Taotao turned over, eyes still closed, and muttered: "Mom, Taotao isn't going anywhere, she's going to sleep."
Ruan Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at the child's cute appearance, he couldn't bear to call him.
However, Taotao had slept for more than nine hours since last night, which was enough sleep time. She stood up, opened the closet, and took out the clothes Taotao wanted to wear when going out.
The phone rang, and Ruan Bai had to put the child's clothes aside, take out the phone, and press answer.
Mu Shaoling's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Wife."
Ruan Bai was stunned. When she answered the phone, she kept looking at Taotao who was lying in bed without looking at the caller ID. She asked, "Have you not taken off yet?"
"No." Mu Shaoling replied and asked her again, "Has Taotao gotten up?"
"Not yet." Ruan Bai was helpless. She couldn't use the soft one, but the child was still young, so she couldn't use the hard one. It seemed that only Mu Shaoling could handle the little Taotao.
"You turn on the speaker." Mu Shaoling guessed that Taotao would be like this, so he made a special trip to make this call.
Ruan Bai listened to him, turned on the speaker, and put the phone next to the bed, "Taotao, Daddy has something to tell you."
Taotao said "Huh" and had no response.
Mu Shaoling's voice came from the speaker, serious, not as gentle as before, "Taotao, it's time to get up."
Ruan Bai thought the plain tone was of no use, but Taotao on the bed opened her eyes and looked at her, "Mom, where's daddy?"
"I'm chatting with you on the phone." Ruan Bai shook the phone in his hand.
Taotao sat up and listened to Mu Shaoling on the other end of the phone ask: "Are you up?"
"Get up." Taotao replied obediently.
Ruan Bai sighed silently in her heart. Mu Shaoling's voice turned out to be so effective. Should she let him record a voice and use it as Taotao's wake-up alarm clock?
Mu Shaoling's words brought her thoughts back, "Taotao, daddy is on a business trip these days. You have to listen to mommy at home. You can't be picky about food or stay in bed. Do you understand?"
Taotao puffed up his cheeks, and when Ruan Bai thought he was going to cry, he said, "Taotao knows, bad daddy!"
"I will take you to the amusement park when I come back. Be good and take good care of your mother." Mu Shaoling warned. Although he couldn't see it, he could already imagine Taotao's displeasure.
Neither he nor Ruan Bai has the habit of staying in bed, and I don’t know who he learned it from.
When Taotao heard this, she became energized and was not upset. She clapped her hands happily and said, "Okay, Daddy, Taotao is waiting for you to come back."
There was an announcement on the other end of the phone that the plane was about to take off. Ruan Bai put the phone to his ear and said, "Is it about to take off?"
"Yeah." Mu Shaoling glanced out the window and saw that the plane was already sliding.
This flight will take more than ten hours. If Ruan Bai is by my side, I will definitely not be lonely during these ten hours.
"Have a safe trip, call me when you get there." Ruan Bai whispered.
"Yeah, okay." Mu Shaoling responded.
"Hang up first." After Ruan Bai cut off the call, he felt a sudden realization.
He had only been away for a few hours, but her heart was filled with reluctance and longing occupied her heart.
Watching Taotao get out of bed, she gathered her thoughts, picked up the clothes that were lying around, and asked, "How about Taotao wearing this today?"
"Okay, Mom!" Taotao nodded and yawned.
Ruan Bai helped him change his clothes, then took his little hand into the bathroom, intending to help him wash up.
Taotao picked up her little toothbrush and said, "Mom, Taotao can do it by herself."
Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows, smiled and nodded, letting him do it himself.
After washing up, Ruan Bai took Taotao downstairs and brought out breakfast for him to eat.
Ruanruan and Zhanbai were already full and sat at the dining table, watching Taotao wolfing down their food.
He wanted to pick out the carrots in the porridge, but Zhan Bai reminded him, "Dad said, don't be picky about food."
Taotao flattened her mouth and, being watched by two pairs of eyes, bit the bullet and ate the carrot.
Zhan Bai nodded with satisfaction, looking like Mu Shaoling, Ruan Bai covered his mouth and smiled.
Ruanruan asked: "Mom, are you going to grandma's house today?"
"Well, I plan to send the cross-stitch over." Ruan Bai nodded. Last time, Lin Wenzheng was nagging that she hadn't seen her three babies for a long time, so she planned to drive the children there together.
Ruanruan likes Lin Wenzheng and Zhou Qing very much, but doesn't like Lin Ning. Thinking of meeting Lin Ning at her grandmother's house, she doesn't want to go and asks: "Mom, can I not go?"
Ruan Bai was stunned for a moment, but still wanted to ask the child what he meant, "Why don't you want to go?"
"Because I want to go to dance class." Ruanruan said. Teacher Zhang said that she can go to class whenever she wants.
Zhan Bai heard what his sister said and said, "Mom, I also want to go to a foreign language class."
Ruan Bai looked at the brother and sister. It was a good thing to love learning, but they didn't say it in advance. It seemed to be a temporary decision.
She asked seriously: "Zhan Zhan, Ruanruan, why do you suddenly want to study?"
Zhan Bai and Ruan Ruan exchanged glances without saying anything.
"Tell mom why you don't want to go. If I can understand, I will send you to class first." Ruan Bai knew that the child had something to say.
Finally Zhan Bai stood up and said, "Mom, we don't like aunt. We meet her every time we go to grandma's house."
Ruan Bai instantly understood that it was Lin Ning.
Thinking back to the time when Lin Ning almost became their mother, she could understand the children's rejection.
"But grandpa and grandma have said they miss you, can you bear to let them think about you all the time?" Ruan Bai asked, there is no way to avoid Lin Ning's incident. She is in a bad mental state now and has been recuperating at the Lin family.
Ruanruan shook her head and said, "I can't bear it, but my aunt is really scary."
She remembered that one time when the adults were not around, Lin Ning looked at her with a deep and scary look, just like the witch in a storybook who would eat children.
Zhan Bai said: "Mom, if our grandparents miss us, they can come to visit us at any time. My sister was scared by her aunt last time and had a nightmare for two days."
Ruan Bai touched his soft head, "Really?"
Ruanruan nodded. She didn't tell her mother about this because Lin Ning was her sister, but she was too scared, so she told her brother.
"Okay, I'll take you to class, then go to grandma's house, and pick you up in the afternoon, okay?" Ruan Bai knew that the child was afraid of Lin Ning, so he didn't force it anymore.
"Thank you, mom!" Ruanruan smiled happily.
Ruan Bai looked at Taotao again, he was still eating breakfast, "What about your brother?"
"Brother is not afraid of aunt, because aunt doesn't bother to scare him." Zhan Bai said.
Taotao was still young, heartless, and didn't understand what horror was. In addition, Lin Ning was annoyed by children crying. If Taotao was frightened into crying, she would have to coax her and even be scolded by Lin Wenzheng, so she didn't
Have you done anything excessive?
Ruan Bai listened to what Zhan Bai said and paid more attention. After Taotao finished breakfast, she packed up, sent Zhan Bai and Ruanruan to the teacher for class, and then drove Taotao to Lin's house.
