He had always believed in science until one day, a meteorite smashed into his yard, forcing him to bind to a heroic world saving script. The worst thing was that the script didn't even follow common sense.
Others become a superhero while he becomes...
"Papa~" The mermaid cub grabbed the youth's left trouser leg and called out with two clear syllables. The emotionless delicate little face also seemed to show some happiness.
It was a very instinctive reaction for cubs to be happy when they saw their parents.
Once Xie Tao walked over, he took a towel and bent down to pick up the little mermaid from the pool. Wiping the water-soaked mermaid, he then wrapped the towel around him and brought the cub into his arms.
He took the little mermaid and sat down in the rattan chair not far away. Xie Tao lowered his head and gently dried the cub's hair with the towel while pondering on the words he wanted to say to the cub.
The youth didn't speak, the mermaid cub was also very quiet. There was something different about the youth's expression this time. Blue eyes continued to silently look up at his parent.
"Papa."
Meeting the bright eyes of the cub, Xie Tao pointed at himself. He paused for a long time, then said the second half of the sentence, "For me to be the official papa of Gale, does Gale want it?" As soon as he spoke, Xie Tao immediately felt that how he said it was not right and that the cub might not understand what he meant by "official".
Xie Tao wanted to correct himself and opened his mouth slightly. But before he could say anything, a soft touch on his cheek stopped him.
The mermaid cub tried hard to rub his cheek against the youth's face. Because there was still some distance between the two, the little mermaid had to put in great effort to raise his head higher.
The little tail fin shook, the ice blue tail of the mermaid cub had now begun to move up and down just like a small fan.
Although Xie Tao had not yet had time to respond, seeing the little mermaid in his arms struggle to get close and rub his cheek, he lowered his head reflectively.
As a result, as soon as he lowered his head, the soft touch to his cheek disappeared. Xie Tao blinked and looked down. The next second he felt a small featherlight touch to his cheek, followed by a smacking sound.
"Papa~ Papa~" Continuously uttering this word, the little mermaid looked at Xie Tao without blinking. According to his instincts as one of the mermaid race, the mermaid cub began to sing a very pure and sweet song.
The mermaid cub's song was very captivating. For the other staff members as well as the cubs of the Yunbao Branch, this was the first time they had heard the little mermaid's singing.
Just like the audience in the city of Sailou, several adults in the hall stopped what they were doing and listened to the beautiful song together.
This was the second time the mermaid cub had sung to him. Listening to the song, Xie Tao came close to kissing the mermaid cub on the forehead.
To adopt a cub, one had to go through the procedures. Even if Xie Tao was now practically the president of Yunbao Branch, he still had to follow the rules.
The problem of his identity had since long been solved with money. He had already acquired Gaia citizenship. Contrary to what one might expect, he did not have to worry about this part.
The rest of the certificates took some time to prepare. Several days later, Xie Tao went to Gaia's adoption registration agency again and handed in the documents.
Having completed the adoption procedures, Xie Tao and this club's mermaid cub were now truly parent and child.
After adopting the mermaid cub, Xie Tao's life and work-life went back to normal and did not change much. However, after a while, all nursing clubs in the interstellar faced an event they regarded as very important.
Two months later, the Star Alliance would open applications for assessment of nursing clubs. This was an opportunity that only came once every two years. The clubs who submitted an application would later welcome personnel sent by the Star Alliance which would perform a field assessment.
The score from the assessment determined whether a club could be included in the official list of the Star Alliance, that is, the list of outstanding nursing clubs rankings. When parents talked about the "Top 3000 Nursing Clubs", it was this list they were referring to.
It was a highly well known and authoritative list. Naturally, every nursing club wanted to occupy a good spot on it, became it would give them the corresponding fame.
The top 500 were basically stable and the changes in their rankings were relatively small with each assessment, but at the rear 2500, however, the competition was fierce.
Each assessment of these clubs could be said to be strenuous. Ambitious clubs strived their hardest to climb up and in years of slower development, clubs would still make every effort to keep their ranking.
In the past years, Xia Qi did not pay much attention to this matter. Because, if she wanted to apply for the examination, the hardware facilities and other conditions of the club needed to meet the minimum application requirements, which Yunbao Branch obviously had not.
But now that their club met the requirements, they could finally apply for it!
Looking at some of the related discussions that had already started on the starnet, Xia Qi couldn't hold back her expectations.
_______________ Translator's note:
Many thanks to Mrow for the coffee! 💕
Officially adopted! *\(^o^)/*
How many died at the cheek kiss? (had to take a squeal pause while translating ><)
Actually, despite all the cuteness in this chapter, I've had a hard time with procrastination this week, however, it yielded results! I have both started a twitter account and leveled up my drawing skill! My twitter username is @FluffingAwesome and here is the drawing. (btw, sorry about the pun in the pic, that is the one skill that never levels up, haha..)
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