Little Bai Guo closed her eyes, too lazy to look at him.

Hmm! She didn’t want to learn martial arts. If she encountered a bad person, she’d just swat them to death with her tail!

Before that, she just wanted to lie like a salted fish.

The little girl ignored him, and Lin Yongcheng was puzzled.

“Why do I feel like the little girl is rolling her eyes at me?”

“She’s only a few days old, and already knows how to roll her eyes?” Bai Ji gave him a big roll of her eyes. “Even if she did roll her eyes, it’s because you’ve made her dislike you. You should reflect on how you made her dislike you.”

“My little cotton-padded jacket could never dislike her dad! Once she can talk, she’ll definitely say I’m her favorite,” Lin Yongcheng said as he placed Little Bai Guo back onto the bed.

Staring at her for a while, he added, “Since we’ve signed the agreement, let’s cut ties completely. This child will take your surname, Bai, to avoid them coming after her.”

The little girl would take her mother’s surname, and Bai Ji had no problem with that.

“Let’s give her a name. Since we’re moving households, we can handle the registration together.”

“Bai… what would be a good name for Bai?” Lin Yongcheng wondered.

“How about asking our parents for their opinion? Both Dad and I have medicine-related names.”

“Alright, let’s have our parents name her.”

The couple surrounded Little Bai Guo, discussing, but the little one was so weak that she quickly fell back asleep after only briefly waking, ignoring her parents.

Bai Ji and Lin Yongcheng were in agreement, so there was no dispute over the naming.

They had discussed before that the second child would take Bai’s surname, but they hadn’t taken it seriously at the time.

It was only when they were talking about splitting the family that they briefly mentioned it.

Their plan was for the second child to take Bai Ji’s surname, which would surely infuriate Old Lin, ideally driving him and his family out and creating an opportunity to split the family.

Now that the issue of splitting the family had been resolved, there was no need to use the child’s surname to stir things up.

But since they’d already signed the agreement, the child was no longer connected to the Lin family, so she shouldn’t carry the Lin surname.

They decided to sever ties completely to avoid Old Lin and his wife acting like elders in front of her.

In the main room, Li Qiurong was holding Little Zisu, while Bai Zhu was sitting on a small stool telling stories.

He was telling a tale about a snake demon, and Little Zisu was already drifting off to sleep, her eyes glazed over. Lin Yongcheng wasn’t in a hurry.

He moved a chair over to sit.

By the time Bai Zhu finished the story, Little Zisu was already asleep.

Li Qiurong took her back to her room, and then Lin Yongcheng spoke, “Dad, Bai Ji and I have decided, the little girl will take her mother’s surname, Bai.”

Bai Zhu was stunned for a moment. “Are you sure?”

“We’ve discussed it, the little girl will take the Bai surname, and we want you and Mom to name her,” Lin Yongcheng confirmed.

It was one thing for the son-in-law to propose that the child take her mother’s surname, but now with the family split and Lin Yongcheng standing up for Bai Ji and their child, Bai Zhu was even more pleased with his son-in-law.

Both Bai Zhu and Bai Ji had names related to traditional Chinese medicine, and now their little granddaughter would also take their surname. The name should follow that tradition, but also be soft and suitable for a girl.

Names for traditional Chinese medicine flashed through Bai Zhu’s mind.

After a moment, he asked, “What do you think about naming her Bai Guo?”

“Bai Guo.” The name lingered on Lin Yongcheng’s tongue, and he nodded immediately. “It’s a cute name. Shall we go with this?”

“Ask Bai Ji. If both of you are fine with it, then it’s settled.”

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The next day, Little Bai Guo woke up to find that she had been given a name.

Just like when she was being a lazy fish, she didn’t find the name strange at all.

In the novel, the antagonist’s prematurely deceased little daughter shared the same name.

Now that she had transmigrated, it was impossible for her to die young. In the original plot, she drowned in a river when she was five. Little Bai Guo wasn’t scared—she was a fish, how could she drown?

Hmm… that didn’t sound quite right.

If she didn’t die, the antagonist’s family wouldn’t fall into darkness, and the antagonist father wouldn’t cripple the heroine’s family.

Could they still be considered the antagonists?

Did that mean their shining moments were gone?

Actually, Little Bai Guo kind of wanted to be an antagonist.

The antagonists were the most powerful!

If she really couldn’t be one, oh well, being an antagonist was exhausting.

She might as well just lie down like a salted fish!

Hmm… being a salted fish was the happiest!

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Lin Yongcheng was an action-oriented person, always quick to get things done.

The next day, he moved all the things from the third house to the Bai family home and even changed the household registration by the afternoon.

The family split cleanly, leaving the villagers in shock.

The reversal came too quickly. Just before, the Lin family refused to let Bai Ji and the child visit, and now Lin Yongcheng had turned his back on his parents and followed his wife and child.

Tsk, the Lin family really messed up!

They drove their most promising son away—did they think that reflected well on them?

Old Lin felt the villagers’ eyes on him wherever he went, and he could already feel their mocking gazes. He was so embarrassed he reported an illness and stayed indoors.

Lin Tai couldn’t escape being ridiculed.

She had always bragged about her son working as a laborer, and on the day they found a new wife for him, she had been treated like royalty, looking down on other families’ daughters, acting as if she were already the mother-in-law.

Now, everything had collapsed, and she faced the consequences of her own actions.

She might have had a capable son, but what good was it if she couldn’t keep him?

She even forced her son to split the family overnight—any outsiders seeing this would think it was a massive loss!

Of course, the worst off was Lin Yongjia.

He was injured and lost a lot of blood, and though Bai Zhu, the barefooted doctor in their village, was willing to treat him, would he dare to let Bai Zhu do anything?

