The reason Xiao Ya called him Dad wasn't because she was deliberately trying to please people, but because someone taught her to do so.
Before Shen Siyuan, many people expressed their desire to adopt Xiao Ya.
At that time, someone told Xiao Ya, "This is your new Dad, your new Mom."
So naturally, Xiao Ya thought that anyone willing to care for her must be her new Dad and Mom.
Unfortunately, all those who wanted to adopt her ended up disappointing her, not because they were unkind, but because they didn't want to deal with her helpless father.
In today's society, unless a family has power or influence, they really don't want to get involved with someone like Xiao Ya's father, who's a troublemaker.
They can't kill him, and beating him would bring nothing but trouble. Ordinary people sympathize with Xiao Ya but have their own families and don't want to take the risk, so in the end, nothing came of it.
This is why that woman said Xiao Ya's father wasn't human that day.
