"Just this matter?" An Jing asked with a smile, almost laughing so hard she couldn’t catch her breath.
Sure enough, her husband had been thinking about this issue all along.
Xiao Changyi didn’t answer; he just repeated her words, "Just this matter?"
An Jing immediately realized her husband was not pleased. To her, whether or not the children should sleep in separate rooms was a trivial matter, but in her husband’s eyes, it was a very, very important one, something he had been looking forward to for a long time.
In an instant, An Jing became serious, hugged Xiao Changyi’s arm, and soothed, "Husband, I was wrong. I apologize to you."
Xiao Changyi said, "I don’t want your apology."
"Then what do you want?"
"Hehe," An Jing laughed twice, "Isn’t it just about sleeping in different rooms from the children? Let’s do it, let’s do it. After all, the kids don’t sleep in the same bed as us, it’s just a matter of moving their beds out of our room."
Only then did Xiao Changyi’s expression soften, and he became happy, even curling the corners of his lips into a smile.
An Jing, still holding onto Xiao Changyi’s arm with one hand, raised her other hand, first poking at Xiao Changyi’s right corner of the mouth, then poking the left, "You’re smiling? That means everything is okay. You scared me; I was really afraid you were angry."
"When have I ever been angry with you?"
"I wasn’t angry, just a bit displeased. Being displeased and being angry are two different things."
"Yes, yes, yes, you weren’t angry, just a little displeased," An Jing was very happy with her husband’s honesty, her face full of smiles, "Who told me not to agree to separate rooms right away?"
Xiao Changyi actually nodded, "Hmm."
An Jing was even happier. In this world, there wouldn’t be anyone else who loved her more than her husband did.
"Husband, even if we sleep in separate rooms from the children, we can’t be too far apart. Let them stay in the room next to ours, so if anything happens, we can get there quickly."
Perhaps fearing that An Jing would change her mind, the very day she agreed to sleep in separate rooms, Xiao Changyi had someone move all four little ones’ belongings to the room next door.
The four little ones, still naïve, helped move their small items, completely unaware that from tonight onwards they wouldn’t be able to sleep in their parents’ room anymore.
At night, after bathing the four little ones, Xiao Changyi led them to the room next door.
The four little ones followed behind Xiao Changyi, puzzled as to why he was taking them to a different room today, their small faces filled with bewilderment. They even pointed toward the master bedroom where Xiao Changyi and An Jing slept and said in their milky voices, "Daddy, we sleep in that room."
Xiao Changyi said, "From now on, you’ll all live in this room."
The four little ones first blinked their cute, confused eyes, then all pouted, showing their particularly displeased little expressions. Their little doe eyes even turned red, looking like four pitiable little creatures.
An Jing was spreading blankets for the four little ones in the room. As soon as she finished and came out, she saw the pitiable look on the faces of the four little ones and immediately felt heartbroken. She quickly comforted them, "Daddy and mommy are just next door. We’re not abandoning you. Jing’er, Star, Qinger, Yun Er, be good and don’t be sad. Daddy and mommy are still here, right next door to your room. If anything happens, you can just call for us, and we’ll be there right away."
The four little ones didn’t speak, still pouting, their little doe eyes red, looking at An Jing and Xiao Changyi as if they were abandoned.