Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting

"Grandma, Dad and Mom had a fight, you should really try to talk to them..."

"..."

Shuangshuang usually speaks unclearly, but at inappropriate times, every word is clear and loud, making it hard to doubt.

Su Xiaomeng naturally didn’t expect to hear Shuangshuang saying this to her grandparents just before entering the house... She had just adjusted her expression for a long time in the car, but reflexively froze, yet...

Xiaomeng, having experienced a lot now, learned the art of "putting on a show" well from Yin Shixiu. As soon as Yin Shixiu’s hand reached over, Su Xiaomeng took his hand without hesitation, wrapped her arm around his, and quickly said to Shuangshuang,

"Why does Shuang’er think Mom and Dad were fighting? Mom and Dad are doing just fine!"

Yin Shixiu took the opportunity to hold Su Xiaomeng’s hand back and looked at Su Chengji and Bai Sixian with a gentle smile, "Dad, Mom."

Shuangshuang blinked and looked up at Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng, genuinely feeling incredible... But, "Oh, so Mom and Dad have made up already! Good, good..."

"..."

Xiaomeng really wants to seal Shuangshuang’s mouth with tape.

If only she weren’t her own...

Su Chengji stepped forward and warmly hugged Yin Shixiu, "Finally home, Xiaomeng said you’ve been terribly busy at work, but no matter how busy you are, you must take care of your health, okay?"

"Mm."

"What was that fight about?"

"Dad, it’s nothing serious. I originally promised Meng Meng I would come back a couple of days earlier, but then got delayed again. But Meng Meng is such an understanding person... right?"

As Yin Shixiu spoke, he tightened his embrace around Xiaomeng.

Su Xiaomeng just put on a smile.

Su Chengji patted Yin Shixiu’s shoulder, "What couple doesn’t argue? A fight by the bed makes up at the foot of the bed. As long as it’s all good now. Is everyone hungry?"

"A bit, indeed."

Yin Shixiu smiled, tightening Su Xiaomeng’s hand as they walked inside.

Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, but held back, allowing herself to be pulled along.

Su Chengji might be easily persuaded, but what about Bai Sixian? She can practically see through this couple’s façade of harmony! True affection isn’t something to show off...

Since when do you see a couple married for seven years returning home, entering the house, in front of parents and kids, with hands clung tight and unwilling to let go?

Watching their figures entering the house, Bai Sixian, although seeing through it, wasn’t too worried, thinking it was likely just a small squabble between them and nothing unsolvable.

Plus, with Yin Shixiu’s ability to handle things, Bai Sixian still acknowledges it; if nothing else, at least he knows how to coax Xiaomeng, doesn’t he?

She wasn’t worried, but after dinner when she went to Jun Garden, Bai Sixian unintentionally noticed that a sleeping pad was still laid out in the master bedroom, which made her a bit concerned.

Recalling when Xiaomeng returned from London, she vaguely sensed there might have been issues between Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu. If... the problems between the two haven’t been resolved since then, Bai Sixian found it a little worrying...

"Mom."

Xiaomeng came out of the room, closing the bedroom door, hooking her arm around Bai Sixian’s, "Do you want to know how my class went today?"

Bai Sixian approached Xiaomeng to show concern about her first day of teaching.

"Just a little curious, I might even hop into your class someday, to see what my daughter’s like teaching a class."

Bai Sixian and Su Xiaomeng sat under the sycamore tree, a good place to cool off.

Xiaomeng obviously couldn’t honestly share today’s occurrences with Bai Sixian, considering they involved problems with Yin Shixiu. So she vaguely said, "Overall... it was surprising! Yes! The atmosphere at university and the enthusiasm of the students."

Bai Sixian smiled at her, "Like you’ve never attended college yourself."

"Uh... I didn’t take it seriously at the time. Later ended up inadvertently having Shuang’er and Huang’er, that carefree university life was something I couldn’t experience."

"What about colleagues?"

When it came to colleagues, Su Xiaomeng didn’t have much to criticize, "The professor guiding me is young, although their personality is a bit eccentric, the person is really nice; as a professor, they are unique, quite charismatic."

"The faculty at the same institute are all quite kind."

"Then I’m relieved, the academic environment domestically is definitely different from abroad, especially since you major in foreign languages. I was worried you’d struggle to adapt, but... thinking it over, you’ve become far better than me, both in knowledge and experience. Worrying is just futile."

Bai Sixian patted Su Xiaomeng’s hand...

Su Xiaomeng smiled back, "And you, Mom? Is teaching at an educational institution very different from teaching at a school?"

"Not too different... once you become a teacher, it’s best to carry a spirit of assuming heavy responsibilities, the saying goes ’ten years to cultivate a tree, a hundred years to cultivate a person,’ it isn’t easy."

