For a moment, the atmosphere in the police station lobby became a bit awkward.
Lin Chen hurriedly said, "Little one, don't say things you don't mean. I'm not your dad."
"Dad, don't you want me anymore?" Little Loli's voice carried a sob, seeming very aggrieved.
Damn, what the hell is going on? When I just asked you, it was clearly not like this!
The middle-aged woman's face turned very unpleasant, and she said coldly, "Are you here early in the morning just to mess with me?"
"No, she really isn't my daughter!" Lin Chen explained.
"Heh, wouldn't a kid call you dad if she wasn't your daughter?" The middle-aged woman pointed toward the door and warned, "Get out quickly, or I'll charge you with disturbing a law enforcement agency and detain you for fifteen days—do you believe me?"
With no choice, Lin Chen could only carry Little Loli out of the lobby.
Back in the car, Li Mo saw that Lin Chen was still holding the little girl and asked with curiosity, "What's going on? Didn't you say you were going to hand her over to the police?"
"The people at the police station found it troublesome and told me to take her home first." Lin Chen sighed, full of helplessness.
Li Mo shook his head and said, "That's normal. Government agencies are all like this nowadays. Last year, when my cousin had a baby, he had to go to over twenty departments to get the birth certificate, all passing the buck to each other. After two or three months of effort, it still took bribery and gifts to finally get it."
Last night when going out for the excitement, I was single; now I'm back with a daughter...
Lin Chen glanced at Little Loli who was curled up in his arms, then glanced at Li Mo, just about to speak when Li Mo interrupted, "Don't get any ideas. If I took her home, my wife would kill me. Anyway, you're single now, having a kid around won't affect you. I figure in a day or two, her parents will contact you."
Lin Chen nodded, "That's all I can do."
...
Back on Ningxuan Street, Li Mo parked the car in front of Lin Chen's shop, yawned, and said, "Old Lin, we're here. I'm exhausted; I'm going home to catch some sleep."
"Alright, see you!"
Carrying Little Loli, Lin Chen waved at him, then took out his keys and opened the rolling shutter.
Smelling the fragrance from the breakfast shop across the street, Little Loli timidly said, "Daddy, I'm hungry."
Lin Chen put the little one on the bar counter, lowered his head and asked, "There's no one else here now. Can you tell me why you call me daddy?"
"Because you are my daddy!"
Little Loli tilted her head, looking especially cute and innocent.
Lin Chen stared into her big eyes with a serious expression and shook his head, "I'm not your daddy!"
Little Loli seemed scared by him, suddenly burst into tears, and tearfully begged, "Then I won't call you daddy anymore, please don't send me back, okay?"
The little one cried pitifully, and Lin Chen felt soft-hearted for a moment, but he still said, "But if I don't send you back, your parents will worry."
After all, Little Loli has parents. If he doesn't return her, wouldn't he be a child trafficker?
Hearing this, Little Loli cried even more sadly, her delicate little face twitching, "I don't have parents. Xiaojing and the others don't play with me and bully me. The director never gives me cake; everyone else has cake, only I don't."
Director?
Lin Chen was stunned and then asked, "Do you live in an orphanage?"
Little Loli wiped her tears and nodded earnestly.
"If you answer my questions honestly, I won't send you back, and I'll buy you some tasty food." At this moment, Lin Chen was just like a creepy uncle luring a little girl to watch goldfish.
"Really?"
Hearing that she wouldn't be sent back and there would be good food, Little Loli immediately stopped crying.
"Of course it's true!" Lin Chen chuckled and asked, "Has anyone adopted you before?"
Little Loli sniffled and nodded, "Yes! At first they were very nice to me, but after a few days they didn't like me anymore and said I would bring unclean things home."
"Then they sent you back to the orphanage?"
"Uh-huh."
Lin Chen was not stupid. After hearing Little Loli's words and combining it with the ghost messenger he saw last night, he roughly understood the situation.
This poor little one probably has the Yin-Yang Eye, just like him, able to see things ordinary people cannot. Therefore, in normal people's eyes, she seems very abnormal, so she is rejected at the orphanage, even disliked by the director. Also, her constitution likely attracts ghosts strongly; that's why those who took her in said she would bring unclean things home.
Another proof is the ghost messenger. There are at least six or seven million people in Ningzhou City, so why would the ghost messenger choose to possess a six- or seven-year-old little girl?
Only then did he understand why Little Loli calls him daddy.
The little one has her own little idea: if she calls him daddy, she won't have to return to the orphanage. More importantly, they are of the same kind and both have the Yin-Yang Eye, so that's why she acts so close.
To verify his guess, Lin Chen hugged Little Loli and quickly walked into the Screening Room.
Sure enough, after entering the Screening Room, Little Loli's gaze was immediately attracted by the two ghostly employees, and she curiously asked, "Daddy, why did you tie up auntie and sister?"
Lin Chen made up an excuse casually, "Because they did bad things and need to be punished. Will you do bad things in the future?"
"No!" Little Loli shook her head vigorously like a rattle.
Looking at the little one's delicate face, Lin Chen felt a sense of kinship.
After some thought, he decided to adopt the little girl. This little one is different from ordinary people; if sent back to the orphanage, no one would adopt her, and she would just be bullied by the orphanage staff. Instead, Lin Chen's place is the best fit for her.
Thinking this, Lin Chen wiped the tear marks on her face and smiled, "Come on, daddy will take you to breakfast."
Wow, got such a good daughter for free, what a steal!
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