"Clothes... Why are they gone?"
"Huh... Why are the clothes gone?"
Su Xiaomeng looked at Shuangshuang, Shuangshuang looked back at Su Xiaomeng, and Yin Shixiu, having heard the scream, also rushed over, only to see a grown-up version and a mini version of Su Xiaomeng both staring wide-eyed at him...
The scene was truly hilarious.
"Shixiu, we’ve been robbed..."
This was Su Xiaomeng’s first thought. After mumbling, she quickly pulled open Yin Huaiyu’s wardrobe beside her, where the clothes were neatly arranged.
Suddenly, a terrifying thought popped into Xiao Meng’s head. She hurriedly pushed Yin Shixiu out of the room, and they stood by the column on the second-floor hallway. "Shixiu... is it possible that a pervert has been targeting our daughter?"
"..."
"Nowadays, there are many who seem like gentlemen on the surface but are actually pedophiles... They start with peeping, then steal little girls’ clothes and belongings to collect, and then..."
Su Xiaomeng spoke more and more frantically, and Yin Shixiu lifted his hand to pat her head lightly. "Don’t make baseless assumptions."
"How is it baseless! How come only Shuang’er’s clothes and shoes were stolen, and Huang’er’s are untouched? Doesn’t this indicate a pervert is targeting—"
"Maybe it was Huang’er who did it."
"Are you saying... Huang’er is the pervert?"
"..."
Yin Shixiu gave Su Xiaomeng a cold look. Seeing her still with a face full of horror, he paused and said, "Madam, are you joking?"
"What do you mean I’m joking, you’re the one joking! How could Huang’er be a pervert!"
Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, placed both hands on Su Xiaomeng’s head, and said, "I mean! Shuang’er’s clothes and shoes might have been taken by Huang Huang."
"..."
Su Xiaomeng stared at him. Yin Shixiu was clearly speaking Chinese, but Xiao Meng seemed unable to understand a word.
Yin Shixiu also found her dazed appearance quite amusing and burst into laughter.
"This is serious, why are you laughing."
"Yeah Dad, this is serious, why are you laughing."
At some point, Shuangshuang also came out and mimicked what Su Xiaomeng had just said.
Yin Shixiu spread his hands, turned to Su Xiaomeng, and said, "I told you to watch your language..."
"..."
Xiao Meng expressed that having such a daughter, she really felt helpless.
"Dad, did my clothes get stolen by my brother?"
Shuangshuang heard what Yin Shixiu said earlier and now asked, head tilted upward.
Yin Shixiu thought for a moment and replied, "Your brother didn’t steal your clothes; he may have borrowed them to use."
"How do you know Huang Huang took them?" Su Xiaomeng still had doubts. What was Huang Huang going to do with all of Shuangshuang’s clothes and shoes?
"This morning when Mr. Zhou came to pick him up, he was dragging a big cloth bag. I asked him what was inside, and he didn’t say. Thinking about it now, it could be Shuangshuang’s clothes and shoes."
"Brother took my clothes and shoes without asking me, so that’s stealing! Brother is a thief! I want to go catch him!"
After saying this seriously, Shuangshuang looked at Su Xiaomeng. "We’re not visiting Grandpa today, right, Mom? Let’s go catch that little rascal brother!"
Su Xiaomeng looked at Yin Shixiu. "Catch him?"
Yin Shixiu suddenly laughed, embraced Su Xiaomeng’s shoulder with one hand, and patted Shuangshuang’s head with the other. "Then let’s go ’catch’ him. Actually, you’re curious to see how Huang Huang is doing with Elder Zhou, aren’t you?"
"Well, I can’t really judge how he’s doing, but... I’m quite curious about why Huang Huang took away all of Shuang’er’s clothes and shoes."
Su Xiaomeng stroked her chin, thinking... it must be quite interesting.
Xiao Meng helped Shuangshuang pick out a beige undershirt thin sweater, light-colored leggings, and then paired it with a cropped denim jacket. The short little jacket hung on her, making the little girl appear energetic. She also wore a pair of denim shorts that matched the jacket and beige little leather shoes.
Shuangshuang wasn’t exactly the refined little heiress, but thanks to her parents’ decent looks, she was quite the fashion icon, looking good in anything.
Xiao Meng, to match with Shuangshuang, wore a white undershirt sweater, large denim jacket, then a pair of beige pencil pants.
As for Yin Shixiu...
Seeing the mother-daughter duo dressed up, he stood in front of the wardrobe pondering.
After rummaging through, he pulled out a pair of jeans. Su Xiaomeng picked out a beige trench coat and black undershirt, "That’s it!"
Yin Shixiu took them with a smile.
So the family of three spontaneously decided to head to Xinxin Orphanage.
Without notifying the driver, Yin Shixiu drove, while Xiao Meng and Shuangshuang sat in the back seat, still guessing the reason Prince Huang "stole" Shuangshuang’s clothes and shoes.
