Chapter 192: Chapter 184: Dad Comes to Beijing
"At this moment, your grandfather should also be at our house."
Yin Shixiu suddenly said, "Tonight, let’s take Mom, Dad, and Grandpa out for dinner."
"Hmm, okay, I’m listening to you."
Su Xiaomeng nodded. She wasn’t sure if Yin Shixiu was particularly happy today, but she was indeed very happy.
Dad finally arrived in Beijing this afternoon.
After counting on her fingers, it had been almost half a year since she last saw her father. Su Xiaomeng always missed him dearly.
Returning home, without a word, she gave her father an epic hug.
Facing the ancestor who, upon opening his mouth, caused her and her husband to be apart for almost half a year, Su Chengji had mixed feelings of love and hate.
"Dad, was the plane ride tiring?"
Su Chengji laughed heartily, "What’s tiring about a plane ride? Back in the day, taking a train meant sitting for over a dozen hours in a hard seat—that was tiring!"
Su Xiaomeng also grinned widely.
"Oh, by the way, girl, Dad brought you your favorite cold spicy rabbit. I’ll have your mom take it out for you later."
Su Chengji quickly said.
"After all these years, you still only know how to use little local specialties to win hearts."
On the side, Bai Fengmao, who had been neglected by his granddaughter for quite a while, spoke with a bit of jealousy and wasn’t in a good mood.
Su Xiaomeng blinked and wisely snuggled up to Bai Fengmao, being affectionate with her grandfather for quite a while.
Su Chengji scratched his head awkwardly at Bai Fengmao’s expression, forcing a sheepish smile.
Seeing Yin Shixiu heading into the room to check on the two kids, he got up to follow.
The two little ones in the crib were soundly asleep.
"Xiao Yin..."
Su Chengji called him quietly as soon as he entered.
"Dad?"
Su Chengji leaned closer to Yin Shixiu, licked his lips, and softly asked, "When can I have my wife back?"
"Ah..."
Before Yin Shixiu could respond, Shuangshuang in the crib made a sound, pouting as if protesting and calling twice...
Her eyes were still closed, and her little face looked like it might burst into tears any second.
As soon as Su Chengji saw Little Shuangshuang about to cry, he immediately shut his mouth, eyes wide, pointing at her, mouthing to Yin Shixiu, "Can she understand human words?"
Yin Shixiu raised an eyebrow, shrugged, neither admitting nor denying.
To Su Chengji, this action was an admission. Fascinated, he watched his granddaughter as her facial features scrunched up, waking up with the sound of an unhappy whimper...
Yin Shixiu, well aware of his daughter’s temperament, knew she was a bit grouchy when waking up.
Before she could start bawling, he scooped her into his arms and quickly left the room, afraid of waking Huang Huang too.
Su Chengji found it hard to believe. These kids weren’t even five months old yet; could they really understand what he was saying?
Yin Shixiu took Shuangshuang out, and Su Chengji looked at Prince Huang, still sleeping soundly in the other crib. Unconvinced, he softly said to Prince Huang, "You all want Grandma, but I can’t do without my wife, right?"
After saying this, still a bit anxious, Su Chengji watched Prince Huang continue to sleep deeply. Feeling a bit relieved, he muttered again, "I won’t say this in front of your dad, but at most, in another month, I’ll definitely take your Grandma back to Chengdu."
This matter wasn’t something Su Chengji was just idly making up; it had been decided before Bai Sixian came.
He’s been counting the days at home every day.
"Don’t blame Grandpa for being heartless. Grandpa loves you very much too..."
Su Chengji kept chattering on, practically using Prince Huang as a confidant.
Who knew that when Su Chengji fixed his eyes again, he noticed that, without making a sound, Prince Huang had already opened his eyes, the size of half his face, staring at Su Chengji.
This scared Su Chengji half to death!
"Little grandson, how could you not make a sound?"
Prince Huang continued to simply stare at him, then suddenly snorted through his nose with a sound akin to "hmph" and turned his head.
Su Chengji’s heart was shaken by the nearly "contemptuous" gesture of Prince Huang.
The next moment, he left the room and immediately asked, "How is it that such a small Huang Huang already knows contempt?"
This was loud enough to catch everyone’s attention in the living room.
Su Xiaomeng looked at her father, blinked, and quickly laughed, "Dad, what are you talking about? Prince Huang is just a baby, how could he show contempt?"
"He really looked down on me!"
Su Chengji insisted earnestly, worried that no one would believe him.
Familiar with his son’s disposition, Yin Shixiu didn’t argue. When Prince Huang wakes up, if there isn’t a familiar person nearby, he’ll keep a cold face with that expression like he’s been abandoned by the whole world. To insist it’s contempt... well, it’s not exactly off the mark.
Bai Fengmao, who always looked down on Su Chengji’s unfocused and immature personality, glanced at him, "Why would he show disdain toward you for no reason? What did you do?"
"I didn’t say much, just..."
As soon as the words were on the tip of his tongue, Su Chengji quickly held back, cleared his throat, and laughed, "Nothing, nothing, I must have seen it wrong, hehe."
He scratched his head.
