Chapter 12: Pauper Dad
Yu An said he would raise Solander and he did what he said. He hurriedly asked the housekeeper for an unused fish tank, filled it with water, and put Solander in it. "Is this water okay?"
Solander is not a real octopus and can survive without water. Watching the little guy running around and busying himself for him, Solander can feel warm even if he is in cold water.
A cub angel had appeared in their Uzatos clan. Solander was deeply moved. He looked at Yu An with even more love in his eyes. He sank to the bottom of the fish tank, blowing bubbles, "It's OK."
Yu An was relieved, "Then I'll go find you something to eat."
After saying this, without giving Solander a chance to persuade him to stay, he ran to the garden to find the uncle who specialized in raising koi in the garden's ornamental pond and asked him how to raise a small octopus.
The uncle gave Yu An a bag of ornamental fish feed and dried shrimp and other food, and said uncertainly: "I have never raised an octopus, but its diet should be similar to that of carnivorous marine fish. It should be able to eat these things."
Yu An carried the two bags, said thank you to his uncle, and ran back quickly, fearing that Solander would starve to death without eating.
It was seven in the morning. Lin Huaichen was dressed and ready to go out. As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Xiao Yu An from the next room running back to the room in high spirits. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, "An An, why are you up so early today?"
Yu An stopped and was also puzzled. "Dad, why are you still at home?"
Every time he got up, Lin Huaichen had already gone out to work, and he could never see him in the morning.
"So our little darling got up very early today." Lin Huaichen picked him up, gave him a good morning kiss, and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "What did you do? Why are you sweating all over?"
Yu An held up the food for Solander and said, "I have a little octopus. This is the food for the little octopus. Dad, please let me go quickly. My little octopus is starving to death."
Where did the octopus come from?
Lin Huaichen was puzzled and followed Yu An to his room. Looking at the small octopus as big as a baby's palm in the fish tank, his dark eyebrows frowned slightly. This octopus gave him a very strange feeling.
Yu An scattered fish feed and small shrimps on the water surface. When he saw no sign of the little octopus coming to eat, he knocked on the wall of the fish tank and reminded it, "Eat, or you'll be hungry."
Solande tensed up since Lin Huaichen stepped into the room. He could sense the strength of this man, a strength that should not exist in this fragile world.
If there were many such beings, the space of this world wouldn't have become so shattered and broken, Solander thought to himself. It seemed that this world was more dangerous than he had imagined, at least for the defenseless little cubs.
Solande became even more determined to stay by Yu An's side.
Facing Lin Huaichen's scrutinizing gaze, Solander silently hid behind a small stone, pretending to be an ordinary little octopus.
"An An, where did you find this octopus?" Lin Huaichen suddenly looked sideways and asked Yu An.
Yu An pointed at the succulent plant outside the window and said, "There, it lies there and sleeps in the morning. It's so cute. I want to raise it."
Lin Huaichen nodded slightly, touched Yu An's little head, and looked vaguely at Solande. He did not detect any alien breath on this octopus, but its appearance was very strange.
I've never seen an octopus climb through a window.
Yu An was unaware of the undercurrent between his father and Solander. He was anxious that Solander didn't eat, so he brought some shrimp to his mouth and said, "Eat it~"
Soland hesitated for a moment, but couldn't bear to hit Yu An. He slowly stretched out his tentacles, wrapped up the shrimp, and began to eat it slowly.
"An An, let's go have breakfast too." Lin Huaichen glanced at the little octopus and poured a full layer of fish feed. "Let it eat on its own. It's so well behaved, I believe it will finish all the feed."
Although he had doubts in his heart, Lin Huaichen did not act rashly. The octopus seemed very docile and not hostile to Yu An, and Yu An also liked it very much.
Without definite evidence, Lin Huaichen didn't plan to do anything to the octopus, fearing it would leave a psychological trauma on the child.
But there shouldn't be any problem in giving the other person a proper beating, Lin Huaichen raised the corners of his lips slightly.
Yu An didn't know how much the little octopus ate, but he believed Lin Huaichen's words without a doubt. He went to the fish tank and told Solander, "You must eat well. I will come to see you after dinner."
Solande really wanted to tell Yu An that he ate these things, but Lin Huaichen was always watching him closely. It would be bad if he noticed that the cub was abnormal.
Solande had no choice but to shut up and say nothing. He ate the fish feed in big mouthfuls and cursed Lin Huaichen's entire family in his heart.
Aunt Liu had already prepared breakfast. She was very surprised to see Lin Huaichen bringing Yu An downstairs. She looked worried, "Did Xiao An An not sleep well? You got up too early today."
In the past, Yu An was rather sleepy and would not get up until around nine o'clock.
Yu An shook his head and smiled with two dimples, "No, I slept very well."
I also dreamed of eating strawberry cake.
Yu An asked eagerly, "Dad, can I have a piece of strawberry cake today?"
Lin Huaichen took him to sit at the dining table, "Sure, I'll bring you a piece after get off work this afternoon. Just strawberry cake? Would you like some other flavors?"
Yu An shook his head very deliberately, "No, I just want strawberry cake."
After finishing his meal, Yu An ran into the room, took out a hundred-dollar bill from his piggy bank, and ran to Lin Huaichen, "Buy the cake, give me the money."
When Lin Huaichen saw his private money again, he was overwhelmed with emotions. His conscience and morality were torn between the extremes. In the end, he did not take Yu An's money. "Dad has money, and he doesn't need An An's money."
