“Mommy, let’s just take a taxi ourselves.”
A childish voice sounded in her ear.
Bai Ruanwen crouched down, holding her daughter’s hand, meeting those clear, bright eyes.
Her voice unconsciously softened, “Song Shushu will be here soon. Can we wait a little longer?”
The airport was packed with people, the broadcast echoing through every corner.
The little girl wore pink overalls, blinking her big round eyes, drawing glances from passing travelers, as if it was their first time seeing such a beautiful, adorable child.
“But I’m really hungry, I don’t want to wait for Song Shushu anymore.”
Bai Xia tugged at Bai Ruanwen’s sleeve.
Looking at her daughter acting spoiled, Bai Ruanwen felt a surge of doubt in her heart.
In her memory, her daughter was always happy to see Song Dong, but today she seemed especially impatient.
Thinking her daughter must be tired, she checked the time, then smiled and took her daughter’s hand, “Then let’s not wait. Let’s go home.”
Bai Xia’s eyes lit up instantly.
She obediently trotted alongside Bai Ruanwen, glancing around with the corner of her eye, as if on guard against something.
What was there to wait for?
If they waited any longer, it would turn into a nightmare.
She never dreamed she’d transmigrate into a genius prodigy novel.
Other people who transmigrated at least became adults, but her?
She shrank straight down to a three-year-old child.
This was a classic angst novel.
The female lead, Bai Ruanwen, went through her family’s bankruptcy and instantly became a laughingstock among the upper class, but her childhood friend, Song Dong, still stayed by her side, showering her with care.
On Song Dong’s birthday, just as he was preparing to confess to the heroine, she got drunk and fell asleep in the room.
Coincidentally, the male lead was drugged and entered the wrong room, and in a daze, ended up having a relationship with the heroine.
After a night of passion, the male lead thought the heroine had drugged him, and all his previous affection turned into a mix of love and hate.
The heroine, who already liked the male lead, couldn’t accept being defiled, and in a fit of anger, secretly left the country.
With the help of the male supporting lead, the male lead never found the heroine, but he didn’t know she was already pregnant.
This child was extraordinary—by age three, a top hacker, fluent in eighteen languages, and able to play all kinds of instruments from home and abroad, a true prodigy in every sense.
Five years later, the heroine returned to the country with her child.
Upon learning that her father had bullied her mother, the little girl hacked the male lead’s entire company by herself, shocking everyone.
Yet the male lead thought the child belonged to the male supporting lead, and jealousy and frustration drove him mad.
He tangled endlessly with the heroine, until the male supporting lead revealed the truth, and only then did the male lead begin his long, desperate pursuit to win her back.
And she was the genius prodigy in the story.
Bai Xia just wanted to ask the author: Did a human write this?
Why not just make her the president already?
A three-and-a-half-year-old girl hacking a listed company—was she an alien?
Was her brain wired to a supercomputer?
Today was the day the male lead found out the heroine had returned and came to the airport to block her.
After seeing the child, he went completely mad, believing she was the heroine’s child with someone else, which started a whole series of insane actions.
Bai Xia truly had no words.
Never mind that the heroine didn’t drug the male lead, even if she had, wouldn’t he be secretly happy that the person he liked drugged him and he slept with her? Yet he ended up hating her—what kind of logic was that?
If he hated the heroine, why keep pestering her?
Having such a crazy dad was her biggest black mark.
Anyway, she didn’t want this kind of lunatic as a father.
Of course, it was best to hurry home.
The male supporting lead was much more pleasing to the eye than the male lead.
And her household registration was under the male supporting lead’s name.
What could she do?
She couldn’t be unregistered.
After leaving the bustling airport, Bai Ruanwen led her daughter toward the taxi stand.
Just then, several cars suddenly stopped by the roadside.
Several men in suits immediately got out and surrounded the two of them.
Bai Ruanwen quickly shielded her daughter behind her, her face tense.
“Who are you?”
