Xiaoxiao didn't understand what baldness was or what harm it caused. Since her mother and father said so, she believed them and nodded hastily, saying, "Okay, if Dad lies to me in the future, he'll go bald!"
The fact that the child used the term "dad" indicates that he has accepted that Jiang Tingzhou is his father.
"good."
Jiang Tingzhou agreed and reached out to his daughter, hoping she would come into his arms.
Xu Wan also lowered her arms, which were holding her daughter.
The atmosphere in the ward quieted down.
Xiao Xiao stood there, her small lips slightly pursed, looking at Jiang Tingzhou in the wheelchair reaching out his hand to her. After hesitating for a moment, she first raised her right hand and placed it in the man's hand.
Jiang Tingzhou knew that his daughter needed time to accept everything, so he tightened his grip slightly.
Xiaoxiao looked at the man and called out in a soft, sweet voice, "Daddy."
"Um."
"May I sit on your lap?"
Xiao Xiao asked the question cautiously.
Afraid of rejection, she wanted to say something else, but Jiang Tingzhou used both hands to support his daughter under her armpits and lifted her onto his lap.
Xiao Xiao was startled when she was suddenly lifted up and instinctively reached out to hold onto the man's arm.
I only felt safe when Jiang Tingzhou supported my back.
She glanced at Xu Wan standing to the side, then looked up at Jiang Tingzhou and tentatively called out in her childish voice, "Daddy..."
"Um."
Jiang Tingzhou protected his daughter.
Xiao Xiao was a little hesitant to move at first, but after realizing that it was very safe to sit there, she straightened her back slightly. Finally, she simply stood up by supporting herself on the handrail, opened her right hand and hugged Jiang Tingzhou's neck tightly, and shouted in a slightly louder voice, "Dad."
"Um."
"dad!"
"dad!"
"dad!"
Xiao Xiao's shouts grew louder and louder.
Jiang Tingzhou also gave her a firm reply.
However, as the child continued shouting, his voice gradually became choked with sobs.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Tingzhou and Xu Wan were both a little nervous, afraid that she was feeling unwell.
Xiaoxiao shook her little head vigorously, looking at her parents with her big, watery eyes. She sniffed before saying, "I used to think I didn't have a dad. I was afraid of upsetting Mom, so I would secretly look at pictures and call that person 'Dad.' I, I, I'm so happy that Dad is back now..."
The more Xiaoxiao talked, the harder she cried.
Jiang Tingzhou held his daughter in his arms, gently patting her back. "Don't worry, Daddy's back. We'll never be apart for so long again."
"Yes! We won't be separated again." Xiaoxiao wiped her tears and snot on Jiang Tingzhou's shirt and asked, "Dad, can you pick me up from school on Monday?"
"Xiaoxiao." Xu Wan walked over and said seriously to her daughter, "You saw it too, Daddy injured his leg and needs to go abroad for surgery to recover. The reason Daddy didn't see you before was that I hoped Xiaoxiao would see me after my leg had recovered when I first met you. I was supposed to take a flight abroad for surgery today, but I was so worried about you because Xiaoxiao was injured, so I came here."
As Xu Wan explained to her, Xiao Xiao's face gradually showed disappointment.
She had finally managed to see her father and didn't want to be separated from him like this.
"Can……"
Xiaoxiao wanted to say something, but she also knew that it was wrong to prevent her father from having the surgery.
"Xiaoxiao." Jiang Tingzhou looked at his daughter in his arms. "Daddy promised to come to your Children's Day party, right? Daddy won't lie to you. I will definitely come back on Children's Day."
Xiao Xiao's face showed her unhappiness, but she still asked, "How many days until Children's Day?"
Because of her young age, her concept of time is limited to today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. She can count a week, which is already quite good. As for a month or a year, she has no concrete concept of them.
“There are still fifty-odd days left. I promise you, I will definitely come back by then.” Jiang Tingzhou held out his hand. “I’ll pinky swear with you.”
"Um!"
Xiaoxiao had no idea how long fifty-odd days was, but she believed in the pinky promise.
I believe that if we pinky swear, Dad won't lie to me.
She extended her short, white little finger and hooked it with Jiang Tingzhou's finger. "Pinky promise, never to change for a hundred years. Lying is a small matter... but lying will make you bald!"
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