Chapter 138: Chapter 131: So, What’s the Plan? Let’s Hear It (2)
Su Xiaomeng fell silent, unsure of what to say.
Su’s mother took a light breath, "You’re still young, but you won’t always be so young. Especially after having two children, you’ll mature and grow up, right?"
"Right now, your thinking is very simple, very naive. The decisions you make are all impulsive. What if you regret it in the future?"
"I just want to know... if I divorce the uncle, how would you treat me..."
Su Xiaomeng murmured.
Su’s mother found this question quite unpleasant to hear.
But Su Xiaomeng seemed very troubled about this point.
She reached out and wrapped her arm around her shoulder, pulling her into an embrace, "I am your mother."
"Even if at first you came home pregnant without marrying Yin Shixiu, I would still have taken care of you, let alone now."
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes started to redden.
She suddenly choked up...
"I feel... like I’m so disappointing... already twenty years old, and still making you worry..."
Tears welled up in her eyes, too fast to wipe away.
Su’s mother sighed lightly. If Yin Shixiu doesn’t come back soon, she wouldn’t be able to console her.
"I hope for a happy marriage for you and Shixiu, with a harmonious family."
She also hoped... purely and simply hoped.
But what about Yin Shixiu?
Why does his marriage involve so much purpose and calculation...
"If in the future I divorce Yin Shixiu, I’m not giving him the kids."
"Otherwise, I’d be left with nothing, too much of a loss!"
Su Xiaomeng said resentfully!
"I have to plan for myself early on!"
Just because he says not to divorce, doesn’t mean not to divorce, right?
Su’s mother was utterly speechless...
The mother and daughter were engrossed in their conversation, and the TV was on loud; they didn’t realize the door had opened, and Yin Shixiu was standing by the door.
Su Xiaomeng came out from her mother’s embrace and met Yin Shixiu’s grim expression...
"What plans? Tell me about it."
He said coldly.
The anger in his heart was almost uncontrollably blazing up!
Not seeing each other for half a month, he thought she would have calmed down by now.
But upon returning, she was still mentioning "divorce" at every turn!
Su Xiaomeng leaned closer to her mom, intending to play turtle.
She didn’t expect Yin Shixiu to return suddenly, nor that he would hear what she said...
Facing his current expression, Su Xiaomeng felt a little guilty, but only a little bit.
It was him who left for a business trip the day after their quarrel without even a word of goodbye.
It was also him who didn’t give her a call or even a text during the two-week business trip.
The one who didn’t reply after mustering up the courage to wish him a happy birthday was also him.
She certainly needed to make plans for herself...
Su’s mother hadn’t noticed Yin Shixiu at the door until she did and got a fright.
A couple’s quarrel, with parents not taking sides and urging reconciliation instead of separation is the bare minimum, so Su’s mother hadn’t planned to take sides either. She knew her own daughter’s nature, usually simple-minded, but when tangled up in dead ends, who knows what she might be thinking.
But in a private conversation between mother and daughter, Su’s mother of course spoke her mind.
Marriage, a long and winding path, if it truly reaches an end, there’s no need to force it.
And from a mother’s perspective, even if Xiao Meng is entirely at fault in the future, she will protect this only treasure.
But... if Yin Shixiu heard these words...
She stood up, "Back already?"
Yin Shixiu took a breath, remaining silent.
"Shixiu, Meng Meng didn’t mean it that way, don’t overthink."
Yin Shixiu pursed his lips, trying hard to suppress his uncontrollable emotions, and spoke with a tone as calm as possible, "Are Shuangshuang and Huang Huang asleep?"
Su’s mother hadn’t expected him to shift the topic to the children, she nodded, "They’re in the room."
"I’ll go check on them."
"...Shixiu."
Su’s mother contemplated, and still called out to him.
Yin Shixiu looked at her...
Su’s mother patted the spot beside her, "Come sit for a while, have a rest, the kids are asleep, don’t disturb them."
Yin Shixiu hesitated, putting his suitcase by the TV cabinet.
He walked over and sat down next to Su’s mother.
Su’s mother got up, took Yin Shixiu’s cup, and poured him a glass of cold water.
Su Xiaomeng sat on the side, head down, picking at her fingers, faintly feeling a piercing gaze from above, making her scalp tingle.
And in fact, the look Yin Shixiu gave her wasn’t friendly either, even squinting his eyes at her as he sipped his tea.
"Why did your trip to Beijing last so long this time?"
Su’s mother asked.
With a personal bias, she wanted to seize the moral high ground. After all, two weeks isn’t a short period, and not giving his wife a call or a text was indeed unjustifiable.
"Xiaomeng said you haven’t contacted her all along... is that true?"
Yin Shixiu put down the teacup, his gaze never leaving Su Xiaomeng...
"I thought we both needed some time to calm down, so not contacting each other would be better."
Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips, showing contempt in her heart, not contacting is not contacting, finding excuses!
This little gesture was completely caught by Yin Shixiu.
"But... Xiaomeng said on your birthday, she sent you wishes, and you didn’t reply, isn’t that a bit too much?"
Something best left unsaid, but since it’s been brought up...
