A long ti later, after Shuangshuang and Huanghuang were in kindergarten, and every morning the siblings threw fits over waking up, Xiao ng often reminisced about that ti.
She could see all of the siblings’ actions with her own eyes.
Heartache, guilt, and deep apologies.
She knew that even when she was studying at Bath, she never really neglected the siblings, perhaps because her husband was there, and she didn’t notice any oversight either.
Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s growth was crucial, very crucial...
She repeatedly reminded herself, repeatedly warned herself not to neglect them due to being busy with work.
But the reality was, she was willing but unable.
In the short term, she might not be able to care for the children as ticulously as before.
More than often, she could only entrust the two children to her mother.
Today, the siblings didn’t seem too tired. Their big round eyes looked like they held a secret, but they didn’t speak...
Shuangshuang glanced at her brother several tis, but Prince Huang seed not to receive Shuangshuang’s signals.
With his head down, he shoveled porridge into his mouth with a spoon, and by the ti he looked up, his mouth was a ss of porridge.
Xiao ng wiped Prince Huang’s face with a napkin,
"Eat slowly."
Prince Huang pouted, raised his head, and looked at Su Xiaong, his big eyes wide open, and in the eyes of a three-year-old, there was an emotion called... probing,
"Mama, will you co back early today?"
Su Xiaong was taken aback, her heart tightened, she thought Prince Huang wouldn’t ask such questions anymore...
Perhaps she was overthinking, perhaps the child couldn’t hold back any longer.
Xiao ng looked at Prince Huang,
"I will co back as early as possible, mama..."
"Oh! Then my sister and I will wait for you!"
Prince Huang hurriedly said, giving Su Xiaong no ti to respond.
"..."
Su Xiaong exhaled lightly, this wasn’t the first ti she had told them she’d co back early, but ended up delayed by various things to handle.
"Mama..."
Shuangshuang called her softly.
"Hmm?"
"Today... um... can you not..."
Shuangshuang mumbled quietly, her voice trailing off, feeling that her request might trouble her mother...
Yet, she couldn’t restrain the hope in her heart, her short legs swayed along with the child’s chair.
"Can you not... go to work..."
The word "work" was almost swallowed by the end, but Xiao ng still heard it.
She genuinely felt guilty inside.
Almost two months now.
Since Yin Shixiu’s incident, she hadn’t properly spent a weekend with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang...
She was really afraid that if this continued, she wouldn’t even rember how to spend a weekend.
Xiao ng pursed her lips, thought for a mont, and said,
"How about this, Shuang’er, mama won’t go to work tomorrow and stay ho with Shuang’er, okay?"
She thought Shuangshuang would be pleased, but...
"Can’t it be today?"
Shuangshuang still probed softly without raising her eyes to look at Su Xiaong.
"There is a lot of work today, and the uncles and aunts have already arranged it for mama, she can’t not go, otherwise, wouldn’t she be breaking her promise? Shuangshuang is the most obedient, mama promised to stay ho with you tomorrow, and she definitely will, okay?"
Shuangshuang pouted, swinging her legs even more.
Clearly, the little girl started feeling dissatisfied.
Su Xiaong wanted to coax her, but didn’t know how, so she looked at Bai Sixian for help.
"It’s okay, just do your work."
Bai Sixian said.
"Humph!"
Hearing grandma say this, the frustration in Shuangshuang’s heart couldn’t be held back anymore. After a humph, tears burst out directly.
Su Xiaong was shocked, busy reaching out to hold her daughter, but unexpectedly, not only did her daughter not want to be hugged, she also quickly climbed down from the child’s chair, and wiped her tears fiercely.
She darted into her own room.
Su Xiaong felt sothing was amiss and was about to get up...
Su’s mother stopped her,
"Just let her be."
Su Xiaong looked at the ti, there was a eting at half-past eight in the morning, and she really didn’t have ti to delay any longer, she could only say to her mother,
"Then I’ll leave Shuangshuang to you..."
"Don’t worry."
Su Xiaong kissed Huanghuang, who seed to have his own little concerns, and said, "bye" to her parents before grabbing her bag and heading out the door.
The door opened and closed again.
Prince Huang no longer ate breakfast, climbed down from the child’s chair, and silently, like a little adult, went into the room.
Even with his small body, he still knew to close the door.
Bai Sixian and Su Chengji exchanged a glance... Su Chengji instinctively lowered his head...
As if he had done sothing wrong.
Bai Sixian looked at Su Chengji... as she watched, she couldn’t help herself!
"What can you possibly accomplish?"
"..."
"Having nothing better to do, you talk to Shuangshuang and Huanghuang about birthdays?"
Actually, a three-year-old child originally doesn’t understand what birthdays are.
Whether it’s their first or second birthday, it’s usually the elders wanting to give the children better blessings, so they throw a birthday party or sothing.
For children at this age, birthdays aren’t particularly significant or important.
Yet, Su Chengji insisted on planning an early birthday for Shuangshuang and Huanghuang.
"Shuangshuang, Huanghuang, how would you like to celebrate your birthday?"
A few days ago, while Bai Sixian was busy making dumplings, she unintentionally overheard Su Chengji chatting with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang...
Only then she rembered that Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday is on the fifteenth of July, which was coming up.
But Su Chengji...
Did he think Shuangshuang and Huanghuang were older than they really were? Do they understand what birthdays are?
As expected, the siblings both looked at him with confused faces,
Bai Sixian intended to make a mockery of her husband, but unexpectedly, he seriously explained to the siblings what a birthday is, why people celebrate birthdays, and what is done during a birthday...
Hearing this, the siblings all thought that celebrating a birthday was a very aningful thing.
The crucial part was, they found it fun.
Especially the part about "parents will help you celebrate your birthday and give you birthday presents"!
For these siblings, currently without a father and almost without a mother, how tempting could that be?
Bai Sixian only left for a little while, and upon her return, she realized sothing was amiss.
Seeing the siblings’ eyes full of anticipation, Bai Sixian naturally didn’t have the heart to dampen their excitent, so she privately scolded Su Chengji.
What if Xiao ng doesn’t rember Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday and is too busy to co ho to celebrate with them, how disappointed would the siblings be?
But Su Chengji was adamant,
"Xiao ng won’t forget; how could she forget her own children’s birthday?"
"..."
The words still ringing in his ears, Su Chengji’s ears turned red.
"You’ve seen Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s look, if you hadn’t explained it so clearly, would they be this disappointed? You’ve aged, but haven’t grown any smarter."
Bai Sixian was genuinely frustrated.
Su Chengji didn’t expect Xiao ng to completely forget Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday; now he could only endure his wife’s reprimand.
"The ss of Shuangshuang and Huanghuang, you figure out how to clean it up yourself."
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