The legendary life of a manga

Chapter 126 Adopting Skye

In mid-August of [-].

Lake sat at home waiting for someone to come and check.

Someone from the family court would come here to assess whether Lake's profile was eligible for adoption.

only……

After hearing the doorbell, Lake opened the door, looked at the neighbor Richard Cassel who appeared at the door speechlessly, and said, "Why are you running here?"

Cassel went straight into the house: "Come here and help you complete the inspection."

Lake chuckled, and closed the door again: "If you can raise Alexis by yourself, then so can I."

It's not something that comes from a baby.

How difficult is it to raise a teenage girl?

Cassel turned his head and glanced at Lake, then pointed to the wine cabinet in the open kitchen: "Unqualified."

"……what are you saying?"

"The liquor cabinet needs to be locked."

Kassel shrugged and said, "Believe me, you definitely don't want to see a 13-year-old girl after drinking, and you don't want to be found by the family court."

Lake: "..."

After half an hour.

Lake stood in the living room, looked around his own living room, always felt that this was no longer his own living room, it was completely locked and without freedom.

All the fine wines he had scattered around the living room were put into the wine cabinet, and the wine cabinet was locked.

His gun cabinet, which was originally used for display and full of weapons, was now completely empty.

even……

In the dining room, the mine-shaped decoration that was originally placed in the middle of the table as a decoration was also thrown into the kitchen.

Lake came back to his senses, and looked at Cassel who had changed his home within half an hour: "This is too exaggerated!"

Cassel said, "This is exaggeration. You should see what happened to Mrs. Michelle on the fifth floor when she adopted a three-year-old child."

"what?"

"You know that Mrs. Michel was a loyal member of the National Rifle Association."

"Ah."

"All the furniture in her house was replaced, and all the guns were put into her warehouse at the port."

"..."

Lake shook his head and looked at Cassel: "So, this is all right?"

Cassell said, "Is Skye's bedroom tidied up?"

Lake pointed to the second floor: "There are so many rooms on the second floor, and everything is complete, how do you need to tidy up?"

Cassel couldn't help but patted his forehead.

Lake: "..."

after an hour.

Lake and the people from the family court sat on the sofa and chatted, and Cassel directed the IKEA staff to move various living furniture.

After the two family court people looked at it, they looked at Lake.

Lake pushed his glasses, smiled and said: "I ordered furniture for several days, and it just arrived, sorry."

This is completely different from the multiple people and multiple pairs of chopsticks I imagined.

Lake thought so.

The family court staff also smiled and said: "Major Edwin, we are here just for a routine inspection this time. Your information is perfect and meets the standards for adoption."

Lake said, "So, I passed the test?"

Another female staff member, looking at the layout of the living room and the dining room in the distance, pointed at the locked wine cabinet and the emptied gun cabinet and looked at Lake: "We can see that Major Edwin is very concerned about this It's very thoughtful."

Lake said thank you.

Ignoring Kassel who heard this sentence at the top of the stairs and made gestures to ask him for credit.

noon.

Two Family Court workers laughed and declined Lake's lunch invitation and left.

Lake and Cassel lay on the sofa.

Exhausted.

Lake glanced at Cassel, who was lying on the opposite sofa, and said something strange: "Wait, how did you know you passed the inspection, could it be Alexi..."

I discovered Watson, Blindspot.

Cassell sat up. "Alexis is my own daughter."

Lake also got up and looked at Kassel.

Kassel waved his hand and opened his mouth: "Well, actually, when Alexis was ten years old, I was busy writing, which caused Alexis to get lost once. After that, people from the Children's Agency came over You are bothering me, and even the family court sent someone to make a final ruling on me."

As Lake listened, his expression became a little weird.

"hey-hey!"

Cassel looked at Lake's gradual expression, and pointed to Lake: "At that time, no one told me how to arrange it at home. You owe me a thank you, not a laugh."

Lake tried his best to suppress his face, shrugged: "Okay, thank you."

Cassel glanced at Lake speechlessly, got up, and walked towards the door.

Lake had no choice but to turn around, once again thanked Kassel sincerely, and promised that when he had time, he would invite Kassel's family to eat at a high-end restaurant.

Only then did Cassel leave with some satisfaction.

Lake looked at the list of credit cards he had swiped on the spot just now, and the high-end restaurant in Kassel just now. He looked up, his eyes full of confusion.

