Chapter 304 The Little Guy is Naughty

Seeing that Jiang Si remained unmoved, Huo Tingzhou had no choice but to say what he hadn't finished saying the night before.

"If you don't come back soon, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist packing you up and taking you with me."

His tone was joking, but it was an expression of his true meaning.

Jiang Si felt a pang of sadness at his words and could only nod in agreement.

"good."

As they were talking, Jiang Si took out a square book from her bag and gave it to him.

"What is this?" Huo Tingzhou asked instinctively.

"This is a photo of our family of four."

Jiang Si said, "I developed all the photos I took after the baby was born."

It contains commemorative photos taken at specific times, such as when the child is one month old, two months old, or three months old.

There are also occasional candid shots in daily life.

Of course, there are also quite a few photos of Huo Tingzhou.

Speaking of taking photos, Jiang Si couldn't help but think of the time they took their wedding photos.

Back then, he was incredibly stiff all over, but now that he's taken so many photos, he knows how to find the right angles.

Jiang Si didn't think too much about it when she took these photos.

I'll take a few pictures whenever I remember, just to keep them as souvenirs for later.

I never expected that I would have accumulated such a thick book without realizing it.

As she spoke, Huo Tingzhou began to look through the pages one by one.

Many of the photos here were ones he was seeing for the first time.

Some photos show him asleep, while others show him wearing an apron and doing housework at home.

Jiang Si said, "When you miss us, just take it out and look at it..."

Before she could finish speaking, Huo Tingzhou had already reached out and hugged her.

Even though there were already a few passengers on the platform, he still couldn't resist.

Jiang Si raised her hand and gently patted his back. "Three months will pass quickly. The child and I will be waiting for you to come back in Beijing."

Huo Tingzhou said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

Half an hour later, the train departed on time.

Jiang Si felt empty inside.

I thought that I would be the one who would be the least able to adjust after he left, but I never expected that it would be my two children who would be the least able to adjust.

When we got home, the two little ones were still awake.

Upon hearing the door open, Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao, who were sitting on the sofa looking at picture books, immediately looked up.

My child is almost six months old. Perhaps because he has been drinking Lingquan water for a long time, his development is always ahead of others.

At only five and a half months old, it can already roll over easily and sit steadily against the sofa.

Jiang Si didn't think much of it. After washing her hands, she sat down next to them as usual, intending to play with the two little ones for a while.

But Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao were clearly distracted tonight, glancing at the front door every now and then.

The two, who usually go to bed obediently after drinking their milk around 8 pm, played in the living room until after 9 pm instead of sleeping.

In the end, with no other option, Huo's mother and Jiang Si each took one of them.

It took a long time to coax the two little ones to sleep.

The next day, while Jiang Si was half asleep, she felt some movement beside her.

When I opened my eyes, Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao were already awake.

He's sitting up against the headboard right now.

Seeing that their mom was awake, the two little ones opened their big, bright eyes and called out.

What Jiang Si hears most often is the children calling her name unconsciously.

"mua~mua~~"

I don't know what happened today, but after Sui Sui called out for a while, she suddenly made a "slap~ slap~" sound.

Jiang Si was completely dumbfounded.

She instinctively thought that perhaps the noise she made last night had caused the children to hear something they shouldn't have.

It was at this moment that Huo's mother knocked on the door and came in.

Seeing her flushed cheeks, he asked with concern, "What's wrong? Did you catch a cold last night?"

Jiang Si shook her head awkwardly.

The two little ones, always eager for excitement, shouted even louder when they saw Mother Huo arrive.

Mrs. Huo was quite excited when she heard this.

It's so great to call someone a sweet baby every time.

Jiang Si then realized that the two little ones wanted to call him "Dad".

The sound "daddy" is a bit difficult to pronounce. The child is too young to say it, so this is the only sound he can make.

Mrs. Huo said happily, "Once they get used to it, they'll probably be able to shout it out in a while."

Of course, this is the same as calling for Mom.

These are all unconscious sounds made by children before they learn to speak.

For the next few days, the two little ones would search for their father all over the room as soon as they opened their eyes.

