Chapter 105: Chapter 102: Only Feelings, Not Ruled by Reason 2
What should I do? Yin Shixiu... you’re not into lolis, are you? Why do you find her so cute?
"Hey, but uncle... Mom and you were talking inside for so long, what were you talking about?"
"Weren’t you listening?"
"I only heard her saying she wanted to kill your whole family, didn’t hear anything else."
Kill his whole family?!
"You have to be good to me, got it? Don’t do anything to let me down! Got it?!"
"Haha..."
"Hahaha..."
"What are you laughing at!"
"Nothing, nothing... let’s go, let’s tidy up our room."
In the evening, Su’s father and his family stayed over, while Su Jianyi and his wife left around 2 p.m.
Anyway, Grandpa Su was happy for a long time because, no matter how unfilial, he’s still his son.
It’s just Grandpa Su wasn’t in such a good mood, especially after hearing what Su Jianyi advised Grandpa Su in the afternoon...
Something like if someone visits, be sure to speak well, otherwise it might affect his future or something...
These words reached Su’s mother’s ears by evening.
She snorted, "I wondered why he was so unwilling, and still had to come back this time... Looks like he’s going to get promoted..."
Su Chengji made the bed, brewed a cup of grapefruit tea for his wife, and said, "Well, he’s in a higher position!"
"Being in a higher position means you can look down on people? I didn’t mention Shixiu’s status. If I had, I would love to see what expression he’d have with his fake serious face! Bragging in front of Guan Yu, overestimating oneself!"
"Wife..."
"What?"
"Are you quite satisfied with Xiao Yin too?"
"..." Su’s mother saw his "I knew it all along" look, raised her eyebrows, "He’s still in the observation period."
Su’s father wisely didn’t expose Su’s mother anymore, hugged her, "Oh... Now that Xiao Meng is married, why does my heart feel so empty?"
"Can you not be so melodramatic?"
"Wife... why don’t we have another one?"
"Ah—"
Grandma Su cut some fruit, and just as Su Xiaomeng was about to bring some to her parents, she was scared three feet back by that scream at the door!
Like a startled rabbit, she widened her eyes, cautiously staring at the door for a while, and then thinking it over, still felt unsafe, and quietly withdrew.
The next day, they returned to Chengdu City.
After the eighth day, Yin Shixiu went to the tech subsidiary named Sharp under the Yin Family every day.
The company is developing a ride-hailing app to rival Uber in the United States, hoping to launch in April, with Chengdu as the test site.
He didn’t really rest until the thirteenth.
At night, Su Xiaomeng started packing early.
When Yin Shixiu came back, he saw the father and daughter hugging each other and crying!
"Dad... you must take good care of yourself, okay? Stop saying the wrong things, okay? Be smart, okay?"
"Okay, okay... I’ll listen to my baby! Woo woo..."
"Dad... remember to often send me some tasty snacks, okay? I love cold-eat rabbit, remember to send it by the kilogram, not by the gram... okay? Woo woo..."
"Okay, okay! Dad will buy a rabbit and make it himself for you, then send it over, okay?"
"Woo woo... no, what you make isn’t as tasty as the bought ones... woo woo..."
"But the bought ones are expensive..."
"Expensive but tasty... woo woo..."
"Then, then, talk to your mom... let her give me more pocket money every month... woo woo..."
"Ah... oh, okay..." Su Xiaomeng blinked her teary eyes, pitifully turned her head, "Mom... you have to remember to give dad more pocket—mhm..."
Before she finished, seeing her mom’s one eyebrow raised and arms crossed, with a "I’ll just watch you act all pretentious" expression, she was scared to turn back quietly, "Dad, you’d better ask yourself... I also dare not..."
"Ah?"
Su Xiaomeng wiped her tears, hugged her dad, and whispered sympathetically in his ear, "Dad, I tried my best, find a way yourself..."
"Ah... Xiao Meng, you can’t just leave like this..."
"If you keep howling, you’ll all be kicked out!"
Su’s mother sternly stopped them!
Su Xiaomeng immediately quieted down, seeing Yin Shixiu had returned, quickly ran over, "Uncle, you’re back! Have you eaten? I’ll heat up some food for you!"
Su’s father glanced at Su’s mother, "I just can’t bear to part with my daughter a bit..."
Yin Shixiu rubbed his forehead, this pair of amusing father and daughter...
On the morning of the fourteenth, Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu left Chengdu.
On the plane, Xiaomeng secretly wiped a tear, Yin Shixiu accidentally saw, and his heart ached.
He silently pulled her into his embrace, "Silly girl, whenever you want to come back, I’ll often bring you back. This is not some unreachable place."
"...Mm."
Su Xiaomeng nodded.
When they got off the plane, it was 11 a.m. Beijing time.
The two of them had lunch in the city, and after the Civil Affairs Bureau opened in the afternoon, they went to get their marriage certificate.
Su Xiaomeng hadn’t even had time to marvel when Yin Shixiu took her hand and got into a car.
"Let’s go, come home with me."
In the car, Su Xiaomeng felt so nervous, several blockbuster movies had already played out in her mind!
