Chu Chenan didn't get on the bus in the end. He sat on a stone bench on the lawn of the orphanage. The little girl held his arm and refused to let go.

The little girl smiled sweetly, and her eyes covered by white gauze seemed to be curved.

She held her favorite doll in one hand, leaned on his arm and said, "Brother, you are the first person who gave me a doll. I really like you."

Chu Chenan looked at her, raised his hand and touched the ends of her hair, a little dazed, "How old are you today?"

"I'm five years old!" Seeing hope, Jiaojiao tilted her head and nudged him gently, her eyes full of desire.

A little younger.

Chu Chenan was a little unsure, but she was exactly the same as Jiaojiao in the copy world. "Your parents are both dead?"

Jiaojiao still had a beautiful smile on her face. She curved her lips and said, "I don't have a father or a mother. Brother, can you be my mother? I will be very good."

Even the tone of voice is exactly the same.

Chu Chenan hesitated. He called Qin Jue and whispered, "Husband."

...

...

"What's wrong, baby, are you still in S City now?"

Qin Jue said on the other end of the phone, "I'll pick you up now."

Qin Jue installed a location sensor in Chu Chenan's phone, but Chu Chenan didn't know about it.

Chu Chenan put his arm around the little girl's shoulders and said, "I...I met Jiaojiao."

Qin Jue paused and said, "Baby, wait for me in the orphanage. Your husband will be here soon."

…

Qin Jue walked into the S City Orphanage. Near the gate, he saw Chu Chenan peeling an orange for a little girl on the lawn not far away.

His eagle eyes narrowed slightly and he walked over slowly.

The little girl opened her mouth and ate the orange that Chu Chenan fed her, snuggling happily into his chest. After seeing Qin Jue, she subconsciously hugged his arms tightly.

Chu Chenan saw Qin Jue and said to Jiaojiao, "Brother has something to do and needs to leave for a while. He will be back soon."

Jiaojiao nodded obediently and sat on the stone bench, holding the orange he had peeled in her little hands.

Chu Chenan stood up and pulled him into the room.

Qin Jue put his arm around Chu Chenan's shoulders, "Anan, are you sure he is Jiaojiao?"

“Although the age is different, I feel like it’s her.”

Chu Chenan leaned on Qin Jue's shoulder and asked hesitantly, "When you were in the copy world, did you have the memories of the real world?"

"No, I only remembered it after I returned to the real world."

Qin Jue shook his head and explained to him, "And Xu Jiaojiao is different from me. She is an NPC in the dungeon world."

Chu Chenan: "That means, maybe it's not her?"

Qin Jue kissed his forehead and said, "Not necessarily. It could also be reincarnation. NPCs in dungeons have a chance to reincarnate after death."

Qin Jue brought Chu Chenan to the dean's office, and the dean found Jiaojiao's identity file for them.

"Her name is Xu Jiaojiao. Her mother died a long time ago. Her father used her for illegal experiments. He was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment."

The dean was a shrewd middle-aged woman. She pushed her glasses and glanced at the two people in front of her who were either rich or noble. She said, "...She is blind in one eye. The flesh of her eyeball is necrotic. The root of the disease her father left when he used her for an experiment may accompany her for life. You two want... There are many healthy little girls in our hospital. If you are interested, I can take you to choose carefully."

Chu Chenan lowered his head, looking at the experience in the file that was so similar that it couldn't be more similar. He felt a dull pain in his heart. He was determined and whispered, "I want to adopt her."

Qin Jue nodded and squeezed his hand, "Okay."

The dean was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, then smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do the formalities for you two right away."

When Chu Chenan came out, it was already evening. The weather was grey and there was a little drizzle.

He suddenly ran out and saw that the little girl was still sitting there. She was sitting very upright with her head down, and no one knew what she was thinking about. The little hands protected the orange that Chu Chenan gave her.

When the little girl saw Chu Chenan, she quickly jumped off the stone pier and ran towards him, "Brother, I thought you were gone!"

Jiaojiao handed the orange to him carefully. Her eyes were like grapes and very beautiful.

Her eyes were red, but she still smiled and said, "Brother, you eat oranges, they are so sweet."

Her hair was wet, but the orange in her hand was not wet.

Chu Chenan squatted down and wiped her hair with his hand, "Why don't you go in."

"Brother told me to wait here," Jiaojiao hugged Chu Chenan's arm and said, "As long as I'm obedient, brother will take me home."

Chu Chenan hugged her, his eyes red.

"Brother, did you go to see the other kids?" Jiaojiao said coquettishly, "Don't go to see them, they are all so ugly, I am the best looking one, brother, just choose me, I will definitely be good."

Jiaojiao can cover her injured eyes and maintain a sweet smile.

As Jiaojiao spoke, tears began to flow from her smiling eyes. The night wind mixed with rain was a bit cold, making her shiver uncontrollably.

She knew the probability was small, so she covered her ugly eyes and whispered, "Forget it, brother, it doesn't matter if you don't choose me. I have already received my favorite gift in the world."

The dean told her that she would look good if she kept smiling and people would like her.

But she had already cried, and this handsome brother would definitely not like her.

