bookbashuk Chapter 263 Dad
Chapter 263 Dad
When I arrived at the post office, I called the number and waited a long time before it was answered.
Qin Yunzhou's deep, husky voice came from the other end of the phone, "Hey, Sui Sui, how have you guys been lately?"
Hearing the familiar voice again, Xu Sui hummed in response, "I'm fine. How about you? Have you been doing alright?"
This person is really going all out.
Since returning to the army, he seems to have barely had a break.
Xu Sui knew in his heart that the more than one year he spent recovering from his injuries after leaving the army had actually had a significant impact on him.
Because Qin Yunzhou was absent for more than a year to recuperate from his injuries, many things were not the same as before, and some things that should have been his had long been given to others.
After Qin Yunzhou returned to the army, it was as if he was starting all over again from that position.
If you don't work hard, you might be pushed down, and that might be your life forever.
Qin Yunzhou chuckled lightly, "I'm fine, my injuries have healed long ago, don't worry."
The injury I sustained last time wasn't anything serious; it will heal with rest.
"By the way, how are Yan Yan and Yao Yao doing lately?"
Xu Sui placed the phone in front of the two children and laughed, "Ask them yourselves, they're right here."
"I don't know, the two kids have been wanting to call you for a while now."
"They've been nagging me for days, telling me to bring them over and call you soon."
With the phone right in front of them, and their father's voice coming from the other end, the two children couldn't wait any longer. They weren't shy at all, their eyes lit up, and they called out "Daddy" in their baby voices.
"Dad, Dad, when are you coming back? Mom and I miss you so much."
"Oh, right, Dad, my brother and I are going to school soon. Mom bought us little backpacks, pens, notebooks, and lots of other things today..."
Yao Yao counted carefully on her little fingers, thinking and counting as she told Qin Yunzhou everything that had happened that day.
Yan Yan is the older brother, and he is more composed than his younger sister, but also less so.
He pursed his lips, his eyes serious, and spoke each word of his longing.
"Dad, Mom, my sister, and I miss you so much. Can you come back to see us soon?"
"Yan Yan, Yao Yao..." Qin Yunzhou fell silent for a moment when he heard the voices of the two children on the other end of the phone, feeling both happy and guilty.
He was happy, even though he hadn't been able to go back to see his two children all these years, they still missed him.
I feel guilty because of the nature of my work over the years, I haven't been able to go back to see my mother and her two children.
"Yan Yan, Yao Yao, can we wait a little longer? When Daddy has time, Daddy will come to see you. Then Daddy will take you horseback riding and take you out to eat delicious food."
Qin Yunzhou softened his voice and earnestly coaxed the two children.
"When is 'wait a little longer'? Tomorrow? Or the day after?"
The two children blinked, puzzled. They were too young to understand. They wondered how long "wait" actually meant, so they asked their father again in their childish voices.
Qin Yunzhou was speechless for a moment and could not write a specific answer.
His voice was a little hoarse, his heart felt heavy and somewhat suffocated, and in the end he could only give a vague answer.
"Wait until... when Dad comes home."
He definitely won't have time right now, as he has a new assignment tomorrow. As for the Lunar New Year this year, he should be able to squeeze out some time to see his mother and two children.
But it's still a long time before the Lunar New Year, almost half a year away, so he's not sure if he'll be able to go back; it depends on the arrangements later.
Yan Yan and Yao Yao thought for a moment, then nodded seriously, "Okay, then we'll stay home and wait for Daddy to come back. Daddy, please come back soon!"
Qin Yunzhou smiled slightly. "Yes, you all stay home and listen to your mother."
Xu Sui, who was standing to the side, watched this scene and couldn't help but sigh softly before taking the phone from the child's hand.
Because there were still many people waiting in line to make phone calls, Xu Sui didn't say much, only telling Qin Yunzhou to be careful and not to hurt himself again.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Sui walked out of the post office, holding her son's hand with her left hand and her daughter's hand with her right.
Just then, a man walked by carrying his young child on his shoulders. He steadily carried the child on his shoulders while making the child giggle.
The two little ones saw it and immediately stopped in their tracks, staring at it with unblinking eyes, their eyes full of envy. They even stopped in their tracks, and no matter how much Xu Sui tried to pull them away, she couldn't move them.
Xu Sui didn't pull them away anymore, but let them watch to their hearts' content. Only after everyone had gone far away did the two little ones, carrying their new schoolbags, follow her home.
But after returning home, he seemed a little down.
When Grandma Qin saw this, she quickly went over and touched the two children's faces. "Oh dear, what happened?"
"You haven't been bullied, have you? This is your great-grandmother. Whoever bullied you, great-grandmother will go and settle the score with them for you."
As she talked, Old Lady Qin, who had become like a city dweller after living in the city for so long, started rolling up her sleeves, putting her hands on her hips, and her eyes turned fierce. She even spat out several spittles.
The old hag's sharp tongue from her days in the small county town resurfaced, and no one dared to provoke her for fear of getting entangled with her.
Yao Yao suddenly threw herself into the old lady's arms, her eyes reddening, and tears began to fall.
"Great-Grandma, sob sob, no one bullied me and my brother, we just... just missed Dad so much."
"Why do all the other kids have their dads with them, but my brother and I don't? Waaaaah..."
She and her brother also longed to ride on their father's shoulders like other children, hoping he would take them out to buy candy.
Yan Yan doesn't like to cry, but seeing his sister cry, his eyes reddened, tears silently falling, his little hands clenching his sleeves.
But she still hugged her younger sister and comforted her, saying, "Yaoyao, don't cry. Daddy will come back. Daddy is a soldier uncle. Daddy is protecting our country."
"Dad is just too busy. He will definitely come back to see us when he has time."
Xu Sui had just gone inside to get some things, and when she came out, she saw that both children outside were crying.
Her little face was flushed from crying, she looked so pitiful and wronged.
The brother and sister hugged each other. The older brother was crying and trying to comfort the younger one. But the more he tried to comfort her, the more the younger one cried, calling for her father.
The old lady, despite her advanced age, had to bend down with great effort to pull the two children into her arms and comfort them, saying, "Alright, alright, stop crying, stop crying."
"She cried so much it almost melted Grandma's heart."