Chapter 178: Chapter 171: Uncle, Do You Think This Is Love?
Su Xiaomeng tightly closed her eyes. Before even a moment had passed, a strong force suddenly tightened around her lower back...
Her feet didn’t touch the ground; Yin Shixiu had pinned her against the wall.
Su Xiaomeng opened her eyes and let out a long breath...
It’s not true to say she wasn’t afraid at all, but fortunately, she landed safely—
"Uncle, I knew you would catch me tightly—"
These excited words were not yet finished when her little mouth was forcefully blocked by an even more excited adult man, who seemed at a loss.
Clearly, someone was anxious with a hint of anger...
"Ouch..."
Su Xiaomeng weakly held onto his shoulder, frowning slightly, and whimpered to show her protest.
"Ah!"
Who knew that the protest didn’t result in any tenderness or restraint from Yin Shixiu.
Instead, he was even more domineering.
In the dark night, he was like a wolf, the moonlight over his head, his actions filled with inherent, unyielding dominance.
"Put me down, you lecherous uncle..."
Yin Shixiu didn’t comply, his hands still gripped her thighs, forcing her to wrap her arms around his neck to seek security.
He pressed against her little head, "If I hadn’t caught you, wouldn’t you have been half-crippled from the fall?"
"It’s not that high; I wouldn’t have gotten hurt."
Su Xiaomeng muttered.
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, murmuring, "Even if you just twisted your ankle, I’d be doomed. Grandpa came back furious today, and tonight, you got hurt climbing over the wall to see me..."
Su Xiaomeng thought about it and quickly inhaled, her eyes widening.
"Are you scared now?"
Yin Shixiu raised an eyebrow and smiled, asking.
Su Xiaomeng’s eyebrows lifted even higher, "If anyone’s doomed, it’s you; I’m not scared!"
Su Xiaomeng looked proud and hummed smugly, looking every bit like a child.
Yin Shixiu didn’t argue with her and put her down, "Heartless."
Su Xiaomeng hugged his waist, stood on tiptoe, looked up at his chin, and asked in a low voice, "When... did you arrive?"
"Why?"
"Uncle, if I talk to you all night, will you stand here all night?"
"How is that possible? It’s so cold outside; I’m not self-torturous to that extent."
Yin Shixiu said matter-of-factly, "I just arrived a while ago."
He said this, but Su Xiaomeng clearly smelled the strong scent of smoke on him... and glanced at the nearly orderly arrangement of cigarette butts under the street lamp.
The thing that troubled her the most was when she leaned against him, taking a breath, all she inhaled was the icy chill from his coat.
He lowered his head and glanced at her...
Her sparkling eyes looked at him dreamily, the corners of her eyes and lips carried a satisfied smile.
"Why are you staring at me so foolishly?"
He lowered his head and kissed her little mouth again.
If it hadn’t been so cold, with such a perfect atmosphere on such a dark and windy night, Yin Shixiu really wanted to pull her into the small forest...
And this thought drove him madly when she spoke the next words.
"Uncle... do you think this is... what many people call, the love that’s neither seen nor touched... love?"
Her eyes were moist, but she looked up, her chin resting on his chest, just staring at him foolishly, giggling nonstop...
Full of anticipation, hoping he could give her an answer...
An answer that had been vaguely lingering in her mind ever since she met Yin Shixiu, elusive, half-real and half-illusory.
"Uncle... do you think this is... what many people call, the love that’s neither seen nor touched... love?"
Yin Shixiu couldn’t describe his feelings when he heard the word "love" leap from the little girl’s mouth...
He only felt his chest filled with hot, boiling blood, as if a fireball was about to erupt from his heart.
"...Say something..."
Xiao Meng’s heart was anxious, her face was full of expectation, and the answer she had originally hidden in her heart, even somewhat certain.
She had thought it through, after he spoke, she could say proudly, "Yes, I knew it! Hehe..."
But Yin Shixiu just stared at her...
The deepness in those eyes, she knew, wasn’t something she could have at her age.
At thirteen, even in this era, it’s not a gap easily bridged...
Liking Yin Shixiu, she had known that from the very beginning.
But... love is such a vague word, so alluring yet seeming so unattainable.
Was she... being too hasty?
Yin Shixiu watched as the smile on Su Xiaomeng’s face, more dazzling than the starlight, slowly faded away.
"Yin Shixiu..."
She murmured his name, feeling a bit annoyed inside...
"Are you cold?"
Yin Shixiu suddenly asked.
Su Xiaomeng blinked, her mind momentarily freezing.
Yin Shixiu clasped her waist, the depth in his eyes growing stronger, his voice a bit hoarse, "I’m asking you, are you cold..."
