"Xiaoxia, did you see an uncle taking your brother Xiaoyu away?" Zhou Yuanyuan put Zhao Xia on the ground and coaxed her to talk.
As soon as Zhou Yuanyuan finished speaking, Yu Meiru's sobs stopped abruptly. She didn't know where she found the strength, but she pushed Zhao Guohui, who was supporting her, away, stood up straight, and stomped over to Zhou Yuanyuan. Yu Meiru's mind was filled with only one thought: her Xiaoyu, her Xiaoyu has news.
Zhao Guohui followed behind Yu Meiru, his face full of heartache, his arms outstretched to prevent her from falling. Zhao Guohui knew that while Yu Meiru presented herself as a strong woman, she was actually a devoted wife and mother who loved her children and family. Every day, no matter how busy she was at work, she would always spare at least an hour to play with her children. Therefore, in the hearts of her four children, Yu Meiru was much more approachable than their father, Zhao Guohui.
However, although Yu Meiru loves her children, she never spoils them. The twin brothers Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting started learning martial arts from Zhao Qingshan when they were three and a half years old. They would get up at dawn every morning to do horse stance. Although Yu Meiru felt distressed, she never stopped them.
Over the years, Zhao Guohui and the children have been everything to Yu Meiru. Yu Meiru has more than once thanked herself for making the decision to go with Zhao Guohui. This kind of life is what she has always dreamed of since she was a child.
Yu Meiru enjoys doing business and the feeling of making money. Since having several children, Yu Meiru's focus has been on Zhao Guohui and his son. Zhao Guohui now handles more of the business, while Yu Meiru is only responsible for controlling the overall direction, and the specific implementation is completed by Zhao Guohui.
Zhao Guohui was deeply touched by Yu Meiru's love for the children. If Zhao Yu really disappeared, Yu Meiru would probably be devastated.
"Okay, uncle will hold you, brother, let's run." Zhao Xia nodded and took Zhou Yuanyuan's hand and walked towards the gate.
Yu Meiru was so excited when she heard this that she was about to come over and ask what the person who took Zhao Yu away looked like, but Zhou Yuanyuan made a gesture to stop her.
Children think differently from adults. When a child is talking, it is best not to interrupt her. Otherwise, once you interrupt her, Zhao Xia may not remember what she was saying, and even if you ask her to continue, she may not remember it.
Zhao Qingshan also quickly stopped Zhao Guohui. He realized that Zhou Yuanyuan was trying to get her granddaughter to tell him what she had seen!
"Sister, Xia, look." Zhao Xia took Zhou Yuanyuan's hand and came to the back of the yard door. The yard door was made of wood. There was a small gap behind the door axis. This gap disappeared when the door was closed. When the door was half-open, this gap looked the largest. If Zhao Xia hid behind the door, she could indeed see the range of three meters to the left and right of the door.
Following Zhao Xia's on-the-spot actions and the few words that came out of her mouth from time to time, coupled with the descriptions of Zhao Qingshan and others later, Zhou Yuanyuan's mind appeared everything that had happened in the Zhao family from this morning until now.
Early this morning, Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting finished their martial arts practice, had breakfast, and went to school. Yu Meiru and Zhao Guohui walked their sons to school. Zhangmu Primary School is close to the Zhao family, so the walk is only about ten minutes. Ever since Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting started kindergarten, Yu Meiru and her husband have developed the habit of taking their children to school in the morning and taking a walk before returning home.
The Zhao family's children didn't sleep in, so when Zhao Lei and the others started eating breakfast, Zhao Yu and Zhao Xia also woke up. Seeing that Sister Liu wasn't in the room, the two little kids climbed down the tatami mat with their short legs, helping each other to run to the living room.
Zhao Yu and Zhao Xia were still young, so they were sharing a room for now, making it easier for Sister Liu to look after them. Yu Meiru planned to have the two children sleep in separate rooms after they turned five.
Yu Meiru was afraid that the twins would fall, so she didn't have a big bed in their room. Instead, they had Japanese-style tatami mats. Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting had lived the same way before. After they were five years old, Yu Meiru gave them separate rooms and big beds.
Zhao Xia and Zhao Yu sat obediently at the dining table and finished their breakfast. Nanny Liu took a hot towel to wipe the two children's mouths and hands, and carried them down from the high baby stool.
Zhao Qingshan saw that the children had finished their meals, so he quickly finished his own breakfast and sat on the sofa, watching the twins playing in the living room with a smile on his face. This was their usual interaction, and just watching the twins running around made Zhao Qingshan feel sweeter than drinking honey.
Nanny Liu was also standing in the corner of the living room, watching over the two children with a loving smile on her face. She was thirty-five years old and had been helping out at the Zhao family since Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting were born. She had been working there for over five years.
Suddenly, the phone in the living room rang. Zhao Qingshan was sitting close to the phone and picked it up.
"My child's uncle! This life is really unbearable. Erkui is out gambling all day and never comes home. The child is so seriously ill but he didn't even come to the hospital to check on him. Why is my life so miserable? I might as well jump off the building with the child." Before Zhao Qingshan could speak, a middle-aged woman's voice came on the phone, crying and cursing, sounding heartbroken.
Zhao Qingshan was about to say you had the wrong number when he heard the woman say she was going to jump off the building. He quickly said, "Don't let this get you down! The child is innocent."
At this time, Sister Liu came over and said, "Uncle, I have diarrhea. Could you please take care of the baby?"
After Sister Liu finished speaking, she ran towards the bathroom, holding her stomach without waiting for Zhao Qingshan to answer.
Zhao Qingshan looked at Sister Liu's back and shook his head. He hadn't said he disagreed yet! Why did Sister Liu look like she was afraid he would refuse?
"Wuwuwu... My child's uncle, it's not that I don't want to live, it's that Erkui won't give me a chance to live..." The woman talked a lot on the phone, starting from how she married her man, then talked about her son being sick and hospitalized, and then talked about how her husband stole her son's life-saving money to gamble. This talk lasted for more than ten minutes.
When Zhao Qingshan came to his senses, he saw Zhao Xia standing by the door, about to step out with her short legs, but Zhao Yu was no longer in the living room.
Remembering that Zhao Yu, this naughty boy, always liked to run outside, Zhao Qingshan was shocked. He quickly put the phone in his hand on the table, stood up and ran outside.
The alley outside the door was empty, where was Zhao Yu?
Zhao Qingshan was shocked. He turned around and picked up Zhao Xia from the ground and asked, "Xiaoxia, where is my brother?"
Ever since she could speak, Zhao Xia has called Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting "Lei" and "Ting", and called Zhao Yu, who was born two minutes earlier than her, "Brother", so Zhao Xia understood the meaning of Zhao Qingshan's question.
"Brother, slip away." Zhao Xia's chubby hand pointed outside the door, meaning that Zhao Yu had sneaked out.
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