Chapter 150: Chapter 143: That’s How She Is as a Mother!
Su Xiaomeng suddenly felt a heavy lump in her chest, very much blocked.
Bai Shunyuan sat in the passenger seat, crossed his legs, glanced at the rearview mirror, and met Su Xiaomeng’s somewhat cold gaze.
He pulled at the corner of his mouth and gave her a smile.
Su Xiaomeng closed her eyes.
The car drove for more than half an hour and stopped under a KTV called Music Sound.
Bai Shunyuan paid the fare, and the girls got out of the car one by one, excitedly. Bai Shunyuan also got out of the car, but Su Xiaomeng sat still for a long time, not moving.
"We’re here, still sulking?"
"Bai Shunyuan, you are really quite annoying."
Su Xiaomeng said this without a hint of joking, sincerely finding this person annoying!
Bai Shunyuan didn’t care about being told this way, just leaned against the door mischievously, looking at her, "If you turn around and leave, I’ll immediately turn around and leave too. Then you’ll see whether I’m more annoying or you are to your classmates and juniors."
"Shameless."
Throughout the journey, Su Xiaomeng had her mind in turmoil, but the excitement and cheers of the juniors in her ears...
Also reminded her of her own feelings when she first entered university, during her first social event with other clubs, excited and expectant.
On the way, she didn’t lose her temper, and now that she’s here, she naturally wouldn’t persist in ruining the juniors’ fun.
"Still not coming down?"
Bai Shunyuan glanced at her.
"I know! I have to make a phone call to report back!"
"Why didn’t you call earlier?"
"It was so noisy earlier, how could I call!"
Bai Shunyuan raised his eyebrows, nodded cheekily, closed the van door, and let her make the call.
Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, looked at her phone, feeling a bit nervous...
Yin Shixiu was having a meeting outside the Third Ring when he received her call.
"Uncle, when are you coming home?"
"I’ll be home after the meeting, why?"
"Nothing, just asking if you’ll be home late or not. I..." Su Xiaomeng swallowed her saliva silently, "I... there’s something at school, might be home a bit late."
"What’s the matter?"
"It’s a club thing..."
Su Xiaomeng’s voice got quieter.
"Until what time?"
Su Xiaomeng bit her lip, through the car window looking at the excited young people outside, the van carrying the basketball club had also arrived.
"Eight o’clock at latest."
"Then I’ll come pick you up at eight."
"No, no need... I can take the car back myself."
"It’s dark at eight, I’m not reassured."
Su Xiaomeng’s heart softened, her nose tingled, feeling more guilty...
"It’s okay, if you come to pick me up, won’t you have to leave the baby at home? I’ll take the bus back, not a taxi."
It’s really not safe for girls to take taxis alone at night.
"...Alright then."
Yin Shixiu glanced at the time, it was already late, he stood up and said to the participants in the meeting room, "Let’s discuss up to here for today, make sure the secretary records today’s discussion clearly and continue tomorrow."
"But President Yin, these issues are best handled today—"
"Then continue discussing and just inform me of the results. I’m leaving first."
After saying that, Yin Shixiu left the meeting room.
Leaving the staff behind looking at each other, the executive is the decision-maker, without the executive, where’s the result?
They packed their things and left the meeting room one after another.
After Su Xiaomeng hung up the phone, she stared at her phone, feeling uneasy.
To tell Yin Shixiu that she’s going back late because she’s going to join the basketball club for karaoke, she couldn’t say it.
She got off the car, glared at Bai Shunyuan beside her in his ’only I am supreme’ stance, cursing his ancestors in her heart.
"Alright, classmates, let’s go inside and have fun!"
The two elders of the Yin family arrived at the apartment in the community at five o’clock.
They carried some new clothes for the child upstairs.
They didn’t expect that as soon as they reached the door, they heard faint crying of a child from inside.
It’s normal for a child to cry, but adults are always heartbroken to hear it.
Zhou Mengqin hurriedly pressed the doorbell with some urgency.
To the surprise of the two elders, neither Yin Shixiu nor Su Xiaomeng had returned yet, it was Nanny Chen who opened the door.
Nanny Chen saw the visitors were Zhou Mengqin and Yin Shaohui, quickly greeted, "Mr. Yin, Madam."
"Are you... Tong Xiang’s wet nurse?"
"Madam remembers me."
Nanny Chen smiled, feeling it was an honor.
Zhou Mengqin hurriedly said, "You are Tong Xiang’s wet nurse, how could I, being the grandmother, forget?"
"Mr. Yin said his brother has a child, and it’s hard to manage, so he let..."
Nanny Chen was about to explain her reasons for being here when Zhou Mengqin interrupted her, "Why is the child crying..."
As she asked, she rushed inside, with Yin Shaohui following.
"Oh, maybe he’s hungry. I was just about to feed him."
Today Nanny Wang didn’t come, and Nanny Chen was taking care of two by herself, she closed the door and came to explain.
Zhou Mengqin walked to the baby’s crib, looking at her heartbroken, crying little grandson. This heart...
"When do Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng usually come back?"
Zhou Mengqin asked, her tone somewhat cold.
She knew Yin Shixiu had hired two nannies, and she knew Su Xiaomeng had returned to school for classes.
But she hadn’t expected that at this time, the child’s parents still hadn’t come back.
