Chapter 566: Daughters Are Like Little Padded Jackets, All I Can Do Is Envy

Suisui spoke neither too fast nor too slow, her tone soft and milky.

Especially with that little bit of coquettish baby voice.

It was enough to melt anyone’s heart.

Things were all warm and cozy over there, while over here—

Lin Shi suddenly stumbled and almost tripped himself.

Fu Yao choked on her own saliva.

And Lin Xijiang’s eyes flashed with brief astonishment.

The ever-composed Sheng Yi looked over at Chi Yu and Suisui; the father-and-daughter scene was indeed beautiful, but that thunderbolt from just now was enough to fry everyone else to a crisp inside and out.

As for the person involved, Chi Yu automatically ignored all those startled looks. The smile at the corner of his mouth was bright, his face filled with doting tenderness as he gazed at the little girl in his arms: "If I only hold you and not Mommy, Mommy will get jealous."

"Hmph!" Suisui turned her face away. "Then I’ll get jealous too."

Chi Yu replied without even thinking: "How about this then, Mommy holds you, I hold Mommy, that way I’m holding both of you, okay?"

Hm?

That actually sounded kind of nice.

Suisui nodded and reluctantly agreed: "You have to hold tight-tight, okay."

The smile at Chi Yu’s lips was practically reaching the back of his head. "Okay, I’ll hold my little darling tighter."

Then, holding Suisui, he ignored all the looks around them and walked out like no one else existed.

Everyone: "......"

This is insane!

Didn’t little Suisui just say herself that Chi Yu wasn’t her dad?

But just from that conversation just now—who would believe he’s not her biological dad??

After Chi Yu left with Suisui in his arms, the others could only stare at one another where they stood. Once their shock slowly subsided, they said nothing more and silently followed along, one after another.

During the afternoon recording, Chi Yu was in the best state by far.

The past few days he’d been careless and listless, but today, with a soft, squishy little dumpling in his arms, he was livelier when he talked and a lot more efficient at everything he did.

Throughout the firewood-collecting segment, Suisui stuck right by Chi Yu’s side. She took a liking to the bamboo basket on Sheng Yi’s back and pointed at it to tell Chi Yu she wanted it.

Chi Yu glanced at the basket on Sheng Yi’s back, eyeballed the size, and said to Suisui, "The basket’s too big and the straps are really long. You can’t carry it."

Suisui whined, "I wanna carry it! I wanna carry it!"

Lin Shi came running over thump-thump-thump and took off the empty basket on his own back that hadn’t been filled with firewood yet. "You can have mine. Little Suisui, do you want it?"

This time, faced with Lin Shi’s主动示好, Suisui didn’t refuse. Her lashes curved into thin crescent moons as she nodded. "Want."

The little one accepted his goodwill, and Lin Shi was over the moon. "Come on, I’ll put it on you."

Watching this from the side, Chi Yu frowned and reminded Lin Shi, "The straps are too long. Suisui can’t carry it."

"Let’s just try it. Maybe it’ll work."

Lin Shi’s guesses were almost never accurate, and Chi Yu couldn’t be bothered to argue. Sure enough, once the basket was on Suisui’s back, never mind the basket being too big—the mismatched-length shoulder straps held the basket dead in place, and the way it lined up perfectly straight was basically proportional to Suisui’s height.

Chi Yu looked at Lin Shi.

Just one look: figure it out yourself.

Lin Shi scratched his ear and gave an awkward laugh. "Suisui was just clamoring to carry it just now. Think of it as her just getting it out of her system."

Chi Yu said to Suisui, "Say thank you to Uncle."

With that sweet, polite little voice, Suisui said to Lin Shi, "Thank you, Uncle."

"You’re welcome~" Lin Shi’s tone was all ripples. "It’d be even better if you called me ’gege’ (big brother)."

Chi Yu: "Is Uncle very old?"

Lin Shi: "Uncle just feels like he’s some middle-aged uncle already."

Chi Yu: "It’s only a matter of three to five years anyway. You’ll hit that phase soon enough."

Lin Shi: "..."

Just as Lin Shi was about to take the basket back, little Suisui refused, and he couldn’t get it back. She was gripping the straps with all her might and wouldn’t let go. "No no, you gave it to me so now it’s mine."

Lin Shi instinctively looked to Chi Yu. "You gonna step in or what?"

"Can’t do anything." Chi Yu said, "I usually just spoil her and rarely discipline her."

Lin Shi said sternly, "That’s called overindulgence."

Chi Yu raised a brow. "Overindulgence is just an upgraded version of spoiling. What’s wrong with that?"

Lin Shi: "..."

And you’re still saying you’re not her real dad?

Won’t even admit it!

Fine, it’s not like other people’s private business has to be made public. Lin Shi almost ended up morally pressuring him again.

But, as for whether Chi Yu is actually little Suisui’s biological father, Lin Shi still really, really wanted to know.

He’d heard from Chi Yu before that he had a kid, but for some reason he’d always thought it was a joke. Aside from the initial shock, he hadn’t really taken it to heart or thought much about it.

Now, the reason he kept going back and forth, doubting whether Chi Yu was Suisui’s real dad, was actually pretty simple.