Cultivation Pet Shop

After introductions had been made, everyone sat down in the employee dorm's kitchen for breakfast.

Lin Fan and Xiao Tu had been sent out to buy breakfast and when they came back, they came into a room that was filled with silence.

The girls were still wary of Angela and Yuki, but there were also traces of admiration and awe as they snuck peeks at them from time to time.

After all, as girls, these two were women that they aspired to be.

Angela and Yuki however didn't hide their looks, but rather stared right at the kids.

When Lin Fan came back, he said with an awkward smile, "Come, let's have something to eat."

Even with him breaking the tension, the kids didn't move until they saw Angela and Yuki start to eat. They even waited to see what they would eat before picking up the same thing and eating it with them.

Kids were all like this, they were afraid of new things at first, but once they knew that it wasn't dangerous, they would be filled with curiosity.

Angela and Yuki just casually ate their food until they both suddenly picked up a napkin.

Angela went over to where Xin'er was and in front of her surprised eyes, she brought the napkin down to help Xin'er wipe her mouth.

As for Yuki, she helped the five sisters.

It didn't take long before the five sisters were happily laughing and talking with Yuki. But that wasn't the case with Xin'er and Angela.

After Angela helped Xin'er wipe the crumbs off her face, Xin'er just shyly looked up and said, "Thank you." Then she looked back down and continued to nibble at the bread in her hands.

Angela just gave a slight nod before also continuing to eat her own food, but now she was sitting beside Xin'er.

Xiao Tu who was also at the table felt that the atmosphere was strange, but there wasn't anyone that he could talk to. Xin'er was with Angela and his five little sisters were with Yuki, so he was alone with Lin Fan.

With no other choice, Xiao Tu turned to Lin Fan and asked, "What's wrong with them? Why do they feel so strange?"

Lin Fan who had been watching with a faint smile on his face was a bit caught off guard when he heard Xiao Tu asking him this, but he turned and hit Xiao Tu on the back of his head. He then said with a faint smile, "It's fine like this. Just go and eat your breakfast."

Xiao Tu rubbed the back of his head and looked up like he wanted to say something else, but seeing Lin Fan with his raised fist, he just lowered his head and started eating his food again.

But like Lin Fan said, he felt that this was fine as well.

That was because he was happy seeing how happy his little sisters were talking and laughing with Yuki.

Lin Fan however had a different feeling when he saw this.

He almost felt like it was like a bunch of kids playing when he saw this…After all, he knew that Yuki had a young mentality, but he never knew just how young it was…

Could it be that her thinking was the same as these kids? Was that why they got along so well?

After they finished their food, the five sisters all pulled on Yuki's hands and wanted to pull her in different directions, saying that they wanted to show off the store to her.

However, Lin Fan told them that was only if they stayed in the store and they stayed near Yuki. They weren't allowed to run off on their own.

The girls pouted their lips, but Yuki patted them on the head and said with a nod, "I'll take care of them." Then as she left, she didn't forget to turn around and stick her tongue out at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan couldn't help being surprised when he saw this.

He had to take back his statement from before about how Yuki was on the same mental level as these kids. It seemed like she was indeed also an adult and was capable of looking after them.

He couldn't help thinking that she would be an interesting mother if she ever became one… 𝘧𝔯e𝗲𝙬ℯ𝙗𝓷o𝘷e𝗹.𝐜𝑜𝒎

But the ones that he cared more about were Angela and Xin'er.

They hadn't moved after they had finished their breakfast, they were just sitting there at the table in silence.

Angela sat there with a cup of tea in front of her while Xin'er was just shyly sitting beside her with her head down.

Normally, Xin'er would have happily gone off with her friends, but this time, she was quietly sitting with Angela.

Luckily for them, Xiao Tu had also been pulled away by the five girls, so there was no one bothering them right now. However, Lin Fan felt that if this silence continued for too long, it wouldn't be a good thing since there would be nothing to break the ice for them.

If this silence lasted too long, it would be too hard for them to break the ice eventually.

But when Lin Fan was about to break the silence for them, Xin'er suddenly looked up at Angela.

Angela wasn't surprised by this at all and just looked at Xin'er with calm eyes.

Xin'er hesitated for a while before finally asking, "Can you hug me?"