Yu An looked doubtful, "Really?"
He had already learned from the butler that although the family was rich, all the money was with Father Wen, and Father Lin was a pauper even poorer than him.
Lin Huaichen was irritated by his gaze. "Of course I am the head of the family. How could I be broke? This is an insult to my absolute status!"
When Yu An heard the seriousness of the matter, he immediately stopped insulting his father and took the hundred yuan.
Before leaving, Lin Huaichen sneaked back into the master bedroom, hiding from Yu An. He carefully hugged Wen Xun and shook him, "Baby~"
"Baby, you haven't given me my pocket money for today."
"An An wants to eat strawberry cake today..."
Wen Xun was in a bad mood when he woke up. He pulled the quilt over his head and hid in it. "The bank card is in the drawer. Get it yourself and don't bother me."
After getting permission, Lin Huaichen quietly opened the drawer. The drawer was full of bank cards thrown in haphazardly. He took the one with the least money, dug Wen Xun out from under the quilt, and kissed him on the lips, "I'm going to work. Goodbye, baby."
Wen Xun looked at Lin Huaichen coldly, with sleepiness still in her eyes. After he kissed her again and again, she couldn't help but hit him with a pillow.
After taking revenge, Wen Xun held the pillow in his arms, pulled Lin Huaicheng's pillow over and continued to sleep, leaving him with a round back of his head.
Lin Huaichen was almost dying of his cuteness. "By the way, An An raised a little octopus today. That octopus looks a little weird to me, so you should pay more attention to it."
Wen Xun only became more patient when he talked about serious matters. His voice was filled with sleepiness. "I understand."
Lin Huaichen had a cheap smile on his face. He touched his baby son's head, got into the expensive car, and finally went to work.
Yu An knelt on the sofa, resting his head on the back of the chair, watching Lin Huaichen's car gradually disappear from his sight. He turned his head and asked the housekeeper worriedly, "Does Dad really have money to buy me a cake?"
Butler Yide's eyes had seen through a lot. "Don't worry, the master still has money to buy you a small cake."
How could the dignified head of the Lin family really be penniless? It was just a hobby of the young couple, but children didn't need to know about such dirty things between adults.
Yu An was looking forward to the cake in the afternoon. At this moment, he was watching cartoons in the living room with nothing to do. Solander climbed out of the fish tank, climbed up his arm and onto his shoulder, and looked around the area with a condescending look.
Yu An turned to look at Him worriedly, "You really don't need to stay in the water? Won't you be short of water?"
Solander: [No, I'm a special octopus. I can survive without water.]
What a joke! How can he take care of his children if he stays in the fish tank every day?
Yu An was relieved now and happily watched cartoons with Solande. However, he was not very interested in cartoons. After watching for a while, he turned off the TV without interest and ran to the collection room to look at those sparkling gems and pearls.
This is Yu An’s biggest hobby recently. He takes out the jewelry from the display cabinet and then changes their position, placing them in another place, or putting similar colors together to match them.
Solander saw some of the underwater treasures that He had given to Yu An. Seeing him wiping them lovingly, he asked, "Hey, do you like these things very much?"
Yu An nodded and held up the emerald to the light. The crystal clear gem shone brightly and dazzlingly. "I like it. I like it very much."
In an instant, Solander had another goal: to find shiny stones for his cub to play with.
Yu An often stayed in the collection room for a long time. After Wen Xun got up and had breakfast, he came to find the child and naturally noticed the little octopus on the child's shoulder.
He looked at Solander suspiciously, his brows furrowing slightly. What kind of creature was this? Had it drunk nuclear wastewater?
"Dad!" Yu An threw himself into Wen Xun's arms and brought the little octopus on his shoulder in front of Wen Xun. "Look, this is the little octopus I raised."
Wen Xun looked at the little octopus carefully, and was inexplicably reminded of the octopus tentacles that lost the jewelry that day. Moreover, the octopus's eyes... were the same color as An An's.
In just a few seconds, many guesses flashed through Wen Xun's mind. He didn't show it on his face. He lowered his long eyelashes and touched Yu An's little head. "Well, An An is really loving."
Solander also recognized Wen Xun and quietly hid in Yu An's little hat. Wen Xun saw Solander's reaction clearly, his eyes were obscure, but out of sight, out of mind, so he ignored it.
Yu An was Wen Xun's little follower. He followed him to the study. Wen Xun taught Yu An how to write. Halfway through, he suddenly asked, "Does An An want to go to kindergarten?"
Yu An knew what kindergarten was like from cartoons. He hesitated, looked up at Wen Xun, and threw himself into his arms, "...I don't want to leave you and Dad Lin."
"Then don't go." Wen Xun made the final decision, "I can teach you at home. What do you want to learn? Calculus, geophysics, applied chemistry, new molecular materials... I can teach you everything."
"My friend is a doctor. If you want to study medicine, that's fine. I can ask him to teach you."
"I have a friend who studies artificial intelligence. If you want to pursue a career in this field, I can ask him to teach you."
"I have another friend..."
Wen Xun talked about all the friends he knew, covering various fields. As long as Yu An nodded, he could get them to take care of the child.
He was full of anticipation, "So, which one do you want to learn?"
Yu An was stunned. He didn't understand a single thing Wen Xun said. After thinking for a while, he picked up the children's addition, subtraction, and multiplication workbook on the table and said, "I want to learn this."
Wen Xun: “…”
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