Chapter 68: Chapter 67: I Want the Baby, and I Want Xiao Meng Too!
"Su Xiaomeng, prepare to wait for death... beep!"
After saying this, Su’s mother mercilessly hung up the phone. Su Xiaomeng still held the phone to her ear, maintaining the posture as if frozen in place.
"With me here, you won’t die."
Yin Shixiu spoke, and it was better if he didn’t; his words directly ignited Su Xiaomeng’s anger!
"It’s all because of you! Uncle, you’re going to kill me! Are you crazy?! What responsibility?! Who asked you to take responsibility?!"
"Alright, then later I’ll call your mother again and tell her that although I slept with Su Xiaomeng, I don’t intend to take responsibility for her. The child in her belly was an accident, and it’s not my fault!"
"Saying things like this, are you even human?"
"Then how do you want me to be?"
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, looking at her, his expression unusually serious.
For a moment, Su Xiaomeng also didn’t know what to say...
Yin Shixiu started the car, "To your parents, your pregnancy isn’t the worst thing. The worst is the man who got you pregnant doesn’t want to take responsibility."
Su Xiaomeng twisted her hands...
Sometimes she really got annoyed, this cunning and deceitful man always bullying others, yet his words somehow made sense?
"You just have to believe in me."
Su Xiaomeng glanced at Yin Shixiu, "Uncle, there’s something I must clarify."
"Mm."
"No matter what, I absolutely absolutely absolutely won’t date you!"
"... Is that it?"
"That’s it, that’s all!"
Su Xiaomeng crossed her arms, looking out the window with a proud attitude.
"Well, acting... you can at least do that, right?"
"What do you mean?"
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows, lifting her chin, glaring at him.
"In front of your parents, you have to at least act like you’re dating me. What? Do you need me to explain the reasons?"
"I don’t need to! Act, anyone can do that..."
Even now, Su Xiaomeng’s ears echoed with her mother’s "prepare to wait for death," sending a chill down her spine.
Her mother was usually gentle, but once harsh...
If she were to learn the whole story, both she and Yin Shixiu would suffer.
Yin Shixiu didn’t drive directly back to the apartment, but stopped in front of a restaurant downtown.
"Let’s have Chinese food."
"... Okay."
Su Xiaomeng wasn’t really hungry, but today’s Christmas, the streets were filled with a festive atmosphere, and this Chinese restaurant was decorated with bells and a Christmas tree.
Yin Shixiu consulted with the waiter before ordering some flavorful, non-restrictive dishes for a pregnant woman.
Su Xiaomeng propped her chin in her hands, gazing at the sky already half darkened.
After the meal arrived, Yin Shixiu received a call and left the table.
Su Xiaomeng ate her meal while watching Yin Shixiu, who was on the phone outside the window...
From her angle, she could see his perfectly sculpted profile and tall, elegant figure from behind.
Who called him, making him show such a slightly troubled expression...
"I will definitely find time to personally visit my second uncle and apologize... Mm, that’s it then."
Yin Shixiu hung up the phone, exhaling slightly. Turning around, he met the gaze of Su Xiaomeng watching him through the glass window.
He smiled at her.
Su Xiaomeng immediately snapped back to herself, lowering her head to continue eating.
Yin Shixiu returned to his seat, casually saying, "Today my second uncle returned from abroad, and we were supposed to have a family dinner together. The call just now was from my dad."
"Why are you telling me, I’m not interested..."
"Because I wanted to tell you."
He placed a piece of rib in her bowl.
Su Xiaomeng took a couple bites of rice and then mumbled, "Did your dad... blame you?"
"... No."
"That’s good."
Su Xiaomeng ate a small bowl of rice and didn’t continue eating.
Having not slept the previous night and being tense the entire day, eventually left her with no energy or appetite now.
After the meal, they went back.
When Su Xiaomeng stood at Yin Shixiu’s apartment door for the Nth time, she unexpectedly felt a sense that she’d never escape this place.
Dragging her tired body, she curled up on the sofa.
Yin Shixiu turned on the heating, took a blanket to cover her, then went to the bathroom to shower.
After he finished showering and came out, Su Xiaomeng was indeed already sound asleep.
He sat beside her, took his phone, logged into A University’s campus forum, registered an account, browsed posts from yesterday and today, and his eagle-like eyes darkened...
Throwing the phone aside, he looked at the person curled up on the sofa.
Standing up intending to carry her to the bedroom, he unintentionally saw the scratches exposed on her arms, each streak filled with blood.
His heart tightened, pulling back her other sleeve, her wrist had bruises, and her forearms and shoulders were marked with scratches.
A particularly severe one stretched from her neck to her chin.
Yin Shixiu silently took out the medical kit, cleaned her with alcohol, and applied ointment.
If she were willing to confide in him, how could she suffer like this?
Yin Shixiu looked at her weary face, feeling a pang of heartache, and at the same time, his heart settled.
He touched the small scar on her forehead, which had faded almost entirely.
Her complexion was an unhealthy pale, and her lips had lost much of their color, but even so, he still had the urge to kiss her...
