Perhaps afraid of scaring her, the man stopped a few meters away. The next second, a deep voice came from behind.
"Dear wife—"
Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Si was stunned for a moment. She once thought she was having an auditory hallucination.
But besides Huo Tingzhou, who else could it be?
Jiang Si suddenly turned around. Sure enough, Huo Tingzhou was standing under the streetlight not far away.
It is said that thinking about someone during the day will make you dream about them at night.
Just one second before Huo Tingzhou spoke, she was thinking that tomorrow was the Mid - Autumn Festival.
Should she call Huo Tingzhou? And by the way, ask him when he would come back so that she could take the two little ones to pick him up.
As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, he unexpectedly appeared right in front of her.
"When did you come back? Why didn't you tell me in advance?" Reacting, Jiang Si ran towards him.
Huo Tingzhou smiled and opened his arms. Jiang Si crashed directly into his embrace.
"I just arrived in the Capital City," Huo Tingzhou lowered his head and gently rubbed his chin against the top of her hair.
All he could smell was her faint and pleasant fragrance.
If it weren't for the fear that she would think he was being improper, Huo Tingzhou would almost have blurted out, "Dear wife, you smell so good."
She really did smell good.
Jiang Si didn't know what was on his mind. She just whispered, "Did you meet Uncle Chen?"
"Yes," Huo Tingzhou subtly sized up the surroundings. "Let's go. Get in the car first and we'll talk at home."
Noticing that his tone was a bit off, Jiang Si didn't ask any more questions and let him lead her into the car.
When they got home, the lights in the living room were still on.
Today, Second Brother Huo and Huo Fourth Brother had gone to their wives' parents' homes to send Mid - Autumn Festival gifts and wouldn't be back until tomorrow.
There were only Father Huo, Mother Huo, and the Old Master left at home.
However, the Old Master and the others went to bed early. At this moment, only Father Huo and Mother Huo were waiting in the living room.
When Huo Tingzhou knocked on the door, Father Huo was sitting cross - legged on the floor, playing with building blocks with the two little ones in the living room.
It was Mother Huo who opened the door.
As soon as the door opened and she saw the tall figure standing outside, Mother Huo was obviously stunned for a moment.
There was a smile on Huo Tingzhou's face as he called out, "Mom—"
However, after this "Mom", the warm scene of a mother and son reuniting after a long separation and embracing each other with tears in their eyes that was expected didn't happen.
On the contrary, Huo Tingzhou got a solid slap.
"You naughty boy!" Mother Huo was both angry and amused, her tone full of blame. "It was like this last time, and it's still like this this time. Why do you always make sudden appearances? Can't you just call in advance and say something?"
"Look at you, all dirty and disheveled!"
Huo Tingzhou touched his nose. "Mom, I received the notice temporarily."
After receiving the notice, he packed his luggage in a hurry and rushed to the airport.
It was raining heavily in Yancheng, and many flights were delayed.
He was originally supposed to arrive in the Capital City around three o'clock in the afternoon.
In the end, the flight was delayed for more than two hours before it landed.
After landing, thinking of giving his wife a surprise, he rushed straight to her workplace. There was simply no chance to call home on the way.
"Alright, alright. Go take a shower quickly. You smell all sweaty and disgusting!"
Mother Huo was just saying that.
Seeing him looking so tired and haggard, with bloodshot eyes under his eyes, she quickly told him to go and clean himself up.
Of course, although she felt sorry for him, it didn't stop her from teasing her own son. "Remember to shave your beard. Don't scratch Suisui and Zhaozhao."
The two cute grandchildren had skin as tender as tofu. If their skin got scratched red, she wouldn't let it go!
Huo Tingzhou knew this even without Mother Huo telling him.
Unlike the early - autumn coolness in the Capital City, the temperature in the south was still over thirty degrees every day.
He had been on the road for a whole day without a chance to tidy himself up. At this moment, he did look a bit of a mess.
"Dad," After greeting Father Huo, Huo Tingzhou's eyes fell on the two little ones.
They had obviously grown a lot in the few months since he last saw them.
Looking at the two little ones, Huo Tingzhou's heart instantly softened. "Suisui, Zhaozhao?"
However, in response to his call, the two little ones just stared at him with their big, black - grape - like eyes and didn't show much of a reaction.
Huo Tingzhou felt a bit dejected.
On the phone, the two little ones had called him "Dad" so affectionately and clearly.
Last time, they had even said they missed him in a cute, childish voice.
It had only been half a month since he last called home. Why didn't they recognize him?
Just as Huo Tingzhou was feeling extremely dejected, Jiang Si gave him a funny look.
With his height, and the two little ones sitting on the floor, even if they looked up, they couldn't see his whole face. Of course, they couldn't recognize him!
"You should squat down first. Otherwise, they can only see your chin," Jiang Si said with a smile and a wink.
Seeing the sparkle in his wife's eyes, although Huo Tingzhou didn't understand why, he still cooperated and did as she said.
Jiang Si also squatted down beside him.
She clapped her hands together. "Suisui, Zhaozhao, this is Dad. Come to Mom and Dad quickly."
In fact, as soon as Huo Tingzhou entered the room, the two little ones had been paying attention to him.
But at that time, they could only see his chin.
Now that they could see Huo Tingzhou's whole face clearly and had gotten the confirmation from their mother,
the two little ones immediately put the building blocks in their hands aside.
Father Huo wanted to help.
But before he could reach out his hand,
Suisui and Zhaozhao had already deftly propped up the floor with their chubby little hands and pushed hard with their short little legs.
The next second, they both stood up with their little bottoms sticking out.
"They... can walk?" Huo Tingzhou's voice was full of surprise and joy.
The last time he came back, the two little ones had only dared to stand for a short while while holding onto something.
He didn't expect that they could walk now.
As he spoke, he unconsciously opened his arms.
Jiang Si gave him a "What do you think" look. "In half a month, they'll be one year old. Isn't it normal for them to be able to walk?"
Although she said so, her tone was full of pride.
After a pause, she added, "They can walk very steadily now and don't need anyone to hold them."
It was really a big shock to Jiang Si the first time they walked.
This happened half a month ago. One day when she woke up, she found that the two little ones weren't in the bed.
Fortunately, the door was locked, so it wasn't difficult to find them.
In the end, Jiang Si found them under the bed.
After some confused communication, Jiang Si finally understood.
It turned out that after the two little ones woke up and saw that she was still asleep, they had managed to get off the bed on their own and then crawled under the bed to play hide - and - seek.
Just then, Mother Huo came over.
When the two little ones saw Grandma coming, they raised their hands and staggered towards her like drunkards.
Halfway there, they might have realized that there was nothing to hold on to.
The two little ones stopped for a moment.
Then they sat down on the floor with a plop, frightened.
