Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 301 - 271: Whatever You Want, I Will Take for You
"Oh, thank you."
Su Xiaomeng quickly smiled and thanked her.
"Miss, come again next time. Our store’s clothes are top quality."
"Mm, okay."
Su Xiaomeng and Ah Su hadn’t left the store for long when Su Xiaomeng was still sighing, "The service attitude and enthusiasm of today’s shop assistants really leave nothing to be desired."
Ah Su immediately furrowed her brows, "Young Madam, don’t you think a big baby clothing brand store like that, with just two pieces of fabric, is more expensive than adult clothes? You bought four or five pieces all at once, of course she would be polite to you."
Su Xiaomeng chuckled, just as she was about to discuss with Ah Su where to find a good restaurant two floors down for a meal...
"Xiaomeng, what a coincidence?"
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyes, only to see Guo Tong, carrying seven or eight shopping bags, smiling at her warmly.
"Cousin..."
Su Xiaomeng called her, but there wasn’t much surprise in her tone, which made Guo Tong pause for a moment.
Previously when Xiaomeng saw her, she hadn’t noticed Xiaomeng.
"What are you doing here?"
Guo Tong glanced at the shopping bags in her hands and took a quick look at the baby clothing store with the same logo not far behind her.
"Buying clothes for the baby..."
"Mm, children grow fast, and so do their clothes."
"These few pieces weren’t cheap, were they?"
"Huh? Oh... um, it’s better to use better ones for kids."
Su Xiaomeng said calmly.
"Is that so? Expensive doesn’t necessarily mean good quality, right? Now that you’re a high-society lady, you’re quite lavish with your spending."
Su Xiaomeng heard the sarcasm in her cousin’s words but didn’t clash with her.
This person was three years older than her but was still considered an elder.
She guessed that Guo Tong’s unfriendly tone was probably due to Yin Shixiu not allowing her to work at the Yin Family eventually.
"Cousin, are you here in Beijing for a visit?"
Su Xiaomeng proactively changed the topic and casually asked.
"In such hot weather, who would come to Beijing just for fun?"
Ah Su, standing by, didn’t quite like this woman. Although she looked good, her tone of speech...
What’s the deal? Did her Young Madam owe her or something?
Can’t people come to Beijing for fun in such hot weather?
With tens of thousands of people visiting the Forbidden City daily, are they all just ghosts filling the numbers?
Perhaps it was due to Ah Su’s disdainful look at Guo Tong that Guo Tong noticed it, so she looked over, "And this is..."
"Oh, my friend, Ah Su."
Su Xiaomeng quickly introduced.
"Your friend? Oh, I thought she was your attendant!"
Ah Su pressed her lips together, feeling even more displeased with Guo Tong!
"She’s my friend. So, Cousin, you didn’t come to Beijing for fun? Then you came for..."
"Work."
When Guo Tong said the word "work," her eyes clearly showed a look of "Even without you, I can still find good development opportunities in Beijing."
"Oh, cousin did come to Beijing for work! Um... have you had lunch? Ah Su and I were just about to go down a level to eat, would you like to join us?"
"No need. You guys go ahead, I’ll be off."
"Um... Cousin, do you have a place to stay in Beijing?"
Guo Tong paused, looked at Su Xiaomeng amusedly, "Your question is too funny. If I didn’t, would I sleep on the street?"
"...I was just concerned about you, worried that you still minded about before—"
"Stop, Xiaomeng, I’m not that narrow-minded. Nowadays, you can’t just gain benefits from being slightly related or acquainted. I understand. Alright, no more talking, goodbye."
Guo Tong didn’t linger after speaking.
"What’s with this woman’s attitude? Young Madam, she’s your cousin?"
Su Xiaomeng glanced at Guo Tong, watching her enter a branded watch store...
"Wow, the watches in there start at five figures. Young Madam, is your cousin that rich?"
Su Xiaomeng shrugged, not saying much.
She wasn’t particularly familiar with her cousin’s family. Whether they’re rich or not doesn’t matter to her.
The few words she exchanged were merely for Auntie’s sake.
"I’m starving, let’s go eat."
Su Xiaomeng pulled Ah Su and went downstairs to find a restaurant for a meal.
After returning home, Xiaomeng told Yin Shixiu about running into Guo Tong at the mall.
Yin Shixiu was looking at a contract, and after hearing about it, he didn’t pay it much mind.
"If she was determined to come to Beijing for development, she probably found a good opportunity and came on her own."
"Oh."
Seeing that Yin Shixiu had no particular thoughts on it, Su Xiaomeng didn’t put much into it herself.
After that, she never ran into Guo Tong in Beijing again, and everyone forgot about the incident as time went by.
In early September, Su Xiaomeng took Yin Shixiu’s advice and applied to the University of Bath for an undergraduate exchange program in the translation department.
But to prevent the University of Bath application from failing, she also applied for translation programs at two other universities in the United Kingdom.
Yin Shixiu didn’t stop her, he went along with her decision.
Before the study abroad application is approved, she still has to attend classes at A University.
But no one expected that on the night before the new semester began, Su Xiaomeng received a call from her father while she was preparing lessons at her desk.
