Chapter 108
The sky was covered by clouds, and not a single star could be seen. Only a very faint moonlight quietly fell on the ground.
Shen Yuanchuan was not busy during this period and would get off work very early every day.
Feeling that the temperature was a little cold today, Shen Yuanchuan walked into the house and asked:
“It seems to have cooled down today. Is Tiantian wearing enough when he’s playing outside? Don’t let him catch a cold.”
The auntie smiled and shook her head, a hint of relief in her eyes.
“He didn’t catch a cold. Tiantian was in the kitchen for a long time this afternoon and made you a portion of noodles… dough drop soup.”
A bad premonition suddenly welled up in Shen Yuanchuan’s heart.
The last time Shen Tiantian had brought him back a stone bread, it was so hard he couldn’t bite it, and it was both sickeningly sweet and salty, with an extremely strange taste.
This time, he had prepared dough drop soup for him?
Could it be another dark cuisine?
Shen Yuanchuan’s heart pounded as he walked into the house step by step.
He looked up and saw his little son, whose hair was covered in flour, sitting obediently on the sofa, waiting for him.
“Daddy! You’re back!” Tiantian called out happily and pounced on his daddy.
Shen Yuanchuan took two steps back, let out a soft hiss, and frowned.
“What’s wrong with you? You look like you just crawled out of a pile of flour.”
The fluffy clothes swayed with Shen Tiantian’s running, and flour fell off all the way.
Seeing this, Shen Yuanchuan took another two steps back, avoiding his son, who was covered in flour.
Tiantian hadn’t had time to wash himself. At this moment, his little appearance was like a dusty little white mouse.
Seeing his daddy avoiding him, Tiantian let out an unhappy soft hmph.
“It’s because I made noodles for Daddy! That’s why I accidentally fell into the flour and knocked it over!”
Shen Yuanchuan was shocked. “…You really fell into the flour?!”
No wonder. The whole cub looked like a small dough ball covered in flour, just short of being steamed.
Shen Tiantian felt that his daddy didn’t understand him at all.
He huffed angrily, held out his small hand, and asked for his labor reward.
“I worked so hard to make noodles for Daddy, and I even called my little friends to help! Daddy, you have to reward me!”
It was too late, and Gu Nanqi and Qin Ye had already gone home.
However, Tiantian had already promised to treat the two of them to a small cake.
“Daddy, can you give me a small cake? I want a mango-flavored one.”
Shen Yuanchuan looked at the little cub’s lashes, which were stained with flour, and his righteous little appearance. He was both angry and amused.
But fortunately, his usual expression was majestic, and he managed to hold back his expression.
“We’ll talk after I’ve eaten. All you think about is cake. If you eat any more, you’ll be as fat as a ball.”
I’m not fat at all! Tiantian thought.
He looks in the mirror every day, and he’s still very good-looking!
Shen Tiantian followed his daddy on his short little legs, ran into the dining room, and couldn’t wait to point to the steaming dough drop soup on the table.
“Daddy, hurry up and eat. I’ve been making it for a long time!”
The live stream was already turned off at this time, but the camera was still in the corner, waiting to record the warm moment of the parents eating the dinner made by their children, so that it could be put in the official episode of the variety show.
Of course, it could also be a poisoning moment.
At least in Shen Yuanchuan’s opinion, this bowl of dough drop soup was almost like a dose of poison.
The white dough drops were completely irregular in shape, big and small, squeezed into a small bowl, and mixed with the noodle soup. It was a little hard to tell what the ingredients were.
There was no sugar or salt added, not even a bit of green onion. It was all about being monotonous and light.
To be honest, Shen Yuanchuan had no desire to eat it at all.
He always felt that one bite could send him to the ICU for two days.
But Tiantian, on the side, was still propping up his little face, staring at him with expectant eyes.
The small green light of the camera in the corner was also flashing, silently recording the scene at this moment.
Shen Yuanchuan suppressed the urge to retreat. After a long struggle, and at Shen Tiantian’s urging, he reluctantly picked up a spoon and took a spoonful.
Just one bite, and Shen Yuanchuan’s face turned pale and green, as if he were constipated, and he couldn’t say a word.
Tiantian, on the side, was full of anticipation. His little eyes were shining, and he patted the table like a little seal.
“Isn’t it super~~ delicious? Daddy is so speechless from the deliciousness!”
The butler uncle on the side was also so moved that he even took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears.
“Ai, the little young master is so sensible. He can even cook for his daddy.”
Shen Yuanchuan looked at this butler, who had been influenced by Shen Tiantian and was being dramatic, and was speechless for a moment.
“What’s so delicious about it? It’s so bad! The dough drops inside are not even cooked.”
Fortunately, this was a pure noodle dish, and it didn’t taste as strange as the bread last time.
Although the noodle dish was bland, at least it was safe!
Shen Yuanchuan swallowed the uncooked food, looked at Shen Tiantian, and suddenly asked:
“Wait, you knocked over the flour. What did you use to make this bowl of dough drops?”
Tiantian tilted his head, his round, dark eyes blinking twice, and said obediently:
“I made it with the flour on the floor.”
Shen Yuanchuan: “…”
“Are you trying to poison your own father?!”
