The Little Princess of the Underworld

Huo Manor.

Living room.

The atmosphere was somewhat peculiar.

"What is going on?" Huo Chenling, the owner of Huo Manor, sat at one end of the genuine leather sofa, his expression indifferent and cold.

On the other end of the sofa, lying on a luxurious divan, was a chubby dumpling, with jet-black hair and long, slender eyelashes, soundly asleep.

In what seemed like a prolonged slumber in one position, the Milky Dumpling, with chubby arms, sleepily reached out and groped around, then arched its little bottom, eyes still closed, and with a huffing sound, crawled from the divan to his side.

With soft little arms and legs clinging weakly to his own arm, the fluffy little head rubbed against his leg, and Milky Dumpling turned over, exposing its tummy as it fell into a deep sleep.

Huo Chenling looked at Song Qing, the head of Hua'en Orphanage, sitting across from him.

"President Song claims this child is from your orphanage, so I'd like to know why she appeared in my Huo family's manor in the early hours of the morning."

Song Qing's expression was somewhat indescribable.

"Mr. Huo, Ming Zaizai was brought to our orphanage by the police from the local station a week ago, but this child is a bit difficult to care for."

Seeing Huo Chenling's silence, Song Qing reluctantly continued.

"Mr. Huo, this child has severe day-night reversal. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. Just look at the dark circles under my eyes... I've endured them for a week. Last night, there was a heavy rainstorm, and Ming Zaizai went missing. I and the staffs of the orphanage searched for her in the middle of the night, but it wasn't her first disappearance."

Huo Chenling spoke in a calm tone, "For example?"

Song Qing looked at the peacefully sleeping dumpling during the day, feeling heartbroken.

"On the first night at the orphanage, we found her missing, and we found her under a small locust tree about 300 meters away in the middle of the night. The following night, she disappeared again and was found inside an abandoned oil drum in the backyard of the orphanage. For the next four nights, we took turns watching over her, making sure she was safe."

Huo Chenling gently touched the soft hair of the Milky Dumpling, his voice icy.

"Last night was the seventh night, and you failed to keep an eye on her. She went missing again and came to my manor on her own?"

Song Qing felt embarrassed.

But it was the truth!

Not to mention this Huo family figure, even he himself found it hard to believe.

Hua'en Orphanage and Huo Manor were over a hundred kilometers apart in the southern and northern parts of Jing City, and the Milky Dumpling was only three and a half years old. How did she manage to come to Huo Manor in the middle of the night on her short little legs?

However, the surveillance in the manor showed that the security guards found the Milky Dumpling under the hundred-year-old locust tree on the manor's back hill around four o'clock in the morning.

Song Qing coughed awkwardly, nervously rubbing his hands.

"Although... it's quite mysterious, it seems... that's how it happened."

Huo Chenling touched the tender little hand of Zaizai, his emotions extremely unstable lately, but this moment his heart was unexpectedly soft.

A voice in his mind urged him to keep the Milky Dumpling by his side.

He followed his true feelings and said, "From now on, this child will live with me!"

Song Qing was stunned.

"Mr. Huo, are you suggesting... to adopt this child?"

Huo Chenling nodded, "Yes!"

Song Qing was shocked.

After all, Huo Chenling was known for his cold and unfeeling nature, even though he already had three sons. Everyone knew he was a stern and strict father.

Could it be that, like him, he found the little darling, despite being a bit difficult to care for, endearing with her soft and cute appearance?

Speaking of which, she was just a little bit of a troublemaker. As the Huo family, the largest family in Hua Country, they had more than enough wealth and people.

Adopting the Milky Dumpling would be a win-win situation.

But they still needed to ask the Milky Dumpling for her opinion.

He crouched down beside the Milky Dumpling, gently calling her.

"Zaizai. Zaizai."

Ming Zaizai was in a dazed state of sleepiness. She had run too far last night and hadn't recovered yet.

But when she heard the orphanage director calling her, she made an effort to open her eyes and looked at him with a bewildered and watery gaze, calling out in her milky voice.

"Grandpa Song."

Song Qing affectionately sighed and gently touched her dark little head with a tinge of heartache.

"Zaizai, will you live with Daddy Huo from now on?"

