Chapter 1281: Chapter 856: The Grand Finale: Heart for Heart
“Leave the house to me, don’t worry about it outside.”
“When I come back, we’ll go together to see Little Treasure.”
“…”
“Buy some toys, buy some tasty things, buy what Shuangshuang and Huang Huang like, maybe Little Treasure’s preferences are similar to his siblings.”
“…Mm.”
Su Xiaomeng tightened her grip around Yin Shixiu’s waist, nodding heavily.
To her, this was already enough.
Losing a child is painful, but she has gained far more than she has lost.
The day after Yin Shixiu left was Monday, the kids went to school, she attended classes, life seemed to still proceed on its usual track.
Actually, life shouldn’t have a track, if there’s a track, then it’s hard for anyone to guarantee they will remain safely on track throughout life without veering off course.
Xiao Meng’s life truly has no track to follow, it’s like a documentary about a train constantly and thrillingly derailing.
Exciting and dramatic.
On the night Xiao Yan took Xiao Meng home, the conversation between the two appropriate and measured adults seemed only to bind adults, irrelevant to the kids or the bull terrier that instantly took a liking to Su Xiaomeng.
After that, Xiao Xiaoang called Su Xiaomeng more frequently, always late at night, like a thief.
Fortunately, Xiao Meng also went to bed late, having grown accustomed to Xiao Xiaoang’s calls, she would unconsciously glance at her phone every day at around ten o’clock…
When Xiao Xiaoang talked to her on the phone, the content was really quite trivial, like what he had for lunch and dinner, what naughty thing Little Tiger did today, or what Xiao Yan did…
The calls were never long, maybe just a few minutes, after which he’d obediently say goodnight to her.
Xiao Meng couldn’t give this child more of a response.
On Friday night, Pu Yang proactively invited Xiao Meng to have dinner together, so Su Xiaomeng asked the driver to pick up Shuangshuang and Huang Huang.
Their meeting place was a rather famous seafood restaurant in the city center, and Pu Yang had arrived early.
When Su Xiaomeng arrived, Pu Yang didn’t beat around the bush, directly saying, “Xiao Meng, please help me, I’m really troubled now…”
“Is it about Xiao Ang?”
“Xiao Ang really seems to not like me, even if I marry Xiao Yan in the future, having this child between us… will really make me lack confidence in this marriage…”
Su Xiaomeng listened to Pu Yang’s troubles while ordering food, thoughtfully resting her chin on her hand as she watched Pu Yang,
“I’ve also been quite puzzled, why doesn’t Xiao Ang like you? I heard from Xiao Yan that you and Xiao Yan don’t plan to have children, Xiao Ang would be your only child. Since you’re willing to give so much for this child, how could Xiao Ang not feel it?”
Pu Yang pursed her lips, seemingly hesitating over whether to speak…
Xiao Meng saw her hesitant expression and raised an eyebrow, “Since you asked me out, I think you must trust me, right?”
“…I asked you out because I trust you.”
“Then… whatever you want to say, just say it, I won’t tell anyone.” Su Xiaomeng assured Pu Yang.
Pu Yang gripped her cup tightly, took a deep breath, then slightly raised her eyes to glance at Xiao Meng, murmuring,
“Actually, there’s not no reason why Xiao Ang doesn’t like me…”
“…”
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows, quietly waiting for her to continue.
Pu Yang’s thoughts seemed to drift far away, her expression filled with some melancholy and regret,
“Just blame me for being too young back then… I’ve known Xiao Yan for so many years, I had a crush on him first… it might be hard to believe when I say it, but when I first met Xiao Yan, he treated me like air, I had absolutely no presence in front of him.”
“…Then how did Xiao Yan come to like you later?”
“I was just a backup, if Xiao Yan’s first love hadn’t died, I wouldn’t have had a chance…”
“Xiao Yan’s first love?”
“That’s Xiao Ang’s mother.”
Pu Yang said flatly, the fleeting feeling of loneliness and helplessness in her eyes was clear to Xiao Meng.
“Then… how is this related to Xiao Ang not liking you?”
Pu Yang clenched her fist, saying, “Xiao Ang’s mother died in a laboratory accident, her research at the time was on the issue of virus transmission, she mishandled operations during the research and got infected, and the antigen in her body didn’t take effect causing her death.”
“…”
Xiao Meng still didn’t understand how this related to Pu Yang.
“Back then, the virus samples provided to Xiao Ang’s mother were from me… after that, there were rumors that Xiao Ang’s mother’s death was because of me.”