Chapter 860: Chapter 860: Waiting for Daddy to Come Home
The garden scenery at the old He Family residence is excellent. Liu Minjun loves flowers and plants, and whenever she has time, she will stay in the garden to tend to it. Over a decade, the garden has become breathtakingly beautiful.
Xiaobao loves this place very much and insists on taking her for a walk every day.
“Mom, the little sister will definitely be prettier than the flowers after seeing so many of them.” The little guy is very excited, especially as Zhixi’s belly has noticeably swelled. He has to look at it dozens of times every day, as if his additional glances will make the little sister grow quickly and come out to play with him.
Zhixi smiles and takes his hand, accompanying him to the garden.
Ziyi sits there in the corridor, holding up a painting easel. She waves at them, seriously examining them for a while, then looks down to paint something on the canvas.
“Auntie must be painting us!” Xiaobao exclaims excitedly, “Mom, when Dad comes back and little sister is born, shall we ask Auntie to paint a family portrait for us?”
Zhixi’s eyes heat up at the words “when Dad comes back,” tears almost welling up.
She nods vigorously, smiling while saying, “Mhm,” but her voice was choked with emotion.
Xiaobao hugs her leg, “Mom…”
“Mom’s fine.” Zhixi grasps his little chubby hand, smiling, “Let’s go. You’ve played all day today, and your tasks aren’t finished yet.”
“But Auntie is painting us.” The little guy looks up and grins, “Mom, shall we wait until Auntie’s done painting before we talk?”
“No.” Zhixi pinches his cheek, “Your Aunt can paint from just one look; we don’t need to stay here all the time. Don’t think you can avoid your homework.”
He sulkily droops his face and mutters, “Mom, you’re getting harder to fool, almost like Dad…”
Zhixi’s nose stings; she strokes his head and says, “When Dad comes back and sees that you haven’t made any progress after so long, he’ll surely be angry, angry with you, and angry with me. Do you want to disappoint Dad?”
Xiaobao contemplates bitterly for a while, then shakes his head, “Alright, Mom, you accompany me with my homework then.”
Only then does Zhixi smile, waves to Ziyi, and leads Xiaobao back to the room.
The little guy is actually quite clever; he’s just lazy and doesn’t like to study. Once he truly invests himself, he learns very quickly. It doesn’t take long for him to finish his tasks, feeling quite proud.
Zhixi approvingly pats his head.
Xiaobao twiddles his fingers, his eyes turning: “Mom, may I play with the dinosaurs? The ones on the shelf, you said they’re Dad’s things…”
Zhixi freezes, then chuckles, pinching his cheek: “Have you been eyeing them for a long time?”
“If you want to play, play. You like the things Dad used to like, Dad would be happy too, but treasure them, don’t break them.”
“Mhm mhm.” He nods repeatedly, excitedly going off. Chapters fırst released on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍
Zhixi watches her son slightly tiptoe to take a dinosaur fossil, examining it in his hands with curiosity, her eyes heating up again.
In a daze, she seems to see the young boy from years ago, curiously yet seriously researching the same things.
It’s been a full week since He Jingyao disappeared. He Yirong has never given up searching for traces of him, yet there’s been no success in Lingdu.
Somehow the news leaked, and online rumors about He Jingyao’s death have become overwhelming.
Zhixi checked it a few days ago but hasn’t opened it since.
She doesn’t believe it.
She doesn’t believe a single word.