Wen Shuqiao didn't expect that Shen Jiazhou was asleep. The door to the second bedroom was still half open. She carried the pillow and blanket in one hand and walked to the door to take a look.
Shen Jiazhou was facing away from the door, still lying on his side, probably having fallen asleep while talking.
She let out a long sigh, said nothing, reached inside, turned off the light, and then gently closed the door to the second bedroom.
Wen Shuqiao took Cancan's hand and led him back to the bedroom: "Lie down first, I'll be there in a bit."
Can Can nodded and returned to the master bedroom. He was more familiar with the place now, and he climbed into bed very quickly, wrapped himself in a blanket, and lay down: "Auntie~ you have to hurry!"
Wen Shuqiao covered him with the blanket: "Okay, go to sleep, your aunt will be here soon."
Can Can nodded and waited quietly for her aunt to come back.
After Shen Jiazhou's "unexpected turn of events," Wen Shuqiao didn't dare to delay any longer. She quickly finished writing the last bit, then got up to lock the front door from the inside. After checking everything, she turned off the living room light and returned to her bedroom.
Can Can was already a little sleepy, but her round eyes kept looking at Wen Shu Qiao.
Seeing that he wasn't asleep, Wen Shuqiao took him to brush his teeth before lying back down in bed.
As soon as he lay down, Can Can automatically rolled into her arms. He was still thinking about his uncle's "misdeeds" and complained to his aunt, "Uncle is a bad guy."
Wen Shuqiao tucked his blanket in and explained, "Uncle is too tired."
She gently patted Cancan's back and coaxed her softly, "Baby, you get tired after sitting in the car for a while. Your uncle traveled for a long time to get back to see you, so of course he's tired too."
When Can Can thought about it, it seemed to make sense.
He whispered, "Then, then I won't blame my uncle."
Wen Shuqiao hummed in agreement: "Baby, everyone gets tired sometimes. Let your uncle rest for a bit, then he can tell you a story, okay?"
Although Shen Jiazhou was away on a business trip these past few days, the two of them still kept in touch on WeChat. Basically, whenever Can Can did something, she would update her on the progress.
Sometimes Shen Jiazhou would reply instantly, but other times he wouldn't respond. Several times, she would wake up in the morning to find that Shen Jiazhou had replied to her messages at one or two in the morning.
By the time she replied to her message in the morning, Shen Jiazhou was already on his way to work.
You can imagine how much work that must have been. People aren't made of iron; he probably hasn't had a good night's sleep in the last few nights.
She had originally intended to persuade Shen Jiazhou to come tomorrow after receiving news that he was coming, but Shen Jiazhou said that Cancan missed him, so he rested for a while and came over without stopping.
When she opened the door, she noticed that Shen Jiazhou had actually lost some weight and looked tired.
Can Can closed her eyes, feeling Wen Shu Qiao's light pats, and replied somewhat dazedly, "...Okay."
Wen Shuqiao hummed an unnamed tune. Can Can, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly remembered something and mumbled, "Auntie~"
"Hmm?" Wen Shuqiao asked, "What's wrong?"
“My brother is missing too,” Can Can said. “I’ve been calling him for the past few days, but he hasn’t come out.”
Wen Shuqiao knew he was referring to the system in her mind, and she said, "Brother might also need to rest."
In the works featuring AI systems that she had read, it was mentioned that the systems needed energy. She wondered if the system in Can Can's mind was the same.
But there was no way to verify it. Wen Shuqiao asked, "Did my brother say when he was leaving?"
Can Can was really going to sleep now. Surrounded by familiar scents and the warmth of the blankets, his voice gradually softened: "I don't know..."
Wen Shuqiao tucked the blanket around him again, realizing this was the last buffer before he turned off the phone, so she didn't ask any more questions: "Go to sleep, and tomorrow when you wake up, your aunt will cook you your favorite noodles, okay?"
"Um……"
Can Can fell asleep next to Wen Shu Qiao, and Wen Shu Qiao also closed her eyes, holding Can Can as they drifted off to sleep.
*
Shen Jiazhou was woken up by being suffocated.
He felt his body become very heavy, as if a large rock was pressing down on him. Not only that, he felt as if his facial features were being drawn on by something, and he felt very itchy.
He opened his eyes and was greeted by an enlarged "big face," and the culprit behind his itchy facial features was this person's fingers.
Shen Jiazhou seemed stunned for a moment before realizing, in the dim light, that it was his good nephew, Can Can.
He instinctively said, "Sorry, baby, Uncle fell asleep. Uncle will tell you the story again..."
Can Can couldn't help but laugh. She pressed herself firmly against Shen Jiazhou, cupping his face in her hands. "Uncle! Auntie told me to wake you up! Auntie said if you don't get up, you'll be late for work!"
Shen Jiazhou's brain seemed to be off. What was this about going to work?
He turned his head and glanced out the window. The curtains were drawn tightly, but a faint light still shone through the fabric.
It's different from what he saw last night; it's as if it's really dawn outside.
...
Shen Jiazhou suddenly sat up in bed, startling Can Can so much that she almost fell off him.
He quickly hugged Can Can and asked, "Baby, what time is it?"
Can Can handed over his wrist, which held the two watches that his aunt had given him that morning. Of course, one of them belonged to his uncle.
Shen Jiazhou glanced at the clock; it was already eight in the morning.
He actually slept here all night without a single dream?!
Can Can sat on his lap and asked curiously, "Uncle, what's wrong?"
Shen Jiazhou snapped out of his daze: "It's nothing."
He pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking about how to explain it to Wen Shuqiao.
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