She didn't know why she said these words and she didn't know what gave her the courage to say these words, but before she could stop herself, these words had already come out of her mouth.

Angela didn't show any surprise when she heard this. She just revealed a faint smile as she raised her arms towards Xin'er, waiting for her to take the final step.

Xin'er's eyes trembled when she saw this, but then without hesitation, she jumped into Angela's embrace.

She dug her head deep into Angela's chest and just laid there in her embrace.

As she let herself be wrapped up in this warm embrace, she couldn't help muttering, "Mom, where are you?"

Lin Fan felt a hint of pain fill his heart when he heard this.

That was right, he had never learned more about Xin'er's parent's from Duanmu Hua Yu…Well, he knew who Xin'er's father was and that was impossible, but he didn't know who Xin'er's mother was.

If her mother was still alive, should he try to find her and reunite them?

After all, he at least knew that Xin'er's mother was also a victim in this matter…

Angela looked down at the little girl in her embrace and she couldn't help feeling the urge to protect her.

Lin Fan had already told her about everything that had happened to this little girl and she did empathize with her, but that didn't mean that she would treat her like her daughter like she did with Xiao Bai.

That was until the moment that this little girl asked her for a hug.

At this moment, holding this little crying girl in her arms, she felt like she knew what being a mother really was and the urge to protect her surge inside of her.

She patted Xin'er on the back and said, "It's alright, mother is here."

Xin'er trembled when she heard this, but then she looked up at Angela with tearful eyes and asked, "Is that alright?"

Angela gave a nod and said, "Un."

Xin'er's tears poured out even more after this, but she also revealed a joyful smile as she obediently said, "Mother!"

Angela just gave another nod and said, "Mother is here."

Lin Fan didn't do anything as he watched the two of them and after a few seconds, he went out of the kitchen, closing the door behind him. Even with the little bit of sensitivity that he had, he knew that he should give them some private time for now.

But as he left, he also made sure to leave a guard at the door to make sure that no one would disturb the two of them.

As for him, he went to the front of the store and started preparing everything that they needed to open the store tomorrow.

When everyone gathered again, it was already time for lunch.

Yuki and the five girls seemed like they were full of energy as they ran into the kitchen to eat, but Xiao Tu who was following behind him looked completely exhausted. It was almost as if he had been fighting for his life the entire morning.

Angela and Xin'er who hadn't left were much closer than before, with Xin'er now sitting on Angela's lap while she helped brush Xin'er's hair.

But when Xiao Tu saw Xin'er, he couldn't help asking in a concerned voice, "What's wrong? Why are your eyes red?"

Xin'er's eyes were indeed red because of all the crying that she had done earlier and when it was pointed out this blatantly, her face couldn't help turning red with embarrassment.

When Xiao Tu saw her face turning red, he asked in an even more concerned voice, "Your face is all red. Do you have a fever?"

He was about to reach his hand out to put on Xin'er's head to check her temperature, but before he could reach her, he suddenly felt a chill run through his hand that forced him to pull it back. When he pulled it back, he saw that there was actually a layer of frost that had formed on his hand as well.

He looked down at his hand in shock and he couldn't understand where this came from.

But then he also felt another chill run down his spine. He turned in the direction that the chill came from and found a pair of ice cold eyes staring at him.

Angela could naturally see how Xiao Tu felt about Xin'er from his actions and now that she had taken Xin'er as her daughter in her heart, she would do all that she could to protect her from bugs like this. She had also heard about Xiao Tu from Lin Fan, so she knew what kind of background he had.

Someone like this was naturally not worthy of her Xin'er!

Xin'er felt that something was off, so she said, "It's nothing, something just got in my eyes, that's all."

She then turned to Angela and said, "Mom, let's eat."

Hearing Xin'er calling her, Angela gave a nod.

Everyone except for Lin Fan couldn't help looking at the two of them with shocked looks as they couldn't understand how the two of them had suddenly gotten so close.

Angela turned to Lin Fan who had a bitter smile on his face and he understood what she meant, so he started serving up the food that he bought earlier.

After he was done, Xin'er turned to Lin Fan and said, "Thank you, big brother Lin."

Lin Fan responded with, "Why is she "mom" and I'm "big brother Lin"? She is my wife, you know?"

Everyone once again looked at Lin Fan with shock when they heard this.