As the door of the Maybach opened, a pair of shiny leather shoes stepped onto the ground.
A tall, imposing figure appeared in Bai Ruanwen’s line of sight.
He wore a well-fitted bespoke suit, sharp brows and bright eyes, his features distinct and handsome, lips pressed in a thin line, and his black eyes swept over the two like a hawk.
Bai Ruanwen’s face changed instantly, her breath catching, her whole body starting to tremble uncontrollably.
Memories from five years ago surged into her mind again, the man’s hatred and suspicion making her chest tighten.
Only when a small, warm hand squeezed into her palm did she snap out of it.
She quickly stood in front of her daughter.
“You… what do you want?”
The man approached step by step, his gaze locked on the woman, trying to find a trace of guilt on her face.
Unfortunately, there was only panic.
A cold sneer curled at his lips.
“Long time no see, Ruanwen.”
His voice was like a devil’s whisper.
Bai Ruanwen went deathly pale.
Sensing Bai Ruanwen’s hand growing colder, Bai Xia stepped out from behind her, looked up, and shouted, “No parking here! Are you blind? Didn’t you hear the cars behind honking? And who are you? Blocking people in public in broad daylight—do you care about public order or not?”
Her childish voice was soft and milky.
Lu Lin’s gaze was drawn to the little girl.
She barely reached his thigh, dressed in pink overalls with a tiny backpack, her round eyes like grapes, her chubby little face full of disdain.
Lu Lin frowned slightly, feeling an odd sense of familiarity, but couldn’t recall where he’d seen her before.
Bai Ruanwen hurriedly pulled the girl behind her.
“Sorry, I just returned to the country. Can we talk later?”
With that, she grabbed her daughter’s hand with one hand, her suitcase with the other, and turned to leave.
But her arm was suddenly grabbed by a large hand, and she turned to meet a pair of cold eyes.
Lu Lin’s gaze shifted from her to the little girl.
He squatted down, his voice full of suspicion.
“Who are you?”
No one noticed his five fingers tightening until his knuckles turned pale.
Bai Xia: “……I’m your mom.”
Lu Lin froze completely, suddenly realizing where the sense of familiarity came from.
This was clearly… himself as a child in the photo…
Could it be…
He looked at Bai Ruanwen.
She immediately hugged her daughter tightly, her face full of anxiety.
“Sorry, Xia Xia is still young, please don’t be angry.”
Lu Lin gripped her waist, his eyes icy with accusation.
“Who is she?”
Bai Xia couldn’t take it anymore.
She kicked him in the leg.
“Who I am is none of your business! Are you from the police checking household registrations? Acting crazy in broad daylight, groping women when you see them—do you have any shame? If your brain’s got a problem, go see a doctor. Don’t come out here endangering society!”
The bodyguards gasped, stunned to see someone dare talk to the boss like that—even the old master wouldn’t dare.
Listening to the childish voice, Lu Lin looked at the footprint on his pants, ignoring the tickling pain, then at the anxious Bai Ruanwen.
A storm of anger surged within him.
Five years!
After sleeping with him, she disappeared for five whole years without a word!
Just as Bai Ruanwen was about to collapse, she was suddenly pulled aside.
“Lu Lin, don’t go too far!”
Song Dong grabbed Bai Ruanwen with one hand and picked up the little girl with the other.
Usually gentle, his face was now full of warning.
People around couldn’t help but glance over, seeing two handsome men fighting over a woman, and even the child was so cute.
But when they noticed the bodyguards, they quickly looked away and hurried off.
“My mommy and daddy are already married, so stop dreaming. You’re just a passerby in my mommy’s life.”
Bai Xia raised her voice.
Bai Ruanwen looked at her daughter.
Though she knew Bai Xia was smart, she didn’t expect her to guess her relationship with Lu Lin.
Song Dong’s face darkened.
“Lu Lin, if you still consider me a brother, don’t pester Ruanwen anymore. And Xia Xia is my daughter. We came back this time to acknowledge our roots.”
