Lu Qingci's slyness was intensifying, perhaps because she found this new and amusing and wanted to enjoy it a little longer. Or maybe there was a girlish thrill in her heart, and she actually had deep feelings for Tang Ye.
But Tang Ye was principled, not thinking in a bad way, and assuming Lu Qingci was just anxious, he said, "My girl, don't worry with dad here, I won't let anything happen to you. Which father would ever let their daughter come to harm?"
Lu Qingci found this to be a beautiful thing and said, "You're lying, the news often says that some fathers abandon their daughters, not wanting them!"
Tang Ye just laughed and said, "That's only a minority, you shouldn't generalize like that."
Lu Qingci looked up at Tang Ye, pouting with a crying and aggrieved expression, and said, "But I am not your daughter…"
