In Lin Yao's apartment.
"Dad, why aren't you asleep yet?"
After saying goodbye to Mo Yan and Fangfang, Lin Yao returned to the apartment. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Lin Duanzheng still sitting on the sofa.
"Nothing, I couldn't sleep, so I watched some TV."
Lin Duanzheng picked up the remote control from the coffee table in a panic and pretended to be watching TV.
"It smells so good, what is it?"
Lin Yao smelled the aroma of the dishes and walked to the table curiously. A surprised smile suddenly appeared on her face:
"Wow, fish head tofu soup! And braised pig's trotters! Dad, did you make this?"
Lin Duanzheng coughed, still watching the TV, and said casually:
"Yeah, I have nothing to do."
Lin Yao turned her head and looked at her father's back. Her watery eyes curved into crescents and she said softly:
"Thank you, Dad."
"I told you I was just sitting around doing nothing, so why are you thanking me?"
Lin Duanzheng said something unnatural, and seeing that his daughter was already impatient to eat, he hurriedly said:
"Wait, the soup is cold. Let me heat it up for you."
As he said that, he stood up and brought the fish head tofu soup into the kitchen.
"Dad, please sit down and let me do it."
Lin Yao followed into the kitchen.
"Go wait outside. You're so tired every day. Look how thin you have become."
Lin Duanzheng turned around and glared at Lin Yao.
"Oh, sorry."
Lin Yao stuck out her tongue and obediently left the kitchen.
Looking at his daughter's slender figure, Lin Duanzheng sighed with heartache and silently lowered his head to heat the soup.
A moment later, when Lin Duanzheng brought the fish head soup out of the kitchen, he saw Lin Yao chewing on a braised pig's trotter with her mouth full of oil.
He was stunned, and somehow, he suddenly remembered some things that happened many years ago.
His daughter and wife were craving the braised pig's trotters sold outside, but he thought it was unhygienic, so he learned how to make it.
Lin Duanzheng remembered that when he put the braised pig's trotters on the table, his daughter and wife couldn't wait to grab one each and start chewing on them.
At that time, Lin Yao was only six years old, and she was also holding the pig's trotters and chewing them until her mouth was full of oil, just like she is now.
At that time, he and Haiyao were still a loving couple, and those things hadn't happened between them yet...
"Dad, come and eat too."
When Lin Yao saw Lin Duanzheng coming out, she quickly put down the pig's trotter in her mouth and went over to help put the trotter soup on the table.
"Um."
Lin Duanzheng came back to his senses and sat down. He saw Lin Yao picked up the pig's trotter and started chewing it again. Her mouth and hands were covered in oil, but she was still chewing it with relish and a happy smile on her face.
Just like when I was a child.
Lin Duanzheng couldn't help but reveal a rare smile on his face. He couldn't help but take out the new mobile phone he bought during the day and took a picture of his daughter's cute look while chewing the pig's trotter.
"Oh, Dad, please stop taking pictures. It's so ugly."
Lin Yao was startled, but as a girl's nature of loving beauty suggests, she quickly raised her hand to cover her greasy mouth.
Lin Duanzheng was also a little embarrassed. He was used to maintaining the image of a strict father in front of his daughter. He didn't expect that he couldn't help taking pictures of his daughter, and was seen by his daughter.
He subconsciously frowned: "Don't talk while eating."
Lin Yao licked her fingers stained with marinade and said in a cute way, "Dad, we are not eating now, we are having a midnight snack, right?"
Lin Duanzheng looked at his daughter so cute, his eyes softened, but he still couldn't say anything nice, so he could only insist:
"You can't talk even when you're eating supper."
"Oh." Lin Yao said "oh" and lowered her head to drink the soup, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.
My father hasn't cooked for me for many years.
So happy!
The father and daughter finished their midnight snack in a silent and warm atmosphere. Lin Yao got up to clean up and prepare to wash the dishes.
Lin Duanzheng stopped her: "It's so late, you should wash up and go to bed."
Lin Yao wanted to insist: "But Dad, it's also hard for you to cook for me..."
Lin Duanzheng's face turned stern again: "You're not listening, are you?"
Lin Yao could only lower her head: "Oh."
Lin Duanzheng glanced at his daughter, then cleaned up the dishes and went into the kitchen.
"dad."
Suddenly, he heard his daughter's clear voice behind him, and Lin Duanzheng turned around.
"Can you tell me what exactly caused you and Mom to divorce?"
Lin Yao was still wearing the clothes she wore to the fan meeting. Her long skirt dragged on the ground and she had a black cotton coat on her upper body. Her cheeks were a little rosy, probably because she had just drunk some soup.
Those peach-shaped eyes shone with a moist luster under the light, and there was a hint of uneasiness on her face.
This question has been on Lin Yao's mind for many years.
She didn't know why her once happy family had become like this today.
She really wanted to know the reason.
But over the years, Lin Yao never dared to ask her father.
And tonight, perhaps it was because the braised pig's trotters were so fragrant, or perhaps it was because the fish head soup was so warm, that Lin Yao finally had the courage to ask this question.
Lin Duanzheng's movements froze for a moment.
The atmosphere in the house also became quiet.
After a moment, Lin Duanzheng said calmly, "Let me finish washing the dishes first."
Lin Yao was slightly stunned, then quickly nodded: "Okay, I'll wait."
Then she sat down obediently on the sofa. Although her face was full of fatigue, her body was still sitting straight and upright, just as her father had asked her to do since she was a child.
Lin Duanzheng looked at his daughter, said nothing more, turned and walked into the kitchen.
While he was washing dishes, his thoughts drifted uncontrollably back to more than ten years ago.
He and his ex-wife were once a loving couple that others envied.
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