Huo Qin picked up Chaochao and patted her back stiffly to comfort the heartbroken child.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"No, it's not Dad's fault... I got lost..." Chaochao leaned on Huo Qin's shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably but still comforting him.

Tears welled up on Chaochao's long eyelashes, and her pink nose was bright red, making her look exceptionally pitiful.

Huo Qin gently stroked Chaochao, his seemingly calm face masking a turbulent undercurrent of murderous intent within.

Even with outsiders present, Sun Yongqiang dared to treat Chaochao so blatantly and rudely. If they were at home, they would be even more unscrupulous!

At this moment, Sun Yongqiang finally managed to get up from the ground, rubbing his backside. He cried to Officer Chen, wailing, "Officer, he hit me!"

Officer Chen didn't want to pay any attention to this scoundrel. It was clearly you who forcibly tried to pull the child, and besides, you lost your balance and fell.

But he couldn't say what was on his mind openly. He coughed and said seriously, "Okay, I understand. I will give him some ideological education."

Sun Yongqiang: ? ? ?

The money that was practically in his mouth has flown away? He hasn't even managed to extort a single penny yet!

Before he could act like a scoundrel, Chaochao, seeing him get up, was still a little scared. She huddled in Huo Qin's arms, her little head hanging low, and pleaded softly.

"Dad, can you take me to that big courtyard with lots of kids? Don't send Chaochao back to Uncle's..."

Huo Qin felt as if his heart was being pricked by needles; it was an unbearable heartache.

“I didn’t say I’d send you away,” he promised.

Sun Yongqiang, standing to the side, seemed to have heard a huge joke and started yelling.

"Wow! He went out for two days and suddenly became a rich person's kid?"

Huo Qin's attire clearly indicated his wealth and status; it was obvious to anyone with eyes that he came from an extraordinary background.

"A pheasant trying to be a phoenix." He muttered disdainfully, then shouted loudly, as if asking everyone to judge, "This girl was an unwanted orphan from birth. Do rich people lack the money to raise a child?! My mother kindly took her in, and now that she's gone, she's naturally under my care!"

The more he talked, the more confident he felt. Sun Yongqiang wanted to take Chaochao away directly, but he was frightened by Huo Qin's cold and sharp eyes and immediately withdrew his hand in fear.

"I'm her uncle, you outsider, mind your own business!"

Chaochao was unhappy. She wiped away her tears, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily, "He's my dad! He's not a stranger!"

Huo Qin's hardened heart softened a little, while Sun Yongqiang, whose face had been slapped by the child, looked ugly and was about to start cursing.

"Shut up!"

Huo Qin's dark, cold gaze made him tremble.

With the charge of child abuse, Sun Yongqiang will forever lose his eligibility to fight for custody.

But it's still too slow!

Huo Qin doesn't want to wait a moment longer.

His thin lips were pursed, and his whole body exuded an extremely chilling aura.

Startled again, Sun Yongqiang, like a rooster that had eaten rat poison, stubbornly retorted, "Do you think I'm easily scared? Who do you think you are—"

Huo Qin's gaze was deep; he figured he should just kick that noisy idiot away.

"He is Chaochao's biological father, so he's the eldest... cough, the eldest son."

Officer Huang appeared out of nowhere, flipping through the newly released DNA test report, and suddenly spoke up.

"..."

Everyone froze in place, the entire room so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Sun Yongqiang looked as if someone had grabbed his throat, unable to speak, his face turning bright red.

Officer Chen was surprised for two seconds but quickly regained his composure and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Chaochao was arguably the calmest person there.

The moment she saw Huo Qin, she was convinced that he was her father, so she was not surprised at all. At this moment, she looked around at the stunned expressions of the people around her and couldn't help but wonder - wait, isn't this something that everyone already knew?

The system, which had been in seclusion for a long time, screamed wildly: Ah, finally here! The big villain hasn't made a move for the past two days, and I've been waiting so long! Officer, you're my god!

Huo Qin stood stiff as a statue, his heart pounding as if it would burst from his chest, and a rare look of bewilderment appeared in his usually cold black eyes.

...Is Chaochao really my child?

He had never been with a woman, and even though Chaochao looked somewhat like him, he only considered it a coincidence and never thought that Chaochao was his biological daughter, so he did not consider a paternity test.

Now, this news was like a thunderbolt, exploding in his ears!

Huo Qin's mind flashed back to the memories of the previous five years, and he finally caught the one thing that was wrong.

Four years ago, he was tricked by Jinlong's people into taking Chinese medicine. While he was still conscious, he was temporarily moved to a different hotel. Later, he lost almost all consciousness and woke up alone in bed the next morning.

Now, upon careful recollection, the image of a woman appears intermittently in Huo Qin's mind.

It's only possible that they had sex that night.

Chaochao stared curiously at Huo Qin's motionless profile and couldn't help but reach out her little hand to poke it.

Feeling the soft touch on his face, Huo Qin's expression finally changed. He turned his head slightly and looked at the child in his arms.

"What's wrong?"

Chaochao wiggled her bottom and honestly said, "It's a little uncomfortable~"

Huo Qin is not yet familiar with the correct way to hold a baby.

He gently placed Chaochao on the ground and then took Officer Huang's appraisal report.

Turn the pages one by one until you reach the last page.

"It conforms to the laws of genetics, the probability of parentage is greater than 99.99%, and it supports the father-daughter relationship between the two parties."

Huo Qin paused for several seconds before finally closing the report. He met Chao Chao's bright, sparkling eyes, and the little girl immediately smiled sweetly when she saw him looking at her.

"This is impossible! This is impossible!" Sun Yongqiang muttered to himself, "How could this brat—"

He suddenly stopped talking.

The man's cold gaze was like a knife hanging over his neck, as if if he uttered another word, he would die without a burial place.

"roll!"

Sun Yongqiang was so frightened that he fled in panic, as if a vicious wolf was chasing him.

Chaochao held Huo Qin's hand, peeked at the once terrifying uncle's disheveled figure as he fled, and looked up at Huo Qin with admiration in her big eyes.

Wow, Dad really chased away that nasty monster!

"Daddy, hug me!" Chaochao waved her little arms and snuggled affectionately against Huo Qin's chest after he picked her up.

Huo Qin, who had just become a father, was still in the early stages of understanding children and did not realize that Chaochao was being affectionate.

Slightly puzzled, he suddenly thought of how some dogs with skin diseases like to rub against things.

Huo Qin suddenly raised Chaochao with a serious expression, and began a 360-degree X-ray scan.

Chaochao, who suddenly did a triple and a half somersault: "?"

Huo Qin nodded in satisfaction after confirming that everything was alright, and then pulled the child back into his arms.

System: ...Another day of suspecting the fake villain.