CHAPTER 877: CHAPTER 879: CHU SI, LIN FEI’S DAUGHTER

Because of the presence of Chu Si and Butcher, Lin Fei and Xue Mei found it inconvenient to chat excessively or intimately. However, this didn’t stop them from expressing their emotions through their glances.

When feelings between two people deepen to a certain extent, a mere exchange of glances is enough to understand each other’s thoughts.

Such is the case at this moment between Lin Fei and Xue Mei.

After a brief exchange of glances and understanding each other’s intentions, both of their attentions shifted entirely to Chu Si.

"Earlier, when the doctor was doing the DNA comparison, I asked the doctor to help check Chu Si’s health as well." Xue Mei, eyes lingering on Chu Si, spoke gently with a hint of pity: "Due to congenital weakness and insufficient postnatal nutrition, Chu Si has some developmental issues. However, it’s not a major problem. Before you came, I already asked Moli and the others to bring in a specialized infant nutritionist."

"With the nutritionist’s help in adjusting her body, the developmental issues can be completely resolved in no time. But there’s a more troublesome problem now, which is that Chu Si has mild autism. We invited a psychologist before you came, but the effect wasn’t very good."

After Xue Mei finished speaking, Lin Fei, originally just a bit nervous and uneasy, couldn’t help but feel a pang of hurt.

Although Lin Fei is not a professional doctor, he has heard somewhat about autism, a common children’s psychological disorder.

After a brief pause, Lin Fei asked, "Is it congenital or acquired?"

"Acquired."

Upon hearing Xue Mei’s response, Lin Fei’s previously suspended heart relaxed a bit.

Any disease, once it’s congenital, is generally very difficult to cure. Comparatively, acquired autism always has a slightly higher possibility of being cured than congenital autism.

"Don’t think too much. Anyway, being able to find Chu Si is ultimately good news. Regarding Chu Si’s autism issue, we’ll take it slow; eventually, we’ll find a way to cure it." Xue Mei approached Lin Fei, holding his large hand with her delicate one, after comforting Lin Fei. She turned her eyes to Chu Si again and said, "We’ve been talking to ourselves so much that this little girl is a bit sleepy. I guess it won’t be long before she falls asleep."

After Xue Mei finished speaking, Lin Fei and Butcher, fearing they might disturb Chu Si’s sleep, dared not breathe heavily.

Like this, after waiting silently for five or six minutes, just as Xue Mei predicted, the sleepy Chu Si tilted her little head and fell asleep on the sofa.

After confirming that Chu Si had fallen asleep, Lin Fei and Butcher heaved a soft sigh of relief and cautiously tip-toed closer to Chu Si.

After examining Chu Si closely for over ten seconds, Butcher couldn’t suppress his excitement and with some anticipation and nervousness, asked Lin Fei, "Boss, she’s already asleep. Is it okay if I hold her?"

Lin Fei, who also wanted to hold Chu Si in his heart, looked back at Xue Mei, uncertain, and said, "It should be okay."

"Better not, since she’s just fallen asleep. Children have light sleep, and neither of you have cared for kids; you might lack a gentle touch. If you wake her up, she might start crying again."

After a little consideration, Xue Mei shook her head and dismissed Lin Fei and Butcher’s thought of holding Chu Si.

"You keep an eye on her for a while. I’ll go upstairs to get her something to cover."

Zhonghai is different from New Star Forest, which is situated in the tropics; Zhonghai has entered autumn. To prevent Chu Si from catching cold, it’s naturally necessary to cover her with something.

After watching Xue Mei go upstairs, Butcher took a glance at the sleeping Chu Si and then at Lin Fei, mulling over the situation.

Butcher gritted his teeth and said to Lin Fei, "Boss, I couldn’t talk while Sister Mei was here. Now it’s just the two of us, there’s something I must discuss with you."

"Whatever it is, feel free to say it. There’s nothing between us that can’t be discussed."

"Since you’ve said so, I’ll be honest. Actually, it’s not a big deal, just the matter of Chu Si’s future arrangements. I remember I mentioned it to you before, hoping to give Chu Si a good environment to grow up in. My suggestion is for you and Sister to adopt Chu Si. If Chu Si could be with you and Sister, I’d be completely at ease. Now that we’ve found Chu Si, I want to hear your thoughts. Boss, are you willing to adopt Chu Si?"

"I don’t really like the word ’adopt.’ Chu Si is Little Tiger’s daughter, and Little Tiger died protecting us. So, Little Tiger’s daughter is my daughter."

"Boss, I’m totally relieved if you think like this. But, concerning Sister—"

"I’ll find a way to convince Shanshan. Though she’s a bit cold in personality, she’s very sentimental deep down. I believe as long as I explain the reasoning to her, she shouldn’t mind being Chu Si’s mom."

Upon receiving Lin Fei’s assurance, Butcher’s previously suspended heart wholly relaxed, and his expression followed suit, softening considerably.

Very carefully, Butcher touched Chu Si’s delicate face and, with eyes showing traces of reminiscence, spoke wistfully, "Boss, I’ll leave Chu Si to you first. I’m going to find Little Tiger to have a few drinks and tell him the good news that we found his daughter. Otherwise, he’ll scold us down there for not knowing how to take care of his daughter."

"Go ahead, when you see Little Tiger, remember to toast a few more glasses for me. Also, tell him clearly that I will surely raise Chu Si into adulthood for him. Furthermore, explain that Chu Si is still young, so it’s inconvenient to take her to see him. When she grows up, I’ll take her to pay respects to him."

"Okay."

Nodding in agreement with Lin Fei, Butcher initially intended to depart directly.

Yet, Butcher had hardly taken a few steps when Lin Fei suddenly called out to him, saying, "Wait a minute, just words may not persuade Little Tiger. Since we’ve found Chu Si, take some photos of her and burn them for Little Tiger. After all, Little Tiger doesn’t even know what Chu Si looks like."

As Lin Fei finished speaking, Xue Mei came downstairs holding a thin blanket.

After helping Chu Si cover her with the thin blanket, Butcher approached Xue Mei to request a camera to photograph Chu Si.

Xue Mei, without any hesitation, promptly found Butcher an instant camera.

Click, click!

After taking several photos of Chu Si, Butcher left with the pictures...