"Understood, understood! Then... I'll leave Yitian with you for now. Please take care of the two of you." This woman is soft on the inside but tough on the outside, and was quite intimidated by Yu Longting's aura. She handed Li Yitian over to me, covering her own shoulder wound with a somewhat desolate look before she left.
I gave Yu Longting a glance, "She didn't do anything terribly wrong, she's just overly protective of her daughter and spoke too harshly. Why be so overwhelming and arrogant about it?"
"What? Are you taking her side? That woman emotionally manipulated you, and your husband steps in to protect you, yet you think I'm bullying her?" Yu Longting pinched my face and kissed the tip of my nose.
Li Yitian's eyes had swelled up like peaches from crying, but now she stopped and curiously looked at Yu Longting, "Are you my daddy?"
"Tsk, this little girl sure knows how to talk. Because of your sweet mouth, you've just saved your own life. Call me that again," Yu Longting said wickedly.
I was speechless. This guy, even when facing the daughter from the lady next door, could find the urge to act like a father, so bewildering.
But my heart was actually very warm. He suddenly took the initiative to care for this little girl, all because she inadvertently acknowledged him as my partner with just a few words.
Considering she rejects her own biological mother, Yitian's thought processes are indeed peculiar.
She didn't have the slightest resistance to Yu Longting and sweetly confirmed, "Daddy."
"Sensible," Yu Longting remarked, as a purple Spirit Talisman flew out from his sleeve and landed in his palm.
I watched him effortlessly fold it into a triangular shape with a few movements of his fingers, and then he handed it to Li Yitian, "Wanwan, I'm busy now, you should get more familiar with this little girl."
I stared blankly at him as I went about picking up the bowls and chopsticks "Oh."
"Daddy's working so hard, go daddy, I'll be really, really good next to mommy," the little girl quickly adapted to her role, cheering Yu Longting on with full energy.
I glanced at the utterly innocent, carefree little one.
I sighed in my heart, sat down at an empty table, and talked with my mom for a bit.
My mom mentioned that Li Yitian's mother is named Mingwen and that she only met her once.
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I was in City B, so Ming Jiaojiao couldn't find me.
It just so happened that my mom was off that day and used a set of Soul-summoning Clothes left by my dad to call the child's soul back.
The Ming Family was extremely grateful and they all brought gifts to thank my mom, which is when she met Mingwen for the first time.
If we had taken Mingwen to the supermarket to see my mom at noon, then Li Yitian's soul would certainly have been called back too.
There wouldn't be this chaos, nor the risk of seeking out the person behind the scenes.
After all, this has nothing to do with me or my mom; there's no need to get involved without reason.
"Chen Yuanyuan, have you fallen for Yu Longting?" Just as we were discussing how my mom knew the Ming sisters, she suddenly asked me.
I spat out the tea I was drinking, "..."
That was... so sudden...
"Actually, I only truly met Yu Longting today. Though he is the Snake Lord, he turned out to be surprisingly down-to-earth," my mom said, watching his busy figure with a deep look in her eyes as he cleaned without despising the dirt and fatigue.
Is that a form of acknowledgment and affirmation for Yu Longting?
I coughed a few times and asked softly, "So, mom, do you think he's quite a good person in your heart?"