Chapter 680: Marital Harmony
As everyone perceived, by evening, Tong Yue began to doze off on the sofa. Seeing her sleep soundly, Tong Yao joyfully carried her back to her room.
Si Chen did not come until about 10 pm when the children had already slept.
As per his usual demeanor, the first thing he did upon coming home was taking a bath. After he had taken a shower, Tong Yao brought him a cup of warm water, whispered, "Yueyue has not seen you in a few days and kept saying that she missed you at dinner today. If you don’t have a surgery tomorrow morning, go to work after she wakes up, ok?"
Upon hearing this, Si Chen nodded and replied in a soft voice, "I don’t have surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning. I will leave later."
With those words, he entered Tong Yue’s room, gazed affectionately at his sweetly sleeping daughter, tenderly stroked her hair, adjusted her blanket, gave a quick look to his son next door, and then exited the room.
Tong Yao stood at the doorway, her heart melting as she watched him dote on their children.
She urged Si Chen to go to bed, saying, "It’s late, let’s sleep too. You haven’t been sleeping well with your early departures and late returns."
Looking at Si Chen’s recent busyness, Tong Yao felt a pang of pain. The saying goes, "One’s heart aches for one’s beloved," and Tong Yao’s heart indeed ached for Si Chen.
Si Chen lightly ruffled Tong Yao’s hair, held her hand, and led her back to their room. In a warm voice, he said, "I’ve been really busy recently and haven’t had time to spend with you and the children, leaving you and my parents to take care of them. Thank you."
Si Chen felt guilty towards his family. Over these years, he didn’t have his full commitment to Tong Yao. He had been overseas studying in his earlier years and has been very busy ever since he came back. Thankfully, his parents, Wen Yun and Tong Yaohui were there to help, otherwise, it would have been really hard for Tong Yao.