The girl closed her eyes obediently, holding a doll in her arms.

The man frowned slightly.

In his impression, this child did not have the habit of sleeping with a doll in his arms.

Is it because of a lack of security?

Under the dim bedside lamp, the man's face looked a little uncertain.

But soon, the corners of the man's mouth turned up.

He found that the child's eyes secretly opened a crack to look at him.

"Daddy is going to start reading a story."

The man put his hand over the child's eyes and said, "Qiqi, please close your eyes obediently."

The child hugged the doll tightly and nodded seriously.

The eyelids are closed tightly, and the long eyelashes tremble slightly.

"Don't try so hard."

The man warned the child, "Be careful of eye pain."

The child's tight little face suddenly relaxed.

The man shook his head in amusement, "Okay, daddy is going to start reading Little Red Riding Hood."

"Ahem~"

The man cleared his throat.

It had been a long time since I read a storybook to my child, and he was inexplicably nervous.

"Once upon a time, there was a lovely little girl..."

…

The man put down the fairy tale book in his hand.

The child has fallen asleep.

The sound of gentle breathing brushed the down on the doll's body.

He smiled and helped the child straighten the broken hair on his forehead.

The soft hair made his heart feel soft.

He put the fairy tale book back on the bedside table and turned off the bedside lamp.

He sat in the darkness for a while, then quietly left the room.

"Click~"

After an inaudible sound, the door was closed.

The man walked to the balcony and lit a cigarette.

He can smoke.

I smoked it before.

But after his wife became pregnant, he stopped smoking so much at home.

One time he came back from smoking outside and wanted to hold his child. After the child held his nose and rejected him, he stopped smoking outside.

He was not a heavy smoker to begin with.

Quitting smoking was almost a piece of cake for him.

Now, for the first time in so many years, he smokes at home.

...

The evening air is a bit cool.
Chapter completed!