Chu He quickly explained, "The phone was turned off. It might be out of battery!"
"What's going on? Why did she switch her phone off?" Feeling aggrieved, Sheng'er asked, "Did Mommy forget about me?"
Chu He smiled and comforted her, "How could that be possible? Don't overthink it. Maybe your mommy got off work late, or maybe she was caught in a traffic jam…"
Sheng'er pouted and looked extremely upset, like an abandoned stray dog with teary eyes. Baby Chu walked over and said to her, "Sheng'er, don't worry, if your mommy really forgot about you, you can stay at my house tonight, we can sleep together!"
It's often said, children speak freely without thinking. Given Baby Chu's EQ and IQ, what a way to reassure a girl! It would have been better off if he had not said it, but now he made Sheng'er think that she had really been abandoned. Her reddened eyes instantly filled with tears!
