Chapter 69: Sorrowful — I Am His Pet
Nan Xun stood alone on the ground, her jet-black eyes staring at the one old and one young man before her. She thought to herself that Li Chen was probably Old Master Li’s child born in his later years. They were both quite handsome—one a handsome old man, the other a handsome young man.
The handsome young man walked over and, somewhat clumsily, picked her up.
“B-brother…” Little Nan Xun waved her tiny paws and spoke unclearly, then planted a loud smack on the young man’s face, drooling all over him.
Young Li Chen pressed his lips together and didn’t speak, but the cold sharpness in his gaze softened a little. He corrected her, “Call me Dad.”
The handsome middle-aged man stared at his son in surprise. He had never seen such a tender side of his son before. Could it really be that blood ties connected father and daughter?
“Dada…” Nan Xun babbled while blowing bubbles, her little palm slapping his face with a pa.
Her tiny paw was chubby and soft, and the slap didn’t hurt at all.
Li Chen showed no particular expression. He reached out with one finger and poked Nan Xun’s fair, tender, puffed-up cheek—poke after poke—then gave a one-word verdict: “Soft.”
Nan Xun: …
She put on a stiff little face and pretended not to notice the finger relentlessly poking her cheek.
Poke. Still poking!
Damn it, I’m not a white steamed bun—what’s so fun about poking me?
Poke me again and I’ll bite you to death.
Li Chen carried the baby into the car. The car drove through the gates and continued along the estate’s main road for quite a while before stopping.
After Nan Xun got out of the car, her dark round eyes were nearly blinded by the building before her.
This enormous, castle-like villa was the Li family home?
Holy crap—this was insanely luxurious!
Two rows of tall, burly bodyguards in black stood at the entrance. Upon seeing Li Chen and Old Master Li, they bent at ninety degrees in unison. “Greetings, Master. Greetings, Young Master.”
Old Master Li gave a perfunctory hm, while Li Chen, face icy, carried the milk-scented baby straight through the door.
“Master, the child Young Master is holding is…?” Butler Wang asked, looking toward Old Master Li.
Old Master Li burst out laughing. “My son’s newly acquired daughter—my granddaughter.”
When Old Master Li was young, he had followed his own father through countless bloody and perilous situations. Perhaps because his hands were stained with too much blood, he had no children for a long time, only having Li Chen at forty. He then raised him directly as his successor. Li Chen lived up to expectations, taking over part of the family business at a young age, though he was far too mature for his years.
Naturally, Old Master Li hoped for a house full of descendants. So when his fourteen-year-old son suddenly had a one-year-old daughter, not only was he not angry—he was delighted.
At this rate, the Li family was bound to flourish with children and grandchildren in the future.
Nan Xun opened her big round eyes wide, carefully studying the young man holding her, then slapped his face again and again with her little palm.
The Void Beast’s voice suddenly sounded. “Darling, your body’s gotten smaller—did your IQ shrink too?”
Nan Xun replied, “…I just want to take the chance to slap him a few more times. Once he goes dark later, I won’t get the chance.”
The Void Beast was a bit surprised. “How do you know little Li Chen’s corruption value hasn’t hit 100 yet? Right now it’s only around 40—he’s not a psychopath yet.”
Nan Xun said, “If he were fully corrupted, how could he look at me like this? As expected of someone who just became a dad—coldness mixed with gentleness, it’s a deadly temptation.”
With a single order from Li Chen, servants quickly prepared a beautiful princess room.
The room was filled with plush dolls, turning it into a miniature animal kingdom. There were also diapers, formula, and little clothes—hundreds of each item prepared.
That very day, little Nan Xun gained a new name: Li Xiao Nan.
Nan Xun quite liked it, since it contained the character Nan.
Not long after, the news spread. Whether inside the elite circles or outside them, everyone knew that Young Master Li had gained a daughter.
Fourteen-year-old Li Chen, still just a boy, fell in love with Li Xiao Nan at first sight. The cold-faced Little King of Hell, as he was known, became overflowing with fatherly love, promoted to a super dad, and for several years did not set foot in entertainment venues.
Nan Xun lived a life of being waited on hand and foot every day. She just had to act cute once in a while, and so four years passed. At five years old, little Nan Xun was exquisitely pretty, like a carved piece of jade—beloved by all who saw her.
“Little Eight, what’s the corruption value now?” Nan Xun propped her small head up, staring sorrowfully at the children’s picture book in her hands.
The Void Beast sounded listless. “Li Chen dotes on you like crazy, so why hasn’t the corruption value dropped at all? It’s still 100—this pisses me off!”
Nan Xun asked curiously, “My dad’s so young—how did he end up with a corruption value of 100? Did he experience something when he was little?”
The Void Beast hummed. “Do you know how old your dad was when he first held a gun? Five years old!
Once, the Li family’s enemies kidnapped him. During the abduction, your dad took advantage of a moment of inattention, pulled a gun straight out of his pocket, and bang bang—shot them dead. The funny part is that those kidnappers thought it was a toy gun and didn’t even bother to dodge. Tsk~”
Nan Xun: …
“I didn’t understand before, but now I finally get it. All that talk about Li Chen’s overflowing fatherly love—ha. He’s actually just treating me like a pet.”
The more Nan Xun thought about it, the more she felt like she was simply a high-end toy Li Chen kept—one that could jump and smile.
Li Chen was far too mature. He had no childhood and didn’t know what toys were, so Nan Xun’s appearance filled the void of his missing childhood.
Nan Xun sighed, a little sorrowful. “I’ve really wasted four whole years. These four years, I’ve been like an idiot, letting him toy with me…”
The Void Beast thought for a moment and suggested, “Why don’t we just transmigrate straight to ten years later?”
Nan Xun said, “Would that help? He treats me like a pet and a toy now—would it be any different ten years later?”
The Void Beast agreed, then suddenly exclaimed in alarm, “Holy crap, we absolutely can’t just leave for ten years later! If we’re gone, who’s going to stop your womanizing dad from producing a whole litter of younger brothers and sisters for you?
Let me tell you—since you want to redeem the big boss through family affection, you absolutely cannot let anyone else steal Li Chen’s attention. So you have to stop this whole nest of siblings from being born!”
Hearing this, Nan Xun suddenly felt a tightness in her chest. If Li Chen’s corruption value stayed high, didn’t that mean she’d have to stick around until he was too old to have children?
The Void Beast had thought of that too. “Mm… let’s stay until you’re eighteen. If after all those years, being his only daughter still can’t eliminate his corruption value, then we should leave early.”
Nan Xun said, “Baby, I suddenly regret this so much. Using family affection to redeem a big boss means first cultivating deep feelings, and only then redeeming him. This world is destined to be a long, drawn-out waste of time.”
The Void Beast replied, “Be good, it’s good that you understand. In the next world, let’s just obediently purify the big boss with your body.”
Nan Xun: …
