Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 349 - 315: Sorry, There Won’t Be a Next Time 1
"Moreover, the exam at the University of Bath is right around the corner. I just want you to focus on the exam. You’ve worked so hard, isn’t it just to do well? At least pass with your own ability—"
"Fine, then tell me, what was the result?"
"What?"
"You kept it from me, so I wasn’t worried? You hid it from me, didn’t tell me, and kept it a secret to the end?!"
Yin Shixiu furrowed his brow slightly.
"The exam... what a nonsense exam! Is it more important than you?! If I don’t pass this year, I can try again next year. But if I lose you, where can I find another Yin Shixiu? Tell me..."
"Aren’t I doing fine now?"
Yin Shixiu felt a tug on his heart.
How could he not understand Su Xiaomeng’s panic.
"You’re not someone who is unreasonable. You know me, I wouldn’t do anything meaningless."
"You don’t do things without meaning... but why do I feel like marrying me was the most meaningless thing you’ve done?!"
"Compared to a few caregivers, what I did was even more meaningless... Yin Shixiu! You think you’re the best in the world!"
"You’re Superman, you’re Iron Man, even if a car hits you, you won’t die! You can do well even without my care! So why do you need me anymore?"
Yin Shixiu’s body stiffened.
"You don’t do meaningless things, then neither will I!"
Su Xiaomeng wiped away her tears, "I now feel that being your wife is the most meaningless thing in the world!"
"Su Xiaomeng!"
Su Xiaomeng’s eyes were red, murmuring, "Back then, you said... if you became penniless, I’d have to eat plain buns with you. If you became disabled, I’d have to take care of you. If you couldn’t move, I’d have to push your wheelchair to show you the world..."
"You said it, it’s not just me needing your care, you need me too... Clearly, you said it, but you didn’t tell me... you didn’t tell me..."
"If the cut on your neck was one centimeter deeper... would I never see you again..."
"Is there a day when you die, and I only hear about it from others after who knows how long?!"
"Girl..."
"You’re always right, always doing things for my sake... But this time, I can’t accept your well-rounded considerations, your weighing of pros and cons."
For the first time in their argument, Yin Shixiu couldn’t find any ground to stand on.
He moved his lips, but couldn’t say a word.
"It’s not too late now. If you think I’m just being melodramatic, unreasonable, and making a fuss over nothing, once you’re better, you can go find someone straightforward and understanding—"
"Xiao Meng, let’s both calm down, stop saying hurtful things, okay?"
Su Xiaomeng moved her lips, sniffled, and left the ward.
She went directly up to the rooftop, the cold wind blowing harshly against her face, drying her tears.
Actually, she deeply regretted it...
She didn’t want to argue with him at all.
She felt so sorry for him, just wanting to take good care of him.
But somehow, her emotions wouldn’t settle down. The more she thought about it, the angrier she felt. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
A few words of argument, and the fire in her heart flared up, unable to extinguish.
What made Su Xiaomeng feel she was a bit excessive was...
Yin Shixiu was still injured.
He couldn’t see, there were many pain spots on his body, and the wound on his neck made it hard for him to speak loudly...
Su Xiaomeng hugged her knees, her sweater too thin for being outdoors.
In no time, her hands were ice cold, and her feet frozen stiff.
She looked down, exhaled deeply, and pulled out her phone to call Chen Lan...
"Madam?"
"You... come back to the hospital."
"What’s wrong?"
"We... we had a fight... come back..."
Su Xiaomeng’s voice was heavy with emotion from crying, making her words to Chen Lan sound heart-wrenching.
"Madam, please don’t cry... oh my..."
Chen Lan finally realized how terrifying a woman’s tears could be...
No wonder even someone as strong as Yin Shixiu could be melted into tenderness.
"We fought pretty harshly..."
"Hey, Madam, I’ve told you, the boss really is thinking of you, he—"
"Just hurry back!"
After yelling, Su Xiaomeng hung up.
Chen Lan felt his ear explode a little, hurting, and had no choice but to rush back to the hospital.
At this moment, Chen Lan felt it was almost better to be seriously injured in a car accident...
Yin Shixiu was discharged from the hospital on Christmas Eve.
The external injuries were almost healed, and the thick bandages were replaced with small square gauze.
Only the bandage over his eyes couldn’t be removed.
There are many blood vessels on the eyelid, and healing takes a long time. Moreover, to avoid scarring on the eyes, some medicine was used...
Anyway, it allows the damaged skin to slowly shed, and new flesh to grow.
Yin Shixiu didn’t care much about his appearance, but when the doctor and Xiao Meng mentioned it, she had the doctor perform this minor operation without hesitation.
Chen Lan on the side also agreed.
For men, scars are nothing, but Yin Shixiu was used to being handsome; if suddenly there were two scars on his eyes, even thinking about it felt unaccustomed.
