Douluo Dragon King: The Hammer Nurtures All Things, Starting with Gu Yuena

"This is Director Sun, the director of the Aolai City Orphanage. She came here immediately after learning about your situation to help you."

"Aunt Liu, as I said, I don't like others interfering in my affairs. I will help her find her parents."

Lin Jin was certain that it wasn't her who came to her door on her own initiative; it must have been Aunt Liu who set the conversation.

Aunt Liu clearly didn't expect Lin Jin to have such a face. She was just trying to be kind. This little guy can't even support himself, how can he raise another child?

At this moment, Director Sun spoke up: "You must be Lin Jin. You are an orphan. Because you have your parents' property, you did not come to live in our orphanage. I know that very well."

Your compassion for this child is an excellent quality, but you must understand that you are only six years old. You cannot provide this child with any fatherly or motherly love, nor can you give her the life she wants. We are not even sure if you can raise her to adulthood in good health.

So the best decision now is to hand her over to our orphanage, and we will treat her well.

"But I said I would help her find her biological parents, and I will."

"This won't affect your decision to foster her in our orphanage. We will raise her while searching for her parents."

Aolai City is a tourist city with many tourists every day. This child was not born to a local of Aolai City. Therefore, there is only one possibility: the child was born to a tourist who came to Aolai City and then abandoned at your doorstep.

To find them, there's no other way but to use the resources of our organization. Your individual search efficiency can't match the energy of our entire orphanage, so leaving it to us is the optimal solution.

"And you, you've already awakened your martial soul and have innate soul power. You should be going to a soul master academy soon. Do you have the time and energy to raise her?"

Director Sun's words were very objective, and Lin Jin was already wavering: "Will you really take good care of Xiaoying and find her biological parents?"

"Xiaoying?"

"The name I gave the little one!"

"Of course, that's the reason our orphanage exists."

"I need to think about it some more."

"Sure, but may I see the child?"

Director Sun's face was beaming with confidence. She was quite certain that Lin Jin had been persuaded. Although he said he needed to think about it, the matter was already a done deal.

"Do as you please. Oh, by the way, Xiaoying wants milk now, could you make some for her?"

"Why make milk? She won't starve if she misses a meal," Director Sun blurted out, but quickly realized his mistake and gave an awkward smile. "When we get back to the orphanage, there will be professionals making her milk."

Lin Jin observed her behavior but didn't say anything.

However, when Director Sun approached Xiaoying, a look of greed suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Lin Jin saw all of this. The way Director Sun looked at Xiao Ying didn't seem like he was looking at someone he was going to help, but rather like he was looking at a product.

Thinking of how several wealthy families in Aolai City had lied about Xiaoying being their child these past few days, and how some had even planned to snatch her outright, but dared not act because of the Blacksmith Guild behind him, Lin Jin decisively pushed Director Sun away and hugged Xiaoying in his arms.

"What are you doing?" Director Sun was pushed away by Lin Jin and it took him a while to come to his senses. He looked at him with a face full of anger.

"I'm not doing anything. This little one is destined to be with me. I've decided to raise her. As long as I have food to eat, she won't go hungry. You can leave now."

"You're going back on your word? You clearly already agreed."

"I said I would think about it, but now I've made up my mind, I won't give it to you."

"You have no choice but to give it to them. This is against the rules. How can a six-year-old child like you raise a baby?"

"How is it against the rules? Or is it that your motives are not pure at all?"

"What do you mean?"

"You're still trying to lie to me. Look at Xiaoying's eyes. She's not looking at someone I need to help, she's looking at a product. You want to sell her, don't you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Our orphanage is a legitimate institution. It is our responsibility to find families willing to adopt these orphans and give them a happy new home."

"Heh, I didn't feel any sense of responsibility from you. You didn't even bother to make her a bottle of milk. How could I possibly entrust her to you?"

You can leave now. If you don't, I'm telling you to get out.

After Lin Jin said this, Xiao Ying, whom he was holding, stuck out her tongue at Director Sun, and the two of them were inexplicably in sync.

"You, you just wait! This isn't the right thing to do, I'll definitely..."

"What do you have to do? I am a registered blacksmith in the Blacksmith Guild. My teacher is Mang Tian. You, the head of an orphanage, do you think you can steal someone from my Blacksmith Guild?"

"Just you wait! I'm going to investigate you right now. If you've done something wrong, you're finished."

"You, you are simply unreasonable and don't appreciate kindness. I don't care anymore. An orphan is an orphan. You have no manners and you're wasting my time."

Director Sun was annoyed by Lin Jin and left grumbling, clearly still not daring to offend the Blacksmith Guild.

Lin Jin then looked at Aunt Liu and said, "Aunt Liu, I know you mean well, but sometimes good intentions can lead to bad outcomes."

That guy doesn't look like a good person at all. He probably saw that Xiaoying was pretty and wanted to sell her to a rich family to make some extra money. If she meets a kind person, that's fine, but if she's unlucky, Xiaoying's life will be ruined.

"I... I really didn't expect her to be that kind of person."

"I know you mean well, Aunt Liu, but I've decided to raise them myself. I can afford it. You should go now. This is a big decision, and I need to be alone to calm down."

Lin Jin directly told her to leave, and Aunt Liu, seeing this, was too ashamed to stay any longer and left decisively.

He then collapsed weakly to the ground, holding Xiao Ying in his arms as if she weighed a ton: "Little one, who are your parents? Why did they send you here to torment me?"

After Lin Jin finished complaining, Xiao Ying seemed to understand what he said. She stopped drinking her milk, pouted, and looked very aggrieved.

Seeing this, Lin Jin quickly apologized: "I was wrong, I was wrong. It wasn't torture. You're very obedient and cute. What I meant was that at my age, taking care of you is torture for me."

Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you. But don't worry, as long as I have food to eat, you won't go hungry.

"Should I call you 'little sister' or 'daughter'? We're only six years apart. If I raised you from infancy, I should be considered your father."

He stroked his chin. What's this? A six-year-old becoming a father, a six-year-old god-level dad, and a zero-year-old adorable baby.

Regardless of the circumstances, his fate was now intertwined with this little guy's. He would no longer be alone; he would have family in this world now.

Thinking to himself, he felt less resistant to Xiaoying. After making this decision, his nerves, which had been tense for several days, finally relaxed, and he fell into a deep sleep.

All that remained was Xiaoying in his arms, blinking her silvery, firefly-like eyes as she stared at the corner of the wall.

The next moment, a dark vortex suddenly appeared in the corner of Lin Jin's room, and a middle-aged figure with black hair and black clothes appeared.

Upon seeing Xiaoying, he was so excited that he immediately knelt down on the ground:

"My lord, I've finally found you!"

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