1234 Side Story 13: A Kind Father and a Filial Son
In the evening, the warm sunlight passed through the lush leaves, casting mottled light spots on the ground.
As a gentle breeze blew past, the light and shadow intertwined, causing the leaves to rustle.
In the study room, two small figures were sitting opposite each other on both sides of the desk.
Lu Suisui was still reading the book he had brought to the kindergarten that day. He had almost finished it.
Lu Guoguo sat opposite him, swinging her two short, fair-skinned legs. She tilted her head as held a pen, drawing on the book that was spread open.
After a few strokes, a cute pony appeared in the blank bottom of the page.
She waved at Lu Suisui, “Brother! Quickly look! Is my Black Snow pretty?”
Black Snow was a miniature pony that Gu Tinglan had given her. It was snow-white all over except for its black hooves. It was very beautiful.
Lu Suisui also had a horse called Flying Feather. It was black all over, except for the snow-white spot between its eyebrows.
It was being kept in Hong Kong City.
He moved forward to look and said, “It’s nice.”
Lu Guoguo happily raised her brush.
“Then I’ll draw Flying Feather too!”
As she drew, she muttered in a childish voice, “Brother, we haven’t gone back to see them in a long time!”
Lu Suisui nodded.
“Three days is a long time.”
They had only just returned from Hong Kong three days ago.
“Ah.”
Lu Guoguo sighed and counted with her fingers.
“One, two, three… We still have twenty-five days before we can see them again!”
Lu Suisui was stunned.
“What?”
“That’s right. Twenty-five days!” Lu Guoguo said seriously, “I heard Dad say that he’ll take us back to Hong Kong City during the National Day holiday!
Her face was full of anticipation.
“And Dad said that we can stay there for a whole week! I also miss my great-grandmother and the others!”
“A week?”
Lu Suisui’s dark eyes were calm as he raised his eyebrows slowly.
After a while, he suddenly laughed.
“That is a long time.”
Knock, knock.
Shen Zhijin knocked on the door.
“Suisui, Guoguo, it’s time to eat.”
“We’re coming!”
Lu Guoguo happily responded.
Shen Zhijin went over and picked her up. Lu Suisui had just finished the last page and closed the book. He walked to the side and rose up on his toes to put the book back on the shelf.
“Grandfather, I’ve finished reading this book.”
Shen Zhijin gently nodded.
In order to make it more convenient for the two of them to come over and read, he had specially rearranged the books on the shelf and placed the books they wanted to read the most in the bottom two rows so that they could pick them up by themselves.
They were changed around every once in a while.
Shen Zhijin led them to the dining room.
Just as he sat down, his phone rang.
He handed Lu Guoguo a small pair of chopsticks before picking up his phone to take a look.
It was Gu Siyang.
Lu Guoguo picked up a piece of meat with her pink chopsticks and placed it in Shen Zhijin’s bowl.
“Grandpa! This is delicious!”
Shen Zhijin’s lips curved slightly.
“It’s your Uncle Siyang calling. I’ll answer it.”
“Ah? Oh! Alright!”
Lu Guoguo picked up a second piece of meat and gave it to Lu Suisui.
“Big Brother!”
“Thank you, Guoguo.”
Shen Zhijin answered the call. After a moment, he looked at Lu Guoguo, who was trying hard to put the third piece of meat into her bowl.
“Guoguo, your Uncle Siyang is looking for you.”
Thud.
The grip of Lu Guoguo’s small hand loosened, and the piece of meat fell.
Fortunately, it had fallen into the bowl. Lu Guoguo patted her small chest and heaved a long sigh of relief.
Shen Zhijin placed the phone next to her and turned on the speaker.
“Guoguo?”
Gu Siyang’s voice was heard, Lu Guoguo called out, “Uncle Siyang! I miss you so much!”
Gu Siyang’s heart softened.
“Guoguo! Uncle misses you too!”
If it was not for his bad luck, he would have been the one to eat with Guoguo today!
“Guoguo, have you eaten? I discovered a very good restaurant recently. If you haven’t eaten, I’ll go pick you up–”
Lu Guoguo looked at the meat in her bowl and nodded.
“I’m eating! In fact, I’m almost done!”
Gu Siyang’s voice stopped abruptly and tears began streaming down his face.
Why was he still too late?
Seeming to have sensed something, Lu Guoguo asked curiously, “Uncle Siyang, is the restaurant you mentioned really good? Why don’t my brother and I go over to eat with you later?”
Gu Siyang’s cold heart finally warmed up.
Her words wrapped around his heart just like a little cotton jacket!
She had already eaten, but in order to keep him company, she still wanted to eat together with him.
His eyes were filled with tears.
“No need, no need! We can wait for another day!”
