Are you going to send me away?

"Slow down!"

The little toddler was walking too fast, and with the height difference between them, a hand slipped. Due to inertia, the little one ran forward quite a distance before tumbling flat onto the ground.

"Tiantian!" Ye Yaoyao hurriedly grabbed her luggage and chased after her.

At that moment, a pair of large hands scooped the little toddler up from the ground.

The little toddler covered her face, feeling that falling flat on her face was utterly humiliating—she could never show her face again!

She felt herself being lifted high. Peeking through her fingers, she caught sight of a breathtakingly gorgeous face!

This man was so handsome! Even more handsome than the stars on a phone screen!

Ye Yaoyao caught up, reaching out both hands, "Sir, please return my child to me."

Hearing this voice, Shen Yan felt a sense of familiarity and abruptly turned his head, only to see a woman wearing a face mask and dark sunglasses, making her face impossible to discern.

Soon, Shen Yan felt as though he had lost his mind.

Ye Yaoyao was already dead.

It wasn't the first time he had mistaken someone else for her simply because their voices sounded similar.

At these words, Shen Yan was about to hand the child over, but unexpectedly, the little toddler wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. "No! Uncle, please help me, okay? She's my stepmother, and she's mean to me. Will you take me away, please?"

Ye Yaoyao: ?

Shen Yan: ?

Wearing sunglasses, braided pigtails, a cute little dress, and a matching mini backpack, the little toddler looked utterly adorable.

With her sweet, milky voice rattling on in one breath, Shen Yan felt his heart completely melt.

Such an adorable little girl, and someone could actually bear to treat her poorly?

Thinking this, Shen Yan pulled the little toddler closer to his side and looked coldly at Ye Yaoyao. "Pardon me, but since the child is exhibiting defensive behavior toward you, I have reasonable suspicion that you might be a child trafficker. Therefore, please cooperate with an investigation."

"Are you out of your mind?"

Ye Yaoyao couldn't believe what she was hearing, but she also understood that the root of all this was simply the little toddler's wild nonsense.

"Ye Tiantian, if you talk nonsense again, see if I don't tear that mouth of yours! Get over here right now!"

"Wuwuwu... Uncle, I'm scared. Will you take me away, please?"

Ye Tiantian hugged Shen Yan's neck tighter. "Uncle, please take me somewhere safe, and I'll call the adults in my family."

"Alright." For some reason, Shen Yan felt completely unable to refuse the little toddler's request.

Seeing this man actually carry the child away, Ye Yaoyao was left dumbfounded.

"Calling me a human trafficker? I think you're the one! Abducting my child in broad daylight! Give her back to me!"

However, after chasing them for just a few steps, Ye Yaoyao was intercepted by Feng Yuqi.

Feng Yuqi didn't understand Shen Yan's train of thought, but he still followed his instructions, escorted the woman to the police station to cooperate with the investigation, and then left.

Simply absurd!

Ye Yaoyao never expected that the first stop upon returning to her home country would be a police station.

Ye Tiantian, you're doing a fantastic job—taken in by a pretty face and willing to abandon even your own mother.

...

Shen Yan brought the little toddler to the Shen Corporation and set her down on the sofa, but she immediately hopped off restlessly, pattering along right behind him like a little shadow.

"Is this company yours?"

The little toddler crossed her small arms, adopting an interrogating tone. "I noticed everyone's attitude toward you was quite respectful when you walked in."

"It is."

Shen Yan looked down at her. "You certainly didn't have this attitude when you were begging me to take you away just now."

"Hurry up and call the other adults in your family so they can come pick you up."

Shen Yan sat down in front of his office desk. After losing Ye Yaoyao, he had chosen to numb himself with work, toiling endlessly day and night.

Through his solitary efforts, the Shen Corporation had successfully become one of the top ten multinational companies.

No sooner had Shen Yan opened his laptop than he felt a hand brush against his thigh. Lowering his gaze, he saw the little toddler climbing up to sit right on his lap.

"The other family members are still a work in progress. I think you're pretty good, though. Would you like to put in for the position?"

Unable to make sense of her words, Shen Yan turned back to his work, only for the little toddler to smash a flurry of random keys on the keyboard. Afterward, she puffed out her cheeks, crossed her arms, and glared at him with both cheeks puffed out like balloons.

"I'm talking to you, you know. Ignoring people is very impolite."

"What is it you want to say?" Shen Yan asked helplessly.

Thank goodness she was a little girl; if she were a boy, he would have tossed her onto the floor long ago.

"Would you consider being my dad?"

Shen Yan: ?

He nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. "Adult matters are none of a child's concern."

"I don't have a dad, and I think you're pretty good. How about you be my dad?"

The little toddler twisted around and nearly slipped off, prompting Shen Yan to steady her just in time. Now facing him, she wrapped her arms around his waist.

"You even have a stepmother, yet you don't have a dad?"

"I was just joking at the airport. That's my birth mom, she's very good to me, and she's extremely pretty."

As she spoke, the little toddler pulled off her sunglasses. "She's just as pretty as I am."

The moment he saw Ye Tiantian's eyes, Shen Yan's breath hitched.

Those eyes were simply too similar...

"Well? Will you consider it?"

Ye Tiantian gently scratched the underside of Shen Yan's chin with her finger and blinked up at him.

She had learned this trick from television—all those women did this when they were begging men for favors.

"If you agree, you'll instantly get a pretty wife and a pretty daughter. So many people want that and can't even get it."

Shen Yan picked her up and set her back down on the sofa. "I'm going to contact that woman to come pick you up."

"Pick up, pick up, pick up! What do you mean, pick up? Why aren't you answering my question?"

Ye Tiantian was angry. She kicked Shen Yan's shoe. "So many people were fighting to be my dad and I didn't agree to any of them. I advise you not to be ungrateful!"

With that, she planted her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out in anger as she glared at Shen Yan.

Shen Yan found her utterly adorable and couldn't resist pinching her cheek. "I already have someone I like."

"You have someone you like? Who is it?" Ye Tiantian pursued relentlessly.

Shen Yan didn't answer.

"Are you lying to me?"

Since tough tactics weren't working, Ye Tiantian switched to soft ones. She grabbed Shen Yan's thumb and pinky finger with both hands, shaking them coaxingly. "Uncle, my mommy is truly wonderful. Once you meet her, you'll definitely fall in love with her. Stop liking anyone else and like her instead!"

No way.

She had finally laid claim to a prospective dad; she couldn't let anyone steal him away.

"Stop messing around." Shen Yan withdrew his hand.

Ye Tiantian was furious. It was the first time she had ever been so proactive toward a man, and he actually had the audacity to be ungrateful!

She crossed her arms, jutted out her lower lip, and sat pouting on the sofa, waiting for Shen Yan to coax her.

Little did she know, Shen Yan was completely immersed in his work and had no time to entertain her.

The sound of Ye Tiantian's stomach rumbling loudly broke the silence of the office. Shen Yan glanced up, but she merely let out a huff and turned her head away, refusing to acknowledge him.

Shen Yan pressed the intercom and instructed Feng Yuqi to bring in some food.

As soon as the food arrived, Ye Tiantian slid off the sofa without a second word, picked up a spoon, and began to eat without the slightest bit of hesitation or politeness.

Shen Yan couldn't help the amusement tugging at the corners of his mouth.

After eating her fill, Ye Tiantian resumed her angry posture.

Once he finished his work, Shen Yan walked over and asked, "Still not going to contact an adult to pick you up?"

"Are you trying to chase me away?"