Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Your Mother Says 2
"I don’t want to!"
Su Xiaomeng immediately said seriously.
Yin Shixiu’s eyes darkened, "Don’t want to?"
"I don’t want to! I don’t want to marry you!"
Yin Shixiu had anticipated her reaction long ago, but facing it for real, he couldn’t help but feel a bit suffocated in his chest!
All the rejections he faced in his life came from this little girl!
"Are you not planning to go to school anymore? Or do you think you can just go to school without a care despite the rumors and criticisms?"
"I..."
"Your parents now believe that I’ll take responsibility for you, so they are relieved. If they knew we were just pretending, could they sleep well at night?"
Su Xiaomeng shook her head.
"Get married, have the child, then divorce."
"..." Su Xiaomeng blinked.
"I said I would take responsibility for you, at least so you can go back to school without facing criticisms."
"... So, you’re saying... it’s a fake marriage? After this blows over, we’ll divorce?"
"... Yes."
Yin Shixiu saw a gleam flash in the girl’s eyes, and then a smile spread across her face...
His chest felt even more stifled.
This girl had the ability to make people lose their confidence.
She patted Yin Shixiu, "When we divorce, we can just say it’s due to incompatible personalities. No one can do anything about us! Uncle, you are so smart!"
"Although having a child is a bit troublesome, after thinking it over, this is the best method!"
Su Xiaomeng patted her chest, "Uncle, next time you decide something, can you give me a heads-up first? What you just did scared me to death!"
"Marrying me, is it really that frightening..."
Yin Shixiu’s voice suddenly grew cold, and before Su Xiaomeng could react, he had already opened the door and walked out.
Su Xiaomeng was stunned for a moment.
"Uncle..."
In the afternoon, Yin Shixiu took Su’s father and Su’s mother to the airport.
Su Xiaomeng was reluctant and lingered with Su’s mother at the security checkpoint for a long time until the broadcast urged them to part.
Before leaving, Su’s mother said something to Yin Shixiu privately, then entered the security checkpoint.
Su Chengji patted Yin Shixiu’s shoulder, "Come back with Meng Meng if you have time during the New Year."
"Okay, Uncle."
Su’s father took Su’s mother’s bag and held her hand, seemingly very happy.
Su’s mother gave him a side glance, "I really don’t know what you’re so smug about."
"Daughter marrying such an outstanding person, how can I not be smug?"
"Outstanding?" Su’s mother rolled her eyes at him, "Do you even have any standards for picking a son-in-law?"
"Why not? I admire Xiao Yin, he dares to act responsibly!"
Su’s mother pressed her lips tight, if it weren’t for seeing this merit in Yin Shixiu, even if they starred in a romantic tragedy, she would have torn them apart!
"In terms of status, background, education, the difference is night and day, eh... how did they get together? If it were Yi Xuan, I’d be much more at ease..."
"Even if Meng Meng and Yi Xuan are perfectly matched in everyway, they lack fate. Meng Meng and Xiao Yin, despite having no common ground, they have this fate!"
Su’s mother scratched her head, "It’s worrisome..."
"Weren’t you worrisome before?"
Su Chengji hugged her shoulders and laughed.
Su’s mother turned to look at him with a stern face in silence.
"Ahem..." Su Chengji touched his nose and looked around.
"Uncle, what did my mom say to you later on?"
Xiao Meng leaned beside Yin Shixiu and asked.
However, Yin Shixiu acted like he didn’t hear, silent as ever.
"Uncle..."
Su Xiaomeng wasn’t stupid; she knew he hadn’t shown a pleasant face since he coldly said that line this morning.
Walking to the car, Yin Shixiu went straight to the driver’s seat, and Su Xiaomeng stood by the car door, not intending to move.
Yin Shixiu honked the horn.
Yet Su Xiaomeng remained unmoving, turning her gaze away, imitating Yin Shixiu by not looking at him.
Yin Shixiu got out of the car, "What? Planning to spend the night here?"
"Yes!"
Su Xiaomeng raised her chin and nodded vigorously.
She... was sure he wouldn’t leave her here...
"Didn’t you want to know what your mom said to me?"
Su Xiaomeng raised her brow high, "Weren’t you ignoring me? Why are you willing to tell me now?"
"Get in the car!"
Su Xiaomeng quickly opened the door and jumped in, then blinked her eyes, looking at him with curiosity!
"What did she say?"
Yin Shixiu looked at her as she stretched her neck forward, bringing her head closer to him, his eyes darkening slightly.
"Uncle, you’re... not going to trick me again—"
Yin Shixiu stretched out and wrapped his arms around her waist, then kissed her deeply!
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes widened, and she began to struggle!
Yin Shixiu used his free hand to grab her resisting wrist, swallowing all her sounds of protest.
Su Xiaomeng thought she was going crazy... her heart was racing.
The long kiss ended in someone’s reluctant nostalgia...
Yin Shixiu’s deep voice murmured, "Your mother said, Xiao Meng has a stubborn temperament, using a little firmness sometimes doesn’t hurt. This kiss... I’ll take it as your apology."
