Daddy's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 648 - 632: An Indelible Trauma

"Qianqian~"In the mall’s playground, Xuanxuan saw that the seesaw over there was free and suggested with a smile to Qianqian, "Shall we go play on the seesaw?"

Hearing this, Qianqian hesitated, bowed her head, and said with some fear, "But I’m scared!"

The reason for her fear.

It’s a long story.

It has to do with her mischievous dad Jiangling.

That time, she went to the park’s playground with her dad and saw other kids playing on the seesaw, and she was so envious.

She wanted to play.

But couldn’t find a partner to play with.

In the end, Jiangling volunteered to accompany her, which delighted her.

So, she sat on one end, and Jiangling sat on the other.

But alas, the weight and height difference between them was too great.

With a loud thud, Jiangling’s side of the seesaw hit the ground heavily, creating sparks, and Qianqian was lifted high into the air, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead as she screamed, "Daddy, let me down, let me down!"

But an excited Jiangling was having too much fun, and as he quickly stood up, Qianqian suddenly plunged down like a roller coaster, scaring her again.

From that point on.

In Qianqian’s young heart, an indelible trauma was left.

She could never love the seesaw again.

Only fear and dread remained!

Xuanxuan took her little hand and encouraged her, "Qianqian, don’t be afraid, I’m here, I’ll protect you."

Gotta say, Xuanxuan’s friend power is off the charts!

"Really?"

Qianqian looked at Xuanxuan, with disbelief in her eyes and also hesitating, "Xuanxuan, will you really protect me?"

"Really!"

Xuanxuan blinked her beautiful big eyes, patted her chest, and promised.

"Okay~"

Qianqian blinked, thought for a moment, then nodded, "Alright, but you have to go slowly and steadily, don’t go up and down too fast~"

"Okay~"

The two little girls held hands and went to play on the seesaw.

Sitting in the parents’ resting area, Jiangling and the Huang Yide couple watched this scene from afar.

Jiangling showed a look of surprise.

You know.

Since he last played on the seesaw with Qianqian, she went home that night and had nightmares, crying and saying she didn’t want to play on the seesaw.

Back then, his wife pulled him out of bed to ask him why.

But he was bewildered too!

When playing on the seesaw with Qianqian, the little girl was quite happy!

How come she went home and had nightmares?

Later, in her recounting, he realized the little one wasn’t happy but scared when playing.

Because of this.

He almost drowned in his wife’s spit, and Qianqian was so scared that she never touched a seesaw again.

Never ever again!

Who would’ve thought now, under Xuanxuan’s encouragement, she’d regain interest in playing on the seesaw.

All thanks to Xuanxuan!

The Huang Yide couple chuckled.

They were delighted that on Xuanxuan’s birthday, she had a good friend to chat and play with.

Although they could do the same, maybe even better, but it’s still somewhat different.

Buzzzz~

The phone in Song Cailian’s hand suddenly vibrated twice.

A message came in.

Song Cailian picked up her phone and saw it was from her son.

Son: Mom, everything is ready, you can bring Xuanxuan and them back now.

After reading the message, Song Cailian instantly replied: Okay, heading back now.

Beside her, Huang Yide curiously asked, "Whose message is it? From our son?"

"Yes, it’s time for us to head back."

Song Cailian nodded, then called to Jiangling not far away, "Qianqian’s dad, Tao is ready, we should go too."

"Alright!"

Jiangling and Huang Yide together called Xuanxuan and Qianqian back.

Qianqian was very excited, her cheeks red like an apple, and she jumped into Jiangling’s arms saying, "Daddy, Xuanxuan invited me to play on the seesaw, and I tell you, seesaws are really fun!"

"If it was that fun, why were you so scared you had nightmares before?"

Jiangling teased, forgetting past troubles.

Qianqian didn’t want to talk to him, released his embrace, and gave him a beautiful side-eye.

As if to say: Daddy, don’t you know why I got scared and had nightmares?

Jiangling: "..."

Great~

Another day being looked down upon by his daughter!

He reached out and patted his own mouth, reminding himself to watch his words in the future!

Xuanxuan wasn’t as excited as Qianqian. She first put on her shoes by the exit, then walked towards Song Cailian, picking up pace.

She threw herself into Song Cailian’s open arms.

"Grandma, I wanted to keep playing with Qianqian! Why did you call us back?"

She rested her little head on Song Cailian’s shoulder, rubbing her face gently against her cheek, speaking in a soft, sweet voice.

"Really!"

Song Cailian felt a warm joy in her heart, saying, "Then you can come and play again tomorrow, alright? Your dad just messaged saying it’s time to go back."

Xuanxuan wrinkled her little nose, saying, "Okay!"

Even though at first she didn’t really want to come to the mall’s playground with Qianqian, after playing here, she found it quite fun with slides she liked.

Qianqian happily clapped her hands and said, "Great!"

She told Jiangling, "Daddy, tomorrow evening I want to come back with Xuanxuan and play again."

This little wish Jiangling certainly agreed to, lest the little girl gets unhappy and gives him another side-eye.

Sigh~

He didn’t want a moment of joy with his daughter to turn into hard times making it up to her...

Jiangling smiled and said, "Alright."

He nodded to Song Cailian, then held Qianqian’s little hand.

But the little girl shook off his hand and ran straight to Xuanxuan: "Yay~ It’s great, tomorrow we can keep playing together."

Jiangling, abandoned by his daughter: "..."

In short, an inexplicable sadness!

But Qianqian didn’t realize her small action made her dad sad, she hugged Xuanxuan’s back joyfully, "Xuanxuan, let’s go."

Song Cailian chuckled softly, releasing Xuanxuan and letting the two little ones walk out hand in hand.

She, Huang Yide, and Jiangling followed behind.

They all proceeded to Delicious Restaurant to celebrate Xuanxuan’s birthday together.