Chapter 5: Where Did The Child Come From?
Huo Yao was never a good person, there were only schemes to benefits himself in his eyes.
Family affection was unworthy of being mentioned in front of profits.
Huo Yao rubbed the space between his brows and humphed coldly, not wanting to bother to struggle with so many questions.
The car stopped and the man got out first.
Little Ye Sang was swaying from side to side due to sleepiness. She saw Huo Yao’s long legs and compared them to her short little legs; she was silent for a few seconds before hugging tightly onto Huo Yao’s thigh without hesitation, hanging herself completely off his thigh.
So far...
Don’t wanna walk anymore.
“...”
Huo Yao restrained himself from throwing the child down with a cold and indifferent face, grabbing her by the back collar and striding forwards.
The little girl struggled restlessly a few times and then glanced around her with her big cat eyes.
“Daddy...”
“Where are you taking me to?”
Huo Yao went silent for a few seconds and pushed down his temper.
“Home.”
“Okay!” The little thing uncomfortably twisted her round body and drooped her head, curiously studying the surroundings without talking for once.
Huo Yao narrowed his eyes as the little thing had babbled on the way nonstop but suddenly quieted down now. He glanced at her.
“Not talking?” The man carried the girl as he walked inside the mansion leisurely.
The little girl shook her head madly without speaking.
A hint of a small flash subtly appeared across the bottom of the man’s calm eyes and he couldn’t help but stretch out and pinch Ye Sang’s soft face.
Inside the mansion.
Aunt Li, who was doing chores, was startled by the sound when she heard it.
Then, she saw Huo Yao come in, and she quickly dropped the chores and approached him.
“Sir, you are back.”
Huo Yao replied and dropped the little thing on the ground as he ordered, “Arrange a room for her.”
After a short pause, he added, “And give her some children’s clothes.”
Huo Yao never had the experience of taking care of children so naturally, he wouldn’t be attentive to it
Let alone...
It was hard to say if she was really his daughter or not.
Aunt Li couldn’t help but look at Ye Sang and study her.
She widened her eyes in shock.
... A, a child?
Where did the child come from?
Aunt Li had worked here for almost five years with Old Master Huo who lived here, and the young master rarely came back.
It was surprising enough to her that he suddenly came back, let alone the fact that he brought back a little thing about four or five years old.
But again, she knew what she should and shouldn’t be saying.
Although she was confused, she still dealt with it calmly. She waved at the little girl and softly cooed, “Come child, come to Aunt...”
The little thing was dropped and freed; she looked up and slowly threw herself forward with outstretched hands.
The ball’s soft and chubby body hit Aunt Li’s arms and made her heart as soft as ever.
Happiness and gentleness rose in Aunt Li’s eyes and she couldn’t help but rub the girl’s hair.
She was such a good child.
Because of a problem with her body, she wasn’t able to bear a child and she was envious when she saw her relative’s children.
Now that a little girl who seemed to be the little master here at the Huo family appeared, how could she not be happy?
“Little thing, what’s your name?” Aunt Li hugged the chubby girl and tried her best to push down her furiously-curving-up lips, but the smile on her face was bright.
The little thing rubbed her face and replied adorably, “Sangsang.”
Aunt Li complimented with a smile, “So your name is Sangsang? That’s such a cute name.”
Huo Yao watched the two interact from the side with a cold eye.
Every time he came back, all the maids, including Aunt Li, served him while trembling with fear.
There was never a time like now where he was completely ignored.
When the little girl mentioned her name, her cat eyes lit up.
She leaned in slightly and her eyes curved into two crescents.
“My Grandpas picked the name for me.”
“They said Sangsang is cute too.”
—— Grandpa?
What Grandpa?
Chapter 6: Grandpa Huo
Aunt Li was confused and looked at Huo Yao subconsciously. As expected, the man’s cold face froze and he glanced at the little girl, not understanding what she meant.
“Who’s your grandpa?”
This brat who tried to scam him has a grandpa?
The man’s face turned dark for a few seconds.
Since she had a grandpa, why was she scamming him?
Ye Sang smiled sweetly and took a step back, hugging the puppy that had unknowingly followed them in and replied earnestly, “Grandpa is number one!”
The girl’s soft voice was crisp, and her cat eyes seemed to fill with stars when she mentioned her grandpa.
“...”
Huo Yao fell silent for a few seconds and thought that this girl was insane.
“Then who am I to you?” The man asked icily.
Ye Sang made eye contact with him, confused, and replied in her naive voice, “You are Daddy!”
