Chapter 1554 - 899: An Awkward Meeting, Reserved Father vs. Outgoing Son? (2 Updates)
Chapter 1554: Chapter 899: An Awkward Meeting, Reserved Father vs. Outgoing Son? (2 Updates)
The tone still didn’t have much inflection, carefully examining him, an unspeakable intimidation swept over.
He had been in a high position for a long time, encountering all sorts of troublemakers; the aura around him years ago already made people feel immense pressure, not to mention now.
Years of trials outside made his presence even colder and more terrifying.
Huo Qinqi spent very little time with his children, unsure of how to communicate with them, his style was persistently hardcore and forceful.
...
Shen Shuci had just bathed Jiang Xiaowai and dressed him, carrying him out only to find her son wasn’t in the room.
"Tinglan!" Shen Shuci called out.
"Mom——," a little unexpected voice came from afar, immediately followed by a cry for, "Help."
Shen Shuci thought her son had gotten into trouble again, quickly running out to check, even Jiang Xiaowai followed.
Then she saw at the front of the kitchen fridge, father and son, big and small, with remarkably similar faces, staring at each other, one in full military attire, assertive and stern, while the other...
Only wearing briefs, looking pitiful.
"Came back early?" asked Huo Qinqi, referring to next week’s transfer back to Beijing for debriefing.
"Yeah." Huo Qinqi nodded.
"You—" Shen Shuci didn’t know what happened, grabbing a blanket from Huo Qinqi’s hand to wrap around their son, "Are you cold? Getting chills?"
The little unexpected shook his head stiffly.
Kids of his age, have a sense of shame, deep down, Huo Qinqi was just a nominal father to him, there really wasn’t much emotion, always felt a sense of shame being seen by a stranger, clearly affected.
"Hello, Auntie Uncle." Jiang Xiaowai obediently greeted.
Huo Qinqi nodded coldly.
"I’ll take the child for a bath, you help mix a packet of prevention for a cold, and take care of Mutang." Shen Shuci, fearing her son might get cold, decided to take him for a hot shower first.
Huo Qinqi found the cold preventative packet, mixed it with hot water, placed it on the table, observing Jiang Xiaowai.
Even Jiang Xiaowai was a bit apprehensive toward the legendary Auntie Uncle.
Little Unexpected hardly saw him much, even counting on fingers could tell, he dared not talk to Huo Qinqi, thinking he looked quite fierce, while Huo Qinqi didn’t know how to communicate with children, thus stayed silent.
They stared at each other, big eyes to small eyes, just like that.
Huo Qinqi, spending years at the base, even if he had to sit still for a day, could maintain a pose unchanged, but Jiang Xiaowai couldn’t; over time, scratching his head or rubbing his eyes before glancing at Auntie Uncle again, a question popped in his heart:
Is Auntie Uncle a wooden stake? How can he stay motionless.
...
Only until Shen Shuci came out, did that stifling atmosphere break.
"I asked you to look after the child, how come you didn’t even help dry his hair?" Shen Shuci sighed, put her son down, then carried Jiang Xiaowai away.
Situation swiftly changed, leaving father and son staring big-eyed to big-eyed.
Huo Qinqi scrutinized his son, indeed resembling him, occasionally visiting the base, inevitably teased and joked about.
Staring at a face resembling the captain’s, singing nursery rhymes, just thinking about it seemed amusing.
Little Unexpected, in dog-patterned pajamas, standing there, suddenly feeling lost.
"Sit." Huo Qinqi really accustomed to commanding people, the spontaneous tone akin to training fresh recruits.
Little Unexpected just sat down, Huo Qinqi raised his brows, glanced at the cold preventative packet, "Drink it."
A usually mischievous little rascal surprisingly obediently complied, attempting to pick up the cold preventative, yet the glass cup hot to touch, instinctively withdrew his hand, afraid to touch.
Huo Qinqi raised his eyebrows:
Squeamish!
He stood up, picked up the cup, tested it with his hand, blew on the cup’s mouth a few times, once slightly cooled down, handed it to him, "Drink it while it’s warm."
Little Unexpected nodded, took the cup, sipped in small swigs, occasionally scrutinizing the person opposite.
Even at home, still fully dressed in uniform, meticulous, despite the hot weather, buttons done meticulously up to the collar, undeniably solemn.
Under someone’s sharp gaze, Little Unexpected finished the cold preventative, sitting obediently.
"Speak, why were you sneaking around earlier?" That expression, vividly resembling interrogating a suspect.
"I wasn’t sneaking around."
"If you weren’t, why were you hiding?"
"Because you came."
"If you weren’t doing anything wrong, why were you hiding from me?"
"I wasn’t dressed, am I supposed to greet you naked?"