At this moment, Su Xiaomeng felt inexplicably scared, glancing at the moonlit darkness, then at the moon hanging in the night sky, finally resting her eyes on the man up close...
Her mind suddenly drifted off!
Why did this oddly extreme atmosphere feel eerily similar to those vampire movies... a bit scary...
"Well, um... no, not cold."
"Then... are you afraid of the cold?"
He said something eerie again, and Su Xiaomeng, with her vivid imagination, truly felt chills down her spine.
Especially with Yin Shixiu’s particularly low voice in this silent environment. She looked around and saw no one.
He was just whispering in her ear like that...
The most chilling part was Yin Shixiu’s frighteningly deep eyes, his gaze was so sinister!
And, and... love, too...
She swallowed, "Uncle... Can we not be so scary? I, I feel like it’s getting late, maybe I should go back to sleep..."
Yin Shixiu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Su Xiaomeng’s heart skipped a beat!
"Uncle, you should also go back early—"
"You just asked... if it was love..."
Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips, feeling unnerved, but she was curious about the answer.
"So... is it?"
Yin Shixiu suddenly laughed, lowered his head and touched her forehead, "Meng Meng, I think actions speak louder than words."
"Huh?"
Su Xiaomeng was stunned, not because of the eerie atmosphere, nor because she couldn’t wrap her head around Yin Shixiu’s words, although she really couldn’t figure it out.
She was stunned by the smile on Yin Shixiu’s face.
She always knew he was good-looking, extraordinarily handsome.
In this face-obsessed era, not to mention celebrities, even online shop owners or street vendors,
know how to dress up or tidy themselves a bit.
If you search for handsome guys or beautiful men on Weibo, the photos and search results could make you dizzy.
Any type, any style, take your pick.
From the moment she met him, she knew she particularly liked watching him smile, not the polite smile he gives everyone.
Because she could never guess what might be hidden under such gentle kindness.
But she liked how he smiled this way, only looking at her, only because of her.
Yin Shixiu saw her staring blankly at him and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, "What’s with that look on your face?"
"Uncle..."
"Hmm?"
"Can you smile again?"
Su Xiaomeng eagerly looked at him, her big eyes twinkling like an infatuated fan.
"Ah—!"
Suddenly, someone picked her up like a sack.
Su Xiaomeng felt a tightening at her waist as Yin Shixiu carried her and walked with big strides into a small forest.
"Yin Shixiu, what are you doing?"
Being suddenly picked up, she was a bit scared and let out a scream, worried it might alarm people at the villa... Oh, and a dog.
She had to lower her voice, patting Yin Shixiu’s shoulder.
Yin Shixiu saw her swinging her arms and legs around and patted her butt.
This pat made a sensitive nerve in Su Xiaomeng tense up.
Her mind buzzed as she recalled his meaningful words earlier—
I think actions speak louder than words.
Actions, actions... What actions?!
Much later, Yin Shixiu’s coat was on Su Xiaomeng, and he was wearing Bai Fengmao’s oversized down jacket. He zipped it up, wrapping the weak and flushed girl who couldn’t lift her head in his embrace.
Su Xiaomeng straddled him, her little head resting on his chest, wrapped in the down jacket.
Her small hands were drawing circles on his chest...
"Shameless..."
She muttered softly, her cheek flushed, the strands of hair wet with sweat.
Yin Shixiu leaned against a tree, holding her tightly through the down jacket.
He kept kissing her little mouth, an insatiable hunger.
Su Xiaomeng only felt her mind buzzing...
Oh my, it’s really a dark, windy night...
Yin Shixiu is usually so cultured and well-mannered, with a good sense of limits...
But, but...
Su Xiaomeng swallowed hard, only to realize she had stooped to such a level!
This is definitely not about being lost in the moment, it’s totally premeditated!
Didn’t happen in the afternoon, so he kept thinking about it, even remembering it into the evening!
Why did she lose her mind and run out like this! She should have stayed in the room, watching him stupidly leaning against the power pole from afar!
The night being pitch-black was one thing, but in such open space without any cover, and it was so cold...
"I think you’re just a... beast."
Su Xiaomeng continued drawing circles on his chest, muttering.
Yin Shixiu bit her little mouth and smiled slightly, "Then what are you?"
Su Xiaomeng felt utterly powerless against him.
With just a sentence, he turned her counterattack into confusion.
She lowered her head, dejectedly resting on his chest.
If he’s a beast, then what about her, who was making all those "aaah" and "oooh" noises...?
Female beast maybe?
A little reluctant to label herself that way.