Chapter 142: Chapter 135: Returning to School
Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu saw that the children were asleep, so they quietly packed their luggage.
The two nannies were scheduled to report the next day.
One nanny’s surname was Chen, thirty-five years old, who had helped care for the granddaughter of Yin Shixiu’s eldest brother, Yin Shiqing, when she was born.
The other nanny’s surname was Wang, just turned forty, chosen by Yin Shixiu from a friend’s domestic service company, reputed as the most experienced and patient nanny there.
Su Xiaomeng watched as Nanny Chen and Nanny Wang skillfully changed the children’s diapers, astonished.
No wonder they’re professionals...
The only thing worrying Su Xiaomeng was that Huang Huang seemed to dislike strangers touching him; he was unhappy when Nanny Chen changed his diaper.
He remained unhappy for quite a while after the diaper change until Yin Shixiu came out of the study and held him in his arms.
Only then did Prince Huang smile.
"Huang Huang, Young Master might just be shy; he’ll be familiar in a few days."
Nanny Chen noticed Su Xiaomeng’s concern and quickly reassured her.
Su Xiaomeng thought about it and agreed, after all, such a young child couldn’t yet distinguish between family and strangers!
"Monday to Friday, Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Wang, you can come at eight in the morning, and once either my husband or I return, you can finish work."
Su Xiaomeng sat on the sofa, instructing Nanny Chen and Nanny Wang, "The salary is calculated by the number of days, so you won’t be treated unfairly. Therefore... we hope you can be extra careful in taking care of the two children."
"Mrs. Yin, rest assured about that."
Nanny Chen said earnestly.
Nanny Wang was less talkative, just nodded and replied softly.
As they were leaving, Nanny Chen spoke a few more words with Yin Shixiu...
Su Xiaomeng overheard.
After closing the door, Su Xiaomeng looked at him, "You really haven’t gone back even once?"
Yin Shixiu came forward and wrapped his arm around Su Xiaomeng’s waist, "I’m raising three children here, so I temporarily don’t have the energy to deal with matters over there."
"Three children?"
Su Xiaomeng frowned slightly, suspecting there was more to the statement.
Yin Shixiu lowered his head to touch her forehead, chuckling hoarsely, "Aren’t you one of them? Little girl..."
Su Xiaomeng reached out to pinch his waist, scolded, "Watch your words, what do you mean by child, can you do that stuff to your child?"
Her cheeks reddened, Yin Shixiu seized the chance to bite her cheek lightly, hummed, "That’s the thrill... isn’t it?"
Su Xiaomeng chose to ignore him! She pushed him away and returned to her room to organize the materials for tomorrow’s class.
Returning to school was also something that made her feel nervous and anxious.
The controversy from last year was long gone, but recalling it still sent chills down her spine.
Worrying about many things, and imagining many outcomes, left her with an uneasy night’s sleep.
However, the next day, upon arriving at the school and stepping into the new class, the atmosphere wasn’t as bad as she had imagined.
Most people seemed to have forgotten about the past controversy.
This was something Su Xiaomeng was grateful for.
Of course, this was only some of the people forgetting, she still heard quite a bit of gossip, saying all sorts of things though not as vicious as before.
It was still within her tolerance and understanding.
Now, Yin Meng was a year ahead of her, and their dormitory had always been occupied by Yin Meng alone.
After her morning classes ended, she went to the girls’ dormitory to surprise Yin Meng.
Unexpectedly, Yin Meng wasn’t there.
The dormitory door was tightly closed, and classmates from the neighboring dorm who were in Yin Meng’s class said she had taken leave today.
After leaving the dormitory building, Su Xiaomeng phoned Yin Meng from a little pavilion behind the dorm and learned she was out of town for a tech innovation competition.
The two chatted for a while before Su Xiaomeng hung up.
After hanging up, she called home and heard that Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were doing well that morning.
It was only then that she felt at ease.
Sitting on the stone bench, looking at the familiar campus, two rows of large camphor trees, and the pavilion adorned with late-blooming wisteria.
For a moment, it felt surreal that she was already the mother of two children...
Thankfully, when she thought of this, she wasn’t panicked or sentimental, just filled with happiness.
At the age of twenty... it seemed she’d already possessed the world.
She lay in the pavilion for a while, listening to the campus library bell tower chime once, then prepared to return to class.
She didn’t expect that when she stood up, turned around, she would face three or five tall, strong guys all wearing masks that covered half their faces.
Next to them were two girls, also masked, though their eyes felt faintly familiar to Su Xiaomeng.
"It’s her, indeed."
One of the girls muttered.
That voice...
"Su Xiaomeng, you actually dare to come back to school!"
"Uh... why wouldn’t I dare?"
Su Xiaomeng wasn’t quite sure what this setup was for.
"Do you remember Senior Xiao Ling?"
"Not only did you ruin her chance for postgraduate recommendation, but was it necessary to drive her to quit! How can you be so cruel?"
Upon hearing this tone... Su Xiaomeng suddenly remembered.
She wasn’t aware Xiao Ling had quit, though...
