Chapter 79: Chapter 77: That Girl Can’t Enter the Yin Family’s Door (2)
The food at this hotel is indeed quite tasty, at least Su Xiaomeng has always liked it.
Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng had already eaten outside, so they only picked at the dishes a bit.
Zhou Mengqin never eats much, and Yin Shaohui understands health maintenance well, so he only ate a little at this hour.
Yet the meal still took a long time.
Yin Shaohui and Yin Shixiu talked a lot about family matters and discussed some current affairs.
Occasionally, Zhou Mengqin would chime in, but her main focus remained on Su Xiaomeng.
They talked about her hobbies and professional studies.
Yin Shixiu, while chatting with Yin Shaohui, also kept an ear on Su Xiaomeng’s conversation, and would interject when something seemed off.
By the time the meal was almost finished, it was nearly ten o’clock.
Fireworks were being set off intermittently, bright flashes occasionally pierced through the heavy curtains!
The two elders had long passed their usual bedtime, and they were starting to feel a bit drowsy.
Yin Shixiu wanted to keep the elders to stay, but Yin Shaohui decisively refused.
Zhou Mengqin also didn’t seem to have any intention of staying.
Yin Shixiu had no choice but to call the family driver to pick them up.
The elders rested on the sofa, while Yin Shixiu started to clear the table.
Su Xiaomeng also felt drowsy but seeing Yin Shixiu preparing to wash the dishes, she hurried into the kitchen wanting to help.
Yawn after yawn came as Su Xiaomeng felt her eyelids as heavy as lead.
"You go inside and sleep first, I’ll see off Dad and Mom."
Su Xiaomeng squinted her eyes and shook her head, yawning again, then mumbled,
"If Uncle and Aunt see you washing dishes alone... I feel like I’ll be looked down upon."
"So what if you’re looked down upon?"
"It’s nothing..." Su Xiaomeng’s head felt heavy, speaking lightly, "It’s nothing... it’s all fake anyway..."
Yin Shixiu sighed lightly, what do you expect her to say?
"But I just don’t want Uncle and Aunt to look down on me... um... don’t want to be looked down upon..."
Why? She didn’t know, nor did she have the energy to think.
Yin Shixiu paused, looking at the person beside him, head down and listlessly wiping a dish with a cloth, his heart tightened.
"By the way, Uncle..."
"Hmm?"
"Do Uncle and Aunt... like me?"
"If they don’t like me, will we not even be able to fake a marriage?"
"What do you think?"
"I think Aunt is very easy to get along with, I’m so cute, and she’s so gentle with me, I think Aunt should quite like me. But Uncle... doesn’t seem to like me much... Uncle, what do you think?"
"...Don’t overthink it. You’ve only just met for the first time."
Yin Shixiu said, though in his heart he knew, it might not be his father who didn’t quite like her.
Su Xiaomeng sighed lightly again.
"What’s wrong?"
"Uncle... I’m a little scared."
"Scared of what?"
"Uncle and Aunt still don’t know I’m pregnant... nor do they know about the marriage... I’m anxious just thinking about their reaction when they find out."
Su Xiaomeng said softly.
Perhaps she had a vague sense... that things wouldn’t go smoothly.
"They’ll know soon enough."
Yin Shixiu said, feeling a weight on his arm as Su Xiaomeng leaned her head over, her weight pressing heavily.
"...Xiao Meng?"
He looked down slightly, seeing Xiao Meng with her eyes closed, looking exhausted.
His dishwashing hand paused, hesitating whether to take her back to her room or wake her.
But seeing her leaning on him like this, her body seemed steady, his mind shifted, and he continued washing the dishes, only much more slowly.
Outside the kitchen window, snow fluttered, fireworks burst into colorful flames in the sky.
This would be a brand new year.
It was also the first year belonging to him and this girl.
"Shixiu—"
Zhou Mengqin opened the kitchen door to find such a scene—
Yin Shixiu was wiping dishes, while Su Xiaomeng leaned against him in a light sleep.
For a moment, surprise and astonishment flashed across her eyes, then quickly returned to calm.
"Has the car arrived?"
He asked, even though he spoke softly, it still startled Su Xiaomeng, who moved a bit upon waking, and Yin Shixiu quickly reached to support her waist to prevent her from falling.
"Uncle..."
Su Xiaomeng rubbed her eyes, shook her head, and muttered, "How did I fall asleep standing..."
Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, "Go back to your room to sleep, I’ll see off Dad and Mom."
"Huh?... Oh! Okay."
As soon as she heard Yin Shixiu’s parents, Su Xiaomeng was immediately alert and much more awake.
As she turned around, she met Zhou Mengqin’s gentle smiling face.
"Aunt..."
"Sleepy?"
"No, no!" Su Xiaomeng quickly widened her eyes!
Zhou Mengqin smiled, "If you’re sleepy, go sleep, your Uncle and I are leaving, next time let Shixiu bring you to our house to play."
Su Xiaomeng also smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Yin Shixiu carried Zhou Mengqin’s bag, and waited for Su Xiaomeng and the elders to finish saying goodbye before leaving the door.
Once the door was closed, Su Xiaomeng finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Uncle... and his parents are really something else...
She leaned back on the sofa, her gaze drifting towards the coat rack by the door, where she saw Yin Shixiu’s coat quietly hanging—
Her eyes blinked, then she suddenly jumped up!
Uncle actually went downstairs without his coat?!
Su Xiaomeng quickly grabbed Yin Shixiu’s coat, opened the door, and rushed out.
In the elevator, there was an eerie silence.
Until "ding" sounded, they exited the elevator, and Yin Shaohui spoke,
"What did you see in that girl?"
"...Honesty."
Yin Shixiu replied almost without hesitation.
Yin Shaohui furrowed his brows, looking at Yin Shixiu, "There are many girls like that, the one your second uncle introduced is also very honest."
"Yes, I know."
Yin Shixiu acknowledged.
Honesty, such a simple reason, even though the world he lived in was filled with falseness and danger, he knew that outside this circle, there was much sincerity and kindness.
Su Xiaomeng was just one of them.
"Good that you know."
Yin Shaohui heard Yin Shixiu say this, he should have been relieved, but he wasn’t.
After all, she was... the first girl his son openly admitted as his girlfriend in front of them.
Not because of an accidental encounter, but because he genuinely wanted to admit it, otherwise... who could force him?
"That girl seems nice, but she’s also really too ordinary."
Yin Shaohui sighed and said.
"Perhaps you can interact with her a bit——"
"Cut ties with that girl, don’t see her again."
Zhou Mengqin suddenly said, maintaining her elegant demeanor, but her gentle voice was unmistakably cold.
She looked at Yin Shixiu, "Whether you really like her or not, I don’t know, but that girl won’t set foot in the Yin Family."
Yin Shixiu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
From a certain angle, the pair of eyes of the mother and son were alike.
"Your own brother died young, no matter how hard your older brother works, the blood flowing in him isn’t that of the Yin Family. You will undoubtedly inherit the position of Family Head of the Yin Family in the future."
Zhou Mengqin looked at him calmly, "The wife you choose must be capable of supporting the entire Yin Family with you."
"It’s too early to talk about this now. You should go back soon, Uncle Huang has been waiting for a long time."
Yin Shixiu said.
"That girl didn’t have a single quality I approved of all night. Shixiu, a girl like her is not worthy of you."
Su Xiaomeng stood at the corner, clutching Yin Shixiu’s coat tightly... feeling a bit cold.