hotmtlnovel Chapter 36 Father and Daughter
Chapter 36 Father and Daughter
"How can I not love my daughter so much!"
Lin Xiuyi laughed and reached out to ruffle Xiaolan's hair.
Although Xiaolan dodged his hand with some disgust, muttering, "Don't touch my hair, it's all messed up," a faint smile still involuntarily appeared on her lips.
Judy had already parked her car a short distance away. After the father and daughter got in, the car drove away from Teitan Elementary School.
Xiaolan leaned against the car window, watching the scenery rush by outside, and suddenly remembered taking pictures during the day: "Let me see the camera."
Lin Xiuyi did not hesitate and immediately took out a camera from her bag and handed it over.
After Xiaolan took it, she flipped through it casually, and her smiling face instantly froze.
She bit her lip, turned her head, and glared at Lin Xiuyi with displeasure: "Is this the photo you said you were going to use to create student files?"
She handed the camera to Lin Xiuyi, pointing to the screen: "Only one picture here is of another classmate, the rest... they've all taken pictures of me! And there are so many of them!"
"You're my daughter, who else would I photograph if not you?" Lin Xiuyi replied matter-of-factly. "My daughter is so cute, what's wrong with taking a few more pictures?"
"but……"
Xiaolan wanted to argue with him, but looking at his self-righteous attitude, she didn't know what to say for a moment, and could only glare at him angrily.
After a moment of stunned silence, the girl suddenly seemed to have made up her mind, abruptly turning her head to look out the window again.
"I'm going back to the Mouri Detective Agency tonight."
"Huh? Why?" Lin Xiuyi immediately became anxious. "Did I make you angry by taking pictures? Then I won't take any more, and I'll delete all these photos, okay? Don't go back to Kogoro's place, come back to Eri's apartment with me."
"Who's angry?" Xiaolan's cheeks flushed even redder as she said somewhat awkwardly, "It's up to you to take pictures, I don't care."
She paused, then lowered her voice even further.
"I'm going back to the detective agency to keep an eye on Uncle Kogoro. Aunt Ruri has been working these past few days, and with no one watching him, he's sure to get drunk again and won't even eat."
……
Jodie drove Ran to the entrance of the Mouri Detective Agency, watched her walk into the agency, and then drove Lin Xiuyi back to Eri's apartment.
Inside the carriage, Lin Xiuyi leaned back in her seat, listlessly looking out the window, her face full of disappointment.
Just when things had finally improved a bit with Ran, she wanted to go back to Mori's place, which was really frustrating.
Seeing his listless appearance, Judy couldn't help but chuckle: "Boss, congratulations!"
"What good news is there to congratulate me on?"
Lin Xiuyi asked weakly, not even bothering to lift her eyelids.
"My daughter has already gone back to someone else's home, what's there for me to congratulate?"
"Boss, haven't you noticed yet?" Judy chuckled. "Compared to the past two days, Miss Lan has clearly started to accept you! Today on the playground, she even took the initiative to come over and help you out of a predicament. If it were before, she probably would have ignored you long ago."
"real?"
Lin Xiu immediately perked up and sat up straight. "But she won't even call me Uncle Lin anymore, and she's always talking back to me. Is that what you call accepting me?"
"Boss, this shows that she's already starting to see you as her father!"
Judy shook her head helplessly and patiently explained.
"It's because she treats you like her father that she cares about your every move, and that's why she talks back to you and throws little tantrums."
"If you were just a stranger, do you think Miss Lan would pay attention to you, or get angry with you?"
"Sometimes, the relationship between a father and daughter..."
At this point, Judy suddenly paused, and her expression darkened as if she had remembered something.
"Sometimes what's wrong?" Lin Xiuyi looked up in surprise and immediately noticed the strange expression on Judy's face. "Thinking about your father?"
"Yes," the female secretary nodded subconsciously, "When I was little, I often threw tantrums at my dad, and he always patiently coaxed me..."
"I see," Lin Xiuyi nodded in sudden realization. "I've studied psychology for so many years, and most of the time I've been researching the psychology of adult women. This is the first time I've thought about my daughter's psychological state so seriously."
He paused, then frowned and earnestly asked Judy for advice.
"Then why is she going back to Kogoro's office tonight? Did I do something wrong and upset her?"
"That's easy," Judy rolled her eyes, her tone confident. "Miss Lan has already started to accept you, boss, and she's realized it herself."
"For so many years, she has believed that her biological father has passed away. Now that you, boss, have suddenly appeared, Miss Lan will definitely find it difficult to adapt and will need more time to convince herself."
"I see!" Lin Xiu nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. "You're so clever, you figured it out right away! So, what should I do next to get her to accept me more quickly?"
Judy smiled smugly: "Boss, you need to step up your game now. Spend more time with Miss Lan and build a relationship with her. Once Miss Lan calls you 'Dad,' she'll definitely accept you as her father!"
"Should we give it a little push?" Lin Xiuyi pondered for a moment. "Tomorrow's the weekend, how about I take her to the amusement park?"
"It should be fine," Judy affirmed his idea. "Amusement parks are indeed great places to foster friendships; kids generally love going there."
Her words startled Lin Xiu, and the excitement on her face faded somewhat.
He suddenly remembered something important: his daughter, Xiaolan, was not an innocent little girl, but a seventeen-year-old girl!
Is an amusement park too childish for a seventeen-year-old girl?
Will Xiaolan still like it?
……
At the Mouri Detective Agency, Ran is also facing a crisis.
Earlier, after Lin Xiuyi and Judy took her back to the agency, Xiaolan went into the office on the second floor.
Just as she had guessed, the room was littered with empty beer cans and wrappers of various snacks.
Kogoro Mouri was fast asleep, slumped over his desk, drool dripping from his mouth as he mumbled, "Miss Yoko...so beautiful..."
If the office is in such a mess, the bedrooms upstairs must be even worse.
"Aunt Liuli has had a tough time all these years..."
Xiao Lan shook her head helplessly, rolled up her sleeves, and picked up a rag and a garbage bag from the corner.
Xiaolan was already used to this scene. Whenever Liuli couldn't go home because of work, Xiaolan was the one who cleaned the office.
Everything was normal until Xiaolan, who had shrunk in size, had some difficulty cleaning.
But just as the room was half-cleaned, the office doorbell suddenly rang...