A Little Trick, the Scumbag Dad Can’t Hold the Knife After Understanding Love

“Dad, what’s wrong?”

Ji Nian paused for a moment but still walked over.

Ji Tingzhou turned his head and saw the child covered in sweat. He handed her a tissue, and his frightening expression softened somewhat.

“Where were you just now?”

She took the tissue and wiped the sweat from her forehead after running a long distance, then replied, “The secret base.”

Upon hearing that it had to do with the laboratory, Ji Tingzhou knew asking further would be pointless since he wouldn’t understand anyway. So, he didn’t delve into the topic.@@novelbin@@

“Go upstairs and take a shower. You’ve been out all day.”

Ji Nian discarded the tissue and said, “Got it.”

“This is a gift for Dad. Remember to open it.”

Seeing that Ji Tingzhou didn’t seem inclined to explain why he was in a bad mood, Ji Nian didn’t push. Knowing she was feeling sticky and uncomfortable, she quickly went to take a shower.

Ji Tingzhou stared at the small box on the table.

Having grown accustomed to receiving gifts from Ji Nian, he calmly used a disinfectant wipe to clean the gift box before opening it.

Inside, he found a box of chocolates.

Upon closer inspection, he could smell the aroma of brandy, indicating they were alcohol-filled.

The chocolates were shaped like various small animals, with quite a few being little yellow chicks—some with raised tails, others grinning stupidly.

That stupid grin reminded him of Ji Nian.

Just as he finished changing his clothes, Zhi Liao, who had seemingly never left the Ji household, suddenly appeared and said to Ji Tingzhou, “She made these herself.”

Forest Kingdom Elephant Mommy’s Baking Center.

The small animals who were bullied by their coworkers and superiors at work had jobs there. While completing tasks, Ji Nian picked up the skill of making chocolates and decided to gift them to Ji Tingzhou.

Zhi Liao also knew that Ji Nian had prepared something for her, but she wasn’t asking, waiting for the child to give it to her personally.

Hearing that Ji Nian had made them herself, Ji Tingzhou raised an eyebrow.

“She made these?”

His hand, which was about to take one, paused. Ji Tingzhou decided not to eat them and instead sealed them away.

After Ji Nian came downstairs freshly bathed, she saw the chocolates untouched and asked puzzledly, “Dad, don’t you want to try them? I made them myself.”

Ji Tingzhou calmly replied, “I don’t like chocolates.”

Ji Nian thought, as if that were possible. You love them to death.

However, she didn’t call him out on it in front of everyone.

“Dad, Uncle said he’s going to a faraway place. Do you know where he’s going?”

Ji Nian tilted her head to look at him.

Ji Tingzhou thought to himself, I know.

To the underworld, of course.

But he didn’t say this to the child, merely stating that he wasn’t sure.

His vague and perfunctory attitude made Ji Nian suspect that he might know something.

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“There’s something I need to tell you.”

Ji Tingzhou pulled the freshly washed child over to sit beside him.

“The poison maker from Vengeance has been captured.”

The sudden good news left Ji Nian momentarily stunned.

“Huh?”

Before hanging up the phone, Lu Zhi had sent him some information stating that the unknown force that had helped the Ji family against Lide earlier seemed to be Vengeance.

Yes, Vengeance, which was supposed to have been destroyed under the retaliation of the Lu family, still had a portion of their forces intact, and their strength was not weak.

However, it seemed they had encountered some trouble and left traces behind when they retreated, allowing the Lu family to follow the trail and capture some of them.

Among them, a person who had always been well-protected caught their attention.

It turned out that he was the poison maker responsible for the sensational toxins that had caused a stir outside.

Lu Zhi handed the person over to Ji Tingzhou, a small gesture considering the vast favor involved, and poisons didn’t fall within the Lu family’s business scope anyway.

This was indeed good news, but the reason Ji Tingzhou’s face was cold was due to the fact that the ones who had helped them earlier were those from Vengeance.

You see, Ji Tingzhou had previously suspected Chen Mo.

He always felt that Chen Mo wasn’t as simple as he appeared.

But now, his guess had gone wrong, though perhaps it wasn’t a mistake, but rather… he had misunderstood something.

For example:

Vengeance was Chen Mo’s.

