Liu Chunsheng gave a few more instructions before entering the room. He had no hobbies and disliked watching television, so he usually went to bed early.
Watching the person disappear from his sight, Liu Yifeng was deeply touched.
He hadn't expected his father to still come into his room at night to tuck him in, and he hadn't noticed it at all.
At half-past nine, Tongtong's TV show finished. Liu Yifeng turned off the television and went to the living room with him to wash his face and feet.
By this time, Dabai had already crawled into its dog cage and was sleeping there.
Dahei was not asleep and was pacing around the living room, sniffing here and there.
"Daddy, your feet are so big!" In the washbasin, Liu Yifeng's feet completely covered Tongtong's.
"Because Daddy is an adult. When you grow up, maybe your feet will be even bigger than Daddy's!"
"But I don't want to grow up." Tongtong's answer surprised Liu Yifeng greatly.
When he was a child, he wished he could grow up every day.
Although he sometimes wished he could go back to the past, when he was a child, he genuinely wanted to grow up.
This was not just his personal wish but also the aspiration of many children.
Thinking of this, he curiously asked, "Why?"
However, Tongtong's next answer broke him: "Because when I grow up, it means Daddy will get old. I don't want Daddy to get old. I want to live with Daddy forever, and Grandpa too. Let's never be apart."
Liu Yifeng truly couldn't understand how such a young child could have such delicate thoughts.
Back then, when they were children, who would think about this? They only cared about growing up themselves and doing whatever they wanted.
Tongtong, so young, understood so much. How could he not feel heartache for him, and how could he bear to have another child and divide his fatherly love for Tongtong in half?
He calmed his emotions and then reached out to stroke his parents: "You silly child, everyone gets old one day. Even you will grow old, and your hair will turn white. You have to accept this reality.
Daddy doesn't care if he gets old; he only cares if you are happy. Happiness is the most important thing."
"As long as I can be with Daddy, Tongtong is happy."
After so long, Liu Yifeng hadn't heard Tongtong mention his mother again, and he knew that he was now everything to him.
He looked at Tongtong gently: "Your appearance was also the happiest day for Daddy."
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The next day, as soon as Liu Yifeng woke up and was about to make breakfast, his father told him that breakfast was already prepared.
"Dad, why are you up so early? You should have woken me up to make breakfast." Liu Yifeng said, looking at the breakfast on the table.
Liu Chunsheng placed the bowls and chopsticks on the table: "I saw you sleeping soundly. Besides, making breakfast is just a small thing. I'm not so old that I can't even make breakfast. Hurry up and call Tongtong to get up and eat. Doesn't he like egg fried rice? I added two more eggs to the rice today."
If it were in the past, Liu Chunsheng would only put one egg in his egg fried rice, no matter how much rice there was.
But now that living conditions had improved, he was willing to put in more eggs.
After washing up, Liu Yifeng noticed that his father's egg fried rice had very few eggs.
In contrast, his and Tongtong's bowls had more rice than eggs.
He was about to switch bowls with his father when Tongtong suddenly stood up and used his spoon to scoop the eggs from his bowl into his grandfather's.
"Grandpa, you are an elder, you need to eat more eggs to nourish yourself. Tongtong is a little man, so eating fewer eggs won't matter."
As he spoke, he divided half of the eggs from his bowl to Liu Chunsheng.
Seeing Tongtong's filial act, Liu Chunsheng was deeply moved, but he would rather not eat himself than have Tongtong eat more.
Just as he was about to scoop the eggs back into Tongtong's bowl, Liu Yifeng interrupted him: "Dad, since Tongtong is giving this to you, then you should eat it. After all, it's the child's kind intention."
"But..."
"There's no 'but.' Dad, you don't need to specially give me and Tongtong anything you eat in the future.
Actually, you are the one who needs to supplement your nutrition the most. If you keep thinking only of us like this, I won't eat the meals you cook anymore." Liu Yifeng pretended to be angry.
Liu Chunsheng understood his son's resolute nature and nodded in agreement.
Then, Liu Yifeng swapped bowls of fried rice with Tongtong: "Tongtong, eat Daddy's!"
"Daddy just said that we don't need to be so considerate of each other in our family. Now you're giving me the rice with more eggs. How can you set an example for Grandpa?"
Tongtong's words left Liu Yifeng speechless. Then, Tongtong swapped the bowls back.
In the end, Liu Yifeng ate the bowl with the most eggs.
"Then I'll go to Liu Xincheng's house first." After eating, Liu Chunsheng put on his jacket and left.
Liu Yifeng also sent Tongtong to kindergarten after he finished eating.
Today was for filming evening scenes, which would not interfere with Tongtong's daytime classes.
However, on the way to kindergarten, Liu Yifeng took the opportunity to visit Qiangzi.
Last night, they had agreed that today he would pick up Qiangzi to renovate his company.
Qiangzi had also woken up early. Due to his work, he had never slept in. So, even when he was off duty, he usually woke up at six or seven o'clock.
If it was cold, he might wake up a little later, but never later than seven-thirty at the latest.
Seeing Liu Yifeng park his car in front of his house, Qiangzi, who was eating breakfast, quickly took a few bites before getting into Liu Yifeng's car.
He would first go to the company to take a look, and after deciding how to renovate, he would have his colleagues bring the materials.
"What are you rushing for? I see you only took a couple of bites of breakfast. Go eat properly before you get in the car." Liu Yifeng said, looking at the person in the back seat.
Qiangzi urged, "I'm full. Drive faster, don't delay Tongtong's class."
"Hello, Uncle!" Tongtong greeted Qiangzi immediately, seeing him looking at him.
Qiangzi smiled and greeted Tongtong, "Hello, Tongtong!"
On the way, the three of them chatted and laughed. This was also Qiangzi's first time riding in such a good car, and he asked many questions about it.
"Qiangzi, when our vegetable greenhouses start selling to the public, you'll see your pockets get fat. You can pick any good car you want then," Liu Yifeng said with a smile.
Hearing Liu Yifeng's words, Qiangzi was half-believing: "Are you just blowing smoke, kid?"
"Why are you like Luffy? You don't even believe me anymore?" Liu Yifeng rolled his eyes at him.
"Heh heh, just kidding!
But I don't dare to hope for a car like yours. I'll be content if I can upgrade my minivan to a small car worth two or three hundred thousand yuan."
"Your wish is too small. People should have ambition. Don't worry, whether it's you or Luffy, you'll have houses and cars sooner or later. Then the three of us will buy houses together and be brothers for life."
"You said it! Don't complain about us being annoying then."
"How could I!"
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