Chapter 155: Chapter 148: She Said Xiao Meng Can’t Handle It 2
Su’s mother comes from a wealthy family, and Yin Shixiu, through his interactions with her, can really sense her ease in handling things.
"Find some time for me to meet Yin family elders. You’ve been married until now, yet the parents from both families haven’t formally sat down to chat. It’s somewhat unreasonable."
Yin Shixiu nodded, "I’ll mention it to them when I get back."
Su’s mother chuckled, "Mention it?"
Yin Shixiu sighed lightly, a bit helpless, "Mom, I’m actually... sort of a runaway too."
Su’s mother glanced at him, raising an eyebrow, "That doesn’t concern me."
"...Okay."
Yin Shixiu smiled and agreed.
"Since you’re in Beijing, what about work..."
"I’m here to help you with the baby for six months. After that, you need to find a way for Xiao Meng to continue her studies without affecting childcare."
Su’s mother looked at Yin Shixiu, "Can you do it?"
Yin Shixiu smirked, "I think... Dad might want to throttle me."
Su’s mother glanced at him, and laughed too.
Su’s mother and Yin Shixiu chatted quite a bit in the car.
Yin Shixiu drove Su’s mother back to the apartment, carried her suitcase upstairs, and was about to open the door, but Su’s mother stopped him.
"You head back to the company. I know you came midway through a meeting."
Yin Shixiu paused, glanced at the time, then nodded, "I’ll head back to the company first then."
"Mm."
After Yin Shixiu left, Su’s mother knocked on the door, and Nanny Chen opened it.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Su Xiaomeng."
"Oh... wait a moment, Madam, someone is looking for you."
"Oh! Coming!"
Su Xiaomeng responded, came out holding Shuangshuang, and saw that the person at the door was... Mom.
She widened her eyes; the next second, tears were about to burst out!
"Hold it!"
Seeing her pouting like that, a bad omen, Su’s mother quickly reached out her hand!
Su Xiaomeng sniffled and blinked.
"Come, help me pull in the luggage."
Su’s mother said as she came inside, taking Shuangshuang from Su Xiaomeng’s arms, "Oh dear, let’s have Grandma hold you."
Su Xiaomeng’s emotional surge reverted back to normal, so she dragged the suitcase in.
"Mom, you’re here for..."
"To help you take care of the child, is this... brother or sister?"
Having not seen the baby for over two months, Su’s mother was a bit confused, and gently tugged at the little pants for a glimpse.
"Shuangshuang baby has gained a lot of weight!"
Shuangshuang blinked, staring at Su’s mother, her little hand restless, reaching out to grab Su’s mother’s hair!
Su’s mother, experienced, immediately hugged the little one sideways, so her hands couldn’t reach her hair.
"Hehe..."
Even though Shuangshuang didn’t grab the hair, she was still giggling happily.
"Ah ah ah," she kept babbling nonsensically.
"You recognize Grandma, right?"
No one knows if a child so young has memory, but adults are always happy when they think a child recognizes them.
"Of course she recognizes you!"
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly spoke as she placed Su’s mother’s luggage in the guest room and came out.
Su’s mother, holding Shuangshuang, sat on the sofa and glanced at Nanny Chen, "Who is this..."
"Oh, Shixiu hired her as a nanny."
"Didn’t you say there were two last time?"
"Yes, now that I’m home, Nanny Chen and Nanny Wang take turns coming."
"Hello."
Su’s mother greeted her lightly.
"You, hello..."
"My mom’s surname is Su."
Su Xiaomeng instinctively said as Bai Sixian glanced at her, "When did my surname become Su?"
"Oh oh, my mom’s surname is Bai!"
Su Xiaomeng scratched her head.
"Mrs. Bai, hello."
"...It’s still Su."
Su’s mother sighed lightly, somewhat helpless.
Su Xiaomeng smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and hugged her mother’s arm, "Mom, what did you say you’re here for just now?"
"To help you take care of the child."
Su Xiaomeng froze, "Then... what about your work?"
"I took a six-month leave."
"Why?"
"How can you take a six-month leave..."
"Why do you have to know so much?" Su’s mother glanced at her, "I’ve discussed with Shixiu, I’m helping you with the baby for six months, after that, he has to figure it out himself."
"But I can manage the baby."
"What are you managing the baby for, continue your studies."
Su Xiaomeng seemed to vaguely realize something, she looked at Su’s mother, her eyes a bit warm...
"Hold it!"
Su’s mother just couldn’t bear her like this, just like her dad, any emotion immediately shows on her face.
Su Xiaomeng sniffed, "Mom, you didn’t quit your job to come, did you?"
"What are you thinking?"
Su’s mother gave her a sidelong glance.
Su Xiaomeng touched her nose, then lay on her mom’s shoulder, "Mom..."
"Don’t cry, if you cry, I’ll leave right away."
"...Don’t go!"
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly tightened her grip on her mother’s arm, hugging her even tighter.
Su’s mother watched her actions, feeling a bit uneasy in her heart.
"Have you completed the withdrawal procedures?"
"...Not yet."
"You should continue with university; back then, I had no choice, but you do."
