Lin Cheng: “???”

Seeing Lin Momo covering the top of her head with her hands, obviously wanting to pout but holding it back, Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly.

It turned out… he was disliked?

After the father and daughter stared at each other for a few seconds, Lin Cheng said very calmly, “I have not washed my hands.” 

The little girl’s small eyebrows scrunched together at a speed visible to the naked eye. Lin Cheng felt embarrassed but genuinely amused at the same time.

Lin Cheng retracted his hand, tapped Lin Momo’s forehead with the back of his finger, and said, “Don’t you need to wash yourself?” 

After cleaning up their little restaurant for several hours, Lin Momo’s hair—which had been neatly combed before—was now a little messy. She didn’t know but she had somehow gotten dust on her cheeks, leaving a few black streaks.

“I washed…” Lin Momo really wanted to retort, but she fell silent mid-sentence—it seemed she indeed didn’t do enough. Finally, Lin Momo added quietly, “I just washed my hands…”

Seeing Lin Momo’s deflated look, Lin Cheng’s mouth curved slightly.

“Go and wash off the dust on your face,” Lin Cheng said.

“Oh.”

While Lin Momo ran to wash her face, Lin Cheng took off his coat and prepared to take over where Lin Momo left off and continue to clean up the store.

Lin Cheng did not start cleaning immediately but first checked every part of the store.

After reapplying for payment, the water, electricity, and gas in their store have already been re-connected. Lin Cheng tried them one by one and found that the pipelines in the store were still intact and basically usable. There were some minor issues with a few tables and some other items in the store, but these could be easily repaired.

Lin Cheng briefly calculated things in his mind before taking action.

Lin Cheng first cleared the tables and large cabinets that Lin Momo wanted to move but didn’t have the strength to. He moved them to one side of the room, freeing up space in the middle of the restaurant for easy operation.

At this time, Lin Momo had already come back after washing her face. Seeing Lin Cheng moving the table, Lin Momo ran over to help without thinking.

But before Lin Momo could take action, Lin Cheng stopped her.

“What are you planning to do?” Lin Cheng asked, looking at Lin Momo who was rolling up her sleeves and about to come up.

“I— I can help you,” Lin Momo gave a serious look at the edge of the table in front of her, looking eager to try.

In her heart, Lin Momo—as well as the audience in the livestream channel—thought that Lin Cheng would say ‘No need’ in irrefutable tones. 

But in the next second, an unexpected event happened: it turned out that Lin Cheng, looking at Lin Momo, could be very patient. He explained gently, “This is very heavy, you can’t move it.”

After saying that, seeing Lin Momo’s look of ‘I won’t stop until I help you’, Lin Cheng had no choice but to look around the store again until he finally found something that Lin Momo could do.

“If you want to help, take out the dishes from the kitchen cabinet, wash them, and count them for inventory.” 

“Okay!” Lin Momo was very motivated now that she had a job to do. Before Lin Cheng could finish speaking, she was already trotting over to the kitchen.

It was called a ‘kitchen’ but, in fact, there was only a simple partition between the cooking area and the dining area outside.

Lin Momo found the pile of dishes that Lin Cheng was talking about. After taking out the dishes, Lin Momo next targeted the large cooking pots next to them.

From the dining  area, Lin Cheng saw that Lin Momo was about to move the big pots. He felt his temple throb with a headache—he quickly stopped her. “Put down the pots,I will wash them later. Just wash the dishes and chopsticks.”

After hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo could only reluctantly let go of the big pot in front of her.

Lin Momo found a basin, moved a small stool, sat in the kitchen and began to wash the dishes seriously.

From his position outside the partition, Lin Cheng kept an eye on Lin Momo to make sure that she would not try any other tricks. 

After a while, Lin Cheng began to deal with the equipment, tables, chairs, and benches that needed fixing.

In the livestream channel, everyone watched Lin Cheng repairing tables and chairs and fixing the lights and sockets. They all expressed surprise:

[Lin Cheng can actually repair these things?!]

[It’s a bit surprising. I thought that among these dads, only Gao Yuankai could do these tinkering things.]

[I also thought…] 

After all, Gao Yuankai team had been set up as the ‘all-around dad’ from the very start of the show. It was natural that he could repair furniture, small appliances, and even cook.

Someone mentioned Gao Yuankai’s team and someone inevitably compared the two in the barrage.

[Although Gao Yuankai seems to be more powerful, why do I feel that Lin Cheng is more real?]

[Indeed, Gao Yuankai’s act of father-grandstanding was a bit too obvious.]

In contrast, Lin Cheng’s performance, although not exciting, did make people feel that it was more real.

[Haha, I won’t say anything else, but I like to watch livestreams like Lin Cheng and Lin Momo.]

[Me too, I really like this kind of real livestream.]

[I agree with the previous one, watching Lin Cheng and Momo’s livestream is really boring at first glance, but it becomes addictive the more you watch.]

[Yes, yes! This is very true!]

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

In the entertainment company.

Wang Xi, who was still holding her mobile phone and staring at the livestream despite the meeting going on around her, nodded in agreement after seeing the audience’s comments.

“That’s right, this kind of performance is really top-notch,” Wang Xi muttered in a low voice.

After that, Wang Xi tugged on Zhou Qi sitting next to her and whispered, “Do you feel that Brother Cheng’s feelings towards Lin Momo have somehow changed?” 

“Where has it changed?” Zhou Qi leaned over and stared at the livestream with interest. 

“I can’t tell specifically. But, anyway, I feel like his feelings have changed.”

There were no outright changes that she could point to, but Wang Xi somehow felt that Lin Cheng’s feelings towards Lin Momo had changed a lot.

“If I must say it…” Wang Xi touched her chin and said, “I feel like Brother Cheng is gentler than before when dealing with Lin Momo? More like dad?” 

“Hmm. When you say it that way, it seems true,” Zhou Qi nodded.

But…

Isn’t Brother Cheng’s growth rate a bit too fast? In truth, Zhou Qi was secretly very surprised.

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

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T/N: To be fair to Lin Cheng, his attitude towards Lin Momo began to change even before he learned she was his daughter. He was even thinking of adopting her at one point and his reaction during the kidnapping incident was real. This is true even in the small things, like being more considerate of her needs and feelings as a child.

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