Just as Jiang Si was wondering why this person hadn't called back even after several days,

On Saturday, as soon as Jiang Si got home from get off work, Grandma Huo waved to her.

"Sisi, quick, Xiaozhou's on the phone, he just called."

Jiang Si put down her bag and immediately took the receiver. "Hello~"

Hearing his wife's familiar voice, Huo Tingzhou visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

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

Although he didn't elaborate, Jiang Si roughly guessed it.

The flight school he teaches at is near the border, and it's common for him to be unable to contact the school when there are temporary missions.

So she didn't ask any more questions, and simply said, "It's okay, everything is fine at home, you don't need to worry."

"Yes, I know." Huo Tingzhou said with concern, "You've had a hard time these past few days."

Grandma just said that in the days since he left, Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao have been especially clingy to her.

It takes a long time for her to fall asleep every night.

Jiang Si had a lot to say about the two little ones.

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

Upon hearing their mother mention their names, Sui Sui and Zhao Zhao, who were eating fruit puree, immediately blinked their big, dark grape-like eyes and stared curiously at the receiver in Jiang Si's hand.

The little head was tilted to the side, and the eyes were full of question marks.

Jiang Si had a sudden thought, "Wait a moment."

Huo Tingzhou was wondering when he heard an encouraging voice coming from the other end of the phone.

"Sui Sui, Zhao Zhao, this is Daddy's phone, quickly call Daddy..."

Upon hearing this, Huo Tingzhou helplessly pinched the bridge of his nose.

The children are barely six months old; babies this age shouldn't be able to call their fathers "Dad."

However, just as if to slap him in the face, Huo Tingzhou had this idea when it came to him.

Then a rustling sound came through the receiver.

Immediately following was the two little ones' indistinct, babyish voices, "Pa...pa...papa...papa..."

The pronunciation was somewhat chaotic and not clear enough.

But Huo Tingzhou's heart softened instantly upon hearing this.

He paused for a moment, then eagerly replied on the phone, "It's Dad..."

Suddenly, a familiar amplified sound came through the receiver.

The two little ones were clearly taken aback for a moment.

She blinked and stared blankly at the receiver in her mother's hand.

Jiang Si gave them an encouraging look, wanting them to shout again.

But to everyone's surprise, the two little ones were stunned for a few seconds.

Suddenly, she pouted and burst into tears.

Tears streamed down my face like beads from a broken string, one after another.

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

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

"What's wrong? Are they feeling unwell, or were they frightened?"

Hearing the children crying, Huo Tingzhou's heart clenched instantly.

"It's alright, it's alright." Jiang Si glanced at the two little ones.

In a comforting tone, she said, "They probably heard your voice suddenly. They miss you so much, but they can't see you, so they feel wronged."

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

"It's my fault," Huo Tingzhou said, sounding remorseful.

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

All I could say was, "Call back more often when you have time, let them hear your voice more often, and they'll probably get used to it."

Jiang Si was just saying that casually, thinking that he would be lucky to play once or twice a week.

Unexpectedly, since then, Huo Tingzhou has called back almost every day without fail.

The duration may vary, but it has never stopped.

After being hit many times, the children stopped crying.

As time went on, the two little ones seemed to gradually understand something.

That dark thing... I can hear my dad's voice coming from inside it!

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

Sometimes, when they don't get a response, they get so angry that they slap the phone with their chubby little hands.

This left everyone both amused and exasperated.

The days passed by quietly, and more than two months went by in the blink of an eye.

The two little ones are now almost eight months old, and they are pronouncing "daddy" correctly more and more frequently.

Although he would occasionally utter a few words like "papa" or "baba," it always made Huo Tingzhou on the other end of the phone happy for a long time.

Jiang Si's work is progressing smoothly as well.

After the concrete pouring of the foundation is completed, and other preparatory work is done.

The construction team has already begun building the basement.

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

Assistant Xiao Qi suddenly rushed over in a great hurry.

"What happened?" Seeing that her expression was off, Jiang Si stopped talking to Director Yang.

Xiao Qi supported himself on his knees, panting heavily.

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

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