"But we still need to tell their parents. We can ask the child later. They're not unreasonable, they'll talk to us. A child's rebellion is ultimately because they crave love that they can't get." Ling Xiao hugged Jieyuhua and kissed him on the cheek.

"Alright, then we'll leave this difficult task to our great parenting experts!" Xie Yuhua pushed the table to Ling Xiao.

"Are you going to take me back?" Li Chu looked at the two people cautiously, then stared intently at Ling Xiao. Would this new friend also abandon him? Were they plotting to take him home?

"Tell your home address to this older brother later." Ling Xiao picked up his chopsticks and put a piece of meat on Li Cu's plate, then casually tapped the edge of his bowl with his chopsticks.

Li Cu's eyes darkened instantly, and his back stopped hunching over. Instead, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, slowly clenching his fists again. He looked at Ling Xiao with some hatred, and finally lowered his head.

Sure enough, everyone thought he was a nuisance and didn't like him.

"What's wrong? Can't remember? It's okay, let's eat first, we'll talk about it after we finish eating. Anyway, we've already told your dad you're not going back." Ling Xiao put some food in his mouth.

Xie Yuhua found his behavior amusing. He usually paid the most attention to table manners, but at this moment he was acting like an old father lecturing his good-for-nothing son at the dinner table.

"You!" Li Chu stood up abruptly, slamming his hand on the table. Then, realizing what he had done, he slumped back into his chair, his eyes wet with tears, his voice trembling as he asked, "What...what did you say?"

"How about I adopt you as my godbrother? I have a younger brother named Zhuangzhuang, who is about your age. You can play with him, and you can stay at our house if you don't want to go back home. What do you say?" Ling Xiao spoke sincerely, which brought tears to Li Cu's eyes. He blurted out his home address without thinking.

"What? You said where you live?" Xie Yuhua was going crazy. He thought this child was just a neighbor nearby. It turned out that his home was actually a hundred and eight thousand miles away. What kind of street was that? He had never even heard of it... He had underestimated this child and thought he couldn't walk very far. No wonder the child was so filthy.

"No." Xie Yuhua stood up to leave, as he needed to call and hand the child over to the police, but Ling Xiao pulled him back down to sit.

"Eat first." Ling Xiao simply told them to sit down and then continued shoveling rice into his mouth without offering any explanation.

“What are you planning to do now? We have to hand him over to the police. You can’t keep all the children you find here. We’re not running an orphanage or a relief center,” Xie Yuhua said softly.

"What are you worried about? The child already gave us his address. We'll take him back in a bit. If the address is fake, I'll personally take him to the police station. How about that?" Ling Xiao replied telepathically, while using serving chopsticks to pick up food for Xie Yuhua.

"Don't worry, Brother Xiaohua, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Everything has been clearly priced. I only recognized him as my brother because he is Li Chu. To me, he is useful, and his father is also useful. I will give him a happy and fulfilling life. I think he will do whatever it takes to make it happen." Ling Xiao comforted Xie Yuhua with his heartfelt words, but Xie Yuhua was terrified.

"What do you mean by everything being clearly priced?" Jieyuhua looked at Lingxiao, puzzled.

"It's time to eat, or it'll get cold." Ling Xiao pushed the plate towards him.

"Are you threatening me?" Xie Yuhua was so angry he almost laughed. He turned his head to look at Ling Xiao, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs.

Ling Xiao put down his chopsticks and reached out to rub his face, but Xie Yuhua dodged it, a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Ling Xiao looked at his fingers with amusement, then smiled and coaxed the child, "How could I dare to threaten Brother Xiao Hua? It's just that saying these things in front of the child would only cause misunderstandings."

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