Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 538 - 413: Not Your Average Bootlicking Flattery

Chapter 538: Chapter 413: Not Your Average Bootlicking Flattery

After they left, the smile on Chu Jiao’s face gradually faded.

What was this?

Yin Shixiu...

If you love your wife so much, then why couldn’t you control yourself that night?

Your so-called strong self-control, your pledge of unwavering loyalty to her, is this what it amounts to?

Heh.

Just admit it, the most special person to you has never been Su Xiaomeng, but me.

Chu Jiao straightened her back and walked away slowly. In the future, how should she decide...

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"Why were you so hard on Cherry? Didn’t you know she’s my teacher?"

After leaving the elevator, with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang following the driver at a distance, Su Xiaomeng promptly asked her dissatisfaction.

Yin Shixiu ignored her, reaching out to take her fruit basket instead. Su Xiaomeng instinctively pulled her hand back.

"What are you doing? Don’t touch this! Cherry paid for it."

"I’m just helping you carry it."

Su Xiaomeng looked at him with suspicion, not quite believing him.

Yin Shixiu sighed, yet stubbornly extended his hand to take the fruit basket, and as he said, he didn’t throw it away, placing it in the trunk once he got into the car.

He was really starting to regret it now...

If Xiaomeng knew he and Chu Jiao had a history, would she still consider Chu Jiao a friend?

With a hand on his forehead, Yin Shixiu feared that even if Xiaomeng found out, she would still treat Chu Jiao as a friend.

That woman is oblivious; as long as someone treats her kindly, once the person shows they’re entirely harmless, she won’t bother thinking more.

People with this temperament are too easy to understand.

Over the days they spent together, Chu Jiao must have also understood this.

"Don’t get too close to Chu Jiao anymore. I don’t like that woman; just consider her your teacher."

Yin Shixiu thought for a moment, ultimately only giving this brief reminder.

Just a few days ago, this woman was angry at him, to the point of making herself sick. Now that she’s finally better, telling her now that he and Chu Jiao had a thing...

Hmm, he wouldn’t do something so unwise.

Time, indeed, is a deadly weapon.

Encountering Chu Jiao was genuinely thought to be a coincidence; considering her proud nature, it seemed impossible she would still be hung up on him after so long.

Though living upstairs and downstairs, they hadn’t really run into each other.

Yin Shixiu inherently felt detached, what’s unimportant is unimportant, never considering to bring it up intentionally.

And that woman acted very nonchalantly too; he just didn’t mention it, and she pretended not to know him in front of Su Xiaomeng.

Initially, he thought nothing of it, as work and family had occupied all his thoughts and energy.

Cherry pretending not to know him seemed completely normal; she was proudly aloof, and confronting a failed relationship, whether to mention it or not made no difference to her.

So, he hadn’t even doubted Cherry’s intentions.

After more than a decade, a time that could gather a thick layer of dust on an old photograph.

What emotions could there still be?

He wasn’t paranoid or narcissistic enough to see an ex-girlfriend and think she still harbored ill intentions or continued to covet him.

In hindsight, perhaps if he had paid a bit more attention, he might have noticed this woman’s lingering feelings for him.

What he regretted was not that one night but the momentary malicious intent from that woman when Shen Dawei "threatened" Su Xiaomeng.

That’s what truly made Yin Shixiu feel regretful.

In the extended luxurious car, Xiaomeng held Shuangshuang while sitting opposite him, with Shuangshuang vigorously rummaging through her bag as if working very hard!

Su Xiaomeng was also quite curious...

Only to see—

"Candy!"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng smiled a little, kids are wonderful, holding a lollipop like it’s a magic wand.

"Mommy, eat?"

Su Xiaomeng shook her head, accepting the kind offer, guessing that even if she nodded to eat, soon enough her daughter would lick it to the point of not wanting it anymore, then hand it over to her.

Though it’s her own daughter, she really has no desire to taste her saliva.

"Oh, then... please, help Shuangshuang."

"..."

Shuangshuang was extremely polite, clearly saying "please" to Su Xiaomeng, which made Su Xiaomeng a bit flustered...

"Just tearing off the candy wrapper... and yet you say, ’please help Shuangshuang...’

Su Xiaomeng was utterly impressed.

