Chapter 76: Chapter 75: Su Xiaomeng, He Can’t Bear to Let Go Anymore
Su Xiaomeng widened her eyes and then suddenly burst into laughter, "Uncle, what’s with that expression?! Hahaha!"
"His face froze instantly at that time, and even the car seemed to shake with him!"
"Going to be castrated by his niece, and cut off his descendants, haha!"
Seeing her so happy, Yin Meng was slightly relieved, "By the way, are you really going to marry my uncle?"
"Uh..."
Yin Meng saw her lowering her head, thinking she was quite shy.
But actually, Su Xiaomeng struggled inside about whether to keep the marriage contract secret or not, hiding it, not hiding it...
"Xiao Meng, my uncle is really a good person, even if you don’t like him now, you’ll definitely like him in the future."
"...I know he’s quite good."
"That’s good." Yin Meng leaned against her, "Xiao Meng, actually, the first time I met you, I felt very relieved."
"Very relieved?"
"Yes, very relieved..."
Yin Xiangmeng thought maybe her uncle felt the same way, which is why he was particularly enamored with Su Xiaomeng.
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t figure out what this adjective meant, but... it should not be a derogatory term.
"Xiao Meng, my uncle says he wants to marry you, that truly means he cares about you deeply."
Su Xiaomeng quietly sighed in her heart, this is a fake marriage, Meng Meng.
Yin Shixiu returned to the company at exactly two o’clock in the afternoon.
As soon as the car stopped, through the front car window, a man stood in front of his car.
His whole body surrounded by a menacing aura! His sharp eyes stared intensely at him.
...Ren Yixuan.
Yin Shixiu got out of the car.
Ren Yixuan walked over and stopped in front of him.
"Ren Yixuan, why are you here?"
"I thought President Yin understands well."
Ren Yixuan’s voice was always very clear, a bit of youthful arrogance shining through the clarity.
Yin Shixiu had always appreciated Ren Yixuan’s calm and steady demeanor.
But now...
"Su Xiaomeng, right?"
Between two smart people, there’s no need for much circling around.
Even though he only privately informed the school about the marriage with Su Xiaomeng happening in February, he knew it would eventually spread and reach Ren Yixuan’s ears.
"It’s you."
Ren Yixuan’s slightly raised phoenix eyes were filled with suppressed anger and pain.
"...It’s me."
As soon as Yin Shixiu acknowledged, Ren Yixuan’s fist came up, fast and fierce!
Yet Yin Shixiu dodged it with an even faster speed, letting the fist fueled by the fire of rage hit empty air!
"I always thought you were someone who knew how to control emotions. Calm in the face of crisis."
Yin Shixiu looked at him and said calmly.
But Ren Yixuan’s eyes were already red, "President Yin, she’s only a nineteen-year-old girl!"
"...I know."
"How could you do this? To a nineteen-year-old girl? How could you make her pregnant?!"
After racking my brain, I couldn’t figure out the name Su Xiaomeng wouldn’t mention, but it was... Yin Shixiu.
"That was an accident."
"An accident?" Ren Yixuan only felt it was laughable!
A man in his thirties causing a nineteen-year-old girl to get pregnant, this is... an accident?
"I see this as not just an accident, but a vile game of the upper class!"
"Disgusting and nauseating!"
Yin Shixiu looked calmly at the gradually losing control Ren Yixuan, not speaking, just standing in front of him with a composed posture.
Ren Yixuan clenched his fists tightly.
"Do you know she’s my girl? She’s my girl! The one I’ve safeguarded for nineteen years, the only one I love, whom I treasure dearly!"
"Yet you let the girl you treasure suffer damage that cannot be undone."
Yin Shixiu’s voice was still calm.
Ren Yixuan furrowed his thick brows, "You... say I hurt her?"
"Isn’t it?"
"Yin Shixiu, it’s you who took my girl! It’s you who allowed her to endure things she should not be suffering at nineteen! You actually say I hurt her?"
Ren Yixuan couldn’t believe Yin Shixiu would turn around and blame him.
Yin Shixiu slightly stepped forward, no longer worried about sudden attacks.
"You’re right, I caused her to experience things she shouldn’t have endured."
Yin Shixiu squinted his eyes slightly and continued, "But I can make amends to her, for the wrongs I’ve done to her, I can repay her a hundredfold, a thousandfold."
"How to make amends?! Huh?"
Ren Yixuan’s eyes were bloodshot, his eyes seemed to bulge out, filled with contempt, turning his originally handsome face into something grim.
He asked with a cold sneer,
"With your dirty money? Do you think you can use money to make up for what you did to Su Xiaomeng?"
Seeing Yin Shixiu not speaking, he snorted again,
"Or with the title of President of Yin Group’s wife? What do you take Su Xiaomeng for?!"
"I want to marry her. I think you should already know."
Ren Yixuan’s knuckles had turned blue.
"Whether it’s money or status, I’ll give it to her; she deserves it. As for compensation, I’m using... Yin Shixiu himself."