"Hey, Shixiu, do you think the kid felt sorry for the children in the orphanage and took Shuangshuang’s clothes and shoes there for charity?"
"...That’s quite possible."
Su Xiaomeng shrank back, "No way, isn’t he your son? So kind and generous?"
Yin Shixiu glanced at the rearview mirror, "He’s your son too."
"Oh, right, that makes sense."
"..."
"Mom, it’s not right for brother to do this, is it?"
"Yes, of course it’s wrong!"
"So brother definitely has to apologize to me, right?"
"...Yes, definitely! He must!"
"Oh, then Mom, let me discuss something with you."
"Hmm?"
"Later when we see brother, I don’t want him to apologize to me, just... I gave some of brother’s toys to my classmates previously! Just let brother not fuss over it anymore!"
Shuangshuang clapped her hands, looking very accomplished.
Su Xiaomeng raised an eyebrow high, looking quite stunned at this little girl. No wonder Yin Huaiyu secretly took her clothes and shoes without cause.
"Mom, talk to brother about it later."
"...Since you’re not pursuing it, why are we going to the orphanage?"
"I’ve never been there..." Shuangshuang looked up at Su Xiaomeng, "And brother goes every week, I want to go see it too!"
Su Xiaomeng rubbed Shuangshuang’s hair, feeling a bit helpless inside. She thought to herself... this little girl had almost half her wardrobe emptied by Yin Huaiyu, yet she could still smile and talk without a hint of anger.
Thinking, Shuangshuang’s mind is quite big! Much more gracious than when I was young.
No wonder... the siblings are two of a kind.
"Shixiu, listen, these siblings are both yours." Su Xiaomeng said with a face full of disdain.
Yin Shixiu glanced at the rearview mirror, "They’re also yours."
"Hmm, the kindness and cuteness are inherited from me, the cunning and craftiness are inherited from you."
"That’s great, all of our good qualities have been inherited."
"..." Su Xiaomeng stared at Yin Shixiu, wondering how there could be such shameless people in the world.
Xinxin Orphanage isn’t exactly close to the Yin Mansion, and the Saturday ring road highway wasn’t exactly smooth, they got off the highway at eleven.
Fortunately, getting off the highway meant we weren’t far from Xinxin Orphanage.
At eleven fifteen, they arrived at the orphanage.
They parked the car to the side, and the three of them got out and went straight into the orphanage, which wasn’t big, but the overall environment was quite nice, with lots of flowers and grass planted, or rather growing freely with the wind.
Most of them were wildflowers.
The orphanage had two separate two-story buildings with blue and white painted walls.
In front of the buildings was a playground with a circumference of about two hundred meters.
There were some simple children’s play equipment on the playground, which looked quite new.
The orphanage director’s surname was Qi, this was something Yin Huaiyu had checked and remembered earlier when he had planned to come here with Mr. Zhou to learn the piano.
Director Qi was not yet forty this year, and she had an eleven-year-old son.
She was chatting with Guan Su in the large classroom when she unintentionally saw Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng entering from the doorway with a child, getting up to greet them,
"Sir and Ma’am are...?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, she saw Shuangshuang, after which, even without anyone answering, she’d guessed the answer!
"Mr. Yin, Mrs. Yin?"
"Hello, Director Qi."
Su Xiaomeng greeted her proactively.
Director Qi was a bit overwhelmed, quickly saying, "Mr. Yin and Mrs. Yin came here specifically for...?"
"We just came by for a casual visit, Director Qi, don’t worry too much about us. Huaiyu follows Elder Zhou for piano lessons, I heard he comes here every Saturday, today Huaiyu’s dad and Huaiyu’s sister both are free, and out of curiosity, just came to check it out."
"Oh!"
"Where are Mr. Zhou and Huaiyu now?"
"They’re not in class yet, probably starting after lunch, right now they should be in the study room, Huaiyu Young Master brought lots of clothes and shoes, the younger girls at the orphanage went crazy with joy."
Shuangshuang quickly looked up at Director Qi and said,
"Auntie, those clothes are all mine, my brother gave my clothes away!"
The little girl said this without showing dissatisfaction, just wanting to take some credit.
Director Qi saw Shuangshuang’s cute demeanor and quickly said, "Then let me thank Sister on behalf of the little sisters in the orphanage."
"You’re welcome, you’re welcome, we’re all friends!"
Shuangshuang patted her chest, and these two sentences made the director laugh.
Director Qi led them towards the study room, a place where children gathered to read and study, those a bit younger stayed at the orphanage, those a bit older studied at the Hope Primary School nearby.
The study room was really bustling at this time, Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu glanced at each other, only feeling like their eardrums might burst.
Then, they saw Shuangshuang’s eyes suddenly brighten up, speeding up her pace and running inside, really liking to squeeze into whatever’s lively.
"Yin! Huai! Yu!"
As soon as Shuangshuang rushed in, she shouted loudly, her voice... directly silencing everyone.
Su Xiaomeng’s steps paused, not wanting to move forward... this girl... is really a bit embarrassing.