Genius Club

Chapter 960: Chapter 48 We Have a Daughter (Monthly Ticket Bonus!)_2
 

Yan Qiaoqiao seemed to really have something about her.

“No way.”

Zhao Yingjun praised:

“Just now, that round on The Speed of Light, I had found it quite scary and even screamed. But Qiaoqiao didn’t make a sound. Could there be something wrong with the kid?”

She suddenly thought of something and looked at Lin Xian:

“Qiaoqiao seems to be not very sensitive to pain or fear… Normally, if someone’s hair is pulled out, it hurts, right? But it’s different with Qiaoqiao; yank out a strand of her hair, and she doesn’t react at all.”

“Oh? Really?”

Lin Xian was eager to try:

“Let me have a go.”

He targeted a strand of hair at the back of Yan Qiaoqiao’s head, pinched it, and yanked—

It came out cleanly.

Just like Zhao Yingjun had said.

Yan Qiaoqiao kept hopping along toward the Huggy Dragon Roller Coaster, completely unfazed.

“It does seem… not quite normal.”

Lin Xian looked at the hair in his hand.

Indeed, he had plucked it out with the root, and a normal person would have felt it, right?

“It’s hard to say.”

Zhao Yingjun suddenly thought:

“Maybe Qiaoqiao is just uniquely gifted. Look at her staying calm in the face of danger, not panicking, with such good psychological quality and physical coordination… Maybe she will achieve greatness in the future.”

“What sort of greatness?” Lin Xian, while discreetly slipping the strand of hair into his pants pocket, asked:

“Usually, the jobs that fit your description are mostly spies or special agents… But it’s peacetime now, and those jobs are hard to come by.”

“Hey!”

Up ahead, Yan Qiaoqiao, who had run far ahead, turned back to look at the two lagging behind:

“Come on, you two, hurry up!”

…

Thanks to the courtesy pass Zhao Yingjun had bought, they moved unobstructed from place to place, playing as they went. On a peak holiday like this, normal visitors could only manage to queue for five or six rides at best.

But Yan Qiaoqiao had nearly been through all the attractions in the whole park.

Including the parade float, where the courtesy pass provided special VIP seats. Qiaoqiao seemed to have never experienced such joy before; she hardly knew where to look.

It had to be said.

Yan Qiaoqiao’s stamina was truly exceptional.

All the jumping and running around, without even running out of breath, was nearly too much for Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun to endure.

Yan Qiaoqiao went to play on the pirate ship by herself.

Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun didn’t feel like getting their brains jostled, so they sat together on a bench in the shade to wait.

“Taking care of a child is indeed tiring.”

Lin Xian reflected:

“It’s no wonder young people nowadays are reluctant to get married or have children.”

The water bottle Zhao Yingjun picked up paused mid-air.

Then she put it down.

She screwed on the cap.

Her right index finger brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear:

“A fish has no concept of a fish’s joy.”

She smiled:

“Take child-rearing for example; you can’t just look at the tiresome moments. After all, everything has its tiring moments… Work can be tiring, sports can be tiring, even lying on the couch watching TV can be tiring.”

“But the joy and satisfaction children bring to parents can’t be replaced by anything else. It’s a kind of pleasure mingled with pain, but overall… just a little bit of being touched is enough to dilute all the pain.”

Lin Xian looked up, somewhat surprised:

“What you’re saying sounds similar to Brother Wang. He said pretty much the same thing; the downsides of raising children are all over the internet, but the good things about it… can only be understood by actually doing it because that feeling inside is indescribable.”

“Now, the country’s birth rate is dropping year by year. Even though the two-child, three-child policies have been lifted, today’s youth don’t even want to have one. My views are quite traditional, I feel you should have at least one child, but not so much for a second. It feels exhausting… What about you?”

“Me?”

Zhao Yingjun sat up straight, leaned back in the chair, and smiled:

“I’m okay, I guess. I think… having a few more children wouldn’t be bad. Kids like Qiaoqiao, so adorable and well-behaved, and now so sensible… don’t you think having a few more children like that would be nice?”

Heh heh.

Lin Xian chuckled twice, but did not continue the discussion.

Whether or not he had a chance to have children.

He still had to see whether Yan Qiaoqiao or Lin Yuxi would be so generous.

If he couldn’t even make it past July 7th…

What was there to discuss about marriage and children?

He felt the hair in his pocket.

He now had Yan Qiaoqiao’s hair, and though a direct DNA paternity test with his hair would do, it was best to be safe and get a strand of Zhao Yingjun’s hair to test as well.

But Zhao Yingjun was not a wooden doll without pain like Yan Qiaoqiao… He couldn’t just pluck Zhao Yingjun’s hair without saying anything.

No matter.

He glanced at the backpack sitting beside him.

Inside were gifts prepared for both Zhao Yingjun and Yan Qiaoqiao, gifts that were very “useful,” enough to accomplish his goal.

He looked up.

And saw Yan Qiaoqiao striding over with hands on her hips:

“This is so fun!”

Zhao Yingjun handed her the water bottle:

“Drink some water before you play more. It’s so hot today; remember to drink plenty… Huh, I’ve noticed you’re not sweating much either, are you really that fit?”

Zhao Yingjun touched Lin Yuxi’s arm, finding it cool and comfortable, just like smooth jade. It was hard to imagine that such great genetic material truly came from her; she certainly didn’t have such great skin.

“You’ve pretty much played all the attractions now, and we’ll soon go for dinner and watch the final fireworks. Do you have anything else you want to do?”

“I want to take a photo!”

Yan Qiaoqiao blurted out without a second thought:

“I want to take a picture… like a family portrait like we did before.”