After that argument, the couple didn’t really talk much.
As Yin Shixiu suggested, both of them needed to calm down...
But Su Xiaomeng did not stop taking care of Yin Shixiu because of this. On the contrary, she took care of him with meticulous attention and tenderness.
She just spoke very little, barely communicating with Yin Shixiu at all.
She didn’t want to give up her exams at the University of Bath, but she was also not willing to leave Yin Shixiu here to return home for the exams.
So, she contacted Qi Jun, the dean of the Translation Institute at Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Even after returning from Bali Island, she would occasionally keep in touch with Dean Qi Jun.
She knew that Dean Qi Jun was a student at the University of Bath, and after graduation, he stayed on to teach at the school before returning home several years later.
So she asked if Dean Qi Jun could contact the president of the University of Bath to let her take the written exams directly at the University of Bath.
The result of this contact was not yet known, Su Xiaomeng could only wait.
She didn’t tell Yin Shixiu about this matter either, as in the midst of their cold war, nothing seemed appropriate to say.
Leaving the ward, Su Xiaomeng became Yin Shixiu’s eyes.
Chen Lan, who was nearby, simply couldn’t understand this couple.
A small hand holding a big hand, stepping forward one step at a time...
Do both of them have to be so stubbornly proud?
"Lower your head a bit..."
Su Xiaomeng opened the car door and helped Yin Shixiu into the car.
Then she got in from the other side.
Chen Lan put Su Xiaomeng’s luggage in the trunk.
Exiting the hospital parking lot, snow began to fall from the sky...
"Snow for Christmas really sets the atmosphere. Haha."
Said Chen Lan.
However, neither of the two sitting in the back seat paid him any mind.
Chen Lan could only clear his throat awkwardly and continue driving.
Snowflakes fell onto the car window, turning into droplets, and once again it was Christmas...
Recently, snow in Beijing had also fallen heavily, and yesterday they had a video chat with the elderly couple of the Yin Family. Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were wrapped up warmly, playing in the snow in the yard for quite some time.
The elder couple said that Prince Huang seemed a bit melancholic already.
Shuangshuang was also constantly asking them, when would Mom and Dad come back...
Su Xiaomeng felt a deep sense of regret towards the two children.
Coming to London, it had been half a month already, far beyond the time Shuangshuang and Huang Huang could endure.
But compared to Shuangshuang and Huang Huang, Yin Shixiu needed someone by his side more.
The Thames River, with its leaden grey water, intermittently frozen over with thin layers of ice...
Big Ben chimed carelessly and mercilessly the sound of passing time...
This was Su Xiaomeng’s first time in London. Although she had been here for half a month, she was just beginning to truly encounter the mysterious city shrouded in the mist of novels.
Most of her understanding of the United Kingdom came from her university electives.
A thick tome on the history of British literature, filled with the mists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
"Wudu" is its nickname, sounding cold and melancholic.
The Wudu described by Conan Doyle became even more legendary and mysterious due to the great detective at Baker Street 221B.
Now, Su Xiaomeng used her own eyes to view this 21st-century modern London, where the brownish-yellow fog of the industrial era no longer existed...
It is said that Londoners are as stubborn and proud as each footprint this city has left in history.
Looking at the man beside her, leaning against the leather seat, with long legs crossed, even with his eyes covered, he maintained an imperial aura...
He had lived in London longer than he had in Beijing...
The deep-seated pride and stubbornness embedded in his bones, hidden behind his smile, could it originate from this city? From the characteristics of Londoners?
She didn’t know...
There are gallant mounted police officers on the streets of London...
If she hadn’t argued with Yin Shixiu, she might have excitedly called out to him by now.
Calling out about all the new sights in front of her.
Then she would certainly plead with him to take two days off to show her around.
But now...
Even an extra word was difficult to utter.
Regrettful, yet unwilling to admit defeat.
Not feeling she was wrong, yet afraid... the man beside her also did not think he was wrong.
Will the rift between them begin at this very moment?
Starting with both being stubborn, will it end with both being stubborn...
The car stopped at a high-end residential area, a white barred iron gate standing next to a soldier in a red uniform, topped with a high hat and adorned with thick tassels.
Very dignified.
Chen Lan drove the car straight in and then parked at the base of a high-rise building.
He took the luggage and went upstairs with them.
When the elevator reached the twenty-seventh floor, Chen Lan walked ahead and stopped in front of a dark brown door.
Yin Shixiu groped to press his fingerprint, and the door opened.
Just as Chen Lan brought the luggage inside, Yin Shixiu said, "You can go back now."
"Oh..."
Su Xiaomeng walked in. The house was so big that it seemed endless at a glance...
After changing her shoes, she picked up the luggage and said, "Which room is the guest room? Left or righ—"
Before Xiao Meng could finish, her hand was grabbed, the luggage dropped... and she was pulled into a broad chest.