Otherwise, Ji Tingzhou couldn’t quite understand why Vengeance would intervene. If it was for Ji Nian, then the reason made sense.

But who else could help Ji Nian besides Chen Mo?

Chen Mo had a history with him, and this organization happened to be at odds with him as well.

Thinking of how Wei Yang had been harmed earlier, if it really was Chen Mo, Ji Tingzhou felt a surge of anger at being deceived.

But he didn’t express his suspicions to the child.

“Really? When can I see him?”

Knowing that Ji Tingzhou was probably hiding something else, Ji Nian didn’t think it mattered much anymore.

The person who had stolen her poison had been caught.

“Tomorrow you can see him.”

“However, you can’t go alone. I’ll go with you.”

That wasn’t a problem, so Ji Nian nodded.

With the good news, Ji Nian’s gloomy mood over Chen Mo’s matter lightened a bit.

Until she returned to the laboratory and saw the test results.

Ji Nian's face wrinkled into a bitter expression, like a bitter gourd.

“I’m screwed…”

She muttered to herself.

No wonder Chen Yueling had come to her in a dream, saying only she could help.

“What a vicious poison…”

Her jet-black eyes sparkled under the light, the challenge sparking a strong desire to take it on.

Why call it vicious?

Because it was impossible to tell that Chen Mo had been poisoned. To the outside world, he probably appeared to be suffering from some genetic mutation, a disease so terrifying that any ailment linked to genetics is beyond frightening.

The poisoner was relying on this line of thought.

He wanted Chen Mo to believe he was ill, to die in the agony of thinking he had a terminal illness.

“If I had discovered this a bit later, I would’ve known about my ‘uncle’s’ death a week later as a ‘little gray rabbit.’”

Ji Nian put the report down.

The system couldn’t help but ask: [Since no matter how you look at it, it seems like a strange illness, how did you figure out it was poison?]

Ji Nian put on her custom-fitted gloves, raring to go: “Because I have special methods.”

“The poisoner may have hoodwinked others, but he can’t fool me.”

[So, are you going to save him? You still have school the day after tomorrow. It’s too late.]

The system coldly stated.

Perhaps everyone, including Ji Tingzhou, thought that since Ji Nian had gained an uncle, she cared deeply about him.

The system had initially thought the same.

But after accompanying Ji Nian for so long, it understood her true nature very well.

At first, she had even toyed with Ji Tingzhou, and it was only through these two years of interaction that she gradually opened her heart.

How long had she known Chen Mo?

Initially, her kindness toward Chen Mo was merely because he fit her aesthetic preferences. Later, although she knew he was her uncle, in reality, he was no different from a teacher in her mind.

This wicked little chick didn’t admit it, but she just enjoyed seeing Ji Tingzhou’s flustered look at having a ‘competitor.’

Kids who lack love just have too many tricks up their sleeves.

If you were to dissect it carefully, Ji Nian isn’t unkind to anyone.

Her image of a naive, sweet, little sunbeam is so well-crafted that even Ji Tingzhou has only glimpsed a tiny sliver of her true self.

Hearing its cold, unfeeling words… oh wait, it’s not even human.

Upon hearing the system’s words, Ji Nian thought this guy is the real system. How could a bunch of data have human emotions?

Chen Mo’s poison had nothing to do with her own toxins, but the uniqueness of this poison had sparked Ji Nian’s challenge spirit, so no matter what, she was going to do it.

Isn’t the reason sufficient?

As she thought this, scenes suddenly flashed in her mind: in the Forest Kingdom, Chen Mo’s complex, worry-filled gaze, and the many things that no one had ever taught her.

Presented to her in an innocent, fairy-tale-like manner with a margin for error, the depth of care shown had even softened this ‘hardened excrement’ with a warm urine.

“Does this count as being raised all over again in a new world…”

She muttered, her voice low, and when she raised her head again, she had reverted to her usual, smiling, naive Ji Nian.

[Of course I’ll save him. He’s my uncle, after all.]

At this moment, she didn’t know that the poisoner had used such a thing on Chen Mo with the intent of mockery.

The one who sold poisons finally fell to poison itself. How laughable, wouldn’t you say?

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In the shadows, a black-clothed man heard the news that Chen Mo had isolated himself, refusing to see anyone, and reached out to remove a piece from the chessboard.

"A useless relic, it's time to step off the stage."