Chapter 1039: Chapter 1039: Bad Dad, Stealing Mom at Midnight (9) Chapter 1039: Chapter 1039: Bad Dad, Stealing Mom at Midnight (9) “Su girl, I really like you. From the first moment I saw you, I just liked you so much,” Lin Zhi didn’t hide her fondness for Su Hongxing. And she also really, really liked Little Pudding.

“Lin Zhi, you flatter me,” Su Hongxing was a bit embarrassed.

Apart from Qiao Qiao, she really didn’t have any other male friends, nor had anyone else declared their liking for her so straightforwardly.

Lin Zhi teased Little Pudding, and after the three of them sat for a while, Lin Zhi took Little Pudding to browse the children’s section and bought a lot of gifts for her.

Ye Qilan was worried and made more than one call, urging Su Hongxing to come back to Qingmu Garden early.

Lin Zhi wanted to have dinner with Su Hongxing, but seeing how impatient Ye Qilan was, she had to let it go.

After Lin Zhi got home, she told Ye Zheng more than once how beautiful Su Hongxing was and how adorable Little Pudding was, making Ye Zheng want to laugh. It’s probably only Lin Zhi who would praise Su Hongxing like that, right?

But Ye Zheng had to admit that Ye Qilan’s taste in picking women was not bad.

As soon as Su Hongxing returned to Qingmu Garden, she saw Ye Qilan waiting at the gate. Seeing her return, Ye Qilan hurried over, “Don’t go wandering off like that again, I’m really worried!”

“It’s hard to refuse such kinship; Lin Zhi is so enthusiastic, she really likes Little Pudding,” Su Hongxing said with a smile.

“If she likes her that much, why not just give Little Pudding to her!” Ye Qilan said, and immediately Little Pudding rushed over and clung to Su Hongxing’s legs, “Mommy, don’t send me away.”

“Of course not, Little Pudding is my little girl, how could I send you away?” Su Hongxing glared at Ye Qilan, signaling him not to talk nonsense, as the child would take it seriously.

Sure enough, after that, Little Pudding was even more inseparable from Su Hongxing. Maybe because she had spent so little time with Su Hongxing when she was younger and had been constantly by her side recently, Little Pudding didn’t want to be apart from Su Hongxing anymore.

Su Hongxing also realized that Little Pudding just lacked a sense of security, which was all due to her past mistakes.

That evening, Ye Qilan still couldn’t get close to Su Hongxing. Whenever he tried, Little Pudding would push him far away, until he was out of sight and she felt at ease.

The following week was quite bitter for Ye Qilan. He found that no matter how capable he was, he couldn’t win against his own darling daughter, who turned out to be an ancestor when it came to competing for affection.

In the end, it was Su Hongxing who gave him advice, telling him to act as pitiful as possible. Surprisingly, this strategy really worked on the little girl.

A week later, he was finally able to climb into Su Hongxing’s bed again. The only problem was that Little Pudding slept in the middle, not giving him any chance to get close to Su Hongxing.

Of course, having breached the first line of Little Pudding’s defenses, she gradually became less vigilant, and Ye Qilan often managed to whisk Su Hongxing away after Little Pudding fell asleep, once again enjoying his fill.

During this time, Ye Qilan’s life was undoubtedly joyful. Sometimes he felt that this happiness didn’t seem real, like it was more of a dying flicker than true bliss.

When Su Hongxing heard this conclusion, she told him he was being morbid more than once.

But he never expected his nightmare to come true, and that his phrase “dying flicker” would describe it so aptly.

As for Ye Xiandong, with Qiao Qiao’s care, he was striving to undergo rehabilitation.

At first, his legs had no feeling at all, but later with the help of a professional doctor who massaged them, his legs began to feel a little sensation. This undoubtedly gave him a lot of confidence, and with Qiao Qiao regularly cheering him on, he became even more determined to stand up again.