Chapter 36.2

It is said that a father and mother’s feelings for a child develop differently. The mother might already have deep feelings for the child when she was pregnant, but the father’s feelings for the child would build up bit by bit.

In fact, the child’s relationship with the father is also like this. At the beginning, she was not very willing to be hugged by Luo Tianyuan, and grandma even laughed at her. She’d only started seeing Luo Tianyuan as her father after some time.

He treated her very well and did what a father could do. When other fathers were barely present in their child’s lives, Luo Tianyuan did his best for her and read a lot of books about raising children and raising daughters. He strictly checked everything from the brand of milk powder to the food she should eat after weaning. Every time she was sick, he was the one who watched over her. When she was a baby, because of neurodevelopmental problems, even if she wanted to sleep through the night, she would often wake up. He would coax her to sleep again with dark circles under her eyes.

He was happy as a lark when she learned to crawl. He held an old camera every day and took pictures of her everyday.

When she was learning how to walk, she would occasionally fall down. Before she could cry, he would sprint over to coax her.

When she was in kindergarten, he would send her there personally. When the other children were crying, she didn’t cry. However, she found him watching her from the window of the kindergarten, and he stayed there all day until her classes ended.

When he found out that she was adjusting well, he even felt a little disappointed.

He was her father and the most important person in this world to her. Thus, she would definitely agree to leave if going to her aunt’s house or the boarding school would make his life happier.

Luo Tianyuan felt even more uncomfortable seeing his daughter crying. He looked as tiny tear droplets fell from her eyes and she was sobbing and choking.

He never would’ve thought that his daughter would be hurt because of him.

He was at a loss, but he still touched her little head and coaxed her in a low voice, “Shuyan, don’t cry, look, daddy drove that person away. She was talking nonsense, there’s no way daddy will send you away, you are daddy’s child. Daddy will be with you while youre growing up, no matter due to responsibility or obligation.”

Luo Shuyan was no longer crying.

She looked at her father with tears in her eyes. At a very young age, as soon as she could see his face clearly, she remembered him being a very young guy, full of indescribable vigor. Now six years have passed, and he has changed from a boy in his early twenties to a mature man.

Maybe others are right, she was really holding him back.

“But, Aunty Song…”

To be fair, it wasn’t just Aunty Song, most aunts who liked Dad wouldn’t like her.

Before she finished her sentence, Luo Tianyuan already understood what she meant. His eyes darkened. At first, he felt that there was no need for his daughter to know some things. Now that he thought about it, instead of letting women to gossip in front of his daughter , it is better for him to solve it once and let his daughter know his plan. That way, when others say such things to her, she will have the confidence to ignore them.

“Shuyan, there is something that daddy wants to tell you. I don’t plan to get married.” Luo Tianyuan said slowly and patiently, “When your mother was pregnant and I was ready to marry her, but for some reason she decided to go abroad to pursue her own dream. I support her decision very much. The two of us broke up peacefully. At that time, she made an agreement with me that you belong to me. However, she had a request — If I were to get married and have my own children in the future, I must tell her, and she will come back to pick you up.”

Luo Shuyan was so dumbfounded that she didn’t even know how to cry. She was stunned.

Who knew that such a thing existed?

“Of course, my decision whether to get married has nothing to do with her request. Being a father has a lot of responsibilities. Occasionally, I can’t sleep at night when I hear that someone’s child has an accident or if someone’s child has drowned or has gone lost. Sometimes I will secretly go to the room to check up on you and I’ll feel relieved to see you. You are now six years old, and of course, Dad has sometimes felt tired in the past six years. But for Dad, you are the most important person in the world. I am afraid that one day I will get married. This is something I cannot accept.”

This was his little girl he loves so much. He will not forgive himself if he ever neglected her.

The stepmother’s humanity wasn’t entirely controllable, same as himself’s.

Without her mother by her side, Shuyan already lacked a mother’s love compared to ordinary children. There was no way he could allow his daughter to feel that her father’s love was wavering.

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