Chapter 187: Chapter 180: When You’re Crazy in Love, Everyone Looks Like a Rival 2
"You might never actively ask me to do anything for you, but I can never be indifferent."
Su Xiaomeng looked at the clouds in the sky, pointed with her hand, and metaphorically said, "You’re there, and I’m here. I have to climb a tall ladder to reach you..."
Yin Shixiu’s soft spot was gently touched by Su Xiaomeng in this way.
Unable to resist, he lowered his head and kissed her slightly cool and smooth forehead.
"I’ve made you suffer."
Su Xiaomeng withdrew her hand, looked at him, and smiled, "Is this what suffering is?"
Her eyes were truly bright.
"Love me well, love our child well, and I can do anything for you."
She was just an ordinary woman, and what she asked of a man in her lifetime was simply that he could love her.
If he is willing to love, if he can love, then everything she does is worthwhile.
The best relationships in the world are nothing more than this, but how many can achieve it?
She spoke such words earnestly, surprising him while also making him feel... heartache.
Yin Shixiu slightly curled his lips, "Well, I’m curious to hear what my dear wife plans to do for me?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at the sky...
Slowly said, "After the third year ends, I want to apply to study abroad."
"I’m currently studying Chinese for Foreigners, and with a bit more effort over the next two years, living and studying abroad shouldn’t be too difficult."
Yin Shixiu saw her speaking seriously, without any hint of joking.
"Mr. Yin previously hoped I would go abroad for further studies someday, achieve something notable in a specific field, maybe earn a doctorate..."
"A specific field... Which field?"
Yin Shixiu looked at her.
"Hmm, how about me becoming a translator in the future? Doesn’t it sound quite prestigious?"
"Later when people ask Mr. Yin and Mrs. Yin what the fourth son’s wife does, Mrs. Yin can say, my daughter-in-law is a translator."
Yin Shixiu felt a tightness in his chest... Clearly his wife was so ambitious, yet he only felt heartache.
But he didn’t show it, just casually asked, "Why did you think of becoming a translator while studying Chinese for Foreigners?"
Su Xiaomeng extended one finger, "I don’t want to be a teacher, not to mention teaching foreigners."
She extended a second finger, "I don’t have any specialties, and given that I’ve been studying Chinese for Foreigners for years, although it’s not comparable to those majoring in foreign languages, I’ve been involved in foreign language interactions. What I learn still needs to be applied."
Yin Shixiu saw her speaking logically, so he continued listening.
"Third..."
She glanced at Yin Shixiu, mischievously saying, "Isn’t English your second mother tongue? With such good conditions, how can I not take advantage?"
Yin Shixiu pinched her cheek, "Meng Meng, how are you so smart?"
Su Xiaomeng took his hand down, held it in her palm, looked at the distant mountain peak, "I barely met the threshold score to get into A University; my major was assigned. When I saw ’Chinese for Foreigners’, I felt quite lost...disliked it and never considered studying languages."
"What did you want to study at that time?"
Su Xiaomeng smiled at Yin Shixiu, "Mom asked me the same thing back then, and after thinking, I realized... I was very lost. Had no real ambitions, no interests except dance, haha, but dance was just a hobby."
"Back then, mom said to learn as you go."
"I asked, would I never find a career I love?"
"Then mom told me, in this world only a few have dreams and aspirations from the start, striving and being resolute. Most people... are lost and aimless, working just for livelihood, for the monthly salary credited to their account."
Su Xiaomeng held onto Yin Shixiu’s hand, "But... if a job makes you better, you’ll love it."
Su Xiaomeng said this, and Yin Shixiu couldn’t help but reflect...
Reflect on the bit-by-bit education of Su’s mother that shaped Su Xiaomeng’s excellent career view.
And...
He kissed her hair.
What she said today was not just the result of her mother asking her, prompting her to think about it...
She had actually thought about it earlier, decided long ago to do so, but it was today that her mother’s questions forced her to reveal it, to reassuringly share her thoughts with him.
"Why... not consider dance as a career?"
If that is what she loves...
Su Xiaomeng glanced at him, helplessly saying, "You know my past personality..."
"...What kind of personality?"
"Lazy!"
"Reflecting now, one should have worked harder in youth. At that time, thought learning dance too intensively was too tiring, so later it only became a hobby."
Su Xiaomeng said this, then couldn’t help but sigh, "The time of best bone flexibility passed, gave up due to hardship; now twenty, having given birth... feel my waist, the flesh hasn’t receded even after months since giving birth to Shuangshuang and Huanghuang..."
Yin Shixiu laughed silently.
He really adored this girl.
"There’s no future in it."
