Chapter 168: Chapter 161: Urging Departure (Part 1)
"Gr-grandpa..."
Seeing Bai Fengmao’s face turning red with anger, Su Xiaomeng swallowed hard.
She did regret holding onto this accident so tightly.
After all, she was fine now, but the replay of the surveillance video gave her mom and grandpa a big scare.
In some ways, it was more trouble than it was worth.
"I’m-I’m okay now, see!"
She said and stood up, twirling in front of her grandpa.
"Alright, stop fooling around! Sit down."
Bai Fengmao barked coldly, and Su Xiaomeng scratched her head and sat down again.
She looked at her mom, hoping she would calm down, but her mom’s expression was even worse than grandpa’s...
"Does big brother know this person?"
"Yes, the Yin family’s eldest son’s son, Yin Bowen. His wife is Zhu Lan, and they are working with Yin Shiqing in the city’s finance department as a finance minister."
"Yin Shiqing is so clever and wise in dealing with people, how did he raise such a son!"
Bai Fengmao snorted.
"After Yin family’s eldest joined the core, he probably didn’t have much time to discipline his son."
Bai Zhengxiang estimated.
"No time to discipline the son? Looks like he’s waiting for me to give his son a lesson!"
Bai Fengmao said, stood up, and asked the servant to bring his coat. He put on the coat and slipped the USB drive into his pocket.
"Grandpa, you’re not planning to choose this time..."
Su Xiaomeng glanced at the time; the Yin family’s ancestral worship might not be over yet. If they rushed over to demand justice now, it didn’t seem like a good idea, did it?
"The Yin family’s old couple didn’t let you participate in the ancestral worship today, didn’t let you enter the family registry, but you’re willing to bear it, so I won’t interfere today. But my granddaughter’s life almost got taken by Yin Shaohui’s grandson! This matter must be resolved today!"
Bai Fengmao clasped his hands behind his back and started striding towards the door.
Su Xiaomeng quickly stepped forward to grab Bai Fengmao, "Grandpa, I also think that Ferrari couple is outrageous! I don’t intend to let it slide either, but Grandpa, today is the Yin family’s ancestral worship, it’s full of Yin family people over there. It’s not wise to go join the commotion now!"
Bai Fengmao took a deep breath, "What’s unwise about it? I’m not going there to argue."
Bai Fengmao looked at Su Xiaomeng’s worried face and sighed lightly, "Little girl, you must remember that the attitude of tolerance only applies to true gentlemen, not to hooligans and ruffians, even if they’re wearing high-end custom suits and dressed in the upper class style."
Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips.
"Even if it wasn’t you today, but any of Bai family’s children, I would still make the trip. Grandpa won’t argue with them, nor embarrass them."
Bai Fengmao knew what Su Xiaomeng was worried about in her heart.
"I just hadn’t seen the Yin family’s old couple for a long time, and since both of them are on the mountain today, I’ll go have a cup of tea and chat with them."
Su Xiaomeng looked at Bai Fengmao. He said it like that...
But why did it chill her to the bones and make her not dare to believe it?
Have a cup of tea, chat?
"Then I’ll go with you."
Su Xiaomeng said, reaching to grab a coat—
"No, you stay here, Si Xian stays too, I’ll go alone."
At Bai Fengmao’s words, even Bai Sixian was taken aback.
"Dad, let me go with you?"
Bai Fengmao raised his hand to stop her and glanced at Bai Zhengxiang, "If someone must come along, Zhengxiang can come with me."
"...Alright."
The father and son left the villa.
Su Xiaomeng and Bai Sixian exchanged glances, unsure of what Bai Fengmao was plotting.
Xiaomeng stood at the door, a bit uneasy, looked towards her mom, "Grandpa... really isn’t going to cause trouble?"
"What kind of person do you think your grandpa is?"
Bai Sixian took a light breath, "Don’t worry, at most, he’s just going to demand an explanation from Yin Bowen and his wife. The fact that you almost got hit, the Yin family needs to know, especially the Yin family’s elders. And Shixiu should be informed too."
Su Xiaomeng scratched her head.
She actually didn’t want Yin Shixiu to know...
"Ah, I’ll call Shixiu and give him a heads-up!"
Just as she took out her phone from her pocket, Bai Sixian took it from her.
"What are you going to tell him?"
"Um, just to let him know that Grandpa went there, so as to avoid..."
Su Xiaomeng stopped herself mid-sentence.
Bai Sixian sighed lightly, "You know why he didn’t bring us, right?"
Bai Sixian patted her head, wrapped an arm around her shoulder, and led her back inside, ultimately not returning the phone to her.
"Suddenly gaining a grandpa, would you feel uncomfortable?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at Bai Sixian, "You’ve been going out a lot these days, actually to spend time with Grandpa, right?"
"Yes."
"Mom... the one who originally didn’t allow you to be with Dad... was actually Grandpa, right?"
Su Xiaomeng pouted, "Don’t think I’m stupid, always bluffing me with nonsense and then just fooling me."
Bai Sixian and Su Xiaomeng walked step by step along the villa’s path...