Third Grandpa has passed away.
Xiaomeng couldn’t describe how she felt when she got the news, she didn’t shed any tears.
It was just as if her heart suddenly became empty. The news came very suddenly, yet it wasn’t that hard to accept.
Third Grandpa was also over seventy this year. He had been widowed for many years, and the strong body he once had in his youth had long become thin and frail.
As people age, they are bound to face the moment of bidding farewell to the world.
After all, Third Grandpa was not her biological grandfather. Although she had been loved by him in her childhood, their time together was limited.
Moreover, Third Grandpa was closer to the other siblings.
Speaking of feelings, they were not deep.
But Xiaomeng admitted that at the moment she heard the news of Third Grandpa’s passing, she felt a bit scared inside.
Because her own grandparents, even her maternal grandfather, were also getting on in years.
She was afraid that one day soon, she might receive such a call, with bad news on the other end about her own grandparents or her grandfather...
She was growing up, her own child was growing up too, accompanied by this joy was also the constant aging of her grandparents, and the decreasing time spent with her grandfather...
Yin Shixiu saw her standing there dumbfounded, so he pulled her into his arms and murmured, "Pack your things, I’ll take you back to Chengdu."
"Dad said you’re busy with work... we don’t have to go back..."
"Let’s go back, Third Grandpa is also Grandpa, we should pay our respects. Besides... you want to see your grandparents too, don’t you?"
Su Xiaomeng felt a warmth in her heart, holding Yin Shixiu’s hand, she took a light breath, "You always know what I’m thinking."
Yin Shixiu kissed her forehead, "I’ll book the tickets, you go pack your things."
Xiaomeng held onto Yin Shixiu, "I’ll go back by myself, you don’t have to."
"You’ve been in meetings and working overtime these days, the company matters must be overwhelming, right? I’ll send Shuangshuang and Huanghuang to Mom and Dad, and let them help take care of them for a few days. I’ll come back right after the funeral."
Su Xiaomeng said as she stood up, there was no intention of consulting with Yin Shixiu in her words.
It was completely as if the decision was already made.
Yin Shixiu looked at her figure and chuckled lightly.
He really wanted to act like a model husband, waive off work, and insist on accompanying her back to Chengdu.
But to be honest, the company was indeed busy with an important system development recently, and he really couldn’t leave.
Even if he could accompany her back to Chengdu, he estimated he wouldn’t be able to disconnect from communication entirely.
He stood up and pulled Xiaomeng into his arms, touching her cheek, "Such a good wife..."
Xiaomeng glanced at him and then suddenly laughed, finding his tone quite amusing.
In the evening, after booking the tickets and packing the luggage, early the next morning, the driver took Xiaomeng to drop off Shuangshuang and Huanghuang at the Yin Mansion, and then she headed to the airport by herself.
She arrived in Chengdu at nine thirty that night.
Her father and Su’s mother came to pick her up at the airport.
Her father’s state was obviously not good, he was quite close to Third Grandpa.
"Dad, don’t be sad, I’m here with you."
Xiaomeng saw her father, who was unusually silent, and gently patted his back, coaxing him like a child.
Su’s mother standing next to them found the scene quite amusing.
"Alright, let’s go home."
Once home, Xiaomeng called Yin Shixiu to let him know she arrived safely, and also called the Yin Mansion.
Su’s mother went to the kitchen to make her a bowl of noodles.
Xiaomeng was very hungry, so without saying much, she sat down and started eating.
"Slow down, didn’t they serve meals on the plane too?"
"Those weren’t tasty, not as good as Mom’s cooking."
Su Xiaomeng puffed her cheeks and said with a smile.
Su’s mother propped her chin, looking at the daughter she hadn’t seen in over three months, her gaze full of warmth, "Shuangshuang and Huanghuang are growing well now, right?"
"Yes! Let me show you their photos!"
Saying that, Su Xiaomeng took her phone and handed it to her mother.
Halfway through her meal, Su Xiaomeng asked, "How did Third Grandpa pass away? What did the nursing home say?"
Su Chengji sighed, then leaned on the table again, looking weak and lifeless.
Su Xiaomeng swallowed, looking at her mother.
Su’s mother said, "Your Third Grandpa’s health was already poor. In the past, when your uncle took care of him, it was still alright."
"He had an examination once a year, the prescriptions and checkups were always done. Ever since Su Jianhui moved Third Grandpa to the nursing home, his health kept deteriorating, and his mind started to falter. Even when the nursing home called to say his health was worsening, Su Jianhui didn’t take it seriously."
"Your Third Grandpa fell in the room, and he never got up once he was down."
Su Xiaomeng’s expression turned gloomy...
Back then, when Third Grandpa was sent to the nursing home by Su Jianhui, they opposed it.
But at that time, no matter how Uncle Chenggong and her father argued and fussed, they only had an uncle-nephew relationship with Third Grandpa, which couldn’t match the father-son relationship between Su Jianhui and Third Grandpa, so they couldn’t make the decision.
Uncle Chenggong really treated Third Grandpa as his own father, being just as good and filial to him as to his own father.
