Chapter 19: Bro, You’ve Already Been Led Astray

By the time Liu Wu rushed over, feeling anxious and on edge, the father and daughter had already finished breakfast. As soon as he walked in, he saw the little dumpling standing obediently next to Yu Mozhi.

The little dumpling looked like a porcelain doll, with big, bright eyes. When she looked at you like that, it wasn’t just your voice that softened unconsciously—your heart did too. All the words of “interrogation” Liu Wu had prepared on the way here completely vanished in that moment.

Moreover, the little dumpling was very polite.

When she saw him, she greeted him energetically in a soft, adorable voice, “Hello, Uncle! I’m Mianmian, Daddy’s precious baby.”

Oh my goodness, where did this little treasure come from?!

All the curses Liu Wu had been preparing turned into just one sentence.

He even had the urge to rub his hands like a fly and scoop the little dumpling up into his arms.

But just as he bent down, in the next second, the little dumpling was already scooped up into Yu Mozhi’s arms.

Liu Wu looked up to see Yu Mozhi gazing at him with an expressionless face. The slight twitch at the corner of his lips made Liu Wu feel inexplicably guilty.

But hold on a second—shouldn’t you be the one feeling guilty for suddenly having a daughter? Why is he the one feeling guilty???

“Come in.”

Yu Mozhi gave a low cough as he spoke.

Liu Wu instantly turned into a nagging old mother as he followed him inside. “Hey, hey, Mozhi, are you catching a cold? I heard that when you left the company, you were blocked and splashed with water? Why didn’t you call the police? What if it’s water today and sulfuric acid next time?”

“They poured it from upstairs, in a spot with no cameras. Even if I had reported it, they wouldn’t be caught. It would just stir up more trouble.” Yu Mozhi sat on the sofa with the little dumpling in his arms.

Given how things were now, there were probably quite a few people who knew Yu Mozhi around the area at the time. If someone saw him being taken away by the police, even if it was just to give a statement after being attacked, no explanation could catch up with how fast rumors spread.

“So you’re just going to let them off?” Liu Wu said angrily.

But before he could continue, another even angrier voice burst out, “Who poured water on my daddy?! Who bullied my daddy! Bad people!”

The little dumpling in Yu Mozhi’s arms nearly bounced out as she shouted loudly, her little face flushed with anger, arms akimbo.

“You want to fall off?” Yu Mozhi gently pushed her back into his arms and patted her little head. “Daddy has something to talk about with this uncle. Can you go pour Daddy a glass of water?”

Yu Mozhi hadn’t even realized anything was off yet when he saw the little dumpling’s eyes instantly light up, sparkling like stars in her unbelievably beautiful eyes. She gave him a loud smooch on his cheek and immediately jumped down from his lap, running off with a da-da-da to the kitchen. “Daddy, wait for Mianmian!”

“…Mozhi, is she really your kid? Who’s the mother?” Liu Wu’s gaze grew complex as he watched their interaction. Yu Mozhi seemed a lot more alive now, and he figured he should be happy about that, but the situation…

“No. She’s Yu Jingxing’s. He died in an accident, and the child ended up with me.” Yu Mozhi turned to him and explained slowly, “But that child was abused before, and she keeps calling me Daddy out of habit. I’ll explain it to her gradually—don’t upset her.”

Liu Wu: …This might not be something you can fix with just a “gradual explanation.”

“Bro, you—” Liu Wu struggled to speak. “You just referred to yourself as that little girl’s father.”

Even if he didn’t consciously mean it, from what Liu Wu knew of Yu Mozhi, he wouldn’t have called himself “Daddy” so naturally unless he’d already started accepting it in his heart.

Yu Mozhi froze.

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(End of Chapter)