Bai Fengmao gave him another look, "At your age, you should learn to be more steady in front of the younger ones."
Holding the little girl, Shuangshuang, Bai Fengmao, who was entertained by his great-granddaughter, turned a bit cold when his gaze landed on Su Chengji.
Clearly, he still harbored resentment for Su Chengji taking his daughter away for so many years.
Su Chengji laughed dryly and sat back on the sofa.
"Why hasn’t Si Xian returned after going out for such a long time?"
Just as Bai Fengmao looked toward the door and asked, the sound of someone entering a password came from outside. Bai Sixian was returning with a bag of groceries from the supermarket.
Yin Shixiu was just about to step forward and pick it up when Su Chengji had already taken the bag from Bai Sixian’s hand, "Why buy so much?"
"There are a lot of people, let’s eat well tonight."
Bai Sixian said.
Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng initially planned to take them out to eat, but seeing Bai Sixian bringing back groceries, they dropped the idea of going out for dinner.
"Sixian, are you going to cook?"
Bai Fengmao asked.
Bai Sixian nodded, "Yes, Dad, I bought your favorite turbot. I’ll steam a turbot with chopped chili for you, how about that?"
Turbot with chopped chili...
He couldn’t even remember how many years it had been since he last ate it.
As he aged, his diet had become more focused on health to the extent that he almost forgot he still had a taste for such dishes.
After all, it was his daughter who was thoughtful and cared for him.
"Good."
Bai Fengmao nodded.
Su Xiaomeng followed Bai Sixian into the kitchen, "Mom, you should rest for a while. Just tell me how to prepare the ingredients. I’ll wash and prep them, and you can come back when it’s ready."
Bai Sixian indeed felt a bit tired, so she nodded.
After she went out, Yin Shixiu walked in not long after.
"Is there anything I can help with, Madam?"
Yin Shixiu asked.
Su Xiaomeng pointed to a few eggs nearby, "Crack those eggs and beat them."
Yin Shixiu responded, took an egg, and tapped it, letting it fall into the bowl...
"Oh my, a double-yolk egg!"
Su Xiaomeng unintentionally glanced over and saw the two bright yellow yolks.
Yin Shixiu didn’t think much of it initially, but being used to calling his son Huang Huang and his daughter Shuangshuang...
The sound "shuang" and "huang" had become very sensitive to him.
And with Su Xiaomeng’s shout, it further touched the most sensitive nerve in his brain.
His eyebrows twitched, his expression slightly complex, as he turned around to look at Su Chengji, who was happily chatting with his wife through the kitchen glass wall.
Su Xiaomeng saw him daydreaming and tugged on Yin Shixiu’s sleeve, "What are you looking at?"
Yin Shixiu returned to his senses, glanced at Su Xiaomeng, and smiled lightly, "Nothing, double-yolk eggs are a good omen."
Su Xiaomeng squinted with a smile, "Uncle, people say men who cook are the most handsome, and I agree!"
Yin Shixiu raised an eyebrow and glanced at the living room.
At some point, Huang Huang was also brought out. The three elders were playing with two children and didn’t pay attention to them.
He reached out, wrapped his arm around Su Xiaomeng’s waist, pulled her into his arms, and gave her a fierce kiss.
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes widened in shock, glancing sideways at the living room.
Yin Shixiu mumbled against her lips, "Focus..."
"Mmm..."
Su Xiaomeng came to her senses and glared at him. The more time they spent together, the more she realized this man’s seemingly gentlemanly exterior hid a truly "unrestrained" heart.
The more inappropriate the time and place, the more excited he became.
However, what made Su Xiaomeng secretly annoyed was that this unruly Yin Shixiu was irresistibly attractive to her.
Every time she opened her mouth to cooperate with him, the brief warmth would become thrilling due to the tension, like adding soda to a cup of warm water, making it hard to resist.
Although Yin Shixiu was "unrestrained," he knew when to stop.
The passionate kiss ended with a gentle peck.
Su Xiaomeng’s cheeks were flushed, clearly enjoying it immensely herself, yet she still said pretentiously, "Shameless..."
Uh...
Yin Shixiu was taken aback.
"Shameless" was a colloquial expression, not something Yin Shixiu hadn’t heard before.
But for someone who had received a good education and was always in a more sophisticated environment...
The "shameless" he knew was purely an offensive insult.
Yet coming from Su Xiaomeng’s mouth...
It didn’t seem derogatory.
It was unfamiliar but... down-to-earth.
He chuckled lightly, shameless is shameless, even more so...
The two of them in the kitchen busied themselves for over half an hour, finishing the preparatory work, and Su Ma came in to take over.
When Su Chengji saw his daughter and son-in-law working together, he wanted to join in and help his wife, but as soon as he stood up, he hadn’t even opened his mouth...
"Don’t come and cause trouble."
Su Ma’s words pinned him back on the sofa.
"I—"
Su Chengji tried to protest, but Su Ma’s glare was a silent order.
So someone had no choice but to go back and play with his grandson.
Bai Sixian didn’t let Su Chengji into the kitchen not because his cooking was terrible, but purely because she knew Su Chengji too well.