Chapter 164: Azina
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Chen Zhao only worried about money when he’d first arrived in Arica. At that ti, he didn’t have any source of inco. Holding $10,000 wasn’t able to give him a sense of security.
Later, Chen Zhao beca an illegal doctor and no longer had to worry about money. He only had headaches because he couldn’t make enough.
Now, he was worried about money again.
He really wanted to buy that land and he could do sothing good too. It was two birds with one stone. However, he couldn’t produce all that money.
He was renting his ho now, after all. As a Chinese man, he had a longing for land. He always thought that he would only feel secure if he had his own house.
No matter what happened, if the house was still there, everything would still be there.
Should he bring all his demons to do sothing big?
No, this wasn’t realistic. He could only entertain it in his mind.
Chen Zhao sat in the swing in his yard. Fali made the swing. Watching the girl play with Obitos, Beelzebub and the others, he called out, “Hey, we know each other now, but I don’t know your na yet.”
“Azina Lincoln.”
“Where are your parents?”
“Why are you asking?” Azina suddenly grew cautious.
Chen Zhao wondered if he’d asked a wrong question. “Fine, you don’t have to tell if you don’t want to.”
“Who said I don’t want to tell you?”
“Then tell .”
“Why should I?” she asked matter-of-factly.
“Fine, pretend I didn’t say anything. It’s getting dark. You should go ho.”
“So what if it’s dark? There’s no one ho anyway.”
Did her parents leave her here alone while they worked? But according to Arican laws, underage kids couldn’t live alone.
“My dad is busy with work every day. I only said two sentences to him this month.”
“What two sentences?”
“Good morning, good night.”
“What about your mom?”
“She divorced my dad. She cos to see once a month, but she already has her own family.”
Azina had matured early. Chen Zhao could no longer hear childish innocence from her words.
“Is that your girlfriend?” Azina suddenly pointed at Fali who’d just co back.
“No, we’re roommates.”
“You don’t like her? Or she doesn’t like you?”
“This has nothing to do with liking each other.”
“If a woman is willing to live with a man not related to her, then it ans that she has feelings for him.”
Chen Zhao rolled his eyes. “Who taught you that?”
“They have it in the books.”
Chen Zhao didn’t think that Fali ca to live with him because she had feelings for him. She’d co to live with Walter, not him.
“Hey, beauty.” Fali ca into the backyard. “What’s your na?”
“Azina Lincoln. I live around the corner.” Azina looked at Walter. “That’s a big dog. Does it bite?”
“He’s really nice. His na is Walter.”
Walter was friendly with everyone. He went over to lick Azina’s face.
“Chen, how do you train all your pets?” Azina asked curiously as she petted Walter’s neck. “Why are they all so smart? I feel like they can understand what I’m saying.”
Fali was used to all this. These weren’t regular pets—especially the huge red lizard on the ground. According to Sienna and David, this was a real fire dragon.
“You two play. I’ll go make dinner. Azina, do you want to stay for dinner?”
“Can I?” She looked at Chen Zhao with uncertainty.
“Of course. I’m honored to invite you to dinner with us.”
Azina was having fun. Walter and Obitos both let her ride them. Her past pets could never do this. They were also really obedient and would react to whatever she said.
Just then, Bant and Mary ca over from across the street with a huge pizza.
“Azina, you know Chen?” Mary was surprised to find Azina here.
“Hi Bant, Mary.” Azina greeted them but seed a bit cold.
Chen Zhao welcod them in and hugged them both.
“Chen, I heard from Ken what happened when I was gone. I don’t know how to thank you.”
Chen Zhao accepted the pizza. “This is the best thanks for . Oh, you should know Azina’s father, right? If possible, can you tell him that she’s playing in my house and co here to pick her up?”
“You don’t know who her father is?”
“Should I know?”
“Her father is Deon Slote.”
“What? Then shouldn’t her last na be Slote?”
“Her full na is Azina Lincoln Slote,” Bant said. “Lincoln is her mother’s last na.”
“Does she have a bad relationship with her father?” Chen Zhao asked curiously.
“Because of her father, the kids bully her in school and don’t want to be her friend. That’s why she doesn’t have many friends.”
Chen Zhao realized that the rumors in town had affected Azina. This was why she was so withdrawn.
“But it’s good that she can play here. I was afraid that she’ll really have a traumatic childhood because of this.”
Chen Zhao glanced at Azina. She was riding Walter, yelling excitedly, “Walter, go, go, catch up to Obitos!”
Chen Zhao felt powerless too. He wasn’t part of the neighborhood committee. He couldn’t help with their family problems or neighborly relationships. He just felt that problems between adults shouldn’t affect the kids.
Kids might not understand this though. Adult problems often affected them.
“We should go.”
“Okay, bye.”
Fali happened to announce that dinner was ready. Walter shot into the house with Azina on his back.
Walter was really big now, but he was still growing. He had a shocking appetite. Chen Zhao had no clue how much he could grow.
He felt that if Walter continued growing like this, he could try for so world record. Of course, this could only happen if he didn’t sohow get mutated. If he ended up looking like the Bloody Hunter, Chen Zhao wouldn’t be able to accept it.
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