Chapter 45

By the time he had finished cleaning the room, it was almost dark.

Since the little dumpling's ban from being on the sofa was lifted, she waddled behind her father. She offered to clean the table along with her Daddy with an old rag that she found God knows where.

But, the little dumpling couldn't wipe the table since she was too short to reach it. She could only reach to wipe the chair with a lot of difficulty, extending her arm as high as possible. When she went to clean the chair with a high back, she stood on her tiptoes and wiped it up and down until she was out of breath, and she even looked very serious while doing it.

By the time she had cleaned the chair thoroughly, she noticed that her father was done with the living room and was already in the bedroom. She then ran after him and pointed at the broom in Zhu Ji's hands, and said, "Daddy, YinYin will sweep the floor!"

She seemed to be proud to volunteer, "I'm good at housework!"

Zhu Ji looked at the little dumpling's proud little face, how badly did Yao Li abuse her child? She knows how to clean tables and chairs, and even the floor?

Mostly, kids this young were raised like the pearl of their parents' palm. What's more, the little dumpling was so lovely and likable. At least, it was hard for Zhu Ji to hate such a child.

And this three-year old little kid here had already learned how to do so many chores. One could see that Yao Li, this evil woman, did not care about this child. If one would think deeper, how would it not be child abuse?

Zhu Ji didn't want to think about what kind of life this child had before. Seeing her eager face looking forward to broom, he couldn't help but smile and hand the broom over to the little dumpling. He knew that little dumpling was eager to try her best.

The broom was taller than the little dumpling. She grabbed the broom and her face showed a stern expression, as if she was about to accomplish something important. She went to a corner of the room and started sweeping.

The little dumpling had always loved to show off for her father. She liked it when daddy praised her. Whenever her daddy would praise her, her heart would feel full and sweet, sweeter than her favorite candy!

With the participation of the little dumpling, Zhu Ji's movements were much faster than before. Occasionally, when he looked back and saw the little child dragging the broom and sneezing at the ground, he couldn't help but laugh from the corner of his mouth.

After cleaning, the room looked completely new. The little dumpling held her face and exclaimed, "Daddy, we are so powerful! Look, there's no dust left at all!"

The little dumpling wiped her chubby finger on the chair, lifted up her hand, and showed her Daddy her white, tender fingers that were clean without picking up any dust.

Looking at the little dumpling's face asking for praise, Zhu Ji touched his head and thought back to the role he had once acted in. He was a young father now, so, how should he praise his child?

After a long time, to fulfill the little dumpling's expectations, he said, "Good, you did great!"

They were four words in total. But the little dumpling was satisfied with just that. She answered happily, "Of course, YinYin is great! Daddy's great, too! The best Daddy in the world! "

The little dumpling's praises were sincere. With her eyes wide open, and a little bit of starlight in them, she looked very beautiful.

Zhu Ji felt that the world of children was really different from that of adults. It was time for him to learn from the little dumpling. How could her boastful appearance be so useful?

It was getting dark, and there was no food in the refrigerator since it was the first day. Zhu Ji wanted to order take out with his mobile phone. He clicked on the take-out app, and subconsciously went to his usual restaurant with the best service and dishes. But, he felt like the corresponding price was much higher than what he remembered.

This restaurant specialized in making custom made dishes. The cooks were excellent in craftsmanship and sanitation. The most important thing was that the food they made was very light. It was not much different from home made food. It was healthy.

Zhu Ji's eyes fell on the price on the menu. He hesitated and looked down at the ball beside him. She was very short, and only reached his thigh even though she was three years old. Was this malnutrition?

Zhu Ji had never raised a child. So, he didn't know how tall a three-year-old should be.

Finally, he didn't change his restaurant. He ordered an egg soup, a pork chop soup, two light dishes and two servings of rice. Then, he asked if the little dumpling wanted to eat anything else?

The little dumpling touched her chubby stomach and shook her head and said, "Daddy likes to eat, so does YinYin."

As a result of her experiences when she was younger, the little dumpling developed a good habit of not being picky with food. It was already not bad to be able to have a bite to eat. For the little dumpling, regardless of what it was, anything that was edible was taken seriously.

The dinner was settled.

Zhu Ji crouched down and looked into the little dumpling's eyes, and said seriously, "You are a good girl. Now, let me tell you something."

The little dumpling blinked and asked, "Oh dear! Isn't YinYin good enough?"

Zhu Ji : "...…"

"Zhu YinYin, I am very poor now, and I may not be able to give you a good life. Now you have two choices. There is a welfare home next to this community. I know the Dean there. She is a good person. If you like, I will send you there."

"Don't be afraid, I will visit you regularly and give you money."

Zhu Ji told the little dumpling about the welfare home. If she went there, she would be taken good care of. The dean was very nice: she was a kind-hearted old aunt. In the past, he used to give five million donations every year. In any case, the dean would take good care of the children.

Secondly, Zhu Ji felt that the storm this time was not so easy to calm down. Those shady people were terrible. If he accidentally exposed his location and someone arrives at his doorsteps, it wouldn't matter since he was an adult man, but the child in front of him was still small and easily frightened.

