The man, who had just come out of the bathroom, had a tall and perfect figure hidden beneath his smooth, light-colored silk loungewear, and his dark, tousled hair still held a few drops of moisture.
Huo Qin walked to the front hall, poured himself a glass of water, and took a sip.
At the same time, he raised his deep, dark eyes and looked at Jiang Chi.
"it's over?"
Jiang Chi glanced at the little dumpling with a half-smile, then looked at his uncle, his calm expression showing no sign of anything amiss. "Of course."
Suddenly hearing the sexy, magnetic voice behind her, Chaochao, who was already extremely familiar with it, immediately jumped up and scrambled off the sofa.
"Don't worry, Daddy."
She stood there straight as a soldier.
"I'm a smart girl, I won't fall for that!"
Huo Qin suppressed a smile. "Okay."
Finally, he added two more words, "Not bad."
The next second, the little dumpling picked up a can from behind the sofa, "Daddy, look—"
She rushed over, eagerly holding up the jar in her hands, "These are all candies my brother gave me, hehe, because I behaved well!"
When the words "perform well" were mentioned, a very slight and faint hint of guilt flashed in Chaochao's bright almond-shaped eyes.
It's just... a tiny... minor flaw.
Don't worry about it!
The little dumpling quickly calmed herself down, excitedly took out a pill and placed it in Huo Qin's hand, trying to get away with it and prevent her father from asking more questions about the details of her performance.
One isn't enough, so let's add another.
Huo Qin held up the two candies in his hand to his eyes, his eyelids slightly lowered, and his fingertips gently rolled over the transparent plastic film.
"...It's quite unique."
With just four simple words, the little dumpling, feeling honored, was easily transformed into a perky-cheeked creature.
"Daddy, my brother and I have made a promise!"
With one hand holding a jar and the other on her hip, Chaochao was enveloped in a daydream-like creamy bubble.
"When my brother has free time, we'll go play together again, and then he can wear those little panda ears!"
Jiang Chi's lips twitched slightly in disdain. He turned his head away and clicked his tongue lightly, "The little panda is too childish. I don't want it."
Huo Qin paused slightly as he tilted his head back to drink water.
Faced with the seemingly arrogant "iceberg cool guy," the mature system had already closed the book and peacefully shut its eyes.
Chaochao's enthusiasm remained undiminished: "Then what do you want, brother? The big bad wolf?"
Suddenly, an idea struck her. She raised her little hand, which was on her hip, and laboriously stretched out her finger to tap on the children's watch.
"Yes, I took quite a few photos today, brother, look—"
宕.
It's the dull sound of the bottom of a glass hitting the table.
Before Chaochao's delighted, childlike voice could even land, she was already lifted off the ground: "...?"
Huo Qin picked up the little dumpling and said calmly without changing his expression.
"Time to wash up and go to bed."
Before the bewildered Chaochao could process what was happening, her short limbs instinctively clung tightly to the precious candy jar in her arms. She was carried away by the man in a daze, obediently responding to his words.
"hold head high……"
Like a slow-reacting but emotionally stable Kapibala cub.
Jiang Chi, who was waiting expectantly for what would happen next, was met with the empty house the next second: "..."
Does he ever really have a time when he's "okay"?
*
After a day away from home, Chaochao returned to her familiar room and lay down in her familiar bed, and a wave of drowsiness washed over her instantly.
She mumbled as she turned over, facing the edge of the bed.
The corner of the silk quilt that had been accidentally folded over was gently twisted by someone.
The soft, warm orange light cast a hazy glow, and the tall, broad-shouldered man stood by the bed. After a few seconds of quiet contemplation, he leaned over again and moved the green branch on the bedside table outwards.
Before he could get up, his left hand, which was hanging down by the bed, was taken by the sleepy little dumpling.
Huo Qin froze, looking down at the scene.
Chaochao, who was beside him, was like a favorite doll. She rubbed against his soft cheek, like a kitten that had found its way home by smell. Her fair and pinkish face was so small that it could be easily covered by a single hand.
Huo Qin couldn't resist pulling out his fingertips, pinching the edge of the dough and gently pulling it outwards.
I eat a lot every day, so why don't I gain weight?
Huo Qincai withdrew his finger without changing his expression, just as the little dumpling was about to drool.
"call……"
"So happy...hehe..."
With her eyes closed, Chaochao pursed her lips, a silly smile on her face, and let out a dreamy murmur like a meow.
She was so happy today.
I should go out and have fun more often like this in the future.
She can proudly tell everyone she meets a hundred times that this is her daddy.
She's a really, really good dad...
"What are you dreaming about all day?"
The pure world of children is easy to understand, but sometimes hard to guess.
Sometimes it's even more difficult than a multi-billion dollar project at a negotiating table surrounded by wolves.
Huo Qin gently touched her cheek, muttered to himself, and an unconscious smile spread across the sharp corners of his eyes, surging with a warm and gentle quality.
The phone screen on the table suddenly lit up with a soft white light.
Huo Qin glanced at it, then straightened up and answered it.
"Mr. Huo," Lin Cheng's voice was muffled and distorted by the howling wind on the phone, "we can set off now."
Huo Qin held his phone, glanced one last time at the sleeping little dumpling, and spoke indifferently.
"knew."
In her dream, she had already watched an episode of Ultraman Chaochao with the Duke of Zhou (a figure in Chinese mythology associated with dreams), and vaguely felt someone pick her up and then put her down.
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