Lin Momo didn’t expect that Lin Cheng would see through her little thoughts, so her face suddenly turned red and she pouted her lips.

Seeing this, the boss and his wife beside him couldn’t help laughing.

“She’s just being naughty,” Lin Cheng said to the boss and his family, paused, and then said, “Sorry to bother you.” 

“No, no, no, it’s no bother,” the boss and his wife both waved their hands and refuted casually.

“You can really cook, yeah?” the boss asked, looking at Lin Cheng in surprise.

Lin Cheng answered truthfully, “Just some simple home-cooked dishes.”

Hearing this, the boss nodded and said with a smile, “That’s not bad.” 

“We have just cooked our dishes and are ready for dinner. If you don’t mind, come over and join us. Let’s eat together,” the boss said, inviting both Lin Cheng and his daughter.

Hearing this, Lin Cheng was slightly surprised at the overture. After expressing his gratitude to the other party, he politely declined, “We won’t disturb you anymore.” 

But the boss waved his hand again and said enthusiastically, “No, no, no, how is it a bother? It’s just a matter of adding two more pairs of chopsticks for everyone.”

The proprietress also agreed, “Yes, and we are all sharing a table, so there are many people eating and having fun.” 

In the end, facing the warm invitation of the restaurant owner and his family, Lin Cheng nodded.

As a result, their dinner was upgraded from two dishes and one soup to six dishes and two soups!

… …

It was evening, and it was no longer so hot outside. The noodle shop owner simply placed the table they usually used for dining at the open space between the two shops, making sure not to affect the passage of pedestrians. He also asked the kids to help move the stools around the table. 

The boss and his wife have a total of three children in their family. The eldest one lived in school, and the other two younger children were still at home. The boss’s wife worked in a workshop during the day and came back for dinner at night.

There were four members of the noodle shop owner’s family, plus Lin Cheng and Lin Momo. Six people gathered around the small dining table. It was a bit crowded, but it was indeed lively.

“I’m used to adding a little spiciness to my cooking. This one is spicy, this green pepper isn’t spicy, and this one isn’t spicy either. See first if you can get used to it,” the noodle shop owner explained to the father and daughter carefully.

Lin Momo nodded and recommended their own dishes to the boss.

Looking at the appetizing scrambled eggs with tomatoes on the table, the boss took a piece.

As soon as he put the chopsticks into his mouth, the boss was stunned.

It was sweet?

Shouldn’t salt be added to tomatoes and scrambled eggs? Who will tell him why this plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was sweet?!

The boss looked at Lin Cheng, and just as he was thinking about how to ask Lin Cheng tactfully if he had used sugar instead of salt, he saw that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo were both eating the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes with gusto.

And even the way to eat them is surprisingly the same: sandwich a piece of tomato between two pieces of eggs.

Noodle shop owner: “…”

… … 

After dinner, Lin Momo helped the noodle shop owner clear away the dishes.

Lin Cheng returned to their store and began to clean up the attic.

The attic was not big—only seven or eight square meters. Because it was partitioned off after the room was already built, the floor height was much shorter than a normal room would be, so Lin Cheng had to duck his head down a bit when he walked in.

The useless debris and garbage in the attic had been cleared away by the father and daughter duo during the day. At this time, there were only a few storage boxes and some simple furniture that could barely be used remaining in the attic.

However, Lin Cheng still took a closer look around the attic.

[What is Lin Cheng doing?]

In the livestream channel, some viewers were asking questions.

[Tidying up?]

[It doesn’t look like he’s cleaning up.]

[Looks like he’s looking for something.]

[This place is as big as a palm, what can you find?]

… …

In fact, Lin Cheng was not looking for something at this time, but inspecting for bugs.

This place has not been inhabited for a long time, so it was inevitable that there would be some bugs.

Lin Cheng cleaned up some dusty spider webs and a few insect corpses in the corner, and then checked them carefully to make sure there were no more creepy crawlies before he started to make Lin Momo’s bed.

In the narrow attic, there was originally only a wooden bed. Lin Cheng moved the original bed to the edge and used a set of boxes to place another makeshift bed next to it.

In the small space, Lin Cheng just made two beds, leaving only a gap in the middle that was barely enough for one person to pass through.

Seeing this, there were more comments on the barrage:

[This attic is already small, won’t this make it even smaller by doing this?]

[Yes, just one bed will do. Why do you need two beds?]

[Although… the child is still quite young, it’s still okay for the dad to sleep with her.]

After all, in another livestream channel, the scene of Bai Yulin coaxing his daughter to sleep was so very cute.

Although some people think that it was unnecessary for Lin Cheng to be so strict, there were also many comments who supported his actions.

[I have a different point of view than the previous person. I think Lin Cheng is right.]

[I agree, children will slowly grow up, and they should learn to distinguish what should be distinguished.] 

That Lin Cheng paid attention to this showed that he attached great importance to and cared deeply about his daughter.

[That’s right! And Lin Cheng made Momo’s bed so cute.]

The bed sheet and quilt cover were still the pink Minnie Mouse three-piece set prepared by Chen Yu and the others before¹. After Lin Cheng laid out the bed sheet, he spread the quilt on it, covering up the exposed area, and folding the pillows inside. The point was, Lin Cheng seemed to have intentionally stacked the Minnie Mouse head on the quilt in the middle, same with the pillow.

In addition to these, Lin Cheng also placed a battery-powered night light on Lin Momo’s bedside. Ignoring the advertising slogan on the night light [DLA Specialty Hospital, hotline:…], this mushroom-shaped night light was still very cute.

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

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1. I’m pretty sure the previous quilt was blue and featured Elsa (from Frozen). Maybe the author forgot or Chen Yu prepared Lin Momo a new one 😂 ↩︎