"But with this, it’s even more inconvenient for me to stay." Yin Shixiu looked up and down at the small dormitory.
"What? You want to stay here?!"
Yin Shixiu had a helpless expression as he said, "If you don’t want to come with me, then I’ll have to stay here."
"Uncle! This is the girls’ dormitory!"
"How many times do you want to say it?"
"Or do you want me to call Yin Meng?"
"Why call her?"
Yin Shixiu said meaningfully, "Grandpa is having a big celebration, and she missed the lunch banquet to take care of you. She’s probably being scolded severely right now..."
"Alright, I’ll go with you."
Su Xiaomeng sighed heavily. Ah, people say ’I make my own destiny, not heaven,’ but that’s complete nonsense!
If she calls Yin Meng now, she’s bound to get caught in the crossfire. She probably scared Yin Meng earlier in the morning, and now if she drags her feet and refuses to go to her uncle’s... she can already imagine how Yin Meng would scold her!
Su Xiaomeng put on her coat, packed two clean sets of clothes, a few toiletries, and followed him out the door.
"Where’s your hat? Scarf and gloves?"
"I washed them yesterday. This down jacket is very thick; I’m not cold."
Yin Shixiu directly took off his scarf, and despite Su Xiaomeng’s resistance, he wrapped it snugly around her neck.
Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath; the scarf smelled just like Yin Shixiu...
Seeing his satisfied expression, her cheeks felt a bit warm.
Hmm... this uncle is toxic.
"Put your hands in your jacket pockets, let’s go."
Su Xiaomeng followed beside Yin Shixiu, muttering softly, "Uncle, I’m not a child..."
"I didn’t take you for a child."
For some unknown reason, this simple sentence made Su Xiaomeng’s heart suddenly skip a couple of quick and irregular beats!
She followed behind him down the stairs. Although there weren’t many girls in the dormitory building at the moment, Su Xiaomeng could still sense the glances those girls were directing at Yin Shixiu.
Uncle... really has a facade of perfect disguise skills!
As they stepped out of the dormitory door, a piercing cold wind hit them directly, making Su Xiaomeng shiver. Yin Shixiu pulled her hand and smoothly tucked her into his embrace until they were in the car before letting go.
Yin Shixiu went back around to the driver’s seat. Once seated, he couldn’t help but exhale a long breath of cold air.
"Why does it feel particularly cold in Beijing this year?" he said casually, glancing at Su Xiaomeng. "Buckle up."
"Oh."
Yin Shixiu then started the car, and before they left the residential area, Su Xiaomeng’s phone rang.
She glanced at the caller ID, and it was Ren Yixuan.
Hesitating for a moment, she still picked up the call, "Ren Yixuan..."
Yin Shixiu listened in surreptitiously to the phone call.
"Where are you?"
Ren Yixuan’s tone was as cold as ice.
"I..." Su Xiaomeng glanced at Yin Shixiu, her small hand clenched, her voice lowered and somewhat muffled, "I’m in the dormitory, I’m not feeling well, I’ll hang up now."
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
"Why didn’t you tell the truth?" Yin Shixiu asked.
"Saying too much would only create more misunderstandings." Su Xiaomeng stuffed her phone back into her down jacket pocket, looking at the window, where a faintly dejected and melancholy face was reflected. She touched her little face and couldn’t help but sigh, thinking she used to be a blossoming young girl, now behaving like an old and dull woman.
If she told Ren Yixuan the truth, with his intelligence and reactions, it would be hard for him not to connect the child in her belly with Yin Shixiu.