Guide the Villain Father to Be Virtuous - Chapter 86
Chapter 86: Draw A Turquoise For Daddy (3)
“I washed Daddy’s tortoise off…”
“If you washed it off, then that’s okay; it’s no big deal. Stop crying.”
“Daddy can’t live a thousand years.”
“…He can. Even if the tortoise is washed off, your father still can live for a thousand years.”
In the end, Huo Xiaoxiao stopped crying only because she was tired.
Huo Suicheng sat in the living room, looking at the three clothing pieces with tortoises in front of him, slightly lost.
His was almost washed away. It was hard to see that it was originally a tortoise, while the other two showed that the tortoise was drawn by a child with great concentration.
”…”
‘She hoped that Father and I could be like the old tortoise, who lived a thousand years.’
Huo Suicheng closed his eyes.
It was only a shirt, and it was only a tortoise.
He shouldn’t have been so impulsive. Instead, he should have asked clearly before making any decisions.
Old Master Huo came downstairs, looked at Huo Suicheng on the sofa, and sighed heavily. “She is already asleep.”
Huo Suicheng replied, “Yes.”
“I know this is your first time being a father, and I know you have no experience, but, at the very least, you have to be patient with children. You can’t simply blame her without asking for the reason. You asked her to wash away the painting that she made for you; how saddened must she be?”
“I understand already. In the future… I will pay more attention.”
In the middle of the night, Huo Xiaoxiao’s room was slightly opened.
The warm orange lamp was shining above the big bed.
Huo Suicheng slowly walked to the side of the bed. The child on the bed was obviously already asleep. She cried until her eyelids swelled up. There were still tears on her small face, and even though she was sleeping, she couldn’t help but sob.
Huo Suicheng reached out, touched her small face, rubbed his fingers on her cheeks, and gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks.
The child’s wet eyelashes trembled as she kept sobbing. Huo Suicheng leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
Old Master Huo was right: He was inexperienced and impatient. He often used his own ways to get along with children without considering their feelings.
After all, it was just the child’s drawing nature, so why be so harsh on her?
The child on the bed moved and opened her eyes quietly. While holding Huo Suicheng’s little finger in her hand, she yelled anxiously, “Daddy…”
Huo Suiicheng was startled. Looking at her flushed eyes, his voice softened. “I woke you up?”
Huo Xiaoxiao shook her head, hiccuped timidly, and asked, “Are you… still angry?”
With the heat coming from the little finger, the timid eyes, the tentative tone, and the sobbing nasal sound, how could Huo Suicheng’s heart not melt? He hugged Huo Xiaoxiao in his arms. “Were you shocked today?”
Huo Xiaoxiao laid on his shoulders and nodded.
“Next time… hiccup… can you not be so angry towards me?”
“Then, does Xiaoxiao want to draw a tortoise for Daddy?”
Huo Xiaoxiao looked at him with a pair of watery, clear eyes and said, “I thought Daddy doesn’t like it?”
“Daddy likes it. Can you draw another one for Daddy?”
Huo Xiaoxiao bit her lip and seemed to be thinking about it.
“Not willing? You and Grandpa have it, but Daddy doesn’t.”
“Daddy was the one who told me to wash it off!”
“Draw one more for Daddy, and Daddy will never wash it again.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
Huo Xiaoxiao considered it for a while and reluctantly said, “Then… well, I’ll draw you another one, but I have one condition.”
“What condition?”
“Daddy, you… you can’t throw me into the sea.”
Huo Suicheng was startled. He didn’t expect that she would still remember what he had casually said the other night.
“I won’t.”
“Also, Daddy cannot throw other people.”
“Sure, I won’t throw other people.”
“Also… Daddy can’t bully me.”
“Sure, I won’t bully you anymore.”
“Also, Daddy cannot bully other people.”
Huo Suicheng asked a rhetorical question, “Who did I bully again?”
“…Anyway, cannot bully people.”
Huo Suicheng laughed. “Sure, I’ll listen to you. I won’t bully other people. Are there any more conditions?”
“My small school bag…”
Huo Suicheng promised and said, “I’ll return it tomorrow.”
Huo Xiaoxiao lifted her head from his shoulders, looked at him with hopeful eyes, and said, “Can I… Can I not go to kindergarten?”
Huo Suicheng stretched out his hand to wipe her tears and said, “No. Grandpa is not in good health, so he can’t take care of you every day. Xiaoxiao can go to the kindergarten to play and draw with other children, okay?”
“Grandpa is ill?”
“Grandpa takes medicine every day, and he needs a good rest.”
Huo Xiaoxiao understood.
“Then… Then I’ll go to kindergarten, but you have to remember to pick me up.”
Huo Suicheng stroked the back of her head. “Of course, I’ll pick you up. How could I forget about it?”