Chapter 739: We Will Miss Mom Very, Very Much

When Fu Mingxue got home, she found her mother was already up.

"Mom, why aren’t you asleep?"

"I couldn’t sleep. Do you want something to eat?" Mrs. Fu asked.

Fu Mingxue was about to say she wasn’t hungry, but just then, her stomach started to rumble.

She gave an embarrassed smile. "In that case—noodles, then!"

’I ate plenty at the cafeteria tonight. How did I get hungry again so fast?’

Hearing her daughter’s stomach rumble, Mrs. Fu assumed she had been too busy with work to eat dinner.

"We have dumplings, too. How about I make you some?"

The moment Fu Mingxue heard there were dumplings, she nodded quickly. "Okay, dumplings it is! It’s been a while since I’ve had them."

Ever since her mom came to stay, she’d been eating at the research institute’s cafeteria.

The food at the cafeteria was good, but they didn’t have dumplings.

She hadn’t been thinking about it, but now that they were mentioned, she realized she was really craving them.

Mrs. Fu went to the kitchen to boil the dumplings.

Fu Mingxue went back to her room in the meantime.

The dumplings cooked quickly. A few moments later, she heard her mother call out, "Come on out and eat."

Fu Mingxue came out and saw the dumplings already on the table.

"Mom, they smell amazing."

"Hurry up and eat. When you’re done, just leave the bowl. I’ll wash it tomorrow morning."

"Okay. You should get to bed then, Mom."

Mrs. Fu went back to her room.

After finishing the dumplings, Fu Mingxue washed the bowl and chopsticks anyway. It was just one set and was quick to clean, so there was no need to leave it for the morning.

The next morning, Fu Mingxue woke up.

When she came out of her room, she discovered the two little ones were already up.

The two little ones saw her, too.

They immediately ran up to her. "Mama!"

"My darlings!" Seeing the two little ones’ rosy faces made her morning feel exceptionally bright.

The two little ones hadn’t managed to say more than a few words to their mother yesterday before she had to leave for work.

By the time night fell, they were already asleep and hadn’t seen their mother come home.

First thing in the morning, it was still on their minds.

They had wanted to find their mother as soon as they got up, but their grandma had stopped them, telling them their mother was tired from work and they shouldn’t wake her.

They had to let her sleep in.

So, they had been waiting in the yard, counting on their fingers!

"Mama, do you have to work today, too?" the little girl asked, tilting her head up.

Seeing her hopeful expression, Fu Mingxue suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

After all, she had to go to the base again today, and she would likely be there for a long time—two or three months, at least.

"Mama has to work today, and what’s more, I’m going on a business trip. I won’t be able to be with my darlings for a very long time."

When the twins heard their mother was going on a business trip, they were incredibly disappointed.

"Business trip"—despite their young age, they knew what those two words meant.

It meant Mama was going away to work for a very long time and wouldn’t be able to come home.

However, the little ones were used to it, so after a moment of disappointment, they quickly managed to compose themselves.

They even started comforting their mother.

"It’s okay, Mama. Work is important."

"Mama, work is tough. You don’t have to miss us too much. Just miss us a teeny-tiny bit every day—"

The little girl pinched her fingers together to show just how little.

Amused and touched, Fu Mingxue gently pulled the little girl’s fingers apart.

"Mama will think about Hao Hao and Keke a whole, whole lot every day."

This absolutely delighted the two little ones.

"My brother and I will think about Mama a whole, whole lot, too."

Qin Hao nodded quickly, agreeing with his sister.

Just then, Mrs. Fu came out.

"You’re going on a business trip again?"

She had overheard the conversation between her daughter and the two children.