[I haven’t seen this kind of atmosphere in a long time] someone said in the livestream channel, feeling a little emotional.

[I also think that although gossip is boring, the atmosphere feels quite harmonious.]

[Except for this kind of old, small courtyard, it is rare to have this kind of atmosphere nowadays.]

[It was like this when I used to live in an old housing community. After dinner, everyone from upstairs and downstairs would go hang out and chat in the yard. At the time, I really I thought those people were boring, but now I feel nostalgic when I think about it. It’s a pity that this atmosphere no longer existed after we moved to a new community.]

[I don’t know why, but looking at Lin Cheng and Momo sitting here, they are obviously surrounded by chattering people, but they feel like they’re passing the time well.]

[I feel the same way, and suddenly I feel that it’s good to take my eyes off my phone occasionally.]

… …

In the small courtyard, children were children after all. 

At first, Lin Momo and Hu Mao’s children could still listen attentively to the various aunts and uncles chatting about their daily life. But after a while, these small ones who had been sitting quietly on small stools, already had their eyes looking through the window bars of a nearby house where there was a TV playing inside.

At this time, Yang Fang also came over after finishing her work at home. On the one hand, she was indeed looking for her children, but on the other hand, she also planned to take this opportunity to inquire about renting a house from the residents of the community.

After asking about the time, Lin Cheng planned to go back, but when he saw a pair of eyes next to him that were almost glued to the TV, Lin Cheng left Lin Momo to Yang Fang’s care. He then walked to a cameraman standing not far away and asked them to keep an eye on Lin Momo as he would go back first.

… …

Back in the shantytown, Hu Mao—the neighbor next door—was very surprised to see Lin Cheng taking out wallpaper and pasting tools.

“Are you going to put wallpaper inside the house?” Hu Mao asked.

When Lin Cheng first came back earlier, the lights in the neighborhood hadn’t turned on yet. Because it was dark, Hu Mao hadn’t paid attention to what Lin Cheng brought back. Only now could he clearly see under the lights the pile of wallpaper.

Lin Cheng nodded, “It would look a bit better then.”

This temporary house of theirs was made of scrap cabinets and wooden door panels. Each door panel, cabinet, and assorted planks were of different sizes and styles, and the walls in the house were also uneven.

Even though Lin Cheng later found steel sheets with foam to smooth the inner walls, and he and Lin Momo tried hard to wipe the walls cleaner, the whole house still looked dilapidated.

In the past, Hu Mao would not have approved of Lin Cheng’s approach. After all, the two would not live here for too long so there was no need to go through such trouble. But in the past two days, after he had come into contact with this father and daughter, Hu Mao seemed to understand why Lin Cheng was doing this.

“Coincidentally, I’ve just finished my work, and I still have to wait until 11 o’clock before I go out again. There’s nothing to do for now. How about I help you?” Hu Mao said.

From the other side, Huang Yang had also finished what he was doing, saw the two, and also came over to help.

Lin Cheng had bought a small solar lamp before. Now they used an electric light bulb pulled from Huang Yang’s side to illuminate the entire house.

Huang Yang had some tools at home, and he quickly prepared two small buckets of glutinous rice glue.

Lin Cheng and Hu Mao worked together to clean up the few pieces of furniture in the house, and they also polished the walls with sandpaper to decrease the roughness.

After making such preparations, they started to put up the wallpaper.

Except for the roll of cartoon-patterned wallpaper, all the other wallpapers Lin Cheng bought were of similar vertical stripe style so there was no need to deliberately match them, and not much wasted.

The room itself was not big, and with three people working together, the entire room was quickly wallpapered.

Lin Cheng did not waste the remaining glue and wallpaper, but instead used the leftovers to wrap the wooden bed frame.

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Meanwhile, Lin Momo still remembered her previous agreement with Lin Cheng: to go back after watching one episode.

So after that episode of the adventure program ended, Lin Momo dutifully followed Yang Fang back to their residence.

“Dad~”

“!”

When Lin Momo pushed the door of their residence open, she thought she had made a mistake, so she awkwardly said “I’m sorry” and quickly stepped back outside.

However, the moment she turned around, Lin Momo was dumbfounded again.

“That can’t be right…” Lin Momo muttered to herself as she glanced at the ‘Living with Dad’ program stickers and the camera installed in one corner of the eaves.

Lin Momo carefully pushed the door open a crack, peered in, and then rubbed her eyes vigorously as if she couldn’t believe what she was seeing, trying to make sure she hadn’t seen it wrong.

Then Lin Cheng’s voice laced with a hidden smile sounded behind her, “Yes, this is our home.”

“Really?!” Lin Momo looked at Lin Cheng in surprise.

Lin Cheng pushed open the door, and Lin Momo followed him into the house.

“How come our home has suddenly become so beautiful?” She had only been out for a little while!

With her mouth hanging open, Lin Momo slowly looked around the room with wide eyes, as if she didn’t want to miss any detail.

The wallpaper that Lin Cheng bought was not a single color, and the pattern was different for every part of the house.

The wall facing the door and next to the bed was decorated with cartoon-pattered wallpaper. The background color of this wallpaper was a light beige color with some pinkish tones, and printed on it in light brown lines were various kittens, squirrels, rabbits, and other small animals.

The other three walls were covered with vertical striped wallpaper in beige, nude pink, and light brown. These wallpapers with different colors were interspersed by Lin Cheng and then pasted on the walls. Although the colors were indeed different, they were similar in pattern, so it didn’t feel out of place when you looked around. Instead, it somehow had a special, vivid and harmonious feeling.

Now decorated with wallpaper, the small house looked particularly cozy. If you didn’t look outside, you wouldn’t even think it was a room in a shantytown.

“Everything’s so pretty…” Lin Momo said to herself with her mouth still open in wonder and a look of disbelief on her face.

Serve as Contrast Team in a ‘Dad with Baby’ Show translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: It’s been a while so in case you’ve forgotten, Hu Mao is the neighbor who sells tofu/soy milk and gave Lin Cheng the soya dregs. Huang Yang is the neighbor who has carpentry/electrician skills and introduced Lin Cheng to nighttime work unloading boxes in a warehouse.

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Chapter 87.3 — Wallpaper
Chapter 88.1 — New Product
Chapter 88.2 — New Product
Chapter 88.3 — New Product
Chapter 89.1 — No Money
Chapter 89.2 — No Money
Chapter 89.3 — No Money
Chapter 90.1 — Bargaining
Chapter 90.2 — Bargaining
Chapter 90.3 —Bargaining