Because she lost an eye.

She is ugly.

Chu Chenan squatted down, wiped the tears from the little girl's eyes, and said to her, "I have a son, he is three and a half years old this year, you may become a big sister."

The little girl opened her eyes wide, was stunned for a moment, tears then rolled down, and she quickly raised her hands to wipe away her tears.

"Really...really?" She threw herself into Chu Chenan's arms, "I like being a sister!"

Qin Jue stood behind them and said nothing.

While waiting for Chu Chenan to sign the formalities, Qin Jue lowered his head and looked at Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao leaned against the wall of the corridor, holding her rag doll tightly in her hand, "Uncle...is there something wrong?"

"All the children in the orphanage went to the hospital today because of diarrhea," Qin Jue looked down at her, "you were the only one who didn't go."

The little girl lowered her head nervously. She couldn't help but feel scared when facing Qin Jue. "Uncle... I don't understand what you are saying."

Qin Jue squatted down, pulled her rag doll, and smiled, "You are very smart."

But the little girl didn't think Qin Jue was praising him.

She begged hurriedly, "Uncle, I really like that brother! I will be good and obedient, and I will do anything you ask me to do... I will be sincere to my brother, and I will not lie anymore..."

"Let's go." Qin Jue interrupted her and stretched out his hand.

"Hmm?" The little girl looked at Qin Jue nervously, "W-what?"

"Let's go home together." Qin Jue looked down at her, "From now on, you can call him daddy."

The little girl placed her trembling hand on Qin Jue's palm and asked softly, "What about you?"

"casual."

The little girl looked up at him and burst into laughter.

…

Xu Jiaojiao has a new name, Chu Jiaojiao.

She likes her new name very much, and she also likes her new brother very much.

Although her younger brother didn't like to talk to her, she was very happy as long as she could play with him.

The first thing she does before going to kindergarten every day is say goodbye to her younger brother.

She insisted every day, but her brother never paid any attention to her.

She came home from school.

Seeing Qin Shouchen sitting on the carpet playing with building blocks, she handed him the blocks.

"Brother, you are so awesome, can you build a pink castle for me?"

"I really want a pink castle for my doll to live in."

"younger brother……"

No matter how many words Jiaojiao said, Qin Shouchen did not respond to her, but continued to build his own blocks with an expressionless face.

It was not until Chu Chenan returned home that Jiaojiao rushed over to hug Chu Chenan and then looked towards the door.

Chu Chenan kissed the two children separately, rubbed the aloof Qin Shouchen, and asked, "What is Xiao Shou doing today?"

"Building blocks," Qin Shouchen said in a baby voice, "and drawing."

Chu Chenan was always worried that Qin Shouchen would not be able to adapt after Jiaojiao came home, but Qin Shouchen did not react at all, and was almost the same as usual.

"Then Daddy, can I see your paintings?"

Qin Shouchen immediately did as he was told. He took out his album and showed it to him page by page. He pointed at the paintings with his little hands and explained to Chu Chenan what was in the paintings.

Chu Chenan took the opportunity to hug Jiaojiao and look at the paintings with him.

…

At night, after Chu Chenan coaxed Jiaojiao to sleep, he went to Qin Shouchen's room.

He was still reading a storybook, sitting maturely on the edge of the bed. When he saw Chu Chenan coming, he made room for him.

Chu Chenan came to sit beside the bed, put his arm around his son's shoulders, and said, "Xiao Shou, do you like your sister?"

Qin Shouchen lowered his head and said nothing in a cold tone.

Chu Chenan was a little worried and said softly, "My sister likes you very much. She kept saying before going to bed that you are very good and can build many beautiful houses."

Qin Shouchen blushed, closed the storybook and lay down in the quilt.

Chu Chenan thought he didn't want to listen anymore, so he leaned over and kissed his cheek, "Good night, baby, Daddy loves you."

Qin Shouchen curled up in the quilt and responded to him sullenly, "I love you too, Daddy."

…

the next day.

Jiaojiao put on her schoolbag and prepared to go to kindergarten. After Chu Chenan hugged her, the housekeeper led her to the door. She thought her brother was annoyed with her, so she didn't say hello to her brother on the sofa this time.

She wore a prosthetic eye in her right eye, which made her eyes look a little strange, so she always subconsciously covered her right eye.

She glanced at her brother disappointedly and walked out the door.

When she was in kindergarten, a boy jumped on her while playing and squeezed out her artificial eye.

All the children in the kindergarten looked at her. She was scared and sad at the time, hiding in Chu Chenan's arms and crying. Everyone knew that she had a strange and ugly eye.

Chu Chenan comforted her all the way, but she kept crying. Qin Jue drove the car and glanced at her, "Don't cry, I'll take you to another kindergarten tomorrow."

“Wuuuu…no…Daddy, I can’t keep changing schools.” Jiaojiao sobbed and her eyes were red from crying.

Chu Chenan wiped her tears and said distressedly, "Don't cry, Jiaojiao, we shouldn't care about other people's opinions. Dad will definitely find a way to cure your eyes in the future, please don't cry, okay? Don't cry until you bleed..."

Jiaojiao couldn't help but shed tears.