Lu Guoguo replied in a crisp voice, “Alright!”
Gu Siyang’s mood improved a lot after hearing that little voice call him uncle a few times. He then made an appointment with Lu Guoguo to have dinner this Sunday.
Lu Guoguo did not forget to give him a loud kiss over the phone.
Gu Siyang was very pleased. He felt that although he had not been able to pick anyone up today, it was not too bad to be able to receive a kiss!
He then ended the call reluctantly.
Shen Zhijin put away his phone.
Lu Guoguo raised her small chopsticks again.
“Ah, I’m hungry! Grandpa, Brother, I’m going to start eating!”
…
After dinner, the siblings played for a while. It was only when the sky turned dark that Lu Huaiyu and Shen Li came to pick them up.
On the way back, Lu Huaiyu drove the car while Shen Li sat in the back. The siblings sat on either side of her.
“How did you feel about your first day in kindergarten?”
Shen Li asked.
Lu Guoguo’s eyes lit up.
“Fun!”
She continued to ramble.
Lu Suisui was a man of few words, as always. He only glanced at his father in the rearview mirror a few times.
Lu Huaiyu’s brows raised slightly.
“Suisui?”
Lu Suisui looked away and turned to Shen Li.
“Mom, it’s kindergarten. It’s good.”
…
When they got home, it was already past eight o’clock by the time the siblings finished washing up.
When the two of them got into bed, Shen Li asked, “Can you sleep by yourself?”
Today was their first day in kindergarten and their first day of sleeping on their own.
It could be considered a small sign of growth.
Lu Guoguo clenched her small fists. “Dad, Mom, don’t worry. I can do it!”
Lu Suisui did not say anything.
However, this was the way his personality had always been, so Shen Li did not pay much attention to it. She tucked them in and left.
Lu Huaiyu held her hand, turned off the lights, and closed the door.
Click.
Lu Guoguo closed her eyes and prepared to sleep.
However, after a while, she heard Lu Suisui’s voice.
“Guoguo.”
Lu Guoguo drowsily opened her eyes.
“Brother? What’s wrong?”
Lu Suisui looked over and asked, “Can you sleep without your mother?”
Lu Guoguo was stunned.
“… I should be able to…”
She had almost fallen asleep just now!
“No,” he said.
Lu Suisui rolled out of bed.
“You can’t.”
…
As soon as she returned to the bedroom, Shen Li felt a tight grip on her waist and a cool kiss landed on the back of her ear.
His hot breath fell on her delicate neck.
Her body shivered slightly from the heat and she shrank into his arms. She gritted her teeth.
“Lu Huaiyu! In the afternoon, you…”
Why was he still doing this?
“Afternoon is afternoon, night is night.”
Lu Huaiyu chuckled and cupped her chin with one hand, forcing her to turn around so that he could kiss the corner of her lips.
His body was boiling hot, and his breathing was much heavier.
His slightly calloused hand slid under her clothes and rubbed against her white and tender skin.
There was a slightly bemused look in her eyes.
Knock, knock!
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Lu Huaiyu’s movements paused, and so did Shen Li.
“Dad! Mother!”
Lu Suisui’s voice could be heard clearly from outside.
Dead silence.
Shen Li pulled Lu Huaiyu’s hand out.
Lu Huaiyu closed his eyes.
“I’ll open the door.”
Creak–
When the door opened, a little dumpling was revealed to be standing outside the door, hugging a pillow.
There was a dangerous look in Lu Huaiyu’s eyes.
“Lu Suisui, what are you shouting for?”
Lu Suisui pulled Lu Guoguo over and looked up.
“Guoguo said she can’t sleep without her mother.”
Lu Guoguo was about to die from exhaustion, but she still had to cooperate with her brother so she nodded her little head.
“Dad, why did you take so long to open the door? Where’s Mom?”
As she asked, she peered into the room.
Lu Huaiyu stared at Lu Suisui and clenched his fists.
Lu Suisui met his father’s eyes fearlessly.
“Guoguo wants to sleep with her mother, so I want to accompany her.”
The air seemed to have frozen over.
That was, until Shen Li walked over and picked Lu Guoguo up.
“Alright, Guoguo, Suisui, come and sleep with Mommy.”
Lu Guoguo snuggled under the blanket. Lu Suisui rose up on his toes and climbed into bed.
“Mom, can you sleep in the middle?”
As he spoke, he had already laid down and patted the other side of the bed. He seemed to be very considerate as he said, “Daddy, you can sleep here.”
With every second that passed, the torment seemed to increase.
After an unknown period of time, Lu Huaiyu finally closed the door.
He laughed to himself.
“Lu Qianhe.”
‘You’re good.’