Huo Yao grinned without any emotions and turned around, giving her a smile of a kind father.
His sudden smile made the little thing take a giant step back.
Wuuu.
Why is her cheap daddy laughing so terrifyingly?
Ye Sang was frightened and swallowed, feeling that number one daddy had bad intentions towards her.
Not only her, but even Aunt Li jumped in surprise next to them.
Her first reaction was to wonder, did a ghost possess him?
Otherwise, what happened just now to make him smile so horrifyingly like this?
They should know that Huo Yao was someone who always had a straight face and never smiled.
He was exceptionally stingy with things like smiles.
Aunt Li pondered in horror. What happened today?
“If I’m your daddy, then good Sangsang, give daddy a strand of hair so I can do a paternity test.”
The man forced a smile but it was indeed too difficult for a man who didn’t smile often.
So when Ye Sang saw his sinister smile, it was no less scarier than the smiles of evil witches in fairy tales.
Tears formed in the little girl’s grape-like cat eyes and she almost burst into tears.
Wu wu wu.
She was only five years old.
Why did her grandpas have to make her experience pain and suffering in the world?
“No, no!” The little thing shook her head tearfully, ready to run away with her hand covering her head.
She was scared of pain.
Wuuu.
Huo Yao didn’t think that his words would’ve made her so terrified.
He looked up at the horrified girl whose body and soul seemed to have separated, and his thin lips curved upwards almost unnoticeably and he stayed silent.
Ye Sang felt wronged as she hugged the puppy tightly, eventually unable to hold back her tears and cried, stumbling as she ran upstairs.
The way that she half climbed, half ran, it looked as if floods and beasts were chasing after her.
“...”
She was really... cute but dumb.
“...”
Aunt Li couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh. She cleared her throat and suggest earnestly, “Sir, I can go and bring the young lady down.”
Huo Yao waved his hand, “No need.”
He pulled his lips and smiled with unknown means, “I’ll go look for her.”
“The old man is upstairs too, isn’t he?” The man asked indifferently.
Aunt Li heard “old man” and her lips twitched unnoticeably as she nodded slightly, “Yes, the old master is upstairs too.”
Huo Yao smiled with unknown intentions again and went upstairs without hesitation.
His father never liked things like little children.
That little girl better pray that she didn’t run into her Grandpa’s study or she wouldn’t have the ability to cry even if she was sold.
Chapter 7: Who’s The Irresponsible Dad?
...
Ye Sang lifted her skirt up slightly as she stumbled while holding the puppy tightly, she looked wronged as her eyes were filled with tears. It felt like she could cry a river.
She hated herself for wearing a Ru skirt: a long skirt that ties about the chest, the traditional clothing of Tang Dynasty Ru 1skirt.
The five-year-old child swayed like a little penguin when she ran. She fell occasionally, something that was unbearable even to the puppy’s eyes.
“Wu.” The puppy woofed and nudged against her lightly but secretly thought in disdain:
So stupid.
Ye Sang sobbed as she climbed back up, finally having a mental breakdown, and wailed, “Wuu, I, I’m lost...”
The little puppy remained silent.
The Huo family’s mansion was indeed like a maze, she went around and no matter where she went, she couldn’t find the right way.
In order to not be ravaged by her demented daddy number one, the little thing sniffed and climbed up strongly, continuing to search for the ‘exit’ persistently.
Ye Sang walked around the stairs a few times and hesitantly looked at the door which looked simple but extravagant not far from her.
Grandpa taught her that she couldn’t randomly go into other people’s rooms.
But...
She was lost.
The little girl rubbed her teary eyes and approached the door. She heard the sound of footsteps near the stairs and quivered, quickly pushing open the door with all her might.
As soon as she went in, warmth immediately wrapped around her. Light and elegant fragrance filled her nostrils and the smell could make any restless person calm down.
Ye sang couldn’t help but yawn softly and her cat eyes were covered by a layer of mist. She hugged the puppy tightly in her arms and before she could study her surroundings, she was caught off guard by an elder’s eagle-like and judgemental eyes.
“...Where did this child come from?” Old Master Huo was in trance for a few seconds. Perhaps because it was his first time seeing a snow-like pretty little girl, he slightly relaxed his usual powerful voice.
Little Ye sang hesitated for a while and blinked her cat eyes. She met someone like her grandpas for the first time and she felt intimate towards him. She pursed her lips and replied earnestly, “My name is Ye Sang.”
Old Master Huo heard her milky voice and his heart almost melted.