Ming Zaizai became even more confused.

Who was Daddy Huo?

She already had a daddy!

Her daddy lived in the Underworld!

No, wait!

Her daddy was the one who sent her to the human world to find a human daddy to raise her!

Mainly because her daddy was too busy, often busy to the point where his feet didn't touch the ground. If she hadn't been born in the Underworld but in the human world, she would have starved to death a long eight hundred years ago from her daddy being too busy.

Fortunately, Ming Zaizai didn't need to eat!

So, her daddy was in charge of giving her life, not raising her. She stumbled and grew up to her current age of three and a half.

One day, her daddy saw her eating Lethe Soup like drinking water and was scared, so he directly searched her soul.

But since she was born with a physical body, even after drinking Lethe Soup, she still remembered who her daddy was.

In half a second, her daddy told her to study well in the human world and make contributions to the new era Underworld when she returned.

After giving her a kiss on the cheek, he unhesitatingly tossed her out of the Underworld.

Anyway, since Ming Zaizai has an immortal body, Daddy is not worried at all that she will die from falling.

So...

Her gaze shifted from the orphanage director to Huo Chenling, feeling a bit puzzled.

This human daddy seemed to be destined for wealth and prosperity, so why did he now show signs of premature death and likely to have an accident in the next couple of days?

Ming Zaizai blinked her big, dark eyes. Her sclera was less visible than her irises, and her eye sockets were large. Her black pupils were pure like crystals, beautiful and charming.

She had chubby cheeks, and when her small, tender mouth cracked open, there were shallow dimples on her cheeks.

Her voice was soft and milky.

"Do you want to be Zaizai's daddy in the human world?"

Huo Chenling raised an eyebrow. "Human world?"

Ming Zaizai nodded, explaining very seriously.

"Yeah, the human world! Zaizai's biological daddy lives in the underworld."

Huo Chenling couldn't help but feel heartache.

He lifted the Milky Dumpling from the sofa and looked into her distinct black and white eyes, as well as the adoration and anticipation in her gaze. He gently kissed her forehead.

"Yes, I will be Zaizai's daddy in the human world."

Ming Zaizai was extremely happy and gave a smooch on her human daddy's cheek.

"That's great! Zaizai has a human daddy in the human world now! Daddy can come pick up Zaizai a little later! Oh, by the way, Daddy, my surname is Ming, and I'm called Ming Zaizai. I can't change my name, okay?"

Huo Chenling felt sorry for her. He knew that the Milky Dumpling probably didn't understand that having a loved one in the underworld meant death. She still believed that her biological daddy would come to pick her up.

But he didn't burst her bubble and instead went along with her excited words.

"Okay, no name change, let's call you Ming Zaizai. We'll let Daddy come pick you up in a hundred years!"

Ming Zaizai felt that it wouldn't work!

Ming Zzaizai would take five hundred years to reach adulthood.

"No! Daddy, let Daddy from the underworld come pick Zaizai up in five hundred years. Otherwise, it will be too early. Zaizai won't have grown up yet, and Zaizai won't be able to help Daddy with anything even if she hasn't grown up."

Huo Chenling and Song Qing were amused by her innocent words.

After the laughter, they felt full of tenderness.

What a sensible Milky Dumpling she was!

Huo Chenling instructed the butler who had come in, "Butler Luo, go with President Song to the orphanage and handle the adoption procedures."

Butler Luo nodded, "Yes, sir."

Just as Song Qing and Butler Luo left, Huo Chenling was about to take his newly baked Zaizai daughter to tour the estate when his wife, Zhang Ning, called.

After finishing the call, he gently looked at the Milky Dumpling in his arms.

"Zaizai, Daddy needs to go out for a while. Will you play at home first?"

Ming Zaizai clearly felt that her newly baked human daddy's life was entering its countdown. She hugged her human daddy's neck, her soft body snuggling tightly into his broad and comfortable embrace.

"No, Daddy, Zaizai wants to be with Daddy. Wherever Daddy goes, Zaizai wants to go too."

The freshly baked human daddy absolutely couldn't just go to the underworld like this!

The soft and adorable dumpling in his arms was completely different from his three sons. Huo Chenling's heart softened.

"Then come with Daddy."