Yin Shixiu carried her into the room, covered her with a blanket, and eventually lowered his head to kiss her forehead.
"...Merry Christmas."
The door closed, and Su Xiaomeng’s eyes opened.
Her heart raced, and the spot on her forehead where she’d been kissed felt hot! The scratches on her arms, however, felt a cool chill.
"Damn old man, always knows how to take advantage and get too close!"
She muttered, adjusted to a comfortable position, closed her eyes again, and soon fell asleep.
Yin Shixiu took out his phone, made a call to the company’s IT department manager, assigned some extra work, and hung up.
The next day, Su Xiaomeng slept until noon, and when she groggily woke up, she heard noise outside her bedroom door.
Rubbing her eyes and opening the door, she yawned sleepily, "Unc..."
Before the word was out, the yawn stopped abruptly. She took a step back and immediately closed the door again, leaning back against the door and clutching her wildly beating heart.
Oh my gosh!
Is it really happening?
Su Xiaomeng felt like a mouse seeing a cat, a rabbit meeting a big bad wolf!
Her mom was way too fast with this?!
Su Xiaomeng swallowed nervously. The death sentence was only given yesterday, surely it can’t be executed today...
She closed her eyes, pressing her body against the door, her legs weak.
What to do... She didn’t even get a call, and they just came to the uncle’s place...
By the way, where’s the uncle? Earlier, it seemed like only Dad and Mom were there...
Did he go out?
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes darted around quickly, fully awake now, and she hurriedly took out her phone, scrolling through her call records to call Yin Shixiu!
The uncle seemed capable, but that didn’t mean he could stand up to her mom!
"Xiao Meng?"
"Uncle! My parents are here!!" Su Xiaomeng deliberately lowered her voice, but her shock and fear were still evident.
"...Yeah."
"What’s with the ’yeah’! They found your place and somehow got in! They’re sitting in the living room right now!" Su Xiaomeng exclaimed urgently!
"...Yeah."
"Still with the ’yeah’?" Su Xiaomeng slapped her forehead, "Uncle, whatever happens, just don’t come back for now. I’ll take my parents away later, then you can come back, got it?"
"Why are you not speaking? Can you hear me?! I can handle this, I thought about it, you better not get involved."
Su Xiaomeng felt both anxious and scared.
Although she had discussed with Yin Shixiu yesterday that pretending to be a loving couple might ease her parents’ concerns a bit, the fear of facing her mom instantly dispelled that idea!
This method absolutely won’t work! Honesty is the best policy, honesty is the best policy...
"Xiao Meng, you..."
"Uncle, you don’t understand my mom; she looks kind and gentle, but in reality, she’s a fierce woman! A fierce woman!"
"Click"!
Su Xiaomeng’s heart felt a "thud".
The next moment, the door was pushed open, and a dignified middle-aged woman stood there with arms crossed, "Who did you just call a fierce woman?"
Su Xiaomeng’s hand froze around her phone, scrunching her features into a knot!
"...Mom..."
Su Xiaomeng composed herself, turned around and showed a cute face with little tiger teeth, smiling at her mom.
"Mom, even though Dad used to be a locksmith, isn’t it not so great to be picking someone else’s lock without the owner’s consent?"
She instinctively thought that her mom being able to fly to her side overnight and break into the ’dragon’s den’ was really no small feat.
Su’s mother, nearing her forties, stood next to Su Xiaomeng and looked more like a sister.
She just looked at Su Xiaomeng quietly, not saying anything for a long time.
Su Xiaomeng’s heart slowly sank, and the forced smile on her face faded. She lowered her head slowly, standing straight with the demeanor of accepting her fate for having done something wrong.
Perhaps knowing in her heart she was truly at fault, her eyes turned red.
Su’s mother raised her hand.
Su Xiaomeng quickly closed her eyes, expecting a harsh slap!
But the harsh scolding and beating that should have fallen did not come, instead, a gentle palm rested on her forehead.
Su Xiaomeng was stunned...
"Yin Shixiu said you’ve had recurring fevers before, do you still have them now?"
Su Xiaomeng looked up, her big eyes filled with unshed tears, looking at her with glistening eyes.
It would only take one word from Su’s mother for the floodgates to open, and she’d cry like the world was ending!
Su’s mother felt frustrated in her heart; she had put the little whip in her bag ready to whip this girl into shape, to teach her a lesson.
But seeing this girl, her heart softened.
"You’ve gained weight, but why does your complexion look so bad?"
Su’s mother frowned, and as soon as she asked, Su Xiaomeng rushed into her arms, holding her tightly, "Mom... sob... I’m sorry..."
Even if the sky fell, she’d hold it up for her—and besides, this didn’t even compare to the sky falling.
Su Xiaomeng’s cry made Su’s mother feel even worse.
Perhaps the thing that angered and saddened her the most wasn’t that this girl had done something inappropriate, but that she hadn’t thought to call her parents when she encountered a problem...
Listening to Yin Shixiu clearly lay out the whole story, she didn’t even know where to direct her anger.