Night had fallen, and Xue Ling hid in the room and made a phone call.
Cheng Tianyuan accompanied several children to play in the living room. Listening to the children's cute words and cheerful laughter, his heavy heart recovered a lot.
Spending time with carefree children seems to reduce worries.
"Dad!" Yangyang ran over, got into his arms, and asked with a smile: "Can we go downstairs for a big dinner tomorrow? I miss the carrots so much!"
Cheng Tianyuan looked at his face that still had baby fat, smiled and shook his head: "Not next year, maybe the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Both father and mother will be busy tomorrow."
Yangyang was a little disappointed. The true nature of a foodie is always based on "eating".
"Then I'll add a few more dishes! I'll also have roast lamb and salt-and-pepper beef short ribs."
Cheng Tianyuan nodded.
Ranran on the side sneered: "I only think about eating all day long! Be careful you get fat to death!"
Yangyang raised her plump chin and said proudly: "I'm fat because of my own flesh, not yours. It's none of your business!"
Ranran rolled her eyes and loudly said, "Then don't sleep next to me! Meat is super hot! As soon as you fall asleep at night, my body will be hot!"
"Even in winter, you don't think you'd mind me being meaty!" Yangyang snorted softly on the tip of his nose: "Don't beg me to sleep next to you then, you'll have to sleep next to me."
Ranran was speechless for a moment and couldn't help but mutter: "If you don't lose weight, no girl will like you in the future!"
Unexpectedly, Yangyang is not threatened at all, and as a foodie, he always puts "eating" first.
"I don't care! So what if you like it? So what if you don't like it? Anyway, I have myself and like myself, that's enough!"
Ranran sneered hohohoho.
Yangyang jumped up angrily and rushed towards him.
The two brothers rolled around on the ground, laughing and playing together.
Cheng Tianyuan watched them play and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
When he was a child, he had no playmates except his own little wife. If he could have a brother, he would definitely not be lonely.
After a while, Xiaoxin rushed in and climbed onto his lap.
"Dad! It's broken, it's broken! I saw grandpa crying! Grandma is crying too!"
Cheng Tianyuan was stunned for a moment. Seeing the little guy's big eyes full of fear and doubt, he couldn't bear it for a moment.
Children are still too young to know what death is or that it is a necessary part of life.
He couldn't bear to tell them. The adults all spoke the same language, but they still didn't tell them about Uncle Zheng next door.
Xiao Chong, who was playing with building blocks with Xiao Yue, raised his face and asked: "Are you angry with grandpa and grandma? You must be naughty!"
"No!" Xiaoxin shouted angrily: "I didn't! It was you!"
Seeing that she refused so "righteously", Xiao Chong quickly pointed to his two brothers: "That's them!"
Ranran and Yangyang stopped playing, sat up and asked, "What did you say?"
Xiaoxin explained vividly: "Grandpa and grandma cried."
Ranran blinked suspiciously and asked, "Dad, are grandpa and grandma sick?"
"...No." Cheng Tianyuan whispered: "They are fine, just a little sad."
Yangyang curiously asked: "Why are they sad? Why are they sad?"
Cheng Tianyuan didn't know how to explain it for a while, but thinking that they would know sooner or later, because Xue Ling planned to take them to bow to Uncle Zheng tomorrow, he had to explain it in an understatement.
"Uncle Zheng passed away. He went to a place far, far away and will not come back again."
Ranran was quite old, and suddenly thought of something, seemed startled, and leaned over: "Dad..."
Cheng Tianyuan put his arm around his shoulders and hinted secretly with his eyes.
Ran Ran became quiet.
Xiao Chong and the others had always been very close to Zheng Sanyuan. They went to the next door to see Aunt Achun for food and drinks almost every day. When they heard that Uncle Zheng was not coming back, they were all panicked.
"Why?! Why doesn't he come back?! Won't he come home? I'm going to find him!"
"I'll look for it too!"
Yangyang half understood, remembering that her grandma and grandma were listless all day today, and that her father and mother hurried out early in the morning and came back with red eyes.
Not only did my parents have red eyes, but even Aunt Achun and Brother Duo Duo next door also had red eyes.
Yang Yang's face turned pale, he stood up and put his head into Cheng Tianyuan's arms.
Xiaoxin said "Ouch!" and pushed his head in disgust.
"Don't come here! Dad hug me!"
Cheng Tianyuan opened his arms and hugged all three of them.
"Don't be afraid, dad is here. Some people will leave us earlier, go to a place far, far away, start their lives again, and then never come back. We can only say goodbye to them, there is nothing we can do."
Ranran and Yangyang lay on their father's chest, neither daring to speak, with tears glistening in their eyes.
Xiaoxin couldn't understand it at all.
Xiao Chong didn't understand either, so he threw a block to Xiao Yue and asked out of curiosity: "Do you know that your grandpa goes to play somewhere far away?"
Xiao Yue didn't understand even more, took the blocks and chuckled.
Xiao Chong soon forgot about looking for Uncle Zheng, turned around and ran to the tricycle, got on it and pedaled away.
Cheng Tianyuan would rather the little ones didn't understand, so he patted his son on the head.
"Tomorrow, your father and mother will take you to say goodbye to Uncle Zheng. Don't be afraid. He is your elder and always loves you. Don't cry either, lest your grandpa and grandma will be even more sad if they see it."
Emotions are contagious, especially sad ones.
Ranran and Yangyang nodded obediently.
Cheng Tianyuan said warmly: "One of you will look after your younger brothers and sisters, and one of you will take a bath first, taking turns."
Ranran went to take a shower first.
After a while, Liu Ying came over and took Xiaoyue to take a bath.
Cheng Tianyuan gave Xiaoxin and Xiao Chong a bath.
The two little guys like to take a bath together and laugh while playing in the water.
Xue Ling finished her work and walked in to help, fished out Xiao Chong and wrapped him in a towel.
Xiao Chong couldn't bear to part with it and couldn't help but act coquettishly: "Mom, I want to go down and play!"
Xue Ling was stunned for a moment, looking at the water in the basin, and couldn't help but recall the scene when Sister Achun walked into the lake earlier.
"Husband, the two little ones... haven't learned to swim yet. I need to take them to learn when I have time."
Cheng Tianyuan explained: "When the two older ones went to the beach to play, my father taught them how to swim. There were many people in the swimming pool outside, and I felt it was not very hygienic."
Xue Ling frowned and said, "Then wait until they go to the beach and learn slowly. You know how to swim. When your children usually play in the water, you have to teach them how to hold their breath."
"Okay." Cheng Tianyuan guessed that she was shocked and didn't want to say anything back at this time.
I packed up the two little ones and put them to sleep.
The two older ones didn't need to worry about it and went into the room to sleep one after another.
Xue Ling was sitting on the sofa, staring at the TV in the living room, but his eyes were not focused.
Cheng Tianyuan sighed lowly and came closer.
"Daughter-in-law, go to bed early. You have to work tomorrow, so don't stay up late."
Xue Ling came back to his senses, looked at his face so close, and couldn't help but feel sad.
"I helped call some business partners, and they all sighed and said they couldn't believe it. Brother Yuan, I saw Sister Achun desperate to jump into the lake today, and I felt really scared."
He hugged her and hugged her tightly.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. We will always be together and never be separated."
Xue Ling choked back sobs and whispered: "There are some things... people are powerless. Life and death are determined by fate and wealth. We can fight for wealth, but life and death are beyond our control."
"Fool, don't think about it." Cheng Tianyuan knew that she was frightened, and secretly felt distressed: "My personal situation is different. Uncle Zheng's incident is an accident."