Chapter 79: A Sudden Realization — When Feelings Change
Little Eight replied dismissively, “Isn’t that obvious? I can even detect blackening values and evil thought values—how could I not sense someone’s emotions?”
Sure enough, Little Eight was right. Li Chen seemed very happy, because he affectionately pinched Nan Xun’s cheek and said gently, “You really are Daddy’s good child.”
As he said this, the corners of his sensual lips curved slightly upward. Having spent so many years reading his moods, Nan Xun knew very well that this kind of smile only appeared when Li Chen was in an exceptionally good mood.
Nan Xun’s spirits instantly soared. She hurriedly said, “Daddy, since I’m being so good, shouldn’t you treat me even better?”
Li Chen raised an eyebrow. “Is Daddy not good to you already?”
“You are, but I want you to be even better to me,” Nan Xun said with a bright smile. Ideally, so good that the evil thought value would drop to zero in one go.
Li Chen rubbed her head, his expression very gentle. “Alright.”
The atmosphere was just right. Hearing Little Eight yawn, Nan Xun was infected by it and started yawning too. Just as she was about to close her eyes for a quick nap, she suddenly heard Li Chen say, “Sweetheart, Daddy has no secrets from you anymore.”
Nan Xun froze for a second before realizing which of her earlier remarks this was referring to.
Damn—so she’d casually mentioned wanting privacy this morning, and Li Chen had remembered it all the way until now?
“Sweetheart, so you also can’t have any secrets from Daddy,” Li Chen continued. His tone wasn’t questioning—it was a firm declaration.
Nan Xun couldn’t understand Li Chen’s thinking at all. She wasn’t rebelling or insisting on total independence; she just wanted to sleep in her own bed. Why on earth couldn’t Li Chen agree to such a small request?
“Little Eight, could it be that I’ve clung to him all these years and stopped him from finding a woman, so I’ve twisted him into some kind of pervert who likes sleeping with his daughter?” Nan Xun exclaimed in alarm.
If that were really the case, her sin would be enormous.
The Void Beast thought about it, then gasped as well. “The more you think about it, the scarier it gets. Count it—how many years has your Li Chen Daddy gone without finding a woman? Damn, when you put it that way, it actually does seem possible!”
After hearing this analysis, Nan Xun felt even more horrified and hurriedly asked, “Then what should we do? Do you think his evil thought value hasn’t dropped all this time because I messed up his… intimate happiness?”
The Void Beast nodded emphatically. “You could try finding your Li Chen Daddy someone who understands him.”
So that night, when the two of them were lying in bed chatting, Nan Xun decided she needed to bring this up as soon as possible.
Li Chen had one arm wrapped around her, while the other held an English book, from which he was reading an English text aloud to Nan Xun.
When she was little, it had been storybooks. Now it was English books. Nan Xun felt her own level had upgraded by more than just one tier.
When Li Chen read English in that deep voice of his, Nan Xun thought it sounded incredibly nice—much better than a lullaby.
Before she completely dozed off, Nan Xun poked Li Chen’s abs with her finger, signaling him to pause.
Li Chen turned to look at her. “Hm? What is it, sweetheart?”
Nan Xun said a bit hesitantly, “Daddy, I feel like I’ve really wronged you.”
“Oh?” Li Chen put the book down, his expression turning serious. “Why would sweetheart suddenly say that?”
Nan Xun looked even more guilty and said, “Daddy is in the prime of his life, but because of me, you’ve never spared another glance at other women. Haven’t I… held you back all these years?”
Li Chen’s expression slowly darkened.
Focused on organizing her thoughts, Nan Xun didn’t notice and continued her self-criticism. “I was little and ignorant before, always clinging to you. Whenever Daddy talked a bit more with any woman, I’d get upset because I was afraid you’d be taken away. But now I’ve grown up and understand things. Even with me, Daddy still has the right to pursue happiness. From now on, I won’t stop you anymore. Daddy, if you see a woman who makes your heart move, just marry her!”
After saying that, Nan Xun looked up.
Holy crap!
Why was Li Chen’s face so dark?
The Void Beast suddenly shouted, “I just dozed off for a second—what happened? Why did your Li Chen Daddy’s blackening value suddenly increase by 10 points?”
Nan Xun was equally confused. “I don’t know either. I was just following what we discussed earlier. I was suggesting that Li Chen Daddy go find a woman, and then his face turned dark.”
Li Chen suddenly reached out and touched Nan Xun’s cheek. “Sweetheart, do you really think that way?”
Nan Xun thought to herself: Was I not sincere enough just now?
She hurriedly nodded and said very seriously, “Daddy, I really mean it. I’m not saying this in anger or as a joke. I can’t let Daddy give up his happiness for the rest of his life because of me. Even though I’ll definitely take care of Daddy, it’s just not the same.”
“How is it not the same?” Li Chen actually asked.
Nan Xun started counting on her fingers. “A wife can warm your bed, give you children, cook for you, and wash your clothes.”
Li Chen replied calmly, “Sweetheart can also warm Daddy’s bed. As for children, Daddy having you is enough. And cooking and laundry—Auntie Li can do all that.”
Nan Xun: …
How could that be the same? Her warming his bed as his daughter and another woman warming his bed—how could those possibly be the same?!
But Nan Xun had been raised by Li Chen to be rather simple-minded, so this was the kind of question she would never say out loud.
Fortunately, Li Chen didn’t press further. He rubbed her head and said lightly, “I’ve heard sweetheart’s opinion. Go to sleep.”
At one moment, his gaze suddenly became very deep. A strand of moonlight slipped through the crack in the window and happened to fall on his face, reflecting a silvery gleam in his dark eyes, making him look a bit cold.
Nan Xun had originally wanted to keep expressing her stance, but Little Eight suddenly cheered at that moment. “My dear! Wow, jackpot, jackpot! Just now, your Li Chen Daddy’s evil thought value suddenly dropped by 15 points—15 points! That’s the biggest drop in all these years! Hahaha!”
Nan Xun was overjoyed as well. It seemed that this really had been what was blocking the continued decrease of the evil thought value. Li Chen had been afraid of hurting her, so he never sought out other women. Now that she’d made her stance clear, Li Chen could finally go and find his own happiness without worry.
Nan Xun closed her eyes and happily went to sleep. In her good mood, her sleeping posture relaxed as well. One of her legs draped over Li Chen’s thigh, and her arm lay across his chest. Somewhere in the middle of the night, she seemed to dream of something and even smacked her lips softly.
Li Chen turned his head to look at her, his gaze lingering on her pink lips for a long time.
He gently moved Nan Xun’s arm and leg aside and went alone to the window to get some air.
Just then, he finally understood why he’d been feeling so unsettled these days.
Li Chen lit a cigarette and sat by the bed alone, quietly watching the girl sleeping there—for the entire night.
