"Alexey Alexandrovich, I'm a woman myself, so even though I'm just a woman who spends all day with my children, I know a little better than you men." Tao Li said in a self-deprecating tone.

She looked at Karenin with a look as soft as a mother's.

"I'm so grateful to you, and Anna, you're all just as good. You should love a woman like her, not only out of duty, but also as a unique woman, and don't forget, there may be many Mrs. Karenin, but she is unique among the thousands of people in this world. ”

On the way from the study to the bedroom, Karenin was a little surprised, although he did not show anything on his face.

He began to reflect, after all, the words that Tao Li had spoken to him were really something he had never encountered before.

Something from the past flashed through Karenin's mind, and he suddenly understood something, which not only caused a wave in his heart, but also a kind of trepidation.

So, long ago, he thought that he lived a happy and peaceful life, but in fact it was only because he never knew his wife deeply?

Karenin hesitated at the door, he habitually wanted to wrench his fingers, but he realized that it was something that Anna did not like, so he held back, but did not prevent him from relieving the tension by clasping his hands together and rubbing them.

He couldn't think.

Karenin furrowed his eyebrows at this fact, and after a moment of hesitation, he unlocked the bedroom door.

Seryosha was still asleep, muttering something in Anna's ear, giggling from time to time, and his wife, Anna, it was obvious that she did not fully fit into the child's little jokes, but also did not coldly refuse.

"Father, have you gone to Aunt Tao Li to ask for a book?"

Seryosha's question omitted Karenin's opening remarks.

"Yes." He said succinctly.

Seryosha's eyes lit up with a hint of curiosity. He had basically never heard his father tell a bedside story, and he never knew that he could have asked his father for this.

Anna looked at Karenin, who walked towards them.

Seryosha did not sleep in the middle, he still preferred to be around his mother, but this did not prevent him from looking at Karenin with an urging look, and said that he was now eager to listen to the story.

What kind of story is it? Father. Seryosha asked.

Karenin glanced at the title and synopsis and said: "The story of a dog and a cat." After saying that, he furrowed his eyebrows, and wondered why two different kinds of animals could become the protagonists of the same book.

"That sounds like fun!" Seryosha said excitedly.

"Interesting?" Karenin frowned slightly.

"Yes, father, don't you think? That's a cat and a dog! ”

Why is a cat and a dog funny? Karenin did not understand, but this did not prevent him from correcting some grammatical errors of Seryosha.

"In a more formal sense, you should use a cat and a dog, rather than a three-year-old who likes to be called a cat and a dog because of their immaturity."

Seryosha was not struck by Karenin's preaching.

"But cats and dogs are cuter!" After speaking, Seryosha nodded again, "Super cute!" ”

The words seemed familiar, Karenin thought, and then quickly realized.

"Seryosha, I have to tell you, although Slyuddin is a smart man, there are many of his words and deeds that I would not advise you to learn."

Seryosha covered his mouth a little sluggishly.

Anna looked at the big and the small as if she had deviated from the topic, so she said: "Before Seryosha's sleep, can we listen to the story?" ”

"Yes, Father!" Seryosha looked at Karenin with a little bit of blame, as if to complain that he shouldn't always be off topic, so serious about unimportant things that he almost missed the first time his father told a story.

Karenin understood exactly what his son was thinking.

He thinks that Seryosha's ideas are completely wrong, he always has his own logic in what he says and does, Seryosha sometimes has no logic, likes to deviate, and the fault is clearly that he may be more like his mother.

When Karenin looked at Seryosha, Anna also looked at the other person, and understood how to absolve the responsibility under that subtle expression.

"There are many cases from ancient times to the present day that prove that boys like to imitate their fathers." The implication is, don't leave things on me.

"But the division of labor in the family is that the child is more often nurtured and doted on by the mother." Karenin noted.

Anna narrowed her eyes slightly, raised her voice and said, "If there is only dogma and reason in a family, will the children grow up happily?" ”

Karenin stopped talking, and blamed himself in his heart, which was clearly not something to be disputed, but he later realized that perhaps his brain wished that more things would be flooded with them, so that he would not seriously consider the issue.

"Is it still necessary to tell a story?" Karenin asked.

"That sounds like you're deliberately evading this with something else." Anna said.

Karenin thought to himself: "I do, but not to run away from it. ”

Anyway, they decided to finish the story for the time being.

After washing, Karenin lay down in a quilt outside in his dressing gown, he put pillows high to keep his back and spine from sick, and he wore a pair of glasses with thin rimmes.

"You don't wear glasses much." Anna was slightly curious.

"Sometimes it does." Karenin said, then spread out the book and began to speak in a flat voice.

A gentle and stubborn cat, in order to protect the bookstore left by the owner, after rescuing a stray dog, they beat away the thief and the bad guy who coveted the bookstore, and finally lived happily together.

"The cat still doesn't like the big dog to lick his fur and rejects the big dog from invading its private sphere, but whether it is another year, two years or ten years, they are still each other's best companions."

After Karenin read this story, he did not immediately look at the expressions of Anna and Seryosha, because he himself was already immersed in the story, but not because he was moved, but because of how illogical the book was!

Let's not talk about this cross-racial love, let's just talk about why a Bona dog as calm and rational as a military dog would fall in love with a somewhat selfish and mean cat? It's incredible.

"Seeing how shocked you looked, I don't think we need to exchange ideas." Anna's voice pulled Karenin back into reality.

"It's really, very challenging to think." Karenin said with some difficulty, and then he noticed that Seryosha had already fallen asleep with a good breath.

"When did Seryosha fall asleep?"

Anna looked at him and said, "Before you turn the page." ”

Karenin felt choked, and with a complicated gaze he looked at his son, who slept soundly and softly, like a little angel.

"I'm full...... Seryosha muttered a dream word, then laughed again, and it was only after a long time that he was quiet.

Anna looked at Karenin, who frowned and seemed to be in a deep dive.

Anna analyzes what big question Karenin is thinking about, and the latter suddenly says: "Is he sick when he talks like this in his sleep?" ”

“…… I think that just means he's getting taller. Anna replied.

Karenin was still a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, Alexei. Seryosha was not the first child to sleep and dream and talk. ”

"I realized that for Seryosha, as a father, I really didn't care enough about him."

Anna looked at Karenin with surprise.

Karenin paused, and the thumb of his right hand stroked the skin of his left hand.

"And I also realize that maybe I don't care enough about you, Anna."

Anna was completely stunned.

Karenin looked at his wife and said: "I have said many times that I love you because you are my wife, but I did not realize that maybe that was not what you wanted to hear." Anna, before that, I must tell you that I never thought that my wife would be someone else. After marrying you, I never considered any woman who might be a better fit for me. That's unseemly, disrespectful to you, to me, to our marital relationship. ”

"I don't care......" Anna tried to let it pass, as usual, with some gentle words and a smile, but Karenin stopped her.

"You care, don't lie to me. I just don't want to use the officialdom at home, but that doesn't mean I don't have the ability to observe. ”

Anna restrained her smile, then looked at Karenin, and finally said, "Did Tao Li tell you something?" ”

"Daria Alessandrovina did give me a point." Karenin said honestly that he was always so honest with his family.

Anna smiled and asked, "You're always so humble and teachable, so good, I do care." ”

"If you don't want to smile, don't smile, Anna. I'm not just smiling. Karenin said, closing the book, his fingers still on it, and then turned his head to look at his wife.

"I thought I was your husband, not the one you had to be perfunctory." Karenin said in a deep voice, through the lenses of her glasses, Anna could clearly see the other party's eyes, blue and a little deep. 166 Reading Network