Chapter 101
"dad."
Just when Li Yubai was surprised that the child looked so familiar, Jiaojiao, with her hair full of pigtails, rushed forward, hugged his legs, and smiled softly at him with her head tilted up.
Li Yubai, whose legs were hugged, looked down at him and fell silent for a moment. No wonder he felt that the child looked familiar, it turned out to be his own child.
Thinking of this, Li Yubai placed the dishes on the table, squatted down, and took a look at Jiaojiao's cyan floral dress. He focused on the hem of the dress, which was tied with elastic bands at the back to shorten it, but still dragged on the ground. He then looked at the at least five or six pigtails on Jiaojiao's head. He opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a moment, he picked out the most conspicuous one and said, "Who tied these pigtails?"
"Sister Huairou and Sister Yaoyao did it." Jiaojiao said as she carefully reached out and touched the braid on her head. Then she looked at her father expectantly and asked, "Does it look good?"
Unsure of how to comment, Li Yubai reached out and tugged at Jiaojiao's pigtails. Just as he was thinking of his words, he lowered his head and met Jiaojiao's bright, expectant eyes. After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but chuckle. He moved his hand down and pinched Jiaojiao's fair, tender face, saying, "It's beautiful."
In fact, to be honest, Jiaojiao doesn't look ugly like this. The gender of a two-year-old child is hard to tell, not to mention that Jiaojiao's facial features are very delicate. A pair of big eyes like black grapes are set in her fair face. The green floral dress and the pigtails on her head bring out Jiaojiao's cuteness to the extreme, which makes people feel soft just by looking at her.
It's just that when Li Yubai first saw Jiaojiao like this, he was a little stunned for a moment, but now that he's seen her more, he actually thinks she's pretty.
"Yeah!" Shi Huairou and Lou Yaoyao, who were a little nervous when Li Yubai came out of the kitchen, felt relieved when they heard Jiaojiao's father say it looked good, and they clapped their hands happily at each other.
Li Yubai glanced at them and reluctantly picked up Jiaojiao, who had happily squeezed into his arms and acted coquettishly after being praised by him. "Are you hungry?"
When Jiaojiao was picked up by her father, she saw the dishes on the table. Her stomach, which had been filled with milk earlier, immediately started to growl with greed.
Hearing the noise, Jiaojiao looked down at her stomach, then looked up at her father. After swallowing, she pointed at her stomach and mumbled, "My stomach is growling."
Hearing him say this, Li Yubai smiled in his heart, reached out and poked Jiaojiao's belly, then held him at the table and fed him a meatball with chopsticks.
Jiaojiao, sitting in his father's arms, opened his mouth wide and swallowed the meatball in one big mouthful, biting off a small part of the chopsticks.
Li Yubai used a little force to pull out the chopsticks, and reached out to poke Jiaojiao's cheeks which were bulging with meatballs.
Jiaojiao, who was chewing the meatball with great effort, rubbed her father's hand with curved eyes, her little expression full of satisfaction, and it was obvious that she liked eating the meatball very much.
Li Yubai felt a small sense of accomplishment in his heart, so he changed his pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of food and put it into his mouth. While eating, he looked at Jiaojiao in his arms, whose short legs were shaking slightly from eating, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
This is a very flattering one!
Li Yubai only made two dishes in total, a steamed egg custard and a meatball soup, so although he was the last one to enter the kitchen, he was the first one to come out.
Not long after Jiaojiao and the others had finished their meal, Lu Yian and the others came out of the kitchen carrying dishes.
With the experience of cooking all day yesterday, the food they cooked now is not very delicious, but it is eatable.
Having experienced being hungry before, Shi Huairou didn't feel disgusted. She suppressed her temper and ate half a bowl of rice.
Not long after the meal, Shi Huairou's father Shi Chengshuo and Lou Yaoyao's mother Lou Shi arrived.
As soon as the two came in, their eyes immediately fell on their daughter who was braiding a little girl's hair.
"Huairou!"
"Yaoyao!"
