Chapter 9

After a breezy bungee jumping from one tree to the next, pretty uncle led them to a beautiful house. Her eyes twinkled, it seemed that her father was rich!

Cheering broke inside her heart, there were more pretty uncles and aunties in the beautiful house. They all called her father elder brother, that meant they're her uncles and aunties. All of them looked at her with amazement. And she looked at them with sparkly eyes.

Puppy eyes mode activated!

Since she was smart she knew that the conversations these uncles and aunties were having with her father was important, that she should listen closely, regardless if eavesdropping was considered a bad thing for a baby to do. As long as they didn't find out she was listening in, they wouldn't be mad.

"This child was born from a lotus?" Said an aunty. She'll be calling her the pretty green aunty from now on.

"The lotus should be a natural spiritual foetus created by nature itself, and it should have absorbed eldest brother's spiritual energy. Created a bond with him, and this child was born." Another aunt said. She'll be pretty pink aunty.

"I've heard several pillow talk about creating a spiritual foetus, it is an extremely delicate task. Even an immortal might not accomplish such a feat. Eldest brother, you are an especially lucky man to have this child." And this aunty would be pretty red aunty.

"This baby is a gift to you, eldest brother, from the universe!" Since he was wearing blue, he'll be pretty blue uncle.

All of her uncles and aunties were very pretty, but her father was still the prettiest! In the future she'll grow to be even prettier than him, a good face equals good life! It was not her decision that people made appearance a deciding factor for a good life in society, humans and their double standards.

Unless the people in this world had different beauty standards.

"Come now eldest brother, I've heard that having a daughter of your own isn't such a bad thing. You'll have someone to take care of you."

She could proudly guarantee that she was the best filial daughter any father could ever wish for. As long as her father treats her like a jewel, she'll make sure to return the favour. Except if he told her to die, she'll kill him first. She wasn't a masochist.

Piecing together the conversation her father had with her uncles and aunties she should be her father's daughter. Born in an unconventional and unexpected way. All that mattered was that her father was keeping her. This would be her only chance at a life, she didn't want to waste it riddled with hardship.

An alarm sounded in her head, there was something going on, something was wrong!

Maybe I should throw away this child…

That voice, it was her father's. He was thinking of throwing her away?

"Why is the baby crying?!"

She couldn't help it and cried to her heart's content. Her father wanted to throw her away!

"Well at least we know eldest brother's baby will have a good throat."

Who cares if I have a throat or not pretty red aunty! She was about to be thrown away by her father.

"Don't worry, uncle will make you a room where you can scream all day without breaking everyone's ear drums."

I don't want a soundproof room. I'm not a singer!

"Maybe she's hungry."

I'm not hungry!

"I'll go get some milk." Wu Jinjing made her exit.

Forget about milk I'm about to be thrown away, what's the use?!

All her father did was stare at her like a statue. Maybe she was wrong, her father was indeed an iceberg after all.

Why did her aunty bring her milk? She wasn't hungry.

Her uncles and aunties should stop peeking at her buttocks, it's embarrassing!

Her cries grew louder when one of her aunties tried to take her away from her father, she didn't want to be taken away. Her small arms grabbed hold onto her father's robes.

If nothing else works she'll have to use her ultimate move, the puppy eyes! She already used it before and it was super effective. Her teary eyes met with her father's own stoic ones.

There was no reaction whatsoever from her father.

Tch! Your daughter is crying, at least give her some attention, don't ignore me and meditate!

In the end she used up all of her energy for nothing, her father kept ignoring her, she gained nothing. She was very sleepy, if her father was ignoring her then she'll just sleep, and she did just that. Shamelessly fell asleep butt naked.

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That was what happened, she remembered waking up for a brief moment and learnt that her uncles had multiplied. Before she was fully awake her father made her drink some milk, and she ended up falling asleep again.

Now all of a sudden she was staring at an ugly roof. Where was the beautiful house?! And why were her uncles and aunties fighting over grass?

"Grass? I'm sorry but how in the ten courts of hell does grass help?" The pretty green aunty asked disbelievingly.

She sat quietly on her father's lap. Her gums felt itchy, she stuck her hand into her mouth. Wondering when her teeth would grow. She was craving some sweet melons. While watching people debate, it's best accompanied with sweets.

"We'll need plant life, specifically its roots to help the soil absorb the water into the ground. Otherwise the water would roll off the soil and evaporate." A new uncle in brown robes said.

Hmm, this uncle was also pretty like everyone of her uncles, but he was more scholary than the rest of the uncles, she'll be calling him pretty booky uncle!

Pretty blue uncle started to complain, "Can't we grow something else? Like an entire forest."

"There are too many risks at this moment for us to grow forests. Since we have limited knowledge of what trees would actually grow in this land. We'll need plants that grow fast and resilient. Grass will take less time to sprout, within a few weeks time frame we'll give grass." pretty booky uncle looked very cool!