Zaizai's Worries

Huo Chenling squinted dangerously.

It's the Zhang family again!

Zaizai silently remembered it in her heart.

The suburbs, the abandoned villa!

When everyone was asleep at night, she would take a look.

Seeing her foster father's gloomy expression, she hurriedly hugged him, using her sweet and milky voice to comfort him.

"Daddy, it's okay. Zaizai will protect you all."

Huo Chenling quickly concealed the darkness on his face. This kind of emotion was not suitable for Zaizai to see.

He gently touched Zaizai's chubby little cheek and then looked down at Huo Sijue.

"Sijue!"

Huo Sijue responded, not even minding the drool on his cheek.

"Zaizai, I'm sorry. Second Brother was wrong just now."

Milky dumpling quickly stretched out her lotus-like arms towards her Second Brother, her tender and milky voice particularly likable.

"It's not Second Brother's fault. There was something bad disturbing Second Brother."

Huo Sijue raised an eyebrow. "Something bad?"

Milky dumpling wanted to say something else, but Huo Chenling changed the topic.

"Zaizai just came back, I'll take her upstairs to see her room first."

Huo Sijue had already taken Milky dumpling into his arms and, upon hearing this, he smiled openly and gently.

"Dad, why not let Sichen and I take Zaizai up instead?"

But Huo Chenling refused, "No need, I'll take her up."

In the meantime, he could have a proper talk with Zaizai. The fewer people who knew about her ability to see strange things, the better.

It wasn't that he didn't trust his own sons, but because the relationship between the three sons and the Zhang family was still relatively good. He was afraid that the Zhang family would use his sons to plot against Zaizai.

After Huo Chenling finished speaking, he took Milky dumpling from Huo Sijue's embrace and carried her upstairs.

Huo Sichen rubbed his eyes. "Second Brother, is Dad really possessed?"

Holding a chubby Milky Dumpling like this, as if he had gotten hold of some treasure!

It's not like they didn't have children!

They even had three in a row!

Huo Sijue crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked up at his biological father, who was carrying the chubby dumpling upstairs, with a slight smile.

"There have indeed been some changes! But isn't this good?"

Huo Sichen looked bewildered. "What's good about it?"

Huo Sijue flicked his slightly long bangs.

"It's a bit more humane!"

Huo Sichen: "..."

Upon careful consideration, it seemed to be true!

"Second Brother, so you've accepted this little sister? No more resistance?"

Huo Sijue looked at him with a smile. "When did I say I didn't like this little sister?"

Huo Sichen stared at him in disbelief. "Didn't you hear that Dad adopted a girl who skipped school and came back? Today is a weekend, but our school didn't have a break this week!"

Huo Sijue: "I've changed my mind now. I like Zaizai!"

Huo Sichen specifically stabbed his Second Brother in the heart. "Do you like it when she drools on you? Do you like it when she says you've encountered ghosts?"

Huo Sijue touched his cheek, which had been kissed by Milky dumpling, and then lovingly touched his little brother's head.

"She's a three-and-a-half-year-old dumpling of joy, a soft and fragrant little sister. As older brothers, we should be tolerant, understand?"

Huo Sichen looked resentful. "The little cousin at Big Uncle's house is also three and a half years old, but every time you go there, you try to avoid her!"

Huo Sijue chuckled and walked out with his hands in his pockets.

"How can you compare our cousin to our own little sister? What are you thinking?"

Huo Sichen: "..."

Seeing his Second Brother leaving, Huo Sichen didn't want to face their strict biological father alone, so he quickly followed.

"Where are you going?"

Huo Sijue didn't stop his steps. "I suddenly came back, so I'm going to prepare a gift for Zaizai!"

"I'm going too!"

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In the bedroom, Zaizai played happily in her delicately decorated princess room. Huo Chenling watched for a long time and realized that Zaizai truly loved this room, which put his heart at ease. After greeting Zaizai, he went downstairs to the study on the first floor.

As a precaution, he called for the butler, Luo, once he entered the study. "Make sure to lock the main gate of the estate and the side gate leading to the back mountain. Miss Zaizai sleeps at day and wakes at night, so until I finish my work, arrange for the maid to take care of her at night."

"Yes, sir."

"What about the two young masters?"

"They went out, saying they're buying a gift for Miss Zaizai."

A faint smile crossed Huo Chenling's face. His sons would naturally not be so impolite. His sister had come to visit, so they would naturally welcome her with open arms. As for the sharpness displayed by his second son earlier...

Huo Chenling waved his hand, and the Butler Luo left the room.

Huo Chenling dialed his assistant Jiang Lin's number. "Investigate the details of the car accident involving my wife three months ago, and don't leave out any details. Be careful to avoid the Zhang family."

"Yes!"

With a click, while talking to Jiang Lin, Huo Chenling looked towards the study door. A small black head poked in, followed by a pair of shining black watery eyes.

The eyes were as black as ink, full of curiosity as they looked into the room. When the dad sitting behind the desk was spotted, Milky Dumpling quickly pushed open the door and ran over, making little noises.

"Daddy!"

"Good! Just like that!" Huo Chenling hurriedly hung up the phone, then squatted down to catch Milky Dumpling rushing towards him like a cannonball.

"Why did Zaizai come here?"

Milky Dumpling snorted and acted cute in Daddy's arms.

"Zaizai missed Daddy!"

Daddy was so gentle, and Zaizai wanted a hug. Moreover, Zaizai wanted to make sure that Daddy was safe. The ghosts and monsters were very active at night, and she felt at ease only when she was guarding Daddy.

Huo Chenling's mind flickered, and the soft and tender voice of Milky Dumpling in his arms touched the softness deep in his heart. Although he had three sons, he had always been very strict with them because they were boys. But a daughter was different! A daughter should be pampered! Especially when the daughter was so cute and adorable, so soft and clingy, even though he was not used to smiling and had a habit of being expressionless, he couldn't resist it.

He picked up Milky Dumpling and smelled the faint scent of milk on her, and Huo Chenling's stern face involuntarily softened.

"Daddy missed Zaizai too."

Afraid that his daughter wouldn't be able to sleep at night, Huo Chenling decided to stop working and carried her upstairs to their room. The nanny had already bathed Zaizai and changed her into a pink nightgown, making her look even more delicate and lovely, like a jade snow.

Thinking of his wife's wish to have a daughter when she was alive, Huo Chenling's brows and eyes became even softer. He held Milky Dumpling in his arms and took out a thick photo album from the drawer.

Milky Dumpling was instantly attracted to the album.

"Daddy, what is this?"

In the underworld, she had only seen black and white memorial photos. It was the first time she knew that photos could also be in color. And the aunt in the photos looked like the aunt she had seen during the day, but her eyes were especially gentle, looking at her with a smiling face, and she also smiled lightly.

"Daddy, is this Mommy?"

Huo Chenling nodded gently. "Yes, this is Zaizai's mommy."

Zaizai suddenly asked her daddy, "Where is Mommy?"

Huo Chenling pursed his lips, a touch of severity crossing his brows and eyes.

"Mommy, just like Zaizai's biological father, has gone to the underworld."

Zaizai was stunned. So her mommy in the mortal world was already dead?

Zaizai suddenly felt uneasy, and her voice became small.

"Daddy, is it because Zaizai's arrival caused Mommy's death?"

Even if the residents of the underworld didn't reincarnate, they wouldn't have babies. She was an exception. Because of her birth, her mommy's soul scattered. The King said that her mommy loved her, so she was willing to exchange her with eternal life.

But what about this mommy in the mortal world? Did she die because she was different, and her body had too much yin energy?