Chapter 1009

“No! I’ll follow Mommy’s surname!” Fern aggrievedly threw herself into her father’s arms and pouted her tiny lips, saying, “Daddy, I don’t want to change my name.”

“Daddy is not asking you to change it.” Eugene had never once insisted on this since she was his daughter anyway.

“How preposterous!” Quinn scoffed. The person he was scolding at the moment was Eugene, but Rue thought that it was because of her. The little girl was so terrified by his fierce old face that she started wailing out loud.

Fern could not stand being silent anymore and hurriedly went over to comfort her daughter. “Don’t be afraid. Grandpa wasn’t scolding you.”

Quinn did not expect that he would scare the little girl to the point that she would burst into tears. His old face tensed up, and he was out of words for a while.

Eugene was somewhat in between laughter and tears. He pulled a long face on purpose and said, “Grandpa, you should be gentler with your words. Rue is timid. See, she couldn’t help but be frig