Chapter 26: Clouds Unfurl and Furl

“Bai Yunfei?”

“Bai Yunluo?”

“Bai Yun-something?”

Jiang Dai was too embarrassed to watch anymore and turned her head away in disgust.

Jiang Dai complained inwardly: 【Bai Yunfei? Does he really think he’s watching some spoiled princess drama!】

“Bai Yunqi!”

Bai Tian suddenly clapped his hands and looked toward Goudan beside him, excitedly saying: “I remember now, you’re called Bai Yunqi!”

Goudan, oh no.

The now eight-year-old Bai Yunqi, hearing his familiar name, instantly became excited too.

“Bai Yunqi! My name is Bai Yunqi!”

【It really wasn’t easy. To get back my original name, what did I have to go through!】

【I’ve never thought the name Bai Yunqi sounded so beautiful before!】

Both Bai Tian and Bai Yunqi were extremely excited.

Jiang Dai looked at the enthusiastically boiling father and son duo like she was watching idiots.

She lowered her head and asked Juanjuan: “What exactly are these two getting so fired up about?”

Juanjuan: “Huh?”

The little child tilted her head in confusion: “Fired up? Like burning?”

Jiang Dai rubbed the little child’s small hand: “Never mind, never mind.”

【I forgot, the little girl doesn’t understand what ‘fired up’ means.】

Jiang Dai couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

【Sigh… No one here understands my references, and gradually I might even get assimilated myself.】

【It seems I need to take advantage of having just transmigrated here, while I still remember things clearly, and quickly write down what I remember, record it all.】

Bai Tian suddenly spoke up: “Jiang Dai, how about calling Juanjuan’s name Bai Yunshu?”

“Her nickname is Juanjuan, and it fits perfectly—Clouds Unfurl and Furl, so her formal name would be Bai Yunshu!”

Juanjuan tilted her head, looking at Bai Tian curiously, seeming both expectant and somewhat shocked that he was suddenly giving her a name.

Jiang Dai nodded thoughtfully: “Not bad! Clouds Unfurl and Furl! That sounds quite nice.”

“What does Juanjuan think of this name?”

Bai Tian looked at the little girl expectantly, waiting for her to give positive feedback.

Juanjuan nodded, a brilliant smile blooming across her small face.

“As long as it’s a name given by Daddy and Mommy, Juanjuan loves it!”

Seeing that both his eldest son and youngest daughter were very satisfied with their current formal names, Bai Tian felt increasingly motivated about naming.

Now only Da Mao and Er Mao, the twin pair, still lacked formal names.

Nothing else to say, but these two children had been quite unlucky lately.

One had been running a fever for two days and still wasn’t completely better, and the other had been beaten until he vomited blood yesterday.

“Jiang Dai, for Da Mao and Er Mao’s names, how about you take one and I take one?” Bai Tian inquired.

Jiang Dai nodded: “Sounds good!”

But before these parents could come up with names, Er Mao suddenly waved his hand: “I want to be called Yun An, Bai Yunan, is that okay? Safe and Sound—I’m afraid of being unlucky and vomiting blood again!”

People always have some inexplicable sense of belonging to their own names.

Yun An naturally also wanted to have his previous name back.

Bai Tian was stunned, obviously not expecting Er Mao to name himself.

But thinking about it carefully, the name Yun An seemed quite good too, just like Er Mao said—Safe and Sound.

One of the twin brothers already had his name figured out—Bai Yun An.

Meaning Safe and Sound, so the twin’s older brother’s name should pair nicely with it.

Jiang Dai: “Then Da Mao will be called Bai Yunxing!”

Bai Tian: “Huh? Isn’t it supposed to be Bai Yunping?”

Jiang Dai leisurely gave her explanation.

“Too vulgar. Our family’s bad luck started when we went out, so if the second and third sons’ names are put together, it means ‘safe travels’—how perfect!”

“That is indeed a good name.”

Bai Tian also thought it was quite good.

“Then it’s decided. From now on, all four children in our family will have formal names.”

“Goudan is called Bai Yunqi, Da Mao is called Bai Yunxing, Er Mao is called Bai Yunan, and Juanjuan is called Bai Yunshu!”

“Bai… Yun… Shu…”

Juanjuan softly murmured her own name, and those innocent puppy-dog eyes gradually lit up.

Jiang Dai watched in amazement.

So it was true that someone’s eyes could light up in an instant.

Not bright like a light bulb, but the kind of brightness that made others feel their spirits lift just by looking!

Jiang Dai couldn’t help but scoop the little one up in her arms, then reached out to pinch the child’s chubby cheeks.
“That’s right, our Juanjuan has a Formal Name now—Bai Yunshu!”
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T/N:

“Bai Yun–” names often found in romance or melodramatic Chinese dramas and novels.

1. Bai Yunfei (白云飞) – A very “stock” kind of elegant male lead name. “Bai” (white), “Yun” (cloud), “Fei” (fly/soar) → literally “White Cloud Flying.” Names like this are stereotypical of aloof, refined, handsome characters in martial arts, fantasy, or idol dramas.

2. Bai Yunluo (白云落 / 白云络) – Not a fixed famous character, but similarly constructed. “Luo” (fall, net, or connection) gives that poetic, melancholic vibe. It sounds like another “made-up” romance-novel hero name.