Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 372: Three hundred seventy-two Dinner Routine_1

Chapter 372: Three hundred seventy-two Dinner Routine_1

After taking care of those little punks with his good buddy, Gu Chen watched as Li Chunlei left.

Then he headed straight home with his daughter.

But before he could even sit down, he heard his phone start ringing right at that moment.

"Hello, Uncle Guang, did you need something from me?" Gu Chen pressed the answer button and asked.

"Son-in-law, the shop you asked me to find, now there’s a pretty suitable one.

It’s right in the central business district of Chuan City, the location’s excellent, and it used to be a breakfast place.

The original owners are an elderly couple, and now they’re planning to move abroad with their son’s family.

They need money, so they want to sell the entire storefront facing the street."

At this point, the butler, Bai Guang, paused on the phone, then spoke with some difficulty.

"It’s just that the price isn’t exactly cheap, although the shop has a hundred square meters.

But they’re asking for three hundred thousand right up front, so what do you think..."

Gu Chen didn’t hesitate when he heard this, and said straight to the butler, Bai Guang.

"Uncle Guang, as long as the shop itself is suitable, nothing else matters to me.

Hold on, I’ll transfer the three hundred thousand to you right away, I’ll take this shop."

Seeing how decisive Gu Chen was, the butler was pretty happy on the other end, and immediately replied again and again on the phone.

"As long as you’ve made up your mind, son-in-law, then you can just leave the rest of it to me.

Oh, and by the way, that Alfa Romeo you ordered before also arrived.

I’ll send someone to deliver both to you later."

Gu Chen felt pretty happy that his new car had arrived so fast.

*It was just a shame that the three hundred thousand he’d just gotten his hands on*

*had been completely spent in less than a day.*

He then went through his pockets again, just to check.

He discovered that, counting all the cash on him, he only had less than two thousand yuan left.

*That made him feel pretty helpless.*

*He’d always thought that if there was ever someone living in a big mansion, driving a fancy niche car,*

*with a huge pile of properties, storefronts, and luxury cars under their name,*

*but still insisted on claiming they were broke, that person must be full of crap.*

*But... now that this was really happening to himself...*

*Gu Chen realized he truly was about to cry from being broke, because real estate and land weren’t about to skyrocket overnight.*

*All he had left in his pocket was this little bit of cash.*

*Forget renovating the new shop, he probably wouldn’t even have enough to hire someone to write a plaque,*

*and then custom-make a new signboard. That’d use up almost all his money, too.*

Gu Chen felt a headache coming on, and finally decided he’d just go check out his new shop in person tomorrow and deal with it then.

At that moment, Ji Pianran finally finished work and walked in the door.

Tangtang, who’d been playing in the living room, was really excited to see her.

She started yelling "Mommy, Mommy" and launched herself right into Ji Pianran’s arms.

"Welcome home, honey~"

Gu Chen stood up from the sofa, grinned, and gave Ji Pianran a big hug.

Then he went straight to the kitchen to start prepping dinner.

He opened the fridge and found a couple packs of big shrimp and mushrooms he’d bought yesterday.

Gu Chen rubbed his chin and thought for a while, deciding to switch things up for dinner.

*His wife had been at work all day and must’ve been tired, so for the main dish, he’d make some buttery garlic shrimp to treat her.*

*Tangtang was still growing, and she could be picky with food.*

*It was best to make something more balanced—maybe a French ratatouille would be great.*

As for the staple...

Gu Chen suddenly remembered his Alfa Romeo, which was an Italian model.

*So, might as well make Neapolitan pasta for dinner, just as a little celebration.*

Finally, he’d whip up a cucumber shrimp soup—fresh, light, and tasty.

And it was low-fat and low-calorie, perfect for his wife who was always watching her figure.

With dinner planned out in his mind, Gu Chen no longer hesitated.

He started taking out all the ingredients from the fridge, and got to work slicing and dicing, showing off his skills.

In no time at all, a rich aroma started wafting out from the kitchen.

Ji Pianran had been playing with their daughter in the living room.

She hadn’t really felt hungry at first, but the delicious smell coming from the kitchen made her stomach rumble in anticipation.

*Come to think of it, she’d been to all kinds of fancy business dinners these past few days.*

After all, even though her dad, Ji Guangsheng, had her working at the grassroots for experience, it was only temporary.

But whenever there was a high-end event or banquet,

as the Ji Corporation’s future successor, there was no way she would miss it.

Ji Guangsheng was set on seeing Ji Pianran rise to power.

He didn’t actually want his daughter grinding away as some low-level worker.

*But no matter how many fancy banquets she’d been to, even dishes made by royal chefs,*

*Ji Pianran felt their cooking never measured up to her husband’s.*

*Most importantly, her taste buds had already been pampered by Gu Chen’s cooking.*

*Food from outside, no matter how nice, only kept her interested for a few bites before she’d get bored.*

*All she ever wanted was to finish the day’s work at the company and hurry home to eat her husband’s cooking.*

*As the saying went, if you wanted to win someone’s heart, you had to win their stomach first.*

*At this point, Ji Pianran felt that ever since she’d tasted Gu Chen’s cooking,*

*she had been completely won over by her husband, and she was more than happy about it.*

But for now, it was obvious that Gu Chen hadn’t finished in the kitchen yet.

Even though the smells coming from the kitchen were making Ji Pianran’s mouth water,

she could only distract herself by focusing on her daughter for the time being.

But looking at Tangtang beside her, also secretly swallowing her drool, she couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.

So she spoke up and said,

"Tangtang, sweetheart, what did you learn in kindergarten today? Can you tell Mommy?"

When Tangtang heard this, a trace of pride flashed across her little face.

"Mommy, I learned a lot of things today—you can’t underestimate me.

This afternoon, my teacher taught me to recite Tang and Song poetry, also some foreign language and math.

None of the other kids could memorize as fast as I could, even Aunt Dong said I was a little genius."

At this point, Tangtang paused, as if she just remembered something.

Then she toddled straight back to her room.

In a flash, she came running out, hugging two boxes to her chest.

She reached out and handed the boxes to her mom, then beamed and said,

"Mommy, I bought you a present this afternoon.

The one underneath is from Daddy."

Ji Pianran heard this, and couldn’t help but say in surprise,

"Wow, really? I didn’t expect my Tangtang to be so sweet, even buying presents for Mommy now."

Looking at the two gift boxes—one big and one small—sitting in front of her, Ji Pianran broke into a big smile, a mixture of excitement and curiosity about what surprises her husband and daughter had prepared for her.

She reached right out and eagerly started unwrapping them.