Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Don’t make me hate you!”
Lil’ Momo rolled her eyes at Li Yi before turning around and continued watching her cartoons while eating junk food.
Li Yi was speechless. Clutching onto his phone, he was in a dilemma about whether or not he should make the call.
After going in-game, he realized that Little Elf from the Magical Realm was not online. In truth, she had rarely come online these days ever since the last gathering.
‘Is she too busy with work? Or maybe…’
Thinking back to that night, Li Yi understood.
“Momo, Momo.” Li Yi softly called out to her, attracting her attention.
“My parents are usually out working all year round, leaving me alone in the house. Aren’t you afraid that I am a bad guy?”
Lil’ Momo shot Li Yi a quick glance before shaking her head.
“My mama says that you’re a nice guy.”
A bead of sweat dripped down Li Yi’s forehead.
“So, this time you’re running away from home, are you not going to go back?”
“I won’t go back!”
Lil’ Momo slammed the Grass Mud Horse toy 1 onto the ground. Then, she pulled out two shiny golden universal cards from her tiny pockets before handing them over to Li Yi.
“Consider the money inside to be the rent for me living here at your place. Furthermore, I’m scared of sleeping alone at night, so you’ll need to sing me lullabies and help me fall asleep.”
“…” Li Yi was speechless.
Although he had eight additional years of life experience from his rebirth, he still had zero experience in taking care of children. He was originally planning on scaring Lil’ Momo into calling her mama. However, looking at her demeanor, it was blatantly obvious that his scheme had completely failed.
Not only was she completely unintimidated, she even planned on sleeping over at night…
“Don’t you dare call my mom. If I’m not welcome here, then I’ll just leave right now!” Lil’ Momo shouted as she continued to snack on junk food.
“Of course you’re welcome, why would I not welcome your presence? What phone call, I’m not going to call anyone.” Li Yi quickly tossed his phone away.
Lil’ Momo’s expression softened a bit. As she continued to glare at Li Yi’s, she said, “Uncle Yi, don’t you dare follow Yan Li. Don’t just promise me because you have to, then secretly give my mama a call behind my back. That guy Yan Li has always been like that. He’s always so two-faced, lying to me all the time. I hate people like him.”
“…”
‘This kid, is she really only five years old?’
Looking at Lil’ Momo, Li Yi suddenly started to feel disillusioned. This kid standing in front of him seemed like more of somewhere who had been reborn than him…
“Uncle Yi definitely isn’t that kind of person.” Li Yi answered positively.
“That’s the way to do it. Momo’s eyes are sharp, so I can tell that you’re definitely a nice guy.” Momo nodded in satisfaction before continuing to watch her cartoons.
Li Yi did not know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at this beautiful and elegant young lady, his heart sank. He did not have any idea how to deal with her.
‘You’re more troublesome to deal with than Fernando the Siren.’
As he watched Lil’ Momo, Li Yi helplessly shook his head.
“Ring-a-ling, ring-a-ling, ringtone ring-a-ling…”
As Li Yi was sitting on the sofa accompanying Lil’ Momo who was watching her cartoons, his phone started ringing. After picking it up, he saw that the caller ID showed that it was a call from Little Elf from the Magical Realm.
Li Yi looked over toward Lil’ Momo who promptly scrunched up her nose while continuing to munch on potato chips. She warned, “You know what to tell her.”
” Sweat, understood 2 …”
Li Yi picked up the call as instantly Little Elf from the Magical Realm’s worried voice came through.
“My daughter is missing. Can you help me find her?”
“When did she go missing?”
“12 hours ago, ah no, it was 11 hours ago, I… I don’t really know if it was 11 or 12 hours. When Momo gave me a call asking me to buy a Grass Mud Horse toy, I didn’t agree. So, when the nanny wasn’t looking, she took off with my contact log and my bank card, leaving behind a note. There was a picture on the note depicting a little girl hugging a Grass Mud Horse while waving at me. I… Sob sob… boo hoo…”
While explaining the situation to Li Yi, Little Elf from the Magical Realm began bawling.