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips as if carefully considering Bai Sixian’s words, "It sounds... so serious."

Bai Sixian draped an arm around Su Xiaomeng’s shoulders, "But you, being so close in age to those college students, Mom hopes you could first enrich and improve yourself, to engage with your students as a learner, then stand on the podium as an educator."

What her mother says always benefits her.

"Speaking of, is Dad still visiting the botanical garden every day?"

Speaking of this, Bai Sixian couldn’t help but shake her head, "Your Dad’s almost turned into a plant spirit, he only needs his beloved garden now, doesn’t care for anything else."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng was a bit stunned upon hearing this.

"It’s much better now. Back then, when the botanical garden just opened, he’d come back once a week to get some clothes, and then he’d just throw himself into that garden. Those who didn’t know might have thought the flowers and plants there were his wife."

Bai Sixian complained.

This was something Su Xiaomeng had no idea about. She hadn’t heard Bai Sixian mention it, and perhaps the mother and daughter hadn’t talked about it either.

"But... your mom fell in love with your dad because she saw how devoted he was to those plants... He was passionate about plants, and Shixiu gave him such a big space to fulfill his dreams. Naturally, he put a hundred percent of his time and energy into it."

"He didn’t even come home..."

Su Xiaomeng blinked, looking at Bai Sixian with disbelief.

"Wasn’t he in the botanical garden?"

"..."

"To Mom, wherever he is, that’s home." Bai Sixian said with a warm smile.

Su Xiaomeng sat beside Bai Sixian, completely unable to understand her mother’s transcendental perspective...

Bai Sixian noticed Su Xiaomeng’s thoughtful look and asked quietly, "Had a fight with Shixiu?"

"Huh? No... hehe."

"You’re hiding it from me... Seems like the fight was pretty fierce..."

"No..."

Su Xiaomeng was still defending herself... But her words lacked more and more confidence.

Bai Sixian leaned in and whispered in Su Xiaomeng’s ear, "You’re sleeping in separate beds..."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng blushed, lowered her head, and whispered, "It’s nothing serious. I can handle it. Don’t worry, Mom..."

"I’m not worried at all."

Bai Sixian quickly said, "If it were someone else, I wouldn’t be so sure, but you and Shixiu... If you two can’t overcome the ’seven-year’ itch, then who else in the world could?"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, staring at the sycamore branches swaying in front of her. As September passed, autumn quickly arrived again...

Spring, summer, autumn, winter, the seasons change, and time doesn’t negotiate with people; it won’t slow down for even a moment...

A minute of sweet life isn’t longer than a minute of bickering... So people always say, if you can pass this second happily, don’t endure it in pain.

Xiao Meng understood this principle. That year, when Yin Shixiu had an accident, Su Xiaomeng was filled with despair... Yet she still clung tightly to that tiny bit of hope...

During the terrorist attack in London, she narrowly escaped death, and in the Tianjin Port explosion, Yin Shixiu narrowly escaped too. After that, every day they spent together felt like a gift from above, so there’s no reason not to live it well...

Yet they had to toss and turn like now...

Su Xiaomeng stared at the sycamore, getting lost in thought...

As she watched, her eyes reddened...

Bai Sixian gently patted Su Xiaomeng’s shoulder, murmuring, "You guys... really there’s nothing that can’t be solved through communication, but the premise is, you must calm down and communicate well... When your dad and I were young, we often quarreled over trivial matters, it’s normal, really."

Su Xiaomeng listened... understanding all the principles.

The night wind blew, from their quarrel about him avoiding home to today, connecting things in a line, frame by frame flashed through her mind.

Su Xiaomeng didn’t dare say she was free of fault, but she just felt... a sense of stifling frustration, just felt... during the times his attention wasn’t on her, it created a wound on her heart, not deep yet not shallow.

Her expectations for him were so high... simply because of fear.

So many loving couples, turning into enemies in old age, turning into foes in old age, turning into complaining companions in old age...

Doesn’t it start from one side’s negligence? And then, their communication lessens, their feelings fade...

Xiao Meng returned indoors, and Yin Shixiu was sitting on the single sofa aside, with a laptop on his lap. As she entered, he looked up, and the next second, he closed the laptop silently.

"What were you talking about with Mom?"

Su Xiaomeng glanced at his closed laptop, pursing her lips, "You go ahead and work, I’ll take a bath first."

Yin Shixiu quickly got up, "I was just replying to a few emails..."

"I didn’t tell you not to reply to emails!"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath, clenched her fists, her voice lowered, "You continue with your work, I’ll sleep in the guest room tonight..."

"Xiao Meng?"

"Don’t mind me, I want to figure out some things on my own."

As Su Xiaomeng spoke, she went to the closet to take her clothes and walked out. As she opened the door, Yin Shixiu said, "I love you very much, please don’t doubt that."

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