He had a feeling that he was being cheated.

The credit card bill of $[-] just spent is the best proof.

Another week later.

New Amsterdam Hospital.

Skye and Lake walked out of the hospital together after undergoing the re-examination and general health that Lake repeatedly requested, and confirmed that he was in a completely healthy state at the moment, not sub-healthy, but in a state of complete health.

boarding.

Lake looked at the silent Skye in the co-pilot, smiled, and drove away.

Star Building.

Lake opened the door, turned to look at Skye standing at the door and said, "Come in."

Skye looked at Lake: "Aren't you afraid that I will dirty your house?"

Lake laughed.

no doubt.

Skye is vengeful.

Lake nodded and said, "I'm afraid that others will step on my home."

After speaking, Lake didn't wait for the expression on Skye's face to change, and said again: "But, this is our home, and it's also your home, so you can walk in with your feet stuck to the mud, as long as you clean it up. good."

Skye: "..."

In the room on the second floor.

Lake walked behind Skye, looking at the big room with bay windows, brand new big bed, wardrobe, computer desk and dressing table, looking at Skye standing in the room: "How do you like it? "

Skye's eyes fell on the big soft bed: "I've never had one."

Lake said, "A room?"

Skye turned to look at Lake: "Bed."

Even when she was in a foster family, she didn't have her own room, the sofa was the best. Sometimes, she couldn't sleep too much, because there were always some disgusting foster fathers who wanted to kiss Fangze.

Lake felt as if his heart had been hit by something.

This meant that Lake was a man, and if he had to change to a woman, he would probably burst into tears on the spot.

Silence for a while.

Lake looked at Skye with a smile: "You can clean up first, we will go out later."

Skye's own clothes are already very old, maybe they are still wearable in Skye's view, but in the eyes of Lake or most people, they are the kind that can be discarded.

So Lake decided to take Skye to buy some new clothes.

to this end.

Lake directly called Alexis back from school, gave Alexis his credit card, and then asked Alexis to take Skye to the mall for shopping.

Cassel is the driver.

He was depressed.

Cassel looked at Lake: "I just drank three cups of coffee and am going to finish my writing at home."

Lake said: "I made an appointment with the academic dean of Midtown High School in the afternoon, and you can choose to meet with me."

Cassel waved his hand quickly: "I'm the driver."

Lake smiled.

When Kassel was in high school, he transferred to many schools, and Midtown High School was one of them. At that time, the dean of the high school was still the current Nellis.

Adoption is not just patting the head and saying adoption.

to be responsible.

To learn is to be responsible.

Lake has insisted until now that learning can improve himself, so even after he had the hope of becoming a god with cheat money, Lake still chose to go to university for further studies.

and so.

Skye also wants to learn, and Lake doesn't want the future super hacker Skye, who can easily hack into major systems, to evaporate directly because of his adoption.

Skye is very resistant to going shopping for clothes.

After all, she is not used to it yet.

But Lake said directly to Skye: "You can choose to let me accompany you, or you can choose to go with Alexis."

Skye chose Alexis.

After Lake said goodbye to Kassel at the door of the apartment, he returned to the National Land Building. Skye's fingerprints had already been entered into the system. Lake had a meeting with David Bass to attend in the afternoon, so after dealing with Kassel, Back to the National Land Building.

There is intelligence from Langley that there is a terrorist organization planning to carry out terrorist actions against the mainland.

New York is the first of these.

This time the meeting was held for this matter, but just received the wind, Langley's overseas agents are trying to get more information, Quantico's SEALs have also been frequently in the Langley intelligence recently. Attack and question under the guidance of the staff.

Wait until the meeting is over.

Assistant Tiffany came to Lake's side: "Sir, Ms. Neris is already waiting for you in your office."

Lake nodded and talked to David next to him, and then walked towards his office.

Enter the office.

Lake said apologetically to Nellis, the academic director of Midtown High School who was sitting on the sofa and waiting for a while: "Dr. Nellis, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Neris stood up and shook hands with Lake, "Major Edwin."

Lake raised his eyebrows: "Dr. Neris knows me?"

Neris said: "A few months ago, I happened to be in Washington DC to attend the National High School Congress. I agree with Major Edwin's statement that national security comes before the truth."

Lake smiled and said, "Thank you, please sit down."

……

(End of this chapter)