Chapter 126: Chapter 119: If I Come, Can You Still Love Me? (Part 1)
Su’s father cleared his throat and patted Xiaomeng, "Meng Meng, what your mother said isn’t without reason..."
"Dad!"
The taxi driver suddenly chuckled.
Su’s mother quickly glanced over, the taxi driver gave an awkward smile.
Su Xiaomeng leaned against the car window, looking at the crisscrossing roads in Beijing, and the sky that looked so gray no matter how you saw it...
"Chengdu is still better."
She concluded.
Su’s father and Su’s mother exchanged a glance and shared a tacit smile.
Although divorce isn’t a good thing, it’s better than having their daughter looked down upon.
As for these two grandchildren...
The Yin Family wants them? Not a chance!
Su Xiaomeng yawned and was about to lean on her father’s shoulder when her phone slipped out of her pocket.
She then realized she hadn’t turned it on yet.
After turning it on and just before putting it back in her pocket, the phone rang, startling Su Xiaomeng.
She glanced at the caller... it was Meng Meng.
She hesitated whether to take the call...
"Your bestie?"
"...Mm."
Su Xiaomeng thought for a moment and decided to answer.
"Hello—"
"Oh my god, you finally answered the phone! Where are you now? Are your mom and dad with you?"
Yin Meng asked breathlessly in a rapid succession.
Xiaomeng blinked and slowly replied, "Mm... we’re on the way to the airport... getting ready to return—"
"To the airport?! What are you going to the airport for?"
On the other end, Yin Meng immediately panicked, probably the answer she feared most after connecting the call.
"Mm... I’m going back to Chengdu with mom and dad..."
"What time’s your flight? I have something to tell you!"
"...Ten, eleven o’clock."
"Okay, then wait for me at the airport! Don’t go in before I get there!"
After saying that, Yin Meng hung up the call.
Su Xiaomeng stared at the phone for a long time, then silently put it away.
Actually... I don’t want to see Meng Meng...
They arrived at the airport before ten.
To Xiaomeng’s surprise, Yin Meng had arrived earlier than she did, and as soon as she saw them, she immediately came over.
"Hello, uncle and aunt! My name is Yin Meng..."
"...Uh-huh."
Su’s mother responded faintly, not very warmly.
"Is there something you want to talk to Xiaomeng about?"
Su Chengji saw the girl was quite pretty and was Xiaomeng’s best friend, so he didn’t associate her with the Yin Family people.
He was relatively friendly when asking.
Yin Meng nodded, "I have something to say to Xiaomeng, but I also want uncle and aunt to hear it, I’m not here to speak on behalf of my little uncle, just want to clarify the situation."
Su Chengji and Su’s mother exchanged glances.
Su Xiaomeng lowered her eyes...
That’s why she didn’t want to see Meng Meng...
Yin Meng grabbed Su Xiaomeng’s hand, "Yesterday I didn’t go home with you guys but went to school. I know Xiaomeng, you’ve been wronged, but my little uncle is truly innocent in this matter."
"How is he innocent?"
Su’s mother couldn’t agree after hearing this.
Yin Meng looked at Su’s mother, "My two younger brothers aren’t bad by nature, but they’re a bit extreme, they’ve always admired my little uncle. When they found out Xiaomeng became their aunt, they went to school to inquire about Xiaomeng, a senior who had always been at odds with Xiaomeng named Xiao Ling told Ming Xu and Ming Lang defamatory things about Meng Meng, leading to a misunderstanding..."
Su’s mother’s expression remained cold, unmoved by Yin Meng’s words.
Yin Meng pursed her lips, clutching Su Xiaomeng’s hand tighter, "After you disappeared, Ming Xu and Ming Lang didn’t immediately confess, my little uncle thought grandpa and grandma had confined you, he almost tore the whole house down!"
"The reason grandma later said those things to you wasn’t really her intention, she was just unwilling to accept that her son would oppose her for a little girl."
"Auntie, uncle, my grandmother expects a lot from my little uncle, his marriage to Xiaomeng was kept secret from them too."
"You are also Xiaomeng’s parents, when you first found out Xiaomeng was pregnant, how did you feel? If Xiaomeng had kept it from you and directly registered with my little uncle, how would you feel? Surely you wouldn’t immediately accept it!"
Yin Meng’s speech was quick but coherent.
"My grandmother just had a momentary rejection. And my little uncle... Xiaomeng is the first girl he brought home, he’s never been this serious about anyone, he genuinely likes Xiaomeng!"
Su’s mother raised her eyes to look at the anxious-looking girl in front of her and asked just one question, "If my daughter hadn’t escaped and had died in that warehouse, what use is Yin Shixiu’s so-called genuine affection?"
All of Yin Meng’s arguments were choked down by Su’s mother’s one sentence.
She quickly looked at Su Xiaomeng, only to see Su Xiaomeng looking at her, pulling out a difficult smile, "Meng Meng, I’ll visit Beijing often."
"...Xiaomeng, you really just won’t understand..." Yin Meng’s words were cut off when Yin Shixiu finally appeared in her line of sight.
