The sudden addition of another person in the house seemed to be something that my family was already used to. Using Lin Xue's words of ridicule, they were used to a certain unscrupulous fellow picking up a younger sister or daughter every few days. Regarding this, both Chestnut and Mercury Lamp expressed a lot of pressure. However, this time, the additional member of the family seemed to be a bit too much. Even though the family was already used to it, they still felt that it was inconceivable when facing Xiaoxue.
This shouldn't only be because of Xiaoxue's magical time-traveling origin, but more importantly, her unique identity: Currently, among the group of daughters in the family, she was the only one who was truly related to her guardian by blood.
This caused a certain unscrupulous chick to start ridiculing my and Lin Xue's awkward situation. For example, Liliana.
Her research topic was how a pair of young lovers who had never rolled in the sheets suddenly entered the role of a standard parent and began to learn how to take care of their daughter. And during this process, how should a couple who suddenly lost their world of two people deal with their relationship. If this research project could really be completed, I think that Liliana could at least apply for an ethics award.
Little Bubble seemed to be rather happy. Although she couldn't say it, no matter what, I was still her father. Moreover, there was a mother, Twinkle, who could translate Little Bubble's words in real time, so it was easy to understand the little chick's current thoughts. She was able to understand her identity as an older sister and was extremely welcoming towards her future younger sister. This made her feel that she had already become a rather impressive person — — an adult who could eat three pieces of cake for every meal.
Thinking about this, I found it very interesting, because strictly speaking, Little Bubble was the first to appear in the group of daughters. Judging from her "birthday" in the first family, she should naturally be the eldest sister. However, this little chick's intelligence development was really too gradual, to the point where I sometimes thought that there was something wrong with her brain. She was already three years old, but she still couldn't speak a few complete sentences. It was said that this was a problem with her language module, but at the same time, she was able to close her eyes and assemble a spaceship production line. To her, this was as simple and pleasant as building a small house with building blocks. At the same time, she retained all the good qualities that a three year old girl should have, including smearing rice on her face when she was eating, crying when she wanted something but couldn't say it, and biting anything that she could see and put into her mouth. All these characteristics caused her to be treated as the youngest child in the family. Even little Xijing, who wasn't even one year old, could pat Little Bubble's head and pretend to be a little adult. This was really a tragedy.
Not to mention Mercury Lamp, who was already a big child when she came to the family.
But now, there was finally a fellow who could seriously call her older sister.
Xiaoxue was a mischievous child, but her other good point was that she was very sensible. No matter which timeline she was currently in, she felt that she should treat Little Bubble as an older sister. After all, in the history of her birth, "Big Sister Bubble" was a sister who played with her since she was young and had always treated her well, even though this older sister was shorter than Xiaoxue after Xiaoxue was six years old …
Today was the second day that Xiaoxue came to the family. The first family, who had been tempered by all kinds of miraculous events and had tenacious resilience, continued to live their daily lives step by step, even though there was one more person. Xiaoxue openly occupied an empty room on the second floor that was next to my room. She said that even after she was born, her family still lived in this big room, and her room was next to my father's room. In "that time", the city outside had already changed, but this big room was moved into the Shadow City untouched. This meant that perhaps my elder sister and I were people who were nostalgic deep down.
It seemed that there was just an extra energetic and strange girl. Other than her background, Xiaoxue was actually the same as a normal girl. At first, I thought that her arrival would change everything, but in the end, I realized that she didn't intend to and couldn't influence the course of history. What we were experiencing was not in her memory, and to avoid some unpredictable troubles, she didn't seem to have any intention of exchanging information about the future with us — — of course, the others didn't have this intention either. I sat on the rattan chair and concentrated on playing chess with Uncle Kenser. I raised my head to look at the noisy Little Bubble, Liliana, and a large group of rose girls in the living room. I looked like a nervous parent who was reading the newspaper and observing their child every five seconds. Lin Xue was right, a nanny was born. There was a type of person who, when a loli appeared beside him, would always pull out a milk bottle and a lollipop. If it wasn't a weird uncle, then it was a nanny.
However, it was obvious that my counterpart, Miss Lin, didn't have the awareness of being a nanny.
Out of habit, Xiaoxue would often call out to Lin Xue, "Mom, help me see how to do this!" "Mom, what are we eating for lunch!" "Mom, I want to watch TV!" "Mom, I want to watch TV!"
Of course, every time she called out like that, Lin Xue, who was still a big child, would look around awkwardly. Then, she would clumsily communicate with her daughter who descended from the sky. Most of the people around them would just watch and watch. As for the culprit who caused all of this, he would only stick out his tongue to indicate that he had forgotten that he was in another timeline, and then continue doing what he was supposed to do.
I was glad that Xiaoxue wasn't at the age to drink milk. Otherwise, apart from Sister Bing who could provide some psychological comfort, no one else in the family would be able to satisfy her request.