"What does her dropping out have to do with me?"
The tall girl leading the group, named Wang Wenlan, was accompanied by a shorter girl with very beautiful eyes, named Shanshan.
Su Xiaomeng didn’t know their names at this moment, and since they were wearing masks, they obviously didn’t want to be recognized.
But as soon as they mentioned Xiao Ling, she could easily link them to the girls who always treated Xiao Ling as a goddess and caused a stir at the Christmas Eve party.
"How could it not be related to you? If it weren’t for you, would Senior Xiao Ling have been stripped of her guaranteed research spot?"
"I think taking away her guaranteed spot is a good thing; if she succeeded in her research, the quality of our domestic graduate students would be dragged down considerably!"
Su Xiaomeng crossed her arms, showing no fear of them at all at this point.
In a situation where she was in the right, how could she let these people take any advantage?
"What do you mean!"
"I should be asking you that. What are you doing bringing four big guys looking for me?"
The boys standing behind Wang Wenlan and Shanshan were totally unfamiliar to Su Xiaomeng but might be from the basketball team given their physique.
"What do you think? Of course, we’re here to teach you a lesson for Senior Xiao Ling!"
"Exactly!"
Su Xiaomeng slightly furrowed her brows, and then she saw those boys take a step forward, looking aggressive.
She thought to herself, are you serious? Is this really going to be campus violence?
Instinctively, she looked around. It was just after lunchtime, and this was behind the girls’ dormitories, so indeed, except for them, there was no one else!
"You should understand that it was the school that canceled Xiao Ling’s research spot, do you think I have that kind of power to make the school make such a decision?"
Su Xiaomeng’s tone shifted as she hastily explained.
"You speak so innocently. Cancelling the research spot is one thing, but she wasn’t the only one punished. Why, after the New Year, when Senior Xiao Ling was planning to apply for graduate schools abroad, you again persuaded the school to expel her?"
Wang Wenlan said fiercely!
"Indeed! Dare you say this has nothing to do with you? We asked her, and Senior said it was you causing trouble behind her back!"
Shanshan echoed beside her, her voice sugary sweet.
"Su Xiaomeng, you found a man outside, had a child, cheated on Senior Yi Xuan, and then made Senior Xiao Ling take the fall for you. You really are something!"
Again...
"I’m already married, okay? I had nothing to do with Ren Yixuan—"
"Knew you would say something like that, shameless! Grab her!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two big guys grabbed Su Xiaomeng’s arms.
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes widened, are they for real?
"Others might be afraid of you, but we aren’t!"
Wang Wenlan puffed her chest, stepped up to Su Xiaomeng, and pinched her face!
Su Xiaomeng winced in pain, glaring at her, "You’re not afraid? Then do you dare to take off that mask?"
"Do you think we’re stupid? Letting you see our faces, then you can pull some strings and hang some crime on us to get us kicked out of school, haha..."
Su Xiaomeng silently rolled her eyes.
She didn’t think they were stupid, but now hearing this, she really felt they were quite dumb.
"Xiao Ling’s dropping out has nothing to do with me. In the first half of the year, I was taking care of my child, how would I have time to interfere with Senior Xiao Ling’s matters?"
Even though this scene was intimidating, Su Xiaomeng still felt that since it was in A University, although no one was there by the gazebo now, someone could pass by at any moment.
These two girls probably didn’t have the guts to really do anything to her.
And these four boys... they hadn’t even made a sound yet. They didn’t really seem like the type to cause trouble.
So she was trying to defend herself a bit.
As for Xiao Ling dropping out, she genuinely knew nothing about it.
"Well, taking care of a child... you say it so smoothly, shameless!"
After Wang Wenlan finished, she raised her hand and slapped Su Xiaomeng across the face!
Su Xiaomeng’s face immediately felt a burning sensation.
Her fair face turned red on one side.
"Let me hit her too."
Shanshan hurriedly stepped forward, pinched Su Xiaomeng’s face, and was about to slap her—
Su Xiaomeng was a little dazed, but when she realized that Wang Wenlan had hit her and saw Shanshan approaching, she got a rush of heat to her head and kicked Shanshan in the stomach at once!
Shanshan clutched her stomach and stepped back several steps! Her face changed from the pain.
To Su Xiaomeng, this was self-defense...
But it just so happened that among those boys who hadn’t intended to cause trouble, one of them was actually Shanshan’s boyfriend!
That kick seemed to hit a mine.
"Ouch!"
Both arms were twisted behind her back and held down!
Su Xiaomeng realized things had gotten serious, and with a quick turn of her mind, she started shouting, "Help! Is there anyone? Help—mmph!"
Her mouth was covered by a large hand.
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes widened; what on earth is this?
The tallest boy walked over in front of her, pulling down his mask, and to Su Xiaomeng’s surprise, he had a handsome face with an unyielding rebellious spirit in his eyes.
He slightly lifted his chin, his cold gaze carrying a hint of ice as he looked down on Su Xiaomeng.
The next second, he reached out and clasped her throat.
Su Xiaomeng was stunned!