Chapter 133p1
After tricking Cheng Tingyan into eating the candy, Wei Maomao turned around and saw Wei Chengli leaning against the door, his cheeks puffed out, chewing, chewing, chewing.
Usually, she wouldn’t care what an adult ate. But today, it felt different.
Last night, the speculation about Cheng Rongrong’s actions, the guilt over Wei Maomao’s fall, the shock and self-blame, they all kept the six-year-old Cheng Tingyan awake. Wei Maomao, of course, wouldn’t leave Cheng Tingyan alone to fall asleep, so after Wei Chengli left the bedroom, they whispered under the blanket for a long time.
They chatted… for quite a while.
The sounds of Shi Dingshan visiting again outside, the sound of the camp bed being moved, the sounds of footsteps coming and going… Wei Maomao, comforting Yan Yan while listening intently, didn’t miss anything. After the sounds outside subsided, and Yan Yan’s voice gradually softened, her breathing becoming even, Wei Maomao had just closed her eyes when she was woken up by the continuous, gentle knocking on the door.
How should she put it, Wei Maomao could understand Wei Chengli, who was also startled, insisting on sleeping by the door no matter what she said, she could also understand his worry about whether the fall would have any aftereffects, so he wanted to check on her in the middle of the night.
But… she couldn’t understand why he had to ask four times in one night!
Wei Maomao rubbed her eyes, glanced at Cheng Tingyan, who was yawning, then her gaze slowly landed on Wei Chengli’s face.
There were no aftereffects, but they had created three pairs of panda eyes! Thankfully, this room was at the end of the corridor, they probably didn’t disturb the other families last night, otherwise, it would be a panda party today.
The things in this world were truly interesting, a father’s love, something that was completely absent in her previous life, was now a bit too much.
But…
Judging from the number of times she was woken up last night, the one who needed to be checked on wasn’t her, but someone else.
Speaking of which… Shi Dingshan and someone else, she didn’t know who, came over again last night, she had to ask what they were here for.
Thinking of this, Wei Maomao looked at Wei Chengli by the door, chewing diligently, and walked towards him.
Wei Chengli, as he chewed, saw the little chubby dumpling stare at him for a few seconds, then walk towards him with her chubby legs. He pretended to be indifferent, but inwardly, he praised himself for his enthusiastic chewing.
Hmph, little foodie, he could still control her!
Wei Chengli leaned against the door, watching as the little chubby dumpling walked to his feet and patted his… knee with her warm, chubby paw.
“Dad, what are you eating?” Wei Maomao asked, looking up, starting with a casual greeting.
An expected question, but this time, Wei Chengli didn’t have time to be smug.
To maintain his proud image, he was focusing all his energy on controlling his knee-jerk reaction.
This little rascal, if she wasn’t only three years old and hadn’t learned about biology yet, he would truly suspect that she was deliberately targeting this spot.
“I’m eating candy.” Wei Chengli said, exaggerating his smacking sounds. “It’s the same kind of candy you gave Yan Yan earlier.”
“Oh.” Wei Maomao said casually, acknowledging his answer, then moved on to the main topic. “Dad, I seemed to have heard Uncle Shi’s voice last night, he…”
“Why aren’t you asking where I got the candy from?” Wei Chengli asked, still immersed in his own trap, completely unaware that for the little rascal, it was just a casual opening.
“… “ Thinking about the four times she was checked on that night, Wei Maomao patiently followed Wei Chengli’s lead. “Didn’t Uncle Shen give it to us? Every baby and every dad got one yesterday.”
Wei Chengli was stunned, he shook his head. “Not that one, this one is from last night, when I went to the next room to shower, Uncle Shen heard that you fell and asked me to bring it to you.”
“???” Wei Maomao felt like her sleep-deprived brain couldn’t keep up with Wei Chengli’s anymore. “For me? You ate it?”
Wei Chengli smiled. “Mmm! I saw that you didn’t even eat your two pieces, I thought you didn’t like it, and your bitter old father needed a bit of sweet comfort~~~ You know~~ I’m not giving you the other one either, that one is for your mom.” Ask me! Why bitter! Why needing comfort! Get angry!
However, there was no questioning dumpling, no curious dumpling, no angry dumpling, and no crying dumpling…
“Mmm, eat more.” Wei Maomao said calmly, bringing the topic back. “Uncle Shi last night…”
Wei Chengli, who had been feeling sour from the little chubby dumpling feeding another child candy early in the morning and had meticulously set a trap, but failed to catch a single dumpling, reached out to stop her. “Wait… Are you angry?”
Wei Maomao, her topic being repeatedly derailed, sighed helplessly. “No. You’re my dad, you eat, I’m not angry. Uncle Shi…”
“Well… Good morning.”
