Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 250 - 242: Too Chubby to Flip Over

"Xuanxuan, let’s call it a day and head back now,"

Huang Tao saw that many kids had arrived at the square to play. He was worried that Xuanxuan, as a beginner, might accidentally run into one of them since she hadn’t fully mastered the skill of riding a bike yet.

Moreover, it was getting late, and if they stayed longer, it would delay the opening of his restaurant.

So...

Waving his hand, he called Xuanxuan to come home.

Xuanxuan wasn’t entirely ready to leave yet!

But she was still very obedient and well-behaved.

Upon hearing her father’s call, she pedaled her bicycle toward him, stopping in front of Huang Tao and Song Cailian. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

With a face full of reluctant hesitation, she asked, "Daddy, can I ride my bicycle back to the restaurant?"

"Of course you can!"

Huang Tao smiled and nodded in agreement. Then he reminded her, "But Xuanxuan, remember, you must never ride alone on the side of the road. If you want to ride, you can only do it here or at the square in our neighborhood, and you have to have someone—either Dad, Grandma, or Grandpa—with you, understand?"

Song Cailian nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, you need an adult with you to ride a bike."

Seeing Xuanxuan’s forehead covered in sweat, both Huang Tao and Song Cailian took out tissues from their pockets to help wipe it away.

"Hmm hmm~"

Xuanxuan, tilting her little head up, with a rosy face like the prettiest cherry blossom, replied in a baby-like voice, "I understand."

"What a good girl my darling is..."

Huang Tao looked at his precious daughter’s delicately sculpted little face, couldn’t resist pinching her cheek slightly, and said gently, "Let’s go then, let’s head back to the restaurant."

Xuanxuan pedaled her bike toward the Delicious Restaurant.

Huang Tao and his parents jogged alongside, watching over her.

They arrived back at the store entrance.

Many neighbors waiting in line at the restaurant entrance turned to see them.

Granny Li and others joyfully asked, "Hey, Boss Huang, where is your family coming back from?"

Huang Tao smiled slightly, "We just got back from the square."

Xuanxuan’s face was full of cheerful ripples as she shared her joy with them, "Grandma Li, Mr. Li, Dad just took me to the square to learn how to ride a bike. I’ve now learned how to ride it~"

Her words brimmed with pride.

Her eyes sparkled, and her expression said, "Praise me!"

Upon hearing this, the neighbors couldn’t help but praise her: "Wow! Xuanxuan is amazing!"

Xuanxuan squinted, her little face full of satisfaction.

"Thank you~"

She gave a sweet smile and politely responded, then pushed her bike into the store.

After exchanging a few words with the neighbors, Huang Tao and his parents also entered the store.

As soon as they were inside, Xuanxuan happily announced the big news to Ding Suqin and the others, "Aunt Suqin, Haozi, Zifeng, I’ve learned to ride a bike."

Ding Suqin gave Xuanxuan a thumbs-up from the kitchen through the glass partition, praising, "Xuanxuan is impressive! I only learned to ride a bike at fifteen!"

Beside her, Lin Zifeng thought for a moment and said, "I remember I only learned in the second grade. It’s our Xuanxuan who’s amazing, so young and already able to ride a bike."

Xu Hao chimed in, "Xuanxuan is indeed great, she learned it all in less than two hours. Such talent!"

The wave of praise made Xuanxuan’s little face light up with a proud expression.

By this time, she had completely forgotten the embarrassing moment earlier when she almost cried after falling off her bike.

She pushed the bike to a corner and stored it carefully.

She took off her helmet and other gear and put them away too.

"Daddy, I’m so hot!"

The commotion, coupled with the air-conditioned room, made her feel extremely hot, and she began to clamour to take off her down jacket, even wanting to remove her sweater.

But Huang Tao quickly stopped her.

"Sweetheart, don’t take off any more, or you’ll catch a cold. Let me wipe your sweat first."

If kids remove their clothes too quickly after sweating and catch a breeze, they’d easily get cold.

He quickly pulled out the sweat towel from her back,

to keep her skin dry.

He also handed her a dry towel to wipe her sweat.

Song Cailian brought over Xuanxuan’s thermos, unscrewed it, and after checking the temperature, handed it to Xuanxuan with a smile, "Xuanxuan, here, have some water."

"Thank you, Grandma~"

Xuanxuan was indeed thirsty, holding the thermos, she took big gulps of warm water through the straw.

Drinking to her fill.

From a distance, Mimi saw this and thought her little master was having something tasty!

It waddled over, sat in front of Xuanxuan, and looked at her with big eyes, its tongue licking its lips as it meowed at her.

As if to say: Little master, if there’s good food, don’t forget this cat here~

"Oh?"

Hearing that, Xuanxuan looked down at it and seeing its eager-to-eat expression, her eyes curved with a smile, asking, "Mimi, do you want a drink?"

"Meow~"

Mimi’s tiny paw lifted slightly, as if saying: Yes, I want it, too.

Having not seen Mimi perform for a while, Xuanxuan perked up with interest: "You can drink it if you want, but you’ll have to perform a backflip first."

Mimi showed a face of reluctant grievance, but for a taste.

It obediently did the backflip.

However, its skill seemed a bit rusty.

Mainly because it got chubbier and couldn’t flip easily.

"Hmm, okay, but not as good as before."

Not entirely satisfied, Xuanxuan’s eyes curved as she said, "Mimi, how about you turn three circles?"

Mimi: "..."

A cat under the roof, must bow its head~

One circle.

Two circles.

Three circles.

"Mimi is so good; I’ll give you some!"

She kept her promise, trying to open the thermos, but she wasn’t strong enough, so she quickly asked for her father’s help: "Daddy, help me open it."

Huang Tao, smiling, took the thermos and opened it effortlessly.

The young one burst into a sincere compliment: "Wow, Daddy’s hands are amazing~"

"Because Dad is strong!"

Huang Tao chuckled, reaching out to stroke her little head.

She poured some water from the thermos into Mimi’s special bowl.

Mimi’s rosy little tongue started to lick it up.

But after just one sip, Mimi raised its head skeptically, looking at Xuanxuan, its eyes seeming to say: Little master, where’s the delicious food? This is just plain water! Oh! It wasted those flips and turns~

Not understanding what it meant, Xuanxuan thought it wanted more.

She poured all remaining warm water into its bowl.

At this point, Mimi wore a face that seemed to say, "Oh no, not again," utterly dejected.

Sigh!

What could it do with a little master like this? Ah, what a situation~