"But Natalia has already been adopted by Professor Romanka."Gong Jie reminded the boy kindly.
Youyou was unimpressed and retorted, "That's not adoption, it's abuse!"
Alice agreed earnestly, "Going by international law, Professor Romanka would not be considered to have violated adoption-related laws. His adoption relationship with Natalia would also be perfectly justifiable. There would be no way for us to interfere. And there would be no way for your uncle to adopt Natalia directly because the conditions for adoption would not be met."
The boy was naturally saddened to hear that. Alice noticed this and was intrigued. She squatted in front of him and tugged gently at his little hand.
"Do you like her?"
Youyou immediately blushed and looked away awkwardly with a snort. "No!"
"Then… why are you so concerned about her?" Alice grinned, probing to get to the bottom of it.
