The man sighed softly, and his warm big hands wrapped around her hands.
His hands were rough, with small old scars on the back, but they were as warm as ever.
Her hands were very cold, white and slender, with traces of time, and her skin was slightly wrinkled.
Neither of them spoke, and the room was so quiet that only the airflow from the heating port was turned quietly.
He pinched her hand and whispered: "Acong, I put down the phone that day and I didn't sleep all night. When it was just dawn, I sent a letter to my hair and applied to be transferred back to the imperial capital within half a month."
Xue Cong was startled and stared at him, unable to believe it.
"You - what are you doing so impulsively?! Your efforts over the years are likely to be burned out. You are too impulsive!"
The man smiled slightly, his hands clumsyly caressed her hair, with familiar tenderness.
"I can't always bear some responsibility for myself, but also for you and this family. Over the years, you have taken care of your children alone, supported your family alone, and borne your family alone, and I can't share your hard work.
One point, but you and your children still worry about me..."
He paused. He was not a good person at speaking, he would not talk loudly, nor would he speak sweetly.
He swallowed secretly and said warmly: "I'll be back, get closer to you, and spend more time with you and this family."
Xue Cong was stunned.
After a long time, her eyes turned red and her face suddenly burst into tears.
Although he said it simply, she knew clearly what he gave up and how much he gave up behind him.
He has aspirations, ambitions, and a national and national sentiments, but he has never forgotten his home and the sense of family responsibility he should have.
Xue Cong plunged into his arms and cried.
She cried very hard, and seemed to have spit out all the grievances she had suffered over the years and vented them hard.
Xue Ling is right. If you still love him, don’t give up easily.
But for more than twenty years, she has long been tired of such lonely life.
In the empty villa, there were people walking around alone, and there were even echoes of footsteps at night.
She likes to turn on TV just to have more lively voices at home so that she won't have occasional illusions of auditory hallucinations.
When there are no people around you, the bed is cold for years.
She knew his difficulties and his difficult choices. She endured it and kept enduring it.
But this time during the Chinese New Year, she was having a very painful life.
So, she was impulsive and hung up the phone to him...
The man hugged her, letting her cry, without saying anything, put his big hand on her back, patting her gently to comfort her.
The night outside was dark and the snow was flying.
The heat in the room was warm, and the sad crying was suppressed and sad. He frowned and his heart was thrusting.
For most of his life, his superiors are worthy of the country and the people, and his subordinates are worthy of his brothers who followed him through life and death, but he is sorry for his first wife and his daughter.
Since getting married, my wife has been taking care of the entire family.
After the child was born, he tried hard to get more time to go home, but a year and a half only took a few days.
When a child is young, he will giggle at him happily.
When the child grows older, every time he sees him, he will always feel uncomfortable, which is caused by the accumulation of isolation.
The child thought about it carefully and finally remembered that he was "dad", and then he timidly came forward and talked to him softly.
"Dad, why don't you always go home?"
"Dad, why don't you ever pick me up to and from school?"
"Dad, the children in the community say I don't have a father..."
Whenever this happened, he couldn't help feeling distressed and couldn't find any words to say to his daughter.
The wife glanced at the child and smiled and advised, "Dad, he is just too busy. When he is not busy, he will come to accompany us."
He felt sorry for his children and his wife even more.
Because they were the only two people he was sorry for.
He is almost fifty years old, nearly fifty years old, and no one can tell how much time he has left and how much he can.
Try to spend more time with the person he loves deeply.
He had secretly regretted his parents' death early, and his relatives wanted to support him but he was gone for many years.
If he missed this period again, perhaps even his wife would be lost. Then what was the purpose of his hard work and busy life?
"Glory is naturally glorious, but I cannot just pursue glory. I am old and cannot rush forward. All opportunities have to be given to young people, and I can also take a break. In the future, I will spend more time with you,
Accompany your children. When we retire, we will go abroad to find children together. From now on, we will have to play with our grandchildren and take leisurely walks every day until we stagger and support each other."
Xue Cong cried so hard that he couldn't help but say nothing.
The man smiled slightly, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said warmly: "Acong, I'm hungry, let's make dinner. Give me another ten days, I can go home from time to time, come back in the evening to have dinner with you, in the morning
I can also have breakfast with you."
She sniffed and focused her head.
The man held her hand and stood up, looking at the small basket on the table.
"What is this? It's delicious? Have you eaten it?"
Xue Cong shook his head and explained: "I have eaten dim sum. This is the braised meat and rice cakes given by my cousin. I often accompany my third uncle to visit Xue Ling's cousin's house these days. She lives in Ronghua Mall in the city center, and her children are also there.
There are so many, the house is always very lively. She invited me to go to her house to play more and help her take care of the children."
"How old is the child?" The man talked about the child, and his eyebrows and eyes were unconsciously tender.
Xue Cong replied: "She has four children. The eldest son and the younger son went on a trip with my uncle and aunt. The youngest two are twins, both of which are only four or five months old, chubby and white, very cute and delightful.
People like it."
The man chuckled: "If you like it, go more. We Huier was also very cute when she was a child."
Xue Cong nodded and said, "She is already twenty-one years old..."
The man unscrewed the gas stove and asked, "What to eat?"
Xue Cong brought a pot over and said, "The rice cake is freshly prepared and can be eaten after steaming it. I cut the braised pork and let you eat it."
The man did not walk away and kept helping.
Soon, the hot rice cake was served.
The man picked up the chopsticks, tasted them, and nodded, "It's delicious."
Xue Cong smiled gently and pushed the chopped braised pork to him.
"This cousin is the only daughter of my youngest uncle. You should have seen her when she went to the ancestral temple when she was a child. Her cousin is very capable and built Ronghua Mall in the city center, and her business is very good. Her family is all placed in the mall.
On the 18th floor, I live opposite my mother-in-law and father-in-law. My uncle and aunt are next door. My cousin and his family are still hiring to their relatives, and they live there. The family hired a nanny to help see the children. Everyone
The guys are busy in and out, everyone is happy, the elderly are laughing, the children are laughing, and the family atmosphere is very good."
The man saw the envy in her eyes and said warmly: "All of them are their own relatives, go around more when you have time."
"Yeah." Xue Cong smiled: "My three-bet likes to go to their house, play chess, chat, and eat free meals. My mother-in-law's braised pork is delicious, you can try it."
The man picked up a piece and ate it.
"Well, it's very fragrant and has a lot of flavor."
Xue Cong said again: "My cousin is very busy every day. After her brother-in-law is busy with business, she hurried home to help take care of the children. I went to their house a few times and found that he was taking care of the children and the family. His business should be good too.
But he is not a man who is not as good as a cousin, and he is not the kind of man who insists on face. He has no time to manage the family, so he also takes it all his strength and is responsible for his kindness."