Li Yi looked at Momo as he comforted Little Elf. “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you look for her. Don’t worry, she’s definitely not going to go missing, I’ll contact you once I find anything.”
“Thank you, I already made a police report, I… I really don’t know what I should do now.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Lil’ Momo will definitely be found, she’ll definitely be alright!” Li Yi said firmly.
“Mmm… It will definitely be fine, thank you…” Little Elf from the Magical Realm stopped crying as she hung up the phone.
“Look, you’re making your mama so worried that she’s in tears.”
Lil’ Momo scrunched her little nose a bit and let out a soft “hmph” before returning her focus to the cartoon.
Li Yi chuckled, “Your mama had already made a police report. I think the police should be here any moment.”
Lil’ Momo immediately hugged onto her Grass Mud Horse toy and walked towards the door. “Goodbye!”
“Hold on!”
Li Yi ran over to grab her.
This little kid, to think she would just leave like that… what a horrible temper! However, could Li Yi just allow her to leave like that? Even if he did not tell Little Elf from the Magical Realm, he could not just let this kid run off on her own.
“If I’m not welcome here, then just tell me.” Lil’ Momo’s eyes started to turn red. “It’s fine if you want me to stay. But remember, you can never ever tell my mom, otherwise I’ll tell everyone that you kidnapped me.”
Li Yi was utterly speechless.
The molestation case earlier just evolved into a child kidnapping case in the blink of an eye. This little brat was not an easy opponent to defeat.
‘Let’s just play along with her for now. Little Elf from the Magical Realm has already called the police anyway. I think sooner than later, the police will be able to find this place.’
“Momo, watch your cartoons by yourself for a while, uncle needs to head out for a bit.”
Momo instantly shot Li Yi a glare. “Remember what I told you earlier.”
Li Yi soon washed his face and changed his clothes. Before leaving, he locked all the doors and windows, making sure Momo could not leave on her own. Only after he was sure did he hastily walk downstairs.
“To the shopping mall.” Li Yi swiftly hailed a taxi.
After 20 minutes, Li Yi returned with a car filled to the brim with Grass Mud Horse toys. Due to the huge amount of toys, he could not carry them all by himself, so he had to ask the taxi driver to help him move them upstairs.
There was a gigantic pile of Grass Mud Horses, all with their heads raised. There were cartoon versions, realistic versions, red-colored ones, green-colored ones, black-colored ones, rainbow-colored ones… There were hundreds of types, causing Lil’ Momo to feel dizzy just looking at them. She happily latched on to Li Yi’s neck, even giving him a kiss.
“Uncle Yi is so much better than mama.”
Of course, she was still a kid, they would bow to whoever provides. If you go along with her tantrums, your relationship with her will naturally make a turn for the better.
In order to play with Lil’ Momo, Li Yi did not have time to log into any game. Through playing and talking to her, Li Yi soon started to understand her situation more.
Mama was too busy working every day, and even when she was not busy working, she did not accompany Momo a lot, leaving Momo alone at home with no companions other than her toys.
Lil’ Momo was too lonely. Coincidentally, she recently watched a cartoon called something something Adventure, where a little girl ran away from home by herself and made a lot of new friends. Thus, she mimicked the show.
“This Little Elf from the Magical Realm… why not accompany your daughter more….”
After he finished listening to Lil’ Momo’s story, Li Yi let out a light sigh. He originally wanted to contact Little Elf from the Magical Realm as soon as possible, but after listening to Momo’s side of the story, he had a change of heart. After seeing Lil’ Momo having so much fun right now, he decided to let her continue having fun here for a few more days.
There were cartoons to watch and tons of Grass Mud Horse toys to play with, allowing Lil’ Momo to enjoy herself for the whole day. However, when night fell, Li Yi was completely stunned.
