CHAPTER 130: CHAPTER 130: CATCHING UP

Qin’s mother chuckled twice, "I just knew you must have a reason, otherwise you wouldn’t come back so early.

You didn’t upset Professor Jiang too much, did you?"

Qin’s father shook his head, "Am I that kind of person?

As soon as I saw he couldn’t handle losing, I immediately stopped and ran back."

Qin’s mother snorted, "I heard that! Old Jiang’s son from abroad is coming back in the next couple of days.

You better not provoke Old Jiang too much, or his son might come knocking at the door."

Qin’s father snorted softly, "What? Only he has a son? I don’t have a son?

Who’s afraid of him!"

Xiao Li and He Jie quietly watched Qin’s mother and father bickering, and to be honest... it felt quite nice...

After chatting for a couple of minutes, Qin’s mother didn’t bother to talk with him anymore, and directly turned to Xiao Li and He Jie, asking about Qin Xiao and Qin Tan, "Jie, Li, are Tan and Xiao very busy recently?"

Ever since Professor Zhou retired, the major responsibilities of the lab fell on Qin Xiao. During the day he’s very busy in the lab, and when he comes back at night, he’s still busy.

Since the year-end is approaching, the Qin Corporation which Qin Xiao handles privately is also at its annual summary time, making things busy on both fronts, so Qin Xiao has truly been occupied recently.

If Qin Xiao is so busy handling things privately, Qin Tan who manages Qin Corporation must be even busier.

So the two brothers have been so busy lately they are nowhere to be seen.

He Jie smiled and said, "Mom, it’s the end of the year, it’s always the time when Tan disappears."

Xiao Li also laughed, "Uncle is also quite busy lately, seems like some research in the lab is about to succeed, he goes to the lab every day and hasn’t even gone to the hospital. I’m not really sure what the research is about...

Evenings when he returns, he’s often busy in the study until midnight."

Qin’s mother nodded, "Yes, it’s the year-end, it’s going to be busy for a while."

Xiao Li chuckled, "Mom, Uncle said he’ll try to finish his work before the New Year, so he can spend good time with us then."

He Jie also laughed and said, "Tan always wants to rest now, but it’s not possible... Every morning before he leaves, he grumbles a bit..."

After having lunch at Qin’s mother’s place with Mianmian, Xiao Li took Mianmian back home for a nap. As they slept, the slightly gray sky began to snow...

At the lab, all the project data recently researched have come out, and everyone who’s been busy for two months can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Qin Xiao waved his hand, and everyone got off work and went home to rest.

When Qin Xiao returned home against the wind and snow, he saw Xiao Li lying next to Mianmian on the bed, sleeping sweetly, head to head with Mianmian...

Qin Xiao took off his outer clothes and leaned at the doorway, waiting for his body to warm up a bit before walking over and pressing down on the mother and daughter.

Xiao Li and Mianmian were sleeping soundly, but were awakened when a weight pressed on them.

Xiao Li opened her eyes and what she saw was Qin Xiao’s slightly stubbled chin, "Uncle, why are you back?"

Qin Xiao smiled, "Finished the work, so came back early."

As soon as Qin Xiao spoke, Mianmian’s voice also sounded, "Daddy..."

Whenever Qin Xiao has time, he plays with Mianmian. Lately, he’s been too busy to accompany her. Seeing Qin Xiao now, Mianmian was so excited, she exclaimed ’Daddy’ and wanted to crawl out from under the covers...

But since she was being pressed down by Qin Xiao, there was no way she could get out, she urgently called out: "Daddy... Daddy... get up now..."

Qin Xiao deliberately teased her and didn’t get up, Mianmian got anxious and started pulling Qin Xiao’s hair.

In the end, naturally, the family of three ended up in a playful mess on the bed.

After playing around for a bit, the family of three finally got up and went downstairs. Mianmian saw it was snowing outside and wanted to play, she had played in the snow before, so she knew snow could be played with.

Seeing she wanted to go out, Qin Xiao got her dressed in warm clothes, put on gloves, then took her outside to play in the garden for a while.

Since the snow had just started and there wasn’t any accumulation, Mianmian couldn’t make a snowman yet and could only grab the snow on the dead grass and play a bit.

After playing for a while, Qin Xiao was worried she’d get cold, so he took her back to the villa.

Inside the villa, Xiao Li did not follow Qin Xiao to accompany Mianmian to play, she was busy helping Aunt Wu quickly prepare dinner, because she noticed the shadows under Qin Xiao’s eyes.

Today, Qin Xiao came back early rarely, so he should eat dinner early and rest early!

When Qin Xiao came in with Mianmian, the dinner was already set on the table, seeing them return, Xiao Li hurriedly said, "I was just about to call you, come on..."

After a simple dinner, the family spent some time digesting in the living room, then Xiao Li called Qin Xiao to take a shower, while she washed Mianmian’s face and helped her brush her teeth, preparing her to go to sleep.

But Mianmian had slept a lot in the afternoon, so she couldn’t fall asleep for now. Qin Xiao came after showering, and she was still awake.

Seeing this, Xiao Li could only say to Qin Xiao, "Uncle, I’ll stay here with Mianmian, you go to the room and sleep first!"

Qin Xiao lay down at the bedside, "No need, I can just lie here."

Qin Xiao was indeed exhausted lately, and listening to Xiao Li narrating stories to Mianmian, he gradually fell asleep.

Seeing him asleep, Xiao Li whispered to Mianmian, "Mianmian, daddy’s asleep, let’s not disturb him and sleep ourselves too, alright?"

Mianmian put a finger to her lips and blew gently, "Shh... Mom, don’t talk..."

After speaking, she closed her eyes, Xiao Li smiled and closed her eyes too...

The family of three just slept like that in Mianmian’s bed.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Li was dozing off when she felt someone hugging her, she opened her eyes slightly and saw Qin Xiao’s face, "Uncle...?"

Qin Xiao smiled, "Let’s go back to the room and sleep."

After speaking, he carried Xiao Li back to their room.

Upon hearing Qin Xiao’s words, Xiao Li remembered they all fell asleep on Mianmian’s bed last night.

Returning to their room, Xiao Li was ready to continue sleeping once she touched the bed, unfortunately Qin Xiao didn’t agree.

Having had a good nap, Qin Xiao wasn’t thinking about sleeping now, only thinking about Xiao Li.

At the moment when Qin Xiao pressed on her body, Xiao Li was still a bit bewildered, "Uncle?"

Qin Xiao murmured softly, and his hand kept moving...

Xiao Li felt a chill in her chest, looked down and instantly understood what Qin Xiao was doing?

"Uncle, aren’t you tired?"

Qin Xiao laughed, "Not tired, you’ve been taking folic acid for a while, and recently I’ve delayed our second child plans, I’ll make up for it and aim to accomplish the task soon."

With the words, kisses also fell, gently teasing Xiao Li’s desires, leading her to indulge with him...

The result of catching up was that the next day, Xiao Li glamorously arrived late for work.