Rebirth on the Doors to the Civil Affairs Bureau

C60 Extra Two (Baby)

My name is Xia Yang, nickname QiQi, a boy. As to why I emphasize the fact that I'm a boy, it's mainly because my nickname sounds too feminine.

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It is said that when I was nothing but a single cell, the first to know of my existence wasn't my Mother, not my Father, not a pregnancy stick, not even a doctor, but my Grandma. It was because one night, she dreamed I of me wearing a red dùdōu. Grandma is always saying that I look exactly like the baby she dreamed, but no one but herself knew what the baby she dreamed look like, though I seriously suspect that she dreamed of the Golden Boy next to the Goddess of Avalokitesvara, because she has a statue at home.

Of course, I think I'm cuter than any Golden Boy. After all, my clothes look way better than any red dùdōu.

(T/N dùdōu is those undergarments that look like a diamond.)

My Mother is a TV host, and although I often see her on TV, I've always felt that the Mother on TV doesn't act like the Mother at home. Because the Mother on TV looks very smart, but in real life, Mother doesn't even know how much an apple costs.

My Father is a very busy person, often coming home long after I've gone to bed. He also has the awful smell of disinfectant on his clothes.

But whenever he comes home, he never failed to go to my room and see me.

I don't know if it's true, but Grandma said that I was born from a golden light in her dream. She said I was a promising child, so I remember things a little earlier than others.

I remember every time Father came to my room, no matter if I'm upset or not, he'd always kiss me. Back then I couldn't talk, only scream. I would often call out for him to pick me up, but Father would just laugh, so back then I thought he didn't like me.

Usually when I cry Mother would come. I thought Mother still loved me very much, but as soon as I see Father I would be ignored...

For countless nights my Father would kiss me, my Mother would kiss me, then the two would turn and kiss each other on the mouth right in front of me.

Hum...you think I'm young and wouldn't know? Kissing on the mouth means that you two definitely like each other more than you like me!

By the time I turned four, while sister was still playing with Barbie dolls, I had already learned a lot of words and could count up to 100. One time, Mother and I went to Auntie Xiaoyue's studio. Auntie Xiaoyue handed us a small jar of stars and told us that if we counted 99 stars, she would buy us white rabbit candy to eat.

I don't like to eat sugar though, I prefer to play with jigsaw puzzles.

"What are you doing sister Bell?" I watched sister Bell counting, surrounded by scattered stars.

"I'm going to count then exchange the stars for candy."

"Do you like eating candy?"

"I do!" Sister Bell nodded.

"Then count slowly." Grandpa always said that we have to do the work in order to enjoy the harvest. Since I didn't want any candy, I couldn't let sister Bell get the candy without working for it, so I didn't help.

But after a long time passed, after I had finished my puzzled, the stars still haven't been counted.

"Haven't you finished counting yet? "I couldn't help asking.

"The stars all look the same. I counted, but I don't know which stars I've already counted and which ones I haven't..."Sister Bell looked like she was about to cry.