Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting

"Alright, eight minutes. I’ll wait for you."

It’s really not that Su Xiaomeng is making things difficult for Yin Shixiu. He himself brought it up, so... eight minutes... She’s actually curious to see how he would get the flowers.

Yin Shixiu forced a smile, his expression showing a mix of concern as he fixed his gaze on her. "Okay, just wait here for me."

He was afraid she might slip away.

Even though he didn’t want to show it, his underlying worry and lack of confidence somehow reassured Su Xiaomeng a little...

"I’ll wait for eight minutes."

After speaking, Su Xiaomeng set an eight-minute timer on her phone.

Yin Shixiu pulled himself together and started running towards the campus, not outside. Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows; she wasn’t very familiar with Beijing Foreign Studies University yet, but thanks to Chi Lun taking her around twice before, she remembered there was a commercial street near the student dormitories, and thinking about it now, there did seem to be a flower shop.

But... Did Yin Shixiu know this too? Has he been to Beijing Foreign Studies University many times?

As Su Xiaomeng got curious, she also started calculating whether eight minutes would be enough to go back and forth...

Looking at the forty-year-old man in a shirt with long strides, Su Xiaomeng suddenly recalled the scene from three years ago when he was undergoing rehabilitation.

With crutches like a child learning to walk, each step was difficult and unstable. He fell countless times but never let anyone help him up. Every time, he stood up by himself.

Initially, he didn’t allow her to watch, but she would sneak in to watch a few times until she got caught. After being discovered, he relented a little but never let her enter the rehabilitation room despite her pleas.

She would watch through the glass, feeling heartache yet invigorated, painful yet reassuring.

He endured numerous hardships, countless trials, yet he remained an outstanding achiever. His image was forever magnificent in her heart.

"Huh? Isn’t that Mop Teacher?"

In comparison with the more common nickname "He Dongshi", the students seemed to prefer calling her "Mop Teacher".

Su Xiaomeng had already anticipated having an unflattering nickname circulating on campus among both students and teachers because students aren’t kind enough to pass up a little fun amid their busy academic lives.

At least, when she was a student, she was like this.

"Mop Teacher it is then..."

Su Xiaomeng slightly nodded at a few students walking by, as a form of greeting, which made them a little stunned... They exchanged glances and actually ran towards her, smiling.

"Teacher, you’re not mad?"

"Do you want me to be mad?"

"No, not really, it’s just that if it were any other teacher, they’d probably not want to come to school for classes anymore. We’re from your literature translation class, and we witnessed your heroic act of breaking the mop in a fit of anger!"

A handsome-looking male student said.

The vibe of this boy was very much like... Ming Lang, that kind of sunny and cheerful feeling.

"Actually, if you ask me, it’s because the mop was used for a long time, the wood was loose, that’s why it didn’t withstand the teacher’s blow!"

A short-haired girl with a shoulder bag said in a rather tomboyish manner.

"I thought... you guys wouldn’t like me because of that..."

Su Xiaomeng murmured with a smile.

"Why would we? You look so good, especially anyone sitting in your class while listening to lectures would be seeing someone like President Yin! I think no other teacher would dare to challenge Yin Shixiu as you did, you’re quite interesting as a teacher."

"Yeah, those idiots on the campus forum say Yin Shixiu is already forty, and it’s said his wife is also accomplished, with two kids, a very happy and fulfilled family. No matter how idiotic they are, even if they try to climb higher, they won’t reach there."

"Teacher, you won’t stop teaching us literary translation because of those comments on the campus forum, will you?"

"I won’t."

"That’s good to hear. Teacher, rest assured, we’ll support you!"

Su Xiaomeng smiled lightly, happiness welled up from her heart...

They were standing near the campus gate, and as the few students gathered around her, they formed a small group, drawing the eyes of students rushing outside.

The gawking quickly turned into a standstill because... Yin Shixiu was running over in this direction.

From someone seemingly distant, how come he shows up at their campus every so often? This made many graduating students pondering employment choices quite eager.

Everyone knows how tough it is to get into Yin Group, how slim the chances are... Even though Yin Group participates in campus recruitment every year, the actual number of people recruited is just a tiny fraction across multiple universities.

But what if they left a deep impression personally on President Yin?

Huh?

What’s the big boss holding?

Flowers? Or... flowers with roots and soil...

Huh? Could it be...

"The Canna under the girls’ dormitory... It just started blooming a few days ago," a girl muttered, as they saw the Canna in Yin Shixiu’s hand still having large plantain leaves, looking hurriedly plucked with the roots still intact...

Only five flowers were in his hand, and as he ran towards them, he was tearing off the Canna leaves, patting off the dirt from its roots.

"He plucked them all..."

Canna isn’t an uncommon flower, but the entire school only had a few planted under the girls’ dormitory, and...

"Oh my god... Professor Chi is going to flip, right?"

Students who knew the origin of these Canna already displayed expressions anticipating a show; however, at the moment, their curiosity was piqued by... the big boss running with Canna towards "Mop Teacher".

What’s the relationship between the big boss and "Mop Teacher"?

"Has the time run out?"

Yin Shixiu’s stamina wasn’t as good as before, and the distance from the campus gate to the girls’ dormitory was not short. After running back and forth, sweat beads continuously rolled down his face, breathless.

The students standing next to Su Xiaomeng now looked a bit stunned...

Last time, they didn’t get an autograph, even didn’t get a good look at him, but now...

Su Xiaomeng glanced at the time, "Not yet."

Then she looked at the several big stalks of root-up Canna he was holding, tilting her head, "What’s going on?"

"Flowers, I just wandered the campus yesterday and saw them. They grew well, just blooming, very vibrant."

Su Xiaomeng quite overestimated Yin Shixiu, thinking he knew about the flower shop in the student residential area commercial street, but ended up...

"Is it okay?"

Yin Shixiu asked her.

These truly were the most unpretentious flowers he had ever given her... It’s hard to say it was the most sincere flower because it hardly seemed sincere as the soil stuck to its roots kept falling to their feet.

Su Xiaomeng extended her hand to him, finally relenting,

"Give it to me."

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