Chapter 160: Chapter 153: Stuck in a Cow Pie! (Part 2)
Bai Fengmao became agitated, more and more so, "That’s my own granddaughter! When she walked up to me, she was in rags, covered in dirt, and even injured! With such a big belly!"
"Dad, Dad..."
"And that’s my own granddaughter! That Brother Yin and his wife actually looked down on her! They actually dared to—"
"Dad, calm down, calm down!"
Bai Sixian saw Bai Fengmao’s face turning red with anger and quickly tried to soothe his chest continuously.
"How can I calm down?! This can’t be forgiven! My granddaughter, Bai Fengmao’s granddaughter, being bullied like this!"
Bai Sixian felt... a bit rash.
Hmm... should have found a more appropriate time to tell the old man about this.
"If that old couple from the Yin Family doesn’t give me an explanation, I’m going to break their son’s leg!"
Bai Fengmao’s tone didn’t sound like he was just trying to scare people.
The old man is stubborn...
"If Shixiu’s leg is broken, Meng Meng will cry her eyes out..."
Bai Sixian said lightly.
Bai Fengmao was speechless.
"Dad..."
Bai Sixian held Bai Fengmao’s hand and said slowly, "That matter is in the past now. Meng Meng suffered, but Shixiu has shown his attitude. The night I took Meng Meng back to Chengdu, Shixiu chased after us to Chengdu and later stayed with Meng Meng in Chengdu all the time."
"He went to Chengdu?"
Bai Fengmao raised his eyebrows.
Bai Sixian nodded, "Dad, you still don’t trust my judgment? To put it this way, Shixiu and I are of the same generation, but when he sees me and Chengji, he calls me mom and calls Chengji dad... He’s different from others."
"As far as I’m concerned, he’s sincere with Meng Meng."
"..." Bai Fengmao took a deep breath, finding it hard to let go of the knot in his heart.
"Actually..."
Bai Sixian sneaked a glance at her father, then said, "You should be able to understand the Yin family’s elders, right?"
Bai Fengmao’s expression turned stern, "What do you mean by that, young lady?"
Bai Sixian chuckled softly, "Didn’t you also look down on Chengji..."
"How can that be the same?! I raised a daughter! My daughter is highly intelligent, emotionally intelligent, she’s great at everything, and she married to that jerk Su Chengji, can I be reconciled with that? They raised a son! My Meng Meng is so adorable, can you find another one like her in this world? If those old folks say they can find one, I’ll acknowledge it! I would even call Yin Shaohui my big brother! But that Yin Shixiu is already in his thirties, while my Meng Meng is just a child of this world..."
Bai Fengmao slapped the bed furiously, "Damn it, how did the girls from my Bai Fengmao family all end up with useless men!"
"Dad, Dad... watch your language!"
"I can’t help it!"
Bai Sixian watched her father acting like a child, and a wave of emotion rose in her heart.
Dad... how old are you now? After your birthday next month, you’ll be seventy-nine...
You’ve reached an age where you act like a child... It’s good that she came, it’s good that she returned.
On that side, Bai Fengmao was utterly furious, nothing like his usual composed self.
Maybe part of it is he genuinely feels angry, and the other part... because his daughter is around, he’s more open with his emotions.
On this side, Bai Sixian listening didn’t worry too much that her father would seriously go and break Yin Shixiu’s leg.
"Dad, I’ve come to terms with this with Chengji as well..."
Bai Sixian smoothed Bai Fengmao’s chest again, soothing him gently, "If it weren’t for Yin Shixiu initially getting involved with Meng Meng, I would have been rather opposed to Meng Meng marrying into a wealthy family... Meng Meng is inherently good, but she’s naturally lazy. Take me, for example. Dad, didn’t you spoil me so much when I was young?"
"But even so, the rules of the family, the manners outside, every movement, people were watching."
"Even if I was very favored by you, I still had to adhere to the rules, understand what needed to be understood, and do what needed to be done..."
"Meng Meng’s temperament is like Chengji’s, kind-hearted, sincere with people, but the problem is sometimes her thought process is different from others..."
"She’s only twenty, and although we can’t judge a person’s maturity solely by age, she’s my daughter, I know very well that it’s too early for her to be a mother."
"But you can’t just say because she’s young, she doesn’t have to be a responsible mother. A child’s growth happens only once, especially when a child is this young, the parents can’t afford to make mistakes."
"This demands that a carefree, unconcerned university student must grow up in the shortest time with the fastest speed."
"Those things, the two old folks from the Yin family might not be willing to see from Meng Meng’s point of view..."
"At their age, can’t they understand these things? It seems I need to find some time to have a good talk with that old couple!"
Bai Sixian smiled at her father, "Dad, don’t rush."
"How is this not urgent?"
"I think... although it’s a bit difficult for Meng Meng, but pushing her a little is necessary, many things, even if we speak in her ear, she might not understand, but experiencing it herself, she will grow faster."
Bai Fengmao frowned slightly, not daring to agree with his daughter’s view.
