see you in spring

Chapter 115 Try to make up for it

Before Xiao Donggua went to bed, she asked Jia Lie to tell her "The Secret of Grandpa Toad". She said that her father had told her half of it last night and she would finish the other half by the end of the night.

Jia Lie didn't know what the story was, so he could only go to Dongqing's room to look for picture books.

Holly went to take a bath, and she could only rummage in the small room by herself.Since sleeping in separate rooms, she rarely stepped into this room.Although she had chosen all the furniture in this room, the whole room looked a little strange.

On the desk and bookshelf in Holly's room, in addition to his old reference books, most of them were children's picture books. She looked at them carefully for a long time.

There were several watercolor paintings hanging on the wall next to the desk in the room.She leaned over to look at the signature on it, and it turned out to be one drawn by Holly and Little Winter Melon before.She wonders when the two drew together.This abstract painting is put into a photo frame and hung on the wall, and it looks interesting from a distance.

There was a row of small succulents on the window sill, all of which were raised using mugs that they had eliminated in the past. The mugs of various colors paired with various varieties of succulents were quite cute, and the whole room instantly felt alive.

What surprised Jia Lie the most was that there was an aquarium in this small room, not much bigger than an electric kettle. A closer look revealed that in addition to a few small colorful fish, there were also several colors of sea anemones, Hermit crabs, and some small snails she couldn't name.

She didn't even know that Holly also had a little hobby of growing flowers and raising fish. Seeing so many things in the room that she had never seen before, Jia Lie felt a little complicated and forgot the purpose of coming in, until her daughter shouted impatiently in the room. She, she just came back to her senses and looked for the picture book with the strange name on the desk.

Jia Lie finally found the book from the pile of books, and with a strong pull, the books on top suddenly tilted. Before she could reach out and grab it, one of the books fell from the shelf to the floor.

When Jia Lie squatted down to pick it up, he saw an oval-shaped object placed in the shadow of the corner of the desk. It looked a bit like an apple, but it was made of metal.She was a little strange and reached out to hook him up.

She looked left and right, weighed it, and it felt a little heavy.It is composed of upper and lower covers.

Jia Lie became more and more curious. She unscrewed the lid with force. The moment she opened it, she was stunned.

This oval-shaped metal is densely packed with smoked cigarette butts.

In more than ten years with Dongqing, he had never drank or smoked in front of her.His throat is very sensitive. Not to mention smoking, his throat will hurt if he smells too much, so he never smokes or drinks, anything that makes him uncomfortable.

She didn't know when he started smoking.Looking at the heavy jar of cigarette butts, she seemed to see him closing the door in the dead of night, leaning against the window in this small house of more than ten square meters, smoking one cigarette after another in depression.

This epidemic has indeed caused him and the family to encounter many challenges.In the face of those difficulties, he could only hide in this small corner and use the smoke to relieve his inner fear and incompetence.

She always thought that he didn't care about her pressure. Maybe it wasn't that he didn't care, he just didn't know how to help her.

And the proposal of the project book that seemed to have a flash of inspiration may have been written by him after countless cigarettes were burned out.

Jia Lie once felt that she was the woman who knew Dongqing best in the world, but now it seems that this is just her own understanding.In other words, all she knew was the former Holly.

She recalled that since she became the breadwinner of the family, she no longer had the time, let alone the interest, to pay attention to Holly's thoughts and preferences. She didn't even want to take the time to step into his room.In the past six years, she felt that she had been under tremendous pressure and compromising with everyone.

Now that I think about it, why not holly?
As a man who doesn't make money, he will bear no less pressure than she does.He has lost his career and can only show his value at home.Three years ago, he had something growing on his neck. He went to the hospital for a checkup and was told it was thyroid cancer.

Dongqing and Jia Lie were both frightened at that time. The doctor comforted them, saying that this kind of cancer is the mildest of all cancers, and the biggest reason for suffering from this cancer is stress.

Jia Lie didn't understand at the time that he stayed at home with his children all day long, apart from cooking every day, what pressure could he have?
When chatting with Sun Yan, although she can occasionally think differently, she can feel the pressure of Dongqing.However, most of the time, she still feels that compared with her pressure, Dongqing's pressure is not worth mentioning.Even, this incident made her feel that Dongqing's ability to resist stress is really not good.

Of course, she didn't say these words directly. Seeing that Dongqing was resistant to looking for a new job, and that she had been promoted at the time, the matter of Dongqing's job was put aside again.

After the operation, Dongqing took medicine every day, and the matter gradually faded away. The days moved forward in trivial matters. If she hadn't seen the cigarette butts left by his smoking this time, she would have forgotten that he was under great pressure. I once had all my thyroid glands on both sides removed.

She looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar room. In the past few years, her time and energy had been focused on the company and work. She owed something to Holly, her children, and this family.Not everything can be compensated for with money.

"Mom, hurry up." The child called her from the other room.

"Here we come." Jia Lie put away his ups and downs of emotions, put the ashtray back where it belonged, picked up the picture book, and looked at the paintings, green plants, and fish tanks in the small room.She missed a lot of time with them, and she could make up for it bit by bit in the days to come.

(End of this chapter)