"She... agreed?"
Ren Yixuan’s voice carried tremors.
Even after hearing about it from the director’s office, he didn’t want to believe it, frantically running here to confront Yin Shixiu.
However, he found that coming here, facing this man whose expression hadn’t changed a bit, wasn’t confrontation, but self-humiliation.
"She likes you a lot. My intrusion halfway wasn’t particularly honorable. But Su Xiaomeng, she’s someone you Ren Yixuan abandoned with your own hands."
"I didn’t!"
"When she needed you, you weren’t there. When she was on the edge of a cliff, you pushed her..."
Ren Yixuan’s expression froze.
"Had you not leaked her pregnancy, or if the person who discovered it hadn’t spread it across the school forum, things wouldn’t have reached this point. Maybe Xiao Meng wouldn’t have had to marry me. And perhaps you might still have a chance to win her back."
Yin Shixiu’s eyes were much deeper than Ren Yixuan’s.
He’s a predator yet puts on a righteous facade.
Not wanting to seem too despicable, he made Ren Yixuan’s sense of defeat stem more from within himself.
It was Ren Yixuan who abandoned the chance to hold onto Su Xiaomeng, not Yin Shixiu who cruelly intervened.
"President Yin..."
Ren Yixuan took a deep breath, after pondering for a moment, he raised his eyes, the bloodshot slightly receding.
"Back when Xiao Meng wanted me to work at Yin Group, I agreed partly because of her and partly because I had a good impression of Yin Group and believed that working under you, I could learn a lot."
"You can still work at Yin Group. The terms I promised you won’t change."
Ren Yixuan smirked,
"I don’t need that."
Yin Shixiu furrowed his brows slightly.
"I won’t work at Yin Group, nor will I possibly work for you."
After speaking, Ren Yixuan turned around.
While Yin Shixiu originally wanted to say something more, he figured it wasn’t really necessary.
As he walked past, Yin Shixiu entered the elevator.
At the very instant the elevator doors closed, he saw the look in Ren Yixuan’s eyes—a look that seemed to want to remember him thoroughly.
He will seek revenge, eventually.
This much, Yin Shixiu was sure of.
Ren Yixuan withdrew his gaze and headed towards his car...
The most painful thing for him wasn’t the upcoming marriage between Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu, but the realization...
When Yin Shixiu hurt Su Xiaomeng, he could handle it properly and compensate as much as possible.
Yet, when he hurt Su Xiaomeng, he found himself powerless to fix things, powerless to resolve them.
Even though he had become a character others cannot underestimate, facing someone like Yin Shixiu when stepping into society, he was powerless.
Too weak, that’s why his possessions could be taken by others.
Unlocking the car, he opened the driver’s side door, and just as he sat down, the passenger side door was opened—
Next, a man with a crooked smile at the corner of his mouth sat inside.
Ren Yixuan frowned, "Who are you?"
"Who I am can be answered later; just overheard your conversation with Yin Shixiu..."
The man looked at Ren Yixuan, curling those pretty lips, "Your woman got taken? I’m quite curious... Yin Shixiu never touches those touched by others. What kind of girl is that?"
Ren Yixuan squinted his eyes, seeming displeased, "Who exactly are you?"
"Someone who can help you take back the woman."
The man had an incredibly pretty face, his alluring smile tinged with a hint of mischief, speaking in a flippant tone.
Ren Yixuan’s brow furrowed slightly.
The man stretched, handing out a business card from his pocket.
"I’ll wait for you."
After speaking, the man got out of the car; Ren Yixuan watched him take the elevator upstairs.
Looking back at the gold-framed business card in his hand, two cursive characters were printed on it—Rong Jing.
He seemed to have heard of this name...
After finishing his work, Yin Shixiu went back to have dinner with Su Xiaomeng and Yin Meng.
After dinner, he sent Yin Meng back to school.
Upon returning, the sky had started to snow again, adding a bit of tenderness to the dark night.
Today was the last day of the old year; the streets were filled with the lively atmosphere of welcoming the new year.
"Uncle, aren’t you going home?"
"Aren’t I taking you home right now?"
Su Xiaomeng turned her head to look out the window, "No, I mean your home, where your parents are; aren’t you going back for a reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve?"
"I’m not going back."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, slightly mystified about why Uncle wasn’t going home for New Year’s Eve.
Though New Year’s Eve isn’t as lively as Spring Festival, most people still choose to spend it with family and loved ones.
"What’s the matter?"
Yin Shixiu noticed Su Xiaomeng’s puzzled look and asked.
"Nothing, I just wanted to say... let’s watch the New Year’s Eve gala together tonight, okay?"
Yin Shixiu smiled and agreed lightly, "Okay."
Su Xiaomeng also smiled silently.
Their moods seemed rather good.
However, Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng never expected, after pushing open the apartment door, to find two seventy-year-olds sitting side by side on the couch...
Su Xiaomeng was quite startled, blinking those round, bright eyes and tugging at Yin Shixiu’s clothes.