Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 284 - 275: How About Drawing?

The sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, covering the entire floor of the shop. Tiny specks of dust floated quietly in the air, while small patches of light reflected by the windows danced on the walls.

Sitting at her own little dining table, Xuanxuan played with her Barbie doll for a while.

But the repetitive hair brushing and dressing got a bit boring for her.

Hmm?

What should I do next?

She’s read all the picture books in the store!

She could even retell many parts of them easily.

A-yah?

So boring~

She leaned her elbow on the table, resting her fair cheek in one hand, tilting her little head, with her pretty eyes wandering around.

"Why not draw something?"

A thought popped into her mind, and she happily decided on it.

She turned around, half-kneeling on the dining chair with her little legs in fleece-lined tights, pulling over the pen holder and sketchbook placed on a simple bookshelf beside her.

Placing them on the dining table.

As she lay on the table and began to draw, Mimi, having eaten and drunk enough, leisurely strolled over, rubbing against her pant leg before leaping onto the dining chair next to her, and then onto the dining table.

Unexpectedly, Mimi accidentally bumped into the pen holder on the table...

With a clatter, the pens scattered all over the table, and some even rolled down with a gululu sound under the table.

"Oh no~"

Xuanxuan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and with a slight pout, she pointed at Mimi with a hint of displeasure and said, "Mimi, you’re being very naughty today~"

Mimi: "..."

Little Master got upset, and the consequences are serious!

Realizing its mistake, Mimi feared that Little Master’s displeasure might mean going without delicious lunch.

Thus...

It quickly lay down on the dining table.

Then rolled over.

Exposing its snowy white belly.

Indeed!

It was acting cute and begging for forgiveness...

Watching Mimi’s chubby and adorable antics, Xuanxuan couldn’t help but giggle.

Just like that, her anger dissipated completely.

What else could she do?

She could only forgive the adorable Mimi.

No, correction!

Now it’s not just adorable Mimi but the big adorable Mimi!

"Alright, I’ll forgive you this time, but you can’t be this naughty next time~"

She chuckled, reaching out her chubby little hand to stroke Mimi’s little head, and Mimi playfully batted at her hand with its paw.

With that, drawing was no longer on Xuanxuan’s mind.

Huang Tao, who had just come out of the kitchen, couldn’t help but smile when he heard his daughter’s laughter.

His curiosity piqued, he walked forward.

He came to Xuanxuan’s side.

Seeing some pens scattered on the floor, he bent over to pick them up and put them back in the pen holder, also tidying up the scattered pens on the table.

"Daddy, it wasn’t me who did this."

Seeing him, Xuanxuan quickly helped tidy up, afraid that her dad might misunderstand and think she was the culprit of the mess, she hurriedly explained, "It was Mimi who accidentally knocked over the pen holder..."

Mimi: "Meow, woo woo~"

As if saying: Little Master is right, I, the cat, didn’t mean to...

"It’s alright, daddy knows you wouldn’t randomly toss things around."

With loving eyes, he reached out to stroke her little head, then sat down beside her.

Mimi jumped down from the dining table and ran to Huang Tao’s feet, rubbing against his pant leg, then lazily lay down beside his feet.

A big one, a small one, and a cat, doing nothing, just quietly enjoying the view outside the window.

The winter air grew thicker, and the various decorations on the street outside clanged in the cold wind.

Cradling her little face in her hands, Xuanxuan turned her eyes towards her father, softly calling, "Daddy~"

"Hmm?"

Hearing his darling daughter call him, Huang Tao instinctively turned his head towards her and asked curiously, "What is it?"

"Xuanxuan likes quietly being with Daddy like this."

Xuanxuan asked with curved eyebrows, "Daddy, can we always stay together?"

The answer is, of course, yes!

Huang Tao lifted her onto his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist, and softly whispered into her ear, "Daddy will always be with you, but you don’t always need to be with Daddy."

"Daddy has always loved you, but Daddy doesn’t need you to do anything. As long as you’re around, Daddy is just so, so happy."

Xuanxuan will eventually grow up.

This, Huang Tao knew well and accepted readily.

As long as Xuanxuan is happy, that’s enough.

Xuanxuan’s little brows furrowed, turning to Huang Tao, she said discontentedly, "No, I want to always be with Daddy, I want to live with Daddy forever."

"Daddy, you don’t dislike living with Xuanxuan, do you?"

How could he!

He just wishes to always and always live with his precious daughter!

Until the end of his days...

"I won’t, Daddy loves living with Xuanxuan very much."

Smiling with his eyes, he reached out and gave her little nose a gentle tap, "If you really want to live with Daddy, then we shall! When Daddy is over eighty, I’ll still cook for you, how about that?"

"Yes, yes~"

Xuanxuan became instantly cheerful, puckering her lips to plant a "mwah" on her dad’s cheek.

A sweet reward of a kiss!

A sweet warmth rose in Huang Tao’s heart.

Xuanxuan, with twinkling eyes, thought of her good friend and asked smilingly, "Daddy, can Mimi stay with us too?"

"Meow meow~"

Mimi let out a soft, adorable meow.

As if saying: The Little Master is good to it, remembering it in everything.

"Of course!"

Huang Tao agreed, following his daughter’s wishes.

Xuanxuan continued to ask, "What about Grandpa and Grandma?"

Without hesitation, Huang Tao replied, "Of course, they can come too!"

"Oh, by the way, Daddy, how come Grandpa and Grandma haven’t come over yet?"

Xuanxuan’s big, beautiful eyes widened suddenly.

It just dawned on her that today is Saturday, the day Grandma and Grandpa were supposed to visit!

Normally, they should have already arrived at the store by now.

How come they haven’t today?

Will they not be coming?

In just a moment, the little one’s mind raced with thoughts.

She asked, a bit worried, "Daddy, Grandpa and Grandma aren’t in trouble and won’t come, are they?"

"No, they’re coming with Uncle’s car today."

Huang Tao checked the time, smiling as he said, "They should be on their way, they should be arriving soon."

"That’s good!"

The little one felt relieved.

Just then.

Huang Tao received a message from his uncle:

Song Cailian: Tao, I’ve picked up your parents, we’re on the way, but there’s a bit of traffic today! We should arrive at your store around 10:30. Go ahead and continue with your tasks, don’t let them be delayed.

After reading the message, Huang Tao replied:

Huang Tao: Alright, got it, drive safely, take your time, arriving at 10:30 is just fine, I’ll have a meal ready then, perfect for us to start eating.

He stroked Xuanxuan’s little head, reminding her warmly, "Xuanxuan, you stay here and play with Mimi for a while, Daddy’s going to get busy now!"

Xuanxuan nodded obediently, "Mm, okay, Daddy, you go ahead, I’ll be good."