My brother entrusted his child to me, and I livestreamed raising the baby, making the Empress cry wi

Xiao Douzi paused for a moment, then smiled, her eyes crinkling and revealing shallow dimples on her cheeks.

She touched it lightly a couple more times, this time a bit bolder, running her fingertips along the stubble of hair, chuckling as she did so.

The comments section was silent for a moment, then exploded!

[Commoner Wang San: She touched Immortal Lin's head! The First Princess actually dared to touch an immortal's head!! If it were Shu Jingwei, she'd probably be sent straight to hell!]

[Commoner Zhang Xia: My mother, comparing the eldest princess to Shu Jingwei? Does Shu Jingwei even deserve her?! Besides, Immortal Lin is the eldest princess's godfather! What's wrong with my daughter touching her father's head?!]

[Commoner Li Hai: Immortal Lin even held her hand back and let her touch it as she pleased! Immortal Lin really dotes on the eldest princess!]

[Commoner Chen Ling: Did you see the Crown Princess's expression? She's smiling so sweetly, like she's eaten honey.]

[Commoner Liu Su: This is how a spoiled child behaves. It's so nice.]

[Grandma Wang: Yes, the suffering the eldest princess endured in that cannibalistic palace has finally been made up for by Immortal Lin...]

……

The comments section was still flooding with messages, while inside the ice rink, Lin Ye had finished tying up his shoe and was preparing to get up.

"Thank you, godfather!" Little Douzi suddenly spoke up, his voice soft and sweet, like it was coated with cotton candy.

"Thank you, Godfather, for being so good to Little Douzi..."

Lin Ye paused in his act of getting up.

He looked up and met Xiao Douzi's earnest gaze.

Those eyes were dark and bright, reflecting his image, clean and pure, filled with complete and reassuring trust.

Lin Ye felt as if something soft had bumped into him, and a bittersweet feeling welled up inside him.

"No need to thank me," he said, raising his hand to gently brush the tip of her nose, his fingertips lightly grazing her slightly cool bridge of the nose, his voice very soft.

"Don't be so polite with your godfather, don't do it next time!"

The little girl squinted as she was scratched, her nose wrinkled, and she giggled twice, nodding her head slightly.

"I know, Godfather—" she said, drawing out the last syllable as if she were pleading.

……

Shu Jingwei and the others finally managed to get out of that narrow alley.

As for why they hid in that alley?

Of course, it's because it's safe there.

Because of their disability and small size, every time they managed to get money, it would be snatched away by other beggars, and if they were unlucky, they would even get beaten up.

The alley was deep, and the middle section was piled with garbage, emitting a foul stench year-round. Even beggars who had rummaged through the garbage piles were unwilling to linger there.

They only discovered by chance that there was a road behind the garbage heap.

There's a small bend at the end of the road, where they sleep at night. That way, even if someone goes into the alley behind, they won't see them unless they get very close.

Since discovering this excellent resting place, the two have been spared a lot of robbery and beatings.

Once outside, the sky was visible in a more complete way.

Hearing the familiar laughter of children, Shu Jingwei couldn't help but look up.

I happened to see those comments in the bottom right corner saying that Lin Ye and Xiao Douzi have a good relationship.

Xiao Douzi is clearly her biological daughter!

That was her flesh and blood, which she carried for ten months and gave birth to!

Now she's smiling so sweetly in someone else's arms, living such a good life, without ever thinking of taking care of her own mother!

Whether it was anger or grievance, she made a muffled gurgling sound in her throat, as if something had choked her, forcing her to swallow it back.

Shu Rou sensed that the person behind her had stopped moving, so she turned around and saw—

Shu Jingwei stopped and looked up at the sky, staring blankly. One hand was clenched tightly and trembled occasionally.

Shu Rou rolled her eyes; she knew at a glance that Shu Jingwei was starting to think about random things again.

She glanced at the two happy little girls in the sky, her jealousy almost overflowing.

It's all Shu Jingwei's fault, that stupid woman!

She couldn't even keep the throne, which forced her to beg for food!

Those two lowly people on the sky...

No! Right now, even a lowly commoner in the Great Flame Kingdom is living a better life than her!

Shu Rou grew angrier the more she thought about it. She rushed back in two steps, grabbed Shu Jingwei's broken leg, and started walking forward.

Her two thin, short legs moved incredibly fast, as if afraid that Shu Jingwei wouldn't be able to keep up.

He kept cursing under his breath, spitting as he yelled, "What the hell are you looking at? What's it to you if you keep looking?! Get out of here!"

Shu Jingwei's face was contorted in pain, and she could no longer care about the sky, so she hurriedly jumped forward.

The leg hadn't fully healed to begin with, and she was afraid that Shu Rou would tear it off.

They have absolutely no money for medical treatment right now. If the blood is cut off, she might bleed to death!

"Rou... Rou'er..." Shu Jingwei endured the pain and coaxed softly, her voice squeezed out from between her teeth, thin and trembling.

"Let go of your mother, mother... mother will walk by herself..." She gasped for breath, "Rou'er... ah! It's going to... it's going to kill Rou'er!!"

The last sentence suddenly rose in pitch—

Suddenly, Shu Jingwei heard a soft "ripping" sound, a sound that cut through her fragile and sensitive nerves like a knife.

She trembled with fear and screamed.

Shu Rou clicked her tongue, threw down the leg she was pulling, and said impatiently, "Then hurry up!"

Shu Jingwei quickly bent down to examine the broken leg.

Phew—thank goodness, it should just be the fabric on my leg that got torn.

Seeing Shu Rou's retreating figure without turning her head, she gritted her teeth and could only hurry to catch up.

She's disabled; she won't be able to do anything but beg for food in the future.

But Shu Rou is different! When she grows up, I can earn money! I can support her!

Shu Jingwei was determined to stick close to Shu Rou, even though Shu Rou would never support her.

I am her mother! She has to support her!

……

After all four of them had changed their shoes and put on their protective gear, Lin Ye was the first to stand up and walk a couple of steps on flat ground to get a feel for it.

It's alright, I haven't gotten too rusty.

Mu Chenfeng got up and helped Duoduo stand up, then led her to the edge of the ice rink, letting her hold onto the railing, saying, "Wait a minute, okay? Daddy will take a picture of you."

Soon, Lin Ye arrived with Xiao Douzi in his hand, holding the DSLR camera he had taken from Mu Chenfeng in his other hand.

He took off the lens cap, stepped back two steps, knelt down on one knee, and aimed the viewfinder at Xiao Douzi.

Xiao Douzi stood by the railing, her hair tied into a small bun at the back of her head by Lin Ye. Sunlight streamed down from the skylight above, casting a warm glow on her face.

"Little Douzi, look at your godfather."

Xiao Douzi raised his face at the sound, and just as he opened his mouth in a smile, Lin Ye snapped a photo.

Lin Ye then had Xiao Douzi try a few more poses: turning to the side, looking up at the camera, and stepping one foot onto the ice...

Each action was captured in multiple shots from various angles, and the sound of "click" could be heard continuously.

After a while, Mu Chenfeng felt it was about time and placed the camera on the edge of the table.

He then turned on the camera, set it up on a tripod, and placed it on the side of the rink. After checking that he could capture the entire ice rink, he nodded in satisfaction.

He went onto the ice first, then gestured for Duoduo to come over.

Seeing that they were getting into the swing of things, Lin Ye reluctantly put down his camera.

Taking photos of my daughter is truly addictive!