Chapter 84
As he walked closer, Li Yubai gradually saw the appearance of the child sitting at the corner.
The child was very small, looking only a little over two years old. Although there was an eaves under the corner of the alley where he was sitting to shelter him from the rain, it was not very effective because the rain was too heavy.
Her black hair, wet by the rain, was messily stuck to her porcelain-white face. She didn't cry even though her whole body was soaked by the rain. She just sat quietly on the ground without crying or making any noise.
When she saw him coming, she tilted her head back and looked at him with her dark and clear eyes, confused and curious.
Li Yubai met the child's gaze and squatted down with an umbrella. He used his body to block the wind while tilting the umbrella toward the child. The tilt of the umbrella instantly exposed his back to the baptism of the heavy rain.
Li Yubai, who was already soaked, didn't care about these things. He lowered his eyes and looked at the child's clothes.
The child was wearing dark blue overalls with white cloud patterns and a beige short-sleeved shirt with a little fat pigeon.
He reached out and touched it. Although he couldn't tell what brand it was, the material looked very good. He initially guessed that the family was well-off.
As he thought about it, he looked at the bottle on the child's back. It was light green and transparent, and there was no logo or other information visible on it.
After looking at all this and not getting any useful information, Li Yubai spoke in a cold and low voice: "Why are you here? Where are your parents?"
Jiaojiao, who didn't quite understand what he said, tilted her head and blinked blankly: "Ah~"
Li Yubai raised his eyebrows slightly when he found that he couldn't understand. According to common sense, a two-year-old child can understand some daily conversations and can also give clear responses.
So in this situation, could it be that this child has some problem with his IQ, which is why he was abandoned?
Li Yubai, making reasonable assumptions, then asked some daily questions, such as what was his name? Where did he live? And other simple questions. As expected, the child in front of him didn't understand a single word and didn't give any clear response.
Li Yubai, who judged that there was some problem with the child's IQ, was a little hesitant at this time. Logically, he should call the police now. After all, whether the child was lost by himself or abandoned by his parents, the police had to deal with it.
But the problem is that it is raining so heavily now, the police station is far away from here, and it is also the peak traffic period for people going to and from get off work and school. If we wait here for the police to arrive, it will take at least an hour.
Li Yubai, who was soaked all over, was unwilling to squat in the rain for an hour. After hesitating for a while, he decided to take the child home first and send him to the police station after the rain stopped.
Thinking of this, Li Yubai extended his hand to the child: "Come."
Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the ground, blinked, moved forward a few steps, opened her arms and moved into Li Yubai's arms.
The child's body was very small and soft. Li Yubai, who had never touched a child before, stiffened his whole body. It took him three attempts to find the right strength and posture to pick up the child.
He rushed home carrying the child. As soon as he entered the house, he went straight to the bathroom. After running the hot water and taking off his clothes neatly, he looked at the child sitting on the ground with a confused look in his eyes with a headache.
After hesitating for a while, Li Yubai squatted down and carefully and clumsily took off the child's wet clothes. After taking them off, he found that the child had very little flesh on his body, and even his ribs could be vaguely seen.
Li Yubai frowned, threw the child's wet clothes into the washing machine, then turned around and carried the child into the bathtub.
Jiaojiao was very well behaved during the whole bathing process. She didn't struggle or make a fuss. She just looked at Li Yubai with her dark, ignorant eyes open. She raised her hands when asked to and closed her eyes when asked to. But even so, the whole bathing experience was still very bad for Li Yubai. He was clumsy like never before.
This was all because the child's arms and legs were too pale and thin, as if they would break if not handled with care. This caused him to be nervous and afraid to use any strength during the entire process, and he inevitably became restrained.
After taking some effort to wash the child, Li Yubai quickly gave himself a quick bath, wrapped the child tightly in a bath towel, and carried the child out of the bathroom.
After coming out, he first used a towel to wipe Jiaojiao's hair until it was 70% dry, and then blew it with a hair dryer. When he felt it was almost dry, he put Jiaojiao on the sofa and turned to go into the room to take care of himself.
Jiaojiao was sitting on the sofa very well behaved. She held the bath towel wrapped around her with her little hands and turned her little head to look around curiously.
When Li Yubai came out after changing his clothes, he saw Jiaojiao looking around like a little hamster.
Jiaojiao, who was wrapped up so that only her face was exposed, turned her head and saw Li Yubai, and subconsciously raised her head to give him a soft smile.
Li Yubai was stunned when he saw his smile, and then the coldness between his brows faded a lot. This child was unusually cute.
He turned and walked into the bathroom to take out the child's dried clothes, and changed the child's clothes a little clumsily. Just after he finished changing, he heard a gurgling sound.
Li Yubai accurately identified the source of the voice and looked into the child's dark, clear eyes. "Are you hungry?"
Seeing that the child had a blank look in his eyes and obviously didn't understand, he thought for a moment and gestured with his hands to eat.
Seeing what was going on, Jiaojiao covered her rumbling stomach and looked at him with sparkling eyes. She nodded and imitated the sound of hunger: "Gurgle, gurgle."
Li Yubai got the answer and stood up and went to the kitchen to look through the refrigerator. Finally, he brought a cup of warm milk and toast: "Here."
