Chapter 93: Chapter 90: Class Reunion
"Tomorrow I’ll call your dad and mom to wish them a Happy New Year, okay?"
"Hmm... okay."
Su Xiaomeng thought about it, and it’s the right thing to do.
Yin Shixiu chuckled, "Then do you want to also wish your in-laws a Happy New Year?"
Su Xiaomeng froze for a moment. It’s customary to do so out of politeness, but considering Mr. and Mrs. Yin didn’t quite like her, she was a bit hesitant.
"Just kidding, it’s not the right time now. Next time, you won’t be able to escape."
Su Xiaomeng pouted, "You just like to scare people."
Yin Shixiu also stood by his bedroom window at that moment. At least, they were looking at the same sky now.
"Girl, make a wish."
He suddenly said.
"Huh?"
Su Xiaomeng was taken aback.
"Yeah, make a New Year’s wish, and your husband will make it come true."
That thin eyebrow raised, husband...
"Tch, I don’t have any wish that I need you to fulfill for me! Uncle, stop showing off!"
Su Xiaomeng really couldn’t stand his smug, narcissistic tone.
"Really not?"
"No!"
"Tsk tsk, I thought you might say you wish I could fly to your house and spend the New Year with you..."
Yin Shixiu glanced at the neatly arranged large and small gift boxes on the floor beside him, sighed, and conveyed to her his current sense of loss.
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrow higher. That wistful tone didn’t suit Uncle at all, did it?
"Even if I made such a wish, you wouldn’t come over! I’m not falling for it!"
"How do you know I wouldn’t come if you don’t wish for it?"
Yin Shixiu asked with amusement.
Su Xiaomeng blinked, swallowed, and wondered... Could Uncle really come to Chengdu to celebrate New Year with them?
Her heart skipped a couple of irregular and chaotic beats.
Feeling a bit hesitant and carrying a little doubt, she asked, "If I make this wish... would you really come?"
A touch of anticipation hidden within her doubt...
"Hehe..." Yin Shixiu suddenly laughed.
Su Xiaomeng’s face darkened, sensing something was not right.
Sure enough...
"Of course not, but... it seems you still miss me a lot, Meng Meng?"
Yin Shixiu, again with that smug tone, made Su Xiaomeng’s teeth grind in irritation.
Taking such a long detour just to say this line, was he not?
"Miss you, my foot! Uncle, today I’ve truly understood you! So conceited, self-centered, and petty!"
"I thought you knew long ago..."
Su Xiaomeng closed her eyes, admitting defeat in the face of his shamelessness.
"Good night, bye!"
With that, Su Xiaomeng hung up the phone, glaring with disdain at her phone screen as if Yin Shixiu’s face was on it.
Yin Shixiu looked at his phone and sighed softly.
Just three days, and he’s finding it hard to endure.
After hanging up, Su Xiaomeng didn’t think about Yin Shixiu anymore, opened WeChat, sent some messages, and replied to her friends’ blessings.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone and sleep, her long-lost middle school class president contacted her, inviting her to tomorrow night’s class reunion.
Speaking earnestly, never separating from "long live friendship" in three sentences.
Su Xiaomeng liked lively occasions, and in the past, she would have said yes without hesitation.
But now she had a big belly, knowing full well she’d immediately become the center of attention at the reunion.
Being stared at by pairs of curious eyes could practically kill you!
"Class president, I have to go to my grandpa’s house for New Year’s dinner tomorrow. I must leave early, and you know my grandpa’s house is quite far..."
"Oh, I see, then there’s nothing to be done. But you have to come next time, okay?"
The class president reminded her.
"Uh-huh, sure!"
Su Xiaomeng prided herself on her quick reflexes and found a good excuse to decline the president, but unexpectedly, the next night, while strolling around her community, she bumped into the class president, who had come to pick up a classmate!
"Huh? Xiaomeng, didn’t you say you were going to your grandpa’s today?"
"... Ah, um, we ate early, so I came back early."
The class president, a girl with black-framed glasses, didn’t look extraordinary but was quite intelligent.
She dreamed of becoming a teacher, so she applied to Chengdu Normal for college entrance exams and managed to get admitted to that university.
"That’s perfect. I’m here to pick up Qi Rui, and you live in the same community. I drove here today. Let’s go!"
"Go? Go where?"
Su Xiaomeng was momentarily stunned, her heart skipping a beat. Was she really being taken to the class reunion?
"Isn’t this Su Xiaomeng?"
Suddenly, an unfriendly voice wafted over.
Su Xiaomeng sighed heavily. Great...
"Qi Rui, you’re down? I just bumped into Meng Meng, such a coincidence!"
"Uh, class president, maybe I shouldn’t go? It’s quite late, and I haven’t even talked to my mom—"
"Su Xiaomeng, have you... gained weight?" Qi Rui suddenly asked.
"Slightly... a little, I guess."
Qi Rui slightly furrowed her brow, then earnestly looked Su Xiaomeng up and down.
Someone felt all their nerves tighten.
"Ah, so many classmates are here already. Let’s hurry, shall we?"
