Chapter 101: Adopting Little Dumpling
Xiao Nian finished speaking and used an evil-dispelling talisman on the snow-white and delicate dumpling.
Xiao Xu and Ke Yan on the side took several steps back, but the little dumpling just frowned and muttered in a small voice, “So stinky. Sister is bad.” With that, she was about to start crying.
“Wah! Stinky, sister is bad. Sob… wah…”
“Alright, alright. Sister is bad. Let’s not bother with her. Come on, I’ll take you to eat candy. Don’t cry,” Jiang Jiajia said, patting her little back and coaxing her.
“Hanyan, what should we do? Should we keep this child?” Liu Chuxia said with a frown.
She was not a merciful person. A ghost baby was an uncontrollable thing in the first place. And now this child was so strange, actually having half human genes. That would make it even more difficult to deal with her.
“I don’t know. Let’s call Mas… Mom first and see what she says.”
“Okay.”
Then Liu Chuxia dialed Liu Chu’s number.
“Hello? My dear, what’s wrong?”
“Mom, something strange has happened here. I can’t explain it to you over the phone. Can you come over now?”
Liu Chu looked at the mountain in front of her, frowned, and replied, “I can. I’ll be right back.”
An hour later, Liu Chu arrived at the bookstore.
“Mom,” Liu Chuxia said, taking her hand and leading her to the conference room.
“My dear, slow down. Hmm? Why is there a conference room here?”
“Let’s not talk about that for now. Mom, it’s her. The ghost baby with half human genes,” Liu Chuxia said, pointing at the little dumpling.
“Wow! What a cute little dumpling. Come, let Auntie hold you,” Liu Chu said, walking over and reaching out to the little dumpling with a smile.
The little one was very cooperative and held out her hands to be held. Liu Chu picked up the little dumpling and gave her a kiss. “Mmm~ so fragrant.”
“Hahaha, fragrant, Auntie, fragrant. Hehehaha,” the little one was extremely happy to be kissed. After that, she hugged Liu Chu and refused to let go.
“Mom?”
“Hmm? Oh, sorry. I just can’t walk away when I see a little cutie. Hahaha, it’s fine. Let’s just raise this child here. Have Xiao Xu and Xiaoyan give her at least one infusion of yin energy every day.
She can eat, but she can’t get full. You have to give her a spiritual energy talisman every day before she goes to sleep. It must be before she goes to sleep,” Liu Chu said with a smile, holding the little dumpling.
“She is a ghost baby, after all. I’m afraid…” Li Hanyan said with some worry.
“It’s fine. As long as you teach her well and don’t let her touch those ghost arts, it’s nothing serious. As for her having half human genes, you just need to know that this is a sin created by the ‘Master’,” Liu Chu said, pinching the little dumpling’s small cheek.
“‘Master,’ it’s the ‘Master’ again. Patriarch Liu, can you tell us who the ‘Master’ is? What is she planning?” Jiang Jiajia asked, pulling open her collar in frustration and looking at Liu Chu.
“I can’t tell you now. Let’s wait until later. I’ll have a good talk with you when I have time,” Liu Chu said gently, handing the little dumpling to her.
Jiang Jiajia took the little dumpling with a frown and nodded in agreement.
“Mom, since we’re adopting this child, why don’t you give her a name?” Liu Chuxia said, stroking the little dumpling’s cheek.
Liu Chu shook her head, looked at Xiao Xu and Ke Yan with a smile, and said, “Let Xiao Xu and Xiaoyan do it. You must teach this child well. You can’t teach her ghost arts, but you can let her learn some of the Spirit Masters’ arts.
But remember, this child will stop growing when she reaches twenty. Her appearance will remain the same. Xiao Xu, remember to change her identity.”
Xiao Xu and Ke Yan both nodded seriously, and the little dumpling also nodded along with them, still grinning.
Liu Chuxia was so amused that she pulled the still-wary Li Hanyan over to watch.
Liu Chu looked at Li Hanyan and said with a gentle smile, “You’ve been with those old men and women for too long. Don’t be so hostile towards ghosts and monsters. Be a little more tolerant of some innocent wandering souls. After all, they were also people before they died.
As long as they haven’t killed anyone, you can actually turn a blind eye. It’s my fault for not having time to be with you and teach you. Although I’m your master, most of your skills were taught by those old men and women from the Liu family.
Sigh, learn to accept it slowly now. Do you remember what the highest principle of the bookstore is?”
Li Hanyan looked up and said with a frown, “To resolve the obsessions of all the ghosts in the human world.”
Liu Chu smiled, said nothing, patted Li Hanyan on the shoulder, and then left with a greeting.
Li Hanyan looked at the door Liu Chu had left through and remained silent for a long time.
“Hanyan?”
Li Hanyan came back to her senses and looked at Liu Chuxia. “What’s wrong?”
“I was about to ask you what’s wrong. What are you in a daze about? Was it hard for you to accept what Mom said?” Liu Chuxia asked, linking her arm with hers.
Li Hanyan shook her head. “I just feel that Master has changed a lot. She would never have bothered with such a small thing before. But since she’s said so, I also need to adjust myself.”
“But you’ve already changed a lot. You did a great job with the Lin Ying matter.”
“Really? I just didn’t want you to hate me, so I let her go,” Li Hanyan said, her eyes darting away slightly.
“How could I not know what that person was thinking? It’s just that my only thought at the time was that I didn’t want her to die.
Even if you had killed her, I would have at most been sad for a few days. I wouldn’t have blamed you. I know that she killed so many people, and having her soul scattered is the best ending for her.
But you still held back. Hanyan, you’re too good. I’m really lucky to have fallen in love with you,” Liu Chuxia said, placing a kiss on the corner of Li Hanyan’s lips.
“Ahem, there’s a child here. Please be mindful,” Jiang Jiajia said, reminding them.
As for Li Hanyan, her face was beet red. Her brain had stopped thinking. Liu Chuxia’s words, “I’m really lucky to have fallen in love with you…” kept echoing in her ears.
Liu Chuxia found her current state extremely cute. She smiled and led the person to sit on the sofa.
And the little dumpling was imitating Liu Chuxia’s actions, holding Ke Yan’s face with her small hands and about to kiss her on the lips.
Xiao Xu quickly stopped her and held her in her arms.
“You can’t kiss like that, you know? Come on, you can just kiss here,” Xiao Xu said, pointing to her own cheek and teaching the little dumpling to kiss here.
But the little one was unwilling and kept shouting, “I want Mama, not Mommy. I want to kiss Mama.”
With that, she pouted and was about to cry because she wasn’t allowed to kiss her mama.
“Hey, are you here to torment me? No way. How can I let you kiss my wife? You can find your own wife to kiss later,” Xiao Xu said, holding her a little further away from Ke Yan and still rambling on.
Ke Yan shook her head with a smile, walked over, picked up the little one who was already red-eyed, and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
“Our good baby, don’t cry, don’t cry. Come on, kiss Mama here,” Ke Yan said with a smile, pointing to her own cheek and looking at the little dumpling.
The little dumpling immediately stopped crying, but her red eyes still made her look a little pitiful. She wrapped her small arms around Ke Yan’s neck and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Satisfied, the little one immediately cheered up.
But Xiao Xu’s jealousy had been completely overturned. She angrily wanted to take the little one away. But the little one didn’t want to be held by her. After all, Mommy hadn’t let her kiss Mama just now. She still disliked Mommy.