When Jiaojiao reached out to take the cup of milk, Li Yubai looked at his extremely small hand, and reached out to support the bottom of the cup for him because he was afraid that he couldn't hold it steadily.
Holding the cup with both hands, Jiaojiao looked at it curiously, then lowered her head to sniff, and after discovering a pleasant smell, she lowered her head and took a tentative sip.
The sweet taste of milk slid into her mouth, Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, she looked up and smiled at Li Yubai, then buried her head and started drinking.
Seeing him drinking so sweetly, Li Yubai's mood suddenly improved a lot.
After drinking about half of it, Jiaojiao refused to drink anymore. Li Yubai was a little confused. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the child push the cup towards him and said in a childish voice, "Dad—"
When Li Yubai heard Jiaojiao's voice, the first thing that flashed through his mind was, "This child can talk?!"
When he realized what the child called him, he almost dropped the cup of milk in his hand. After being surprised, he calmed down and thought about what had just happened. He felt that the child must have mistaken him for his father because he gave him food.
Li Yubai, realizing this, lowered his head to meet the child's admiring eyes, and said slowly and seriously, "You've got the wrong person. I'm not your father."
Jiaojiao, who only understood the word "Dad", curved her eyes and called out softly, "Dad."
Li Yubai was silent for a while, feeling a little helpless facing such a child who was unable to communicate.
"Daddy, ah~" Seeing that her father didn't move, Jiaojiao pushed the milk towards Li Yubai again.
Li Yubai realized from his action that he wanted him to drink as well. He was slightly startled, then said, "Dad... No, I won't drink. You can drink it."
Li Yubai, who almost followed the child's words and called himself the father, braked the car in time, and then was a little surprised. The child's ability to bewitch people was so strong that even he was almost led away.
Obviously not understanding, Jiaojiao opened her big, confused eyes and kept pushing the cup towards him, saying softly, "Daddy, ah."
Faced with Jiaojiao who was unable to communicate, Li Yubai gave up the attempt to communicate and simply put the milk on the coffee table. He took two tissues from the table to wipe the milk stains on the child's mouth, and then took the bread beside him and put it in the child's hand.
Holding the bread in his two little hands, Jiaojiao blinked in confusion when he saw that his father didn't drink milk. He tilted his head and thought hard, then, thinking that his father didn't like milk, he handed the delicious-smelling bread to his father and said, "Dad."
This time Li Yubai was really helpless.
He looked at the child's face, which was so thin that there was not a trace of baby fat that a child of this age should have, and then met the child's bright eyes filled with expectation. An extremely unfamiliar feeling spread from the bottom of his heart.
Li Yubai, who had no idea what this feeling was, put his fingers on his head and chuckled softly. Then he compromised and took the bread from the child's hand, put it to his mouth and took a bite.
Seeing his father take the delicious food from his hand and start to eat, Jiaojiao curved his eyebrows, lowered his head to smell the hand that had just taken the bread, smacked his lips greedily, pointed at the milk on the coffee table, and looked up at Li Yubai: "Dad, Jiaojiao."
Hearing his words, Li Yubai looked down at him and asked, "Your name is Jiaojiao?"
Jiaojiao looked up at him and pointed at the milk on the coffee table: "Jiaojiao."
Li Yubai frowned slightly, reached out to take the milk and handed it to him, not forgetting to help him hold the bottom of the cup.
Having gotten the milk again, Jiaojiao held the cup with both hands and drank it happily. Her tender white feet, which were not wearing shoes yet, were slightly curled up. Li Yubai narrowed his eyes slightly, and a faint smile appeared in his dark eyes.
I couldn't help but sigh again in my heart, this child is really cute!
However, he now has doubts about his previous idea that the child had an IQ problem.
Li Yubai's dark eyes flashed. Is it that the child has an IQ problem, or has he not received a normal education at all?
Thinking of this, he took a few tissues to wipe the milk stains off Jiaojiao's mouth after she finished drinking the milk. Then he pointed to the cup on the table and said tentatively, "Cup."
Jiaojiao looked at him blankly.
Li Yubai met his gaze and pointed at the cup on the table and said again: "Cup."
"Bozi." Jiaojiao repeated it vaguely.
Li Yubai lowered his eyes and said again: "Cup."
"Cup." Jiaojiao read it much more clearly this time.
Seeing this, Li Yubai pointed at the coffee table and said, "Table."
"Be a son."
"table."
"table."
After calling out to everything in the living room, Li Yubai almost had the answer in his mind.
This child named Jiaojiao is very smart. He can almost say a word after repeating it twice. If we go back and ask him again in a shuffled order, he can still say it accurately.
If that's the case, what exactly caused this child to be unable to speak anything except his father and his own name?
Li Yubai, who was thinking about something, walked to the window and looked out. The heavy rain outside had almost stopped, with only a few small raindrops still falling.
He raised his hand to check the time, which was around 7:30. He glanced at the child sitting on the sofa, looking at him with his round eyes. After thinking for a while, he decided to call the police station.
After finishing the call, Li Yubai picked up Jiaojiao, filled his small bottle with milk, put it on his back, and then rushed to the police station with him.
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