Hearing this, flames of anger burned in Lu Lin’s eyes.
Married?
How dare they!
“Acknowledge your roots?”
He stepped forward, locking eyes with Song Dong, his voice icy.
“Song, you really have no shame!”
“Give me the child.”
There was no warmth in his eyes.
Lu Lin’s daughter could never call someone else ‘Daddy.’
Seeing the two men fighting because of her, Bai Ruanwen had no choice but to step between them, looking seriously at Lu Lin.
“Can we talk about this later?”
“Ruanwen, this has nothing to do with you. He’s the one going too far.”
Song Dong put Bai Xia down and reached for Bai Ruanwen’s waist.
A sinister look flashed across Lu Lin’s face, and he punched Song Dong in the nose.
“Who’s going too far? Making my daughter call you ‘Daddy,’ claiming her as your own? Song, you’ve got some nerve!”
Song Dong stepped back, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, but he showed no guilt at all.
Bai Ruanwen stood there in shock, unable to believe what she was seeing.
How did he know…
Watching the chaos unfold, Bai Xia could only clutch her head.
“Mommy… my head hurts…”
Hearing her voice, Bai Ruanwen quickly crouched down, but in the next moment, a hand snatched her daughter away right before her eyes.
“What are you doing! Kidnapping a child!”
Bai Xia grabbed her water bottle and started whacking the man’s face with it.
Lu Lin didn’t care about the light blows.
He just glared coldly at Song Dong and Bai Ruanwen, his voice full of menace.
“If anything happens to my daughter, I’ll make the entire Song family pay!”
Watching her daughter being taken away, Bai Ruanwen hurried after them, grabbing Lu Lin’s waist.
“Give me back my daughter!”
He looked at her with complicated eyes.
“Bai Ruanwen, you’re really something.”
Bai Ruanwen stood there, stunned, unconsciously letting go.
She watched the car drive off, tears falling before she realized it.
Why did it have to be like this?
Was it really her fault?
No, her daughter was hers.
It was Lu Lin who didn’t believe her back then.
He didn’t deserve to be her daughter’s father!
“Wenwen, don’t worry. Lu Lin won’t do anything to Xia Xia. Let’s go home first, then we’ll get Xia Xia back.” Song Dong patted her shoulder.
Hearing this, Bai Ruanwen could only wipe away her tears and nod.
But thinking of her daughter in Lu Lin’s hands, she couldn’t help but feel anxious.
The car was very spacious.
Bai Xia sat in the huge seat, clutching her little water bottle, while a pair of probing eyes stared at her face for five minutes straight.
“Does your head still hurt?”
The man’s voice was awkward.
Bai Xia shot him a look.
“This is kidnapping. Just seeing a trafficker like you makes me want to puke.”
The driver’s mouth twitched, speechless with shock.
The boss actually had a daughter?!
The chairman would be over the moon!
But this little miss seemed to have quite the temper.
Still, she was just like the boss.
Lu Lin, for once, looked serious.
“You’re my daughter. They’re the real traffickers.”
Bai Xia’s face was full of disdain.
“Which eye of yours sees that I’m your daughter? Are you out of your mind? I can call whoever I want ‘Daddy.’ Anyway, it definitely won’t have anything to do with a trafficker like you.”
Her childish voice spat out one sharp line after another, but Lu Lin, surprisingly, held his temper.
A paternity test would make everything clear.
If she really was his daughter, he’d definitely settle the score with Song.
Just then, he felt a chill on his pants.
Looking down, he saw the girl’s water bottle had spilled all over his lap.
“What are you looking at? I’m just a kid. Isn’t it normal for my hands to shake?”
Bai Xia tossed aside the water bottle and folded her arms.
“I want a drink.”
Lu Lin took a bottle of water from the box, opened it, and handed it to her.
Bai Xia pouted and turned her head away.
“Have you ever seen a kid drink cold water? Are you trying to hurt me?”