Chapter 8: Sickness (1/2)
Tang Jinyu sat there and blinked: ”It's snowing, does my brother still play basketball outside?”
Teacher Xia smiled and said, ”Yes, he used to play basketball the most, his school playground will be cleaned up by someone…” He coughed and didn't go on. He turned away from the topic and took the child to learn a new song.
It took a while for Tang Jinyu to realize that Teacher Xia avoided the topic because he was afraid that he would be sad.
After all, he is the only child in the entire apartment complex who has not gone to school. Tang Jinyu actually thinks that he can go to kindergarten now, he is now in good health and no longer has a problem with walking or eating.
Although he occasionally stumbles with his speech, he has to speak slowly for his words to come out more smoothly. As for other aspects, he doesn't think he is any different from an ordinary kid but his parents don't think so.
In their eyes, Tang Jinyu is no different from a baby that had just learned how to walk. Chen Suling still takes him to her workplace every day and puts him in a place where he is under her supervision. This shows how much attention she attaches when it comes to safety.
After Tang Jinyu had been with her mother for some time, he refused to go to work with her
He found a reason, ”I want to stay and learn piano from Teacher Xia.”
Chen Suling hesitated. The child started to touch the piano recently. She and her husband were a little worried at first, but Teacher Xia was kind and patient. Their child can sit on the piano bench for half an hour, which is better than what they originally expected.
But because of learning the piano,
Although he wanted to stay and continue learning to play the piano, Chen Suling still refused to allow her child to leave her line of sight. She bends down and coaxed him: ”Xiaoyu be obedient, go to work with mom first. If you don't want to accompany mom, mom would have to eat by herself.”
Tang Jinyu said, ”Dad also eats alone.”
Tang Hongjun was standing on the side and suggested, ”Does Xiaoyu want to accompany Dad? Dad also has a big office…”
Chen Suling interrupted him and said, ”The people coming and going in your office will scare him. Xiaoyu recognizes only a few people and hasn't been in contact with the people in your workplace, so don't make trouble.”
Tang Gong didn't dare to speak anymore and stood staring at his son blankly.
Chen Suling coaxed for a long time and refused to let him stay home alone. Finally, the child sitting on the sofa wrinkled his brows for a while and nodded and said, ”Well, I'll accompany my mother.”
”That's right, mom will let someone buy you a chocolate cake tomorrow, and you can eat it at noon.”
It was probably natural that he had a preference for sweets based on his young age, he wasn't surprised by this.
Before going to sleep at night, he took the initiative to go to his bed himself. When Chen Suling came to kiss him on the cheek, he stretched out his arms and hugged her and said: ”Mom, I have grown up.”
Her child's tone was very light, but when Chen suling heard it, she felt like her son was comforting her. She held her child and rubbed his cheek, ”Yes, baby has grown up and has become more sensible.”
”Mom, I will grow up even more and when I have to go to school in the future, mom will have to eat alone.”
He said it so seriously, it made him look like a little adult, Chen Suling laughed and nodded.
When the lights were turned off at night, Chen Suling lay in bed for a long time and couldn’t fall asleep. She kept thinking about what her son had said.
Her heart felt like there was a small force pulling her back and forth. On one side, she wanted to let her son go but the other side wanted to hold on tightly to her son. This kind of feeling made her feel uncomfortable.
She had her eyes open almost till dawn, Chen Suling was still thinking about her decision when she got up the next day and took her son to the company.
At the end of each year, she would always be busy with a lot of things. She would personally run to several of her factories, watch each workshop complete their orders and finally make sure that each product is delivered on time.
It's just that that by the time she came back, Tang Jinyu was already sleeping on the small sofa by himself, his face flushed as he used his jacket as a blanket. While her secretary was by his side, organizing a few files.
When the Secretary saw her coming in, she stood up and waved her hand over, then continued working.
Chen Suling slowly sat on the side of the sofa and stretched out her hand to help her son cover himself more with his jacket.
On one side of the small coffee table, was a small piece of chocolate cake, which was the size of the palm of her hand. It was for her child to eat, but every time her child would cut a piece of cake for himself and leave the rest of the cake for herself.
No matter how much he likes something or how delicious the food is, her child refused to eat alone, he would either leave a piece of cake for her or put bite-sized candies in his pockets and share them with his father.
It seems that these things are even sweeter if the whole family eats them together.
Chen Suling felt that her child wasn't able to do anything without her, but now she realized that it was her that was unable to do anything without him by her side.
After going back that night, she told a story to coax her son to sleep. Chen Suling and her husband discussed for a while, her tone was no longer as firm as it was in the beginning and she hesitated: ”Why don't we come for Xiaoyu , half an hour after his afternoon class.”
”Why?”
“I’m usually busy in the afternoon. I'll be going to the factory and I’m going to busy designing clothes for the spring season. In this way, I don't have to worry as much and I can set up a meeting with the designer department in the morning and also stay with Xiaoyu. I can take him to dinner at noon and then let the driver take him home.” After talking for a while, Chen suling sighed.
Tang Hongjun laughed and relieved her: ”I think this is good but you are too worried about the baby. He is doing much better now, but we can't always be worried like this. You usually leave Xiaoyu in the company with the secretary. Now that he has been learning how to play the piano, he should feel more at ease staying with Teacher Xia.”
”You are right, he can stay with Teacher Xia. I'm sure Xiaoyu has already become familiar with his surroundings. After all, if he wants to go to school in the future. We can't be there to accompany him every day.”
Even though they both said this, they both kept tossing and turning, not able to sleep well.
Although Tang Hongjun comforted his wife, he became more hesitant. When he opened his eyes in the morning, the first thing he said was ”You should bring him with you, so I can still call Xiaoyu…”
Chen Suling said: ”There is also a phone at home, you can just call it.”
Tang Hongjun said again: ”Then you wait for me to ask for a leave and I will watch him at home in the afternoon? This is the first time that Xiaoyu is not with us. My heart can't help being anxious.”
Chen Suling poked his forehead and laughed at him: ”How did you comfort me yesterday?”
Tang Honjun wanted to take back what he said before, but once Chen Suling decides something she will follow through as planned.