Chapter 36, Chapter 3: Daddy, help me!

That evening, at the Fushiguro residence. Fushiguro Miki went out for dinner with her classmates from school, while Fushiguro Megumi ate dinner alone at home.

There was a knock at the door. Fushiguro Megumi assumed it was Fushiguro Tsuyoshi who had forgotten her keys, so she got up and opened the door. But to her surprise, she found someone completely unexpected.

The man's angular face was full of nonchalance, and a scar on the corner of his mouth seemed to have become a personal identifier for him.

Fuhesh, his biological father.

Fukuro Megumi paused for a moment, then asked somewhat awkwardly, "Is there something you need?"

These words sounded like they were directed at a stranger, but Fuheshen didn't care. He gestured to the little guy in his arms and said, "Come and deliver something."

As he spoke, he made a gesture as if to hand over the sleeping Karin Oriyuki, who was resting on his shoulder, to Megumi Fushiguro.

Fushiguro Megumi noticed that he had brought a child who looked to be only two or three years old. Before he could figure out what was going on, he saw Fushiguro Jinji about to take the child off, and instinctively reached out and caught him.

"What?" He looked at the child who had been transferred to his belly in surprise.

Perhaps realizing she had moved, she frowned slightly, then shifted her position in Fushiguro's arms, finding a comfortable spot before relaxing her brow.

Fushiguro felt the child looked vaguely familiar, but couldn't quite place who he resembled. However, as the previous child to be abandoned, he was intimately familiar with Fushiguro's habit of throwing children around.

Fukuguro Megumi subconsciously assumed that this was a child Fukuguro had slept with outside, and now he wanted to abandon him to raise.

He frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Fuheishen immediately saw what he was thinking and sneered, "Don't overthink it, this is your seed."

Fushiguro Megumi: ?

What about his offspring?

"Are you kidding me?" His brows furrowed even more.

Fuheishen said nonchalantly, "Believe it or not, I just happened to pick her up today. She said her name is Fuhei Mingli. Liuyan should have told you about this before, right? There have been similar cases before, people who traveled from the future."

Fushiguro Megumi paused for a moment. This matter… Gojo-sensei had indeed told him about it. It was the daughter of Natsuyu-senpai and the son of Dr. Ierai. Since he was the only one of the three who didn't have it, Gojo-sensei still harbored a deep resentment about it…

Seeing that he was no longer speaking, Fuheshen felt that the matter was resolved, so he turned around and prepared to leave.

“Wait,” Fushiguro Megumi tried to stop him, “I have to go to school, how am I supposed to take her?”

Fuhesh didn't even turn his head, as if he hadn't heard anything.

What business is it of his how Fushiguro Megumi raises the child? He's already sent the child there, so it's none of his concern afterward.

At this moment, Fuheshen had no idea that there was much more to come about him...

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Fushiguro Megumi frowned deeply as she looked at the child who had suddenly appeared.

Unlike Gojo Satoru, who simply wanted a child to play with, he never imagined that a child from the future would transmigrate into his life. Looking at this suddenly appearing child, Fushiguro Megumi only felt a headache coming on.

But given his personality, he couldn't just abandon the situation like V. Heshcher did.

In the end, Fushiguro Megumi carried Oriyuki Karin back into the house.

When he and Fushiguro Miki were young, they had a housekeeper. But as they grew older, they stopped hiring one. Now, suddenly, another child has appeared in the house, an age where they absolutely need someone to take care of them. How could Fushiguro Megumi not have a headache?

He can certainly take care of the child, provided he doesn't need to go to school! But it's not holiday time yet. Taking leave isn't an option either; who knows how long the child will stay away?

He looked at the child, who was sleeping soundly in bed wrapped in a blanket, and pondered what to do.

Actually, the first thing that popped into his mind was the scene of Gojo Satoru saying with a resentful look that he also wanted a sweet, soft, obedient daughter, but Fushiguro Megumi was the first one to pass on Gojo Satoru.

Ms. Gojo is completely incapable of taking care of children, a fact that Fushiguro Megumi herself knows all too well.

Should we ask our neighbor next door to help take care of it?

Considering that Karin Oori was a time traveler, Megumi Fushiguro rejected this idea as well.

If the child says something they shouldn't, we'll have to find a way to cover it up.

After thinking it over and over, Fushiguro Megumi dialed a phone number...

"Hey, Natsumi-senpai. There's something I'd like to ask you for a favor..."

Half an hour later, Xia Youjie arrived at Fu Hei's residence.

Xia Youjie was actually somewhat surprised that Fukuro Megumi took the initiative to contact him.

Although he had met with Fushiguro Megumi a few times over the years due to Gojo Satoru, they had never had a private, one-on-one meeting like this before. But after Fushiguro Megumi explained the specifics, Natsuyuki understood why the other party had contacted him.

Please help take care of the children...

That's definitely not the right time to seek enlightenment.

Honestly, it's already quite remarkable in Xia Youjie's eyes that Hui hasn't been led astray by Wu over the years.

Xia Youjie glanced at Zhi Xueya Karin, who was sleeping soundly in bed, drooling, and was somewhat surprised.

After coming out of the house with Fushiguro Megumi, he couldn't help but ask, "Megumi, are you sure that's your daughter?"

