Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 639 - 498: What Are You Writing? Can I Read It? (First Update, Revised)

Chapter 639: Chapter 498: What Are You Writing? Can I Read It? (First Update, Revised)

[First, correcting a small setting bug. Shi Shengde should be around fifty this year, not forty-five. Thank you to the attentive admin of my fan club for kindly pointing this out ~ Mwah!]

Su Xiaomeng’s call had a hint of coquettishness.

Outside in the room, it was already dark, and the sound of the door opening could be heard from the living room.

"Is Shixiu back?"

Su Xiaomeng quickly asked.

"He should be."

"Then I’m going to greet him!"

As she spoke, Su Xiaomeng lifted the thin blanket, slipped on her cotton slippers, and jumped out of the bedroom. This hardly seemed like someone who had a wounded foot not yet healed.

Su’s mother placed the soup bowl that Xiao Meng had just drunk into the tray and carried it out.

At the entrance, the young couple embraced, the girl was practically hanging on Yin Shixiu’s neck.

Yin Shixiu was worried about her injured foot, and his briefcase fell to the floor as he hurriedly grabbed her waist.

"Are you tired? Mom cooked a delicious meal today. Didn’t I tell you? Being with me, you might just live a life of luxury!"

She raised her chin, rebellious and proud, her pride no less than if she had cooked the whole meal herself.

Yin Shixiu lowered his head and touched her nose.

"Alright, take it slow..."

Yin Shixiu wanted to bend down to carry her, but Su Xiaomeng quickly refused,

"I can walk by myself, the wound has already started to scab, it’s fine!"

Saying this, she released Yin Shixiu and hopped forward.

Yin Shixiu could only watch carefully from behind, while Shuangshuang and Huanghuang, hearing the sounds from the living room, scrambled up and ran towards it.

Lily, who was teaching them English words, helplessly got up to open the door for the brother and sister.

"Thank you, Aunt Li Li!"

Shuangshuang sweetly said, then dashed out like an arrow,

"Daddy! Ihearedyou!" (Dad, I heard your voice!)

Yin Shixiu knelt down upon hearing and embraced Shuangshuang fully.

This English sentence was just taught by Lily today, and Shuangshuang quickly applied it!

"Whotaughtyou?" (Who taught you?)

"Lily!"

Yin Shixiu rubbed Shuangshuang’s nose, clearly admiring his daughter’s ability to learn languages.

Shuangshuang enjoyed showing off for praise, while Prince Huang maintained a low profile and modesty, but like any child, he had a bit of a competitive spirit. Prince Huang rubbed his nose and muttered,

"Whatsogoodaboutthat?"

(What’s so great about it...)

This little mutter was heard by Su Xiaomeng, who was ahead of him, she turned her head to look at Huanghuang who yawned on the side and couldn’t help but chuckle.

Su’s mother said she wanted to take care of these two little guys, but most of the time she didn’t have to step in.

Bai Sixian watched this family, from the living environment to the quality of the helpers, the habits of the young couple, and the children’s adaptation to living abroad...

Only by seeing it firsthand and experiencing it herself, when she returned to Beijing and thought of her daughter’s family, could she envision the scene vividly rather than vaguely imagining it.

Initially, she was quite worried about Shuangshuang and Huanghuang growing up in London from an early age, whether the bilingual environment would have a bad influence on them.

After all, not every kid can easily accept a bilingual environment.

Now, looking at Shuangshuang and Huanghuang, Bai Sixian clearly felt the benefits of the bilingual environment on them.

Su’s mother sat on the sofa, shuffled her position a bit, beckoning Su Xiaomeng to sit beside her. Once Xiao Meng settled down, Su’s mother asked,

"Shuangshuang and Huanghuang are old enough for kindergarten, are you still planning to hire private tutors?"

This question was something Xiao Meng and Yin Shixiu had discussed and agreed upon early on.

"Shixiu has already found a good kindergarten and has enrolled Shuangshuang and Huanghuang."

"Starting kindergarten in London, can the siblings adapt?"

Su Xiaomeng looked at the naturally cheerful and optimistic Shuangshuang, mumbling,

"I’m not sure either, but I think they shouldn’t have much trouble adapting."

"One is inherently outgoing, and she gets along well with local kids about her age in this building. As for Huanghuang, he is more quiet but not overly shy or timid; compared to Shuangshuang, his temperament is more stable."

"We’ll give it a try first. Unless absolutely necessary, neither Shixiu nor I would deliberately hire private tutors. People are social creatures, and Shixiu and I don’t want them to feel different from others from a young age."

