Chapter 758: Chapter 574: Yin Shixiu’s Great Wisdom, Xiao Meng’s Little Wisdom (6000+)_3

A long time later, after Shuangshuang and Huanghuang were in kindergarten, and every morning the siblings threw fits over waking up, Xiao Meng often reminisced about that time.

She could see all of the siblings’ actions with her own eyes.

Heartache, guilt, and deep apologies.

She knew that even when she was studying at Bath, she never really neglected the siblings, perhaps because her husband was there, and she didn’t notice any oversight either.

Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s growth was crucial, very crucial...

She repeatedly reminded herself, repeatedly warned herself not to neglect them due to being busy with work.

But the reality was, she was willing but unable.

In the short term, she might not be able to care for the children as meticulously as before.

More than often, she could only entrust the two children to her mother. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Today, the siblings didn’t seem too tired. Their big round eyes looked like they held a secret, but they didn’t speak...

Shuangshuang glanced at her brother several times, but Prince Huang seemed not to receive Shuangshuang’s signals.

With his head down, he shoveled porridge into his mouth with a spoon, and by the time he looked up, his mouth was a mess of porridge.

Xiao Meng wiped Prince Huang’s face with a napkin,

"Eat slowly."

Prince Huang pouted, raised his head, and looked at Su Xiaomeng, his big eyes wide open, and in the eyes of a three-year-old, there was an emotion called... probing,

"Mama, will you come back early today?"

Su Xiaomeng was taken aback, her heart tightened, she thought Prince Huang wouldn’t ask such questions anymore...

Perhaps she was overthinking, perhaps the child couldn’t hold back any longer.

Xiao Meng looked at Prince Huang,

"I will come back as early as possible, mama..."

"Oh! Then my sister and I will wait for you!"

Prince Huang hurriedly said, giving Su Xiaomeng no time to respond.

"..."

Su Xiaomeng exhaled lightly, this wasn’t the first time she had told them she’d come back early, but ended up delayed by various things to handle.

"Mama..."

Shuangshuang called her softly.

"Hmm?"

"Today... um... can you not..."

Shuangshuang mumbled quietly, her voice trailing off, feeling that her request might trouble her mother...

Yet, she couldn’t restrain the hope in her heart, her short legs swayed along with the child’s chair.

"Can you not... go to work..."

The word "work" was almost swallowed by the end, but Xiao Meng still heard it.

She genuinely felt guilty inside.

Almost two months now.

Since Yin Shixiu’s incident, she hadn’t properly spent a weekend with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang...

She was really afraid that if this continued, she wouldn’t even remember how to spend a weekend.

Xiao Meng pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and said,

"How about this, Shuang’er, mama won’t go to work tomorrow and stay home with Shuang’er, okay?"

She thought Shuangshuang would be pleased, but...

"Can’t it be today?"

Shuangshuang still probed softly without raising her eyes to look at Su Xiaomeng.

"There is a lot of work today, and the uncles and aunts have already arranged it for mama, she can’t not go, otherwise, wouldn’t she be breaking her promise? Shuangshuang is the most obedient, mama promised to stay home with you tomorrow, and she definitely will, okay?"

Shuangshuang pouted, swinging her legs even more.

Clearly, the little girl started feeling dissatisfied.

Su Xiaomeng wanted to coax her, but didn’t know how, so she looked at Bai Sixian for help.

"It’s okay, just do your work."

Bai Sixian said.

"Humph!"

Hearing grandma say this, the frustration in Shuangshuang’s heart couldn’t be held back anymore. After a humph, tears burst out directly.

Su Xiaomeng was shocked, busy reaching out to hold her daughter, but unexpectedly, not only did her daughter not want to be hugged, she also quickly climbed down from the child’s chair, and wiped her tears fiercely.

She darted into her own room.

Su Xiaomeng felt something was amiss and was about to get up...

Su’s mother stopped her,

"Just let her be."

Su Xiaomeng looked at the time, there was a meeting at half-past eight in the morning, and she really didn’t have time to delay any longer, she could only say to her mother,

"Then I’ll leave Shuangshuang to you..."

"Don’t worry."

Su Xiaomeng kissed Huanghuang, who seemed to have his own little concerns, and said, "bye" to her parents before grabbing her bag and heading out the door.

The door opened and closed again.

Prince Huang no longer ate breakfast, climbed down from the child’s chair, and silently, like a little adult, went into the room.

Even with his small body, he still knew to close the door.

Bai Sixian and Su Chengji exchanged a glance... Su Chengji instinctively lowered his head...

As if he had done something wrong.

Bai Sixian looked at Su Chengji... as she watched, she couldn’t help herself!

"What can you possibly accomplish?"

"..."

"Having nothing better to do, you talk to Shuangshuang and Huanghuang about birthdays?"

Actually, a three-year-old child originally doesn’t understand what birthdays are.

Whether it’s their first or second birthday, it’s usually the elders wanting to give the children better blessings, so they throw a birthday party or something.

For children at this age, birthdays aren’t particularly significant or important.

Yet, Su Chengji insisted on planning an early birthday for Shuangshuang and Huanghuang.

"Shuangshuang, Huanghuang, how would you like to celebrate your birthday?"

A few days ago, while Bai Sixian was busy making dumplings, she unintentionally overheard Su Chengji chatting with Shuangshuang and Huanghuang...

Only then she remembered that Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday is on the fifteenth of July, which was coming up.

But Su Chengji...

Did he think Shuangshuang and Huanghuang were older than they really were? Do they understand what birthdays are?

As expected, the siblings both looked at him with confused faces,

Bai Sixian intended to make a mockery of her husband, but unexpectedly, he seriously explained to the siblings what a birthday is, why people celebrate birthdays, and what is done during a birthday...

Hearing this, the siblings all thought that celebrating a birthday was a very meaningful thing.

The crucial part was, they found it fun.

Especially the part about "parents will help you celebrate your birthday and give you birthday presents"!

For these siblings, currently without a father and almost without a mother, how tempting could that be?

Bai Sixian only left for a little while, and upon her return, she realized something was amiss.

Seeing the siblings’ eyes full of anticipation, Bai Sixian naturally didn’t have the heart to dampen their excitement, so she privately scolded Su Chengji.

What if Xiao Meng doesn’t remember Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday and is too busy to come home to celebrate with them, how disappointed would the siblings be?

But Su Chengji was adamant,

"Xiao Meng won’t forget; how could she forget her own children’s birthday?"

"..."

The words still ringing in his ears, Su Chengji’s ears turned red.

"You’ve seen Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s look, if you hadn’t explained it so clearly, would they be this disappointed? You’ve aged, but haven’t grown any smarter."

Bai Sixian was genuinely frustrated.

Su Chengji didn’t expect Xiao Meng to completely forget Shuangshuang and Huanghuang’s birthday; now he could only endure his wife’s reprimand.

"The mess of Shuangshuang and Huanghuang, you figure out how to clean it up yourself."