Ye Chen squatted after taking a deep breath in. He tried his best to be as tall as the little girl and asked while smiling, "Mengmeng, do you like this bag?"
"I don't. It's so ugly and expensive." The little girl shook her head in disdain, but she could not move her eyes away no matter what.
Ye Chen smiled guiltily and walked into the supermarket while holding her hand.
There was a lady cashier sitting at the cashier's counter. Ye Chen walked straight to the display window while holding the little girl's hand. He said to the lady cashier who was following him, "How much is this bag?"
"Sir, this is custom-made by DreamWorks Animation. I'm afraid the price is a little …" The lady cashier took a good look at Ye Chen and said while smiling unnaturally.
"Just tell me how much it is."
“888！”
Ye Chen nodded. "Please pack it up for me."
"It's too expensive. I don't want it!"
The little girl shook her head and walked out as she spoke, "Grandpa and Grandma work hard to earn money. They have to buy medicine for me. My bag isn't broken yet, so I can still carry it."
Ye Chen sniffled. "Mengmeng, Daddy has money. Daddy can afford it. Daddy will earn money to support you guys, okay?"
The little girl looked at Ye Chen quietly. A few seconds later, tears rolled down her cheeks all of a sudden. "I'm sick. I'm dying. It's … useless to buy it."
Hum!
Ye Chen's brain short-circuited at that moment. He looked at her blankly, feeling shaken.
Are these really the words of a four-year-old child?
The lady cashier stood aside and watched the scene before her quietly.
"I know that I'm sick and I'm very sick. My classmates say that I'm a money-loser and that I have to spend a lot of money. Both Grandma and Grandpa are lying to me."
The little girl held back her tears and said weakly, "Grandma and Grandpa are old now. They're always being bullied by bad guys to earn money for me to treat my illness …"
Ye Chen sniffled. "Mengmeng …"
Ou Lan was right. There were too many things hidden in the four-year-old girl's heart.
Although she didn't know what leukemia was, she knew that it was very difficult to treat. Even her grandparents couldn't cure it even if they risked their lives.
The little girl subconsciously took a step back and stubbornly bit her lips. "I'm very sad. I don't want Grandpa and Grandma to work hard. I don't want Grandpa and Grandma to spend money on me. I'm not afraid of death. I only miss Mommy. I can't even remember what Mommy looks like."
The female cashier secretly wiped away her tears and quietly retreated to the door, leaving the father and daughter alone.
However, Ye Chen could not hold it in anymore. He carried the little girl in his embrace and said while choking despite her resistance, "Trust Daddy, Mengmeng. You won't die. Daddy has a way to cure you. Even if I die, I'll go to hell to get you back. Not only will I cure you, but I'll also bring you to see Mommy safely."
Hearing the word "mother", the little fellow no longer resisted, and a glimmer of light bloomed in his dim eyes. "Mother? Could Meng Meng still see her mother? Will mommy not want me anymore? "
"Yes, I'll definitely see Mommy. Daddy promises that that day won't be too far away." Ye Chen knelt on the ground and hugged the little girl tightly. He said while patting her head softly, "Mommy won't abandon you too. She loves you so much."
The little girl wiped her tears and looked at Ye Chen with hope written all over her face. She was rather nervous. "Pinky promise?"
"Sure, pinky promise!"
"Pinky promise. Don't change for 100 years!"
Ye Chen smiled through his tears. He extended his finger and hooked it with hers. The little girl looked down at her broken little white shoes and said all of a sudden, "Daddy!"
"Huh?"
Ye Chen nodded while smiling. Subsequently, his expression froze as he looked at her in disbelief. "W-what did you call me just now?"
"Daddy!"
The little girl's head was hanging so low that it almost touched her chest. She was as shy as a little quail.
"Great, great, that's great!"
Ye Chen felt a great rush of blood rushing to his head. He had goosebumps all over his body. He stood up and picked the little girl up after saying 'great' three times. He was so excited like a child. "Meng Meng called me Daddy. Meng Meng called me Daddy!"