Bai Sixian looked at Yin Shixiu who walked over, and said,

"I didn’t expect you’d have such thoughts."

Yin Shixiu took off his jacket, Claire took it and hung it up, and Shuangshuang wouldn’t budge from his lap, while Huanghuang climbed onto the sofa and rubbed against Yin Shixiu’s back trying to gain attention in his own way.

"We siblings also attended public schools since young, and our grandparents never advocated sending children to private aristocratic schools."

"We’ve completed the necessary procedures for public kindergartens in London here too. I assume it shouldn’t be a problem."

"Public kindergarten has its own benefits, but wouldn’t the care and attention to children be better at private ones?"

Bai Sixian asked.

"Being so overly protective would take away the purpose of sending them to public school, to be like other children."

Yin Shixiu said lightly.

Bai Sixian did not refute, but suddenly smiled again,

"Mom, what are you laughing at?"

"Even if you want them to be like other children, they are still different. However... with the character of their father and mother, I suppose Shuangshuang and Huanghuang won’t be too bad either."

Su Xiaomeng got smug again,

"Exactly! And have you seen who gave birth to them!"

Bai Sixian glanced at her, "Aren’t you shameless?"

"Mom..."

Su Xiaomeng hugged Bai Sixian, leaned close to her, and said,

"Do you feel that you did something amazing by giving birth to me?"

"..."

Bai Sixian glanced at her again, her eyebrows furrowed!

"I think you are amazing, mom."

"Are you praising me or praising yourself?"

"Let’s praise both!"

Su Xiaomeng lay down in Bai Sixian’s arms, regardless of her husband and children being present, determined to act spoilt completely!

"Isn’t it embarrassing?"

Bai Sixian asked, her voice carrying a touch of sobbing...

"I don’t care, I’m still a baby!"

"..."

"..."

Bai Sixian actually felt embarrassed for Su Xiaomeng, while Yin Shixiu looked on quietly, smiling without speaking.

Shuangshuang pointed at herself with her short finger,

"The baby is the real baby!"

Then she pointed at Huanghuang who was climbing up Yin Shixiu like a tree and said,

"Brother is also a baby, but mom isn’t!"

Su Xiaomeng climbed out of Bai Sixian’s arms, picked up Shuangshuang, and started to argue,

"Who said that?"

"Shuangshuang..."

"Mom says mom is a baby, so mom is a baby!"

Shuangshuang blinked her big eyes, touched Su Xiaomeng’s face, and quickly said,

"Mom’s face is so big! Baby’s face is small..."

"Yin Shixiu, stop laughing, look at your girl!"

"Cough cough... Shuang’er, go along with your mom a bit, you’re more sensible than mom, give her more leeway."

"..."

"Oh! Okay! I’m more obedient than mom, I must give mom a break!"

Shuangshuang nodded, then looked at Su Xiaomeng with a face full of "Mom, whatever you say is right, as long as you’re happy."

Su Xiaomeng truly, truly couldn’t feel happy at all!

Bai Sixian looked at Shuangshuang, increasingly seeing her resemblance to Su Xiaomeng when she was a child...

Shuangshuang and Huanghuang jumped around on the sofa, the adults’ gaze was almost exclusively on these two children.

Su Xiaomeng murmured, "Babies, grow up quickly!"

Bai Sixian looked at Su Xiaomeng, yet her heart thought——

If you haven’t grown up, baby, how great would it be...

————

Night fell, Su Xiaomeng leaned on the bed, a lazy table propped up on the bed, she was writing a draft on a laptop.

When Yin Shixiu came in, her gaze was calm, darker than the night outside, with a watery shine in the darkness.

With long, fair fingers tapping on the keyboard, her expression was highly focused.

Yin Shixiu came in, but she didn’t notice.

Until she realized, was when she finished typing the last punctuation and let out a long sigh.

Yin Shixiu had already washed up, climbed into bed, leaned next to her, meeting the gaze that she turned sideways, he gently asked,

"What are you writing? Can I see?"

Su Xiaomeng’s eyes had a watery glare, an inexplicable melancholy beyond her age, however, after Yin Shixiu gently asked, this melancholy was replaced by a smile.

"If I say no, will you not look?"

Yin Shixiu pretended to furrow his brow, then pulled her into his arms,

"I want you to say yes."

Su Xiaomeng loved him, loved his constant display of his own tenderness and grace, even in the most intimate of marriages, respect for each other is essential.

She leaned into his arms, turned the computer on the lazy table to an angle that allowed him to see the screen—