After another ten days of peaceful coexistence, at eight o'clock on Friday morning, Marcus Tong took a shower and curled up on the lazy sofa without changing his pajamas. He heard Sebastian Zhuo's movements outside the door, so he decided not to go out.
I was daydreaming when the cell phone rang on the bed.
Xuan Gui quietly went out early in the morning to make preparations for Sebastian Zhuo's departure. No one was there to run errands for him, so Marcus Tong had no choice but to walk from the window to the bedside like a wandering soul.
The words "Connor Tong" were jumping on the screen.
"What?" Marcus Tong was rude.
"Hey, hey." Connor Tong said, "If you don't punish him for a few days, he will tear off the tiles on the roof."
Marcus Tong sat down on the bed: "Then you have to be able to hit me."
Connor Tong smiled and said, "It turns out that someone is homesick."
Originally, they didn't want to. When they were at home, Tong Liqin and Connor Tong were busy, so it was normal not to see each other for ten days or half a month. Now Marcus Tong was busy adapting to the new life, so he would feel a little embarrassed and wronged every night before going to bed. When he woke up the next day and the sun shone, he would jump and bang around for a few rounds, and then nothing would happen.
But sending messages is very different from making phone calls. When the two of them were joking on oukm, they just thought it was fun. Now when he heard Connor Tong's voice, Marcus Tong felt a little uncomfortable.
"What a jerk." Marcus Tong said.
On the third day after attending the wedding, Connor Tong went on a business trip. He called now, probably because he had just returned home.
Marcus Tong was thinking about this, and Connor Tong said, "I just came back today. You've been living there for more than half a month, so there shouldn't be many people taking pictures. Tomorrow is Saturday, and Dad asked you to come back for two days to prepare for school next week."
Zhuo Zhengde never called him after they got married, but there were a few times when Sebastian Zhuo came home from get off work and said he met Zhuo Zhengde during the day and asked about him.
During the two weekends, no one mentioned letting him go home, so from the day he moved in, except for the holidays, Marcus Tong never thought about going home during the engagement period: "Can I go home and live?"
"Ah." Connor Tong said, "After school started, I stayed there on weekdays and went home on weekends."
"It's okay on weekdays, but it's not appropriate to be together on weekends."
Connor Tong asked again: "So you think we sold you off?"
"That's what it is, selling children!" Marcus Tong rolled over on the bed, "I know!"
After rolling twice and stopping, Marcus Tong turned around and asked, "Why is it not appropriate for us to stay together on the weekend?"
Connor Tong laughed twice in a sly way: "Adults have their own activities."
"Shameless." Marcus Tong hung up the phone.
As soon as he hung up the phone, Sebastian Zhuo probably heard the noise in his room and knocked on his bedroom door for the first time: "Marcus Tong, are you awake?"
Marcus Tong quickly ran over to open the door: "Brother."
Sebastian Zhuo stood still. Marcus Tong followed his gaze and looked down at herself: her pajamas were askew and two buttons were open.
Sebastian Zhuo was about to go out, his hair was neatly combed back, he was holding a briefcase, and he was dressed meticulously, a black suit with a dark blue checkered tie, soft trousers, shiny leather shoes, and a serious demeanor. He lowered his head slightly to look at Marcus Tong. The two of them were in stark contrast, and Marcus Tong felt a little embarrassed. He quickly buttoned up his clothes and reluctantly brushed his hair twice. Seeing that Sebastian Zhuo didn't say anything, he could only find something to say: "Are you going to work?"
Sebastian Zhuo hummed.
"Oh, okay." Marcus Tong said, "Then, be careful on the road and stay safe."
Sebastian Zhuo said: "From now on, get up early and eat. Eating neither too early nor too late is bad for your stomach."
Marcus Tong couldn't say that she got up so late every day just to avoid him, so she agreed, "Okay, I'll remember that."
Sebastian Zhuo nodded, and seemed satisfied with Marcus Tong's obedience. His tense face relaxed a little: "Tomorrow is the weekend. I'll take you out for dinner tonight."
Marcus Tong said hurriedly: "I want to go home today."
Sebastian Zhuo seemed surprised and frowned slightly. Before he could open his mouth, his cell phone rang.
He whispered an apology to Marcus Tong and picked up the phone: "Connor Tong?"
"not yet."
"He's right next to me." Sebastian Zhuo said while glancing at Marcus Tong.
"Just now I said that, and you called me."
"Okay." Sebastian Zhuo finally said, "I'll take him home after get off work."
Marcus Tong was eager to go home. When he saw him hang up the phone, he hurriedly said, "Brother, I know all the roads here. I can go back by myself after I pack my things."
Sebastian Zhuo frowned even more tightly: "I'll take you there."
Marcus Tong agreed: "Okay."
Sebastian Zhuo immediately realized that his tone had been misunderstood, so he said, "I was so busy before that I forgot to accompany you home. Connor Tong is here today, so we can go together tonight."
Marcus Tong heard him say that, and shrank back a little in fear, and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for you at home."
Sebastian Zhuo also smiled: "I'll get off work early."
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Marcus Tong sent Sebastian Zhuo out of the house and packed two sets of clothes first. Then he remembered that most of the things here were newly bought by Sebastian Zhuo's mother for him. He didn't take anything from home, so naturally he didn't need to take anything back.
