Application for open assessnt
Not at all prepared to hear this question, Xie Tao was a little stunned. The expression on his face revealed a trace of astonishnt.
Adopt the little rmaid...? Unable to respond, Xie Tao silently stood in place for a while. He was suddenly not sure what to think about it.
It goes without saying that because he was a caretaker, he had nursed the cubs in the club every day. However, Xie Tao had never thought about adopting a cub.
Now that soone asked him this question, Xie Tao naturally sunk into contemplation.
“I...” Xie Tao opened his mouth to speak, but as he still had not thought about what to say, his voice faded without him uttering another word.
She did not know what the youth was worrying about, but Xia Qi’s face still kept a serious expression. Her voice also showed her sincerity, “I think that if soone should adopt little Gale, then you are the most suitable one.”
Xia Qi was certain that she was not alone, ask any of the others in the club and surely they would feel the sa as her.
There was nothing to be done about it, ok? The first thing their club’s rmaid cub did once he could speak, was to call out to the youth with “Papa”.
When he learned to control his ability, the first word he had written had been that as well. Not to ntion how this little rmaid had given his first dropped scale to the youth for safekeeping.
“And, besides, I don’t think little Gale would accept being adopted by anyone else. ” Xia Qi added another sentence.
This rmaid cub had long regarded the youth as his parent. The difference between Xie Tao adopting or not adopting was only whether he and the cub had officially established a parent-child relationship.
Hearing this statent, Xie Tao couldn’t help but turn his eyes to the indoor pool.
He had been asked to adopt the rmaid cub... According to his own wishes, Xie Tao was willing.
However, Xie Tao could not nod his head yet, he still had so concern, such as whether he could really be a good parent.
It was very difficult to be a good parent, Xie Tao had always thought so. If he adopted this rmaid cub, would he truly be able to let the cub grow up happily? And compared to him, would the cub be happier if he was adopted by another family? These were the things Xie Tao was still hesitating over.
“Let think about it.”
It wasn’t a definite answer, but the expression on Xie Tao’s face made it clear that he was seriously considering it.
Although Xia Qi had just said that he was most suitable, Xie Tao did not have as much confidence in himself. Adopting a baby was no small matter, it was not a decision that could be made recklessly. He had to think it through carefully.
Seeing that the youth was actually quite willing to adopt the rmaid cub, Xia Qi did not say much more. In the end, whether to adopt or not, this was not a decision she could make for him.
Xie Tao thought about it for a long ti. There were two voices arguing with each other in his head.
At last, it got so noisy that he couldn’t even hear his own thoughts... Xie Tao clenched his right hand into a fist and hit his forehead vigorously.
After knocking out the cluttered thoughts, Xie Tao turned around and walked in the direction of the indoor pool.
Because he had heard the footsteps, the rmaid cub had already swum up to the pool’s edge and was waiting for the youth to co over. The closer the youth got, the more the ice-blue tail swayed under the surface. The cub’s blue eyes were fixated at the youth.
“Papa~” The rmaid cub grabbed the youth’s left trouser leg and called out with two clear syllables. The emotionless delicate little face also seed to show so happiness.
It was a very instinctive reaction for cubs to be happy when they saw their parents.
Once Xie Tao walked over, he took a towel and bent down to pick up the little rmaid from the pool. Wiping the water-soaked rmaid, he then wrapped the towel around him and brought the cub into his arms.
He took the little rmaid and sat down in the rattan chair not far away. Xie Tao lowered his head and gently dried the cub’s hair with the towel while pondering on the words he wanted to say to the cub.
The youth didn’t speak, the rmaid cub was also very quiet. There was sothing different about the youth’s expression this ti. Blue eyes continued to silently look up at his parent.
“Papa.”
eting the bright eyes of the cub, Xie Tao pointed at himself. He paused for a long ti, then said the second half of the sentence, “For to be the official papa of Gale, does Gale want it?” As soon as he spoke, Xie Tao imdiately felt that how he said it was not right and that the cub might not understand what he ant by “official”.
Xie Tao wanted to correct himself and opened his mouth slightly. But before he could say anything, a soft touch on his cheek stopped him.
The rmaid cub tried hard to rub his cheek against the youth’s face. Because there was still so distance between the two, the little rmaid had to put in great effort to raise his head higher.
The little tail fin shook, the ice blue tail of the rmaid cub had now begun to move up and down just like a small fan.
Although Xie Tao had not yet had ti to respond, seeing the little rmaid in his arms struggle to get close and rub his cheek, he lowered his head reflectively.
As a result, as soon as he lowered his head, the soft touch to his cheek disappeared. Xie Tao blinked and looked down. The next second he felt a small featherlight touch to his cheek, followed by a smacking sound.
“Papa~ Papa~” Continuously uttering this word, the little rmaid looked at Xie Tao without blinking. According to his instincts as one of the rmaid race, the rmaid cub began to sing a very pure and sweet song.
The rmaid cub’s song was very captivating. For the other staff mbers as well as the cubs of the Yunbao Branch, this was the first ti they had heard the little rmaid’s singing.
Just like the audience in the city of Sailou, several adults in the hall stopped what they were doing and listened to the beautiful song together.
This was the second ti the rmaid cub had sung to him. Listening to the song, Xie Tao ca close to kissing the rmaid cub on the forehead.
To adopt a cub, one had to go through the procedures. Even if Xie Tao was now practically the president of Yunbao Branch, he still had to follow the rules.
The problem of his identity had since long been solved with money. He had already acquired Gaia citizenship. Contrary to what one might expect, he did not have to worry about this part.
The rest of the certificates took so ti to prepare. Several days later, Xie Tao went to Gaia’s adoption registration agency again and handed in the docunts.
Having completed the adoption procedures, Xie Tao and this club’s rmaid cub were now truly parent and child.
After adopting the rmaid cub, Xie Tao’s life and work-life went back to normal and did not change much. However, after a while, all nursing clubs in the interstellar faced an event they regarded as very important.
Two months later, the Star Alliance would open applications for assessnt of nursing clubs. This was an opportunity that only ca once every two years. The clubs who submitted an application would later welco personnel sent by the Star Alliance which would perform a field assessnt.
The score from the assessnt determined whether a club could be included in the official list of the Star Alliance, that is, the list of outstanding nursing clubs rankings. When parents talked about the “Top 3000 Nursing Clubs”, it was this list they were referring to.
It was a highly well known and authoritative list. Naturally, every nursing club wanted to occupy a good spot on it, beca it would give them the corresponding fa.
The top 500 were basically stable and the changes in their rankings were relatively small with each assessnt, but at the rear 2500, however, the competition was fierce.
Each assessnt of these clubs could be said to be strenuous. Ambitious clubs strived their hardest to climb up and in years of slower developnt, clubs would still make every effort to keep their ranking.
In the past years, Xia Qi did not pay much attention to this matter. Because, if she wanted to apply for the examination, the hardware facilities and other conditions of the club needed to et the minimum application requirents, which Yunbao Branch obviously had not.
But now that their club t the requirents, they could finally apply for it!
Looking at so of the related discussions that had already started on the starnet, Xia Qi couldn’t hold back her expectations.
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Translator’s note:
Officially adopted! *\(^o^)/*
How many died at the cheek kiss? (had to take a squeal pause while translating >
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