Chapter 227: Chapter 210: Have You Ever Loved Him? (3)
The still frame occasionally shakes due to the bumps on the table.
Before heading back indoors, Yin Shixiu remembered to pick up the DSLR from the ground.
The next morning, Su Xiaomeng woke up to a bizarre sound that made her blush. She opened her eyes to find Yin Shixiu leaning against the bedhead, fiddling with the DSLR...
The sound was coming from the DSLR, and Su Xiaomeng’s mind went "buzz" and exploded!
She reached out to grab it, "You maniac, what did you film!"
This, this sound...
Yin Shixiu quickly lifted the DSLR higher, wrapped his arm around her waist, and teased, "Guess what."
"Guess your big-headed ghost! Hurry and delete it!"
Su Xiaomeng was a bit anxious. The thought of their intimate moment being recorded made her wish she could die.
Yin Shixiu responded leisurely, "Didn’t you call me a perverted uncle?"
"Do you want to become a dead uncle now?"
Being filmed had indeed touched Su Xiaomeng’s limit, making her face uncommonly serious.
"So dangerous..."
"Stop babbling, are you going to delete it or not?"
"Tut tut, such a beautiful scene... asking me to delete it is akin to asking me to bleed..."
"Yin Shixiu!"
"Fine, fine, I won’t keep it. You keep it, honey, take a good look... see how alluring you look yourself."
Saying that, Yin Shixiu stuffed the DSLR back into Su Xiaomeng’s hands, making her almost close her eyes.
But seeing the screen was entirely different from what she imagined, she couldn’t help but take a closer look...
The frame was mostly still, and it was just the table legs and the sofa...
The only thing recorded... was the sound.
Yin Shixiu had tricked her, laughing with triumphant pride.
Su Xiaomeng glared at him, somewhat relieved, but still decisively deleted the video beyond recovery.
"Pervert... hmph!"
She tossed the DSLR back to him and then went into the bathroom to shower.
Yin Shixiu stretched lazily and also got out of bed.
When Su Xiaomeng came out, he reminded her, "Give mom and dad a call."
"Oh, okay."
Su Xiaomeng replied and then used her phone to call the Yin Family...
Over there, Yin Shaohui and Zhou Mengqin had been waiting by the landline early on.
Not deliberately waiting, but occasionally glancing at the landline.
Oddly enough, there were not a few calls from people wishing Happy New Year this morning...
Yin Shixiu finished freshening up and came out, seeing Su Xiaomeng still on the phone, she had a bitter look, "Why is it always busy?"
"Today’s New Year’s Day, of course, many people are calling to wish mom and dad."
Yin Shixiu said and handed her his own phone, "Just call dad’s cell directly."
The two elders didn’t really like using cell phones, not going out, they wouldn’t usually carry them.
Su Xiaomeng dialed Yin Shaohui’s mobile, and it connected soon...
"Dad..."
Su Xiaomeng called out and then winked at Yin Shixiu, signaling the call was connected.
Yin Shixiu smiled, knowing the elders were definitely waiting for this New Year’s call too.
He dressed the two kids while Xiao Meng and the elders didn’t really have much to say; after exchanging greetings, it was mostly the elders asking, and her answering.
Questions about when they’d return, how the kids were doing, etc...
Inconsequential, yet made Xiao Meng feel close.
Afterwards, she handed the phone to Yin Shixiu, on the other side, Shuangshuang babbled away, probably feeling the excitement of New Year’s Day... inexplicably thrilled.
Her gibberish made grandpa and grandma naturally joyful, constantly saying they should come back soon, the red envelopes haven’t been given to the kids yet!
After paying respects to the Yin Family, Su Xiaomeng then called her grandpa...
The Bai Family was bustling this morning too, Su’s mother had already called Bai Fengmao last night.
Elderly people are pretty much the same, wishing for their children to spend New Year’s at home.
So Bai Fengmao didn’t say much else, just repeatedly said to return to Beijing soon, and at least have a family dinner on the Lantern Festival.
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t bear to tell her grandpa, that during the Lantern Festival... they’d have to eat at the Yin Family.
Su Xiaomeng nodded repeatedly.
On New Year’s Day, Su Chengji loaded the prepared New Year’s gifts into the car.
Su Chengji’s car didn’t have fixed child seats, so they still drove in two separate cars.
Yin Shixiu arrived at Su Family Village a bit earlier than Su Chengji... After parking the car, he got out with the children in his arms.
Looking from the entrance, a clean concrete road about two to three meters wide lay ahead. It was somewhat dangerous to drive, but walking had become much easier.
Su Xiaomeng entered the village with Yin Shixiu, and the first thing she remembered was this time last year. Yin Shixiu had stepped into the wet mud and was stuck, unable to come out.
At that time, she thought...
Even if this man had to endure this hardship every year, she hoped... to spend every New Year with him.
He asked her if she had ever loved Ren Yixuan, but in fact, this question... was really not something for him.
It seemed that he also had moments of insecurity, hesitation, uncertainty, and confusion.