Shi Huairou and Lou Yaoyao, who were changing Jiaojiao's hairstyle, looked up when they heard a familiar voice. When they found that it was their father and mother, they immediately rushed over happily.
Shi Chengshuo took his precious daughter in and asked if she was injured or frightened. Only after receiving negative answers did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Although they had called before, as parents they always wanted to see it with their own eyes to feel at ease.
After making sure that their daughter was fine, Shi Chengshuo and Lou Shi remembered that they had caught the poisonous snake during the live broadcast and saved their daughter's child.
The two people, their hearts filled with gratitude, looked up and planned to find the child to express their gratitude.
As soon as they looked up, they saw Jiaojiao sitting on a cushion, holding a bottle of milk, looking at them with a confused look in her eyes.
What a delicate child!
This was the first reaction that came to Lou Shi and Shi Chengshuo's mind when they saw the little girl sitting on the cushion.
The little girl was wearing a poorly fitting green floral dress and had a small bun on her head. One side of her hair was loose and it was obvious that she hadn't had time to tie it up yet.
The little girl's facial features were very delicate, her skin was porcelain white, and her elbows and fingertips were faintly pink. When she looked at people, her dark eyes were like pools of water condensed on the snow-capped mountains, clean and bright, making her look like a little jade figurine carefully carved out of a whole piece of jade.
After being stunned for a while, the two came to their senses and began to look for the little boy named Jiaojiao in the live broadcast room, but their eyes would occasionally fall on the little girl next to the sofa.
I don't know why, but they have a good impression of this child.
After a while, doubts began to arise in the minds of both of them.
Isn't that right?
Isn’t it said that there are only five little guests in this time and space?
So who is this little girl?
Just as the two of them were confused, Lou Yaoyao looked up and asked curiously, "Mom, what are you looking for?"
Lou Shi looked down at her, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Go find that little kid named Jiaojiao. He saved you, and you have to thank him in person. But where is he? Why can't I see him?"
"Mom, your eyesight is really bad. Jiaojiao is right there." Lou Yaoyao said, raising her hand and pointing to the side.
Lou Shi looked in the direction she pointed and saw a little girl sitting on a cushion, holding a small bottle of milk in her arms and looking at them with confused eyes.
Lou Shi was puzzled: "Why did I hear Jiaojiao was a little boy?"
"Jiaojiao's clothes were dirty and she had nothing to wear, so Sister Huairou found a little skirt for Jiaojiao to wear." Lou Yaoyao said.
Hearing this, Shi Chengshuo looked at the dress Jiaojiao was wearing, and then looked at his precious daughter.
This is indeed something his daughter can do, because Shi Huairou has loved dressing up various dolls since she was a child.
When she was three years old and tired of playing with dolls, she turned her attention from the motionless dolls to the moving children.
As a result, in the past two years, all the good-looking children among her relatives have fallen into her clutches.
No clothes to wear?
Lou Shi found it hard to imagine this. He looked at Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the cushion, holding a bottle of milk and looking at the two strangers in confusion. He felt a little stuffy in his chest for some reason.
She walked forward, squatted down, and reached out to touch Jiaojiao's head.
Jiaojiao didn't hide either, she looked up at her confusedly: "Hello, Auntie."
Meeting his gaze, Lou Shi's heart softened, and she gently untied the small knot on Jiaojiao's head: "Jiaojiao is fine, thank you for saving Yaoyao."
Jiaojiao shook her head: "No thanks."
"Mom, why did you untie the little braid I tied for Jiaojiao?" Lou Yaoyao said dissatisfiedly.
Lou Shi turned her head and looked at her and said, "Jiaojiao is a boy. Tying pigtails on him and wearing a skirt will cause him to have cognitive problems with his gender before he grows up. This is not a good thing. Can't we know it this way in the future?"
Although she didn't quite understand, Lou Yaoyao nodded, realizing that this would be bad for Jiaojiao: "Got it. I won't tie Jiaojiao's hair or let her wear a little skirt in the future."
Lou Shi smiled and touched her head.
Li Yubai, who had just finished cleaning up the kitchen, heard Lou Shi's words and paused.