In Xiaoxue's eyes, the current Lin Xue was no different from the future Lin Xue. A little bit of time was obviously not enough to turn our young and beautiful prophet into an auntie with the same height and height. I could imagine that in the distant future, such a scene would be common on the streets and alleys of the Empire: a few youngsters walking side by side like siblings, from left to right, there would be at least a dozen generations …
I was thankful for the vastness of the universe and the endless worlds. Of course, most importantly, I was thankful for the convenient interstellar colonization technology. Otherwise, the Life Quota System and the Life Abandonment Act wouldn't be able to solve the population problem, no matter how low the fertility rate of advanced civilizations was.
"It's your turn." I shifted my attention away from Xiaoxue and lowered my head to look at the chessboard in front of me. Actually, playing against Uncle Kenser didn't require much skill. Even though he had a long lifespan, even though he had a dignified appearance, even though he was regarded as the God of Creation or the God of Light in the seven worlds, even though he knew the four ways to make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, all of these added together couldn't change the fact that he was a terrible chess player. I would be distracted for every move for thirty seconds, and the result was that I had won six games in a row.
"Very good, very good." Kenser glanced at the chessboard and nodded slightly. "You won again."
Alright, now that I had won seven games in a row, I didn't feel much of a sense of accomplishment. A feeling of loneliness at the top slowly crept over me. Perhaps I shouldn't be competing against a lousy chess player. This could only make me lament the loneliness of being invincible. However, there wasn't anyone in the family who was willing to play with these chess pieces with me, not even Mercury Lamp.
The main reason was that everyone thought that Gomoku was a childish game.
Speaking of Mercury Lamp, where did that little girl go?
I put down the chess piece and looked around. I didn't see the little Goth girl in my field of vision. Her sisters were fighting over the television with Little Bubble. Usually, at this time, Mercury Lamp would have come down to join in the fight with the little girls.
I got up to look for the little doll, but I couldn't find it on the first floor. There was no one on the second floor either. Just as I was about to ask if anyone had seen where Mercury Lamp had gone, a black feather suddenly fluttered down from the window at the end of the corridor on the second floor. I stuck my head out of the window and looked up. As expected, I saw a pair of little feet wearing princess slippers dangling outside the railings.
The huge house was actually divided into three floors. The first floor was the family's activity area, dining area, and guest room. The second floor was everyone's room. The third floor had never been used and had always been used as a place to store junk. Shallow Shallow always had some strange ideas, and the accompanying result was that she would collect a large amount of unknown items from many strange places, including the tentacles of the octopus aliens and the stone ball bread baked by the Goncoc people using sand and mud. After she got tired of these messy items, she would casually pile them up on the third floor. On average, Anveena would go up and clean them up once a week. Other than the little ghost maid and Shallow Shallow herself, the rest of the family rarely went up to the third floor.
I walked through the messy pile of suspicious items. Other than a few load-bearing pillars, there were no partitions on the third floor. This place looked just like a warehouse. Only we could modify such a strange house structure. The little Rosette girl was sitting on a small balcony at the end of the warehouse. The balcony extended less than a meter from the ground, and there was only a metal railing that was half the height of a person at the edge. The 92.3cm Goth girl sat on the railing, hugging the metal pillar beside her as she looked into the distance. Her legs swayed in the air as she continuously kicked metal scraps on the grass below. Alright, it seemed that when we were remodeling the house, we had forgotten about this inconspicuous place. The railing here was still made of metal, but it was already rusted.
I approached from behind and suddenly pressed on the little doll's head. "What are you doing here? I thought you didn't like warehouses."
Originally, I wanted to scare her, but it turned out that I had underestimated Mercury Lamp's awareness of the outside world and her familiarity with my scent. Mercury Lamp wasn't startled at all. She only shook her head lazily. "I don't like this kind of environment. There are so many abandoned things piled up together. It sucks."
"Not in a good mood?" I tried to put her on my shoulder, but she stubbornly twisted her body to avoid my arm. "There's nothing bad about it. I just want to find a quiet place."
I looked behind me at the warehouse that looked like a garbage dump in the south of the city, which had been collected by Shallow Shallow from various worlds. Strange and ferocious-looking trash from other worlds were piled up together. Many of them even had traces of Shallow Shallow's graffiti on them. I felt that the only people who could remain calm in such a place were poets and artists. To be honest, this kind of environment was definitely not a good place to relax, especially for Mercury Lamp. She wasn't afraid of the dark, she wasn't afraid of the dead, she wasn't afraid of the dark, she wasn't afraid of the dead, but she hated the garbage dump. Of course, that also included the various recycling stations. This was related to the environment she was born in, and it would be difficult to change in the future. But even in such a situation, she still wanted to hide in the warehouse on the third floor. Who would believe her if she said that she was in a good mood?
"Why aren't you going to play with your sisters? Weren't you in high spirits a few days ago? "I carried Mercury Lamp down from the railing again. This time, she didn't struggle. I casually patted off the rust on her butt. This child, doesn't she feel dirty running around? Is she going to evolve into a naughty child?" Little Bubble is so happy. Finally, there is someone who can call her sister. Don't you feel happy as well? "
The little doll immediately widened her eyes and looked at me. She wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she turned her face away awkwardly. "What does that have to do with me? She's your biological daughter anyway …"
As expected, I knew that the only reason this little girl would be upset is because of Xiaoxue.