"Yin Shixiu! You’re a big hooligan—"
Yin Shixiu started the car, Su Xiaomeng’s curses continued at his ear, but his gloomy morning mood was completely swept away.
After being taken advantage of, contrary to Yin Shixiu’s expectations, Su Xiaomeng immediately took the initiative to distance herself from him.
Returning to the community, Yin Shixiu parked the car.
The two walked to the elevator in the parking lot one after the other, at least a meter apart.
In the elevator’s small space of about four or five square meters, only the two of them were there. Su Xiaomeng defensively pressed herself into the corner, trying to maximize the distance between them!
Yin Shixiu looked at her reflected in the elevator door, chuckled lightly, "After you move in and live with me, will you still be able to maintain such a distance?"
"Why should I move in with you?"
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly glared over!
"Ding!"
The elevator door opened.
"Getting married and still living apart?"
Yin Shixiu said slowly as he walked out.
Su Xiaomeng was stunned for a moment; she only found out this morning that Yin Shixiu and her parents had already decided on the marriage.
Afterwards, she helped her parents pack their luggage, had lunch at Qianmen Street at noon, accompanied them to buy special snacks, and then sent the two elders to the airport.
As a result, she never had time to think about the fake marriage with Yin Shixiu.
At this moment, reminded by Yin Shixiu, she suddenly realized... her big eyes narrowed.
Some things must be made clear with this old man!
"Aren’t you coming out?"
The elevator doors were about to close again, Yin Shixiu reached out to stop them.
Su Xiaomeng walked out, glanced at Yin Shixiu, and continued to keep her distance.
Yin Shixiu opened the door, and after Su Xiaomeng went in, she plunged into the bedroom and locked the door!
Yin Shixiu stood at the door, glanced at the tightly closed door, and a faint smile appeared silently at his mouth.
He didn’t go to disturb Su Xiaomeng, and instead went straight to the study.
There were still many things to handle.
Taking out his phone, there was a list of missed calls marked with red exclamation points.
He glanced at them and quickly prioritized them in his mind while opening his computer and returning calls...
"Assistant Qin, have the files I requested been organized?"
"President Yin, I’ve sent them to your email. You weren’t here today; the meeting was chaired by the vice president, and I’ve also sent the meeting minutes to your email."
"...Okay."
"President Yin, will you be coming to the company tomorrow?"
"Yes. Just leave the files that need my attention on my desk."
"Okay, then I’ll let you get back to work, President Yin."
After finishing the call with Assistant Qin, he checked the files and meeting minutes sent by Qin, then made another call...
He waited for a long time before someone picked up the call.
"Shixiu..."
"Second Sister."
Yin Shixiu’s eagle-like eyes fixed on the meeting record, his gaze slightly darkening, "Please tell Second Brother-in-law that I disagree with the system development plan for the Guangdong project. I’ll discuss the specifics when I go to the company tomorrow."
"Shixiu!"
Worried that he might hang up like that, the voice on the other end urgently called out.
"What else?"
"The Guangdong project has always been handled by your Second Brother-in-law. He just made this decision today, you going tomorrow to overturn it, this way..."
"The company’s interests outweigh his personal face, Second Sister. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now."
"Shixiu you—"
Yin Shixiu hung up the phone, and before long, he made several more calls, mostly handling the company’s matters from the past few days.
By the time he snapped back to reality, he had been busy until nearly six o’clock.
Thinking of Su Xiaomeng... he quickly put down his tasks and left the study.
Unexpectedly, Su Xiaomeng wasn’t in the bedroom but curled up on the sofa, sleeping, fortunately with the heater on in the living room, her cheeks were flushed red from the warmth.
He sighed, approached this girl, and suddenly heard a "grumble" sound coming from her stomach.
Yin Shixiu unconsciously pulled up the corners of his mouth, accidentally laughing out loud.
Woken up by hunger and not sleeping well, Su Xiaomeng opened her eyes and saw Yin Shixiu standing behind the sofa watching her, frowned slightly, and immediately sat up.
She cleared her throat and asked with some annoyance, "You, done with work?"
Yin Shixiu paused for a moment, looking at this sulking girl, he laughed, "You can enter the study, no need to knock."
Su Xiaomeng pouted and muttered, "Who cares!"
In fact, around four-thirty, she had pushed open the study door without knocking, but seeing Yin Shixiu busy on the phone and looking at documents, she quietly closed the door without disturbing him.
She intended to wait for him in the living room, but... what’s with work being so long!
"For dinner, are we going out or just making something?"
"I’m not hungry!"
Su Xiaomeng straightened her back, remembering the main issue, tilted her chin toward the opposite sofa, "You sit there, I have something important to tell you."
Yin Shixiu raised a brow, "Are you sure you don’t want to eat first?"
"If I don’t finish talking, I can’t eat!"
Yin Shixiu didn’t ask further and sat on the sofa two or three meters away as directed by her.
Su Xiaomeng handed him the blank A4 paper prepared on the coffee table, crossed her arms, and looked serious.
"Our reason for the fake marriage, is it purely because of my pregnancy issue spreading at school, and you want to help me deal with it appropriately?"
"...Yes."
"Alright, then after the child is born, who will have custody?"