"Which wife wishes her husband ’happiness as vast as the Eastern Sea and a life longer than the Southern Mountain’ for his birthday?"
"Pff... what?"
Su’s mother thought she heard wrong, her eyes widened as she looked at Su Xiaomeng.
Su Xiaomeng lowered her head, muttering softly, "What’s wrong with ’happiness as vast as the Eastern Sea and a life longer than the Southern Mountain’..."
She sent it because they were still in the cold war stage at the time. Su Xiaomeng wanted to send him blessings, but thought that sending a simple "happy birthday" would feel really strange...
So she sent "happiness as vast as the Eastern Sea and a life longer than the Southern Mountain," actually carrying some joking and mischievous elements...
Hoping to ease the tension between them a bit.
However, from his tone...
Her mischief and joke seemed to have had no effect.
Yin Shixiu remembered that afternoon he was in a meeting when his phone buzzed with a text message. It was his birthday that day, and he had already received many blessings from relatives and friends, so he didn’t pay it much attention at first.
But when he saw it was from Su Xiaomeng...
Honestly, he felt a bit excited.
But when he opened the message and saw those eight large characters, he could only associate it with Su Xiaomeng’s sarcastic and mocking look on the other end of the phone.
It wasn’t the first day she mocked his age!
Su’s mother was momentarily speechless.
What’s really going on in Su Xiaomeng’s mind?
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, this woman was chosen by him, so he accepted it.
"But you still can’t not reply..."
Su Xiaomeng muttered again.
Yin Shixiu was just afraid that responding at that time would make the relationship between them even colder!
"What kind of business trip lasts two weeks... This time it’s two weeks, next time it’ll be two months..."
Su Xiaomeng continued to mutter like she was talking to herself.
Yin Shixiu looked at her coldly, he certainly knew that two weeks wasn’t a short time...
At this moment, Su’s mother was also looking at him...
Yin Shixiu took a document bag out of his bag and placed it in front of Su’s mother, "These are the enrollment documents for Xiaomeng, the work-related matters were completed a week ago."
Su Xiaomeng was stunned, Su’s mother hadn’t expected it either.
"I originally thought of letting Xiaomeng advance with her original class, but I thought about it, and she’s not very clever, so studying for another half year might not be a bad thing."
Yin Shixiu deliberately emphasized the words "not very clever."
"It’s still the original major in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. Your tutor said you have some talent with languages, your grades aren’t the best but not the worst either. So even if you don’t like it much, you should still complete the credits for this major first."
Yin Shixiu said lightly.
At this moment, not to mention Su’s mother who felt a bit wronged towards Yin Shixiu, Su Xiaomeng herself was feeling conflicted.
He... was actually taking care of this matter for her...
But, why?
Why put so much effort into her...
Yin Shixiu’s gaze was still fixed on her as she slightly lifted her eyes!
Su Xiaomeng shrank her head... Why is he staring at her like that?
"So... are you going to take Xiaomeng back to Beijing?"
Su’s mother asked.
"If she doesn’t want to study, she naturally doesn’t have to go."
"I want to study!"
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly said.
Yin Shixiu let out a light snort, "Does it really matter whether you study or not? You’re dumb anyway!"
Su Xiaomeng was taken aback, her brows furrowed, "What’s with your sarcastic tone?"
One sarcastic comment after another, each word piercing like a thorn. Has she done him such a wrong?
Su’s mother never asked what the two of them were fighting about, but... she more or less could guess it wasn’t something major.
Breaking in, she continued to ask, "What about Huang Huang and Shuangshuang, what’s your plan for them?"
Su Xiaomeng pressed her lips together, she didn’t want to give up attending university, but balancing school and taking care of two children...
Unless she had a clone technique, she wouldn’t be able to do either well.
"Mom, here’s what I plan to do. I’ll hire two professional nannies to look after the children, and if you and Dad want to see Huang Huang and Shuangshuang, I’ll bring them back to stay for a few days. When Meng Meng has winter or summer vacation, we’ll stay in Chengdu."
"Can you really trust others to take care of them?"
"I’ve already found people in the past two days, don’t worry."
"I’ve also personally prepared the living supplies for the kids over there."
Su’s mother looked at the documents on the table, then glanced at Su Xiaomeng, who kept her head down without a word.
If it had come to this point... and her daughter still wanted to make trouble with Yin Shixiu, even she couldn’t stand it.
About to say something...
"Mom, could you... leave the house for Xiaomeng and me?"
Su Xiaomeng’s fists slightly clenched...
Her heart was also in a tight knot.
Su’s mother thought for a moment, didn’t say much, and ignored Su Xiaomeng’s pleading gaze. She picked up her phone and bag and left the room...
The moment the door closed.
Su Xiaomeng lowered her head again... her eyes slightly red.
Inside... feelings of guilt, confusion, doubt, panic, and sadness tangled...
"Let me ask you one thing, do you still want a divorce?"
Yin Shixiu asked coldly.
Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips...
She remained silent for a long time, the silence nearly suffocating Yin Shixiu!
He’s done so much, does she still need to hesitate?
Why hesitate?
Su Xiaomeng just felt her eyes burning, her heart in turmoil, tangled into a mess within her chest.