Chapter 153: Chapter 146: Xiao Meng’s Decision 2
It’s natural to feel for the son, but it’s impossible not to feel for the young mother who made a mistake and is striving to make amends.
Su Xiaomeng had no resentment towards the slap Zhou Mengqin left on her face, but in his heart... there was still guilt.
Because he always remembered, if it hadn’t been for that first night they met, when he took advantage of her, she would now be a free university girl doing whatever she wanted.
Instead of having to constantly strive to learn how to become a mother.
On Sunday night, Yin Shixiu came out of the bathroom and didn’t see Su Xiaomeng. After a search, he found her on the balcony making a phone call.
Out of curiosity, he leaned against the balcony door, drying his hair while listening...
"Uh... I’ll take care of the withdrawal process in a couple of days."
Yin Shixiu’s heart tightened.
Su Xiaomeng hung up the phone, abruptly turned and met Yin Shixiu’s gaze. Her slightly reddened eyes were captured by Yin Shixiu’s eyes.
"Withdrawal? Who?" he frowned.
Su Xiaomeng showed her teeth at him, she had no idea how forced her smile was, but Yin Shixiu could clearly see...
She pointed at herself, "Me, uncle. I’ve thought about it, I’m not going to university anymore, haha..."
At night, after coaxing the two kids to sleep, they lay in bed side by side.
Yin Shixiu turned his head slightly, and with the faint light, saw Su Xiaomeng closing her eyes.
Her eyelashes gently quivered from time to time; he knew she was pretending to sleep.
Little girl...
That night, Yin Shixiu did not discuss the "withdrawal" issue with her.
He certainly wouldn’t allow her to withdraw, that’s beyond doubt.
However, he understood well the reasons she suddenly chose to withdraw.
And for the moment, he hadn’t thought of a good way to dispel her concerns.
Turning his body, he pulled Meng into his embrace, his lips touching her forehead at the hairline, speaking in a hoarse voice, "Take a few days to rest at home first."
Su Xiaomeng moved her body, hugged his waist, and burrowed into his arms.
The next day, Nanny Wang came to help.
Shuangshuang was very attached to Su Xiaomeng, but she focused more on Prince Huang.
Because of this, Shuangshuang cried twice.
Nanny Wang held the tearful Shuangshuang and smiled at Su Xiaomeng, "Shuangshuang is already jealous at such a young age, her brother will have a tough time in the future, haha."
Su Xiaomeng was feeding Huang Huang while propping her chin and teasing Shuangshuang with playful expressions.
Shuangshuang’s big eyes almost took up half of her little face, the eye shape like Xiao Meng, but the color was like Yin Shixiu’s, deep brown, almost black.
Her eyes were red, and her little paws scratched at her like a kitten. Xiao Meng opened her mouth and lightly bit her finger, and she immediately cried "Ouch," then retracted her finger, laughing "giggling" in Nanny Wang’s arms, and after a while, her little paw reached out again, and Su Xiaomeng bit again, leading to another series of "giggling" laughs...
It went back and forth like this...
Prince Huang seemed influenced, his eyes frequently looked at Shuangshuang, ending up choking on milk, with milk dribbling from his nose. He let go of the nipple, smacked his lips, blinked his eyes, and stared at the dancing Shuangshuang.
After staring for a while, he rolled his eyes, seemingly thinking Shuangshuang was silly, quietly turned his head back to continue drinking milk.
Su Xiaomeng was amused by Prince Huang’s expression, laughing until her stomach hurt.
Whether or not Prince Huang was truly disdainful of Shuangshuang, she didn’t know, but the expression was perfectly fitting.
"The Young Master seems to resemble the gentleman more."
Nanny Wang said.
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows, "Right? You think so too? Cold and harsh in front of outsiders, but at home..."
She paused, eyes showing great happiness, "Very gentle, very affectionate."
Nanny Wang looked at Su Xiaomeng, then said, "Madam really likes the gentleman..."
"If I didn’t like him, would I have had two kids for him..."
When Su Xiaomeng thought back now, she still felt that the reason she agreed to give birth to the children was because the man was Yin Shixiu.
Even though they were still unfamiliar then, he gave her an inexplicable sense of security under the premise of unfamiliarity.
She was a girl akin to a small animal, perhaps it was out of some animal instinct that made her believe that having his kids wouldn’t lead to a terrible outcome.
Even if, in the end, she didn’t end up with him.
"The gentleman seems to be the type that attracts women, right."
"Uh...should be."
"Madam doesn’t worry?"
"Mrs. Wang..."
"Uh?"
"If he’s unfaithful, my mom would kill him. Hahaha!"
Nanny Wang cleared her throat, feeling the conversation was getting hard to continue.
Su Xiaomeng certainly worried, but... worrying wouldn’t solve any problems.
At that time, there was a contract agreement between them, which already set the start and end point of their marriage.
After giving birth to the children, although she was anxious, she was also prepared for him to leave anytime while equally ready to spend a lifetime with him.
The choice was given to Yin Shixiu, and he chose the latter.
Therefore, Su Xiaomeng had to steadfastly walk a path far more difficult than the former.
Yin Shixiu was a powerful man, she had to work hard to make herself better, even if... it was a bit tough.
But better than losing because she didn’t work hard.
If ultimately, she worked hard and still lost.
Uh...although it would be very sad, at least she tried her best, at least she wouldn’t regret.
