For a long time after that.
Xiao Yu switched into dad mode, looking after the child every day.
After all, Liu Shan was there to help with fortune-telling.
Xiao Yu only needed to visit the hospital once a week and livestream.
That included the weekly interviews.
Xiao Yu went if he felt like it and sent Liu Shan in his place if he did not.
Xiao Yu even used some spells he had never used before.
The Spirit Awakening Spell, for example.
After Qi Yunlin gained intelligence.
Xiao Yu took her into the small world.
He taught her himself when he had time and had the monsters, demons, and ghosts in the small world teach her when he did not.
As a result, she soon learned to speak and read.
She became a child prodigy in other people's eyes.
Xiao Yu also taught her cultivation.
Once she began cultivating, there were two major benefits for an infant.
First, she no longer needed sleep.
That gave her more time to learn, making her even more of a "child prodigy."
Second, she would no longer get sick.
Third, Xiao Yu also happened to discover a remarkable phenomenon.
Spiritual energy could accelerate an infant's growth, too.
She grew visibly almost every day.
A week later.
At Xiao Yu's home.
Qi Zihong and Pang Juan came to see their daughter.
Xiao Yu rubbed Qi Yunlin's head while she nestled in his arms like a little kitten.
"Daddy, Mommy! You're here!"
Qi Yunlin greeted them in her babyish voice.
Qi Zihong and his wife were utterly dumbfounded.
"Master Xiao, th-this... is this my daughter? We haven't seen her for a week, and she's grown this much? She can even greet me now?"
Xiao Yu smiled. "Well? Leaving her with me was the right choice, wasn't