He didn’t dare, and neither did Old Lin!

The Bai family had long been offended. Even if they were dying, they wouldn’t dare approach Bai Shu for help!

With ashes smeared on the wound on his head and bruises all over his back, he couldn’t even get up the next day. All he could do was rub some medicinal wine on his injuries and lie in the house to recover.

For cowards like him, it takes a ruthless person to handle them.

By the end of the day, the Lin family had become a laughingstock in the Shanglin Brigade.

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Lin Yongcheng had two days off.

He handled all his tasks in one day, and the next day, he turned into a stay-at-home dad.

He personally took care of Bai Ji and even washed diapers for little Bai Guo.

After spending the day as a stay-at-home dad, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.

When his eldest daughter was born, he had been a stay-at-home dad for a while too, but this time it felt different.

“Is our little girl a bit dull? Her diaper gets wet and uncomfortable, yet she doesn’t cry.”

“You’re the dull one!” Bai Ji wasn’t happy to hear that.

She had carried this child for seven months, struggled at death’s door during labor, and now he dared call their child dull?

“Wife, don’t be mad,” Lin Yongcheng quickly explained. “I don’t mean to look down on her. I just feel like… she’s too quiet.”

“Isn’t it good that she’s well-behaved? How much time does she even spend awake each day? She’s weak—where would she get the energy to cry? Get out of here and stop spouting nonsense!”

After being scolded by Bai Ji, Lin Yongcheng sheepishly scratched his nose.

He couldn’t say these things in front of his wife, but he still couldn’t shake the feeling.

The baby didn’t cry whether she was hungry, wet, or awake at night.

That wasn’t normal. How could a baby this small not cry?

When Xiao Zisu was in her infancy, she cried loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood.

The contrast was stark.

Lin Yongcheng decided he needed to observe their youngest daughter more closely.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have much time.

The next day, he returned to work.

Little Bai Guo remained a quiet, well-behaved baby who didn’t fuss or move around. Bai Ji assumed her daughter was just too weak to cry and felt even more heartbroken.

Three days later, Lin Yongcheng came home with a bundle of goods, including two old hens and a pork knuckle hanging from his bike’s handlebars.

After unloading the goods, he started rummaging through them.

When Bai Ji was first pregnant, he had already started exchanging work tickets with colleagues to get milk powder.

He hadn’t anticipated her giving birth prematurely, and he feared that milk powder would spoil if stored for too long. Last time, he brought malt extract for Bai Ji to supplement her nutrition instead.

This time, he bought eight bags of milk powder at once.

After sorting through the goods, he brought a bag of milk powder to Bai Ji like he was presenting a treasure.

“Our little girl will never run out of milk powder. I can always swap work tickets with colleagues for more. Wife, you and our daughter should both drink it to build up your strength.”

Bai Ji rolled her eyes and punched him lightly twice.

“This is infant formula. Are you asking me to fight the baby for food?”

“You need the nutrition. Drinking some infant formula is better than nothing.”

“I’m not drinking it.”

Li Qiurong had raised over ten hens to provide for her daughter-in-law’s postpartum recovery. Bai Ji wasn’t lacking in nutrition. With the two hens Lin Yongcheng brought home, there was more than enough food.

As they spoke, little Bai Guo suddenly opened her eyes.

Lin Yongcheng immediately beamed.

“Our little Bai Guo loves Daddy so much. She woke up just hearing my voice!”

He picked up Bai Guo and asked, “Has she been fussing lately?”

“Not at all. Mom says she’s such a good baby, so she gave her the nickname ‘Good Baby.’”

“Good Baby, huh…”

Lin Yongcheng still felt uneasy.

Being too quiet wasn’t a good sign.

Bai Ji glanced at his expression and immediately knew what he was thinking. She pinched his arm.

“If you dare call my daughter dull again, do you believe I’ll strangle you?!”

Little Bai Guo had just woken up and overheard this conversation.

Though it was fragmented, her villainous mother’s use of “again” explained everything. Her villainous father thought she was dull?

Fine. She’d remember this grudge!

The little salted fish couldn’t move much, but giving him a wet surprise was definitely within her capabilities.

Wrapped in swaddling clothes, she couldn’t directly aim at him yet. But she’d note it down for later.

Once she was free of these swaddling clothes, her villainous father better be prepared for a shower!

She didn’t have to wait long.

That very afternoon, the opportunity presented itself.

Previously, her umbilical cord hadn’t fallen off, and she was so tiny that Li Qiurong didn’t dare bathe her in water.

She had only been sponge-bathed on her lap.

That afternoon, little Bai Guo finally had her first real bath.

Compared to lying lazily in swaddling clothes, little Bai Guo much preferred being in water.

After all, she was a fish at heart—water was her true domain.

The moment she was immersed, she smiled.

Li Qiurong chuckled. “Good Baby loves baths so much. She’s even smiling!”

Sitting on a small stool with a towel in hand, Lin Yongcheng also noticed her smile and sighed in relief.

“Thank goodness. If she can smile, she’s not dull.”

“When Xiao Zisu bathed as a baby, she screamed like a pig being slaughtered.”

“Our Good Baby is just too good.”

Little Bai Guo stayed calm in the water, cooperating perfectly with the bath. But it ended too quickly.

She hadn’t soaked nearly enough before it was over!

No way! This little fish wanted to stay in her kingdom of water!

She reached out with her tiny hands, trying to grab onto the basin. But her hands were too small and soft to hold on.

Li Qiurong laughed. “Good Baby, are you upset? Don’t worry; you can have another bath next time.”

Little Bai Guo wasn’t having it. With a loud “Wah,” she started wailing.

Get lost!

This fish wasn’t leaving her basin!!