Chapter 72: Everyone Picks Up Spoons Together

Liu Heming still felt quite a headache, but having a headache was no use. He could only try his best to think things through. Besides, recently he was a little bit busy; he needed to get his food business going.

You could skip going for three to five days, but you couldn’t skip for ten days or half a month. That wouldn’t be good for future cooperation; it would be like standing up Lewis.

For dinner, Liu Heming just casually cooked two dishes: one was shredded potato with meat, and the other was green pepper with scrambled eggs. Though there weren’t many dishes, the portions were large. There were many people who could eat—one was Robin, and the other was himself. As for the Bear Kids’ food, you had to cook it separately.

Liu Heming also carefully watched his daughter’s expression while she was eating, and he felt a bit upset inside. Although his daughter ate with big bites, her expression wasn’t the same as when she ate Finger Sweet Potato.

Back then, when his daughter ate Finger Sweet Potato, not only was her face happy, but her eyes also became “squinty.” He thought this was his daughter’s genuine happiness, the highest level. And now, even though she was happy eating these dishes, it was only at a normal level. That darn System that cheated people without compensation—where was he supposed to come up with six dishes?

Sasha was also a bit curious; the atmosphere during dinner tonight seemed a little different. Although in the past Liu Heming also carefully took care of Alex during meals, he had never paid such “focused” attention as he did today.

“Dexter, aren’t you going to add some cattle and horses to your ranch?” Sasha, who had only eaten a little, asked after wiping the grease from the corner of her mouth.

“Soon, I’ll raise some chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs. But you know the current situation in Xiangshui Town; George will help me get in touch,” Liu Heming replied, pulling his attention back from his daughter and smiling.

“George really is a very good person. Back when he was younger, his home was the favorite place for all the kids in town,” Sasha said with a hint of nostalgia.

“I know. I’ve seen your childhood photo; you had a very sweet smile,” Liu Heming said without thinking.

But after saying it, he felt a bit awkward—this wasn’t something he should comment on. He secretly glanced at Sasha; luckily, Sasha didn’t show any particular expression, only furrowing her brows slightly.

“Dad, do you have a picture of Mom when she was little?” Alex, sitting nearby, asked curiously.

Liu Heming weighed the pros and cons of offending Sasha versus pleasing his daughter in his heart, and in the end, the latter won out.

“Well, I saw one once at Grandpa George’s house,” Liu Heming said casually.

Even as he said this, he very “sneakily” took out his Mobile Phone from his pocket. He searched through it and finally found the photo he had taken a picture of before, then secretly passed it to his daughter from under the table.

Alex continued eating seriously, then her little hand fumbled around until she found the Mobile Phone. The little one was quite clever; she didn’t look at it right away. Instead, after eating for a while, she “accidentally” dropped her spoon on the floor and pretended to pick it up.

Liu Heming felt proud in his heart—this was his daughter, just over four years old, and already so smart. What did that prove? That his genes were good.

However, his happiness came a bit too soon. His daughter seemed to really like looking at Sasha’s childhood photo, and she kept squatting under the table, looking at it nonstop.

Sasha had noticed the little act between this father and daughter early on. Seeing that her daughter had been “picking up the spoon” for so long without success, she knew exactly what she was doing.

Liu Heming wisely chose to play dumb—he would act as if she didn’t know, even if she glared at him, he still wouldn’t know.

But after another five minutes, his precious daughter still hadn’t “picked up” the spoon. Even Liu Heming started to feel a bit uneasy.

“Oh, my hand is a bit shaky today,” Liu Heming said regretfully after intentionally dropping his own spoon.

Then, regardless of how Sasha and Robin looked at him, he hurried under the table to “pick up the spoon.” He had to see what his daughter was doing; she couldn’t keep picking it up forever.

His precious daughter—he really didn’t know how to praise her. She must have super high Spirit Points, getting absorbed into any state very quickly.

Now the little one was sitting cross-legged under the table, one hand holding the Mobile Phone, the other covering her little mouth, looking like she was afraid she might laugh out loud.

“Dad, look—Mom lost a tooth,” the little one said excitedly when she saw Liu Heming had also crawled under.

Liu Heming looked carefully, and sure enough, it was true. He hadn’t noticed before—one of Sasha’s bottom left teeth hadn’t grown in.

“Alex is really amazing; you even noticed that,” Sasha, who had at some point also come under the table to pick up a spoon, said.

“Uh… I didn’t take it on purpose without asking. I asked Megan before I took it without permission. No, no—I didn’t take it without permission; I took it openly,” Liu Heming stammered in explanation once he realized the situation was truly exposed.

Sasha looked at him, feeling genuinely frustrated. How had she ended up sleeping with someone like him that time? Even though she had drunk a lot back then, she should have had her own judgment, right?

“Let’s eat, hehe, let’s keep eating,” Liu Heming said awkwardly, then led his daughter out from under the table.

“I thought you all were finished eating,” Robin, who was the only one left at the table eating with the Little Bears, remarked out of the blue.

“Almost, we’re almost done. Tomorrow I’ll go on a big shopping trip, then prepare the fillings and make some meat. I want to see if the Dumplings and Chinese-style Burger I make will be popular here,” Liu Heming quickly changed the subject.

“Why don’t you choose to open a shop in a big city?” Sasha asked curiously.

“Right now, my funds are limited, and I still owe you a lot of money. Plus, I want to see if this can really open up the market. If it can, then in the future I might make some even more delicious food. I’ll consider opening a shop in a big city then,” Liu Heming said after thinking for a moment.

Sasha nodded but didn’t say anything. In any case, Liu Heming couldn’t tell what she was thinking from her expression. He let out a sigh of relief; he had been afraid that Sasha would suddenly write another Check, which would have made him feel very uncomfortable.

You could say he was a bit chauvinistic, or that he had strong self-respect. In any case, he already owed Sasha two hundred thousand dollars, which already made him seem like he was relying on her. He didn’t want to increase that.

Even though in the future he might not be able to compare with Sasha’s family, right now he wanted to be on equal footing with Sasha. Even if he was poor, he wanted to rely on his own efforts to give his daughter even a little bit more happiness.