He looked at Lou Shi, who was looking at Lou Yaoyao with eyes full of love, and suddenly began to question his previous idea that he could take good care of Jiaojiao.
Raising a child doesn’t seem to be just about providing food and clothing.
Just as Li Yubai lowered his eyes and thought about something, Lou Yaoyao, who was squatting in front of Jiaojiao, suddenly said, "Jiaojiao, your father is here."
Hearing Lou Yaoyao say this, Jiaojiao turned her head and looked behind her.
When she really saw her father, she quickly supported herself on the ground with her hands, stuck out her butt, and climbed up. She ran forward and handed him the remaining half bottle of milk: "Daddy, drink it."
Li Yubai came to his senses and squatted down to take Jiaojiao's bottle. He unscrewed the cap and drank the remaining milk. Then he reached out and hugged Jiaojiao and said, "Didn't you say you didn't have to leave any for me?"
Jiaojiao, holding the empty bottle, smiled happily with curved eyebrows: "It tastes good. Jiaojiao wants to give it to Daddy."
Hearing this, Li Yubai suddenly smiled and reached out to pinch Jiaojiao's face.
He thought that although he was still unqualified now, he had a strong ability to learn.
Shi Huairou, who also heard what Lou Shi said, frowned and thought for a while, then ran to Mu Yichen's room and knocked on the door.
Mu Yicheng, who was video chatting with his father, ran over and opened the door: "What's going on?"
Shi Huairou whispered something to him, and Mu Yicheng turned around and ran back to rummage through the wardrobe. After a while, he took out a short-sleeved shirt and pants that he had never worn and handed them to Shi Huairou.
Shi Huairou ran back after getting the clothes and pants and handed them to Li Yubai. Then she looked up at Jiaojiao and said a little guiltily, "I'm sorry, Jiaojiao. I didn't know it was wrong to put a skirt on you."
Jiaojiao, who was in her father's arms, looked down at her skirt and tilted her head in confusion: "No, it's not good."
In the end, Li Yubai did not let Jiaojiao change into Mu Yichen's clothes because the clothes he bought online had already been delivered.
Li Yubai had no money, so he borrowed some. Instead of borrowing from others, he borrowed it from an online app. After borrowing the money, he bought a few children's clothes online, and then asked the errand boy to help him put them in the dry cleaners and pick them up after washing.
After putting on new clothes, Jiaojiao is a cute little boy again.
Jiaojiao, standing on the bed, obviously liked his new clothes very much. He lowered his head and looked at the little fat pigeon on his belly with sparkling eyes, and carefully reached out to touch it.
This is not only a little fat pigeon, but also a small pocket that can hold things. Li Yubai specially picked it for him because he saw that he always likes to put things in the pocket in front of his belly.
Jiaojiao, who really liked her new clothes, looked up and gave a soft smile. She took a few steps forward with her short legs, then stood on tiptoe and rubbed Li Yubai's chin with her furry head: "Dad, I like it~"
Li Yubai, who was rubbed all over, had a smile in his lowered eyes.
Downstairs, Shi Chengshuo and Lou Shi were talking with the director. The purpose of their visit was to take their daughter away. After the incident with the silver ring snake, they were not at ease to let their daughter stay in such an irresponsible program crew.
Shi Huairou, who was playing with building blocks in the living room with Lou Yaoyao, Cao Yuhao, and Mu Yicheng, said worriedly, "My dad will definitely take me home, but I don't want to be separated from my brother Jiaojiao."
"Me too." Lou Yaoyao raised her little hand and said, "Brother Jiaojiao is so cute. He pokes my face and pinches my hands, and calls me sister. I can't bear to leave my brother Jiaojiao."
Cao Yuhao was also a little unhappy. His father had just called and said he would come to pick him up later. This time, no matter how he made a fuss, it would be useless.
Among the few people, Mu Yicheng was the calmest, even with a hint of joy between his eyebrows. When Shi Huairou and the others asked him about it, he couldn't suppress his joy and said, "My father promised me that he would adopt Jiaojiao as my brother."
