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, 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 saying "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—"
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