"Lin'er, is it alright? You can make do with it," Fang Xiaoyu actually quite liked the name as well.
"Alright, then go register the child's household, and the mission will be complete. Oh right, I've contacted two nannies. They are both veterans of the Five Elements Hall and are very reliable. They will take good care of you and the child. Let's go."
Sui Xiaohang took them to the Five Elements Hall's administrative office to register the child's household.
Wan Lei hadn't held the child enough before the infant was unceremoniously snatched away from his arms.
After registering the household, Sui Xiaohang and Feng Silu returned to the Pill Hall. After all, the war situation was grim, and his mission was also heavy.
In the days that followed, Fang Xiaoyu did not rush to ascend the Saint Ascension Ladder. Instead, she devoted herself to caring for the child.
Wan Lei also suggested leaving the child to the nannies so that Fang Xiaoyu could ascend the Saint Ascension Ladder and become a saint as soon as possible. However, Fang Xiaoyu was reluctant, as the child was still so small.
It was not until a month later.
From the spatial jump point of the Five Elements Hall, a small spacecraft shot out and flew directly into Wan Lei's small courtyard.
Qi Manya stood clad in armor, from which blood, both red and green, was still dripping. She looked like a ferocious war god.
After landing, she first glanced surprisingly at Wan Lei on the Saint Ascension Ladder, greeted him, and then yelled towards the house,
"Fang Xiaoyu, why did you call me back in such a hurry? If you don't have anything important, I won't forgive you! The front lines are fiercely engaged in battle!"
Qi Manya stood with her hands on her hips, exuding a fierce aura.
A moment later, Fang Xiaoyu, wearing a simple bathrobe, walked out of the house holding the child.
"Keep your voice down, you've woken the child up," Fang Xiaoyu said softly, displeased.
Qi Manya's eyes widened instantly. She looked at the child in Fang Xiaoyu's arms, completely at a loss, not knowing where to put her hands.
"This... this is your child? You had a baby?"
Qi Manya's eyes were round, full of disbelief.
"Yes, isn't he cute? This is our child, mine and Wan Lei's."
Fang Xiaoyu lifted the child she was holding as if showing off.
Wan Lin, lying in the swaddling clothes, looked at Qi Manya with his innocent and curious large eyes. Then, he put his tiny fingers into his mouth and grinned at Qi Manya.
A baby's smile is the purest, the cutest, and the most unadulterated. This smile melted Qi Manya's heart.
Qi Manya quickly reached out, wanting to hold the child. Suddenly, she saw that she was still wearing her armor, which was dirty and covered in blood, so she quickly put away her armor.
She gently took the child and held him in her arms. The child smiled at her, and she smiled back at the child.
"Hello, my name is Qi Manya. What's your name?"
Qi Manya looked at the child in her arms, her large eyes filled with innocence and affection.
"He's only a month old, he can't speak yet. His name is Wan Lin, you can call him Lin'er. You're also considered his aunt."
"Aunt? Am I going to be an elder?"
Qi Manya looked at Fang Xiaoyu with confusion.
"Yes, you're a concubine, so of course you're an aunt."
"Peh, peh, peh! Who's a concubine? You're the concubine."
Qi Manya pouted, then looked at the child in her arms, her face beaming with joy. She kept teasing him, and the child in her arms giggled.
"Seeing you all getting along so harmoniously, I can rest assured. I'm leaving."
Fang Xiaoyu chuckled, flickered, and arrived at the Saint Ascension Ladder, climbing several steps with a clatter.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Qi Manya quickly chased after her and stood at the bottom of the Saint Ascension Ladder, asking in surprise.
"Me? Can't you tell? This is the Saint Ascension Ladder."
"I know it's the Saint Ascension Ladder, of course. Are you ascending to become a saint now?"
"Yes, I'm about to become a saint. Our mission, Wan Lei and I, this time is to become saints. Only when we become saints can we better join the battle and save more people."
"Now that my Saint Dao has been condensed, the will of the Immortal Realm has sent down the Saint Ascension Ladder, and I should ascend to become a saint."
"But, if you go to become a saint, what about the child?"
Qi Manya looked completely bewildered.
"Don't I have you? I entrust the child to you with great confidence."
"What do you mean entrust? You don't care for your own child, how can you let someone else raise him? This is irresponsible. You're not being good to the child at all."
Qi Manya was very angry.
"How am I irresponsible? Didn't I find the best nanny in the world for him?"
"Nanny? Where?"
Qi Manya looked around but saw no one. Suddenly, she seemed to realize, pointed at her own nose, and said with a flushed face,
"I... I'm the nanny?"
"Otherwise?"
Qi Manya was furious, her ears and nose smoking with anger.
"Fang Xiaoyu, I was deceived by you into coming back to see you, not to be your maid! This is infuriating!"
"Oh, you're unwilling? Then throw him on the ground and leave. Let him starve to death. I won't take care of him anyway."
Qi Manya was even more bewildered.
How could Fang Xiaoyu act as if this child wasn't hers, but hers?
"You can't do this! Oh, I still have duty stationing tasks on the battlefield."
"Didn't I ask you to take leave from the Legion Commander when you came?"
"I... you asked me to take leave just for this? I only took a day off. How long will it take you to become a saint?"
"It will take at least three to five years, and at most tens of millions of years."
"You... Oh, oh, oh, this is infuriating!"
Qi Manya was anxious. Seeing Fang Xiaoyu in front of her looking calm and composed, she became even angrier.
"Oh, alright, my dear Yao Yao, the child's good aunt.
Think about it, isn't my mission very important right now? To be honest, for Wan Lei and me, becoming saints is just the first step. The next step is to become Immortal Venerables, and then complete the authority of the positive plane to counter Han Fengxue."
"If we can't become Immortal Venerables this time, the positive plane will be finished."
"So, you should understand that it's urgent for me to become a saint. Moreover, I'm already nearly a year behind Wan Lei. I must ascend now."
"But, the child..."
"Everyone is busy fighting now. The only person in the entire Immortal Realm that I can trust is you. I don't trust anyone else. I can only entrust the child to you."
"Man Yao Yao, you don't want to see the positive plane annihilated, do you? You don't want to see the child being taken care of by others, do you?"
Hearing this, Qi Manya looked at the child smiling at her in her arms and finally softened.
"But, I don't know how to take care of a child."
"It's okay, there are two nannies. They've gone out to buy milk powder. However, although the immortal realm's milk powder is good, it's only for emergencies. It's better to rely on breast milk for the most part. When he's hungry, just bring him to me. After half a year, he won't need breast milk anymore."