Just thinking about the pitiful look of his granddaughter when they met on the mountain, he couldn’t bear it.
"Dad, you know that girl Meng Meng can cook many dishes now! I was shocked when I came to Beijing this time, in less than two months!"
"She’s going to school, taking care of the child, and still cooking for Yin Shixiu?!"
The priority Bai Fengmao got from Bai Sixian’s words was entirely different from what Bai Sixian intended to convey!
Bai Sixian scratched her head...
Bai Fengmao kept a stern face, but after glancing at his daughter’s expression, he finally took a deep breath and couldn’t help but mutter, "I understand what you mean. I just feel sorry for my granddaughter..."
Bai Sixian knew her father was a reasonable person.
"Even before I knew she was my biological granddaughter, I already felt sorry for that little girl. Now that I know she’s my biological granddaughter..."
"I understand, I understand!"
Bai Sixian patted her father’s hand, "When I go back and tell Meng Meng that you’re her biological grandfather, she’ll probably be too happy to fall asleep at night."
"Really?"
"She likes you a lot!"
Bai Fengmao thought about Meng Meng liking him, and his heart felt sweet, then suddenly thought of something and hurriedly grabbed Bai Sixian’s hand, "Don’t tell Meng Meng this yet; wait until I’m discharged from the hospital next week. Next week, let’s go to Meng Meng and Shixiu’s house together and give the little girl a surprise!"
Bai Sixian saw her father’s beaming face, with a childlike mischievous look, and she felt both sour and sweet inside.
"The hospital is full of illness, and if Meng Meng knows, she’ll definitely come to see me, so let’s keep it a secret for now and let me look forward to it."
Bai Sixian nodded, "Okay, I’ll listen to you."
Bai Fengmao’s eyes drifted away as a few smiling wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes.
It seemed he was already fantasizing about the scene when his granddaughter learns that he is her biological grandfather.
"Oh, by the way!"
Bai Fengmao snapped back to reality.
"Hmm?"
"That... cough cough... let Su Chengji come to Beijing."
"What for? Afraid I’ll hit him again?"
"No, no, of course not, I know dad is the best!"
Bai Sixian laughed with squinted eyes.
Bai Fengmao tapped her nose, "Let him come to Beijing. After so many years, I should apologize to him and thank him..."
"Dad, there’s no need... Su Chengji doesn’t blame you?"
"He dares to blame me? He took my precious daughter away for twenty years. He has the nerve to blame me?"
"I apologize to him purely because I feel guilty, but he should understand in his heart that in these twenty years, he’s gained, and I’ve lost everything."
"Alright, alright."
Bai Fengmao looked at his daughter, unable to resist reaching out, "Baby, let dad hold you tightly once more."
Bai Sixian smiled and snuggled into her father’s embrace.
When Bai Sixian returned to the apartment that night, it was already eleven o’clock.
When she entered, Yin Shixiu was still leaning on the sofa in the living room reading a book, but it was clear there was a layer of fatigue on his face.
Seeing Bai Sixian return, he closed the book and stood up, "Where did you go? Why was your phone off?"
"Oh, it ran out of battery. Why are you still up? Aren’t you going to work tomorrow?"
Su’s mother asked casually.
Yin Shixiu said, "I called you, but your phone was off. Meng Meng was worried and insisted on waiting for you to come back before going to sleep. In the end, she fell asleep halfway through, and I carried her to the room."
Su’s mother pressed her lips together, "So... you were waiting for me?"
Yin Shixiu shrugged, "It’s a bit late. By the way, you’re still very young..."
He got to this point, and Su’s mother understood, feeling somewhat embarrassed, "I’m sorry."
"No problem, next time you go out, let me take you."
"...Okay. You should go to bed too, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang..."
"They’re both asleep."
Yin Shixiu said as Su’s mother nodded, about to enter the room when Yin Shixiu suddenly asked, "By the way, mom... weren’t you out buying things? Where are they?"
Su’s mother froze for a moment, then looked at Yin Shixiu with a raised eyebrow, "You tell me, where are they?"
Yin Shixiu chuckled, "I don’t mean to interfere; I was just asking."
"Shixiu, please don’t play mind games with me, alright?"
"Alright."
"As long as you know, don’t pry into things you shouldn’t. The less you ask, the more polite I’ll be when I meet your parents."
Yin Shixiu nodded, said goodnight to Su’s mother, and then entered the room.
He could vaguely guess that Su’s mother must have gone out to see someone, and in Beijing, the person worth her going out so late to see...
Was probably related to the "family" she left 20 years ago.
Yin Shixiu knew that Su’s mother’s family background was complicated, but he had never investigated it.
Because Bai Sixian was different from Su Xiaomeng and Su Chengji; she was astute and very sensitive.
Unless he secretly investigated and made sure she never found out, otherwise... it would surely be a problem.
Also, he wasn’t particularly interested in knowing more.
But today...
He and Su Xiaomeng went to visit Bai Fengmao at the hospital in the afternoon.