Zhu Ji wanted to send her to the welfare home for a while, so that she could wait for him to deal with the trivial matters. When the storm calmed down he would take her back, that was, if she was willing to come back.

Unexpectedly, before he had even finished speaking, the little dumpling asked with red eyes, "Daddy, are you going to abandon me?"

She quickly shook her little head, curled her little fingers and said, "YinYin is very good. She can do housework. She can pick up bottles and make money. She eats very, very little. Don't throw me away."

The more the little dumpling thought about it, the sadder she would become. 'Daddy was going to give her away to others, and she will be sent away on the first day she had found him!'

The system's aperture shrunk into a spherical point. Seeing that little ball was crying louder and louder, it began to consider whether it should use some energy to gift her some of its stashed away secret savings?

Zhu Ji made the little dumpling cry even before he had finished speaking. He hurriedly patted the little dumpling's back and touched her head, but she still cried loudly. Zhu Ji thought about holding the dumpling up in his arms to calm her down.

The little dumpling really stopped crying; she hugged his neck, sobbed a little more and said, "YinYin should be with Daddy! Why do you want to send me away?"

Little YinYin still had some tears left in her pair of clear big eyes. She looked at him without blinking, it was like if he didn't agree to let her stay, she would immediately start crying again.

Zhu Ji could only swallow all the words he hadn't finished. He nodded his head and told her that she could stay!

The saying "A child's emotions are the same as that of the month of June", totally unpredictable, was certainly true. Once Daddy agreed to let her stay, the little girl cheered, got closer to him and planted a kiss on her Daddy's face.

Zhu Ji: "..."

At least for the next 30 seconds, the famous Silverscreen Emperor remained in the same position, stunned. Until the girl shook him and said someone was knocking on the door.

It was probably the delivery service.

It was dark. The delivery man passed the dishes. He didn't see what the room looked like. He hurriedly said something about giving five stars and left.

Zhu Ji looked at the little dumpling's eyes and smiled.

What he couldn't say earlier was; if the little dumpling didn't want to go, he would still support her, but she might have to suffer with him.

From his childhood till now, the 30 years of his life, he had been alone for more than ten years of them. And all of a sudden, he had a cute child who looks just like him. It was hard to say that there was no fluctuation in his heart.

Zhu Ji could not help but think that if he had not been so devoted all these years into acting, he might still be able to give his child a better life!

The little dumpling didn't know her father's psychological activities, so she was very happy to be allowed to stay with him. While eating, she clumsily took the spoon and sent the best food to her father's bowl. "Daddy can only grow tall only if he eats more!"

After eating, there were now only two problems left, one was where to bathe, the other was where to sleep.

The old water heater could still be used. When cleaning the room, Zhu Ji turned on the switch. He looked at the little dumpling and asked if she could take a bath by herself?

Although the little dumpling was short in stature, not flexible in movements and had short arms, she was still able to take a bath and try her best to wash herself. Previously, the woman didn't care about her at all, so the little dumpling also learned to take a bath by herself.

YinYin originally wanted to nod and say yes. But, when she thought more carefully about it, she suddenly stopped herself. She shook her head vigorously, and said no. She said no. She was afraid that when she was taking a bath, her father would leave her. YinYin kept her head low. Her hands held on tightly to her clothes. She twisted them into a ball. In a small voice, she said: "YinYin is stupid…"

Zhu Ji:"...…."

Who was the one who just said that she's good at everything?

He paused, took out the old wooden basin and took a bucket of warm hot water, tested the water temperature with his hands, pointed to the bathing gel on the side, and said, "You can sit in this basin later and wash yourself. When you have cleaned yourself with water, you can rub this bathing gel on your body…"

Zhu Ji carefully taught the little dumpling. YinYin kept her hands behind her and shook her head to say no. She then asked pitifully, "Daddy can't you bathe me?"

The little dumpling straightened out her back and said, "Otherwise, why don't daddy take a bath with YinYin?"

The system covered its nonexistent face, and the things that the little dumpling had been thinking about were finally settled. In the last feudal dynasty of the world, there were many rules, and the villain was cold and hard-hearted. She couldn't let her father wash her. The system looked at the villain, Movie Emperor in front of him, afraid that he couldn't bear the cuteness of the little girl.

Sure enough, Zhu Ji hesitated for a long time, in the face of the little dumpling's big, clear eyes, the man slowly nodded his head.

"Yeah, Daddy is the best!"

The little dumpling, like a little duck, entered the big wooden basin and played with the water happily, splashing Zhu Ji all over his body.

It was not so easy to be a father, especially for a child who liked her father so much. Even if the little dumpling was obedient, she couldn't change the fact that she was still a child. The little dumpling was very excited to ask her father to bathe her. Even if she tried to stop herself from doing so, she couldn't help splashing water and playing with her father.

After the bath, Zhu Ji was in a mess.

He threw the well-dressed dumpling out of the bathroom, and said: "Go to the sofa and sit there obediently, do not move."

The little dumpling: "OK!"

System: "…"