#5 - Chapter 5: New home, new abilities!
"Mengyao, what's the situation with Lin Chen now?"
Shen Qing asked.
Xu Mengyao sighed and said, "He was laid off last month. Now he lives in a village in the city, renting a one-bedroom apartment that's less than forty square meters."
"If it weren't that Xiaoxi really misses her father, I really wouldn't want to send Xiaoxi to suffer with Lin Chen."
Shen Qing said, "Lin Chen's conditions are too poor. You should give Lin Chen some money; you can't let Xiaoxi suffer."
"I left him sixty thousand yuan."
"I told him it was three months' living expenses."
Xu Mengyao quietly said, "Do you think I gave too little? But I'm afraid that if I give him too much money, Lin Chen will have too many ideas, relying on being Xiaoxi's father."
Shen Qing: "You're afraid he'll keep pestering you, right? Twenty thousand a month, ten thousand for rent and ten thousand for food and drink, he can live pretty well."
"I think that's enough money."
"Whether he can take good care of Xiaoxi depends on whether he puts his heart into it."
Xu Mengyao nodded slightly.
"Let's see how it goes in a while. Not to say three months, sixty thousand yuan can at least guarantee they have a good month."
Speaking of this, Xu Mengyao stood up.
"I'm not drinking anymore; I have to take a plane to the US tomorrow. My mother is having surgery, and this surgery is quite important."
Shen Qing said, "Auntie is blessed; she'll definitely be fine. Don't worry too much about Xiaoxi; Lin Chen is Xiaoxi's father after all, he shouldn't mistreat her."
"Stay with Auntie for a few days with peace of mind."
Xu Mengyao nodded.
Soon, she got into a Bentley and left.
She was accompanied by a female bodyguard, and the driver was also a woman; the driver was also a professional bodyguard she hired.
"Mengyao is such a pity."
"Alas!"
Shen Qing sighed secretly.
Xu Mengyao has a good family background, and she's extremely beautiful. If it weren't for what happened three years ago, she would have married very well.
Fortunately, Xu Mengyao was drugged three years ago, and Lin Chen ended up benefiting, rather than the guy who drugged her; otherwise, it would definitely become her lifelong nightmare.
"If Lin Chen were more outstanding, that would be great."
"Then Mengyao might really have been able to be with him, but he's so ordinary, and the gap between him and Mengyao is too big."
Shen Qing murmured to herself.
Xu Mengyao is not only rich, but also very outstanding herself. Lin Chen was quite ordinary in college, and he's the same after graduation.
Lin Chen's only advantage is that he's quite handsome.
"I'll go see them again in a few days."
"It's understandable if he doesn't take good care of her in the first three or four days."
Shen Qing thought to herself.
...
In the middle of the night, Lin Xiaoxi woke up.
She pushed the sleeping Lin Chen with her little hand: "Daddy, Daddy."
"Xiaoxi, what's wrong?"
Lin Chen woke up quickly.
"Daddy, I need to pee; good babies can't wet the bed."
Lin Chen quickly picked up Lin Xiaoxi and went to the bathroom. He had just squatted down when Lin Xiaoxi peed; a little later and she would have wet the bed.
"Xiaoxi, do you usually wear diapers to sleep at night?"
Lin Chen carried Lin Xiaoxi back to bed and asked.
Lin Xiaoxi said cutely, "Daddy, I don't wear diapers; I'm two years old, not a one-year-old baby anymore."
Lin Chen smiled.
"Xiaoxi is so good."
"Let's go back to sleep."
Lin Chen woke up again when it was already dawn.
Lin Xiaoxi woke up first. She didn't wake Lin Chen up. Seeing Lin Chen wake up, she giggled and said, "Daddy, I woke up first. Mommy said that early to bed and early to rise makes a good baby."
Lin Chen smiled and said, "Xiaoxi is of course a good baby."
Lin Xiaoxi burrowed into Lin Chen's arms: "Daddy, I want to wake up and see you, and I also want to wake up and see Mommy."
"Then I'll be so happy."
Lin Chen thought to himself, he also wants to wake up and see Xu Mengyao.
"Xiaoxi, Mommy is too busy."