A familiar female voice suddenly came from behind Wei Chengli, interrupting their conversation.
They both turned to look and saw Liu Ming, with matching panda eyes, standing awkwardly in the corridor.
“Maomao, did you sleep…” Liu Ming was about to ask if Maomao slept well last night, if she was feeling uncomfortable, but she was startled by the dark circles under the little chubby baby’s eyes. “Your eyes!”
“I’m fine.” Wei Maomao said quickly, knowing what Liu Ming was afraid of.
“Maybe I checked on her too many times last night, she didn’t sleep very well.” Wei Chengli added, explaining.
Liu Ming: “… “
Wei Maomao smiled. “Four times, Dad, you woke me up four times!”
“It’s because you were with… cough…” Wei Chengli said, thinking about Cheng Tingyan, who was cleaning up the bed in the room, he swallowed the rest of his words. “Anyway, it’s your own fault.”
“Well, as we discussed yesterday, the live broadcast will resume at 8 AM when everyone goes downstairs for breakfast.” Liu Ming said to Wei Chengli, she made a “six” gesture with her hand and held it to her ear, hinting, “Director Shi asked me to come and get this before the live broadcast starts.”
“Oh, oh.” Wei Chengli said, quickly walking to the camp bed, he took out the phone from under his pillow, put it back in the password box, and handed it to Liu Ming.
Wei Maomao watched the whole thing, envious.
What was going on?
She was the one who fell, but Wei Chengli was the one who got to play with the phone?
Where was the fairness in this world?
Liu Ming, hurriedly carrying the hot potato of a password box, ran off. Wei Maomao, dissatisfied, patted Wei Chengli’s knee. “Dad, what did Uncle Shi come for last night? To give you a phone to play with?”
“Shh, shh, shh!” Wei Chengli said, covering the little chubby dumpling’s mouth, he carried her into the room, closed the door, and whispered, “What’s wrong with you? I was even facing away from you, and you still saw it so clearly, you even recognize a phone… Your mom saw you fall on the live broadcast, she was worried, Director Shi let me call her to reassure her. Don’t let it slip when the live broadcast starts later, we’re not allowed to use phones according to the rules.”
“Not ‘we,’ just ‘you,’ right?” Wei Maomao hummed.
“Behave yourself.” Wei Chengli said, rubbing her messy hair, he glanced at Cheng Tingyan, who must have overheard their conversation.
Their eyes met briefly, Wei Chengli was still hesitating whether to remind Yan Yan when he saw her cover her ears with her hands.
“I can’t hear anything.”
Wei Chengli: “… “ It was this kind of heart-wrenching thoughtfulness! It made him unable to bring himself to knock the little chubby dumpling unconscious and run away with her.
“Is Mom okay now? Is she reassured? I also want to talk to Mom… Dad, you’re playing with the phone by yourself, not including me. You woke me up four times and still didn’t include me!” Wei Maomao complained, then thought for a moment. “Can I say ‘Mom, don’t worry’ to the camera later?”
“Mom is fine now. You can talk to Mom through the camera, she’ll see it.” Wei Chengli said, his heart softening as he rubbed her messy hair, then added, “But do you remember what happened last night, how should we explain it?”
“I fell on my own.” Wei Maomao said, stamping her foot as if annoyed. “Ahh, I, the baby, am so unlucky!”
Wei Chengli couldn’t help but chuckle, he pinched her chubby cheek. “Okay, no need to act, you little drama queen.”
“Hmph.” Wei Maomao said, proudly raising her chin.
How should he put it, just consider it entertainment for her old man, he hoped Wei Chengli would be happier, forget about last night’s scare, and not make any decisions that would make her turn against him.
At this moment, Wei Maomao was still worried about whether Wei Chengli would run away with her. But in the next second, she received a huge reassurance.
“Yan Yan, come here.” Wei Chengli said, beckoning Cheng Tingyan, who was still shaking the blanket. After she came over and stood next to the little rascal, he said softly, “We’re not filming now, and there’s no audio recording. Before the live broadcast starts, let me ask you, Yan Yan, do you truly not want to live with your dad anymore?”
Wei Chengli, still shaken by last night’s events, needed some time to think.
Thanks to Shi Dingshan, he had watched for an entire night, and thought for an entire night. They could just leave, never to return, but… He couldn’t just stand by and watch Yan Yan walk into a tiger’s den, knowing there was danger. To put it more artistically, it would become his inner demon. Wei Chengli even felt that it wouldn’t just be his inner demon, it would also become the little rascal’s…
Since they had reached a point where they couldn’t just walk away, then they had to see this through to the desired outcome.
In a society ruled by law, kicking down the door was the fastest way to restrain the bad guys and ensure Cheng Tingyan’s safety.
But he had to confirm one last time.
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