Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 526 - 381, I want to take you far away (3 more 1)_2

Chapter 526: 381, I want to take you far away (3 more 1)_2

He took a deep breath, "The choice is still in your hands. Nian, if you choose him, it means giving up everything I offer you. If you abandon me and Jieyou just for yourself, then you are no longer my little girl, no longer worthy of my great love for you."

He softened his voice, "So, come back. My little girl, return to me and our daughter. The three of us will leave here, forget everything, and return to our original time and space, alright?"

Shi Nian held her phone, somewhat lost. She could only hear his voice coming through the receiver, yet close to her ear, while she could no longer see anything before her.

The scene in front of her blurred, misty, distant yet near, seeming both real and not really there at all.

She even forgot how to think, showing no expression.

Suddenly, a sharp voice snapped at her, "Nian Nian, what are you doing?!"

Shi Nian jolted and looked back to see that her mother, at some point, had already come out the door, standing there sternly.

She took a deep breath, "Mom? What happened?"

Xu Xinzhen pointed at her, her voice stern, "You’ve been back from school for a while, why aren’t you home yet? What are you doing outside, who are you waiting for?"

Shi Nian rubbed her forehead.

What is all this?

Just then, the call was silently disconnected from the other end, followed by a rising emptiness. She heard it and was stunned again. What was she saying just now?

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Shi Nian didn’t know why Huangfu Huazhang, on the other side of the phone, suddenly hung up.

It was because Huangfu Huazhang suddenly discovered Jieyou.

He was in his room making the call, and Jieyou, at some point, came over, pushing the door slightly ajar, standing in the gap, looking at him with her big bright eyes.

He had been so focused that he hadn’t noticed at all. When he finally realized, he broke out in a cold sweat and instinctively hung up.

He looked at his little daughter, not knowing what to do.

Jieyou came in gracefully, approached him worriedly, and asked, "Daddy, who were you yelling at? Was it Mommy?"

A cold sweat ran down from his head like a waterfall.

Huangfu Huazhang looked at his daughter, trying hard to deny it, "No, it was someone else."

"That’s not right." Jieyou looked up, staring at him seriously, "Youyou heard what Daddy said, Youyou knows Daddy was scolding Mommy."

He knew he couldn’t deny it anymore.

Jieyou’s eyes turned red, but she held back, looking up at him, "Why did Daddy scold Mommy? What did Mommy do wrong for Daddy to be so angry?"

His daughter’s questioning left him speechless and ashamed.

He squatted down, reaching out to hold his daughter, "Jieyou, be good, listen to Daddy. Daddy wasn’t scolding Mommy. Daddy was just anxious, so it sounded like he was scolding Mommy."

He held his daughter tightly in his arms, "Actually, Daddy couldn’t bear to scold Mommy. Jieyou, remember, there’s no one in this world who cherishes and loves Mommy more than Daddy does."

The little Jieyou blinked, and two lines of tears suddenly fell.

"Why doesn’t Mommy like being with Daddy? Why does Mommy like the police uncle more than Daddy?"

The child’s straightforward questions, before learning diplomacy, were impossible to dodge. The words pierced Huangfu Huazhang’s heart, without any defense.

He took a deep breath, "Actually, Daddy doesn’t understand either, which is why Daddy finds it hard to let go. Despite trying countless times to convince himself, he still can’t let go, he can’t let her go..."

Daddy’s words made little Jieyou cry even harder, reaching out to hug Daddy’s neck, "Is it because the police uncle is better than Daddy, so Mommy loves the police uncle more? If only Jieyou could do magic, then Jieyou could turn Daddy into the police uncle, and Mommy would only love Daddy."

Then Daddy wouldn’t be so sad, and Mommy would come back to Daddy, and be with Jieyou. Then they’d be a complete family, and she’d be the happiest child in the world, right?

Huangfu Huazhang couldn’t help but shed tears too.

Jieyou was a child, so she could still believe there’s magic in this world; but he no longer had the privilege to believe in magic. He had grown up, too much.

At this age, he couldn’t rely on others, he could only rely on himself.

His wishes, throughout the years, always had to be fulfilled by himself.

No one ever helped him.

He held his little daughter tightly, his gaze distant, through the window, far into the endless horizon.

"Jieyou is right, if Daddy could become the police uncle, that would be great. Then Mommy would only love Daddy."

In this world, there’s no magic as Jieyou understands it, but clever people can create another kind of magic, one that can fulfill his dreams and his daughter’s.

This is not just for him, but also for his daughter—he told himself.

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Shi Nian told Yan Jian why Buddha Head was crying, then sent a message to James.

When the sun set, James entered, wrapped in a red sunset glow.

But this scene appeared to the innocent Yu Huan as if he had really become a blood-stained devil. So, upon seeing him enter, Yu Huan shouted, "The devil is here, the devil is here!"

Yan Jian heard the commotion and came out, standing at the old green lacquered door, looking from afar.

James felt inexplicably uneasy, his mouth bitter.

He braced himself to go in but didn’t see Zan Hua and Xiao Kai, the two kids.

So he had to start by asking about them again, "They’re not here?"

Yan Jian’s gaze rose lightly and slowly, "This gentleman seems to visit our humble store solely for the two children, yes? Is it so, that if they’re not here, you’d leave right away?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

James didn’t know what to say again. After a while, he remembered why he was there, and quickly grunted, "You’re the one who called me here, did you forget?" He glanced at the counter and indeed saw the Buddha Head, pointing at it: "About the Buddha Head crying, did you find the reason?"

Yan Jian glanced at him calmly, "I found it. The reason is actually quite simple, it’s just glaze cracking, allowing microorganisms to enter. Inside there might be wood or ramie, so the microorganisms settled in. After metabolizing, they secreted fluids that happened to seep from the eye cracks, appearing like tears."

She stared at him, "Really, it has nothing to do with the Buddha Head crying. The Buddha only pities those in the mundane world worthy of pity. For the devil, Buddha wouldn’t shed tears."

James felt as if he’d been slapped in the face, taking a deep breath, "The bird in your store called me a devil. Because it’s a bird, I didn’t mind. But now I understand, that people in your store share the same IQ as the bird."

He said this and quickly changed his mind, smiling, "Of course, Yan Jian, Yan, after all, means bird."

Yan Jian angrily bit her lips, looking over.

He lowered his head, "Moreover, Buddha said all beings are equal. The devil is also a being, no exception."

With that, he sighed too, looking away.

It’s madness, he didn’t understand Eastern mystical Buddhism, yet these days he’d been possessed enough to research related materials.

Why bother?