Starry sky, I can hear their secrets.

Perhaps her ties with humankind were severed completely at this moment?

Su Jinyan knelt down in front of Huo Huo and wiped away her tears.

"Huo Huo"

"Uncle Su." Huo Huo looked at him timidly, her beautiful emerald eyes filled with guilt.

It's all her fault; she caused Grandpa Su to also suffer her mother's cold words.

If she hadn't been there, Grandpa Su would never have tolerated being pointed at and scolded like that by a stranger.

Su Jinyan pondered for a moment and said, "Huo Huo, don't be sad. I also want to tell you something."

"You're better off without a family like that. From now on, I'll be your only family."

"Let's go to the Land Balance Office to register and get our paperwork done."

Huo Huo's beautiful eyes were glazed over. She secretly glanced at Su Jinyan's profile, and her heart inexplicably started to beat faster.

Should we register at the land surveying and weighing department?

Do we need to register for marriage?

Why did you have to tell me this at this particular time? I wasn't prepared at all.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to?" Su Jinyan looked at Huo Huo quietly.

As expected, Huo Huo was still somewhat resistant to my idea of ​​adopting her.

Huo Huo stammered, "It's too fast, I'm not ready yet."

"Why choose this time? Is Grandpa Su taking pity on me?"

Su Jinyan gently shook her head: "I wouldn't say pitiful. Huo Huo is so cute, I've always liked you."

With red-rimmed eyes, Huo Huo suddenly felt an urge to cry again.

When she was at her most helpless and vulnerable, Su Jinyan once again stood up for her and told her that she was lovely and that he had always liked her.

To propose at this exact moment is too cunning.

Huo Huo looked up at him pitifully and said, "Uncle Su, can I think about it some more?"

Su Jinyan deliberately put on a stern face: "To tell you the truth, Huo Huo, I'm in a very bad mood today."

"If you refuse, I can't guarantee I won't do something impulsive."

Huo Huo pursed her lips, looking somewhat aggrieved: "Oh~"

"Well... I am not very talented, so I hope you will take good care of me in the future."

Su Jinyan chuckled in surprise and rubbed Huo Huo's little head: "Who taught you to say these things? Don't you know the occasion?"

"Huo Huo, since you've agreed, we're family from now on."

Huo Huo lowered her head, clutching the hem of her clothes, her thin lips pressed tightly together, as if she had suffered some injustice and dared not utter a sound.

Su Jinyan continued, "Huo Huo, if you're too embarrassed to call me Dad, you can just call me Uncle Su."

"I can change the way I address you later, I'm not in a hurry."

Huo Huo: "Huh?"

She looked up, her face streaked with tears, and choked out, "That's so mean... Is it really that bad...?"

Su Jinyan: "?"

Su Jinyan was also puzzled. I can understand why she found it hard to accept calling him "Dad" or "Father" all at once.

But you, little Huo Huo, saying I'm playing fancy games is a bit too much.

From now on, we'll be in a foster father-daughter relationship. You can call me "Dad" and then we'll have all sorts of fun.

Actually, he really doted on Huo Huo, that poor little thing.

That's what he thought, but from Huo Huo's perspective, he could understand her.

Huo Huo has now completely severed ties with her family. Overwhelmed with grief, she is finding it difficult to accept the change in their relationship from friends to adoptive father and daughter.

Su Jinyan said in a muffled voice, "Then what do you want to call me? Will you keep calling me like this, always calling me Uncle Su?"

Huo Huo twisted her delicate white fingers, stammering, "In the future? We definitely can't call you that anymore, old..."

Su Jinyan looked at her in confusion: "Old?"

Huo Huo's face flushed bright red: "Old...old...old...old...husband..."

Huo Huo uttered the last two words very weakly, as if she had used up all her strength.

No, I just wanted to be your guardian, but you want to marry me?

Su Jinyan looked at Huo Huo in shock: "You're the one who's really good at this."

Huo Huo: "?"

......

After the two cleared up the misunderstanding, Huo Huo covered her face and refused to say another word to him.

Su Jinyan could understand Huo Huo's feelings.

The little girl is shy and easily embarrassed; just let her get used to it after a few more times.

He truly doted on Huo Huo like a daughter.

Regardless of whether Huo Huo wanted to or not, he simply dragged Huo Huo to the Earth Balance Office and had the steward retrieve Huo Huo's file.

Upon hearing Su Jinyan's request, the steward Dahao was also at a loss.

"Your situation is a bit complicated..."

"Our Luofu Immortal Ship has regulations that if an unmarried person adopts a child of the opposite sex, the age difference between the adopter and the adoptee should be more than four hundred years."

"Of course, the fox clan can relax the requirements, as long as the age difference is more than one hundred years."

Su Jinyan reminded him, "I have a spouse."

The steward, Dahao, shook his head and said, "But without marriage registration, it cannot be processed according to regulations."

"By the way, I'm a member of the Su Hua faction. How about you come and complete the adoption procedures after you marry Lady Hua Huo?"

Su Jinyan: "...If you want me dead, just say so!"

Dahao pouted regretfully.

Whether it's Fu Xuan, Qing Que, Ting Yun, or Su Chang...

Even if they are resentful of each other, they can still get along well.

Once Su Jinyan establishes a marital relationship with Fu Xuan, Xueyi, Huahuo, or other women, the meaning will be completely different.

Either Su Jinyan convinces Fu Xuan and Ting Yun to get married together, or she never gets married.

Since Dahao was one of their own, Su Jinyan couldn't very well use his power to bully him and force him to go through the adoption procedures for Huo Huo.

Huo Huo released her little hands from her cheeks and said weakly, "How about we don't go through with the adoption procedures?"

Su Jinyan was a little sad: "Huo Huo, I still like you quite a bit."

"Are you not really willing to be adopted by me?"

Huo Huo glanced at him timidly: "No, I didn't mean that."

"Grandpa Su is the best, and Huo Huo likes Grandpa Su very much too."

"I just think there's no need to care too much about relationships on paper."

"After we've spent more time together and started calling each other different things, whether or not we have adoption paperwork... it won't make any difference, right?"

Su Jinyan sighed: "You're right, let's leave it at that for now."

Seeing Su Jinyan's disappointed expression, Huo Huo felt a strange sense of joy.

That's fine. Let's maintain this relationship and take it slow.

Su Jinyan is the best person in the world to Huo Huo.

Huo Huo did not want her relationship with Su Jinyan to change in that way.

If Huo Huo were adopted by Su Jinyan, it would be only natural for Su Jinyan to treat her well.

......

After the two left, Butler Dahao took off his mask and disguise, revealing himself to be a charming and beautiful girl with black hair in pigtails.

"Oh dear, I almost managed to persuade Xiao Suzi to get married."

There was regret in Hanabi's eyes.

She witnessed everything that Su Jinyan and Huo Huo went through today.

The higher-ups of the Immortal Boat Alliance are too cunning. They spared no expense to make Xiao Suzi the special envoy of the Ten Kings, in charge of the four departments of 'detention, imprisonment, punishment, and interrogation'.

If Su Jinyan's previous attitude was: I want to protect my family and friends on the Immortal Ship.

So now, Su Jinyan's attitude is: I will protect my Luofu Immortal Boat.

This undoubtedly limited Xiao Suzi's performance; on the Luofu Immortal Ship, he was still somewhat restricted in his abilities.