Chapter 16
A very eye-catching scene appeared on the noisy and chaotic streets: a child was carried by a balloon and floated in the low sky; a man, whose whole body and even the hair showed his fierceness and viciousness, was slightly bending over to make it easier for the child to hold his fingers.
The combination of sunshine, balloons, children, and men creates a very childlike and heartwarming scene.
but……
The people around who saw this scene couldn't help but rub their eyes frequently, and several times wondered if they were sunburned by the not-so-hot morning sun.
Why does this person look so much like Yin Zheng? !
Although everyone was somewhat mentally prepared for the fact that he had picked up a child and brought him home to raise, they still found it hard to accept the way he doted on the child and played around with him.
The sound of vehicles passing by on the road and the cursing voices of women in the alley mixed together. For a moment, everyone was a little divided, finding it difficult to connect the Yin Zheng in front of them with the previous monster, who was ferocious and without any human emotions.
So they all agreed that they were hallucinating because they were overwhelmed by the morning sun.
This year's summer is much more severe than in previous years, but I didn't expect that even the morning sunlight could be so powerful!
Yin Zheng ignored the gazes and self-deceiving mutterings around him as he walked on the road. His eyes were fixed on Jiaojiao, ready to put him down if he felt uncomfortable.
Jiaojiao was very excited as it was her first time going out on the street at this angle. She nervously held Yin Zheng's fingers tightly with her tender little hands, and happily moved her short legs in the air a few times.
When Jiaojiao looked up at Yin Zheng, she moved her hands up and down to imitate the flapping of a pigeon's wings. Her soft voice couldn't hide her joy: "Dad, Jiaojiao is flying."
Yin Zheng reached out and tested the bottle carrier. After finding that he could easily fit a finger in, he asked with some concern, "Is it tight?"
Before going out, Yin Zheng was afraid that Jiaojiao would be uncomfortable with the bottle strap if she was hanging in the air for a long time, so he wrapped the strap with a sponge, but he was still a little worried.
This kind of worry was quite new to Yin Zheng.
"No." Jiaojiao shook her head, her little head drooping with a little loss, and her other little hand unconsciously scratched the corner of her clothes.
Jiaojiao, who cares about his father very much, can actually vaguely feel that every time he calls him dad, Yin Zheng subconsciously avoids him and never responds to him directly.
Jiaojiao didn't know why this happened, but he consciously found a reason for his father in his heart. It was probably because he and his father were not very familiar with each other yet. When they were very familiar with each other, his father would respond to him.
After figuring it out, he raised his little head and gave Yin Zheng, who was staring at him, a crescent smile: "Hello, Dad."
Thoughts flashed through Yin Zheng's eyes. Why did he feel that the child was a little lost just now?
Unable to figure it out, he looked at Jiaojiao with her eyes curved into a smile, then thought he must have been wrong.
He has never had a good understanding of emotions, so it is very likely that he did not judge Jiaojiao's emotions well.
Thinking of this, Yin Zheng let Jiaojiao hold his hand and lead him towards the outer city.
When the adult and the child just walked from the chaotic area to the outer city, they met Fang Xingqiao and Xi Fang.
Fang Xingqiao, who was being led by Xi Fang, looked at Jiaojiao floating in the air, and then followed the line to see the giant balloon above.
The scene of a stool being carried high into the sky by a balloon that I saw from afar yesterday suddenly flashed through my confused mind.
Fang Xingqiao, who had been being led like a puppet, suddenly let go of Xi Fang's hand and walked forward.
Xi Fang, whose hand was released, concealed his surprise and stood there with a smile, intending to see what Fang Xingqiao, who had taken the initiative to react for the first time, would do.
Yin Zheng, who was standing in front of Jiaojiao, looked at Fang Xingqiao. Remembering how Jiaojiao greeted him twice in a row yesterday, he acquiesced to his approach.
He doesn't need friends, but Luo Andeli said that Jiaojiao's personality is a little too quiet and she needs more friends to become lively and cheerful.
Thinking of this, Yin Zheng just glanced at Fang Xingqiao, and after confirming that he was not a threat, he did not stop him.
Jiaojiao, who was looking for something in his pocket, noticed Fang Xingqiao approaching. Seeing a familiar person again, he couldn't help but curl his eyes and waved his little hand softly in greeting, "Hello."
