Chapter 10: If I had her last name

“Shen Mingzhi felt extremely uneasy, ‘But doing this isn’t fair to you. Is there a better way? For example, a fake marriage?’

Jiang Shaochen couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, ‘What do you mean by a fake marriage?’

Shen Mingzhi breathed heavily, ‘It means we file a marriage report first, but we only act as a couple in form. When you find someone suitable in the future, we’ll get divorced.’

Jiang Shaochen had a great future, unlike her.

Even if she wanted to live, she couldn’t treat her savior like this.

If it weren’t for Jiang Shaochen, who would sign for her to give birth? Then wouldn’t she have died with her three lives?

Thinking about it now, she was still scared.

Jiang Shaochen was stunned. He really didn’t expect her to propose this.

Clearly, on the first day she came to the door, she…

‘I think this is the most appropriate way, after all, I’m someone who has lost her husband and has children…’

‘Let’s do it your way.’

Jiang Shaochen replied in a low voice.

They had only just met, and Shen Mingzhi had feelings for Zhang Ping, all of which he could understand.

‘Then you rest for a while, and I’ll take you home later.’

Jiang Shaochen saw that her lips were dry and poured her a glass of water.

Shen Mingzhi drank the water, but she didn’t want to stay in the health center any longer, ‘I don’t need to rest, let’s go home now.’

“Okay.”

Jiang Shaochen originally wanted to persuade her not to rush, but then he thought that she had just given birth and had been out for so long, so it was normal to be anxious to go home and see the children.

Shen Mingzhi originally wanted to get out of bed and walk by herself, but Jiang Shaochen stopped her.

Jiang Shaochen said seriously, ‘Didn’t you hear the doctor say that your body is very weak now? Let me carry you.’

“This isn’t…”

Alright.

Before she could say those two words, Jiang Shaochen had already picked her up.

They walked all the way, and many people noticed them.

It was only the 1980s, and people’s thinking was still very backward. What they were doing was too ostentatious. Noticing the gazes of these people, Shen Mingzhi quickly lowered her head.

It wasn’t until Jiang Shaochen carried her into the car that Shen Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, they returned to the compound.

Jiang Shaochen still carried her all the way, and even didn’t greet his parents when he saw them in the living room, but directly carried Shen Mingzhi upstairs.

Seeing this scene, Mother Jiang felt extremely bitter.

Her eldest son sacrificed himself, and she placed all her hopes on her second son, hoping that her second son could get married and have children and have a good future.

But this… he married a widow and directly became a father, and she became a grandmother.

If this got out, wouldn’t she be laughed to death by the people in the compound?

But what could she do?

Jiang Guofu had already told her everything. Today at the military headquarters, Shen Mingzhi had also gone all out to fight for her son.

Jiang Guofu patted Mother Jiang on the shoulder and said in a low voice, ‘Don’t think about those things anymore. Now that it’s like this, why not think about how to prepare a wedding for them, how to raise the children, and what names to give the children?’

Mother Jiang sighed, ‘Let them choose the names themselves.’

Jiang Yinyin never thought that her mother, who didn’t agree with Shen Mingzhi entering the door, now agreed.

Were they really going to get married?

No way!

The only sister-in-law she recognized was Song Wanyin. She didn’t want a widow to be her sister-in-law!

No.

Before they filed a marriage report, she had to stop all of this!

Thinking of this, Jiang Yinyin quickly ran out of the house.

…

Upstairs bedroom.

The room Shen Mingzhi was staying in was a guest room, which was small and didn’t have good lighting.

Jiang Shaochen instructed Aunt Wang, who was helping to coax the children, ‘After you’ve coaxed the children, move the things to my room. My room is bigger.’

“No need, I think it’s good to live here. And it’s not very convenient to move back and forth.”

Sharing a room with Jiang Shaochen was equivalent to them sleeping together?

Shen Mingzhi didn’t want to.

Moreover, she had never had close contact with a man before. The rainy night in the mountain cave was the only time since she transmigrated, and Zhang Ping was also in the army all year round and didn’t come home.

Jiang Shaochen frowned slightly, ‘It’s just changing from one room to another, it’s not inconvenient. And you don’t have to move anything.’

“But…”

‘We’re getting married, my parents will notify the relatives. When the relatives come to see the children, if they see that you and I don’t live in the same room, what do you think they’ll think?’

There was nothing wrong with Jiang Shaochen’s words, but Shen Mingzhi noticed one thing: they weren’t a real couple, and these two children weren’t his children.

It was equivalent to Jiang Shaochen directly being a father.

There was no need to be so serious, right?

Shen Mingzhi originally wanted to bring this up, but Jiang Shaochen’s face was so serious, ‘Everyone has different ideas, and if something is spread, it won’t be good for either of us.’

‘Didn’t we agree on a fake marriage? Since it’s a fake marriage, don’t make a big fuss. Just file a marriage report first, and say that the wedding banquet is postponed, using the excuse that you have to return to the army as soon as possible, won’t that work?’ Shen Mingzhi didn’t want so many people to know.

It was fake anyway, why make it seem like it was real?

‘Let’s talk about this later, I’ll take you back to the room first,’ Jiang Shaochen said.

The two rooms were next to each other, and there weren’t many things. After the two children were carried over first, Shen Mingzhi planned to walk over slowly, so she nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Shaochen picked her up.

What she didn’t expect was that Mother Jiang would suddenly walk in from outside the room.

Their eyes met, and Shen Mingzhi was extremely embarrassed, ‘Put me down, I can walk over myself.’

It was such a short distance, lest Mother Jiang think that she was deliberately asking Jiang Shaochen, she wasn’t that kind of person!

Jiang Shaochen didn’t put her down.

Although Mother Jiang didn’t say anything, her expression didn’t look very good.

Mother Jiang followed behind, ‘The children’s names haven’t been chosen yet, you guys discuss what names to give the children later. I’ll take the children downstairs to show your dad.’

Jiang Guofu said that the boy was exactly the same as Jiang Shaochen when he was a child.

She was just angry when she got home not long ago, and then Jiang Shaochen and Jiang Guofu were taken away. She didn’t have time to look at the children.

Now, she wanted to see how the boy looked exactly like Jiang Shaochen!

What about Shen Mingzhi?

She was carried into Jiang Shaochen’s bedroom by Jiang Shaochen. She saw the interior of Jiang Shaochen’s room, which was simply decorated, simple and clean, and the space was indeed larger.

Windows and balcony, a standard small building.

After Mother Jiang and Aunt Wang took the two children away, only Shen Mingzhi and Jiang Shaochen were left in the room. Neither of them meant to speak, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became very quiet.

Shen Mingzhi didn’t know how to break the deadlock, but Jiang Shaochen spoke first, ‘You heard what my mom said just now. What are good names for the children?’

In order to register the children’s household, she and Jiang Shaochen had to get married, so the children would have to take Jiang Shaochen’s surname.

But if the two children took his surname, it would be even more unfair. But if they took her surname…”