Shi Huairou and Lou Yaoyao were stunned when they heard this.
Yes, Jiaojiao is from an orphanage, and children from orphanages can be adopted home!
The two people who reacted quickly had their eyes lit up and stood up and ran out.
Shi Huairou: "Dad, I want to adopt Jiaojiao brother!"
Lou Yaoyao: "Mom, hurry up and adopt Jiaojiao as my brother. If you're too late, he'll be snatched away."
Cao Yuhao finally reacted and jumped up from the ground with a scream. He lowered his head and pressed the phone watch on his hand to call his father to ask him to adopt Jiaojiao.
Mu Yichen was stunned by the reactions of several people. After realizing that they were trying to snatch Jiaojiao's younger brother from him, he felt very annoyed about why he had told them about this.
At the Nantai Old Street Welfare House in Beijing, the director of the welfare house was stunned when he heard the person in front of him say that he wanted to adopt Jiaojiao. "You want to adopt Jiaojiao?"
Wang Yu, the driver chosen by Li Jingyi to be this unjust boss, said with a smile: "He's only two years old and doesn't remember anything. I'll definitely raise him as my own child if I take him home."
The dean, knowing Jiaojiao had a very good memory, hesitated and said, "Jiaojiao has a very good memory. If you want a child who doesn't remember things, can I introduce you to other children?"
"No!" Wang Yu refused without hesitation. Seeing the director's strange expression, he quickly said, "Well, doesn't my wife like watching variety shows? The other day, she saw Jiaojiao on Time and Space's Zaizai and said she loved him very much. Now, when she found out he was from an orphanage, she felt so sorry for him that she immediately asked me to adopt Jiaojiao. If I adopt another child, I wouldn't be able to report him back. Since my wife loves Jiaojiao so much, please sign the adoption agreement and agree!"
"Don't worry, we will definitely treat Jiaojiao well and raise him as if he were our own child. Besides, Jiaojiao is so cute and well-behaved, who would have the heart to treat him badly?"
The director agreed with this statement, but when he thought of Jiaojiao squatting at the gate waiting for her father every day since she came to the welfare home, he became a little hesitant.
Finally, the dean said, "Jiaojiao is currently recording a program. We should let the child come back to meet him. We can then see if they are compatible. Let's wait a few days for this matter. It's not a pressing matter anyway."
"Also, this will allow you to calm down and think about whether you are truly ready to be qualified parents. You can't just adopt a child on impulse. Abandoning the child later would be very hurtful to him."
Hearing this, Wang Yu patted his chest and assured that he and his wife were absolutely ready to adopt Jiaojiao, and they would definitely treat Jiaojiao well and would not abandon her.
However, the dean still delayed the matter by asking them to calm down and asking Jiaojiao to come back and see him.
Everything the dean said made sense, and was all based on the child's perspective. Unable to refute, Wang Yu had to agree to wait for Jiaojiao to come back and see him. After talking to the dean, he turned and left.
In the office, the dean was very worried as he watched him leave.
This man's conditions are good, and it seems that he really wants to adopt Jiaojiao. However, he has not laid eyes on the children in the yard since he came in, and when he said he wanted to introduce other children to him, he refused without hesitation.
Earlier, three-year-old Guoguo accidentally bumped into him while playing, and he frowned.
From this we can see that this person's love for children is questionable.
When I first agreed to let Jiaojiao appear on that variety show, I just thought that Jiaojiao was so cute, and if people saw him on TV, there would probably be a lot of people who would want to adopt him, and then I could choose a good family to adopt Jiaojiao.
But now it seems that we also have to be wary of some people who are only attracted by Jiaojiao's fame and soft and cute appearance, and adopt him with the intention of making Jiaojiao money.
The more I thought about the dean, the more worried I became.
There was a knock on the door. The dean looked up from his desk. "What's up?"
"Dean, another person has arrived, also wanting to adopt Jiaojiao!"
Come to adopt Jiaojiao?
I'm afraid it's another...
The worried dean walked out from behind his desk and planned to go and take a look.
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