I smiled and raised Mercury Lamp in front of me. I held her up high as if I was holding a light work of art and slowly admired it under the sun. The little doll had an instinctive resistance to being raised up high. Maybe it was because she felt that it would make her lose face. But this time, the little girl was unusually quiet. She only squeezed my wrist symbolically. I put her on my shoulder and asked with a smile, "Are you afraid that I don't want you anymore?"
"No," Mercury Lamp seemed to hesitate for a moment. Then, she grabbed my hair. "I'm not that stupid."
"You're worried that your family will slowly stop caring about you, and that Lin Xue and I will focus our attention on our biological daughter. Yeah, you feel like you're going to become Cinderella. "
This time, Mercury Lamp was silent for a very long time. After a few seconds, she muttered, "What does that have to do with me? That's your problem. I … I am … "
"Tell me, what is it that you are?" I tilted my head and reached out to pinch the little doll's cheek. "What do you think your identity is at home?"
"So annoying! So annoying! I don't know! Why do you have so much to say! Why do you have so much to say! Why do you have so much to say! "
"By the way, when can you call me dad?" I let out a long sigh. It was easy to imagine what this little girl was feeling conflicted about. She was probably worried that she would be left alone again. She had already been abandoned once, and it was an unforgettable experience. Then, she was "betrayed" by Zhen Hong again due to a series of misunderstandings. Two unforgettable experiences in a row would easily cause her to develop an anti-human mentality. In any case, this caused the little doll to have a heart that was more sensitive than anyone else's. She didn't like to interact with strangers, didn't want to show too many emotions, and wasn't interested in participating in any "troublesome activities". The reason was because she wanted to avoid being hurt again. But after spending so much time together with our family, the layer of her outer shell had melted away. Mercury Lamp had become an ordinary child who could get along well with her family. Although she was still a little withdrawn sometimes, that was just a problem with her personality.
And this time, Chen Xiaoxue's appearance most likely made her feel a sense of danger again.
Even though she didn't say it out loud, Little Lamp was still aware of her vague position in the family. She was a child, an ordinary child who was loved by the adults. She had a father who she didn't know could be considered a father. She also had many mothers who she didn't know if she could call her mother. Everyone called her "Little Lamp" or "Little Lamp". Countless people in the City of Shadows were used to calling her "Princess" whenever they saw her. To Mercury Lamp, from her initial resistance and rebuttal, to her unwillingness to accept it, and now her tacit acceptance, this little doll had already subconsciously confirmed her identity as a "daughter". However, the special existence of Xiaoxue truly made her feel a sense of danger.
But judging from her expression, this little girl wasn't conflicted to the point where she was worried that she would be abandoned. She just felt that with Xiaoxue's arrival, this child who was picked up from the streets would probably turn from a little princess into a Cinderella. Perhaps I should suspect that there might be a problem with my education. Thinking back to the time when I taught the intelligent President Shui, how did she become a child with a childish temper?
Mercury Lamp was also greatly embarrassed by my words. No matter how much she acquiesced to the current situation, she was still stubborn and wouldn't relent. Let alone calling me daddy, until now, this girl still hadn't removed the word "idiot" from my name. Thus, the little fellow reached out and grabbed my hair, fiercely pulling, "What are you saying! What are you talking about! What am I talking about! "
Then there was another round of commotion. Mercury Lamp's feathers fell all over the floor. After a few minutes, everything calmed down. I noticed that the little doll's face had turned from cloudy to sunny: This was the method I came up with to give this little girl psychological guidance. It's much more effective than talking. Once you get tired, she'll be more obedient.
"Okay." I poked the little doll that was panting on my arm and tickled it, "Silly girl, Xiaoxue called you sister Lamp when you first met her. Did you not think about it? Do you think you two will be estranged in the future?"
Mercury Lamp's expression suddenly became strange. She looked up at the sky and thought for a long time. Suddenly, she became flustered and exasperated, "Why didn't you remind me earlier!"
Me: "…"
How would I know that this silly girl really didn't think about this from the beginning!
"I don't care, you have to take responsibility." The little doll's mood seemed to have brightened up. She took the initiative to climb onto the royal throne on my shoulder and tugged at her "adoptive father's" hair. Her tone was full of arrogance, "You said it yourself. You can't abandon me, and you can't ignore me. You have to treat everyone equally. Otherwise … otherwise, I'll run away from home!"
I thought about it and felt that it was incomprehensible, "Run away from where? Everything under the sky belongs to the king. No matter how far you run, it's the same as running from the south house to the north house … "
"You're shameless!" The doll girl was instantly enraged, "Did you listen to me properly?!"
"Fine, fine, fine. I'm your father after all."
The doll girl instantly became silent. She seemed to be conflicted for a long time before she finally pinched my ear and said hesitantly, "That … I'll decide when to call you … depending on my mood."
This time, it was my turn to be surprised.
However, before I could continue teasing the little puppet who was about to fly into a rage out of humiliation, Qian Qian's voice came from the second floor. "Ah Jun! Ah Jun! There's a guest! A big guest! "
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