A gust of wind blew, and Jiaojiao in the air swayed twice. Fang Xingqiao, who had stopped after being greeted, saw this scene and took a few steps forward. Then he reached out and grabbed Jiaojiao's feet and began to pull her down.
Although Fang Xingqiao had psychological problems and looked a little abnormal, the Ji family, believing that their nephew would return to normal one day in the future, had been feeding him the direction of a mecha pilot, using all kinds of alien meat and alien cores on him.
So the twelve-year-old Fang Xingqiao was quite strong and easily pulled Jiaojiao down from the air.
The noise of passing vehicles and people was deafening. Jiaojiao, suddenly dragged to the ground, blinked blankly. He looked at Fang Xingqiao, who was squatting in front of him, still holding his feet to prevent him from flying into the sky, and asked softly, "Why did you pull Jiaojiao down?"
Fang Xingqiao did not react and continued to hold his foot firmly.
"He must be afraid that you will fly away." Xi Fang came up and said with a smile.
Hearing his words, Jiaojiao looked up at the balloon in the sky, then looked down at Fang Xingqiao who was pressing his feet, tilted his head and thought for a while.
After realizing that he was worried about her flying away, Jiaojiao stopped being angry. She squatted down and looked up at Fang Xingqiao's face. Her chubby face was filled with a rare seriousness: "Don't fly away. Daddy is here. Daddy will hold Jiaojiao."
Fang Xingqiao stared at Jiaojiao who was squatting down to talk to him. He didn't know whether she understood or not, but he didn't let go of the hand that was pressing on his foot.
Jiaojiao, who got no response, thought that he didn't understand what he said. He placed his hands on his knees and sighed solemnly. Then, with his chubby little face tilted upwards, he stretched out his hands to Yin Zheng and said, "Daddy, I don't want the balloon. I want a hug."
Yin Zheng, who had been worried that the buoyancy of the balloon would squeeze him, squatted down after hearing this, reached out to lift Fang Xingqiao away, and at the same time pressed Jiaojiao's head with his hand to prevent him from floating up.
The moment the balloon strings were untied, two huge balloons suddenly flew into the sky.
Jiaojiao, leaning on her father's arms, looked at the balloon flying away in the sky, raised her little hand and said goodbye to the balloon: "Goodbye."
Yin Zheng's gaze fell on Jiaojiao's face as she said goodbye to the balloon in his arms foolishly. Feeling the soft body in his arms, the discomfort that had been in his heart since he left the house suddenly disappeared.
He held Jiaojiao in his arms and strode towards Lido Mall, intending to buy the toys he had not bought yesterday.
Behind them, Xi Fang was holding Fang Xingqiao's hand and following them.
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There is an area on the third floor of Lido Mall specially designated for children to play. In order to prevent children from falling and getting hurt, the ground is specially paved with colorful foam mats.
Amid the noisy sounds of other children chasing and playing, Jiaojiao was sitting on the ground concentrating on building blocks with Fang Xingqiao. Of course, most of the time he was the one building the blocks, and Fang Xingqiao took a long time to build one block. He often lost control of his strength and knocked down the blocks that Jiaojiao had already built high.
But Jiaojiao was not angry. She picked up the scattered building blocks and started building again.
Fang Xingqiao, holding a building block in his hand, stared at Jiaojiao's profile as she was building with the blocks. Suddenly, a blurry figure who was also building with him flashed through his mind intermittently.
"Uncle." Fang Xingqiao, who had been sitting aside for a long time without moving, suddenly called out to Jiaojiao who was concentrating on building blocks.
"Huh?" Jiaojiao, who didn't hear clearly, looked over with confusion in her eyes.
Seeing him looking over, Fang Xingqiao moved in front of him with a building block in hand, looked straight at him and called out, "Uncle."
"!!" Jiaojiao, who was building blocks, was at a loss.
Jiaojiao, who didn't understand what "little uncle" meant, naturally understood it to mean uncle.
Is Jiaojiao an uncle now?
He tilted his little head, imagined Uncle Luo An's height, then looked at his own short legs. He couldn't understand how he became an uncle.
"Uncle." Seeing Jiaojiao ignoring him, Fang Xingqiao buried his head in Jiaojiao's arms and rubbed it coquettishly, just like when he was a child.