"Oh, Madam usually comes back after classes, sometimes around two, sometimes around four, and Sir usually gets home around five."
"So what happened today?"
"Madam called back, saying there was still homework at school, and she might be late today. Sir should be on his way home now."
said Nanny Chen.
Zhou Mengqin’s brows furrowed slightly, just as she was about to pick up the child, she noticed Huang Huang’s temperature was frighteningly high.
She turned to touch Shuangshuang and confirmed Prince Huang was sick!
"Call Xiaomeng, tell her the child is sick, leave the homework for later, and come back quickly."
As Zhou Mengqin said this, she started changing Prince Huang into clean clothes.
"Oh, oh!"
Nanny Chen quickly used the landline to call Su Xiaomeng, but seeing Zhou Mengqin a bit unsettled with her grandson sick, feared Nanny Chen might not explain clearly, she said, "Put it on speaker, I’ll talk to her."
The phone on the other side rang twice and was picked up.
Just as Zhou Mengqin was about to speak, she heard a very noisy commotion from the other side, music, singing...
She froze for a moment, and Yin Shaohui beside her was also startled.
"Give me back my phone! Please, could you just give it back? Hey..."
In the noisy background, Su Xiaomeng’s voice was still quite clear. Then a man’s voice said, "Just enjoy playing, why are you even checking your phone..."
Saying that, the call was cut off, and the "beep, beep, beep..." sound made Zhou Mengqin feel a burst of anger!
Her fair face blushed a bit.
Nanny Chen, for a moment, didn’t know what to say...
"Is this how she acts as a mother!"
Zhou Mengqin picked up Huang Huang, told Nanny Chen to watch over Shuangshuang at home, then grabbed her bag and went downstairs with Yin Shaohui, preparing to take Huang Huang to the hospital.
At the unit’s sensor glass door, she ran into the returning Yin Shixiu.
Seeing the situation, Yin Shixiu quickly asked, "Mom, Dad, you are..."
Zhou Mengqin gave Yin Shixiu a harsh glare, "Is this how you are as parents!"
Zhou Mengqin, holding the child, headed out the door.
Yin Shaohui said, "The child is ill, Su Xiaomeng is still out playing, your mom is kind of angry, Old Huang is parked outside, let’s get the child to the hospital first."
Sick?
Yin Shixiu was stunned for a moment and hurried to catch up with the car.
All the way there, Zhou Mengqin kept a cold expression, the atmosphere in the car was extremely cold, filled only with Prince Huang’s heartbreaking cries.
"Mom, Mengmeng had school stuff today, so she’s coming back late, usually..."
"Enough! I called, and there was karaoke sound all around! Your mom isn’t so old that she can’t recognize the setting!"
Yin Shixiu frowned slightly... Karaoke?
Zhou Mengqin gently patted Prince Huang on the back, "Dear grandson, don’t cry, don’t cry... Grandma’s here! Don’t cry, don’t cry..."
Yin Shixiu took out his phone and immediately called Su Xiaomeng.
"Why bother calling, it’s already off!"
Zhou Mengqin said, and at the same time, from the phone, Yin Shixiu heard: The number you are calling is turned off.
Yin Shixiu wasn’t angry, probably more worried.
No matter what Zhou Mengqin said, he believed that Xiaomeng wasn’t the type to neglect her child just to go out for karaoke.
So he called Yin Meng, but unfortunately, Yin Meng was at C University competing this afternoon and had just finished, not back yet.
However, Yin Meng said she would call to check the situation and then contact him.
Although Yin Shixiu was worried about Su Xiaomeng, from Su Xiaomeng’s call to him this afternoon and what his mother said, he didn’t think anything would go terribly wrong.
Thus, his focus temporarily shifted back to the child.
Arriving at the hospital, they entered the emergency room.
He received another call from Yin Meng about forty minutes later.
"Xiaomeng went to attend a club social gathering, maybe her phone ran out of battery. Uncle, don’t worry, she’s fine."
Yin Meng didn’t know what was happening here, only thought Yin Shixiu hadn’t been able to contact Su Xiaomeng and was worrying, so she comforted him.
Yin Shixiu, understanding the situation, ended the call.
His earlier worry was gone, but disappointment slightly surfaced.
He then called Su Xiaomeng several more times, but it was still off.
Not calling anymore, he put his phone back in his pocket.
The doctor came out from the emergency room, and Yin Shixiu quickly stepped forward, "How’s the baby?"
"Mr. Yin, the initial diagnosis is a fever due to a food allergy, the allergen needs further testing. The baby is on an IV drip now and should stay overnight for observation."
Yin Shixiu nodded.
"Where’s the child’s mother? When the IV drip is done, the child will be hungry and may need the mother around."
"She’ll be here in a bit."
Yin Shixiu said this, but he knew in his heart that Su Xiaomeng wouldn’t make it anytime soon.
Zhou Mengqin glanced at Yin Shixiu, and said faintly, "Come with me."
Yin Shixiu took a shallow breath, then followed Zhou Mengqin to the end of the corridor, opened the glass door, and walked out onto the terrace.
"Your dad and I came today to tell you and Su Xiaomeng, we will no longer dwell on your private marriage. Regardless of what kind of girl Su Xiaomeng is, I accept her because you like her."