When Chu Yichen came back from work that day, he looked at the two children sitting on the sofa as soon as he entered the house. They were both reading with books in their hands, and when they heard the door opening, they looked at him in unison, then looked at each other without speaking, and continued to look down at the book.
If this were normal, they would have rushed forward as soon as Chu Yichen came back. Therefore, Chu Yichen immediately felt their emotional changes.
Taking off his coat and walking over, Chu Yichen squatted on the ground and looked at the book in their hands, raising his eyes to meet them.
"When I saw my father come back, why didn't you speak?"
It was okay for him not to ask, and when he asked Chu Muran, he was aggrieved and cried.
"Dad is bad." He pouted and looked at him, tears in his eyes falling anytime.
"Ran Ran doesn't like Dad?" Chu Yichen asked with a frown, Chu Muran shook his head quickly, and then nodded again, making him dumbfounded.
"I want my mother." Without waiting for Chu Yichen to say anything, she cried out with a wow, and Chu Yichen was at a loss.
"Other children have mothers, but my brother and I don't. I want my mother, I want my mother!"
She couldn't stop crying, she lost her temper and threw the book in her hand to the ground, squatting on her calf and crying. Chu Muqian who was crying on the side was also infected, and tears rolled in her eyes.
Chu Yichen's body was a little stiff, he quietly looked at the crying child, and for a moment he didn't know how to coax him. The fist clenched sharply, then slowly loosened. He raised his hand to wipe the tears from his daughter's face, got up and sat on the sofa, holding her in one hand and Chu Muqian in the other.
"Mom didn't want us anymore, why didn't she come back?" Wiping tears and crying to Chu Yichen, the child became a little slurred when he was anxious, but Chu Yichen still understood her.
"Nonsense, why wouldn't my mother want you? Didn't she always buy you gifts?" Chu Yichen whispered, patted her back, "Dad also received her call today, saying that she would buy you gifts. It’s a New Year’s gift. If you are obedient, she will come back to see you."
"I'm good!" Chu Muran shouted unconvinced.
"I want to call too!" Chu Muqian couldn't help but uttered, "I want to call my mother too!"
The headache caused by their crying, but Chu Yichen knew that this was an inevitable problem. Because since they can speak, similar conversations often appear.
Where's mom?
Do they have a mother?
When will mother come back?
Why doesn't mother stay with them?
Chu Yichen lived a long time and felt that the most despicable and ridiculous lie he had ever told was all on them.
"When you celebrate your birthday next year, she will call you, okay?"
"Dad lie! I want to see my mother!"
"Don't lie, when did Dad lie to you?"
After struggling to coax the two children well, Chu Yichen was exhausted. Feed them dinner, and then called Xu Ming.
Originally planned to go to South Korea next week, but now seeing them like this, they dare not leave.
After swapping the work at hand with Xu Ming, Chu Yichen sent the two children back to the old house the next morning. Today is Friday, and they will come back every week.
"Yichen." Yao Muqing sent him out, hesitant to speak. "Do you have time tonight? Go meet a friend and have a meal."