From childhood to adulthood, she was like this, not easily committing to anything, but if committed, she gave her all.
In the evening, Yin Shixiu came back.
Brought some desserts that Su Xiaomeng likes best.
Su Xiaomeng was delighted and eagerly went to grab them. Seeing her so excited, Shuangshuang, who was lying on the crib, also started squealing excitedly.
Yin Shixiu washed his hands and came over to hold the two babies.
One in each hand, as he gently rocked them, the two babies were overjoyed.
Especially Prince Huang, who had been acting cool all day, now was like a little wacko.
The little hands went straight to Yin Shixiu’s face, touching his eyes, eyebrows, and picking at his nose.
Yin Shixiu couldn’t dodge in time.
The children were left with Yin Shixiu.
Su Xiaomeng sat down to take a break and started eating desserts.
Observant Shuangshuang laid on Yin Shixiu’s shoulder. Seeing Su Xiaomeng eating, she started calling out "Ah ah ah."
Su Xiaomeng felt a prickle on her back.
Turning her head, she glanced at Shuangshuang, "What are you doing?"
"Ah ah ah!"
Ah, you big-headed ghost...
Su Xiaomeng held the dessert and dipped the spoon into a little milk, placing it near Shuangshuang’s mouth. She thought Shuangshuang would just lick it, but instead, she opened her mouth wide and enveloped the entire spoon!
Su Xiaomeng was startled.
She carefully took the spoon away, then saw Shuangshuang triumphantly enjoying herself there.
"Giggle giggle giggle..."
A series of wicked laughter.
Su Xiaomeng gave Shuangshuang a sidelong glance and then scooped a spoonful of mango and sago to offer to Yin Shixiu.
Yin Shixiu didn’t particularly like desserts, but he didn’t refuse when it was handed to him.
He took a bite, and Prince Huang, who wasn’t initially interested, started eyeing it but didn’t move towards Su Xiaomeng; instead, he pushed his little mouth towards Yin Shixiu’s and licked there.
"Cough cough..."
This scene, right...
Yin Shixiu kissed Prince Huang on both cheeks, and seeing this, Shuangshuang immediately placed both her hands on Yin Shixiu’s chin and went in to smooch!
This side got a kiss too, and now she’s satisfied.
After playing with the two babies for half an hour, Yin Shixiu felt more exhausted than working all day long.
Su Xiaomeng prepared dinner.
Yin Shixiu used to think Su Xiaomeng wasn’t very smart, but considering how she managed with cooking, she definitely has potential if she’s willing to learn.
After dinner, the two of them took the kids for a walk around the garden in the neighborhood.
Returning home, they huffed and puffed as they bathed the babies.
This bathing was a major task, as Yin Shixiu carried Huang Huang into the bathroom, set him in the small basin, and when he turned on the faucet, unexpectedly Huang Huang peed right onto Yin Shixiu’s face.
Su Xiaomeng saw the expression on Yin Shixiu’s face and got goosebumps everywhere!
Holding the bare-bottomed Shuangshuang, she couldn’t stop laughing, and Shuangshuang didn’t know why Meng Meng was laughing, but still squirmed with laughter.
Yin Shixiu, with a dark face, turned to Su Xiaomeng and stiffly said, "You do it."
"Hahaha!"
Su Xiaomeng laughed helplessly, slapping her thigh.
Though she had been peed on before, it was never on her face.
This was really a test of a neat freak’s limits, so even after Su Xiaomeng and the babies finished washing, he was still in the bathroom.
Placed the two babies on the bed, in late October, Beijing was already starting to rapidly cool down.
Fearing the children might catch cold, the room had the heat turned on.
Su Xiaomeng was about to blow-dry her hair when Su’s mother called.
She leaned against the bed with her phone and answered the call.
"Mom..."
"You want to drop out? Why?"
Su’s mother opened with a straightforward and blunt inquiry.
Su Xiaomeng was taken aback but didn’t hide it from her mother and answered honestly, "Leaving Shuangshuang and Huang Huang with the nanny, me and Shixiu aren’t assured."
Su’s mother furrowed her brows, "Did something happen with the nanny?"
"No..." Su Xiaomeng glanced at the two drowsy little ones beside her and then added, "But Shuangshuang and Huang Huang are indeed more spirited when I take care of them myself."
Today Nanny Chen wasn’t around, and Nanny Wang mentioned that when Nanny Chen was looking after Huang Huang, he seemed quite listless, ate less, cried more, and would sleep after crying out of exhaustion.
Even though Nanny Wang noticed it, she couldn’t say much since Nanny Chen was introduced by someone on Yin Shixiu’s brother’s side.
Su Xiaomeng listening, felt a mix of emotions.
Su’s mother was silent for a while, then said, "Su Xiaomeng, if you plan to drop out, could you at least inform me first? Don’t let me hear about everything just from the counselor, okay?"
Su Xiaomeng pouted, "I forgot, really..."
"Forget, you big-headed ghost, you just wanted to stall!"
Su Xiaomeng scratched her head.
"Can’t you just take a break? Why drop out?"
Su’s mother didn’t understand.
Su Xiaomeng rubbed her nose, muttering her explanation, "How long can you take a break...I communicated with the teacher, he said the school could keep my academic status at most for two years. But the babies need me now, and when they’re two, they’ll still need me..."
This time when they had a fever, she didn’t know; what about next time? Could it be that when they’re two, problems won’t occur?