He walked from the second floor to the first floor, ate his meal, and thought about going home. He had no mood to read and could only hold his cell phone and tap on it.
Zou Jingyu sent a daily question: How are you getting along with your newlywed alpha? Is your marriage life fulfilling and happy?
Muscular man sitting at home: happy, sufficient, happy
Beautiful teacher: Wow, look at this perfunctory answer
Muscle man sitting home: I am very sincere
Beautiful teacher: Hehe
Muscle man: I can see you are bored
Beautiful teacher: I am not bored at all, I have made a major discovery
Muscle man sitting at home: Show it to me quickly.jpg
Zou Jingyu sent me a Q&A post titled: How to help older adopted children adapt to a new environment
Muscular man: Do you want to adopt a child? Remember to recognize me as your godfather
Zou Jingyu sent a speechless expression and posted a screenshot.
Beautiful teacher: We need to collect some information for summer social practice, and I found this. Please read on.
The screenshot is the first half of the post after it was opened: As adoptive parents, it is not easy to cultivate feelings with adopted children who already have memories without a blood relationship. Feelings should first be based on a sense of security. With a relatively solid foundation, the relationship will be healthy and strong. So, how can children who have just arrived in a new environment build a sense of security?
1. Family members should have a more planned schedule.
Let your child know that you will definitely come home after you leave! It is wrong to give up work and accompany your child all day when he or she just comes home. You just need to let him or her get used to your schedule and know what time you will be home after work. This is a hundred times more effective in cultivating a sense of security than accompanying him or her all day at the beginning and then suddenly having to go to work one day.
2. Cultivate parent-child activities that are unique to you.
Try to do something with your new child! It can be a small thing, such as having dinner together, watching a certain TV program, reading a book together before bed, doing crafts together at a specific time... These activities that involve mutual investment of affection will warm up your family relationship and make your child trust you more quickly.
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After a quick browse, Marcus Tong scrolled down and saw a comment from a visitor whose ID was a string of numbers in the latest comments: There are people who go to get off work and leave on time, but what if the child still refuses to do something with the parents?
The system prompts below that if you need professional advice, you can register and recharge before asking questions.
Three minutes later, a user with the id "zxm" asked a question: Why do children resist watching TV with their parents?
The subsequent consultation was private, so Marcus Tong could not see it. He closed the webpage and entered a sluggish mode.
Beautiful teacher: Your "adoptive father" is quite interesting
Muscle man sitting home: Indeed
Beautiful teacher: No, I’m still laughing. Are all uncles nowadays so cute? !
Muscle man Xiaozuojia: He is not that old yet
Beautiful teacher: Oh oh oh oh oh oh, then what do you call him?
Beautiful teacher: I found that things are not simple.jpg
Muscle man Xiaozuojia: You should change your nickname first
As planned, Zou Jingyu was admitted to a normal university in the city. Her busy high school life was over and she was about to live her ideal university life. She spent the entire holiday very happily.
Beautiful teacher: What's wrong? Your nickname is just a lie. You are a real housewife, but where are your muscles?
Muscular man Xiaozuojia: I am great if I have a dream
Zou Jingyu stopped joking and asked with concern: Classes start on Monday, how are you preparing?
Marcus Tong replied: I have recovered well and finished my homework.
Although there was no such requirement since he was on leave from school, Marcus Tong had to go back to school this semester, so he asked a high school teacher he knew about his summer homework, and did his homework while reviewing so that he would not fall behind when school started.
Beautiful teacher: What are the test results?
Muscle man Xiaozuojia: I went to the hospital the day before yesterday, and I guess I won’t get it until tomorrow
Beautiful teacher: Tell me right after you get it
Muscle man sitting home: Good
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After talking with Zou Jingyu, Marcus Tong took Xuangui upstairs and lay on the big bed in the bedroom to play with the tablet while waiting for Sebastian Zhuo to get off work. At about twelve o'clock, he called Marcus Tong and said he would be home around three o'clock.
Xuan Gui found some very old cartoons for the two of them to watch. Marcus Tong watched them casually, thinking about Sebastian Zhuo.
They had been getting along very peacefully for more than half a month. Previously, Marcus Tong had always thought it was because he was politely avoiding them. He thought it was simple: with less contact, there would naturally be no conflicts.
It was not until this time that he realized that he was not the only one, and it turned out that Sebastian Zhuo also took the trouble to make the two of them get along.
Even though Marcus Tong knew that all this was just to help him recover from his stress disorder, it did not prevent him from sincerely believing that Sebastian Zhuo was a very good person.
After all, Sebastian Zhuo is an adult who insists on "celibacy". Apart from work, he really doesn't have any other activities - attending cocktail parties and dinners are included in work, and he has very few purely private activities. Yet now he is willing to search for terms related to building a sense of security for children on a social software that he is not familiar with.
This alone was enough for Sebastian Zhuo to complete a rather gentle outline in Marcus Tong's mind.
Marcus Tong felt a little sorry for Sebastian Zhuo. If he wanted to, he could definitely get along well with others, and he had enough capital to be liked by others.
Unfortunately, he is a bachelor.
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