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Chapter 53 A Daughter

Chapter 53: Chapter 53 A Daughter

Du Xiuzhi arrived at the entrance of the operations department and lingered at the doorway without entering.

She was unsure whether she was afraid to disturb Shen Siyuan at work, or afraid that Shen Siyuan would reject her request.

Shen Siyuan had also noticed her, but he did not speak to communicate with her.

After all, he was at work; he would be seen as a lunatic.

If she truly needed Shen Siyuan’s help, she would naturally wait.

Du Xiuzhi also noticed the look in Shen Siyuan’s eyes, and seeing that he had no intention of sending her away, she became even more determined to wait.

She had countless words she wanted to share with her husband and daughter, and Shen Siyuan was the only person she had met so far who could see her.

But soon, she felt a palpitation and subconsciously looked towards the direction of the finance department.

Indeed, she saw Dou Dou, happily trotting out of the finance department.

Children are lively and active, but she used to be afraid of straying too far from her mother.

One reason was the fear of losing her mother, and the other was that there were too many oddly shaped ghosts, which were quite frightening.

The time she got lost from her mother at the supermarket, she spent every day either hiding in corners or crouching in cabinets, barely daring to encounter people. That period was not fondly remembered.

But now things were better, with Potato to rely on, she wasn’t afraid of anyone, nor of getting lost, so she liked to wander about.

Upon seeing Du Xiuzhi retreat, Dou Dou immediately spoke to comfort her: "Don’t be afraid, I am a good child."

Du Xiuzhi, holding back fear, said: "I know you are a good child, but the flames on your head are really frightening, and I feel very dangerous."

Hearing this, Dou Dou reached up to touch her little head.

Meanwhile, the Netherworld Fire atop her head flickered, looking exceedingly dreamlike.

Dou Dou sighed and said, "Potato says I am a little fool, always unable to learn how to hide it."

"Potato?" Du Xiuzhi was somewhat puzzled.

Hearing this, Dou Dou looked towards the direction of the operations department.

Du Xiuzhi started to realize who she was talking about.

"Potato is really nice, he even let my mom and dad see me," said Dou Dou.

"Your mom and dad saw you?" Du Xiuzhi asked excitedly.

She had looked for Shen Siyuan with the initial hope that he might help convey some messages, but now...

"Yep, Potato did it like this, like this..."

Dou Dou gestured with her fingers, but with her chubby little hands and short, plump fingers, her gestures were comically inept.

Xiuzhi was amused by her cute antics, but still did not dare to approach and kept talking from a distance.

However, seeing that Du Xiuzhi was smiling, Dou Dou immediately took small steps forward, wanting to get closer.

"I told you, I am a good child."

But Du Xiuzhi was frightened by her movement, retreating repeatedly.

Seeing this, Dou Dou slumped her shoulders and arms, looking downcast and said, "But I am really a good child."

Then, as if she remembered something, she straightened up and said, "I’ll go find Potato."

With that, she walked through the wall and entered the operations department.

In Guanghui Animation, the departments are separated by glass walls, so even standing far away, separated by a glass wall, Du Xiuzhi could still see Dou Dou running straight toward Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan was chatting on the computer with Ding Youguang and others, when he saw Dou Dou burrow into his arms, poking her little head out from under his arm.

Her sudden appearance startled Shen Siyuan, who then held her head and asked softly, "What are you doing?"

"Potato, I always have fire coming out of my head, and everyone is afraid of me," Dou Dou said, full of grievance.

Shen Siyuan looked down and whispered, "Didn’t I tell you? You have to learn to control it. Look at Sister Xiao Yue, she’s learned it very well."

"But I am a little fool," Dou Dou claimed confidently.

"Who says? You are very clever."

"You..." Dou Dou pointed her little finger at Shen Siyuan.

"Haha~" Shen Siyuan let out an awkward laugh.

Then he said: "Do you still remember the moves I taught you and Sister Xiao Yue? Practice more, and soon you’ll be able to control the flames above your head. Look, the fire on your head is now much smaller than before."

Encouraged by Shen Siyuan, Dou Dou was as if injected with a surge of energy.

She immediately ran to a side and started bending over and sticking out her butt.

Watching Shen Siyuan’s attitude towards Dou Dou ignited a strong hope in Du Xiuzhi’s heart.

Du Xiuzhi’s and Zhu Guangfa’s daughter was named Zhu Tingting, a nine-year-old girl currently in the fourth grade of elementary school.

Probably because she grew up without a mother, the little girl was both self-conscious and introverted.

After Zhu Guangfa finished delivering packages and hurried home, the little girl was already back from school.

"Tingting, look what Daddy bought for you?" As soon as Zhu Guangfa opened the door, he called out loudly.

Hearing the voice, Zhu Tingting walked out of her room and, even from a distance, she could smell the fragrant aroma.

She said happily, "It’s roast duck."

"Yes, roast duck. Daddy will stir-fry two vegetables, and then we can eat."

Zhu Guangfa placed the bag on the table and opened it, then handed a roast duck leg to his daughter.

"Try it first, Daddy will be quick."

He had specifically asked the owner to keep a whole one for him.

However, Zhu Tingting didn’t reach out to take it but shook her head and said, "I stir-fried some shredded potatoes. Let’s eat, Daddy."

"You cooked?"

Zhu Guangfa’s hand paused mid-air, both heartbroken and proud.

Tingting was only nine this year. At that age, most kids would be cared for and waited on hand and foot, yet she had already learned to do the laundry and cook.

People say daughters are sensible and able, but he would rather she wasn’t so precociously sensible because it is only hardship that causes a child to become so prematurely sensible and capable.

"Mhm, I just stir-fried one dish, not sure if it’s edible," said Zhu Tingting somewhat uncertainly.

"It’s fine, raw potatoes are edible too," Zhu Guangfa joked with a smile.

Then he insisted on placing the roast duck leg in his daughter’s hand.

"You need to eat more meat, you see how thin you are."

Zhu Tingting was very thin, with a delicate frame as if a strong breeze could blow her away.

Her facial features were exquisite and resembled her mother’s, both having short hair, except for a pair of eyes like Zhu Guangfa’s. Yet on her face, they looked many times more beautiful and were big and bright.

Zhu Guangfa was dirty from his job, but his daughter always kept herself exceptionally clean.

He wasn’t boasting; his daughter did indeed resemble her mother and was very pretty.

Zhu Guangfa went into the kitchen, and on the stove was a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes, with steam wafting from the pot.

He lifted the lid to reveal yesterday’s leftover rice with water added, turned into a soup rice.

Zhu Guangfa took out the bowls and chopsticks, served two bowls of soup rice, and Zhu Tingting also came in at that moment to carry out the shredded potatoes.

"How was school today? Were you bullied?" Zhu Guangfa asked during the meal.

Zhu Tingting revealed a smile and said, "After Daddy picked me up last time, Wang Daoming and the others don’t dare to bully me anymore."

Hearing this, Zhu Guangfa laughed triumphantly and struck a bodybuilding pose, his tattooed arm looking particularly ferocious.

"Back in my younger days, I was quite formidable," Zhu Guangfa boasted proudly.

Last time, after hearing that his daughter was bullied by classmates, he purposely wore short sleeves to pick her up from school, and indeed, the effect was excellent.

"Mhm~"

Zhu Tingting responded with her head lowered.

She didn’t say that her classmates stopped bullying her, but they did ostracize her, saying her dad was involved in the underworld and was a big bully, so they wouldn’t play with her.

Especially some of the girls, who wouldn’t even speak to her, as if she had the plague.