Hearing his wife's familiar voice, Huo Tingzhou was obviously relieved.

"Sorry." He explained on the other end of the phone, "I've been busy these days...it's not convenient for me to call you."

Although he didn't explain it in detail, Jiang Si probably guessed it.

The aviation school where he teaches is close to the border, so it is common for him to have temporary missions and be inconvenient to contact.

So she didn't ask any more questions, but just said: "No, everything is fine at home, don't worry."

"Yeah, I know." Huo Tingzhou said with concern: "You have worked hard these days."

Grandma just said that during the days he was away, Suisui and Zhaozhao were especially attached to her.

Every night he would make a lot of noise before falling asleep.

When it comes to the two little guys, Jiang Si also has a lot to say.

"Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao have been a little naughty lately."

When they heard their mother mention their names, Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao, who were eating mud, immediately blinked their big eyes like black grapes and stared curiously at the receiver in Jiang Si's hand.

The little head was tilted, and his eyes were full of little question marks.

Jiang Si's mind moved, "Wait a moment."

Huo Tingzhou was just wondering when he heard a voice of encouragement from the other end of the phone.

"Sui Sui, Zhao Zhao, this is Dad calling, hurry up and call Dad..."

Hearing this, Huo Tingzhou pinched his brows helplessly.

The children are barely six months old. Children of this age probably won't call dad.

However, it was like a slap in the face when Huo Tingzhou had just come up with this idea.

There was a rustling sound coming from the receiver.

Then, the two little guys made unclear baby sounds, "Pa...pa...bapa...baba..."

The pronunciation is a bit messy and not clear enough.

Huo Tingzhou's heart softened instantly after hearing this.

After a pause, he couldn't wait to respond on the phone, "I'm Dad..."

Suddenly, a familiar amplified voice came from the receiver.

The two little guys were obviously stunned for a moment.

He blinked and stared blankly at the receiver in his mother's hand.

Jiang Si looked at them encouragingly and wanted them to shout again.

To everyone's surprise, the two little guys were stunned for a few seconds.

Suddenly, her little mouth curled up and she burst into tears.

Tears fell out one after another like beads that had broken off the string.

"Oh oh oh, don't cry, don't cry~~"

Grandpa Huo and Grandma Huo were heartbroken and quickly picked up one of the children. "It's Daddy, it's Daddy! He's on the phone."

"What's wrong? Are they feeling unwell or are they scared?"

When he heard the children crying, Huo Tingzhou's heart instantly tightened.

"No, no." Jiang Si glanced at the two little guys.

In a soothing tone, he said, "Maybe they heard your voice suddenly. They missed you so much, but couldn't see you, so they felt wronged."

As she spoke, she told him about the children's abnormal behavior in the past few days.

"It's my fault." Huo Tingzhou said with a self-blaming tone.

"How can I blame you for this?" Jiang Si didn't know how to comfort her.

I could only say: "Call back more often when you have time. Let them hear your voice more often. Maybe they'll get used to it."

Jiang Si just said this, thinking that it would be good if he could play once or twice a week.

Unexpectedly, since then, Huo Tingzhou would call back almost every day without fail.

The time may be long or short, but it never stops.

After being beaten so many times, the children stopped crying.

As time went by, the two little guys seemed to gradually understand one thing.

I can hear dad’s voice coming from that black thing!

So, now the first thing the two little ones do when they wake up every day is to babble into the receiver for half a day.

Sometimes when I don’t get a response, I get so angry that I slam the phone with my dimpled little hands.

It made everyone laugh and cry.

The days passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.

Now the two little ones are almost eight months old, and the frequency with which they correctly call out "Dad" is getting higher and higher.

Although there would be a few "pa pa" or "baba" occasionally, it would always make Huo Tingzhou on the other end of the phone happy for a long time.

Jiang Si's work is also progressing smoothly.

After completing the concrete pouring of the foundation and other preparatory work.

The construction team has already started building the basement.

On this day, Jiang Si was at the construction site discussing the basement waterproofing materials with Director Yang.

Assistant Xiao Qi suddenly ran over in a hurry.

"What happened?" Seeing that her face looked strange, Jiang Si stopped talking with Director Yang.

Xiao Qi supported himself on his knees, gasping for breath.

"There's...an urgent meeting. Minister Zhao wants you to come back immediately."

"The car is already waiting at the entrance of the construction site—"