His smileless face became warmer. He looked at the little girl who dressed like a ball of fluffiness, and he rubbed Ye Sang’s head with his hands, “...your surname is Ye?”
“How obedient.” A smile appeared in his eyes. Her head was as soft as he had imagined.
Perhaps Old Master Huo was old now, but he didn’t scold children with a stern face when he saw them as he did before.
The Huo family had been cold and quiet for almost twenty years, and his heart was soft for an adorable and soft little thing that had suddenly appeared.
The little thing subconsciously nudged against his hand and the milky smell on her was too sweet.
Old Master Huo was amused by her actions. He smiled lovingly and asked, “How old is Sangsang? Why did you come upstairs?”
Ye Sang tilted her head up sideways and her eyes lit up at the question, “Sangsang is five years old.”
She stood on tiptoes and whispered in her soft voice, “I didn’t mean to disturb Grandpa....”
“It’s, it’s Daddy, bad...” The girl pouted and mist filled her cat eyes, “He, he wants to pull my hair out...”
Old Master Huo couldn’t help but poke her white and marshmallow-like face. He wiped the corners of her eyes and narrowed his muddy eyes, questioning subconsciously, “Daddy?”
Who’s the irresponsible Dad?
Chapter 8: Daddy Huo Yao
How could he make her cry instead of spoiling a good little girl like her?
If he had a granddaughter like this, he would want to give the best things in the world to her and never let her feel wronged.
Ye Sang nodded and silently held Grandpa Huo’s hand tightly with her own chubby ones as she sobbed childishly, “Daddy bad...”
“I don’t want Daddy anymore...”
Grandpa Huo’s hand was grabbed by her pair of pale and delicate hands, and she looked up at him with tear-filled eyes. He sighed slightly with a soft heart and followed what the little girl said, “Okay, okay, okay, we don’t want Daddy here.”
If he could make his daughter cry, then the father is probably not a good person either.
...
Huo Yao slowly walked up and glanced around but didn’t see anyone. Then, from the corner of his eyes, he saw that his old man’s study’s door was half-opened and saw that the little girl’s white silhouette had slipped her way in like a mudfish.
The man looked distracted for a second but he smiled instead of getting angry.
The girl wasn’t afraid to die and went to look for his old man?
Huo Yao could totally imagine the stinky old man getting mad and chasing the girl out.
His cold face was expressionless.
Without knowing why, he always had little emotions, but he couldn’t help but want to laugh at the scene of the little thing sobbing.
The man put a hand in his pocket and walked towards the study.
He didn’t even remember how long it had been since he came to the study upstairs.
If it wasn’t to get that little girl out, Huo Yao thought that he probably wouldn’t have wanted to come here ever again in his lifetime.
...
To be honest, even though Huo Yao mentally prepared himself, he still couldn’t control his expressions when he opened the door. Dumbfoundedness appeared on his cold and self-restrained face.
It was kinda... kinda different from what he had imagined?
No.
It wasn’t freaking different, it was completely the opposite of what he had imagined.
What about scolding the little girl, chasing her out of the house while she cries?
What was this bizarre “kind father and filial son” kind of scene?
When Old Master Huo heard the door open, the smiles on his face immediately disappeared the moment he saw Huo Yao.
The little thing hid behind her grandpa in terror. She pouted and her grape-like eyes were teary. Under Huo Yao’s expressionless stare, she forced herself to swallow the word “baddie” which was on the tip of her tongue and softly called, “Da...Daddy.”
The harmonious atmosphere immediately dropped to the freezing point upon Huo Yao’s arrival.
Old Master Huo’s voice changed a little, “Daddy?”
What daddy?!
Grandpa was shocked for a few seconds as his disbelieving glance fell onto Huo Yao, as if he was looking at the ‘degenerate of the family’ and ‘unfilial son’.
Daddy?!
The little thing’s Daddy was Huo Yao?
Huo Yao shifted his expressionless glance to Ye Sang, who was hiding behind Grandpa, and repeated coldly, “Come here.”
He definitely underestimated this little girl as she managed to make his Dad favor her in a mere few minutes.
Ye Sang backed off further and covered the strand of hair sticking up on top of her head tearfully as she refused. “Nooo...”
“Wuwuwu...” She couldn’t help but to cry and spoke between sobs, “I treat you like my Daddy...But I didn’t know you wanted to pull my hair out.”
This cheap dad went overboard.
“What?!”
Grandpa Huo heard the little girl’s pitiful accusation and raised his voice as he exploded.
“How dare he!”