Jiaojiao was knocked backwards and lay on the ground in a daze.
The children around who saw this scene burst into laughter.
Jiaojiao, who sat up from the ground with difficulty, smiled and shook her little head with a little joy.
Jiaojiao is my uncle now!
Jiaojiao looked happily at Fang Xingqiao lying on his lap and did not reach out to push him away like last time. Instead, he took out a piece of candy that his father had just bought from his pocket and gave it to Fang Xingqiao like an uncle.
Fang Xingqiao, who was lying on his lap, took the candy, staring at him with his deep green eyes, and called out stubbornly, "Uncle."
"Hey." Jiaojiao responded childishly, happily patting his head with her little hand and urging him, "Get up and build with blocks."
Big tears fell from Fang Xingqiao's wide eyes.
Seeing this, Jiaojiao quickly withdrew her hand, thinking that she had hurt him on the head by hitting him. She quickly took out another candy from her pocket, peeled off the candy coating and stuffed it into his mouth. Her soft voice was a little guilty, "You are not allowed to cry after eating the candy.
Fang Xingqiao sat up with a candy in his mouth and obediently handed him the building blocks. From beginning to end, his deep green eyes were fixed on Jiaojiao, and from time to time he would call out, "Uncle."
"Yeah." Jiaojiao's childish voice responded very loudly.
Yin Zheng, who was called over by Xi Fang, looked at Jiaojiao from time to time. He almost rushed over when Fang Xingqiao knocked Jiaojiao down.
If Jiaojiao hadn't gotten up quickly, Fang Xingqiao would have been grabbed by the collar and thrown aside by Yin Zheng.
Seeing this, Xi Fang smiled and said, "You like that child very much, why don't you go through the adoption procedures and register him with your household registration?"
The sharp words made Yin Zheng retract his gaze and fall on him.
Facing Yin Zheng's unfriendly gaze, Xi Fang continued, "We've looked into your situation. You've been emotionally indifferent since childhood. That child is the only one who can cause you to experience emotional fluctuations, so you cherish him very much."
"But you feel that you can't take good care of him, so you have been reluctant to go through the adoption process, hoping that one day you can find reliable adoptive parents who will treat the child well."
"What a heart full of love and care!" Xi Fang sighed and his eyes fell on Yin Zheng's face.
People like Yin Zheng actually make it easy for people to guess what he is thinking.
Because he knew no fear and had never been afraid, every move he made was so blatant and he never concealed it.
Moreover, because he had been emotionally blank, like a blank piece of paper, any drop of ink on it was so conspicuous, so as long as there was any fluctuation in Yin Zheng's heart, his emotions would be clearly shown on his face and body.
"The young master is the son of the Fang family in Central City and the nephew of the Ji family." Xi Fang continued, "In some ways, he's very similar to you. For example, no external stimuli can stir up any emotional fluctuations in either of you. For example, you're both easily moved by that child."
"But you can't give your child a safe, excellent life, or a bright future. We can provide all of these, whether it's a safe, excellent, and prosperous life, sufficient resources, loving parents, or a bright future. The Ji family can provide them."
"So can you hand the child over to us? Don't you also want to find a pair of good enough adoptive parents for the child?" Xi Fang said with a smile.
The sound of children crying and quarreling could be heard in the distance. Xi Fang, who was maintaining a smile on his face, unconsciously rubbed the coffee in his hand, and his feet under the table could not help but shrink back.
The man in front of him had a gloomy expression, and an extremely fierce and cruel look appeared in his only remaining right eye... He was like a dragon whose treasure was being peeped at, and the aura of his body was so violent that he couldn't help but feel a little scared.
The rich aroma of coffee lingered at his nose, but it couldn't soothe Xi Fang's tense heart. For a moment, he thought the person in front of him would attack him.
I finally understood why everyone in the outer city who knew Yin Zheng showed such fear and rejection from the news I had heard.
Jiaojiao, who was feeling happy about becoming an uncle in the distance, suddenly raised her head and stared at Yin Zheng who was not far away.
Dad seems very sad!
Realizing this, Jiaojiao immediately climbed up anxiously with her hands on the ground, and ran over here, calling out anxiously in a tender voice: "Dad, Dad."
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