Su Xiaomeng sniffled, feeling incredibly touched, but she didn’t quite understand, "Why didn’t you, and I do?"
"Because you have a mom!"
Su Xiaomeng’s nose twitched again, and she burrowed into her mom’s embrace, even clingier than Shuangshuang.
When Shuangshuang saw a head coming over, she reached out her little claws without a word and started scratching, making Su Xiaomeng yelp.
Su’s mother chuckled.
Su Xiaomeng finally rescued her head, tidying up her messy hair.
"Is Little Huanghuan asleep?"
"Yes, just fell asleep before you came."
Su Xiaomeng leaned on her again, suddenly seeming to think of something, and called out with a bit of a sob, "Mom..."
"...What now?"
"You came to Beijing... what about Dad?"
"...What about it?"
Su Xiaomeng sat up, "Won’t Dad go crazy?"
"He has hands and feet; why would he go crazy?"
"But... but..."
"Why don’t you give him a call and, oh, by the way, tell him I’ve arrived; my phone’s out of battery."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, hurried back to her room to get her phone, and found it had turned off. As soon as she turned it on, a call came in.
She picked it up...
"Xiaomeng, Xiaomeng, Xiaomeng! Where’s your mom?! Is she in Beijing yet? Why is her phone off?"
Su Dad’s tone on the other end was already in a frenzied state.
Su’s mother leisurely held the baby on her side.
"Mom is home; her phone’s out of battery."
"Oh, that’s good. Eh... Meng Meng... Woo woo woo..."
Upon learning that Su’s mother had safely arrived in Beijing, Su Dad’s demeanor immediately changed, and he started lamenting to his daughter.
Su Xiaomeng wanted to hand the phone to her mom, but seeing her actions, Su’s mother held Shuangshuang and went back to her room.
Looking at the phone, Meng Meng sniffled, "Uh... Dad..."
"Where’s your mom?"
"Uh...oh, Mom’s asleep. Probably too tired!"
"..." On the other end, Su Chengji felt Su Xiaomeng’s tone was strange, but he scratched his head and said, "Oh, then let her rest well, I’ll call her later."
"Alright, sure."
"Alright then, Dad... I’ll hang up first..."
"Okay, fine..."
Su Xiaomeng hung up the phone, touched her face, feeling quite sorry for her dad, but...
She needed her mom more than he did.
Once Su’s mother arrived, Su Xiaomeng felt a huge relief, mainly because Su’s mother was experienced.
Whenever the baby cried or fussed, she immediately had a strategy.
Unlike her, who had been taking care of the baby until today, still needing half an hour to an hour to soothe him.
What made Su Xiaomeng happiest was that she could go back to school to attend classes.
Of course, she turned down all extracurricular activities and quit her favorite dance club too.
Every day, she went straight home after class.
If Yin Shixiu came home early, he would take them out to nice restaurants for dinner.
Everything was wonderful, except for that Bai Shunyuan who occasionally blocked her way at school!
"Running away again! I’m not even bullying you; why are you running?"
After her first class, as Su Xiaomeng was heading to the language building for her second class, she caught a glimpse of Bai Shunyuan from afar and, without a second thought, turned around to take another route.
Seeing this, Bai Shunyuan took a deep breath and chased after her!
"Why are you doing this again?"
"Nothing!"
Bai Shunyuan’s tone was very unfriendly!
"Then I’m going to class."
"Su Xiaomeng, you can’t hold grudges for this long, right?"
"I’m not holding grudges."
She originally intended to bear grudges, but once she found out he was Grandpa Bai’s grandson, she couldn’t hold onto them anymore.
After all, Grandpa Bai had saved her life!
"Then why are you avoiding me?"
Su Xiaomeng took a short breath, looked up at him, "Since you know I’m avoiding you, can’t you just let me?"
"No way!"
This overbearing "no way" reached a level that left Su Xiaomeng completely stunned by this man’s thickness of skin, shamelessness, and unreasonable nature!
What kind of bizarre planet did this eccentric flower come from!
Might as well just call him Bai Weirdo from now on!
Su Xiaomeng stared at him, not knowing what to say to deal with this weirdo!
"Shall we chat for a bit?"
Bai Shunyuan was the first to speak, his tone softened a little.
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but shiver.
She pointed to the language building not far away, "Uh... I have to attend class."
"What class?"
"Cultural differences between Eastern and Western languages..."
Bai Shunyuan dismissed the building with extreme disdain, then confidently said to Su Xiaomeng, "I’ll teach you, way better than those dumb doctors."
If she hadn’t confirmed with Yin Shixiu, even if you gave Su Xiaomeng a hundred brains, she wouldn’t have been able to associate Bai Shunyuan with the kind and friendly Grandpa Bai!
At his age, how could he look down on everyone?
"But... but I prefer the dumb doctors’ teaching, Brother Bai, stop picking on me, and I won’t avoid you. When you suddenly come after me like this, it really scares me, okay?"
Su Xiaomeng was speaking her true feelings.
Disliking Bai Shunyuan was already a fact set in stone.
But Bai Shunyuan was a domineering rogue!