I am weak and friendly

Chapter 301 A Crossroads in Life
"What's your name?" Tang Yiping asked the little girl.

"My name is Du Yumo," the little girl said. "Yu as in rain, Mo as in jasmine."

A very nice name.

"So, Yumo, are you hungry?" Tang Yiping asked.

As he spoke, he turned around and prepared to drive toward the vending machine.

Then it stopped again.

Damn, it's so much to feed a little girl expired food!

But I don't have any food that hasn't expired.

Actually, there are still some, but I don't know where I put them. Besides, I haven't been back to Linghai Technology for several days, so by the time I find them, they're probably inedible.

Fortunately, the little girl said, "Brother, I'm not hungry... Is my dad here? Can I see my dad? I miss him so much."

How to do it?

Tang Yiping looked at the little girl.

Then he exchanged a glance with Ban, who came out after hearing the noise.

They could both see the reluctance in each other's eyes.

A little girl secretly ran away from home in the middle of the night without telling her mother, took a taxi here to see her father. How could I bear to let her go home disappointed?

However, Bao Ge might actually be more vulnerable than a little girl right now, and provoking him now might have even more serious consequences.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Yiping finally rolled his wheelchair toward Brother Bao's office.

"Brother Bao." Tang Yiping knocked on the door and said, "Yu Mo is here. She wants to see you."

There was no sound inside.

"Brother Bao?" Tang Yiping raised his voice, but there was still no response.

If Tang Yiping hadn't sent Charon to keep an eye on things inside, he probably would have thought that Brother Bao was already dead by now.

It seems Brother Bao is determined not to answer. What should we do?

Tang Yiping called out a few more times and returned to the stairwell.

The little girl stood there waiting, and when she saw Tang Yiping return alone, her eyes became even redder, as if she was about to cry.

Tang Yiping and Ban Ge exchanged a glance, both seeing the difficulty in each other's eyes.

What should we do? Neither of us knows how to take care of the child.

The inner cries of the two people at this moment were deafening:
"Don't cry, don't cry, we'll be in big trouble if you cry!"

The two looked at each other, then turned to look at Stoka, who was squatting beside them.

Stoka: "Huh?"

No, why are you looking at me?
I'm just a dog!
However, as a guardian spirit beast, under the oppressive gazes of the elders and the eldest disciple of the separate academy, Stoka had no choice but to walk up to the little girl and squat down.

Then, after thinking for a moment, it stuck out its tongue and made a dog-like face.

The little girl looked at Stoka, and then suddenly burst into tears:
"Waaaaaah, brother, what should I do? Waaaaaah, what should I do..."

Oh no, what should we do?!

Tang Yiping thought that if all else failed, he should just go and wipe out those guys on the other side right now.

He would rather fight ten Fan Zhihongs by himself than coax a child.

Tang Yiping and Ban Ge looked at each other, then glared angrily at Stoka.

It's all your fault, you made her cry!
Stoka: "Huh?"

You're the ones who put me in this position, and now you're the ones blaming me!
Why is everything my fault?!

Seeing a ten-year-old girl crying loudly, Tang Yiping felt that if things really couldn't go on, he would just switch to the "Friendly" mode.

My own "beacon of kindness" can handle even the most eccentric and weak individuals, so I refuse to believe it can't handle a little girl?

We can't let this young girl also become heartbroken.

But what should I say to this little girl after [the beacon of kindness]?

Does that mean your dad loves you and will definitely accept you? If Bao Ge doesn't accept you, should you give her a father instead?

Some problems are simply unsolvable.

At this point, with neither his own ox-and-horse masters nor his own guardian spirit beasts to rely on, Tang Yiping had no choice but to use his trump card!
He took out his phone and sent a message to Master Tang:
"Master Tang, I need your help urgently! A little girl, about eight, nine, or ten years old, is crying! How do I comfort her?"

Master Tang: "What's going on?"

Thank you, Master Tang, for not playing a "very serious joke" on me.

Thanks, Master Tang, I'm still awake.

Thank you to all the innocent souls who were nuked in Civilization VI.

"It's too complicated. I won't go into the beginning. My colleague's wife cheated on him multiple times, and his daughter isn't his biological child. I won't go into the middle either. He's on the verge of a breakdown and attempted suicide. We're at the company with him. His little girl is probably not even ten years old. She secretly took a taxi to our company in the middle of the night to find her father, but he won't see her. She's crying right now."

Mr. Tang: "Call the police."

Tang Yiping: "..."

Thank you, Master Tang!
You are the guiding light in my life.

"I'm mainly keeping an eye on your colleague's wife; I have a feeling she's not a nice person."

Yes, yes, thank you, Master Tang!
“The problem is that the little girl is still crying,” Tang Yiping said.

"Let her sit down and cry, give her some water, and she'll stop crying when she's tired, or she'll fall asleep. It's okay, crying won't kill her."

Tang Yiping: "..."

In a flash, countless memories flashed through his mind.

"You're tired of crying, sit down and cry."

"Are you still crying? If you are, I'll wait for you a little longer."

"Let him cry for a while, he won't die from crying."

"Are you thirsty? Drink some water before you cry, or you'll catch a cold."

"Are you done crying? If you're done crying, then leave."

"I'll go find you a fan. Look at you, you're all sweaty from crying. Take your time crying."

Memories from the past flooded back, and Tang Yiping suddenly felt... not grateful at all!
It turns out I only got the experience you got from me!

What does it mean to pay for something in the end?

When the police arrived, the little girl was indeed asleep on the sofa, tears welling up in her eyes.

The two people who came were a young policeman I knew from the police station and a very pretty young female policeman.

After Tang Yiping and his companion explained the situation, the police officer said, "Let's contact her family and send her home. It's best if you don't get involved."

Watch as the two people picked up Yu Mo, walked into the elevator, and then the elevator doors closed.

The sleeping little girl still had tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Do you think a man can accept this kind of thing?" Tang Yiping asked Ban Ge.

"I don't know." After thinking for a long time, Ban shook his head. "I think... I might not be able to handle it."

“But… Brother Bao actually knew before…” Tang Yiping said, “There are still many people in this world who treat adopted children as their own.”

"The key point is that the root of this matter is deception," said Brother Ban. "Others can deceive themselves, but you can't deceive yourself in the end. Even if you can deceive yourself for a day or two, you can't deceive yourself for a lifetime."

Yes, Shen Qianyu can keep deceiving himself.

"The worst thing about people is taking the wrong path. The most frustrating thing about this world is that once a mistake is made, it can never be undone," said Brother Ban.

Yes, what people fear most is going astray.

Humans are creatures that can only move forward; once they take the wrong path, they can never turn back.

Less than an hour later, Tang Yiping received a call from the police officer.

"She's home safely," Tang Yiping said as he approached Bao Ge's door after hanging up the phone.

There was no sound inside, not a sound at all.

(End of this chapter)