Victor turned the light on and watched Henrick's tiny figure curled up in a ball on the bed, crying into tears.
"Henrick," Victor's voice was a little hoarse.
Henrick stopped crying the moment Victor came in.
Henrick had some small complaints in his heart that there was no place to cry secretly.
He turned his back on Victor and wondered what his dad was doing here at this time. How embarrassing he looked now.
He rarely cried in front of others.
What an embarrassment!
"What's wrong?" Henrick still didn't turn around and said a little complainingly.
Victor slowly sat on the edge of the bed. Even if he did not turn around, Victor could still see his expression clearly in such a short distance.
"Henrick, your mother is fine. Don't cry." Victor gently patted his back.
"I'm sad so I want to cry." He said out loud.
Now he wasn't embarrassed anymore.
He slowly turned to look at his dad, "Did you let my mother be bullied again?"
Victor's hand, which was patted on his back, paused slightly.
He nodded without denying it.
"I'm sorry I couldn't take good care of your mother." Victor looked at his tearful little face and admitted his fault.
He had failed to protect Eden.
Henrick snorted. "Even so, mom wouldn't bear to blame you."
Hearing this, Victor smiled slightly.
"Henrick, go to sleep. You have to go to school tomorrow." Victor's tone was gentle. He knew that Henrick would cry in secret at night when he was sad.
Henrick nodded slightly, "Dad, you should get some rest too. Mom must be panicking when she wakes up and doesn't see you. I noticed that mom is sick. She always seems to forget things."
Victor's heart ached a little. Did Henrick find out that Eden was sick too?
Victor smiled slightly and rubbed Henrick's forehead with his hand.
"Henrick, don't worry. Your mom is fine. Daddy's already back. I won't let anything happen to your mom."
"All right." Henrick was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk much. He closed his eyes and went to bed. Victor tucked him in, turned off the lights and left.
He returned to the bedroom to find Eden had woken up.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Eden, who thought what had been happening all this time had been dreaming, quickly looked at the door and was joy-filled when she saw clearly that it was Victor.
"Victor, it's you. You're back, aren't you?" Her surprised voice caused Victor to freeze slightly.
"Eden, you're awake." He walked over with a smile and sat next to her.
Eden looked at him incredulously, "Victor, you're really back! Am I dreaming?"
Eden had been running a fever these days and had not been very sober. Now she woke up in her room, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the empty room, which made her feel that everything that had happened before was a dream. She found Victor, but he wasn't here.
She was a little afraid that it was all a dream.
Looking at her like this, Victor's heart ached.
He gently put her hand on his face and smiled tenderly, "Eden, it's me, I'm here."
Eden was touched by his words.
In the moments when she needed him the most, his short words could warm her heart's.
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