Lin Chen gently stroked Lin Xiaoxi's little head.
Lin Xiaoxi said wistfully, "Daddy, I miss Mommy."
"I want to call Mommy."
Lin Chen sat up and said, "Xiaoxi, you've only been here with Daddy for one day. If Daddy calls now, Mommy will think Daddy can't take good care of Xiaoxi, okay?"
"Let's get up and have breakfast, and then move, okay?"
Lin Xiaoxi's eyes lit up.
"Okay, moving to a new home."
Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, it's good that children are easy to coax.
Xu Mengyao told him not to call unless it was important.
Soon, the two got up.
"Daddy, I don't have a toothbrush."
"Mommy said that if you don't brush your teeth, bugs will bite."
Lin Xiaoxi said in a childish voice.
Lin Chen was a little embarrassed. Lin Xiaoxi's suitcase had a bath towel, but no toothbrush, and he didn't buy one yesterday.
Being a father for the first time, he has no experience.
"Xiaoxi, Daddy will take you out to buy one."
There was a small supermarket nearby, and Lin Chen quickly bought one back.
"Xiaoxi, how about having noodles for breakfast?"
Lin Chen asked.
"Daddy, are there meat in the noodles?"
"Yes, there must be."
After breakfast, Lin Chen packed up and moved.
He doesn't have many things, and he doesn't plan to keep some of them. Pack the suitcases, take a taxi, and you can move over.
A little after nine o'clock, Lin Chen arrived at his new home.
After buying some more things, they can settle down in their new home.
"Xiaoxi, let's go to a big supermarket."
"Let's buy more vegetables, and I'll make you something delicious for lunch."
Zi Yuan Community has commercial areas, and the commercial areas have supermarkets. Lin Chen took Lin Xiaoxi to the supermarket and bought a lot of things back.
"Daddy, I want to draw."
"I want to draw Daddy, Mommy, and baby."
Lin Xiaoxi happily said, holding the newly bought paintbrush.
"Okay."
Lin Chen prepared paintbrushes and paper for Lin Xiaoxi, but Lin Xiaoxi couldn't draw well. He held Lin Xiaoxi's little hand and taught her.
Five minutes passed.
"Host, your painting skills are starting to improve. Accumulate ten hours, and your painting skills will be able to improve to the Grandmaster realm."
"Twenty hours to the Great Grandmaster realm."
The system's voice sounded in Lin Chen's mind.
The corners of Lin Chen's mouth revealed a smile. Teaching his daughter to draw, his painting skills could actually reach the Grandmaster realm in ten hours.
The system is very powerful.
Going on like this, he can definitely become an all-around super dad.
A lot of painting experience continuously poured into Lin Chen's mind. With the help of the system, he quickly digested and absorbed these.
"Daddy, you're so amazing."
"Daddy, will you teach me how to draw?"
Lin Xiaoxi looked at Lin Chen with a face full of admiration.
Lin Chen kissed Lin Xiaoxi: "Of course. Besides drawing, is there anything else you want Daddy to teach you?"
Lin Xiaoxi counted on her fingers: "I want Daddy to teach me drawing, singing, swimming, and also, also, I want Daddy to teach me how to play soccer. Yangyang has a big soccer ball."
"He said I can't play and won't play with me."
Lin Chen found it funny.
Playing soccer at two years old?
But if his daughter likes it, he must support her.
Just casually teach her, and he'll probably become a soccer star himself.
"Xiaoxi, it's no problem for Daddy to teach you these things. But do you have anything you know how to do that you can teach Daddy too?"
Lin Chen said with a smile.
Lin Xiaoxi tilted her head and thought. After a long while, she blurted out a few English sentences: "Daddy, I can speak some English. Can I teach you English?"
"Okay."
"Then it's settled!"
Lin Chen said with a smile.
Lin Xiaoxi said seriously: "Daddy, put your little hands down, I'm going to start class. Good morning is said like this—"
Lin Xiaoxi taught like a pro.
Five minutes passed.
The system's voice sounded in Lin Chen's mind: "Host, you will master English fluently in three hours of learning."
"After that, every three hours you teach Lin Xiaoxi a foreign language, you will master another foreign language fluently, with no limit on the number."