"Daddy, you're suffocating me!" The little girl coughed a few times and twisted her body uneasily.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Ye Chen put her down immediately and squatted down nervously. "Is Daddy hurting you? Let me take a look."
The little girl snickered and took the initiative to jump into his embrace this time. She hugged his neck with both of her hands and could not stop giggling. "Daddy is a silly deer. I'm fine. Daddy, let's go home now. Otherwise, Grandpa and Grandma will be worried."
"Sure, let's go home. Let's go home!"
Ye Chen picked her up and walked to the cashier while beaming. He took out his wallet and counted 900 yuan for the female cashier. After the female cashier gave him the change, he carried the little girl and was about to leave.
"Sir, wait!"
The female cashier's voice came from behind.
Ye Chen turned his head to see the female cashier walking over with a half-meter tall Winnie the Pooh. She smiled sweetly at Mengmeng. "Little girl, this is for you."
The little girl's eyes lit up. However, she shrunk into Ye Chen's embrace and said timidly, "Sister, w-we don't have any money."
The female cashier snickered. "This is for you. It's free."
"Isn't this a little inappropriate? Why don't I buy it from you? " Ye Chen said in embarrassment. After all, the cashier worked for the supermarket. Her salary would be deducted if she gave the customer something without permission.
The female cashier seemed to have guessed his thoughts. She glared at him and waved her hand. "This supermarket belongs to my family. I'm the only daughter of the old man. Don't talk about giving me a teddy bear. Even if I burned down this store, the old man would have nothing to say. So please accept it."
Ye Chen could only look at the little girl in his embrace. The little girl hesitated, but she eventually could not resist the temptation of the Winnie the Pooh. She extended both of her arms and hugged it. Her mouth was so sweet as if she had just eaten candy. "Thank you, sister. You're so beautiful!"
"You're so smart!" The female cashier touched her face while smiling.
"Thank you!"
Ye Chen thanked her and walked out of the supermarket while carrying the little girl. He arrived at Jinyang District over half an hour later.
The little girl struggled out of his embrace and said to the residents who were passing by while blushing, "Grandma Wang, this is my daddy!
Grandma Wang, this is my daddy! "
"Grandpa Chen, my daddy is picking me up from school!"
"Fatty, if you dare to say that I don't have a daddy again, I'll beat you up. Don't go home crying and snitch on me."
"…"
Ye Chen looked at the little girl who was showing off her daddy with a gentle expression. He felt warm inside. His daughter had finally acknowledged him. That was the happiest thing there was.
He lifted his head to look north and mumbled to himself, "Yuhan, our daughter has finally acknowledged me. She even said that she misses you. Wait for me. I'll come to you after I treat Mengmeng's illness!"
…
Night fell.
After his parents carried Mengmeng back to her room to sleep, Ye Chen returned to his room. He lifted his hand to set up a sound-proof barrier. Subsequently, he took out the black lump the size of a walnut that he had bought from the antique market and began studying it carefully.
A while later, he could not help but feel a little disappointed because the thing could block Divine Consciousness from entering. It was not affected by external forces at all.
Could it be a spiritual seed? Otherwise, why would the Immortal Drift Bottle react?
One must know that the Immortal Drift Bottle did not even budge when faced with the immortal medicine.
Ye Chen frowned and secretly made up his mind after putting the thing away. He would use the mysterious green liquid in the Immortal Drift Bottle to ripen it on the night of the full moon.
He wanted to see what this thing would grow after it was ripened.
It was a sleepless night.
In the next two days, Ye Chen spent all his time with his daughter. He would send her to school in the morning and pick her up from school in the afternoon. The relationship between father and daughter was growing rapidly. Ye Hai and Wu Lan were surprised and happy. However, they were sad to find out that they had fallen out of favor with their precious granddaughter, Mengmeng …
Ye Chen was waiting!
He was waiting for the news from the Gu family. The medicine list that he had written for the Gu family back then also included the ingredients for refining the Qi Blood Pill and the Rebirth Pill for Mengmeng. That was also the reason why he had agreed to treat Gu Shaokang's wife.
After all, the Gu family was powerful, so it was much easier for them to find herbs than him.
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