Su Xiaomeng shook her head, then turned to stare at his chin, "Say... don’t you have any special hobbies?"
"I do."
"What? Is it related to your current job?"
"If you have to say, there’s a little connection..."
Yin Shixiu held Su Xiaomeng, his chin resting on her head, recalling that rebellious, defiant period of youth...
"Don’t keep me in suspense, just tell me."
Su Xiaomeng urged.
Yin Shixiu casually uttered a word, "Games."
Su Xiaomeng’s mind froze for a moment, she looked up at Yin Shixiu, "What games?"
"Any operation-based game, I found very appealing, I was quite addicted in my teens."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, her elite husband had been a... online game addict?
She looked at this man beside her, who exuded nobility, and found it hard to imagine him crazily gaming in front of a computer...
"What? You don’t believe me?"
"Haha, it’s just, it’s just really incredible!"
Yin Shixiu glanced at her.
Su Xiaomeng snuggled closer to him, "Uncle, we have to make an agreement!"
"What?"
"I’ll try my best, but if no matter how hard I try, Mrs. Yin still refuses to accept me, then I’m at a loss."
Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, fearing that in the end, the one at a loss would be his mother.
"When the time comes, no matter what happens, you must stand by me, and if worse comes to worst, I’ll just follow my dad’s example and elope with you first."
"Haha... Okay."
He lowered his head and kissed her.
The setting sun cast a red glow, beginning to dye the sky...
Yin Shixiu held Su Xiaomeng’s hand, heading home for dinner, talking and laughing all the way, time slowed down and sped up...
After coming down from Jiuling Mountain, life returned to its usual calm.
Yin Shixiu was still that busy person, but as long as he wasn’t traveling for work, he would return home on time after work, spending time with the family before and after dinner.
It was just that after nine o’clock, he would go into the study to handle some necessary business affairs.
Su’s mother, although taking care of two children, was meticulous by nature, and having the experience, life was relatively relaxed and leisurely.
Of course, what delighted her most was how Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were becoming more affectionate with her.
Perhaps the only slight change occurred in Su Xiaomeng.
Seemingly sticking to her usual routine of going to school, attending classes, returning home, nursing, and learning to cook from Su’s mother, except for spending the evenings with Yin Shixiu in the study.
Su’s mother glanced at the calendar, vaguely worried, unsure of how Yin Shixiu planned to balance childcare with Xiaomeng’s studies in half a year’s time.
Maybe... she should stay a little longer, perhaps... she should discuss with Chengji whether to stay in Beijing this time.
They only have this one daughter...
As December arrived, the Christmas spirit grew stronger.
Especially on the university campus, where various clubs became restless, even though Christmas’s arrival also meant the end-of-semester exams were approaching.
Su Xiaomeng held a "resignation form" heading to the club center.
Just as she reached the club center’s entrance, she encountered Qiu Yuanyuan, who had come to reimburse expenses. A bit awkward upon meeting, but Su Xiaomeng still raised her hand in greeting, "Hi."
"President. What are you doing here?"
Qiu Yuanyuan couldn’t help but ask.
Su Xiaomeng showed the resignation form in her hand, "I’ve been too busy to submit this form, so I found some time today."
"You... really want to leave the club?"
"Even if I don’t resign, I don’t have time to participate in club activities. What good is just having a title?"
With Su Xiaomeng saying this, Qiu Yuanyuan couldn’t persuade her to stay, only pursing her lips and, after a long pause, asked, "Su Xiaomeng, are you still mad? Because of... last time’s matter?"
"I was angry at the time, but thinking about it later, I blamed myself."
I shouldn’t have been soft-hearted and gone along with those girls.
"So you don’t need to dwell on it, keep going strong."
Su Xiaomeng smiled at her before walking into the club center office.
Qiu Yuanyuan stood at the door for quite a while, always finding Su Xiaomeng to be a mystery, regardless of how much time had passed since last year’s incident, discussions about her never ceased.
Perhaps that’s for the best, after all, the OMG club often goes out to participate in various street dance troupe competitions, and having a president embroiled in so much controversy isn’t ideal.
As Su Xiaomeng left the activity center building after submitting her resignation form, she felt a sense of nostalgia.
She had discussed leaving the club with Yin Meng long ago.
Neither of them had spare time for the club.
But thinking about when the two of them used to rush to the club whenever they had spare time...
Pouring so much sweat into the club, feeling like brothers and sisters with the members, that feeling would never return, making her feel that the world was changing, and time was cruel.
She glanced at her phone, it was lunchtime, so she called Yin Meng and arranged to meet at the cafeteria.
Just after hanging up, she saw a tall figure leaning against a bare sycamore tree on the path ahead.