From the almost identical expressions on the faces of the father and daughter, Chi Yuyan had roughly guessed the result. This result was something she could not bear. She had been happy and looking forward to it for so long, but she did not expect that in the end she would be beaten by the father and daughter.
Cheated.
She was speechless for a while, her face was dark and stern, and she clenched the clothes on her chest tightly with her fingers.
Aunt Zhang stuck her head out, looked at the people in the living room carefully, and whispered: "Madam, dinner is ready. The rice dumplings have been cooked again."
Yao Zhiyuan exchanged glances with his daughter, stood up, and pulled Chi Yuyan: "Let's go have dinner, Yuyan, let's talk about this later later."
Chi Yuyan became stubborn, slapped Yao Zhiyuan's hand away, and went to the bedroom without saying a word.
The father and daughter had no choice but to call Aunt Zhang and the three of them to have dinner. At the dinner table, Yao Zhiyuan comforted his daughter and said, "Xiaojing, your mother didn't mean it. She can't accept it all at once. She will definitely understand after a while."
From the day she accepted Mu Feng, Chi Yuyan stopped worrying about his status as a soldier. This time she lost control of her emotions, mostly because of the huge gap and the fact that Mu Feng had not returned for a long time.
Yao Xiaojing hummed, lowered her head and ate the crystal white and waxy rice dumplings in front of her.
One chopstick, two chopsticks... Gradually she stopped moving.
It was Aunt Zhang who noticed something was wrong with her first. When she took a closer look, she was surprised to find that Xiaojing was silently crying with her head down.
"Oh, why are Xiaojing crying... Xiaojing... Chief of Staff, look..." Aunt Zhang was so anxious that she ran to the bathroom to get a towel. Yao Zhiyuan felt a pain in his heart, put down his chopsticks, and sat next to his daughter.
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"Xiaojing, did your mother's words make you sad?" he guessed.
Yao Xiaojing shook her head, her shoulders trembling violently.
"No...no...Dad..."
Yao Zhiyuan's heart curled up into a ball. Looking at his sad daughter, he could only sigh and hold her in his arms to comfort her.
The warm embrace of relatives made Yao Xiaojing's tears become more intense. She hugged her father and leaned on his shoulders, letting the sudden sadness sweep through her body, bringing about almost suffocating pain. The source of this pain came from deep in her heart.
There is a corner called Mu Feng.
"Are you missing Mu Feng?" Yao Zhiyuan vaguely guessed the reason why his daughter lost control of her emotions.
She whimpered and nuzzled into his arms, letting out several broken murmurs from her tear-filled throat.
Yao Zhiyuan sighed deeply. He had an urge to find Chen Mufeng immediately regardless of the military uniform on his body, take him home, and love Xiaojing properly. Look at how sad and sad the girl he loved deeply was.
Helpless and missing him so much...
"Dad...Why hasn't Mu Feng come home yet...Has he forgotten the way home, has he forgotten me..." With a thick nasal voice, her blurred tearful eyes made
Yao Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel chest tightness and pain, and even his breathing became unsmooth.
He took the wet towel from Aunt Zhang's hand, caressed his daughter's tearful face, wiped away her sadness, and used his father's strength to support her.
"Nonsense, what kind of person is Mu Feng? Do you still want to ask for confirmation from dad?" Wiping away the tears from the corners of Xiaojing's eyes, he sighed and said: "Xiaojing... No matter where Mu Feng is, he is the most important person."
The only person I miss is you. As for you, you have to learn to be strong. Just treat him like your father and go to practice. After a while, he will come back naturally when he completes his task. Isn’t that right? Don’t be sad, my daughter, Yao Zhiyuan
, she is not a girl who cries easily..."
"It's all your fault for having to mention him... It's all your fault, Dad, for making me cry..." She hugged her father's waist, wiped her tears on his chest like a child, and put on her unwarranted hat.
With a swipe, he slapped it on his head.
Yao Zhiyuan was so happy. He patted his daughter's slender back and said with a smile: "It's all dad's fault. It's all dad's fault... Xiaojing, in order to punish dad, just let me eat it in one go."
How about five zongzi!" He extended a slap.
Yao Xiaojing couldn't help laughing. After wiping off the last bit of moisture on her face with her fingers, she poked Yao Zhiyuan's chest and said, "What kind of punishment is this? It's just a reward in disguise! Who doesn't know that you love the rice dumplings made by your mother the most!"
Is it Aunt Zhang?"
Aunt Zhang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the smile on Xiaojing's face, and her expression softened. She peeled off the rice dumplings and put one in each bowl for the father and daughter. She said with a smile: "Yes, not only does the chief of staff like to eat it, you also like it."
I like it too! Come on, today’s rice dumplings are glutinous and sweet, so you two, father and daughter, can eat them to their fullest!”
"Hey, thank you Aunt Zhang!" She picked up the small bowl with the rice dumplings, stood up and said to Yao Zhiyuan: "I will give my mother rice dumplings to apologize in person. If she doesn't smile for a day, our life will not be easy."
Yao Zhiyuan extended his thumb to her and swallowed half a big bamboo leaf rice dumpling in one gulp. "Go... say something nice to your mother quickly. She's just a soft-eared person."
Yao Xiaojing opened the bedroom door and found it dark inside.
Just as she was about to reach out and turn on the light, the lamp on the bedside table suddenly turned on. A faint halo of light hit Chi Yuyan, who was supposed to be lying on the bed sulking, and the look on her mother's face surprised Yao Xiaojing even more
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"Mom, are you feeling uncomfortable?" She walked over quickly, put down her bowls and chopsticks, and knelt down in front of the knees of Chi Yuyan, who looked strange.
Chi Yuyan's complex eyes glanced at her sensible daughter, and her heart was filled with sadness. She heard all the conversations between her husband and daughter outside, including Xiaojing's tears because she missed Mu Feng, and her husband's persuasion. She listened to them all.
You have to be careful and precise. While your heart is shaken, you also feel deeply guilty for your actions. What has she done? Didn't Zhiyuan and Xiaojing deliberately hide it for her? Did she?
Who has the right to lose her temper? In fact, in the whole thing, only her Xiaojing was the one who suffered the most. How much unknown pain she endured in her heart, as a military wife, Chi Yuyan should know better than anyone else...
"Xiaojing...it was my mother's fault..." She suddenly leaned down and took her nervous and panicked daughter into her arms.