Love You Till the End

Chapter 1110 - 1118: Can’t You Think of a Name with a Little More Depth?

After speaking, Su Jiuyi suddenly realized something, looking at Qi Jingren with some surprise, "Is your background related to him?"

"He is my father." Qi Jingren revealed her true identity without reservation.

Before this, Su Jiuyi had already guessed that Qi Jingren’s background was not simple, because not just anyone could have a marital alliance with the Shi Family. So she thought, Qi Jingren’s parents must be in the political sphere, a strong partnership between business and politics, which would further solidify the status of both families in this city.

"Do you believe it?"

Qi Jingren asked her, just like the last time when Su Jiuyi asked Qi Jingren if she believed she was the eldest daughter of the Su Family.

"I believe it." Su Jiuyi said, then thought of something and asked her, "Why don’t you have the surname Mo?"

It has been a tradition for children to inherit their father’s surname for hundreds of years, especially among the Royal Family, where it is more emphasized. Generally speaking, royalty or high officials are stricter about their children’s surnames, and rarely would someone allow their child to take another surname.

"I take my mother’s surname." Qi Jingren leaned against the window railing, looking at the building across, lost in memories: "When I was born, my mother died in childbirth and didn’t even get to see me. To commemorate her, my father let me take my mother’s surname. I later heard that this caused a huge uproar at the time, with many high officials opposing it, saying ’Qi’ is an outside name and as a princess, I shouldn’t take an outside surname."

"But my father’s attitude was very firm at the time, and he named me ’Qi Jingren’ despite everyone’s objections, meaning to cherish the memory of the past. Initially, my father had already decided my name, saying that regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl, I would be named Mo Xia."

Su Jiuyi quietly listened beside her until Qi Jingren turned her face and asked, "Do you know why it was to be Mo Xia?" She shook her head, saying, "I don’t know."

Qi Jingren smirked, "Because my brother is named Mo Tian, so I could only be named Mo Xia."

Su Jiuyi burst into laughter, "Does it mean to unify the world?"

"Yeah." Qi Jingren hugged her knees, rested her chin on them, and said with a smile, "When my father told me about it, I complained, why couldn’t he think of a name with a bit more depth. It’s fine for a boy to be named Mo Xia, but for a girl... What ’Xia’?"

"Haha!" Su Jiuyi laughed loudly but then quickly stopped, looking at Qi Jingren’s profile. After a moment of silence, she softly said, "But your mother really loved you."

"Indeed, my mother loved me deeply." Qi Jingren was still smiling, "She used her life to change my name."

"Qi Jingren." She recited her own name, but thought of that person in heaven, realizing that she and her mother had never truly been apart, that her mother had always been watching over her.

"Qi Jingren." Su Jiuyi also called her name. She always thought she was the unluckiest person, but now she realized she was a bit luckier than Jingren. At least, she had seen her mother’s face, at least her mother had spent a few birthdays with her.

Sometimes reality is cruel like that, it can give you the best while also taking away what you care about most, and then force you to live in this world, enduring all kinds of suffering. And through all this, no one can share the burden with you; you must silently bear it alone.

So what they have to do is learn to let go, learn to forget, and cherish the people around them.