Tiantian was not happy to hear this. He pouted and said with a huff:
“Daddy, Grandma said that you have to be frugal. The flour fell on the floor and was scooped up by me in less than three seconds. It’s not dirty.”
Tiantian even pointed to his daddy, who was sitting here fine, without any problems.
“Daddy, you’re fine after eating the noodle soup. You’re very healthy!”
Shen Yuanchuan’s palm itched, and he wanted to beat the cub again.
He gritted his teeth and said, “That’s because my stomach is good and I’m lucky! What does it have to do with you, you little tyke?”
With that, Shen Yuanchuan couldn’t help but tap Shen Tiantian’s head.
“Hurry up and go upstairs. I’ll give you a bath.”
Shen Tiantian’s baths were mostly helped by the butler uncle.
He was young, and although his mother had trained him to be very capable of taking care of himself, the task of bathing was still too complicated and required an adult to help.
Tiantian let out a slow “oh,” looked at the butler uncle who was clearing the table, and said considerately:
“Daddy, you’ve worked hard. Can the butler uncle help me wash?”
Shen Yuanchuan knew at a glance that the little one was feeling guilty and was afraid that he would beat him when they went upstairs.
A heavy, cold hmph came from his nasal cavity. Shen Yuanchuan held the little one and went straight upstairs.
“I’m free today. I won’t trouble the butler uncle.”
Tiantian was thus helplessly carried upstairs.
Shen Yuanchuan had never served a little tyke a bath before.
As soon as he walked into the bathroom, Shen Yuanchuan realized how complicated and troublesome it was to bathe a child.
Even though Shen Tiantian was well-behaved and obedient enough, this bath was still very difficult.
A bathtub of water, clear and without a single impurity, was quickly covered with a layer of white flour the first second Shen Tiantian sat in it.
The water quality gradually became turbid, and in the end, it was so white that you couldn’t even see what was under the water.
Shen Tiantian was a little embarrassed, his ears burning. He giggled and sat in the white water, showing his little rice-like teeth to his daddy.
“Daddy, I’m so dirty.”
Shen Yuanchuan tapped his head in a bad mood.
“You know that? This water can’t be used anymore. I’ll have to give you a good scrub later.”
Shen Yuanchuan found the children’s shampoo and washed Shen Tiantian’s hair a full four times.
The first time, the hair didn’t even foam. The second time was a little better, but there was still a faint hint of white flour hidden in the hair.
It wasn’t until the fourth wash that the hair was finally clean.
Just washing his hair had made Shen Yuanchuan pant and his eyes go black.
The bathroom was steaming. Shen Tiantian was like he had been steamed. He closed his eyes tightly and had his arms and legs scrubbed by his daddy.
The bath towel was very painful on his skin, and Shen Tiantian kept shrinking into the water.
But Shen Yuanchuan held his arm and scrubbed him all over.
It made Shen Tiantian wail and scream, so much so that he almost shook the bathroom ceiling down.
Finally, after a difficult wash, he was rinsed with clean water again.
After confirming that there was no more white flour floating in the clean water, Shen Yuanchuan was finally satisfied.
Shen Tiantian had been scrubbed until a layer of skin had come off. He was wrapped in a large bath towel and placed on the bed, where he collapsed limply and sighed.
“My life is so hard.”
In the room, Shen Jinfeng, who had returned from his studio, threw the apple in his hand up and came over to see Shen Tiantian’s joke.
“Oh, isn’t this the Tiantian who messed up a whole bag of flour in the back kitchen? What, you know how uncomfortable it is to fall into flour now?”
Tiantian lifted his little head, looked at his brother who was making sarcastic remarks, and pouted.
“Your mouth is stinky, big brother. There’s no portion of the dough drop soup I made today for you! You can’t secretly eat it.”
Shen Jinfeng let out a “che” and took a bite of the apple with a crunch.
“I wouldn’t eat it even if you asked me to. The thing you made, even a dog wouldn’t eat it!”
Shen Tiantian was so angry he was about to bite him. Unfortunately, he was not as tall as his second brother even when he stood up from the bed, and he couldn’t reach his second brother’s head even when he bounced.
Unable to bite his second brother, Shen Tiantian simply turned his head and took a bite of the apple his second brother was holding.
Shen Jinfeng let out an “ai,” looked at the large gap in the apple, and was both angry and amused.
“Are you a little robber? You’re even stealing other people’s apples?”
Shen Tiantian had bitten off a large bite of his brother’s apple, and his little eyes were curved in a smile.
He rolled over in bed, struggled to chew the apple, and his cheeks puffed out.
“I’ll steal it again next time!” Hehe.
Shen Jinfeng looked at the little one who had rolled into the quilt and wrapped himself up tightly, and couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile.
“You little brat. Hurry up and go to sleep.”
It was really too late, and Shen Jinfeng didn’t want to argue with the little one. Seeing him close his eyes in sleepiness, he quietly turned and walked out.
And Shen Yuanchuan, who had finally finished tidying up the bathroom, came out, rubbing his back.
He looked up and saw Shen Tiantian, who was already snoring on the small bed. Shen Yuanchuan let out a weary sigh.
“Ai, what a little debt collector.”