"Meng Meng, Mom has never regretted going to Chengdu with your Dad, but what I do regret is not communicating well with Dad and not putting in my utmost effort to repair this father-daughter relationship..."
"Twenty years... you’ve grown so much."
"So, Meng Meng... you must remember, even if one day your thoughts are completely contrary to your mom and dad’s, even if we can’t understand you..."
"You can’t argue with your mom and dad, you know?"
Su Xiaomeng hugged Bai Sixian’s hand and laughed, "Mom, how many parents in the world can be as open-minded as you and Dad?"
"I won’t argue with you guys!"
"Really?"
"Anyway, from childhood to now, I’ve never won any argument with you guys... the outcome was always miserable."
Bai Sixian glanced at her and tapped her little head.
The ground was covered with a thin layer of snow...
Leaving the footprints of the mother and daughter, along with the paw prints of Ah Bu, who couldn’t help but adore Bai Sixian whenever he saw her...
Because Bai Fengmao repeatedly assured that he wasn’t going to argue or cause trouble.
The mother and daughter weren’t too worried afterward.
But later, when Bai Fengmao returned, the two of them were dumbfounded.
The ancestral rite of the Yin Family started at twelve o’clock at the back of Jiuling Mountain.
The large family, nearly a hundred people, close and distant relatives, all dressed formally and solemnly, in relatively dark colors.
Standing in rows of ten or more, it was quite a scene.
Shuangshuang was fine; at first, she wasn’t too keen on letting grandma hold her, but after Zhou Mengqin coaxed her for a while, she relaxed.
Especially with Shan Minglang behind.
Once Shuangshuang and Shan Minglang got together, the cousins were overjoyed.
But Huang Huang was different; nobody else could hold him, only Yin Shixiu.
The more people there were at the rite, the more excited Shuangshuang became, whereas Huang Huang was the opposite, becoming increasingly silent.
Nestled in Yin Shixiu’s arms, his big eyes roved around, as if searching for something...
Without finding what he was looking for, his small face buried in Yin Shixiu’s arms, gripping his clothes tightly, not saying a word.
The ancestral rite lasted an hour and a half before it ended.
By the end, Huang Huang had fallen asleep.
Shuangshuang’s two little hands hung around Shan Minglang’s neck.
Yin Shixiu, fearing Shuangshuang might get cold, urged Shan Minglang to quickly go inside.
After the crowd dispersed, Yin Shixiu holding the child and the Yin Family elders became the center of attention.
An array of aunts and distant relatives, curious as ever, crowded around to find out what was going on.
Before coming over, they had their doubts, eager to get a definitive answer from the head of the Yin Family.
"How did Shixiu just get married without even a wedding ceremony and suddenly there’s two kids?"
"Where’s the children’s mother? Our Yin Family’s new bride, to not attend her first ancestral rite, isn’t it quite improper?"
Zhou Mengqin looked at the gathered crowd, maintaining an elegant smile, and replied gently, "The children’s mother was really busy today and couldn’t make it."
"Aunt, is it true that the children’s mother is still in college? What college is she attending? Which family’s daughter is she?"
The one asking was Xue Wei, Shao Hui’s brother’s wife.
Zhou Mengqin continued to smile as she answered, "You’ll know when you meet her in the future."
"Shixiu, look at Aunt, still keeping it a secret at this point!"
"Cousin-in-law, it’s cold outside, I’m taking the kids inside."
As Yin Shixiu said this, but Xue Wei didn’t seem ready to end the conversation, she said to him, "Let me hold the child for a bit? This child is really cute."
"No need, Huang Huang is reserved and doesn’t like others holding him."
It’s true that Huang Huang is reserved, but more importantly, he’s a bit of a clean freak.
Xue Wei briefly felt awkward, but quickly laughed it off, then whispered, "I heard from second sister... your wife is only twenty?"
Yin Shixiu didn’t deny it, just smiled, "Yes. Young, isn’t she?"
"Shixiu, although I’m only two years older than you, at least I got married much earlier. The number of girls I’ve interacted with is countless."
"What does Cousin-in-law want to say?"
Yin Shixiu’s eyes held a smile, maintaining a polite stance.
Yet beneath this gentle demeanor, there was a hint of impatience.
"I heard that girls these days, at eighteen or nineteen, like men ten years older than themselves."
"So?"
"You mustn’t be captivated by such young girls."
Xue Wei said this with a sincere expression.
Yin Shixiu nodded slightly, "Okay, thank you for the reminder, Cousin-in-law."
After speaking, he stepped away, distancing himself from Xue Wei.
Xue Wei raised an eyebrow, then returned to her husband’s side with a slightly sarcastic tone, "It’s just an excuse to save face for uncle and aunt, saying the children’s mother is busy. I think the wife Yin Shixiu married isn’t presentable at all."
"Speak softer."
Xue Mei’s husband, Yin Zihao, quickly interjected.
"Ha, what are you afraid of? You think I’m the only one who thinks this way? Everyone else does too!"
Xue Wei shrugged, unconcerned whether the Yin elder couple or Yin Shixiu might hear.
"Everyone in this family is busy, but how many really say they’re too busy to come for the yearly ancestral rite?"