It was also the first time for Old Master Lin to come to Lin Cheng’s community residence. If the developer hadn’t owed him money before, Old Master Lin wouldn’t even get in. How would he know where the trash cans were?

He didn’t even know what the trash cans here looked like.

“Trash can, let’s see… let me take a look…” Old Master Lin looked around but found nothing of the sort.

The atmosphere suddenly turned awkward.

“Don’t you live here?” Lin Momo asked, staring at the old man.

Old Master Lin would never have thought that one day he would be stared at by a little girl and feel guilty.

The old man guiltily shifted his eyes away and looked to the little caged bird in his hand. He coughed dryly and explained, “This… this… that is, I actually live in the community next door.” 

This community was right next to the river.

Lin Momo had seen it with her own eyes when she went out with Lin Cheng yesterday.

Lin Momo looked at Old Master Lin with eyes full of confusion and dawning suspicion.

As if she had thought of something, Lin Momo suddenly gaped at Old Master Lin and said, “I know, are you an improper fan?!” 

The phrase ‘improper fan’ was something that Lin Momo had heard before from Chen Yu and the others. They said that some improper fans were very scary. They liked to find out about celebrities’ private lives, follow them everywhere, and even stay in the places where celebrities lived… 

Wasn’t this old man’s behavior very similar to that?

Lin Momo felt wary and instinctively took two steps back.

Old Master Lin didn’t fully understand what an ‘improper fan’ was. Before he could figure out whether he should nod or shake his head, Lin Momo had already taken a few steps back, then turned around and ran away.

“Hey! Xiao Momo, why are you running away?” Old Master Lin shouted at the fast retreating figure.

He was about to go after her using his cane when a group of old men out for a morning walk suddenly blocked his way.

“Ohh! That is a cherry-red-headed bird.”

“Yes, yes, absolutely.”

“You don’t see this kind of thing very often.” 

“I saw one at the expo at the beginning of the year, this one looks quite similar to that one.”

“Oh, that was the champion, right?” 

“There’s no mistake. Take a look at this: these little claws, this little mouth, these shiny back feathers. If anything, I think this one is even better.”

“This cage is also very good, it should be made of excellent wood materials…”

Several avid bird watchers surrounded Old Master Lin and suddenly had a heated discussion about the bird and even the cage in his hand.

At this time, one of them asked Old Master Lin, “Older brother, this bird of yours is really excellent. Where did you get it?” 

“You’ve raised it well, how do you usually feed it?”

“…” 

Old Master Lin, who found himself center stage, had a dumbfounded look on his face. He was really speechless. He couldn’t see what was so good about a little caged bird.

Peering behind this group of enthusiastic old men, he saw Lin Momo run into a building and disappear without a trace.

Old Master Lin was quite anxious, but he couldn’t extricate himself from the enthusiasm of the old men around him.

Seeing Old Master Lin trying to hobble away, these old men stopped him.

“Hey, older brother, don’t be in such a hurry, we haven’t finished admiring your bird yet.” 

“That’s right, let’s share our experiences together first.”

“Older brother, come and take a look at this bird of mine. Although it’s not as good as yours, it’s still not bad.”

Old Master Lin: “…”

… …

On the other side, Lin Momo ran as fast as she could and was out of breath when she finally reached home.

As soon as she entered the house, Lin Momo almost bumped into Lin Cheng who seemed to be looking for her.

“Dad!”

“Where did you go?”

“Downstairs.”

After a pause, Lin Momo suddenly turned serious and said to Lin Cheng, “Dad, I seemed to have met an improper fan of yours downstairs just now.” 

Saying this, Lin Momo also added her analysis of what happened. “That person was very strange. He first said that he lived here, and then he said that he lived in the neighborhood next door, which is obviously a lie…” 

Hearing Lin Momo’s words, Lin Cheng frowned. 

Although he didn’t really think that he could have any improper fans at this stage of his career, he was still worried, and it was better to be careful. Lin Cheng immediately contacted the property management and security personnel to investigate the situation.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Cheng turned to Lin Momo and warned, “There are many good people out there, but we can’t rule out that there are also some bad people. Don’t run around when you are alone, okay?” 

“Okay,” Lin Momo said obediently. 

She nodded but then grabbed the corner of Lin Cheng’s clothes and said seriously, “Dad, you have to protect yourself, too! When you go out, don’t meet any improper fans.”

After all, these improper fans, from how Chen Yu talked about them before, they seemed to be quite a terrifying existence!

Lin Cheng: “… Okay.”

“What’s in your hand?” Lin Cheng’s eyes finally noticed the bags in Lin Momo’s hand. “Is it trash to throw away?”

When Lin Cheng got up, he immediately saw that the house had been cleaned by Lin Momo.

After hearing Lin Cheng’s question, Lin Momo realized that she had run away too fast, and she was still holding tightly to the garbage bags that she had wanted to throw away.

Seeing Lin Momo’s silence and look of embarrassment, Lin Cheng simply said, “Give them to me.” 

He took the garbage bags from her hand and placed them inside a neat compartment by the side of the elevators that was specially designed for temporary garbage storage.

It turned out that you could just throw it here…

Watching Lin Cheng’s actions, Lin Momo felt a little embarrassed and immediately lowered her head, blushing furiously.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Cheng asked her.

“Nothing…” Lin Momo shook her head.

“Umm, Dad, I made breakfast!” Lin Momo said. She hesitated for a moment, then took Lin Cheng’s hand.

The two of them washed their hands and headed to the dining table. Lin Momo lifted the cover of the dinner plate as if she was presenting a treasure.

“Dad, this is yours.”

Beside a glass of water was a plate of bread, and a ‘smiling face’ made of eggs and tomatoes.

Faced with this ‘smiling face’, a smile also appeared in Lin Chen’s eyes.

Seeing her dad’s reaction, Lin Momo also smiled, then pointed to another plate of food. “This is my homemade hamburger.” 

Lin Momo used steamed buns and placed ham and slices of tomatoes in the middle, as well as eggs… In short, it was all ingredients that Lin Momo could find in the kitchen. There were even a few sesame seeds dotting the top.

Lin Momo had never tasted the genuine version anyway, so she thought this one was definitely delicious.

Lin Momo stared nervously as Lin Cheng put the ‘burger’ she made into his mouth. Seeing that Lin Chen’s expression seemed a little tangled, Lin Momo felt uneasy.

“Isn’t it delicious?” Lin Momo asked softly.

“It’s not bad,” Lin Cheng said to Lin Momo. He actually felt pretty good about this mixed taste.

The reason why Lin Cheng felt complicated just now was because the day before, he had read a lot of articles on #How to Get Along with My Daughter#, #How to Get Closer to My Child#, #How to Raise a Daughter#…

According to these strategies, he should take his daughter out to play more, cook for her, comb her hair…

Originally, Lin Cheng planned to put all these into practice, but now, it seemed that Lin Momo didn’t need him to care for her anymore?

Thinking of this, Lin Chen felt a little guilty and also a bit depressed.

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

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T/N: I couldn’t find an actual bird fitting that name, so we don’t get a visual aid, alas!

The ‘improper fan’ here would be what ‘sasaeng fans‘ are in South Korea. The stalk and invade the privacy of the stars they chase.