The sudden flip of the camera caused the scene on the phone screen to change. Qin Haochen was caught off guard, his figure slightly paused, and his action of drinking coffee came to an abrupt stop. His breath hitched, his mind went blank, and he completely lost the ability to think.
His deep eyes were fixed on the person who appeared on the phone screen. His wife, Ye Zhaosi.
It had been three years since the accident. The image of his wife in his memory slowly overlapped with the woman sleeping on the hospital bed on the screen. The Ye family had taken good care of his daughter Ye Zhaosi. Apart from being slightly thinner and inevitably looking a bit worse for wear, she had not changed. It gave the illusion that she was just sleeping and hadn’t woken up yet.
The black coffee in his hand suddenly spilled. Qin Haochen snapped back to reality, hastily putting down the coffee and picking up a napkin to wipe the coffee stains on his clothes. When he looked up again, his lips moved, but he couldn’t say a word. He just silently watched the woman sleeping on the screen.
Qin Haochen didn’t speak. Little one obediently drank her milk, and Ye Zhaosi lay on the hospital bed as if in a deep sleep. The room was quiet, exuding a comforting and relaxing atmosphere, as if this were just an ordinary family video call. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Qin Sui’an drank more than half of her milk. Taking a break, she released the nipple. Her big round eyes now filled with confusion. She seemed very curious as she scooted closer to the pink phone.
Her mommy was asleep and couldn’t talk. But why wasn’t daddy talking? Qin Sui’an always had a lot to say to her mommy, and during video calls with her daddy, she also had a lot to say. So now, seeing her daddy quiet in front of mommy, she couldn’t understand.
Little one’s cute half-face appeared at the edge of the camera. Tilting her head as if looking through the lens to meet her daddy’s eyes, she asked curiously, "Daddy, why aren’t you talking?"
Qin Haochen was stunned, momentarily speechless from little one’s question. "I..."
Embarrassed, he lowered his gaze. Although little one wasn’t physically in front of him, even through the phone screen, he still felt unable to meet her clear, bright eyes directly.
He softly said, his voice slightly hoarse with a trace of undetectable tremor, "Ann, your mommy hasn’t forgiven me yet."
He hadn’t protected little one, leading to her suffering in the orphanage for three years. He hadn’t protected his wife, leaving her in a coma on the hospital bed.
Qin Haochen tried his best not to show any sadness in front of little one, forcing a slight smile. "Maybe your mommy doesn’t want to see me."
Qin Sui’an’s round eyes deepened in confusion. She blinked, then turned her little head to look at her sleeping mommy. "Daddy, why do you think that?"
In little one’s view, her mommy was just sleeping quietly. She hadn’t told daddy, "I haven’t forgiven you" or "I don’t want to see you."
"Daddy, you can’t misunderstand mommy!" Qin Sui’an pouted, her baby voice stern, "Daddy, you’re just like Ann when she misunderstood grandma and second uncle! It’s wrong!"
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