Lil’ Momo had a habit whereby she needed to listen to a bedtime story to fall asleep. It was a piece of cake for Li Yi to head down to a dungeon and fight a boss, but it was not an easy task for him to tell a story to a little girl.
“There once was a little lamb. One day, it met with a big gray wolf. The little lamb got scared, so it ran and ran and ran and ran…” Ten thousand words were abbreviated as above.
While listening to Li Yi’s story, Lil’ Momo got more and more into it, even chuckling out loud at certain parts. How was this supposed to lull her to sleep?
“Once the little lamb got tired of running, it got sleepy and wanted to fall asleep. Snore… Snore…” Approximately another twenty thousand words were abbreviated above.
Sure enough, Lil’ Momo was still up without any hint of tiredness, whereas Li Yi was struggling to stay awake. In the end, after telling two stories, Lil’ Momo was wide awake while Li Yi was slumped over the side of the bed, completely knocked out…
“Sleep well, sleep well…” Lil’ Momo patted Li Yi’s head, as if she was trying to lull one of her toys to sleep…
…
Li Yi woke up at about 3 o’clock in the morning. After tucking in Lil’ Momo, he stretched a bit before heading out for his morning jog.
Li Yi jogged whilst making a call to Little Elf from the Magical Realm. The phone rang for about a minute before a fatigued Little Elf from the Magical Realm finally picked up the call.
“Didn’t sleep all night?” Li Yi asked.
“Mm…” Little Elf from the Magical Realm sniffed a suppressed a tire sob. Her daughter ran away from home, what kind of mother wouldn’t be worried?
Li Yi said softly, “Why did Momo run away from home? Was it really just because of a Grass Mud Horse?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Nothing much, one of my friends found Momo. She’s doing fine right now, nothing happened to her.”
“Where is she!” Little Elf from the Magical Realm suddenly roared, shocking Li Yi.
“Nothing happened to her, she wasn’t abused, nor was she kidnapped…”
“I want to see her, I want to see her!” Little Elf from the Magical Realm’s emotions went completely out of control. At this point, she couldn’t care less about what Li Yi said.
After thinking briefly, Li Yi replied, “Come over to my place, I’ll take you to see her…”
After two hours, Little Elf from the Magical Realm arrived at Li Yi’s home in an old and tattered branded sports car. It was so beat up that was spewing black smoke out of its exhaust pipe.
Little Elf from the Magical Realm was in a mess. Her eyes were swollen red, making it evident that she was under the weather. The worst thing was that this sports car which hours ago seemed brand new had been wrecked to the point where it was now a heap of junk.
As she looked at Lil’ Momo who was sleeping soundly, Little Elf from the Magical Realm hugged Li Yi and cried her eyes out. When she finally calmed down, she raised her head and saw the pile of Grass Mud Horses on the floor. She immediately became embarrassed.
“Now, why did Momo run away from home? If your reason is valid, then I’ll let you take her home. If it’s not, then sorry, it’ll be better to let Momo stay here for a few more days. If you forcefully drag her back home, then she’ll probably try the same thing again in the future.”
Little Elf from the Magical Realm was in a daze. Looking at Li Yi, her lips trembled for a long time, but no words seem to come out.
Li Yi urged, “Tell me, why did Lil’ Momo turn out like this?”
“Wah——” Little Elf from the Magical Realm started bawling again. This time, she was so loud that even Lil’ Momo turned over in her sleep. Li Yi immediately walked up and covered her mouth with his hand, suppressing the wails.
“No matter what, you’re still a Chief Director of a company. Don’t you think it’s a bit embarrassing for an adult to cry so much? Here, I’ll give you a Grass Mud Horse to rub your snot.”
Li Yi picked up a Grass Mud Horse and handed it over to Little Elf from the Magical Realm.
“That’s dirty, if I rub my snot on it then Momo won’t be able to play with it anymore.”
Little Elf from the Magical Realm chuckled as she took the Grass Mud Horse. She sniffled a bit as she started to talk to Li Yi about the past.
“It’s because of her father…”
