Not only did the Shen family receive a call from Li Xunli in the middle of the night, but the Li family also received a call from Li Xunjin.
After they were safe, they each called home.
For several days in a row, Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang would talk on the phone with Li Xunli until they fell asleep before going to bed, and then Shen Rongzhou would carry them to bed when he came back in the middle of the night.
Shen Yangyang simply missed her mother, but Shen Qingqing felt differently.
She had actually lost her mother once and had witnessed the scene of two inseparable bodies being sent into the incinerator.
The moment Shen Qingqing learned that Li Xunli was missing, she couldn't help but recall the scene from her past life where she rushed home and saw her parents lying side by side on the bed with a suicide note beside them.
It was then that she realized that asking her to go out to buy things was to get her out of the way, and not because she suddenly wanted to eat something.
She had seen her mother wail and cough uncontrollably from illness, and that feeling of utter helplessness was almost suffocating.
This time was no different. Her mother was thousands of kilometers away, and she could only wait at home for news that she didn't know when it would arrive, unable to do anything.
It was just as painful as when she couldn't share her mother's pain in her past life.
She was afraid that her mother would suddenly disappear like in her previous life, and that it was just a lie, so she had to call every night to put her mind at ease.
Li Xunli knew she had frightened the children this time. She, who usually went to bed early, talked to the children every night until they were asleep, and only hung up the phone when Shen Rongzhou returned.
As can be seen on television, the disaster is completely under control, and the cleanup in some disaster areas is almost complete.
Shen Qingqing held the phone receiver and chatted with Li Xunli: "Mom, when are you coming back?"
"Almost there, almost there. The batch of materials we found earlier has been delivered, and we can go back now." Li Xunli has been hearing her daughter's urging every day for the past few days, and she's getting a little helpless from it.
However, the batch of raw materials they needed could only be transported out after the road blocked by the disaster was cleared, and they had to stay here to wait for the goods to be inspected and signed.
Because that road doesn't affect daily life and has relatively little demand, it was scheduled to be among the last to be cleared, which is why it has taken so long.
They came specifically for these materials, and now that they're out of danger, they have to take them back with them and achieve their goal before leaving; otherwise, all their fear and anxiety would have been for nothing.
Shen Qingqing sighed on the phone, knowing what her mother and uncle were thinking, so she could only repeatedly tell them not to go there by themselves.
Li Xunli was happy to play along, coaxing her into agreeing again and again.
Finally, three days later, when Shen Qingqing was on the phone with Li Xunli, she heard the news she had been longing to hear most.
"Dabao, Mom will be home with your uncle tomorrow afternoon. Are you relieved now?" Li Xunli said to Shen Qingqing on the phone with a smile.
Shen Qingqing exclaimed in surprise as she changed from a prone position to a kneeling position: "Really? Then I won't be at ease until I see your people!"
Li Xunli laughed on the other end, "Okay, okay, it's the weekend anyway. If you're worried, your uncle will have your Uncle Jingyuan pick you up. You can come to the train station to pick us up, okay?"
“Okay!” Shen Qingqing answered loudly.
Knowing that Li Xunli would be back tomorrow, Shen Qingqing didn't pester Li Xunli to call her late tonight, and obediently said goodnight on time.
But after hanging up the phone, she didn't go to sleep right away. She waited in the living room for Shen Rongzhou to come back before happily sharing the good news with her dad: "Dad, Mom said she'll be back tomorrow afternoon!"
Shen Rongzhou already knew; he had received a call from Li Xunli this morning. But that didn't stop him from being happy with his daughter, who was only finding out now: "That's great! You're finally back. This way, Dad won't have to carry you two little weights back to your room every night. It's exhausting for Dad."
Shen Qingqing's smile faltered for a moment, and she puffed out her cheeks: "Where are you calling me a little weight? At most, Shen Yangyang is like a little weight. At her age and weight, she's considered heavy among children her age. I'm so light!"
Unexpectedly, Shen Rongzhou changed the subject, "You know you're light, right? When your mother isn't home, do you secretly skip your meals and give them all to Yangyang? Every night when Dad holds you, he thinks he's holding Yangyang, and when he holds Yangyang, he thinks he's holding you."
Shen Qingqing was outmaneuvered by Shen Rongzhou. She stammered twice, not expecting any excuses, and had no choice but to hastily change the subject: "I'm going to pick up my mother tomorrow, I'm going to sleep now."
Shen Rongzhou chuckled and said nothing more to her.
When he received Li Xunli's message today, he also thought about whether to ask for another day off to pick them up. However, after so many days of frequent phone calls, Shen Rongzhou's fear and apprehension had almost disappeared. If he didn't use his monthly leave to ask for extra leave, he would have to pay extra.
Besides, there's only one more day of work left before the May Day holiday, so there's really no need to deduct money for that extra day.
So after weighing the options, Shen Rongzhou decided not to ask for leave. He would try to come back as early as possible when he drove the car tomorrow, so that he could see people sooner.
The next day, after lunch, Shen Qingqing took the initiative to call Wu Jingyuan to ask when he would pick them up. After arranging a time with Wu Jingyuan, she quickly went to the kitchen to clean the chicken and stew it. When they got home, she could make chicken porridge.
Shen Yangyang had never been to a train station before, so when Shen Qingqing led her towards the exit, she skipped and looked around curiously, finding everything new and interesting, and kept asking Shen Qingqing what this was and what that was.
Shen Qingqing answered the questions she knew, and told her to ask Wu Jingyuan about the ones she didn't know.
However, due to Wu Jingyuan's fierce and menacing face, Shen Yangyang, who was only five years old after the New Year, still did not have the courage to ask, and in the end, the matter was left unresolved.
Standing in front of the exit, Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang, being too short, could only lean against the railing and look at the throngs of people coming out, trying to spot her mother and uncle among them.
Children have sharp eyesight, and Shen Qingqing and Shen Yangyang both spotted Li Xunli and Li Xunjin walking out one after the other.
The two little ones jumped and shouted, "Mommy! Uncle!"
Li Xunli walked wearily when she heard a familiar child's voice. She quickly looked up and saw her two adorable daughters standing behind the railing, waving and bouncing around. A big smile bloomed on her face, and she hurried towards them, calling out, "Qingqing! Yangyang! Mommy's home!"
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