"Mommy..." Xiaochen's soft and sleepy voice came from outside.
Xi Haitang was startled and quickly opened the door. When she lowered her head and looked down, she saw Xiaochen wearing pajamas, her hair was messy, her hands were rubbing her eyes, and the expression on her face was dazed. Behind her, Yun Hen's condition was not the same.
How much better than her.
"Xiaochen, Yunhen, what's going on with you two?"
"Mommy...I want to sleep with you..." Xiaochen rushed over, buried his little head into Xi Haitang's waist, and rubbed it gently, "I changed the bed and couldn't sleep, Mommy, please hug me
."
"Okay, Xiaochen, be good, sleep with mommy. With mommy here, Xiaochen will fall asleep soon." Xi Haitang carried Xiaochen to the bed, and Yunhen followed him into the room.
"Auntie, I was half asleep just now. I heard something moving in Xiaochen's room. I ran over and saw that she was confused. She couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. She wanted to find you, but she didn't know which way to go. I
I had no choice but to bring her here."
"Yunhen, thanks to you, Xiaochen's sense of direction is not very good."
"It's all because the house is too big..." Xiaochen, who was nestled in Xi Haitang's arms, felt aggrieved.
Yunhen was speechless, but he also understood. Maybe he just moved in and was not used to it.
Xi Haitang patted Xiaochen's back and coaxed her to sleep. Yunhen looked envious and said, "Auntie, can I sleep with you too?"
"Uh..." Xi Haitang was stunned at first, but seeing Yunhen's looking forward to it, he couldn't refuse, "Okay, if Yunhen is not afraid of the crowd, just stay!"
"I'm not afraid!" Yunhen climbed onto the bed happily.
Xi Haitang was lying in the middle, with Xiaochen on the left and Yunhen on the right. Suddenly she felt that the air around her suddenly became warm, as if she was surrounded by happiness.
"Mommy, tell us a story..."
"Okay." Xi Haitang smiled slightly and began to tell the children the story of Snow White.
Because Xiaochen had read comic books before, and Xi Haitang and Shen Suxin often told her fairy tales, the little girl had no curiosity about the plot of the story at all, and only regarded Xi Haitang's gentle narration as a lullaby, and soon she became
He fell asleep with a smile on his face, but Yunhen became more and more excited as he listened, and his little heart was squeezed tightly by what the old witch had done.
"Auntie, what happened next, was Snow White really poisoned to death by a poisonous apple?"
Xi Haitang turned over and lay on his side, looking into Yunhen's curious eyes, his heart suddenly moved, "Yunhen, haven't you heard the story of Snow White before?"
"No." The little boy's eyes flashed with hurt, "No one has ever told me a story before. This is my first time."
Xi Haitang stretched out her hand and hugged Yunhen tightly, "Yunhen, auntie will tell you stories from now on and make up for the happiness you lost before, okay?"
"Auntie, you are so kind!"
"Yunhen is also very good, has good grades, is very sensible, and knows how to care about Xiaochen."
"Because Xiaochen is very cute, and she is going to be my sister, and there is also auntie. Auntie will be my mommy in the future, which is great!"
Xi Haitang heard Yunhen's happiness from his expectant tone, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the child, "Yunhen... do you miss your mommy?"
The little man in his arms suddenly stiffened, and a muffled voice came slowly, "I have never seen my mommy, so I don't know how to miss her."
Xi Haitang was so flustered that he suddenly remembered what Qin Hao had said before in Cape Town. He said that the only exception in Gu Xijue's life was Yunhen's mother, but how could he be so cruel to let Yunhen start from the moment he was born?
There is no mother?
"Auntie... I asked my dad before where my mommy was, but he refused to say a word. One time it was a snowy night, I asked him again, and he was so angry that he punched me
Glass, and then rushed outside without holding an umbrella, just standing in the snow... I was so scared that I never dared to ask again from then on. I saw that daddy seemed very sad too... "
Xi Haitang frowned. She didn't know about Gu Xijue's past, but she could predict from Yunhen's words that it was not a pleasant experience. Forget it, everyone has a past, and so does she. What she should do most now is
The first step is to put Yunhen to sleep first, so that the child who has been deprived of maternal love since childhood can fall asleep in fairy tales and enjoy the warmth given for the first time in his life.
The deeper the night goes, the quieter the air in the room becomes. The sound of her telling stories is flying low in the quiet space...
Gradually, Yunhen fell asleep, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth...
Beside her, the even and steady breathing of the two children made Xi Haitang feel satisfied. She secretly held Yunhen's left hand and Xiaochen's right hand, and she suddenly felt warm.
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The next morning, Xi Haitang got up early. Although she slept late last night, she still insisted on getting up early because she would have more things to do in the new day.
After breakfast, the driver took Xiaochen and Yunhen to school, and Gu Xijue was also preparing to go out.
He was carrying a computer in one hand and a simple luggage in the other, with a look of reluctance in his eyes. "Begonia, my trip to Singapore this time will take three or four days at the earliest. I will leave all the matters at home and in the hospital to you."
"Well, don't worry, I will take good care of the children, and I will also find time to go to the hospital to see Miss Jane."
Gu Xijue was startled and shook his head, "I'm not talking about her, I'm talking about your father's side... He also knows that I am leaving today and must be very worried about the situation at the Singapore headquarters. Please stay with him more and reassure him, saying
I will take care of everything and make sure those shareholders settle down!"
She nodded, feeling moved in her heart, "Thank you... I don't know anything about the company, so I can only thank you for your hard work, thank you..."
"Fool..." Gu Xijue reached out and took her into his arms, "Haitang, remember, never say thank you to me." Because no matter how many things he did, he could not make up for the damage he had caused to her.
He thought about it, and after he helped Xiang Lao solve this crisis, he would tell her all the truth. This morning, he saw the children running out of her room happily, and the happiness on her face
There was an expression of regret in his face again, which made his heart hurt so much that he could no longer hide it...