Wait, what?
What was going on?
Chen Shi stared dumbfounded at the little girl clinging to his leg.
Since when did kids go around picking random dads?
"Ah..." Steven let out a heavy sigh.
"Old Chen, honestly, I can't believe you've been hiding such an adorable daughter in Pallet Town..."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Her uncle didn't even have time to prepare anything!"
"Huh?!" While Chen Shi was still bewildered, he suddenly felt a murderous stare boring into his back.
Chen Shi shuddered and hurriedly told the little girl:
"Your name is Yan Yan, right? I'm not your daddy. You've got the wrong person!"
The little girl looked up, blinked her big, adorable eyes, and studied Chen Shi carefully.
Then she shook her head. "Nope! Yan Yan wouldn't get it wrong. You're my daddy!"
Steven walked over and said earnestly, "Old Chen, how could you refuse to acknowledge your own daughter?"
"What kind of father does that?"
"That's right! Hi, Uncle Steven!" The little girl greeted Steven happily.
"You know me too?" Steven sounded a little surprised.
He had mostly been joking earlier, assuming she was just a little girl who had mistaken Chen Shi for someone else.
But now this little girl actually knew him too!
Something wasn't right.
The little girl nodded and said in her sweet, childish voice, "Of course! Uncle Steven bought Yan Yan lots and lots of toys!"
At those words, Chen Shi immediately sensed something was off.
He pointed at Cynthia and asked the little girl tentatively, "Then do you know her?"
The little girl looked where he was pointing and immediately ducked her head. Then she looked up and mumbled:
"Yep. That's Mommy!"
Now it was Cynthia's turn to be dumbfounded.
Since when had she had a daughter?
"Gren!"
Just then,