Chapter 1139 - 753: The Young and Handsome Man Invites Mom to Dinner (Part 4)

Hence, Yin Shixiu didn’t stop Shuangshuang with his selfish intentions.

Su Xiaomeng sat on the bench. It’s been over half an hour, and the father-daughter duo hadn’t finished talking yet? How many topics do they have to discuss? What time is it in London? Did Yin Shixiu not sleep at all tonight?

While she was pondering this, Su Chengji returned with Prince Huang, both of them cheerful.

"Meng Meng, is Shuangshuang hungry? Shall we go out to eat?"

"Dad, shouldn’t you be asking if Meng Meng is hungry?"

"..."

"Having a grandchild means no daughter for parents like you! Hmph! Dad, I’m telling you, I’m really lacking love, desperately lacking love!"

Su Xiaomeng said resentfully.

"Meng Meng, can you stop complaining after getting the benefits? Isn’t Shixiu already pampering you enough?"

Su Xiaomeng initially just wanted to act spoiled, but hearing what her father said, she almost bit her tongue in regret. She had to swallow her anger, yes, Yin Shixiu pampers her, even having other women’s lipstick marks on his clothes, pampering her to the extent that when she calls him, she relies on another woman to convey her message...

"Let’s eat, listening to you talk makes me feel stuffy."

"You girl, your speech has been difficult ever since you returned. Who offended you?"

Su Chengji still wanted to ask, but Xiaomeng was too lazy to respond to him. The three of them returned to the glasshouse. When Shuangshuang saw her mother coming in, she quickly said to Yin Shixiu,

"Dad, don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Mom. No one will take her away. I’m hanging up now."

"Okay, eat well, and be careful when you walk in the future."

Having reminded her, Shuangshuang hung up the video call and very proactively and obediently handed the phone to Su Xiaomeng, "Mom, thank you!"

Su Xiaomeng took her slightly hot phone, gave Shuangshuang a sidelong glance, "Sneaky little devil, team up with your dad and no good will come of it. Let’s go, out for dinner."

"Alrighty!"

Shuangshuang almost jumped up in response, but just as she felt pain from her scraped knee, she quickly restrained herself.

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In the past, when sticking together with Yin Shixiu, Su Xiaomeng wouldn’t part with her phone, fearing she’d miss a message from him. Yin Shixiu was the same...

But somehow, unconsciously, she would go most of the day without touching her phone once, without opening WeChat once...

Therefore, she really didn’t notice at all when Shuangshuang meddled with her social apps.

Su Xiaomeng found out Chi Lun had been removed from her WeChat contacts, two days later when Professor Qi called her.

That day happened to be September 1st. Xiaomeng had just sent Shuangshuang and Huang Huang off to school. On the way back, Professor Qi asked her on the phone why she had refused to attend the welcome dinner for the new colleague organized by her department colleagues the day before, and then went on to delete Professor Chi from her contacts...

Su Xiaomeng was confused, so she pulled over to the side of the road and had a good conversation with Qi Jun.

Afterwards, she immediately called Chi Lun. The phone rang several times before it was finally answered...

"Professor Chi, this is Su Xiaomeng. Hello, am I bothering you?"

"Oh, it’s you. I thought you might have deleted my number too!"

Hearing Chi Lun’s tone, brimming with laughter, it seemed he didn’t take the matter of being deleted on WeChat too seriously. However, after being deleted, he hadn’t called her either. The series of events, she only knew about them through Professor Qi.

It shows that this young professor, who left her with an impression of being free-spirited, definitely wasn’t as nonchalant as he’s pretending to be over the phone.

"No, no, Professor Chi, I really need to explain to you properly. I truly didn’t see the WeChat message you sent me."

"..."

There was a moment of silence, then a slight laugh, "No, thank you."

"What?"

Su Xiaomeng blinked, not understanding the meaning behind his sudden words.

"Some professors and some assistants and lecturers from our department wanted to throw you a welcome party. I thought you seemed like someone who enjoys social occasions. Everyone was worried you’d feel unfamiliar facing new colleagues at the start of term, so we planned a welcome party. Really didn’t expect your reply."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng frowned, her mind working quickly, and asked, "Was it around 11 a.m. on Saturday?"

"You see, Teacher Su, you remember the time so clearly, and still claim you didn’t see it?"

Chi Lun continued leisurely, without a hint of sarcasm in his words, his tone instead conveyed the geniality of this young professor.

However, in this geniality, Su Xiaomeng also detected a hint of... disappointment.

Xiaomeng closed her eyes briefly, then said,

"Professor Chi, I know my disrespect for your goodwill has let down you all. I’m sincerely apologizing to you for the misunderstanding involved. I’ll definitely explain it clearly to you later."

Su Xiaomeng spoke with sincerity and humility. Chi Lun, not being a stubborn person, could roughly understand some of the situation from her words.

"No need to get nervous, I wasn’t blaming you."

"No, Professor Chi, regardless of what you all think, what I should explain, I will definitely explain clearly. Listening or not is up to you, but I don’t want to develop estrangements with you due to misunderstandings before even formally starting my teaching tenure as your colleague, I haven’t even met you formally yet. I’m still on the road, I will contact you later."

After saying this, Su Xiaomeng hung up the phone, taking a deep breath and keeping it pent-up inside, feeling blood rising to her throat...

Ironically...

The perpetrator had just been sent off to school, if she wanted to ask for an explanation, she would have to wait until they returned.

Throughout the day, Su Xiaomeng was vexed and irritable due to this matter. At five in the evening, the driver brought Shuangshuang and Huang Huang back. Shuangshuang, with a big backpack, skipped and hopped in, humming a little tune...

"Mom! Your beloved baby is back!"

Prince Huang followed behind as he walked in steadily... Prince Huang was much more perceptive than Shuangshuang. As soon as he came in, he noticed something was amiss, and upon closer inspection...

Saw Su Xiaomeng sitting on the sofa with a cold expression, pointing at Shuangshuang with a stern shout,

"Yin Jinxi, come here."

"Mom..."

Even the slowest Shuangshuang could sense that Su Xiaomeng’s expression was not right. Cautiously approaching...

Su Xiaomeng pointed at the phone on the coffee table and asked her,

"Who told you to meddle with Mommy’s WeChat content?"