【Sweetheart Lover】

Chapter 202: Being busy with work and neglecting family leads to reflection

After their child successfully enrolled in school, Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan both breathed a sigh of relief. However, the busy work that followed made them gradually neglect their family.

Lin Yanan received an important project in the company. This is a business that can bring huge profits to the company, but it also means huge pressure and heavy workload. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the project, she needs to work overtime and travel frequently. Every morning, when the city is still sleeping in the morning mist, Lin Yanan has hurried out and rushed to the company. In the evening, when night falls and the lights come on, she drags her tired body on the way home. When she returns home, the child is already asleep. The quiet little face looks particularly innocent in the moonlight. Lin Yanan gently kisses the child's forehead, but her heart is full of guilt.

Ruan Jianan's company was at a critical stage of business expansion. As a core member of the team, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of expanding the market. Every day, he had endless meetings, endless clients, and more and more social events. He often returned home late at night, drunk, and felt a sense of emptiness in his heart when he looked at the empty living room and bedroom.

Weekends were originally a warm time for the family to get together, go to the park for a walk, play, or cook a hearty lunch at home and enjoy the joy of family. But now, such a scene has become a luxury. Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan are always unable to accompany their children because of work. The children can only be taken care of by their grandparents. Although the grandparents love the children and care for them meticulously, the loss in the children's eyes is becoming more and more obvious.

One night, Lin Yanan returned home exhausted and found the house deserted. The lights were dim, and there was no laughter from the child or greetings from her husband. She walked into the child's room and saw that the child was still frowning in his sleep, with tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes. Lin Yanan sat by the bed, gently stroking the child's hair, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"Why do I work so hard? My child only has one chance to grow up, but I have missed so much. How was his day at school today? Has he been wronged? Does he miss his mother?" Lin Yanan's heart was full of self-blame and regret. She remembered that her child once asked her expectantly: "Mom, can you accompany me to the zoo this weekend?" But she had no choice but to refuse the child because of work.

Ruan Jianan also returned home late at night after a social event. When he opened the door, he saw no smell of smoke in the kitchen, no children's laughter in the living room, only silence and desolation. He leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes, and the scene of the family sitting together to eat and chat emerged in his mind. The warmth and happiness at that time no longer exist.

"I have been working hard to give my family a better life, but now I don't even have time to have a meal with them. Have I done something wrong?" Ruan Jianan's heart was filled with confusion and bewilderment. He remembered that his children once held his hand and said, "Dad, I hope you can spend more time with me." And he always replied, "I will accompany you when Dad finishes this busy period." However, this busy period seemed to never end.

Another weekend, Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan were both working overtime at the company. The child was alone at home, watching cartoons bored. He picked up the phone and dialed his mother's number, crying: "Mom, when can you go out with me? My classmates' parents take them to the amusement park on weekends, I want to go too."

Lin Yanan felt heartbroken when she heard the child crying. She held back her tears and comforted him, "Baby, Mommy is really too busy this weekend. I will definitely accompany you next weekend, okay?"

The child hung up the phone in disappointment. Lin Yanan put down the phone and burst into tears. She looked at her equally busy colleagues and suddenly felt that all this had lost its meaning.

Ruan Jianan was in another meeting room and also received a call from his child. The child's voice made him stunned for a moment, and he didn't know how to answer the child's question. After hanging up the phone, he fell into deep thought.

That night, when Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan both returned home, it was already late at night. The two met in the living room, looking at each other's haggard faces and bloodshot eyes, their hearts were filled with bitterness.

"Jian'an, we can't go on like this. The child is too pitiful." Lin Yanan couldn't help but say.

Ruan Jianan nodded. "I know that we have been working hard to give our child better material conditions, but we have overlooked that what he really needs is our company."

"My child called me today and cried so sadly. I felt like a failure." Lin Yanan covered her face and sobbed.

Ruan Jianan walked over and hugged Lin Yanan in his arms. "This is not your fault. We are all too blind. We should readjust our lives and not let work take up all our time."

"But what about work? This project is very important to me, and your business expansion cannot be delayed." Lin Yanan said worriedly.

Ruan Jianan pondered for a moment and said, "We can try to improve our work efficiency and arrange our time properly. Maybe we can't completely stop working, but at least we can spend more time with our children and family."

"Yes, we can't go on like this. We must let the child feel the warmth of home and let him know that we love him." Lin Yanan said firmly.

Since then, Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan have worked hard to change the status quo. They try to get off work early every day, go home to eat with their children and do homework. They no longer bring work home on weekends, but take their children to parks and playgrounds to enjoy parent-child time. Although work is still busy, they have learned to find a balance between work and family, so that their family will not be neglected again.

After a period of hard work, the child's face bloomed with a bright smile again, and the family was filled with laughter. Lin Yanan and Ruan Jianan finally realized that although work success is important, family happiness is their most precious wealth.