In the garden.

It took the old man and the little girl several hours to finally go through all the bonsai in the garden. When the sun got high in the sky, Old Master Lin worried that his great-granddaughter would get tanned, so he took Lin Momo back to the house.

They went to his study room, and Old Master Lin rummaged through the cabinets and finally found a box full of items that showed the passage of time.

“This is our family’s family tree. At first, our ancestors of the Lin family were N people. Later, they moved to the country many years ago.”

Old Master Lin held out the family tree and began to tell Lin Momo about the history of the Lin family. One talked carefully, the other listened carefully. When talking about a certain city, Old Master Lin would occasionally tell Lin Momo what the Lin family had there.

As Old Master Lin told her about these matters, he finally realized that Lin Momo seemed to be looking at him with her mouth half open, a look of surprise on her face.

“What’s wrong, Xiao Momo?”

“Our family seems to be a bit rich,” Lin Momo whispered.

Lin Momo didn’t actually have much of an idea about the companies, subsidiaries, factories, industrial parks, wineries, and old houses mentioned by the old man, and she didn’t realize that she was actually a rich nth generation. But after listening for a while, Lin Momo still realized one fact: their family was somewhat rich!

Hearing Lin Momo’s words, Old Master Lin laughed. “Of course! Our ancestors in the Lin family have been industrialists since my great-grandfather’s great-grandfather’s generation, and every generation after has been very successful.”

After a pause, Old Master Lin continued, “Your father also seems to be capable.”

After that, Old Master Lin dug out several photo albums from his treasure box, pointed to one of the old photo albums and said to Lin Momo, “This is great-grandpa’s grandfather, this is great-grandpa’s grandma, this is…”

Mr. Lin flipped through the photo album and introduced Lin Momo to the people on the portraits, one by one. They went from the older portraits to newer photos.

“This is your grandma, and the kid next to her is your dad when he was very young,” Old Master Lin pointed at a photo of Chen Shu and Lin Cheng.

Looking at the people in the photo, Lin Momo felt a little strange: she didn’t see her grandma in this house.

“Is grandma gone?” Lin Momo asked cautiously.

A flash of sadness flashed in Old Master Lin’s eyes.

“Yes, great-grandpa didn’t look after the family well at that time, so your grandma was bullied…” Old Master Lin blamed himself.

Although she didn’t know what happened, Lin Momo could feel Old Master Lin’s sadness, so she reached out and held her great-grandpa’s hand.

“Grandma looks very cool.” Lin Momo said, pointing to Chen Shu in the photo. After thinking about it, Lin Momo said again, “Grandma is definitely living a happy life in another world.”

Her experience with the dream she had made Lin Momo subconsciously believe that there was another world.

Whether it was her conviction or for comfort, Lin Momo’s words made Old Master Lin feel a little warm in his heart. Old Master Lin patted Lin Momo’s head, nodded with a smile, and said, “Yes, she would be happy.”

“Grandma would be watching over Xiao Momo, too,” Old Master Lin said with a smile again. “Xiao Momo’s eyes are most similar to your grandma’s.”

After hearing Old Master Lin say this, Lin Momo looked at the picture again and realized that she, Lin Cheng, and her grandma looked really alike—especially their eyes.

Old Master Lin continued to flip through the photos and introduce people to Lin Momo. There were not many recent photos, most of them were taken when Lin Cheng was a child and Chen Shu was still alive.

Inside the album, Lin Momo found the only photo with many people in it.

“Grandpa, who are these people?” Lin Momo asked Old Master Lin, pointing to the people in the photo that looked like a family portrait.

Looking at the photo, Old Master Lin frowned and said, “These are other members of the Lin family…”

Old Master Lin wanted to tell Lin Momo that these were other members of the Lin family, but at this time, Lin Cheng came to the door of the study and interrupted what the old man was about to say.

“Just some unimportant people,” Lin Cheng briefly and comprehensively summarized the identities of Lin Zhenhong and Lin Zhenming.

Hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Lin Momo nodded in understanding and did not continue to ask.

Lin Cheng looked at the time and said to the old and the young, “We should go.”

Lin Momo and Old Master Lin were both stunned when they heard this.

“Why are you in a hurry to leave? How long have you been here?” Old Master Lin said with dissatisfaction. Although Lin Momo had actually been here all morning, Old Master Lin still felt that he hadn’t spent enough time with his great-granddaughter.

“We will start recording the program again later, and we have to go to City C in the afternoon,” Lin Cheng explained.

Old Master Lin had been playing with Lin Momo all morning. At this time, the two of them were sitting side by side. While listening to the old man telling the stories behind each photo, her legs would unconsciously swing back and forth, hanging over the edge of the seat that was a bit too big for her small figure. She looked completely at ease and relaxed, and there was no barrier between her and Old Master Lin.

If it weren’t for the lack of time, Lin Cheng wouldn’t want to break such a harmonious and beautiful scene.

After hearing Lin Cheng’s words, Old Master Lin reluctantly said again, “Then wait until after lunch.” He was really reluctant to let his precious great-granddaughter be taken away like this.

Lin Cheng said nothing and his grandfather looked back at him helplessly.

In the end, Old Master Lin was defeated and waved his hands, saying, “Go on, go on, go ahead and leave me alone as a lonely old man at home.” 

At worst, he would just sneak over to see Momo at their new place this week, old Master Lin muttered silently. And then thinking that he already knew the location of the farm in advance, he secretly felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

Lin Momo and Old Master Lin said goodbye reluctantly.

Old Master Lin stood at the gate and watched for a long time, until Lin Cheng and Lin Momo’s car drove out of sight.

“Old master, lunch is ready,” Butler Zhou reminded from the side.

Only then did Old Master Lin nod and while walking back, he told him, “The swing in the yard needs to be made higher.”

The height of the swing was originally made according to Lin Momo’s previous height. To think that only three or four weeks had passed, and Lin Momo had already grown a lot taller.

“By the way, find some people to reorganize the yard in the back and raise some rabbits and small animals.”

“I’ll make arrangements right away,” Butler Zhou agreed, smiling.

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

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