Yin Shixiu took her hand, "After dinner, let’s go to the mall and pick out a birthday gift, okay?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at him, frowning, "Uncle, don’t mention this now, I’m so nervous, what should I do?"
"Brides usually get nervous meeting their in-laws."
"Really?"
Su Xiaomeng was a bit skeptical, "Even if the bride is not welcomed by her in-laws at all?"
"They don’t dislike you, they actually think you’re great."
Su Xiaomeng gave him a "do you think I’m an idiot" look.
Yin Shixiu wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "You’re great, it’s just that their expectations for a daughter-in-law are too high. But everyone has their own criteria, so you don’t have to change yourself to please anyone. Just believe that you’re good enough as you are."
Su Xiaomeng had to admit that during this period, Uncle... said something that sounded quite human.
She patted her belly, sighed slightly, "Alright, it’s something I have to face after all!"
Yin Shixiu placed his hand over hers, gently rubbed her belly in circles twice.
"Don’t worry, no one will make things hard for you, I promise."
Su Xiaomeng mumbled, "What’s the use of your promise..."
Yin Shixiu saw that even though she was trying to stay calm, she still looked anxious and uneasy, feeling both worried and pleased inside...
At least, she cared a lot.
The car stopped at the gates of the Yin Mansion.
Yin Shixiu held Su Xiaomeng’s hand as they got out of the car. Her palms were sweaty and cold from the chill in the air.
"Wow..."
Su Xiaomeng looked at the door in front of them, not exactly grand, but very dignified.
"Fourth Young Master, you’re back!"
The gatekeeper, a middle-aged man, greeted Yin Shixiu quickly as he saw him.
Yin Shixiu nodded.
"Are you heading to the main hall or back to your own Jun Garden?"
"To the main hall of the main residence."
"Alright."
The gatekeeper quickly went into the security room and made a phone call. Shortly after, an electric cart arrived.
Yin Shixiu helped Su Xiaomeng up onto it and sat beside her, noticing her wide-eyed stare...
He covered her eyes playfully with a smile.
"Uncle... really? Do we need to use an electric cart?"
"It’s still cold, and sitting in the cart is warmer."
As Yin Shixiu said this, Su Xiaomeng was somewhat skeptical, and along the way saw many ancient-looking trees, clearly very old.
Rather than a mansion, this place seemed more like a garden.
Luckily, this garden wasn’t overly luxurious, mostly consisting of grass and trees, but surely well-maintained, as the paths were clean except for a few scattered fallen leaves.
"This whole area is... your home?"
Su Xiaomeng gulped and looked at Yin Shixiu, realizing now... this man seemed to be truly extraordinary, beyond anything she could have imagined.
"It’s all state land, but your father-in-law is getting on in years and needs a good environment to recuperate, so the state has assigned this area to the Yin Family. If the state ever wants it back, we’ll have to return it immediately."
"...Oh."
State-assigned.
Su Xiaomeng somehow felt the weight of those four words.
"Then... if the state takes it back, you wouldn’t have a place to live?"
Yin Shixiu patted her head patiently, "The garden is the state’s, but the various residences are the Yin Family’s properties. Even if this place is reclaimed and opened to the public, our properties won’t be affected."
Su Xiaomeng seemed to half-understand but nodded anyway.
"We’re heading to the main residence now, which is where the family head lives."
Saying this, the electric cart had already stopped at the main residence entrance.
Su Xiaomeng got off and looked at the main entrance, finally letting out a small sigh of relief; fortunately, the brown door was quite ordinary.
No two rows of servants dressed as maids stood outside the door, nor were there two golden columns by the door.
When Yin Shixiu knocked, Su Xiaomeng’s heart was already in her throat.
The door opened to reveal a maid, looking to be under thirty, named Ah Su.
"Fourth Young Master!"
Yin Shixiu nodded.
"The master and madam are in a room on the second floor; I’ll go call them."
"Alright."
Su Xiaomeng changed her shoes and quickly caught up to Yin Shixiu, who had already taken a couple of steps ahead, grabbing the corner of his clothes.
The living room was large, looking just like the scholarly mansions from the period of the Republic in TV dramas, with a set of wooden furniture in the middle. Judging by the color, it might be mahogany.
Aside from Ah Su, who went upstairs to call for people, there were two servants busy in the kitchen.
"Fourth Young Master, welcome back."
A warm and earnest voice came from the staircase, and a well-dressed elderly man in his sixties with gray hair descended.
"This is Housekeeper Lin, who’s been with the Yin Family for many decades."
"Hello, Housekeeper Lin."
Su Xiaomeng smiled and greeted him.
"So the Fourth Young Master has brought his girlfriend back?"
Yin Shixiu nodded, "Housekeeper Lin, this is Su Xiaomeng."
"Hello, Miss Su."
Housekeeper Lin gave a slight bow, which left Su Xiaomeng dazed, and she quickly bent over too!
Seeing her action, Housekeeper Lin paused, then glanced at Yin Shixiu and shared a knowing smile.
At that moment, Su Xiaomeng truly felt like she was going to die of embarrassment.