She exhaled a long breath, just in time!
"Little uncle! Over here!"
Yin Meng quickly raised her hand and shouted towards Yin Shixiu’s direction.
Seeing Yin Meng, Yin Shixiu hurried over with big strides.
With her back to him, Su Xiaomeng only felt her heartbeat speeding up, all her nerves tightening up involuntarily.
Su’s mother complicatedly glanced at Yin Meng, then turned around.
Yin Shixiu stopped in front of her, slightly nodded, "Aunt. Uncle."
"What are you here for?"
Yin Shixiu looked at Su’s mother, "I have something to say to Xiaomeng..."
"What else is there to say? Everything that needed to be said has already been said!"
"Aunt, even for the sake of the child, could you give me a little time, please?"
Su’s mother frowned, very determined, was about to say no when Su Xiaomeng turned around—
"Ten minutes."
Yin Shixiu nodded, "Okay, just ten minutes."
After saying this, he pulled Su Xiaomeng towards a nearby café, and they sat down by the window.
Yin Shixiu even ordered her a cup of hot milk tea.
Su Xiaomeng looked at the hot milk tea in front of her, and only said faintly, "There are seven minutes left."
"Don’t go back to Chengdu."
Su Xiaomeng stared at the rich milk tea in front of her, the steam making her eyes a little sore.
"I know you’re angry, I know you’re aggrieved, but can you give me another chance?"
"...I don’t want to."
Su Xiaomeng said firmly.
"If you came just to say this, then I’m leaving first."
With that, Su Xiaomeng was about to stand up.
"Girl!"
Yin Shixiu hurriedly grabbed her hand, pulled her to his side, and pressed her down, "...at least there’s still five minutes."
Su Xiaomeng pressed her lips, said nothing more, waiting for his next words...
"Have you forgotten we have a contract between us?"
"..." Su Xiaomeng frowned slightly, immediately feeling displeased!
"Don’t get angry yet, I don’t want to use this to bind you, but I really can’t think of any other way... Girl, you are too heartless to me."
Su Xiaomeng still didn’t say anything.
"After spending so much time together, do you really have no feelings for me at all? We agreed to date, and dating always comes with friction, right?"
"I don’t want to date you anymore."
Su Xiaomeng opened her mouth.
Yin Shixiu felt his scalp tingling, if he were ruthless, he would just pick her up and carry her away, throw her into the car and take her home!
Even if he used force, he could keep her bound.
But he couldn’t bring himself to be ruthless...
Thinking of how this girl cried and punched him yesterday, blaming him for not saving her, he felt heartbroken beyond measure!
"You can’t give me the death penalty because of someone else’s actions, you..."
"Uncle." Su Xiaomeng interrupted him, pouting, muttering, "You’re so knowledgeable, tell me, have you seen anyone who’s dating risking their life?"
Yin Shixiu was stunned for a moment.
"In those romantic dramas, the male and female leads are life and death companions, they often talk about things with their lives, but... I think compared to dating you, my own life is more important."
What Su Xiaomeng said was so reasonable that Yin Shixiu was speechless for a moment.
Su Xiaomeng glanced at him again, "I waited for you..."
"I waited for you all night, waited for you all morning... but you didn’t come."
"Xiaomeng, I tried my best to find you, I—"
"Even if it was just a contract marriage, I briefly considered myself your female lead, but in the novel, when the female lead is in the most dangerous and difficult times, the male lead always appears..."
Su Xiaomeng looked up at him, "Hmm... reality really can’t compare to novels."
Yin Shixiu knew this girl had hit a dead end!
He felt that he was nearly losing the argument with her...
"Fine, we won’t date!"
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, "But at least the contract should be fulfilled, right?"
Su Xiaomeng frowned once more.
Yin Shixiu looked at her, "It was you who proposed putting it in writing initially, before the child is born, we have to live together, share a bed, remember?"
"Or do you think it’s better to take the contract to your parents and let them know it was fake from the start?"
"Old man! You’re threatening me!"
Su Xiaomeng immediately stood up, angrily pointing at him!
Yin Shixiu showed helplessness on his face, "Threatening you... will that make you stay?"
"Why should I stay? To fulfill the contract? Sure! I didn’t say I wouldn’t fulfill it! But why should I accommodate you and stay in Beijing?"
"To fulfill the contract, you come with me to Chengdu! I give you the chance, I date you, can you give up everything here and come with me to Chengdu? Hm?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at him with red eyes, "There are no in-laws who hate me there, no bad boys who misunderstand me! Can you ignore your parents, your family and leave with me?"
When she said this, she didn’t expect his answer, she knew the answer was too obvious, but when Yin Shixiu really said nothing...
She felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
"Uncle, I know those twins weren’t wrong... You were just briefly intrigued."
It was I who was bewitched.
She didn’t say the latter half, fearing it made her seem too pathetic.
She stood up, this time Yin Shixiu didn’t pull her, just watched Su Xiaomeng slowly walk out of the café, her figure slowly receding into the distance.
How much Su Xiaomeng hoped to hear Yin Shixiu’s footsteps behind her...