Chapter 10

"It's also cost effective, it's within our current budget, we could buy it right now." This was also a new pretty uncle she never saw, there was a floating abacus, brush, and books surrounding him. He should be… pretty accountant uncle!

In the future she'll try to swindle him.

"I'll go and buy the grass seeds. Jiayi, do you have any special specifications?" The pretty green aunty volunteered and made her way to the door.

"Tell the vendor you'll be planting the grass seed on poor quality soil. They should know what to give you." The pretty booky uncle's name turned out to be Jiayi, she'll note that down.

She felt someone was staring at her, that person was none other than her father.

"Ah?" What are you looking at me for?

He seemed to have watched her ever since she woke up. "Buy some milk from a cow demon while you're at it Huifang. Pick some clothes, and anything a baby might need."

"Ah, how could we forget, don't worry little girl this aunt will buy you cute little robes!" With that the pretty green aunty left the old house.

Which made her realise, wasn't she naked? her eyes landed on the black cloth bundling her body. At least she was wearing something.

"Ah!"

A big hand held her own, pulled out her hand that she sucked into the mouth. The black cloth bundling her was used to wipe her saliva. She gave her father an accusing glare, the man met her eyes not revealing any sort of emotions.

She pulled her hands out of her father's hold, wanting to put her hands back into her mouth, her hand was caught once more.

"Ah!" Let me put it in my mouth!

"It's dirty, don't eat your hand." Her father explained.

Lips pouted, she didn't want to look at her father right now, he was annoying her. Eyeing the floor she wanted to crawl and escape away. But she felt that someone was watching her, it was the two new uncles. The pretty booky uncle and pretty accountant uncle.

"Ah!" Hello!

The pretty booky uncle had deep wrinkles on his forehead which weren't there before. "Eldest brother, you said this child was born recently?" She looked at her father, who was looking at the pretty booky uncle. "From few books that I have read, a newborn child could not sit up until they are a few months old. Or have this much strength. Your child matched my impression of a toddler."

Shocking!

Her eyes rounded, mouth opened, so since she was a baby she wasn't supposed to sit up?

Pretty booky uncle narrowed his eyes. "Looks like your child could understand us."

She also wasn't supposed to understand what her father, uncles and aunties were talking about? Of course she wasn't supposed to, she was a baby. Babies are unaware of things.

You're imagining things uncle, he'll be more suspicious if she said that.

Panic rose in her, she had a feeling that she made a giant blunder. Which she indeed did.

Innocently she met her father's eyes, your baby is just really smart, rejoice, you iceberg of a father!

Pretty blue uncle laughed. "She's born from a lotus, Jiayi, she's not some normal human baby."

But pretty booky uncle did not drop his argument. She had hoped he would. "No, there were some records of a human child born from a spiritual foetus. All of them stated that a spiritual foetus child was quite similar to a human child born normally. They may have a large spiritual energy reserve and a stronger physique compared to a mere mortal child. But a newly born spiritual foetus child does not have any awareness towards her surroundings, yet she clearly does."

Was it too late to act cute and dumb to fool these uncles, it'll probably be too obvious. Also her father was staring at her suspiciously. She was doomed.

"Maybe she's like Xiaotong?" Pretty accountant uncle suddenly said.

The pretty uncle?

Her uncles and father shared a look, they seemed to hold an internal conversation with just their eyes.

"Eldest brother, she's your daughter you should do it." Pretty blue uncle said, followed by her other two uncles agreeing.

Do what?

She blinked at her father, her father sighed.

[Speak.]

Her eyes blown wide, was this father's voice in her head?

[What do you think?]

Father can hear me? She beamed.

[I'll assume that you are a transmigrator?]

Yes! But wait, What's a transmigrator?

[You immediately agreed. Yet you asked me?] Her father looked at her unamused. [When a soul from another world travels across dimension and inhabits a body of this world, those are who you refer to as transmigrators.]

That described her situation, but it felt wrong. This was her original body, her soul and body came together. It was like asking the question of which one came first, the egg or the chicken.

[Your age.]

I'm your baby, you count. She snuck her other free hand into her mouth, her father quickly caught her hands again.

[I meant your age in your previous world.]

I don't remember.

Her father frowned. [What do you remember?]

I don't know, don't remember.

This time she tried to bite the black cloth bundling her, it was pulled away by her father in the next second.

[Your name?] Her father questioned.

You haven't named me, I don't have a name.

One of her father's brows was raised. "She doesn't seem to remember anything, we'll have Xiaotong question her."

It felt very much like an interrogation, but she was afraid of one thing. Father, will you throw me?

Her father made a face that said she had asked him a stupid question. [You're my daughter, it's my responsibility to raise you.]

It explained why Ming Yongnian's baby was showing such awareness. But her odd physical boon was yet to be explained. Li Jiayi hummed thoughtfully, rubbing his chin. He doubted that what the book meant by a "stronger physique" was this strong. A newly born child should not be able to sit up on their own nor could they support their necks. Perhaps in a week or a few. But not immediately.