Cultivation Pet Shop

Chapter 885 Xin’er’s Origins (3)

After that incident, there had been a rift created between the second prince and the Mu Stellar King, which was what led to the current situation of the Mu Stellar Kingdom.

Everyone had thought that the second prince would take the crown prince title, but then the rift happened and the first and fourth prince gained power.

However, during all of this, the second prince had already started making his move.

He knew that to allow Dongfang Tao Hua to return and to find his child again, he had to seize power from his father. So he plotted with his friends, slowly gaining power until he had enough to take down his father like he had done today.

By the end of the story, he looked at Lin Fan and Angela with grateful looks as he said, "It's all thanks to you that I was able to reunite with my daughter today. Thank you for keeping her safe."

Dongfang Tao Hua also looked at them with grateful looks and repeated with a bow, "Thank you for keeping her safe."

Xin'er was still a child, so she didn't understand most of what had been said, but she could understand the hardships that her birth parents had gone through because of her. She lowered her head and asked, "Was I a burden?"

Dongfang Tao Hua immediately shook her head and said, "No, you were a gift from god. You were the crystallization of our love and our treasure. There will never be a time when you will be a burden."

The Mu Stellar King gave a nod and said, "Xin'er, you are our treasure."

Xin'er felt a bit of warmth fill her chest before she revealed a bright smile.

After feeling warm together for a bit, Dongfang Tao Hua suddenly remembered something and asked, "Right…What happened to grandpa Duanmu? Wasn't he supposed to be taking care of Xin'er?"

The Mu Stellar King slightly knitted his brows as he remembered this and he looked at Lin Fan with a questioning look.

This time, it was Lin Fan's turn to tell the story. With a sigh, he told them about everything that had happened in the slum city.

As they listened to this story, Xin'er became more and more silent until she just sat there with a sad look on her face, not saying a single thing.

But both the Mu Stellar King and Dongfang Tao Hua also had similar looks.

After all, old man Duanmu was someone that was important to them.

Duanmu Hua Yu had once been a housekeeper in the Dongfang Family. Specifically, he had been assigned to take care of Dongfang Tao Hua and had been with her since she was a child.

It could be said that he was the one that had raised her.

So in her heart, Duanmu Hua Yu was like a grandfather.

That was also the reason why the Mu Stellar King had trusted Duanmu Hua Yu with the infant Mu Bao Bao.

But learning that he was dead now…

Dongfang Tao Hua couldn't help muttering, "Grandpa Duanmu…" As she said this, there were tears that formed in her eyes.

She still remembered being chased around by him whenever she was naughty as a child, those were memories that could never fade. But now it seemed like she would never have a chance to see the kind grandfather from those memories again.

Xin'er had never had anyone to share her sadness over Duanmu Hua Yu's death with since there was no one that could understand it. After all, she was the only one that was close to him when he died.

Lin Fan had only known Duanmu Hua Yu for a period of time, so his feelings about him couldn't compare to Xin'er.

But now she found that there was indeed someone that could share her sadness.

After all, before Duanmu Hua Yu had taken care of her, he had taken care of her mother, so they knew how each other felt.

Xin'er turned to Dongfang Tao Hua and asked, "Can we visit grandpa's grave together?"

Dongfang Tao Hua looked at her daughter and seeing the look in her eyes, she gave a nod in response.

Then to Dongfang Tao Hua's surprise, Xin'er suddenly moved forward to hug her.

Tears once again appeared in Dongfang Tao Hua's eyes after she recovered from her surprise and she stretched her arms out to hug Xin'er as well.

As for the Mu Stellar King, he couldn't help giving a sigh.

He was the one who had sent Duanmu Hua Yu to the slum city with Xin'er, so it could be said that it was his fault. If he hadn't sent him or if he had prepared better, then perhaps he would have been able to prevent his death in the end…

But at the same time, he also fell into deep thought.

After all, according to Lin Fan's story, this was most likely the move of one of the former prince's.

One of the former prince's had found out about Xin'er and had wanted to make a move against her…Now that he had become the Mu Stellar King, it seemed like he needed to move up his plan to announce Xin'er's identity so he could provide more security for her…

Otherwise, it would be too late to regret it if something were to happen.

With this thought in mind, the Mu Stellar King revealed a firm determined look.

After letting down his family once, he wouldn't let it happen again.

Once they finished discussing everything, there was nothing for them to do except let the mothers and daughter have their time together.