The expression on his face almost said one thing: How can you be sure that's your daughter's?

Fushiguro Megumi: "..."

Even though he hadn't graduated from junior high school yet, why did hearing those words give him the feeling that he was being cuckolded?

"Ahem," Xia Youjie belatedly realized that there was something wrong with what he had just said, "I didn't mean that, it's just... um..."

Megumi Fushiguro knew what he wanted to say, because he himself knew very well that the child didn't look like him at all, but...

“I don’t know. I didn’t find her. It was…that person who brought her back. He wouldn’t joke like that.”

They rarely contacted each other on a regular basis—or rather, they barely contacted each other at all; Fushiguro Megumi didn't even know how to address Fushiguro Jinji anymore.

Fortunately, Xia Youjie could understand what he was saying, and his expression showed a hint of surprise: "Fu Heisang?"

That's quite surprising.

Fukuro was stunned for a moment.

"Excuse me, please wait a moment." He suddenly turned and walked into the bedroom. After a while, under Xia Youjie's puzzled gaze, he took out an old photograph from the bedroom.

In the photo, a gentle-looking woman holds her baby and smiles at the camera. The baby in the swaddling clothes is clearly Megumi Fushiguro.

Yes, Fushiguro Megumi finally remembered why he thought Oriyuki Karin's face looked familiar.

No wonder... no wonder that man was so certain that the child was his.

Xia Youjie was stunned for a moment after seeing the photo, then he understood.

It turns out it's a case of skipped-generation inheritance.

No wonder... no wonder someone with Fuheshchen's personality didn't just throw the child away because it was too much trouble, but instead chose to dump him here.

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Although the intention was to entrust the child, Karin, to Xia Youjie, it was impossible to pack her up and take her away before she even woke up. Otherwise, the child might think Xia Youjie was a human trafficker. So, Xia Youjie and Fushiguro Megumi waited in the living room until Karin woke up.

While the two were waiting, Fushiguro Miki went home.

She was quite surprised to see someone had come to her house: "Xia You... Sang?"

Compared to Fushiguro Megumi, she saw Natsuyuki even less often. It was only when Gojo Satoru was about to do something outrageous that Natsuyuki would kindly offer a few words of advice, which is why Fushiguro Miki had a deeper impression of him.

Xia Youjie nodded slightly to her: "Sorry to bother you."

Megumi Fushiguro had to explain things to Miki Fushiguro.

Of course, Fushiguro Miki is just an ordinary person, and there are some things that are not suitable for her to know. So Fushiguro Megumi could only tell her that Oriyuki Karin was a child brought back by Fushiguro Jinji, but now Fushiguro Jinji has given up on her and the two of them have no time to take care of her, so they had to ask Natsuyu Jie for help.

Fushiguro Miki was somewhat surprised that Fushiguro Jinji had actually returned, but as for the fact that Fushiguro Jinji had sent them a child... well, she wasn't too surprised.

I always felt that this was something Fuheisang was capable of doing.

Therefore, although Fushiguro Megumi vaguely did not explain the identity of Oriyuki Karin, in Fushiguro Tsuki's understanding, Oriyuki Karin had already become the child that Fushiguro Jinji had conceived outside in the past few years, and Fushiguro Megumi's sister.

But these were things that Karin Ooyuki didn't know. All she knew was that when she woke up, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar place.

It looks like a...room?

Where's Daddy?

She got up, walked to the door, and opened it—

The three people in the living room heard the door open and all looked over.

Then, Karin, who was looking for her father, made eye contact with the three of them.

She was completely stunned.

"A younger version of Daddy?"

Wait, this doesn't seem to be Daddy.

Hui--!?

No way, you...you're that big?

Weren't you about the same height as me now when we last met?

She then saw Xia Youjie next to her, also a much older version, and most importantly... Zhi Xueya Karin saw his half-tied bun hairstyle.

This cult leader's hairstyle is just like...

Ayaka Kaori was a little scared and subconsciously took half a step back.

Everyone could see the obvious surprise and fear on the child's face.

Megumi Fushiguro and Miki Fushiguro are still young, especially Megumi Fushiguro, who has no idea how to deal with a daughter who suddenly appeared.

Xia Youjie, on the other hand, had a little experience taking care of children, and he put on a gentle and friendly smile: "You're awake. Did you sleep well, Mingli-chan?"

What he didn't know was that, given his cult leader hairstyle, the gentler his smile, the more terrifying he appeared to Karin Oori.

Having already lost her intelligence, Karin Oriyuki didn't even consider why the leader, Jet, was with Megumi Fushiguro. All she wanted to do was find a powerful figure to cling to!

The child was so frightened he was almost crying. He turned and ran back, shouting, "Daddy! Help!"

Both Fushiguro Megumi and Fushiguro Miki looked at Natsuyuki with some astonishment, who had scared the child away with just one sentence.

Xia Youjie's smile froze on his face.

Does he look...that scary?

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Author's Note: Ayaka Riko: Holy crap, I woke up to find the cult leader, Jay, smiling at me.

I was planning to take the day off today, but then I suddenly remembered that I seemed to have written too much of a draft a few days ago. I checked it and found that I was only five or six hundred words short of making a full chapter, so I sat up in shock, as if I were on my deathbed...

Okay, I'm going back to lying down now. (spits out)