Vol 10 Chapter 33 (2/2)

“Eh? Not Kou Feng? What then?”

Wen Yuan gave me a bewildered look in response before she explained, “This child is now your daughter now so she will have to take on your surname.”

“My surname?” I said as I pointed at myself and looked at Kou Feng, “Then… She will be Liu Feng right? Or Bei Feng?”

“Of course it’s Liu Feng!” Wen Yuan yelled out, “Or is it Sha Feng since you’re called Shamoke?”

I am not that r.e.t.a.r.ded… I felt a bit awkward about this and decided to hear what the person in question thought first.

“Will you be willing to take my surname?”

… *Nod* *Nod*

I did not expect her to agree so easily. But perhaps she is hoping to use this as an opportunity to forget everything that happened before. All the unhappy, sorrowful memories cut off and thrown away as she becomes a new person. I am not G.o.d so I cannot say for sure but I feel that she feels some of that at least.

“Then… Liu Feng?”

A gleam appeared in her eyes as she returned the greeting softly, “Father…”

Even the way she addressed me has become more formal.

“Un.” I still felt a little awkward about it but I accepted it. I really still cannot accept being addressed like that…

“Alright, that’s settled then. Liu Frng, when you’re a bit older, I’ll teach you martial arts so you can take care of all the bad people!” Wen Yuan said with a fierce and determined expression. Compared to Feng Xian, Wen Yuan has a richer variety of expressions.

“How will my lord deal with her care from now on?” She asked, returning the conversation to a more serious topic.

“Un, I’ll bring her back to Xinye with me.” I said as I looked up at the sky. It was going to be noon soon but I had not even started packing yet.

“That’s good, I suppose. You can leave her with Gan Qing after you both return to Xinye and get her to help look after her.”

“Un, that’s what I was thinking about as well.” I said as I looked at the little girl hugging my leg with a blissful expression, “She’ll have a peer in Mi Zhen as well.”

The both of them should be roughly the same age, about 11-12. Ah, Mi Zhen seems to be younger by a couple of years.

“In any case, we’ll go and pack first. Now isn’t the time to be tarrying about.” I said once I realised that the most urgent task at hand now was to go and pack up and meet the rest at the doorway.

“Un, have a safe trip, my lord (Liu Bei).” Wen Yuan said as she saluted me and gave me a wry smile, “I’ll notify my lord (Lu Bu) and the others as well. My lord (Liu Bei) need not worry about this.”

“Oh, I would be most grateful for that.”

That way, the possibility of any misunderstanding happening is minimised and I do not need to repeat myself over and over. I am not good with words after all.

“That’s it for now then,” I said as I saluted Wen Yuan and held Liu Feng’s hand as we returned to the mansion and asked her, “Liu Feng, we’ll be going to another city, okay~”

“… Un.” Liu Feng merely grunted as she nodded with a blissful expression on her face as she held my arm with 1 hand and her doll with the other.

“Do you like that doll?”

“Un un.” She vigorously nodded and brought it to my face and showed it to me, “This is… My most precious thing…”

“… I see.”

Liu Feng had a smile that had both longing and pain mixed in. To her, this doll is perhaps the only thing left in this world of her life as Kou Feng that is worth remembering. If she tosses it away, she can leave her old life aside and be Liu Feng completely. That she still clings on to it means she has not come to terms with what has happened to her yet.

“The doll is quite beautiful but we need to wash it later.”

“Un~” Liu Feng shook her head all of a sudden and voiced her objection to something I casually tossed out.

By the way, the female attendants who helped to bathe her took a lot of effort to do so. Perhaps it’s a common phenomenon for children to dislike bathing.

“Be obedient. We most definitely have to wash it later.”

“Un~”

“If you don’t, I’ll let that fierce and evil looking elder sister catch you~”

“Uwee~~~”

She immediately relented huh… I am sorry, Feng Xian but since Liu Feng is that scared of you, I will use your name to the fullest.

Alright, I will have to get someone to clean the doll later when we return to Xinye. But since it looks a little worn out, I will have to make sure the one doing it is more careful.

“Alright!” I yelled as I slapped my face, “We need to pack and then we’ll move out!”

“Alright!” Liu Feng did the same as me. The way she closed her eyes and slapped her cheeks was really, really cute.

It still did not feel real to me though, that I, a man of just 18-19 years of age, already had a daughter.

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