"What did you say?"
Yin Meng didn't catch her mumbling, but she felt there was a heavy tone of resentment in it.
"Nothing!"
"Xiao Meng, are you unhappy? Did my uncle... bully you?"
Yin Meng found it unlikely but seeing Su Xiaomeng so huffy, she was a bit suspicious.
"Yin Meng."
"Huh?" She suddenly called her full name so seriously, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.
Su Xiaomeng stared at Yin Meng, for a moment really wanting to tell her, don't idolize your uncle, a girl drunk and he wouldn't let her go, what's there to admire?
Yin Meng's big eyes, for an instant, seemed to overlap slightly with Yin Shixiu's eye sockets.
She flopped onto the bed, her little face buried directly into the blanket, she couldn't say it!!
"Xiao Meng?"
Yin Meng became more worried, seeing her lying there not moving or responding for a long time, she took out her phone and called Yin Shixiu directly.
Su Xiaomeng didn't pay much attention to Yin Meng's reaction behind her until—
"Uncle, did you bully Xiao Meng? She—"
"Ah! I'm fine, I'm fine! ... Oof!"
Su Xiaomeng jumped up with a "whoosh," only to bump her head on the iron rail of the bunk bed, holding her head in pain, her eyes turning red.
"Are you okay? Where did you get hurt?"
That thud was truly heroic!
"Did you hit something?"
Yin Shixiu's inquiry came from the phone.
"Ah, um... hit the bed—"
Su Xiaomeng desperately waved at Yin Meng, and after the unbearable pain subsided, she finally managed to say, "I'm fine, just hang up!"
Yin Meng blinked, and seeing her still hesitant, Su Xiaomeng directly reached over and ended the call.
"I'm really fine, it's just your uncle ate a little too much, and my wallet is really deflated... just a bit of resentment..."
Su Xiaomeng looked away, muttering.
"Pfft... is it just for that? Haha, Su Xiaomeng, look at you! How much? I can cover it for you?"
"You can't afford it."
"Huh?"
"Oh, it's nothing, you go about your work! I'm going to take a shower."
Su Xiaomeng grinned at Yin Meng, then grabbed her clothes and slipped into the bathroom.
Yin Meng scratched her head, just sat down when Yin Shixiu's call came again.
"Uncle, did you really make Xiao Meng pay?"
"Was the bump serious?"
"Huh?" Yin Meng was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Oh, it's nothing, Su Xiaomeng has a hard head, she once fell from the upper bunk and hit the ground with her head and was fine, isn't that something?"
"..." Yin Shixiu was a bit speechless.
"Uncle?"
"It's a month and a half until your grandfather's birthday, remember to prepare in advance."
"Oh, okay."
"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up."
Yin Shixiu put down his phone, rubbed his temples, and sighed lightly.
The little girl, her indifference in front of him, was all an act.
Yin Meng looked at the phone, vaguely feeling something was off, but didn't think much of it.
Right then, in the bathroom, Su Xiaomeng was weakly rubbing the foam in her hair, and as soon as she closed her eyes, that scene from the other night flashed in her mind.
The man's face became clear...
Afterwards, he even bathed her and changed her clothes.
Su Xiaomeng hadn't completely doubted it, but the next morning, there wasn't a trace of him! What else could she think?!
After the shower, she nestled into her single bed, vowing never to sleep at someone else's place again.
That night, under the dark night sky, the stars were exceptionally bright.
In November, Beijing was already beginning to enter winter.