Chapter 605: Chapter 605: Why Is Mommy Crying?
Li Yufei absentmindedly asked, “What is it?” Du Shaoheng: “In the future, you take good care of yourself, take care of Junjun. When he grows up, remember to tell him that even though Daddy can’t be there with him as he grows up, Daddy will always love him.”
Li Yufei retorted, “Don’t you want Junjun to know about your illness?”
“I don’t want him to know.” Du Shaoheng said, “Can you promise me that you won’t tell him?”
Li Yufei: “Junjun is actually very obedient and sensible.”
Du Shaoheng: “It’s because he is so sensible that I’m afraid he would be upset about this.”
During this time, whenever he had the chance, he would often hug Xixi and Junjun. He feared that one day, when he opened his eyes, he wouldn’t be able to walk properly or embrace the two children anymore.
Before the condition deteriorates, he wants to spend more time with the two children.
Li Yufei said: “Alright, I promise you. I know that what worries you the most is the two children. Shaoheng, I promise you, if…”
She paused, taking deep breaths repeatedly: “If one day you are not here, I will take good care of Xixi for you, and also help take care of Guan Yue. I will treat her as part of my own family.”
Du Shaoheng was moved and said: “Yufei, thank you, you are really a very gentle person.”
…
Li Yufei returned home.
When Junjun heard the servant say that Mommy had come home, he immediately ran out of his room to greet her. But when he ran into Li Yufei’s swollen red eyes, his heart sank a bit, and he asked in surprise: “Mommy, why were you crying?”
Li Yufei feigned composure: “I wasn’t crying.”
Junjun muttered, “But… your eyes look red, like you’ve been crying.”
Li Yufei said: “It was the wind.”
Junjun opened his little mouth, wanting to say more but stopping.
In his heart, he knew that wind couldn’t make eyes look like that.
Mommy must have cried, but she won’t admit it.
He didn’t know who had upset Mommy.
In his mind, his mother was always an unbreakable image, rarely seen with reddened eyes.
Li Yufei didn’t feel like explaining much. She was feeling very down at the moment but had to put on a strong front in front of Junjun, so she urged him once: “You’ve played all day, you must be tired. It’s getting late, go take a bath and rest.”
She didn’t initially want to hide Du Shaoheng’s illness from Junjun.
But that was Du Shaoheng’s wish.
He didn’t want Junjun to know about it.
Before they parted, Li Yufei promised him that she would respect his wishes and wouldn’t tell anyone about his illness.
Junjun said: “Mommy, I’ve been waiting for you to come home.”
Li Yufei gently said: “Next time if Mommy comes home late, don’t wait up specially, alright?”
Junjun mumbled: “But, if Mommy’s home late, I’ll worry.”
Li Yufei chuckled softly and squatted down in front of Junjun, tenderly ruffling his little head: “Alright, Mommy understands. Junjun, Mommy promises you, in the future, I’ll try to come home early so you won’t worry, okay?”
Junjun: “Okay.”
He watched Li Yufei walk into her room before returning to his own.
Sitting on his bed, he was a bit absent-minded.
He could clearly sense that Li Yufei was somewhat lost, absent of mind, as if she had been greatly shocked.
…
Evening.
Lin Qi returned home, Zhouzhou and Yinyin were already asleep.
She walked to the room where they played house, Momo and Han were tidying up toys.
As soon as Han saw Lin Qi, he immediately flung himself into her arms: “Mommy’s back!”
His little hands tugged on Lin Qi’s sleeve, obviously asking for a hug.
Lin Qi bent down and picked him up.
“Why is Han especially clingy today?”
Momo covered her mouth and giggled: “He had a fight with Zhouzhou today.”
Lin Qi was a bit surprised, looking at Han: “Han, Zhouzhou is your younger brother, you’re his big brother. How could you fight with your brother?”
Han mumbled: “He bullied me first!”
Lin Qi teased: “You’re the elder brother, how could a younger brother bully you?”
Momo said: “He kissed Yinyin in front of Zhouzhou, and Zhouzhou got angry!”
For some reason, Zhouzhou had a special possessiveness towards Yinyin.
After all, he and Yinyin are twins, growing up together, often sharing the same cradle when they were little, so he would get very jealous.
Huo Tingdong and Lin Qi were exceptions.
But if he saw anyone else being too close to his sister, the little guy would get very jealous, and extremely so.
At such a young age, he already had the potential to be a little jealousy king.
Lin Qi had joked before that Yinyin was very lucky to have such loving parents and three doting brothers.
She once worried that with so much pampering, Yinyin might develop a princess syndrome.
But Yinyin turned out not to be spoiled at all.
Momo asked: “Where’s Daddy?”
Lin Qi said: “He’s parking.”
This afternoon, they went to look at the villa.
The villa had been under renovation, and now, the project was nearing completion.
In a while, they would be able to move into the new home.
The sound of a door opening came from the entrance.
Huo Tingdong walked in.
He was holding a phone and was on a call.
Today, when he and Lin Qi were inspecting the work, they discovered a few minor flaws in the project and were calling the renovation manager to request rectifications.
When Momo heard they were moving, he was a little reluctant.
He had grown attached to this home, and now having to suddenly move felt a bit reluctant.
But the 400-square-meter house, though it sounds big, is actually not that big.
In the future, Momo and Han would definitely need separate rooms, and Zhouzhou and Yinyin would also need their own spaces.
The original house had five rooms, with two facing north.
The new home was large, with eight south-facing suites.
At that time, it would be best for each of the four kids to have their own room.
Han had many toys, requiring a lot of storage space.
Momo had many books, needing an independent study to store them.
Lin Qi specifically set aside two rooms, one for storing Han’s toys, and the other lined with shelves on three sides. The new home’s study alone was 50 square meters, with a ceiling height of six meters, lined with six-meter shelves. In the future, no matter how many books Momo wanted to buy, there would always be a place to display them.
After Huo Tingdong finished the call, Lin Qi had just finished putting away the toys and walked out: “Honey, did you finish the call?”
Huo Tingdong: “I’ve notified the manager to make the corrections and redo the work.”
Lin Qi said: “Renovation is really exhausting.”
Although it was an all-inclusive package and they hired the best renovation company in Beijing, even so, periodic inspections were needed. Any dissatisfaction required timely communication for rework.
She was actually a bit excited, wondering how beautiful the villa would look after it was finally finished!