The next morning, in the director's office of the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau.
Lin Yun sat behind his desk, staring blankly ahead, seemingly lost in thought.
The events of last night kept replaying in his mind even now, giving him wave after wave of headaches.
This was not the first time he had felt this kind of headache. The last time had been when he and his daughter were giving each other the cold shoulder. Put plainly, he had no idea how to handle the situation before him.
His daughter's utterly unreasonable misunderstanding; the inexplicable addition of an "adopted daughter"; and the dangerous thoughts Bai Jingxuan had revealed over the past two days... Every one of them seemed like a problem requiring considerable care, yet they had all piled up at once.
These problems were not even independent of one another, but interconnected. Solving one would inevitably set off a chain reaction and bring the others to the surface as well.
If he handled things sternly, then he would have to treat Bai Jingxuan sternly too—but Bai Jingxuan's problem clearly could not be solved by putting on a serious face and scolding her. That might even have the opposite effect.
If he handled things leniently, then he would be doomed to never properly clear up this misunderstanding. First impressions were powerful, especially when both children had begun to believe that "this was the truth." Any argument would only sound like an excuse.
What should he do? Should he just transform right in front of those two kids and tell them, "I'm your dad"?
Lin Yun could not help having that thought.
But when he thought of how his daughter had spent all last night chasing after him and calling him "Mom," only for him to suddenly reveal such a truth... the