The proprietress from next door took Lin Momo to wash up¹. As soon as Lin Momo returned to their attic bedroom, she saw the bed that had been made, and her eyes lit up.

“Thank you, dad,” Lin Momo said to Lin Cheng with a smile. She couldn’t wait to get into bed, and carefully slipped under the quilt as if she was afraid of getting the quilt wrinkled.

“You sleep well, I’ll go down and clean up first before coming back up.”

“Oh, okay.”

Lin Cheng went downstairs to clean up, and when he returned to the attic, he found Lin Momo still lying on the bed, wriggling in place. With her big eyes open, she was poking at things here and there—she didn’t seem to be sleepy at all.

“Why don’t you sleep?” Lin Cheng asked.

Lin Momo, who didn’t know what to say, “Well…”

This was her first time sleeping in the attic, and in their own shop, too! This experience made Lin Momo feel like everything was new; she was so excited that she couldn’t sleep.

“Sleep.”

“Oh…”

Lin Cheng dimmed the night light on Lin Momo’s bedside and let her sleep.

Lin Cheng himself took out his work phone and handled some other things.

When Lin Cheng finished going through his work matters, he put away his phone, and then looked down at Lin Momo next to him. He found that while the girl had calmed down, she was still awake.

At this time, half of Lin Momo’s face was buried in the quilt, and only her big eyes were exposed outside, still wide open, peeking at him from time to time.

“Want to hear a bedtime story?” Lin Cheng suddenly asked.

As he spoke, Lin Cheng took out his mobile phone and searched online.

‘Three Little Pigs’? Seemed a bit childish.

Fairy Tales? It didn’t seem to be suitable for children of Lin Momo’s age.

‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’?² It seemed a little too early.

Finally, after flipping around, Lin Cheng found a ‘Complete Collection of Fables’ and prepared to read it to Lin Momo.

As a result, Lin Cheng lowered his head and met the girl’s expression of rejection.

“No,” Lin Momo shook her head firmly: she is too old to listen to bedtime stories anymore.

Lin Cheng, who suffered a setback in his career as a father: “…”

… …

In the livestream channel, looking at Lin Cheng’s frustrated expression, the audience laughed:

[Hahaha, I’m laughing so hard. ]

[Lin Cheng’s expression just now was so funny.]

[Lin Cheng: It’s rare that I want to play my role as a father, but I am rejected by my daughter.]

[To be honest, when Lin Cheng said he was going to tell Momo a story just now, I was quite looking forward to it, but the result… I never expected it.]

After all, in Bai Yulin’s group, the scene of the father telling his daughter a story to put her to sleep was quite cute, and there were even several hot searches for it. People never expected that the same thing would be done in the Lin father and daughter team but lead to another outcome.

[I guessed the beginning correctly, but not the ending.]

… … 

After rejecting Lin Cheng, Lin Momo still gave Lin Cheng a sweet smile and then said to Lin Cheng, “Thank you, Dad.” 

Lin Momo turned around, and then turned back again the next second and looked at Lin Cheng.

“Good night, dad.”

The corners of Lin Cheng’s mouth softened, and he said to Lin Momo, “Good night.”

The first day of livestream ended.

… …

The next day, early in the morning.

Before Lin Cheng even woke up, Lin Momo had already climbed out of her bed.

At this time, some early-rising viewers had already arrived in the livestream channel.

Everyone was a little surprised to see Lin Momo appear in the livestream.

[Baby, why do you get up so early? ]

[It’s not even bright yet over here.]

[Same here.]

[What is she doing getting up so early? ]

In the livestream, everyone watched Lin Momo sit up from the bed. After a short period of daze, she said very quietly in the direction of Lin Cheng next to her, “Good morning, Dad.” 

After that, Lin Momo changed her clothes and carefully folded up the quilt, then went down from the attic—all done very quietly so as not to wake up Lin Cheng.

When Lin Momo stepped onto the first floor, it was still not bright outside.

Lin Momo first took the toiletries and washed herself in front of the sink next to the store door.

Then she took the large pail she used for cleaning before, filled it with water and carried it into the store.

Lin Momo wiped everything clean—the cashier counter, the side table from top to bottom, the tables and stools. Then she put paper towels on each table, and placed the chopsticks they washed and sterilized yesterday into the chopstick holder and put them neatly on every table next to the paper towels, followed by the small table cards and the toothpick box… 

After arranging the things on the table neatly, Lin Momo put garbage bags on each of the trash cans and placed them next to the table.

After doing this, Lin Momo finally used the water she used to wipe the table to mop the floor of the entire restaurant until it was gleaming.

The livestream channel was very quiet, and the restaurant was also very quiet.

For more than an hour, in this small shop, only a small figure was seen busy going back and forth: focused and serious.

Although she was always working, Lin Momo always had an expectant and happy expression on her face.

[Oh my god, so serious…]

[It feels like Momo is cleaning this place as if it were her own shop. ]

[Seeing her seriously packing up the shop and preparing to open it, I also want to open a small shop.]

[Me too, suddenly yearning for this kind of positive and self-satisfied life…]

… …

Lin Cheng didn’t see Lin Momo when he woke up, so he guessed that Lin Momo must have gone downstairs by herself.

Sure enough, when Lin Cheng walked down from the attic, he saw Lin Momo working alone in the store.

“Okay, I’ll do the rest,” Lin Cheng said.

Lin Cheng wanted Lin Momo to rest, but when he saw Lin Momo’s eager eyes, Lin Cheng relaxed and said, “You can help.” 

“Okay!”

Lin Momo finished cleaning the store. Lin Cheng began to clean up the kitchen, prepare spatulas and plates, chop and wash vegetables, and prepare ingredients.

After being busy all morning, the father and daughter opened the restaurant doors nearing noontime, and the ‘One Day Small Restaurant’ officially opened for business!

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

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1. It doesn’t explain in the text—perhaps she took Lin Momo to one of those gender-separated public baths. ↩︎
2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms is considered as one of the four Great Classical Novels of China penned in 14th Century. ↩︎