But before they could get too into it, the door to this hidden room suddenly opened and a petite figure ran in. This petite figure looked around the room until her eyes fell onto Dongfang Tao Hua before immediately running over to her.

Then without hesitation, she jumped off the ground and into Dongfang Tao Hua's embrace.

Dongfang Tao Hua didn't dodge out of the way and caught this petite figure with a faint smile as she said, "Xiao Qian, it's been a long time."

The petite figure drilled her head into Dongfang Tao Hua's chest and said, "Big sis, I've missed you so much!"

This petite figure that had suddenly charged into the room was naturally the second young miss of the Dongfang Family, Dongfang Qian Hua. The one that Lin Fan had been in contact with before.

As for why everyone regarded her as the Dongfang Family's young miss instead of the second miss, that was because it was ordered by the former Mu Stellar King to erase the matter of Dongfang Tao Hua. So the Dongfang Family had no choice but to pretend like Dongfang Tao Hua never existed.

After taking a while to calm down, Dongfang Qian Hua gave a cough and wiped her tears off before leaving Dongfang Tao Hua's embrace. She looked up and the first thing that she did was glare at the Mu Stellar King like there was a family grudge between the two of them.

Well, there technically was a family grudge since it was the Mu Stellar King and the former Mu Stellar King's fault that her big sister had to suffer through everything that she had suffered.

The Mu Stellar King just revealed an awkward smile since he never knew how to handle this little sister in law.

Then after glaring at the Mu Stellar King, her glare turned to Lin Fan as she said, "Why didn't you tell me that you had already found Bao Bao?"

With her intelligence, it didn't take much for her to figure out what had happened. She knew that Xin'er was Mu Bao Bao, her niece.

The reason why she had Lin Fan search for her in the first place was because she wanted to keep her safe after hearing about the prince's people moving in the slum city. But she never expected that the little girl who followed Lin Fan was actually her niece and she had been this close all along.

Lin Fan just revealed an awkward smile and said, "I didn't know who to trust, it wasn't as if I could just tell you, right? I didn't know if the Dongfang Family wanted to do anything to Xin'er."

Dongfang Qian Hua glared at him a bit more, but she gave a sigh in the end and shook her head since she understood where his logic was coming from. That was the curse of intelligence sometimes, she couldn't get angry even if she wanted to because she could see through the logic easily.

She ignored the two men and turned to Xin'er to say with a smile, "Bao Bao, it's me, your aunt Qian Hua. Come and give me a hug."

But her sudden enthusiasm scared Xin'er away. It caused her to run over to where Angela was and she hid behind Angela as she peeked out to look at Dongfang Qian Hua.

Dongfang Qian Hua's smile was immediately replaced with a look of disappointment as she turned to Dongfang Tao Hua and said, "Big sis, why does Bao Bao hate me?"

Dongfang Tao Hua revealed a smile that had a hint of bitterness to it as she said, "Xin'er doesn't have any memories of us, so it could said that we're strangers to her. It's normal for her to be scared if you come on this strong. Also, she wants to be called Xin'er, not Bao Bao."

Dongfang Qian Hua took a look at Lin Fan and Angela after hearing this before turning back to give a nod.

Since she couldn't get Xin'er to come to her like this, then she would have to think of another method.

After tilting her head to think for a bit, she suddenly waved her hand and there were lollipops that appeared. She looked at Xin'er with a smile and said, "Xin'er, auntie Qian Qian has some treats for you. Come over here, alright?"

Dongfang Tao Hua began shaking her head, but then her movement got stuck as she saw Xin'er slowly come out from behind Angela. Then her lips couldn't help twitching as she saw Xin'er slowly move over to Dongfang Qian Hua before reaching her hand towards the lollipops and saying, "Auntie, can I really have these?"

Dongfang Qian Hua looked at Dongfang Tao Hua with a smug look before turning to Xin'er with a smile, "Of course you can, Xin'er! Auntie has prepared a lot of these for you!"

Xin'er took the lollipops with a happy smile before looking at Dongfang Qian Hua to say, "Thank you, auntie!"

Dongfang Tao Hua pouted her lips before also picking up some cookies and saying, "Xin'er, come over here and let mommy feed you!"

Xin'er looked at her and then obediently went over with her mouth open.

Just like this, the two sisters started using sweets to compete for Xin'er's affection.

Lin Fan's face was covered in three dark lines when he saw this.

It seemed like he would have to teach Xin'er about taking candy from strangers…

Wait, that didn't seem right either since technically they weren't strangers…

Lin Fan couldn't help rubbing his head as he felt a headache coming on.