Chapter 1155: Chapter 637: Thank You, Daddy (Double Chapter)
Qin Yue’s little face was panicked, she patted his thigh hard, nowhere was her previous smug appearance,
"You’re not good, didn’t chase it away well..."
"It’s not that I didn’t chase it away well, obviously it’s you who’s at fault."
Qin Yue paused hearing this, Chen Yi sneered, snorting and glaring:
"Who’s to blame for not calling me dad? This is a ritual, you didn’t complete it, of course you couldn’t chase away the ghost."
Seeing him looking so disappointed, Qin Yue clenched her hands, feeling a bit weak,
"What’s a... ritual?"
Chen Yi didn’t plan to explain deeply, a two-year-old wouldn’t understand,
"It means you didn’t call me dad, so the ghost didn’t know I was your dad, and she came back. If you don’t call, she’ll keep haunting you, waiting for a chance to eat you."
"Eat, eat... Yue’er isn’t tasty..."
Qin Yue’s little face scrunched up, looking pitifully about to cry,
"Tell her not to eat... Yue’er."
"Too late, she’s fixated on you, wants to eat you, if she can’t, she’ll keep haunting."
"Haunt, haunt how long?"
"A lifetime."
"Lifetime... how long is that?"
Chen Yi sighed deeply and said slowly: "About... seventy or eighty years."
"Seventy or eighty years?"
Qin Yue counted her fingers, realized she couldn’t finish counting:
"I’m only two!"
"Then you’re done for." Chen Yi exclaimed gloatingly, "GG!"
"Boo... boo..."
Tears welled up in her eyes, unable to withstand Chen Yi’s intimidation, Qin Yue couldn’t help but sob in grievance,
"I don’t want to be haunted by a ghost... boo hoo."
The daughter’s cries were loud, piercing the heart, Chen Yi suddenly felt more guilty, gently brought her into his arms, Qin Yue unusually didn’t struggle, just lay crying on him.
Chen Yi gestured to Zhu E, who immediately understood and quietly retreated a few steps, leaving enough space for Chen Yi and Qin Yue.
Qin Yue cried loudly, speaking earnestly,
"...I don’t want to be haunted by a ghost..."
"No, don’t float away... sister..."
"Don’t laugh at me, laugh at me... and eat me... don’t eat me..."
A string of incoherent words mixed with cries, by the end she was choking a bit, gasping for breath, looked back, found her mother was nowhere to be seen, she struggled to look for her, yet feared ghosts.
"Mom, mom..."
She walked not two steps, retreated back into Chen Yi’s arms, cried loudly again,
"Mom was eaten by a ghost!"
Chen Yi felt amused yet sad hearing this, picked her up, gently patted her shoulder and back, softened his voice and said: "Mom hasn’t been eaten by a ghost, your mom is just, just... taken by a ghost."
Qin Yue felt a bit hopeful hearing this, wiped her tears and sobbed: "...Mom... taken by a ghost... must, must rescue her back..."
"Yes, yes, rescue her back, have you heard the story of ’repair the fence after losing a sheep’? It’s never too late," Chen Yi took a deep breath, advising sincerely: "Now we just need to do another ritual, bring your mom back, chase the ghost away... this time, you must call Dad, understand?"
"Dad, there’s only one..."
Qin Yue struggled for a moment, then said chokingly:
"Can I call you uncle?"
Chen Yi wouldn’t agree to that, therefore seriously said:
"No, if you don’t call Dad, the ritual won’t work, then... it will be too late."
Qin Yue panicked, hurriedly grabbed Chen Yi’s clothes, lips buzzing but didn’t know what to say, could only say:
"Not too late, not too late, don’t be late..."
"If you don’t call, then it’s really too late, no choice for you."
Qin Yue’s eyes reddened, she lowered her head.
Really have to call him...?
Ultimately had no choice, couldn’t fight back, even if she didn’t want to call this man who fought with her father king as dad, Qin Yue’s little face was tear-streaked, full of grievance she couldn’t hold back.
She wiped her tears and said: "If I call you dad, will you call me dad too?"
Chen Yi blinked, her demeanor was too cute, he barely held back a laugh, then showed a thoughtful expression.
Under Qin Yue’s big watery eyes, Chen Yi reluctantly nodded: "Alright."
"Don’t trick Yue’er."
"Of course..."
With this reply, Qin Yue also nodded, though she didn’t know how to write "suffer a loss", she felt uncomfortable without getting something back.
She took a deep sobbing breath, as if resolving to say:
"Dad..."
"Louder."
"Dad." She lifted her small face.
"Louder still."
"Dad!"
"Good Yue’er, so good." Chen Yi chuckled, rubbed her little head, her hair was mussed up from the rubbing.
Qin Yue shook her head free from his hand, said: "Ritual... ritual then... where’s mom, did mom come back?"
"She’ll be here shortly."
Chen Yi casually took out a talisman, it wasn’t even drawn with a single character, wasn’t even pretending, chanted "heavenly spirit, earthly spirit, Bodhisattva immortal reveal the spirit", then circled the talisman around Qin Yue once,
"Done."
Qin Yue’s eyes widened, eagerly looking around, indeed, Zhu E’s silhouette appeared from behind the screen.
"Mom, mom, mom!"
"Yue, Yue’er..." Princess’s voice seemed a bit dazed.
"Mom!"
Qin Yue broke into a smile, ran to hug Zhu E tightly, Zhu E lightly picked her up.
"Mom, mom... you were just... just taken by the ghost." Qin Yue trembled with her voice, fear lingering.
"Ah, really?" Princess’s face expressed surprise.
"Luckily, luckily... Yue’er... Yue’er did a ritual, called him ’Dad’..."
Qin Yue’s tone fluctuated, joyful with tears at claiming credit, yet guilt for not sticking to her stand, this two-year-old was experiencing such complex emotions for the first time.
