Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 353 - 320: How Could I Not See Such a Beautiful Lady? (1)
However, everything has two sides, and such "speed" has its drawbacks, especially in this internet era.
If the information technology doesn’t keep up and innovation capability declines, it’s easy to fall behind.
Besides, the company is still very young, just over a decade old. If it encounters a major financial crisis or sudden management changes, it’s not guaranteed to survive.
This kind of opinion, Xiao Meng, as an outsider, can’t make a judgment.
She doesn’t know if it’s scaremongering, but... there’s one point that even she, the outsider, understands.
If the company’s senior management isn’t united, the company’s development will never be stable.
The water boiled, and she threw the dumplings in, stirring with a ladle to prevent the dumpling skins from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
"Second brother-in-law is really going too far... Going back is bound to stir up another argument, just thinking about it is annoying."
"An argument takes two sides, it’s not an argument if it’s one-sided."
Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, without the worry and unease that Su Xiaomeng had.
Su Xiaomeng turned to look at him; even with her eyes covered, she could easily imagine the confidence beneath the white gauze, as if everything was within his control.
He always gave people the feeling that even if the sky fell, it couldn’t crush him.
Little did they know, he was also just an ordinary person.
She cooked the dumplings, put them in the soup bowl, and gave him a spoon to use.
After dinner, she intended to call home and video chat with the kids, but then figured it was already late at night in Beijing.
So she didn’t disturb them.
The couple spent a quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Perhaps the contract Su Xiaomeng reviewed impressed Yin Shixiu.
So, while busy preparing for exams, Su Xiaomeng also took on the role of acting as the CEO’s secretary.
Reading documents to him, translating project proposals.
Because Yin Shixiu couldn’t see, Su Xiaomeng always put on an air of ease in front of him, though in private she was flipping through dictionaries until her eyes were going to go blind.
There were too many technical terms, and just looking them up in the dictionary didn’t always yield the correct result.
Honestly, she had never been able to help Yin Shixiu with work before, so finally being able to be of some use, she pushed through no matter the difficulty!
After New Year’s, although Xiao Meng and Yin Shixiu were not in the country, Su’s father and Su’s mother had already moved to Beijing.
This year’s Spring Festival, the parents were going to spend it with the grandfather.
Once settled at Yijing Manor, they informed them not to worry about domestic affairs.
Su’s mother rested for two days, then visited the Yin Family.
Su’s father had difficulty moving, so Su’s mother didn’t let him move around unnecessarily.
Shuangshuang and Huang Huang saw Su’s mother and treated her as affectionately as they did Su Xiaomeng.
Zhou Mengqin joked, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder; no wonder the kids are closer to their grandma than their nanny."
For Bai Sixian, Zhou Mengqin was indeed an elder, so she politely replied, "That’s how kids are. When they haven’t seen someone for a long time, they’re warm at first, then after a couple of days, they ignore them."
But Zhou Mengqin had to admit, Bai Sixian was really good at handling kids.
Xiao Meng and Yin Shixiu were expected to return later in the month, and she was worried Shuangshuang and Huang Huang would become restless being away from their parents for too long.
Bai Sixian’s arrival surprisingly put the children at ease.
This also reassured Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu quite a bit.
The day before Xiao Meng went to take exams at Bath, she went with Yin Shixiu to the hospital to remove the bandages from his eyes.
On the way back, Yin Shixiu laughed at her for half the trip.
Though she was furious inside, in hindsight, she found it funny.
The doctor had already said earlier that his vision would recover, but Xiao Meng was overly worried, staring intently as the doctor removed the bandages.
Seeing her anxiety, the doctor reassured her, "It’s okay."
Su Xiaomeng responded, but her worry never diminished.
After the bandages were removed, Yin Shixiu kept his eyes closed, and she could see two faint marks on his eyelids.
"Mr. Yin, you can open your eyes now."
The doctor said, and then Yin Shixiu slowly opened his eyes, immediately met with Su Xiaomeng’s close, wide-eyed gaze.
She looked very tense, "How is it? Can you see? How many fingers?"
Yin Shixiu stared at her, for a long time...
"Say something, would you?"
Su Xiaomeng urged anxiously, and Yin Shixiu remained motionless, making the doctor on the side nervous as well.
Then Yin Shixiu furrowed his brow, his eyes suddenly becoming lifeless, pursed his lips, and said three words, "I can’t see..."
Su Xiaomeng’s expression froze almost instantly, and she immediately looked at the doctor, "He says he can’t see..."
The doctor, after a moment of being startled by Yin Shixiu, soon caught a glimpse of his mischievous smile.
Thus...
"Hmm... well, maybe he’s really blind now."
Su Xiaomeng swallowed, looking at the expressionless Yin Shixiu, her large eyes shifting nervously, trying hard to stay calm.