"Class——"
"Su Xiaomeng, what’s going on with you? The class president invites you so nicely, and you still refuse to go? What, you think going to Beijing for school makes you special?"
Qi Rui snorted coldly.
Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, feeling a sense of resignation.
What needs to come will eventually come. Even if it’s not today, it will happen another day.
Middle school classmates, all from the same town, how long can you hide?
"Fine, I’ll go. Don’t regret it."
After Su Xiaomeng said that, she climbed into the car, and Qi Rui followed her in.
"Regret it? Are you planning to crash the reunion?"
When Qi Rui and Su Xiaomeng first met, they were good friends, but that was only on Xiaomeng’s side.
Qi Rui had always secretly considered her a rival, comparing herself to Xiaomeng in everything, though Xiaomeng was oblivious.
When she realized, Su Xiaomeng felt stifled for a long time.
Su Xiaomeng did not expect that five or six years later, Qi Rui still spoke to her in the same prickly tone, which felt quite uncomfortable.
The reunion was in a super large private room of a three-star hotel, with two tables fully occupied.
She didn’t crash the reunion. If no one came over to pry, she promised she could stay quiet from start to finish and go home after the meal.
But then—
"Xiaomeng, how did you get so fat? You look just like you did in elementary school! Haha!"
It was a guy from Su Xiaomeng’s elementary school, sitting next to her. He was dark-skinned but had bright eyes.
"Not dancing anymore? Does not dancing make you fat? I’m a little scared of that..."
The English class representative from middle school was pretty and delicate, with a soft, gentle voice, but she was extremely pretentious.
"I thought studying in Beijing would be really tough, you’d definitely lose a lot of weight."
Why are they all so concerned about her figure?
"How much do you weigh now? Are you over 130 pounds?"
"On closer inspection, you really have gained quite a bit of weight, Xiaomeng. Your waist is so thick, just like someone who’s pregnant! Haha..."
The girl who said this had no ill intentions, she was just joking around.
Unexpectedly...
Su Xiaomeng smiled and openly admitted, "Yes, I’m pregnant, over four months now."
"Haha, are you kidding? Xiaomeng, you’re becoming more and more hum...orous..."
A slightly chubby guy stopped mid-sentence upon seeing Su Xiaomeng’s expression, his face froze, obviously startled.
Su Xiaomeng glanced at him and smiled, "The child isn’t yours. Why do you look so shocked?"
"N-no, that’s not..."
"Pregnant?"
"What’s the situation? What happened?"
"Were you taken advantage of by a man in Beijing?"
"Over four months... Are you planning to keep it? Who’s the father?"
The room exploded with chatter instantly.
Originally, Su Xiaomeng was somewhat annoyed and restless, but then she thought of how her Dad openly told the chubby aunt about her pregnancy just the other day.
She didn’t quite understand her dad’s behavior, but she clearly saw the pride and confidence on his face.
Because of this, she felt empowered.
Rather than hiding, why not be open?
"I have a boyfriend, and we’re getting married after the New Year."
Su Xiaomeng chuckled and smiled at everyone.
"No way? Getting married?! How old are you?"
"So it’s a shotgun wedding..."
Su Xiaomeng patted her head. "If you say so, then sure."
Those surrounding her were relatively good friends. Though shocked, they didn’t jump to any wild conclusions.
But there were plenty who always found reasons to dislike Su Xiaomeng.
Even from a distance, she could hear the unpleasant words, especially with Qi Rui at the forefront, looking at Su Xiaomeng with utter disdain.
"Using this method to trap Senior Ren Yixuan, Su Xiaomeng, you are truly remarkable!"
Here we go again.
If it weren’t for that carefully planned scene by Xiao Ling earlier, Su Xiaomeng might have panicked at this moment.
But she had already heard more vicious and nasty things.
Qi Rui’s words were really just a piece of cake now.
"It’s not Ren Yixuan."
"Not Ren Yixuan?"
"Yes, my boyfriend treats me even better than Ren Yixuan! Stop surrounding me. It’s just pregnancy; I’m only a bit ahead of you all."
"Boyfriend? Ha, he didn’t even come back with you for the New Year, and you call that a boyfriend?"
"He’s very busy, so..."
"Is he also super handsome?"
Qi Rui chuckled lightly.
Su Xiaomeng quickly nodded, "Yes! Incredibly handsome!"
Qi Rui squinted, "Could he be a big boss by any chance?"
"How did you know?"
Su Xiaomeng looked serious.
Qi Rui, speechless, rolled her eyes at Su Xiaomeng, "I beg you, even if you’re making up a story, can you avoid using a cliched romance novel plot? Do you think we’re all fools?"
After Qi Rui said that, everyone couldn’t help but glance at Su Xiaomeng with curiosity again.
"Xiaomeng, even if something did happen in Beijing, we, your classmates, will stand by you."
Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, looked at the earnest class president, and said seriously, "I didn’t lie. The child is a bit early, but there are people my age who have kids too! And besides, I am getting married after the New Year. Although it surprised you, you still owe me the blessing, right?"