Yin Shixiu chuckled; Prince Huang leaned against the car window, finding amusement in fogging the glass. Yet the seatbelt of the child safety seat held him tight, making him uncomfortable. He struggled a bit, failing to break free, and glanced at Yin Shixiu for help, but Yin Shixiu just shook his head.

Prince Huang pouted but didn’t protest, returning to stretch his neck to continue fogging the window, as if to say,

"If you don’t help me, I can still play."

The family had dinner at a restaurant near the private airport.

Then, when they arrived at the airport, it was half-past eight, with the staff formally welcoming them,

"President, Madam President."

The setup was modest, but the respect in the staff’s eyes always astonished Xiaomeng, no matter how many times she saw it.

Instinctively she felt she resembled a national leader in those situations, of course, benefiting from someone’s influence.

Yin Shixiu was well accustomed to such attention, boarding the plane to return to Beijing.

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"Cold... My god, Beijing is so extreme, it’s even colder than London!"

After about ten hours, they arrived in Beijing.

The time was three in the afternoon, Beijing time.

Upon deboarding the plane, the piercing cold air struck, causing Su Xiaomeng to shiver all over.

Yin Shixiu shielded his wife and children into the family car.

Old Huang was driving,

"Fourth Young Master, you’ve finally brought Young Madam and the Young Master back. Not long after you returned to London last time, the master and madam were worried at home, fearing you wouldn’t return for the New Year this year."

"Is grandma feeling better?"

Yin Shixiu inquired.

Su Xiaomeng was surprised, quickly looking at Yin Shixiu, "Mom fell ill?"

"Yes, she caught a cold. Last week, she called saying she felt a bit better, but from her voice, it seems she hasn’t fully recovered yet."

"Why didn’t you tell me? How long has it been?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Su Xiaomeng frowned.

"Young Madam, you can’t blame Young Master. It was the old madam who didn’t allow him to tell you. Knowing in London wouldn’t have helped much; she knew you were busy with your studies. Besides, it’s just a cold..."

"A cold may seem minor, but at the old madam’s age, every small ailment needs attention."

Su Xiaomeng righteously argued, which made Driver Huang quiet.

"You’re sick yourself, and yet you worry about others?"

"... Fine, it’s always your way, huh? From now on, don’t tell me anything! It’s not like I can do anything."

Upon hearing this, Yin Shixiu felt a wave of familiarity, as if someone was getting annoyed again!

"That’s not what I meant. I was wrong. I’ll report next time."

"Hmph."

"Won’t we see mom and dad as soon as we get home... Seeing you will definitely make them feel better in no time!"

Driver Huang perked his ears; was it just his imagination, or did Fourth Young Master’s tone sound unusually eager and flattering?

Su Xiaomeng sighed, ignoring him further.

The car pulled into Yin Mansion, stopping outside Zheng Garden. They hadn’t even gotten out of the car when Yin Shaohui and Zhou Mengqin came out to greet them.

Xiaomeng got out of the car and lifted Shuangshuang and Huanghuang out,

"Dad, Mom."

"You’re back, come in quickly, it’s cold outside. It snowed heavily in Beijing the other day, blocking several roads. Were there many cars on the way here...?"

Yin Shaohui spoke in an indifferent tone, his face calm and unfazed.

But the servants of the house knew well enough inside.

The patriarch couldn’t be more delighted inside, watching him babble all these trivialities was all a facade of composure.

"Grandpa!"

"Grandma!"

With the almost simultaneous shouts of Shuangshuang and Huanghuang, the elders couldn’t hold their composed expressions any longer,

"Ah! Shuangshuang and Huanghuang are back! It’s cold out here, quickly come in with grandpa and grandma..."

"Oh! Grandma, candy, eat?"

Su Xiaomeng just felt a sweet warmth in her heart when she saw Shuangshuang somehow handing the half-licked candy to grandma...

Quickly stepped up, taking it,

"Grandma’s teeth aren’t good, she doesn’t eat candy. Give it to mommy."

"Oh!"

Shuangshuang responded heavily.

Su Xiaomeng knew, this little girl couldn’t finish the candy, but she couldn’t throw it away... Mm, it’s her good teaching, always preaching not to waste food is being a good child.

Holding it by the top, turning around, just as Yin Shixiu stepped in, his sharp gaze instinctively fell on that lollipop...