They walked into a noodle restaurant. Even though it was only a noodle restaurant, it was nicely decorated. As soon as Sweety entered the store and detected the pleasant aroma, she immediately struggled to be let off. She wanted to pounce on the noodle on the next table. What would a toddler know about manners? All she knew was that she was hungry and she wanted food.
“Tell them to hurry up!” When Michael saw Sweety stared at the noodles, his heart nearly broke.
“Alright, I’ll get them to make a bowl right away.” Levi had never seen the Eldest Young Master Williams so anxious. As soon as he sat down, he stood up and walked to the counter personally.
“Any flavor is fine. Quick!” Michael just wanted to feed the baby. He had forgotten about everything else.
“Alright!” Levi quickened his pace.
“Don’t pick the spicy one!”
“Yes!”
Levi quickly made his way to the counter and put a few notes on it. “The little girl is starving. Give us a bowl immediately. Not the spicy one, but anything else is fine.”
“Okay…” The boss saw an employee with a fresh bowl of noodles, so he quickly took it and delivered it to Michael.
“Eat, eat!” Sweety got out of Michael’s arms and went for the noodles eagerly.
“It’s hot! Eat it slowly.” When had Michael ever taken care of a baby?
When he saw the little girl reached out for the noodle, he was worried that she was hungry. Then he was concerned that the hot noodles would burn her. He stopped her, and the little girl immediately burst into tears. The omnipotent Eldest Young Master Williams did not know what to do.
“Alright, alright, don’t cry. It will be ready soon. It will be ready soon.”
Michael was extremely gentle with Sweety. However, when he looked at Levi, his gaze was like a knife that could cut him!
“Go work it out!”
“I… My…” What could he do? It was not like Levi had taken care of a baby either!
The lady boss was a witty woman. She brought a small bowl to them, and put some of the noodles in it so that it would cool faster.
Michael picked up the chopsticks, took two strands of noodles, and fed them to Sweety. The child immediately ate them, but Michael had no experience in childcare. The noodles were too long. As soon as Sweety took a bite out of it, the rest of the noodles fell onto the table. Sweety reached out to grab it, but Michael would not let her. The table was dirty!
He immediately picked up two more strands of noodles and continued to feed her. Half the noodles in the small bowl were gone, but Sweety probably only had half the amount of an adult bitesize.
Levi sat at the side, and he looked anxious. He had wanted to snatch the chopsticks from Michael and feed the girl himself, but he dared not. Eventually, the lady boss brought them a bowl of porridge.
“We made this porridge, but it’s not for sale. I’ll give this little girl a bowl.”
The lady boss smiled. “It’s easier to use a spoon.”
“Thank you.” Eldest Young Master Williams, who was rarely polite to others, smiled sincerely at the lady boss for that bowl of porridge. The lady boss had a lot to say, but she was stunned when she saw his smile. The young man’s smile was so captivating! If she were younger, she would probably faint when she looked at him.
“Oh, both of you are so good-looking. Look at her big eyes, small nose, and her tiny mouth. She looks so much like you.”
The lady boss was serious. It was not apparent if one were to look at them separately. However, when the two of them were together, they looked so alike, like they came from the same mold. Father and daughter…
Before Michael could react, Sweety lifted her head to look at him and screamed, “Daddy! Daddy!”
She could not say a lot of words, but she knew the word ‘daddy’. It was a pleasant word to hear. Michael looked at her. Why did it feel so good to hear those words from the toddler? He forgot to correct her because he had felt too pleased about it.
Instead, he nodded. “Hmm.”
Levi could not bear to look at the young master. Why did he do that? Did he want to be a father?
“Daddy, eat.” Sweety could forget about everything else, but not food.
“Okay, let’s eat.”
After only one meal, the new ‘daddy’ seemed to be accustomed to the role. Sweety ate the porridge, and he finished her leftover noodles. When Sweety had enough of the porridge, he finished that as well. Levi was so touched when he noticed Michael’s smile for the little girl.
Two years! Elena had left for two years, and he had not seen him smile for two whole years. Michael had smiled so much during that one meal that Levi could not even believe his eyes. It would be great if the child were Eldest Young Master Williams’s daughter.
“Eldest Young Master, you two…”
Levi studied their faces from different angles. He said, “You two do look alike, so very much alike.”
Michael looked at Sweety, who stood on his lap to look back at him.
“Daddy,” the little girl called him again.
“Hmm?” Michael thought she had something to say, so he hung his head low and leaned closer to her.
Unexpectedly, the little girl stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek.
“Daddy, daddy!” the girl called out cheerfully.
Michael was utterly stunned. He felt warm and touched the moment the child kissed him. He wanted to hug her and never let go.
Levi did not know what was on his eldest young master’s mind. He was on edge when he noticed that he was stunned, and his face went expressionless. Was the eldest young master…angry? How could he allow a lady to kiss him? The ‘lady’ was only a toddler, so that should not matter, right? There were even grains of rice on Michael’s cheek where the little girl kissed him.
Levi was nervous. Michael turned his head to look at the reflective glass on the sidewall. They were right; both of them do look alike, especially with similar rice grains on their faces.
Levi had wanted to grab the child and run when he noticed the solemn expression on Michael’s face. However, he did not expect the man to break out in laughter. It was not loud, but it was enough to stun everyone in their vicinity. Everyone turned to stare at him for a moment.
It was a feast to look at the man’s handsome face, and his smile even commanded their attention from their noodles. He was so attractive!
The ‘daddy’ had smiled, and that put Sweety in a better mood. She tiptoed again, and Michael lowered his face so that she could kiss him on his cheek.
Finally, the two people had smudges on their faces—porridge and noodles alike. However, he looked happy and cheerful.
The sky was blue, and his heart was light.