She was holding Shuangshuang, and Yin Shixiu was holding Prince Huang. These two children were getting heavier, and sometimes carrying them for ten minutes made Su Xiaomeng’s arms unbearably sore.
In the future, the children would continue to grow, and this man would stand by her side, just protecting them like that.
Su Xiaomeng thought so, yet she did not know that this very Spring Festival almost became the last one they spent together.
Just as Yin Shixiu expected, when they arrived at Grandpa Su’s house, Su Jianyi’s family was already there.
Besides his wife, there was their son who had studied abroad and... a beautiful lady.
Looking at Zhou Wenxiu’s proud expression, it was not hard to see that she was likely her son’s girlfriend.
Since she had been brought home, she should be a daughter-in-law with one foot in the door.
Su Chengji usually lacked assertiveness, but for those whom he really looked down on, he couldn’t even fake courtesy.
Even if this person in front of him was someone he had to call big cousin, even if this big cousin was an official.
Su Chengji greeted his siblings and nephews and nieces one by one, offering the gifts he had prepared, but he deliberately bypassed Su Jianyi’s family.
Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu’s son, Su Li Hao, looked about twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
He wore brand-name clothes, with an expensive-looking black coat over them, and like his parents, he dressed very decently.
But the coat was too long, not quite fitting for Su Li Hao’s height of around 1.75 meters, which wasn’t very tall.
His girlfriend next to him had a classic oval face, and her almond eyes had a subtle charm, even when glancing around, adding a touch of allure.
Clearly, this Su Li Hao had some taste.
Probably before coming to Su Family Village, Su Jianyi and Zhou Wenxiu had already told him something about Su Xiaomeng and a nouveau riche in Beijing.
Thus, this cousin’s expression towards his cousin carried some disdain, and to his cousin’s husband, there was no respect at all; even greeting them was just a slight nod.
Luckily, the perspectives of men and women are ultimately different...
Ba Zizzi’s gaze settled on Yin Shixiu and lingered. She then took the initiative to speak, asking Su Li Hao, "Li Hao, who are these two?"
If it weren’t for his girlfriend speaking up, he hadn’t even intended to introduce them to Ba Zizzi.
Of course, Su Li Hao was not only treating Su Chengji’s family this way. Besides the great grandpa and great grandma, he did the same with everyone else.
Perhaps he thought that for his family to come to celebrate the New Year and eat with these rural relatives was already an honor for them.
As a junior, Su Li Hao’s actions and words were observed by the relatives, but no one dared to speak out against him since Su Jianyi was an official in the city.
And this Su Li Hao, at least outwardly, seemed to be the most promising among the grandchildren.
"This is my cousin Su Xiaomeng, and this brother... is the cousin’s husband, surnamed Yin. You can call him Brother Yin."
Su Xiaomeng glanced at Ba Zizzi, but Ba Zizzi seemed more interested in Yin Shixiu, warmly smiling and eagerly greeting him, "Brother Yin, hello."
After greeting Yin Shixiu, she looked at Su Xiaomeng, "Hello, cousin. I’m Ba Zizzi, Li Hao’s girlfriend, so we are all family now. You can just call me Zizzi."
As Su Xiaomeng nodded, she noticed Ba Zizzi’s gaze shifted back to Yin Shixiu.
Following Ba Zizzi’s gaze, she saw Yin Shixiu adjusting Huanghuang’s collar in his arms. Noticing Su Xiaomeng’s gaze, he said, "Let’s go inside, it’s cold outside."
"... Oh."
Su Xiaomeng responded, entered with Yin Shixiu, and glanced again at Ba Zizzi, who showed a trace of embarrassment on her pretty face.
There was a slight hint of smugness inside her.
"Just now, Su Li Hao’s girlfriend kept staring at you..."
Su Xiaomeng whispered softly, standing beside Yin Shixiu.
"Well, of course, she should be staring at me. Compared to her boyfriend, this uncle here... should be much more charming."
"... Can you stop being so narcissistic?"
Su Xiaomeng shot a disdainful look at Yin Shixiu, thinking that the thickness of this man’s face was beyond remedy, to say such things...
Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, then said, "That girl’s eyes kept wandering around. In an unfamiliar environment, showing no uneasiness and her shyness seemed feigned... not a simple character."
"I thought you didn’t even look at her... But, indeed, she is quite beautiful."
Su Xiaomeng placed Shuangshuang on the bed; grandpa and grandma’s room was also heated, and she took off the little one’s coat.
"Beautiful? Well, she’s indeed quite beautiful, but this level of beauty gets old after one look. How can she compare to you? From inside out, top to bottom, no matter how many times I look at you... hmm!"
Just as Yin Shixiu was about to continue, Su Xiaomeng reached out to cover his mouth, flushing as she glared at him, saying, "Enough already, we’re at grandpa and grandma’s house!"
"Ah ah..."
Seeing Su Xiaomeng cover Yin Shixiu’s mouth, Shuangshuang seemed amused, and her little paw reached out to cover Yin Shixiu’s mouth as well.
Yin Shixiu doted on his daughter, leaning down with a smile to let her reach his face. Unbeknownst to him, Shuangshuang gave him a big "pia" slap!