Genshin Impact: Life Simulator

"Sigh... Young Master Nathan... don't tell me you were forcibly led astray by my Hu Tao!"

The middle-aged man tapped his forehead, highlighting his already receding hairline.

"Father, you're speaking ill of your daughter in front of others again."

At this, Hu Tao angrily stamped her foot.

"But... am I not speaking the truth? Hu Tao, how much trouble have you caused me since childhood!"

The middle-aged man spoke with an equally exasperated tone. It was clear that father and daughter had a relaxed relationship, able to banter back and forth like this.

"It's because Father is no fun, I have to tease you sometimes."

Hiding in Nathan's arms, Hu Tao made a face at her father.

"You call that teasing? You make me lose face every time!"

Speaking thus, the middle-aged man got worked up... trying to grab his daughter's ear.

"Hehe... Big Brother Nathan, protect me!"

Hu Tao, hiding in Nathan's embrace, used him as a human shield.

She dodged left and right in his arms, nimbly avoiding her father's attacks each time.

"Um... Uncle Hu, Hu Tao, could you both please calm down!"

The father-daughter commotion left Nathan caught in the middle, not knowing whether to laugh or cry!

If this continued, these two would never stop, so he chose to intervene.

"Ahem... so, Young Master Nathan, how exactly did my Hu Tao lead you back here?"

After Nathan spoke up, the middle-aged man finally came to his senses, realizing that constantly bickering with his daughter might make others laugh at them.

He cleared his throat and turned his attention to Nathan.

The more the middle-aged man observed him, the more he liked what he saw.

"Um... Uncle Hu, I wasn't really led astray by Hu Tao."

Nathan objected - to be precise, Hu Tao was the protagonist of this life simulation, so he would have followed along regardless.

"See, Father? I'm not like what you imagined!"

Hearing Nathan's response, Hu Tao poked her head out triumphantly.

"Be quiet and let Young Master Nathan speak!"

However, this head-poking-out motion allowed the middle-aged man to land a punch on Hu Tao's head.

"Ouch..."

The suddenly attacked girl yelped in pain before retreating back into Nathan's embrace.

"Well... actually, I was entrusted by Hu Tao's grandfather to look after her... and bring her back!"

"What... you met the old master?"

Hearing this news, the middle-aged man exclaimed in surprise, then realized something.

"You two... didn't go to the borders of Wuwang Hill, did you?"

Thinking carefully, the middle-aged man felt this was exactly something his daughter would do.

"Hu Tao, have you forgotten our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's ancestral precepts?"

"Mmm..."

This time, the middle-aged man seemed truly angry.

Hu Tao, hiding in Nathan's arms, began trembling immediately.

"Actually, it happened like this..."

To save the frightened girl in his arms, Nathan truthfully related what had happened at Wuwang Hill.

Of course... some things couldn't be mentioned, like how the old master wanted him to become his granddaughter's husband.

Saying such things in front of Hu Tao's father would definitely make the atmosphere strange.

"Hmm.... that really sounds like something the old master would do!"

Hearing that the Hu family's old master had departed gracefully, the middle-aged man nodded.

"But Young Master Nathan, you said the old master entrusted Hu Tao to you, right?"

The middle-aged man looked up, suddenly fixing Nathan with a piercing gaze.

"Uh... he just asked me to look after her a bit, nothing more!"

Nathan hurriedly explained, feeling that Hu Tao's father's gaze contained... some other meaning.

"Haha... this shows the old master's trust in you, Young Master Nathan. You mustn't disappoint..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already laughing and patting Nathan's shoulder.

"Um, Uncle Hu, what do you mean by that?"

Nathan shuddered inexplicably, feeling the man had ulterior motives!

"I think Young Master Nathan and my Hu Tao make a good match. Since you're also approved by the old master, why not stay..."

"No... that's absolutely impossible!!!"

Nathan's vision went dark - how had Hu Tao's father suddenly started marketing his daughter?

Didn't he consider Hu Tao's age? Was he trying to get him thrown in jail?

"Yes, yes! Big Brother Nathan, you must stay..."

Hearing her father discussing this topic with Nathan, Hu Tao, who had been sulking just moments ago... instantly became of one mind with her father.

"Young Master Nathan, the timing and circumstances are perfect - why don't you and my Hu Tao get married right now!!!"

The middle-aged man knew very well that given his daughter's peculiar personality, it would be nearly impossible for her to find a partner in the future.

But if Hu Tao remained single forever, the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's succession would end with her generation.

This had always been a worry for him as Hu Tao's father.

Fortunately, Nathan's appearance perfectly solved his dilemma.

First, Hu Tao and Nathan's compatibility was absolutely perfect.

Don't ask how the middle-aged man could tell - it was the mystical knowledge passed down through the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

Second... there was the approval of the departed Hu family patriarch.

In the middle-aged man's knowledge, his father had never approved of anyone like this before.

Of course, ultimately, it still depended on Hu Tao's own wishes.

.......................

When the middle-aged man turned his gaze back to his daughter's face, her delighted smile had already written all the answers there.

Therefore, a heaven-sent son-in-law like Nathan had to be secured quickly - such opportunities don't come twice.

"You're joking, right? You must be joking?"

Nathan looked at them with a strange expression - both Hu Tao and the middle-aged man had the same upturned corners of their mouths.

"Big Brother Nathan, do you not like me?"

Her delicate hands climbed to his shoulders as Hu Tao met his gaze.

In her crimson plum blossom eyes, Nathan could see his own reflection.

The sight in those eyes seemed magical, as if looking too long would pull him in completely.

"I do like Hu Tao... but not in that way?"

Coming to his senses in a daze, Nathan had almost fallen completely under the little girl's charm.

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