“What are you doing standing there?” Lin Cheng asked, looking at Lin Momo standing blankly outside the kitchen partition.

“Oh, nothing,” Lin Momo shook her head and said, “Well, I’m just taking a look.” 

“It’s very hot here, and there’s a lot of oil. Go outside and wait.” Lin Cheng said.

“Oh.”

After hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo stepped back a little and backed away from the kitchen area obediently.

However, after arriving at the dining area outside, Lin Momo moved a stool over and sat facing the direction of the kitchen, still looking at Lin Cheng nervously and seriously.

Seeing this, Lin Cheng’s mouth twitched slightly.

This girl was so nervous—was she afraid that he would mess up the food, or was she afraid that he would set the kitchen on fire? Lin Cheng complained secretly in his heart.

In order to prove that he was not as bad as Lin Momo thought, Lin Cheng looked away from the nervous little girl and began to concentrate on cooking.

“What do you want to eat?” Lin Cheng looked at Lin Momo through the kitchen partition window and asked.

“Hmm…” Lin Momo thought for a while and gave two dishes, “Fried eggs with tomatoes, and… fried potatoes with green peppers!”

According to the neighborhood grandmothers, these two dishes were the simplest to cook.

“Anything else?” Lin Cheng asked again.

“No more…” Lin Momo shook her head. No matter if she wanted other dishes, she was too worried that Lin Cheng wouldn’t be able to do it.

Lin Cheng nodded, took out the required ingredients from the freezer, washed, and cut them.

Then, the prepared ingredients were placed next to the gas stove, lined up neatly in a row, along with the necessary seasonings.

Before the previous shop owner left, he left some seasonings in the shop. Lin Cheng and Lin Momo picked out the ones that were not yet expired, and bought others from the small supermarket next to them. Compared with other restaurants, these seasonings were not rich, but they were enough to make the two home-cooked dishes that Lin Momo ordered.

After the preparations were done, Lin Cheng started cooking.

For the first dish, Lin Chengxian made scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Beat the eggs, heat the oil, fry the eggs, add tomatoes…

During the whole process, Lin Cheng’s movements were not as skillful as those of a professional chef, but they were not clumsy either.

… …

Seeing Lin Cheng’s series of operations, the audience in the livestream channel made exclamations of surprise:

[Lin Cheng can cook?]

[I somehow assumed he couldn’t cook. I was wondering if Lin Cheng would end up cooking burnt dishes as this week’s restaurant owner.]

Although Lin Cheng and Lin Momo sold steamed buns in the previous week, cooking was different from making buns—steamed buns would work out fine as long as you follow the ratio of ingredients according to the methods given online.

[Looking at Lin Cheng cooking, it really looks like he can cook.]

[Could it be a temporary made-up skill just for this weekend?]

[Haha, it’s possible. ]

[But I still prefer that Lin Cheng can cook.]

[It’s a hidden talent.]

[A bit unexpected really.]

… …

Not only the audience in the comment area was surprised, but even Lin Momo was surprised!

Unknowingly, Lin Momo had moved closer to the kitchen partition again, seriously watching Lin Cheng cook through the glass, her small face full of disbelief.

“Surprised?” Lin Cheng raised his head and glanced at Lin Momo.

Lin Momo nodded vigorously.

“When did Dad learn to cook?” Lin Momo asked curiously. Neither Chen Yu nor Zhou Qi knew how to cook. They ordered takeout every day. Lin Momo thought Lin Cheng couldn’t either.

“A long time ago,” Lin Cheng replied. “At that time, I was studying in country Y. The service fees there were very high. It would be very expensive to eat out, so I started cooking in the rental house…” 

Lin Cheng shared events from his past with his daughter for the first time.

Regarding his past affairs, including his experience of studying abroad without money, Lin Cheng had not told anyone about it—not even the Old Master of the Lin family.

Lin Cheng’s explanation also answered the doubts of the audience in the livestream channel.

[It turns out that Lin Cheng studied abroad before. ]

[I feel that Lin Cheng’s experience studying abroad was not particularly good. It was probably a work-study type. ]

[Suddenly I’m curious about Lin Cheng’s previous experience. ]

[Me too, but unfortunately there are very few known information about Lin Cheng on the Internet.]

Except for those rumors and scandals from before, there was practically no known information about Lin Cheng’s family, education, and background to be found on the Internet.

The more this happened, the more curious everyone became about Lin Cheng’s identiity.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Under Lin Momo’s supervision, Lin Cheng fried some tomatoes and scrambled eggs.

“It looks delicious,” Lin Momo whispered.

She didn’t know how it would taste until she actually tasted it, but judging from the color and aroma alone—it was definitely delicious!

Hearing Lin Momo’s words, Lin Cheng’s lips curved into a satisfied smile.

“Okay, let’s take it out first.” Lin Cheng put the tomato and scrambled eggs on a plate and handed it to Lin Momo.

“Okay!”

Lin Cheng became nervous as he watched Lin Momo skipping out of the kitchen with a plate full of freshly cooked eggs.

“Slow down, be careful,” Lin Cheng warned.

After Lin Momo went out, Lin Cheng made two more dishes: the fried potatoes with green peppers requested by Lin Momo, and a bowl of meat ball soup.

When Lin Cheng finished cooking the remaining two dishes and brought them out of the kitchen, Lin Momo was nowhere to be seen inside the store.

Lin Cheng took two steps and finally saw Lin Momo talking to the boss and his family at the door of the noodle shop next door, still holding the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

“This is our tomato scrambled eggs, please try it.”

Lin Momo lived with her grandma in an old residential area. It often happened that when someone bought something delicious or happened to make a meal, then they would share it with their neighbors.

Lin Momo was sharing their own cooked dish with the noodle shop owner and his family because she wanted to thank the boss for all the help he gave them today.

“Your father did this?” Truth be told, the boss was a little surprised.

Originally, in his opinion, most of the people who did reality shows were only doing it half-baked; they were just acting in front of the TV audience, and they might not necessarily have real skills. Unexpectedly, the dish in front of him was quite decent.

“Yeah,” Lin Momo nodded vigorously and said, “It’s delicious!”

Just as she was talking, Lin Cheng came over and tapped Lin Momo on the forehead, saying a little shamefacedly, “Okay, okay, don’t show off.”

Lin Momo came over to share her own food with the boss’s family. In addition to expressing her genuine gratitude to the other party, it was true that she might also have wanted to show off her dad a little bit—but now she has been seen through!

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

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T/N: Tomatoes in scrambled eggs and stir-fried potatoes with green peppers.