Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 407 - 369: If One Day He Grows Weary

Su Xiaomeng was taken aback.

"You’re heartless, how could you imagine? As soon as I pushed open Yin Bowen’s door, I saw you being dragged down the stairs by Guo Tong..."

Su Xiaomeng’s hand tightened; in that moment, she was also scared.

"If Guo Tong had been a bit more ruthless, if you hadn’t held onto the stair railing... could you, five months pregnant, withstand such a fall?"

Su Xiaomeng bit her lip, the arm around his neck tightened slightly, and she pretended to be relaxed, "Don’t worry, I’m well-nourished, our child is very strong!"

"I’m not talking about the child, I’m talking about you!"

"The child is certainly important, but in my eyes, nothing is more important than your safety..."

Yin Shixiu finished speaking calmly, Su Xiaomeng heard the seriousness and solemnity in his words...

She knew that he truly cared for her.

"Shixiu, I’m sorry..."

She couldn’t say anything else but sorry.

"You’re saying sorry, but if you had to do it all over again, I’m afraid you would still run to Yin Bowen with Zhu Lan without hesitation!"

"Am I wrong?"

Yin Shixiu glanced sideways at Su Xiaomeng, feeling she was too reckless.

Su Xiaomeng gently leaned her head against his back, murmuring, "Yes, I would still go... because I know, you would come. Even if it’s something trivial, something you think is unnecessary and meaningless, you would come..."

"If you had to do it all over again, you would still, after our argument, follow me to Yin Bowen’s house to protect me without hesitation..."

"... As long as you know."

Yin Shixiu said calmly, knowing full well how much he didn’t want to be like this, longing to be more ruthless.

But he had no choice.

His heart had long been set on one thing:

In this world, nothing and no one is more important than Su Xiaomeng.

Not even his dignity, his stance, or everything about himself...

On this issue, he and Su Xiaomeng had differences, but no one could discern right from wrong.

When it’s talked about deeply, it’s the bottom line of everyone’s own values.

No one has the right to say who’s right or wrong.

The night fell, and Beijing was still a sea of neon lights.

Su Xiaomeng sat on the recliner by the window, her injured foot resting on another chair. Outside, the stars were dim, and the moon wasn’t bright. From the high floor, she could only see her reflection in the glass.

She was on the phone with Su’s mother.

"Uh-huh... it’s nothing... uh-huh... what do you mean, he also made mistakes... um... half! Um... one-third... mom, am I your daughter?"

On the other end of the phone, Su’s mother listened to the light-hearted tone in Su Xiaomeng’s voice, finally letting go of her worries.

Su Xiaomeng hadn’t really talked to Su’s mother in detail about Guo Tong.

Before, she felt it wasn’t necessary and didn’t want to make her mother concerned.

But... with what happened today, Su Xiaomeng felt somewhat uncertain.

So she took some time to explain the situation to Su’s mother.

When she talked about how the grandaunt cried for Guo Tong’s sake, Su Xiaomeng’s brows furrowed...

"Mom, how can grandaunt be like this? She’s comparing me to Guo Tong..."

"Can Guo Tong compare to me? At least I don’t destroy other people’s families. I’ve been through so much with Uncle, does she understand?"

"I think if everyone played the family card like grandaunt when something happens, would there still be any distinction between right and wrong in this world?"

Su’s mother had only heard Su Xiaomeng mention that Guo Tong was with Yin Bowen, but that Guo Tong was a homewrecker, destroying families, and all the subsequent issues...

She found it truly hard to believe.

"So... has Yin Bowen made a decision? Is he still planning to marry her?"

Su Xiaomeng sighed, "I have no idea... I don’t think Yin Bowen would be so foolish, but then again, if Guo Tong can incite him to do such things to Zhu Lan, perhaps this man has indeed been bewitched."

Su’s mother was silent for a long time...

"Mom?"

"In the future, if Guo Tong and Yin Bowen get married, will you have frequent contact with them?"

Su Xiaomeng thought about it and said, "The Yin family has many rules, during festivals when we return to the Yin Mansion, we’d likely meet them, I don’t know if that counts as contact..."

Su’s mother added some gravity to her tone, advising Su Xiaomeng a couple of things, "Avoid the Yin Bowen family whenever you see them, understand?"

"Um, do I really need to avoid them? Mom, I do have some leverage on Guo Tong and Yin Bowen..."

"Listen to mom, they are not your allies. You have a sense of justice, mom knows. The law will punish the wicked, mom knows that too, but open threats are easy to dodge, hidden ones are hard to guard against."

Su Xiaomeng was momentarily stunned, somehow feeling sudden anxiety at the phrase "open threats are easy to dodge, hidden ones are hard to guard against."

"Though grandaunt and your grandfather were close, they haven’t been together for decades, and people’s hearts can change, they’re unpredictable."

