Chapter 79 Kidnapping My Child

The two then nestled together, gazing at the wildflowers covering the hillsides, feeling the gentle breeze; time seemed to stand still in that moment. Sunlight bathed them, casting a warm golden hue over the scene.

But just then, a child's voice suddenly rang out, "Ahhh!"

Li Lianhua helped Qing'er to her feet. She looked around with some confusion and, finding no one there, turned to ask, "Qing'er, did you hear anything?"

Qing'er nodded. "This voice sounds familiar." She just couldn't remember where she had heard it before.

Just as Li Lianhua was about to ask something, a three- or four-year-old child appeared in front of them, glaring angrily at Qing'er.

"Who are you?" Li Lianhua blocked Qing'er's path, looking at the child in front of him warily. He dared not look at the child; his sudden appearance and the powerful aura emanating from him meant he was definitely not an ordinary child.

The child, looking at Li Lianhua blocking his way, said with exasperation, "Little one, get out of the way! I'm going to curse this shameless bastard to death!" This child was none other than Little Heavenly Dao. He had been peacefully looking at a picture book in his Heavenly Dao Space, but just now, he suddenly felt a sense of unease, a feeling that something was about to happen. The last time he felt this way was when his little one was about to die. So he quickly went to check what was going on. What he saw was utterly horrifying—his little one was about to be kidnapped!

"Little one?" Li Lianhua was a little confused, but she didn't move aside.

Qing'er, who was behind her, was unhappy and pulled Li Lianhua away, saying, "What do you mean I'm shameless? How am I shameless?"

"You're shameless! You kidnapped my baby when I wasn't looking!" Xiao Tiandao said angrily, hands on his hips.

"Hey! Did I kidnap him? He's clearly your kid, but he insisted on following me." Qing'er looked at Xiao Tian with a hint of smugness as she finished speaking.

Little Heavenly Dao was so angry he almost cried. "You shameless old monster! How old is my little one? You're like an old cow eating young grass!"

"You're the old monster! Your whole family are old monsters! I'm only a few hundred years old! I'm clearly young and beautiful!" Qing'er got angry too. Doesn't she know that women care about age the most?

"You're hundreds of years old, and you still say you're not old? You're older than me. Your kid is only 21, and he's not even a fraction the size of you."

Qing'er froze, almost forgetting that Li Lianhua was only 21 years old.

Li Lianhua, standing beside him, looked completely bewildered, but it was clear they knew each other. However, he hadn't expected Qing'er to be hundreds of years old. Seeing Qing'er's frozen expression, he quickly comforted her, "Qing'er, you're an immortal, with such a long lifespan. You're only a few hundred years old, still very young. I was a mortal before, and mortals only live to be a hundred. By the time I'm 21, many people have already married and had children, so I'm actually older than you."

Qing'er's mood instantly improved, and she felt that Li Lianhua was right. She then looked at Xiaotian and asked, "Did you hear that?"

"Wah!" Xiao Tiandao burst into tears instantly.

Seeing Xiao Tiandao cry from anger, Qing'er and Li Lianhua looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

Qing'er whispered, "Hua Hua, try to comfort her."

Li Lianhua felt somewhat helpless; he didn't know how to coax the child.

In the end, Qing'er calmly said, "How old are you? Crying in front of your little one, aren't you ashamed?"

These words were very effective; Xiao Tiandao immediately stopped crying and even glanced at Li Lianhua somewhat embarrassedly. Oh no, his image was ruined. He could only try his best to salvage some of his image, saying, "Little one, I'm just too sad."

Li Lianhua was stunned when he heard Qing'er's words. What did she mean by "his son"? Had he misheard? Was he this child's son? "Zai" means son, right?

Xiao Tiandao stared blankly at Li Lianhua, who remained motionless. "Oh no, did I scare my little one to death?"

Coming to her senses, Li Lianhua was speechless. "You're the stupid one, your whole family is stupid."

Xiao Tiandao said seriously, "It's just you and me in my family."

Li Lianhua was taken aback and didn't want to pay him any attention. She turned to Qing'er and asked, "Qing'er, what's going on?"

"He is the Heavenly Dao of this world, and you are the child of the Heavenly Dao. It's not wrong for him to say that you are his child." Seeing his expression of disbelief, Qing'er said with some amusement.

Li Lianhua looked at Xiao Tiandao with complicated emotions. So young… he really couldn't bring himself to call him "Father."

"Baby, do you really want to be with her?" Xiao Tiandao looked at Li Lianhua hopefully.

Li Lianhua stood there quietly, looking at Qing'er with a firm yet gentle gaze, and said, "Yes."

Xiao Daotian's eyes widened, somewhat disappointed. "But, do you know what kind of person she is? Do you really understand her? Do you know who she is?"

Li Lianhua smiled slightly and said, "I know Qing'er isn't from here."

"You know all this and you're still with her? Aren't you afraid she'll leave you and abandon you?" Xiao Tiandao said, still unwilling to give up.

Li Lianhua said nonchalantly, "I'll just go with them when the time comes."

"You you you you..." Xiao Tiandao was so angry that he cried again.

Qing'er rolled her eyes. "I'm telling you, don't be so ungrateful. Do you want your child to grow old alone? Where else can you find a girl as beautiful and powerful as me?"

Xiao Tiandao was taken aback. "Right! Anyway, my little one will get married sooner or later—ugh! He'll have to marry sooner or later. Rather than marrying a pretty face, it's better to marry a strong one, so he can protect my little one. That way, I won't have to worry about him dying all the time." Thinking of this, he instantly became happy. "Hehe! You're right. Have a good time, you guys. I'm going back now." With that, he vanished in an instant. He'd just gotten to the exciting part of his drawing and needed to hurry back to continue reading.

After Xiaotiandao disappeared, Li Lianhua gently held Qing'er's hand and said with a smile, "I never thought I would have such a cute and caring 'father'." Qing'er laughed and teased, "Then why didn't you call him 'father' just now?"

Li Lianhua looked at her leisurely and asked, "If I call you 'Dad,' what will you call me?"

Qing'er choked for a moment. The thought of having to call that little brat "Dad" made her feel terrible. She was older than him, both literally and superficially.

Seeing her like this, Li Lianhua chuckled and ruffled her hair.

"Huahua, are you hungry?" Before he could reply, she waved her hand and a table appeared, laden with dishes. The sun had already set; Li Lianhua clearly hadn't eaten today. Although he had entered the Daoist path, he wasn't yet accustomed to fasting. Qing'er pulled him to sit down. Li Lianhua felt a warmth in his heart, and his eyes softened as he looked at Qing'er.

"Eat up, there's your favorite braised pork ribs." Qing'er placed a piece of rib on his plate. Don't ask where this dish came from; she had the God of Cookery make a lot of it before, and then stored it in her spatial dimension. Before descending to the mortal realm, she thought that although she could go without food, she would occasionally crave it. Mortal food certainly couldn't compare to the God of Cookery's cooking, so before going down, she had him make a lot. During her three years in the mortal realm, she didn't finish it all because she was alone and often forgot to eat, only remembering when she craved it. That's why there's still some left.