was now a mother, could understand s.h.i.+ Peng’s feelings. She was certain that s.h.i.+ Peng would be very infuriated with s.h.i.+ Qing.
Right then, Zhai Sheng walked into the room with Er Bao and San Bao in his arms. As for Da Bao, he was in Zhai Hua’s arms.
s.h.i.+ Qing could hear sounds made by the triplets over the phone. She felt invigorated instantly. “Are they my G.o.dchildren?” Their sounds were very pleasing to the ear. They were indeed her G.o.dchildren.
Qiao Nan took San Bao from Zhai Sheng. A chubby San Bao nestled in her mama’s embrace. She tugged at her mama’s clothes, making unintelligible sounds.
Qiao Nan caressed San Bao’s cheeks. “San Bao, your G.o.dmother is on the phone. Do you want to talk to her?” The cell phones nowadays had blue screens and they were very dim. It would not irritate the babies’ eyes.
San Bao was intrigued by the cell phone. She reached her hand toward the cell phone and opened her mouth, wanting to taste it.
Qiao Nan stopped her from eating the cell phone. She widened the distance between the cell phone and San Bao. “San Bao? Is she my G.o.ddaughter? G.o.ddaughter, I am your G.o.dmother. I will visit you tomorrow. You must let me hold you in my arms. You must give me a good kiss.”
Although s.h.i.+ Qing could barely make out San Bao’s sounds through the cell phone, she was very excited. This was her G.o.ddaughter. Her G.o.ddaughter!! “Qiao Nan, Zhu Baoguo and I will pay you a visit. No matter what, he is their uncle.”
Zhu Baoguo was there when Qiao Nan married Zhai Sheng. He was finally able to put aside his feelings for Qiao Nan and treat her like his family.
With the birth of the triplets, Zhu Baoguo, who had yet to graduate, had become their uncle.
“Sure, you can pay a visit with him. The triplets can get to know the two of you.” One of them was their G.o.dmother, while the other was their uncle. If Zhu Baoguo married s.h.i.+ Qing in the future, should the triplets address s.h.i.+ Qing as their auntie or address Zhu Baoguo as their G.o.dfather?
If they married, the triplets would have one less source of red packets.
s.h.i.+ Qing sent kisses to San Bao over the phone. “I am dying to have a good look at the triplets. Do you think it is possible if I go to the Zhai family’s residence right now?” s.h.i.+ Qing could not be bothered with Qiao Nan’s teasing.
At this moment, men were nothing to her. Nothing was more important than her G.o.dchildren.
“Yucks. There’s so much saliva.” Qiao Nan ended the call so that San Bao would not bug her to play with the phone.
Qiao Nan was not worried that s.h.i.+ Qing would come to the Zhai family’s residence tonight.
If s.h.i.+ Qing would visit them without Zhu Baoguo, she would not have left her phone number with Old Master Zhai. Instead, she would have arrived at the Zhai family’s residence straight away.
Now that she knew that s.h.i.+ Qing was safe and sound, Qiao Nan, who felt upset by the Qiao family, was in a better mood.