Chapter 938: Chapter 947: Caring (7)
Qiao Mo looked at Chenchen indulgently and said warmly, "Yes, Daddy is a superhero."
Chenchen fell asleep in a daze, and Qiao Mo’s gaze shifted to Qiqi, who was still blinking her big watery eyes, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Fortunately, Qiao Mo was lying between the two children today. She looked at Qiqi and said warmly, "Do you have something to say to Mommy?"
Qiqi opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and gently leaned closer to Qiao Mo, hugging her waist. Her eyes reddened instantly, "Mommy."
"Hm?"
"I’m sorry..."
Qiao Mo was a bit dazed, "Why does Qiqi want to apologize to Mommy?"
Qiqi didn’t speak, burying her head against Qiao Mo.
After a while, Qiao Mo felt a warm dampness on her body and quickly reached out to stroke his little face.
Sure enough, his fair little face was wet.
Qiao Mo gently cupped his little face and saw a few tear stains still hanging on Qiqi’s face, his eyes red, looking pitiful.
"What’s wrong, did today’s car accident scare you?"
Qiqi shook his head and again buried his head against Qiao Mo, his small shoulders gently twitching uncontrollably.
Seeing his emotional state, Qiao Mo didn’t press further. She gently stroked his hair and remained silent, just trying her best to comfort him.
After a long time, Qiqi’s eyes were swollen like peaches.
Qiao Mo wiped his little face, "If you keep crying, when you wake up tomorrow morning, your brother won’t recognize you."
Qiqi nodded sensibly, inhaling strongly.
But he still looked very pitiful and aggrieved.
"Can you tell Mommy? Otherwise, Mommy will worry."
Qiqi hesitated for a moment, his voice a bit hoarse, "Mommy... I shouldn’t have asked you to give Aunt Yu another chance."
Qiqi drooped his head, showing obvious self-reproach.
Qiao Mo was momentarily stunned, not expecting him to be thinking about this all along.
Qiqi said softly, "If it weren’t for me, Daddy and Mommy wouldn’t have gotten hurt. It’s because of me... I didn’t want Aunt Yu to go to jail... that’s why Mommy got hurt."
Remembering the car accident, how Qiao Mo unhesitatingly shielded him with her body, how she was covered in blood and took a long time to wake up, he couldn’t help but tremble.
"Don’t be afraid... Qiqi didn’t do anything wrong. We should give Aunt Yu another chance. Qiqi did great."
Qiqi shook his head, seeming not to agree. But he didn’t explain further.
He shouldn’t have... he shouldn’t have...
He almost got his parents killed.
Thinking of this, Qiqi lowered his eyes, and tears rolled down again.
Qiao Mo quickly wiped his tears, feeling his self-blame but not knowing how to comfort him.
She didn’t think he did anything wrong. He’s still a child, and there’s nothing wrong with being kind.
"Mommy... I won’t do it again... I won’t ask you to forgive Aunt Yu again, you mustn’t get hurt again, okay."
Qiao Mo nodded, "Okay, then when Qiqi grows up, Qiqi can protect Mommy, alright?"
"Okay." Qiqi nodded earnestly.
"Then let’s not cry anymore. Mommy might be inconvenienced for a while, so Qiqi will have to take care of Mommy, okay?" Qiao Mo tried to divert Qiqi’s attention. After all, if Qiqi kept feeling guilty and self-reproach, it would be best to have him do something to distract himself.
...
For more than a month, Qiao Mo didn’t go to work.
Now with two children at home, she handled company matters at home whenever possible, and for those she couldn’t manage, she would ask Fu Nancheng for help.
