Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Not Everyone Is Qualified to Be a Parent Chapter 246: Chapter 246: Not Everyone Is Qualified to Be a Parent “Daughter?”
Huo Tingdong furrowed his brows: “Who is trying to snatch your daughter?”
Li Wanru pointed to Lin Qi and said: “Her! She wants to snatch my daughter! She told that she wants to adopt Lili as her daughter. That’s the daughter I gave birth to with great difficulty. If she wants my daughter, she’ll have to exchange her for her son! Isn’t that fair?”
Her argunt was simply unreasonable.
But…
Huo Tingdong had also co to understand the facts.
He said, “Don’t worry, no one is going to snatch your daughter. It’s just that she’s seriously injured and hospitalized right now. Once she’s able to be discharged, you’re free to take your daughter back whenever you wish.”
Lin Qi was shocked and pale: “Huo Tingdong…”
Huo Tingdong gave her a sharp glance.
That look was full of aning, causing Lin Qi to feel sowhat uncomfortable.
In any case, the priority was to get Han back first.
Huo Tingdong said, “Hand over my son, or none of you will leave this place.”
His tone wasn’t heavy, but he spoke with natural authority, instilling fear in others.
Li Wanru hesitated, turning to look at Jin Lilai.
Jin Lilai then said: “Then you bring my daughter over first, so we don’t end up with you hiding her away when it’s ti for us to take our daughter back!”
Huo Tingdong said, “Do I need to remind you all again?”
He took a step closer to Jin Lilai, “The child you’re holding in your arms is my son, his surna is Huo. Do you have a death wish by daring to ss with soone from the Huo Family?”
Upon hearing this, Jin Lilai’s heart quivered, and he instinctively let go out of fear.
He didn’t know what the “Huo Family” ant in Beijing, but Huo Tingdong’s glare was frightening enough to make him tremble.
The mont Jin Lilai’s hands loosened, Han skilfully wriggled out of his embrace and plunged into Huo Tingdong’s arms: “Daddy!”
Huo Tingdong lifted Han with one hand and left.
Lin Qi, holding Momo’s hand, also wanted to leave when Jin Lilai suddenly grabbed Lin Qi’s hand, “You can’t go! You haven’t made yourself clear yet!”
Huo Tingdong stopped in his tracks, turned around expressionlessly, and gave him a cold glance. His gaze slowly fell on Jin Lilai’s hand gripping Lin Qi’s wrist: “Take your filthy hands off.”
As soon as Huo Tingdong finished speaking, Jin Lilai recoiled in fright.
Lin Qi furrowed her brows and walked away with Momo!
Outside the hotel.
Huo Tingdong, holding Han, approached the car door, opened it, and placed him in the back seat.
Lin Qi and Momo also exited the hotel.
Huo Tingdong said, “Let Momo get in the car first.”
“Mhm.”
Lin Qi could tell that he was a little angry, but she also felt a sense of absurd mystery, not understanding why he was giving her such a dark look. Nevertheless, she first helped Momo into the car and closed the door.
Huo Tingdong said, “Co with .”
He walked to the side, a dozen ters away from the car, seemingly intending to avoid his two sons.
Lin Qi followed behind him.
Huo Tingdong turned around and coldly said, “Haven’t you given up the idea of adopting Lili yet?”
Lin Qi said, “I don’t want them to take Lili back to a place where she will suffer.”
Huo Tingdong, however, found it inconceivable, “Are you a Holy Mother? She is not your flesh and blood; why do you insist on adopting her? Just because you think Lili can only be happy with you?”
His words hit Lin Qi’s ears like mockery!
After all, the term “Holy Mother” was not a complint these days, often used to describe a woman’s excessive kindness.
Lin Qi, angered, said, “Are you mocking ?”
Huo Tingdong said, “From which sentence did you hear mocking you?”
Lin Qi said, “I just feel sorry for Lili. You saw what kind of husband Li Wanru married. If Lili is taken back by them, what kind of life will she have? She might not even have the chance to go to school, and she’ll have to do housework and work outside to support the family from a young age. At the right age, she’ll have to marry and have children. In such places, where they favor boys over girls, it’s hard for girls to have a way out!”
Huo Tingdong said, “There are many girls born into circumstances like Lili’s. Can you protect them all?”
Lin Qi said, “Lili is a good girl. Besides, I like girls, and Han and Momo are boys; I never had the chance to have a daughter, so I treat Lili as my daughter.”
Huo Tingdong was taken aback, his voice softened slightly: “If you like daughters, we can have another one.”
Lin Qi widened her eyes in disbelief, “Why do you make having children sound so trivial?”
Huo Tingdong: “…”
Lin Qi said, “Having children is very hard; I’ve already had Han and Momo. I don’t want to have any more in the future.”
Still, after all these years, she vividly rembered the many difficulties of giving birth to Han and Momo.
Suddenly reminded of sothing, Lin Qi retorted, “You’re not seriously heartless enough to let them take Lili back, are you?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Lili is originally their daughter, you have no right to deprive them of their parental rights.”
Lin Qi suddenly burst out in anger: “They don’t really care about Lili. They are just counting on the money they’ll receive from her bride price when she gets married, to support them in their old age. How is that different from selling one’s daughter?”
Huo Tingdong said, “That’s their family matter. Lili is their child; as an outsider, how can you interfere with their family affairs?”
Lin Qi said, “You… When I gave birth to Momo and Han, I never expected them to support in old age or to bring any benefits. As a parent, all one hopes for is for their children to grow up safe and healthy. Children shouldn’t bear such a heavy price just for coming into this world. Lili deserves her own beautiful life, not…”
Huo Tingdong interrupted her, “That’s her fate. Everyone has their own destiny; you should understand that.”
Lin Qi felt a pang in her heart, “What you an is… Lili’s fate deserves to be so cheap?”
Huo Tingdong was slightly taken aback: “Why must you overinterpret my words? So, for Lili, you can disregard everything? Including my feelings?”
Lin Qi said, “What feelings of yours? Adopting her is my business. You said I have no right to intervene in others’ family matters; you have no right to manage mine.”
In a mont of anger, she blurted out.
Not until Huo Tingdong’s expression subtly changed did Lin Qi realize that her words had been rather harsh.
She didn’t intend to fight with him, but…
Why was he so resistant to Lili?
Lin Qi said, “Huo Tingdong, I don’t want to argue with you… I’m sorry, I was too harsh just now.”
She looked at Huo Tingdong, “Even if you don’t let adopt Lili, at the very least, you promised to find a family to adopt her.”
Huo Tingdong’s gaze turned colder, “Previously, I would have kept my word, but now that Lili’s biological parents have been found and they want to take Lili back, how do you expect to handle this? No one has the right to deprive parents of their rights!”
Lin Qi was once again struck at her sensitive nerve: “Not everyone is qualified to be a parent!”
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