"Oh."
Rong Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, the smile at the corner of his lips deepening.
Su Xiaomeng didn’t look at Rong Jing again, she went straight back to the sofa. But as soon as she sat down, she felt the seat to her right sink.
"You still haven’t told me yet!"
Rong Jing had already followed over, and Su Xiaomeng just felt her entire right side go stiff from his tone.
"Ah Jing, she’s just Meng Meng’s classmate."
"Haha! Brother Shixiu, are you treating me like a kid?"
Rong Jing leaned against the sofa, lifted a finger and poked Su Xiaomeng’s cheek, chuckling, "You skipped your dad’s birthday banquet because of this girl? So many people there, you actually pulled it off!"
Su Xiaomeng was infuriated by Rong Jing’s poke, but his next words left her stunned.
She woodenly cast her gaze towards Yin Shixiu...
That was... for Uncle Dad’s birthday banquet?! He skipped his dad’s birthday... to take care of her?
But... wasn’t that Yin Meng’s grandpa?
In an instant, time seemed to stand still, and she could only hear her own heart beating "thump thump thump thump" with no rhythm.
"Uncle..."
"Uncle?" Rong Jing didn’t pay much attention to the girl’s somewhat shocked expression, instead he was amused by her calling Yin Shixiu "uncle." "Brother Shixiu, she called you Uncle, huh? Are you that old already?"
"She just follows Meng Meng."
"Follows Meng Meng? Haha, even following Meng Meng, she shouldn’t be calling you Uncle, right?" Rong Jing curled his lips, raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Xiaomeng, "Well, from your perspective, maybe Brother Shixiu does seem quite old. Is there a generation gap when you chat with him?"
"..." Su Xiaomeng was already unimpressed by this person’s frivolous attitude. Seeing him so casually familiar again, her brows furrowed instinctively.
"So little girl, what do you think of me?"
"What?"
"Me! Think about how you’re going to address me!"
Rong Jing was already two years younger than Yin Shixiu, compared to Shixiu’s steadiness, he was much more exuberant, coupled with his youthful good looks, he was confident about joining the "big brother" category without any issues.
"Aren’t you young?"
You?
Rong Jing was taken aback for a moment, suddenly sensing trouble. Yin Shixiu beside him was also taken aback, and then saw Su Xiaomeng seriously say, "It’s not age that creates a generation gap. I have a great relationship with Uncle, no gap at all. Calling him Uncle is out of respect! But you..."
Rong Jing’s eyebrows twitched imperceptibly, feeling even more uneasy.
Su Xiaomeng stood up, exaggeratedly spread both her hands wide, "The moment you put on that pink coat, our generation gap became as wide as the Mariana Trench! Big big big Uncle!"
"Pff... "
Yin Shixiu couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud.
Rong Jing’s expression was rather complex, his face a bit stiff.
Su Xiaomeng heard Yin Shixiu laugh and couldn’t help but turn her head slightly to sneak a peek at him. However, she bumped into his inexplicable expression and quickly withdrew like a thief, her heartbeat all over the place, feeling her cheeks heating up.
She didn’t really know the relationship between the two in front of her, but Rong Jing’s words just now sounded very mocking towards Uncle, making her instinctively want to defend Yin Shixiu...
Even if it meant overturning her previous bold claim about the "four trenches"!
But after defending, she felt she might’ve overreacted a bit.
And Yin Shixiu?
For the first time, he felt being defended like this... was not just satisfying but also... so fulfilling...