Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 575 - 447: Tender Moments (Still Showing Off Our Love)
The night snow fell heavier and heavier, as if to crown this winter with a proud and majestic period.
The family got home already at ten o’clock in the evening.
Su Xiaomeng hadn’t been back for a week, but when she stepped through the door, it felt as though she hadn’t been home for the entire winter.
Every day she stayed at the hotel, her heart was anxious and unsettled.
The torment in her heart stretched time unconsciously.
Truly warm.
With Lily not around, the house was empty, but it was clean and tidy. The tidiness made Su Xiaomeng’s heart feel a bit sour,
"Looks like you’re doing quite well without me at home..."
Yin Shixiu was taken aback by her words and only replied,
"It looks fine, but it’s not."
Su Xiaomeng pouted, not responding.
It wasn’t that she hoped Yin Shixiu was doing poorly, she just thought that after she had endured such agony these days, if Yin Shixiu was still carefree and content, she couldn’t reconcile her feelings.
She didn’t know that in the days she wasn’t around, Yin Shixiu himself was living an existence neither like a person nor a ghost.
The house was clean now, but she didn’t know that just a couple of days ago, the house was shrouded in smoke, messy and with no semblance of home.
These things, Yin Shixiu did not say.
Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were unimaginably sleepy, so naturally, Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng had to first "serve" the two little deities by helping them wash up.
Yin Shixiu cuddled the children, while Su Xiaomeng prepared hot water towels, bringing them inside to help the little ones wash their faces and bodies.
Afterward, Yin Shixiu would apply some baby cream, body lotion, and so on.
Once one was "served," he moved on to the next.
"Good night..."
After bustling around for a good while, they gave the sibling pair a goodnight kiss before returning to their room.
Su Xiaomeng glanced at the time,
"It’s past eleven..."
Yin Shixiu took off his coat and from behind encircled her, "Tired?"
Su Xiaomeng’s heart stirred, and she nodded slightly,
"Can’t deny it, I am quite tired."
"Shall I run you a bath, a nice hot soak?"
Su Xiaomeng glanced at him sideways,
"So attentive?"
"The birthday star receives the best treatment."
Su Xiaomeng’s lips curled, eyebrows slightly raised, she waved her hand, humming,
"Alright then, Little Yinzi, go run the bath. Call me when the temperature’s just right, okay~?"
Yin Shixiu tilted his head and stole a kiss on Xiaomeng’s cheek, agreeing playfully,
"Yes, Your Highness!"
By the time Su Xiaomeng entered the bathroom with her pajamas, she saw Yin Shixiu crouched by the large tub, earnestly testing the water temperature. Without turning his head as he heard her slide the door open, he asked,
"Which essential oil do you want to use?"
"Any will do."
"Hmm, let’s go with this fruity one then."
"..."
As he spoke, Su Xiaomeng saw he was seriously adding a few drops of the essential oil.
The water filled up more than half of the bathtub before he turned it off.
"Alright, my lady, please enter."
"Okay, Little Yinzi, you may leave~"
Yin Shixiu obediently exited the room.
Su Xiaomeng tested the water temperature—it was indeed comfortable. She undressed and stepped in, her entire body instantly warmed. She sighed contentedly, leaning back against the tub, slightly raising her head, the steamy mist enveloping the bathroom...
Closing her eyes, what appeared in her mind was the vast sky filled with fireworks, making it hard to wake from the reverie.
The door slid open once more, and Xiaomeng turned her head to see Yin Shixiu coming in...
"What are you doing?"
"I want a bath too."
"..."
Their gazes met...
"I’ll tell you a secret..."
Yin Shixiu looked at her, his expression unusually serious.
Su Xiaomeng raised an eyebrow, her voice a bit raspy, "What secret?"
Yin Shixiu pulled her down by the neck, leaning close to her lips to say,
"Actually, Chu Jiao was not my first love."
"Boom!"
Su Xiaomeng’s expression froze, instantly, all the warmth on her face vanished. She stretched out her hands to push against his chest, pulling them apart,
"Spill! Who is it!"
"..."
Yin Shixiu didn’t think Su Xiaomeng would flip her emotions so quickly!
His gesture, which he thought was quite sincere and romantic, now felt a bit awkward...
"Tell me, who is it?"
"My first love is you, silly!"
"..."
"..."
"You brat, are you now bluffing without a script? Humph——"
"It really is you."
He murmured against her lips, speaking earnestly.
He wasn’t one to be pure-hearted, even in the age where one was supposed to be; this concept never really aligned with him.
For him, starting a relationship with a woman could have all sorts of reasons.
Breaking up with a woman could also have all sorts of explanations.
But with Su Xiaomeng...
It was because he truly liked her, truly loved her, that he wanted to be with her, and stay with her always.
Only Su Xiaomeng...
No reason could justify breaking up with her.
To him, a first love was the first person you truly loved, someone you’d give anything for.
If you were to really count... He had dated others before Chu Jiao... As for who, how many? Hmm, he genuinely forgot.
It was always Eric who considered Chu Jiao as the first love.
"That day, after you sent Chu Jiao to the hotel, you didn’t leave through the main entrance. You left from another door... didn’t you?"
"Yeah, Eric came by car, I gave him the room card in the underground parking, and then left through the door closest to the parking to go back to the office."
Su Xiaomeng’s finger grazed the glass...
"I know... I waited at the main entrance the whole night that day."
Xiaomeng’s hand stiffened.
"I watched the surveillance of you waiting for me at the hotel door, for the whole night... Watching it, I started to think..."
