#1006 - The Secret of Ascension
“Changtian, do you want to hold him?”
The delivery room was bustling with people. Liang Qin, who was lying halfway on the bed, looked a little pale and her voice was a bit weak, but her expression was one of incomparable happiness.
She carefully passed the baby boy forward, and Wei Changtian hurriedly bent down to take him, carefully holding the baby in his arms just like he had seen in TV dramas in his previous life.
Judging by their postures, one would think they were handling some priceless, fragile treasure.
“Master, you have to support the little young master’s bottom.”
To be honest, with that appearance, people would believe it if you said it was a hairless monkey.
But strangely enough, although Wei Changtian hadn't done any “mental preparation,” he found this “monkey” more and more pleasing to the eye.
Perhaps this was the so-called “bond of kinship”?
...
Holding the monkey, no, holding the baby boy, Wei Changtian pretended to sway him, as if to show that he was an omnipotent man with rich experience in raising children.
Liang Qin looked at them with a gentle expression. The brilliance of a virtuous wife and loving mother shone brightly at this moment, as if she had nothing to do with the “General’s Daughter” who often charged in and out of the battlefield.
Seeing this harmonious scene, the others naturally wouldn't stay beside them as extra bulbs.
Xu Qingwan gave a look, and everyone understood and left the room, leaving space for the two to talk.
“How do you feel?”
After everyone went out, Wei Changtian happily held the baby boy and sat on the edge of the bed, softly asking Liang Qin, “Are you feeling very weak?”
“I'm fine.”
Liang Qin shook her head with a smile, “Just a little tired.”
“Rest more if you're tired.”
Wei Changtian took Liang Qin's hand, then poked the baby boy's small face, “Hongsu, call me Daddy!”
“...”
Wei Hongsu – this was the name Wei Changtian and Liang Qin had discussed for a long time before deciding on.
The character 泓 (Hong) implies great talent and ambition, while 溯 (Su) represents going against the current.
To be able to come up with such two characters, it could be said that the two of them, whose “cultural level” wasn't particularly high, had put in a lot of effort.
Of course, little Hongsu was currently unable to fulfill Wei Changtian's earnest expectations of calling him Daddy less than half an hour after birth.
But this didn't affect Wei Changtian's mood in the slightest.
He picked up Hongsu's pink little hand, pointed to himself, then pointed to Liang Qin, and continued to tease softly:
“Hongsu, I'm your Daddy, this is your Mommy, you must remember that, okay?”
“...”
“Hongsu, give Daddy a smile.”
“...”
“Hongsu...”
“Aiya, Changtian, be gentler, don't hurt Hongsu.”
“Okay, okay, I'll be gentler.”
“Changtian, Hongsu should become a very powerful martial artist when he grows up, right?”
“Of course, with our genes, he's bound to be good.”
“Hmm? What are genes?”
“Oh, it means like father, like son.”
“Is that so? That's good...”
Whispers echoed in the soft air. Wei Changtian and Liang Qin spoke softly, and the baby boy in the swaddling clothes gently waved his two short little arms.
Outside the house, Xu Qingwan and the others also had smiles on their faces. Wei Qiaoling and the three little girls, Agou and Achun, stood on tiptoe, leaning against the window and peeking inside through the cracks.
A gentle breeze blew over the roof, blowing down a few yellow leaves. The sun was bright and golden, casting a warm glow on the ground.
At this moment, everything in the small courtyard was so harmonious.
Like a haven that would never experience storms.
Just like that, Wei Changtian had his first child.
Having accomplished such a “feat” after transmigrating for three years, Wei Changtian didn't know if it was considered early or late.
However, compared to those web novel protagonists in his previous life who didn't have children even after transmigrating for dozens or hundreds of years, he felt that his situation was at least very realistic.
After all, if you're already so awesome, how could you not find a wife?
And if you've found a wife, how could you not have children?
So, not only will he have children, but it's foreseeable that he will definitely have many more in the future.
Of course, those are all things for later.
For the time being, having one little Hongsu is enough for this family to cherish for a long time.
Not to mention those people in Shu Prefecture City, who will definitely be good to little Hongsu, one better than the other.
Just talking about Wei Xianzhis and Qin Caizhens far away in the capital, they would probably be overjoyed when they heard this news.
The Wei family had passed down through a single line for generations. These two had often worried that if they accidentally kicked the bucket one day, the Wei family would be in danger of dying out.
Now, the problem of dying out no longer exists.
Furthermore, if he was a bit more “capable,” the Wei family might branch out from here on out.
Therefore, the birth of little Hongsu is not just about himself and Liang Qin, but has extraordinary significance for many people.
For example, Wei Zhaohai and Liang Zhen.
Perhaps even Qin Zhengqiu?
“Huff.”
From somewhere, only known to be the peak of a broken cliff.
A withered hand tightly gripped a piece of mother-and-child jade. A trace of tenderness seemed to be hidden in Qin Zhengqiu's turbid eyes.
The news of little Hongsu's birth was sent by Wei Changtian.
Yes, Qin Zhengqiu had actually kept the mother-and-child jade for communicating with Wei Changtian, but for a long time, no matter what news the latter sent, he had never responded.
This time was the same.
But it was also a little different.
At least judging from Qin Zhengqiu's current expression, he should have struggled.
But before he could think it through, light but steady footsteps sounded on the winding, rugged mountain road.
“Sect Leader Qin.”
The old voice was very calm, coming from the mouth of an old monk wearing sackcloth.
“Who are you?”
Slowly turning around, Qin Zhengqiu's voice was even more hoarse in comparison, but his expression wasn't very surprised.
“This poor monk comes from the White Horse Temple in the Far East. My Dharma name is Ruhai.”
Ruhai.
Qin Zhengqiu took a deep look at the old monk, a few more strange emotions in his eyes.
Because this was the Dharma name of the abbot of the White Horse Temple.
So if this old monk wasn't lying, then he was the head of the one thousand and eighty temples of Buddhism.
At the very least, he was the only “living Buddha” among the six hundred or so temples outside the sphere of influence of the Lingmen Temple.
“Sect Leader Qin, are you wondering how this poor monk found this place?”
His tone was still calm. Ruhai didn't seem to be afraid of Qin Zhengqiu's current reputation as the number one person in the world. He quickly stopped a few steps away from the latter.
“Please forgive this poor monk for not being able to tell you about this matter.”
“However, this poor monk has no malicious intent in coming here. I am only entrusted by someone to bring a message to the Sect Leader.”
“...”
“Speak.”
Looking coldly at Ruhai, Qin Zhengqiu's expression was incomparably sinister, as if he would strike and kill at any moment.
However, after the former said the next sentence word by word, his eyes gradually became astonished, sluggish, until they were filled with madness...
“Sect Leader Qin, three months from now, on the second day of the second month of the coming year.”
“Mount Fangcun in the Central Plains, on that day, the only heavenly secret of ascension in three thousand years will appear.”