"How can you say something so irresponsible? Aren’t you a doctor?!"
"But... we’ve never encountered this situation before. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t be unable to see..."
The doctor looked innocent, making Su Xiaomeng genuinely angry.
She pulled Yin Shixiu up, saying, "What kind of lousy hospital is this, we’re going somewhere else!"
Unexpectedly, she couldn’t pull Yin Shixiu, but instead pulled herself into his arms.
In her daze, she heard Yin Shixiu with a strong hint of amusement, "How can I not see such a lovely sight?"
Su Xiaomeng looked up at the doctor again, only to see the doctor and nurse seemed to be in cahoots, all smiling secretly.
That’s when she realized she had been fooled.
Thinking about her irritable emotions just now, she felt quite embarrassed.
She nudged Yin Shixiu with her elbow. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
"Mrs. Yin, are we still going to another hospital?"
"You all are so bad..."
Su Xiaomeng muttered, if her heart was a bit more fragile, she could really be scared to death.
Just having removed the gauze, the contact with light causes a slight stinging sensation in the eyes.
After two days of adjustment, it should be fine.
Early in the morning, Chen Lan drove Su Xiaomeng to Bath, a drive of about an hour and a half, arriving at the school gate.
The university is situated on a hill, which makes going up and down the hill inconvenient, but surprisingly quiet.
Adding to this are the nearby cafes, bars, and other facilities, giving a sense of standing apart from the world.
Its area is not large, smaller than A University, but the buildings are unique and the environment is elegant.
Su Xiaomeng almost fell in love at first sight.
Standing at the school gate, her heart was beating as if it was about to jump out of her chest.
A not tall or thin, slightly plump middle-aged British man was already waiting at the gate, named Randy.
He is the assistant dean of the language institute.
Chen Lan followed Su Xiaomeng into the school, and Randy led Xiaomeng to an empty classroom, asking her to wait for a moment.
Soon, a tall woman walked in.
Her skin was very fair, her features distinct but noticeably different from Caucasians.
"Su Xiaomeng, welcome to the University of Bath. My surname is Fan, once you’re in, we’ll meet often."
She is Chinese.
It’s not hard to guess she’s a teacher here.
She had a test paper in her hand and handed it to her, "This is the test, two hours, finish and submit it, OK?"
"Oh..."
"Then... let’s start."
Fan Fan said with a grin, then walked around behind her and took a seat.
Su Xiaomeng blinked, it seemed perfectly normal... but also felt...
Very straightforward and efficient.
No time to think more, cell phone and bag tossed aside, she picked up her pen and started the exam...
Chen Lan waited in the classroom next door.
But waiting idly was too boring, so he walked around a bit, unexpectedly running into Fan Fan buying a drink at the vending machine, pausing to ask, "Finished the test?"
"No, looking at her expression, the paper was quite challenging for her, she’ll probably use the full two hours."
"Then... who is supervising the exam?"
"Me."
Fan Fan bought a bottle of cola, shrugged, as if it was a matter of course.
"Then..."
Chen Lan blinked, Fan Fan patted his shoulder, "Why? Are you afraid she might cheat?"
"No, not really..."
He certainly knew the CEO’s wife wasn’t someone who would cheat, but...
Fan Fan naturally saw what Chen Lan was thinking, so she smiled and said, "Don’t be petty-minded, students wishing to enter the University of Bath have more discipline than that. Cheating here would be truly disgraceful."
Upon saying this, she left.
But Chen Lan felt uncomfortable hearing this remark!
Petty-minded?!
Who is this woman calling petty-minded!
Time was up, Su Xiaomeng handed over her paper, Fan Fan received it, assessing it right in front of Xiaomeng.
This act certainly made Xiaomeng’s heart race.
Would she mark the paper right in front of her?
Thinking this, Fan Fan merely glanced at her and then folded up the paper, smiling, "Alright, the written results will be published simultaneously with other candidates in China, don’t worry."
"Oh... okay."
Fan Fan saw her nervousness, and with a smile patted her shoulder, saying, "When you return, think again about whether you really want to join the language institute, whether you truly... want to be a translator."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, about to ask more, but Fan Fan had already said goodbye and walked out briskly.
Chen Lan came over, asking, "Madam, how did the test go?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at Chen Lan, seriously saying, "Do you know how grateful I am your boss was ’blind’?"
Chen Lan was stunned, unsure if Su Xiaomeng was joking or...
"If it weren’t for me reading aloud plans and contracts to Yin Shixiu for over half a month, I guarantee I wouldn’t even score twenty points."
Su Xiaomeng said this while patting her chest, truly amazed...
She knew from doing those papers before that there would be quite a few specialized terms from other academic fields.
But...
Never so many before!
And with politics and economics as the main focus.
Is this considered a fortunate twist of fate?
Wait, even if so, these benefits might not be attainable.