Su Xiaomeng looked down, vaguely sensing a trace in Su’s mother’s words, clearly...

"Mom, do you also think that I shouldn’t have gotten involved in this, even if Guo Tong and Yin Bowen truly hurt someone..."

Her voice suddenly became deflated.

"Xiaomeng, mom has always been proud to have a daughter like you. You are pure, kind, not worldly, and have a strong sense of justice. These are precious virtues..."

"Mom hopes that no matter how old you get, you can possess these virtues."

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips, waiting for Su’s mother to continue.

"But it’s important for everyone to know their limits."

"You say how do you know if you don’t try... but sometimes, attempting to do something beyond your ability might come at a price much harsher than you can imagine."

"Today, you were very clever, used some tricks, and forced Guo Tong and Yin Bowen to confess."

"But think about it... what if Shixiu didn’t go today?"

Su Xiaomeng pouted and muttered softly, "He wouldn’t not go..."

"Why?"

"He... he would worry about me..."

"Xiaomeng, Shixiu loves you, pampers you, and treats you well, but you can’t rely on his kindness to act willfully over and over again."

"He will also get tired, also weary, and if one day... he gets tired of worrying about you all the time, tired of your willfulness, and also tired of all your simplicity and kindness, those seemingly beautiful virtues..."

"What will you do then?"

After finishing the call with her mother, Su Xiaomeng unknowingly fell into deep thought, her hand unconsciously rubbing the edge of her phone, not even sure what she was scared of.

If he got tired, what would she do...

The thought was like plunging her heart into an abyss of panic.

Her heart thumped rapidly, Xiaomeng turned her head to look at her reflection in the glass window.

Her face was round, but her complexion was a bit pale, not looking very well.

Since becoming pregnant with Yin Xiaobao, Su Xiaomeng had gained quite a bit of weight, not only was her waist thicker, even a double chin was faintly showing.

She wanted to tell her mom, she wasn’t being willful because of his love for her...

It was just because he was always there for her, so she became a bit bolder.

Observing today’s attitude of Yin Shixiu... she thought her mom might be right.

She did these things based on her own reason, but they didn’t align with his way.

He compromised because he loved her.

If one day he got tired of this compromise, would their relationship be over...

Su Xiaomeng suddenly felt very cold, her palms were sweating coldly.

Yin Shixiu had already spoiled her too much, her life’s focus had shifted from the dazzling outside world to her husband and children...

She couldn’t imagine life without Yin Shixiu, nor could she imagine the breakdown of their relationship.

She felt that if such a day, such a moment truly came, she would rather be dead than alive.

Xiaomeng had twisted her foot, making it difficult to move, so Ah Su stayed to watch over the two children at night.

At night, it was also Ah Su who slept in the children’s room with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang.

After finishing his work, Yin Shixiu pushed the door into the bedroom.

Hearing the door, Su Xiaomeng quickly turned her head, hurriedly wiping away the moisture gathering in her eyes.

She was quick to cover up, but her fluster still didn’t escape Yin Shixiu’s eyes.

He came over, moved a small wooden stool, the kind Shuangshuang and Huanghuang usually used, and sat beside her on it.

It made him look like a servant next to Xiaomeng, who was leaning on a recliner.

Su Xiaomeng thought he hadn’t seen her tears of momentary sentimentality, she turned back with a smile on her face, "Be careful not to break that stool."

Yin Shixiu looked into her large eyes, with one hand holding onto the recliner’s armrest, while the other held Su Xiaomeng’s hand, chuckling softly, "Big eyes are beautiful."

Su Xiaomeng blinked, puzzled by his sudden comment.

"But unfortunately, big eyes can’t hide secrets."

The smile on Su Xiaomeng’s face froze.

A sudden emptiness filled her chest.

"Pregnant women shouldn’t cry; it’s harmful to the body. Not only does it affect your health, but what if Little Treasure is born and becomes prone to crying?"

Su Xiaomeng looked at him with wide eyes, the tears she had just managed to keep at bay began to gather in her eyes again.

Yin Shixiu could clearly see the water vapor gradually accumulating on her lower eyelids, thickening until it couldn’t be contained, bursting out, streaming down her cheek, forming a heart-wrenching trail of tears. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

He drew her closer, brushed his lips against her eyes and cheeks gently.

"Today’s issue is over, why are you upset again now?"

He asked.

Perhaps a pregnant woman’s emotions are indeed more unstable, easily stirred, easily saddened...

The more gentle Yin Shixiu was, the more fear Su Xiaomeng felt...

"Woo-woo..."

Finally, her emotions broke through a threshold, she turned to hug Yin Shixiu’s neck, "I’m so scared... woo-woo..."

Scared of loving him so much, of being unable to live without him...

In deep love, one feels loneliness.

Yin Shixiu patted her back, "Silly girl, with me here, what are you afraid of? Didn’t you say you were brave today because you knew I’d help you?"