After returning home.

She saw Qin Shouchen standing at the door and subconsciously covered her eyes.

She was afraid that her brother would be frightened if he saw her ugliness, so she passed him without saying hello and ran straight back to her room.

Qin Shouchen looked at her back silently and blinked.

He came to the sofa where Qin Jue was sitting and reading a newspaper.

He asked, "Dad, what happened to her?"

Qin Jue glanced at him, "Who?"

Qin Shouchen was silent for two seconds. The outline of his little face was almost identical to Qin Jue's. He said in a baby voice, "Sister."

Qin Jue looked back at the newspaper and put his arm around Chu Chenan's shoulder. "Go ask yourself."

Chu Chenan leaned over and whispered in his son's ear, "Sister is unhappy today."

Qin Shouchen looked at his handsome daddy, "Why?"

"Because she...she thinks she's not pretty." Chu Chenan touched his head, "We all think she's pretty, right?"

Qin Shouchen nodded.

He thought for a while and ran back to the toy area to play by himself.

Chu Chenan sighed, not knowing whether his youngest son’s little head could understand.

After crying for a while, Jiaojiao washed her face and went downstairs to find Chu Chenan. She snuggled in Chu Chenan's arms and said, "Daddy, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have kept crying."

Maybe because she was afraid of being abandoned for too long, the little girl has always been cautious, and her heart is sensitive and fragile.

I always feel like I'm wrong and I'm always afraid of being hated.

Chu Chenan comforted her, "You are not wrong, Jiaojiao, if you want to cry in the future, just cry, it's not wrong, understand?"

Qin Jue sat aside and didn't say much.

Jiaojiao seemed to understand but not quite, and snuggled in Chu Chenan’s arms for a while.

Although she was afraid that her brother would be annoyed, she still whispered, "I want to go play with my brother."

Chu Chenan hurriedly brought her two cups of strawberry pudding and said, "Go ahead and share it with your brother."

"Yes!" Jiaojiao took two cups of pudding and walked carefully to the toy area.

"Brother, I got you some pudding..." Jiaojiao walked towards Qin Shouchen, and stopped when she saw the building blocks he was building.

Qin Shouchen was building a pink castle, except for the flag on the top.

The castle was beautiful, with many rooms and windows, even more beautiful than the castle in her dreams.

Qin Shouchen held the yellow flag in one hand and the red flag in the other, and asked expressionlessly, "Do you like red or yellow?"

Jiaojiao hurriedly sat next to him and said with a smile, "I like them all!"

Qin Shouchen hesitated for a moment, then neatly inserted the yellow and red flags on the castle.

His little hand pointed to the room and said, "Your puppet can live here, your little bear can live here..."

Jiaojiao nodded repeatedly and gave him both strawberry puddings. "Yes! Thank you, brother."

Qin Shouchen tore open a strawberry pudding and handed it to Jiaojiao.

Jiaojiao was so happy that she finished the strawberry pudding in one breath.

Qin Shouchen tore open another one and handed it to her again.

Jiaojiao took two cups of strawberry pudding, hugged Qin Shouchen and kissed him fiercely on the face.

"I love you, brother!"

Qin Shouchen lowered his head, said nothing, and his face slowly turned red.

…

night.

Chu Chenan came to see Qin Shouchen as usual.

Qin Shouchen lay on the bed, pulling Chu Chenan's sleeve with his little hand, "Daddy, can I not want my sister?"

"W-what?" Chu Chenan thought that their relationship had deteriorated, and asked nervously, "Why doesn't Xiao Shou like my sister? You said today that my sister is very beautiful, didn't you?"

"Yeah, my sister is very beautiful."

Qin Shouchen pondered for a while, touched his storybook with his little hand, and said, "But I want to marry my sister."

Chu Chenan blinked.

Qin Shouchen: "Dad said before that younger brothers cannot marry older sisters."

Then don't be a younger brother.

…

Chu Chenan returned to the bedroom and pushed Qin Jue who was hugging and kissing him, "What did you say to your son? He is so young, you are going to teach him bad things."

Qin Jue sneered and kissed his earlobe, "It's okay, they are just that old, maybe they will forget it in the future."

"But uh..."

"Come to the company for internship tomorrow, baby." Qin Jue hugged his waist, "I forgot to buy it again today, or we don't need it in the future, I like to come directly."

Chu Chenan was kissed so hard that he was drowsy and couldn't even say no.

…

From that day on, Qin Shouchen would get up every day before Jiaojiao went to kindergarten and wait for her to greet him.

One day after school, Jiaojiao mysteriously dragged Qin Shouchen to the toy area, her eyes full of excitement, "Brother, we may have a sister."

Qin Shouchen raised his eyes and blinked.

Jiaojiao was very happy. "Really? I saw Daddy vomit before going to school today. I saw it yesterday too. They said on TV that only pregnant adults vomit all the time."

"We can build a castle for my sister first." Jiaojiao rummaged through her schoolbag and said, "I want to give her my favorite doll..."

Qin Shouchen began to carefully flip through the building blocks in his toy kingdom, "What color does my sister like?"

"Blue, like the color of Crystal Princess."