Chapter 76 Hug, Kiss, Lift High
The childish voice as soft as a mosquito penetrated into Lu Ting's ears, and was like fine and dense silver needles, piercing his heart and causing him to ache.
His dark eyes fell on Tao Zhi's wrinkled little face. His usually deep and firm gaze rarely dodged. He opened his thin lips, but couldn't squeeze out a few words for a long time.
"Why do you ask suddenly?" Lu Ting changed the subject abruptly.
He could have just made up a lie to get away with it, but those words were stuck in Lu Ting's throat, unable to go down or out.
In the past, he disdained to lie and was too lazy to waste the effort, but now, facing the little guy's extremely clear watery eyes, he couldn't lie.
The little guy is definitely not his child.
This is a fact.
Taozhi told Lu Ting everything that had happened that day. "During drawing class today, Zhizhi and Shi Dalong had an argument. Shi Dalong said Zhizhi wasn't Dad's biological child, but Uncle Wang's next door... He also said his uncle was doing a 'brother-child' test. Dad also did the test, and it showed Zhizhi wasn't Dad's child..."
What is Brother Xi? What is Uncle Wang?
Lu Ting was completely confused.
"What is 'brother Xi'?" Lu Ting asked.
Little Taozhi explained seriously, "'Didixi' is a test to find out if Zhizhi is my dad's child or... well, Uncle Wang's kid next door!"
Lu Ting suddenly understood that the little guy must be talking about DNA paternity testing.
only……
How did the little guy know that he was going to get a paternity test? He had personally instructed Zhang Jincai to do this, and he didn't need to tell him how confidential it was. Zhang Jincai naturally understood it. How could an unrelated person know...
Lu Ting collected his thoughts and asked Xiao Taozhi in a deep voice, "How do you know that Shi Dalong is telling the truth?"
“Hmm…”
Little Taozhi twisted her fingers gently and was silent for a long time before she said, "Because daddy doesn't like Zhizhi..."
The little fellow's voice was so low, it seemed to penetrate the bottom of the room. Lu Ting had to lean in slightly closer to hear it. "Other children's parents love them, giving them kisses, hugs, and pats, but Daddy..."
Lu Ting remained silent.
He seems to be an outlier among parents.
He didn't like to actively approach the little one, nor did he like the little one to get too close. He threw himself into his work, even nearly risking his life, and had very little time to spend with the little one...
Lu Ting's tall and slender body suddenly froze.
He suddenly realized that this little girl in front of him, who was only as tall as his knees, this person he thought was cheerful, lively, and sensible like a little sun, was just a child, a fragile little life that needed care. She would also feel sad, upset, and insecure...
As a father, he was a failure.
Suddenly, a bitter feeling of guilt hit his heart, as if a big hand was pulling at his heart, causing him to feel inexplicably painful.
He reached out and hugged little Taozhi tightly in his arms. The soft little thing felt warm and comfortable to hold. "I'm sorry..."
"Zhizhi doesn't blame Daddy, it's just..." Little Taozhi patted Lu Ting's back, pushed him away with her little hand, and pouted: "When are we going to kiss and give him a hug?"
Lu Ting: "..."
The little guy's thoughts are jumping around. Did he jump across the Great Rift Valley in East Africa?
It turns out that his deep self-reflection just now was just giving this little brat the opportunity to get ahead of himself?
Lu Ting pursed his lips, helplessly scratched the skin on his forehead, then clamped Xiao Taozhi's armpits with both hands, lifted the little guy up effortlessly, and swung him a few times in the air.
The little girl's previous frustration disappeared in this instant. She opened her short arms in surprise and shouted happily: "Wow, the branches are flying~ flying..."
Suddenly.
The little guy didn't hold the drawing paper firmly in his hand and it fell to the ground.
Little Taozhi quickly picked it up, held it in her hand like a treasure, and blew away the dust on it with her pouting little mouth.
"What's this?"
Lu Ting couldn't understand it. It was just a piece of white paper. What was the treasure?
Little Taozhi carefully rolled up the painting from bottom to top. "This is the painting Zhizhi drew today. The teacher asked us to draw our favorite people or things. Daddy can guess what Zhizhi drew."
Then the little guy took the painting and opened it a little bit from top to bottom, and what was revealed first was a bunch of green things as lush as grass.
Lu Ting frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Is this... a green onion?"
Little Taozhi pouted unhappily, "It's not a green onion. Zhizhi hasn't opened it yet. Daddy will guess later."
Under the green grass is a black flat circle with a pair of asymmetrical handles on both sides, making the whole thing look like a teapot.
But there were two black sesame-sized dots on the teapot's surface, one on each side. Below that was a slightly larger red circle, and below that was a twisted, earthworm-like line...
Judging from its appearance, it probably looks like a clay figurine pot with green onions planted in it...
"Did Dad guess it?"
Little Taozhi blinked her big, bright eyes and looked at Lu Ting expectantly.
Lu Ting touched it, looked at Xiao Taozhi's face with some embarrassment, and guessed what the little fellow was thinking. He said tentatively, "This is... a person... right..."
When Lu Ting said this, he didn't believe it himself. He had never seen anyone who looked so ugly.
But little Taozhi was beaming with joy, "Daddy guessed right, Zhizhi drew a person!"
Lu Ting choked, his narrow eyes revealing a hint of disbelief. Could someone really look like this? If he were that person, he would have found a place to bury himself long ago.
"Who is this painting of?" Lu Ting asked curiously.
"Daddy, can't you see? Zhizhi drew it, it's Daddy!"
Lu Ting was suddenly petrified, his handsome face tense as he stood there motionless.
The one who drew this...is him? ! !
Little Taozhi pointed at the twisted lump that looked like an earthworm and said, "This is Daddy's body..."
Then he pointed to the two handles of the teapot and said, "These are Daddy's ears," then to the two sesame seeds and said, "These are his eyes," then to the red circle and said, "This is his mouth," and finally to the bunch of green onions and said, "This is Daddy's hair."
The veins on Lu Ting's forehead couldn't help but jump violently.
So in the little guy's mind, he was just a person with sesame eyes, pot ears, earthworm body, a bloody mouth, and a green onion on his head? ?
"Oh."
Lu Ting was so angry that he laughed.
Everything else is fine, but this hair...
Lu Ting pointed at the green in the painting and asked, "Why is my hair green?"
His hair is obviously black!
Jet black!!
It’s pitch black!!
"Because green looks good." Little Taozhi said innocently.
Among Xiao Taozhi's relatives, many uncles have green hair, and Grandpa Liushu's hair is also green.
Green is a healthy color, so Xiao Taozhi likes it very much and painted Lu Ting's hair green.
It is lush and green, and very lush, so beautiful.
"Daddy doesn't like it? I even drew a lot of extra hair on it!"
Looking at Xiao Taozhi's innocent look, Lu Ting's anger was instantly suppressed. He smiled coldly twice: "Thank you!"
Xiao Taozhi said, "You're welcome."
Lu Ting: "..."
The father and daughter chatted casually and soon arrived home.
Xiao Taozhi saw a figure sitting at the door from a distance through the one-way glass of the airship.
"Dad, is that Brother Jue?"
Lu Ting frowned.
Why is Nangong Jue here at this time?
(End of this chapter)
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