Chapter 1147 - 761: You Spoiled Me into Your Whole World with Years of Devotion

"You don’t like eating alone, shouldn’t there be someone waiting to eat with you?"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng paused for a moment, then picked up her chopsticks and bowl and started to eat...

Ah Su, standing by the side, had long noticed the tension between the Young Madam and Young Master. She seized the opportunity to whisper in Xiao Meng’s ear,

"Fourth Young Master specifically waited for Fourth Young Madam to come back so you could eat together! His stomach’s been growling from hunger."

Su Xiaomeng said nothing and continued eating...

Yin Shixiu sat next to her, occasionally placing food into her bowl, only to see Su Xiaomeng tossing everything he picked for her into the bone dish.

This action didn’t irritate Yin Shixiu; he continued picking food for her, and she continued to throw it aside...

Ah Su, who came over with some soup, watched this back-and-forth between the couple, which reminded her exactly of when Shuangshuang and Huang Huang argued...

"Young Master, Young Madam, let’s not waste food..."

Su Xiaomeng ate her meal in big bites. She was actually very hungry, but with Yin Shixiu sitting beside her, her appetite was cut in half.

Yin Shixiu ate much more elegantly, and by the time the meal was over, neither had said a word to the other, leaving Ah Su quite anxious watching from the side.

After finishing her meal, Xiao Meng greeted the elders and went back directly to Jun Garden. She didn’t take a ride, choosing instead to walk back to Jun Garden, as a way to help digest.

Yin Shixiu had originally called for an electric car, but seeing Su Xiaomeng walking alone, he had no choice but to follow...

"Why are you haunting me like a ghost?"

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t hold it anymore halfway and was the first to speak up.

"To walk with you. Didn’t we always go for a walk together after dinner?"

"Yin Shixiu, you said it, that was before. Now I’ve gotten used to eating and walking alone. Now I find being alone quite good. Having you by my side feels unnatural."

"Then let’s get used to it again."

"How long to get used to it? Three days? Or five days? Two weeks? Then you continue with your work, busy to the point of forgetting everything! Then you’ll leave me to get used to eating and walking alone again? Yin Shixiu, does my habit have to be dictated by your temperament?"

Yin Shixiu let out a long sigh, placing his hands on her shoulders,

"Can we calm down and talk it through properly?"

"I thought we had already talked clearly this morning."

"No! Nothing is clear!"

The fatigue in Yin Shixiu’s eyes was evident. Whether it was from the long journeys, work, or her... Su Xiaomeng could not tell.

"I was in Munich receiving treatment for over two years, during which we spent more time apart than together. I couldn’t bear to see you shuttle back and forth between me and your studies, couldn’t bear to let you see my pain, couldn’t bear to let you see my embarrassment... Meng Meng, I knew in my heart that even without you seeing it, you wouldn’t feel much better than I did. We both endured during that time, and now I can’t understand why it’s not working..."

Yin Shixiu lowered his head, resting his forehead against hers, "I am the CEO of the Yin Family. Whether the enterprise advances or retreats depends on me. I thought I made it quite clear to you when I started this project..."

"I said, for these two years, I might focus more on work. I said, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang might have to trouble you a bit more...I said it. How did you respond at the time? Hmm?"

Su Xiaomeng bit her lip tightly; every word Yin Shixiu spoke at that moment, she remembered!

It was precisely because she remembered that she could not bring herself to lash out at him with confidence. That’s why she kept holding back, like the most "virtuous and sensible" wife from the past.

"You gave me understanding, support, and trust. You said not to worry too much about you and the kids, you said the home would be fine with you! For more than a year, your understanding and support became my strength... You should see that I have not failed your understanding, your support, nor your trust!"

"Meng Meng... you can’t say you understand and support me and then bear a grudge against me, feeling wronged. That was not my intention."

"Your intention..."

Su Xiaomeng murmured, with tears falling onto Yin Shixiu’s hand...

Yes, he was right. She was inconsistent, her words dishonest, while she gave him understanding, support, and trust, she also held grievances, felt wronged, and doubted him.

She was being so affected and contrived that neither of them could stand it.

"Meng Meng, haven’t we always spoken our minds? Just say what you want, and I’ll tell you what I’m thinking... From when did you start not telling me what you wanted, making me guess, think, explore?"

Su Xiaomeng looked up at him, "Speak my mind...?"

She shook her head,

"You don’t remember, I’ve never always spoken my mind, but I’m not good at hiding, so even if I don’t say it, you could still see through it."

"..."

"Shixiu, as long as you use your heart, how could you not guess, not see through, not understand...?"

Su Xiaomeng fixed her gaze on him, "You know when I started feeling uncomfortable, you just pretend not to know."

"You are an eagle ready to soar, and I can’t be the heavy stone tied to your claws, so for whatever you want to do, I can’t and shouldn’t say ’no’. Just like you’ve never opposed what I wanted to do. I am just considering your feelings."

"But you passed by home without entering! Cooperating with a woman who has all sorts of intentions towards you! Being ambiguous! Having someone else answer your phone! Finding countless excuses to clear your name! Yet still interfering with my work, invading my privacy! Yin Shixiu, you can be busy, even possibly using everything for your career, sacrificing everything! No one would stop you. Everyone says I have an incredible husband! Mayor Ma says you’re a great businessman! Professor Qi says you have great ambitions! But... I never loved your ambitions, your pursuits, your grand career! I loved that you truly held me in your heart, that you always prioritized me, that you treated me so well!"

"..."

"Yin Shixiu, you made me your whole world with years of pampering, and now you want to talk to me about career, ideals, ambitions... Then use my understanding, support, and trust as leverage to neglect family, children, and me, making me feel like I’m trapping myself in a cocoon."

"I now believe a saying, that even the strongest love cannot withstand the passage of time..."

"You never gave any woman a chance, but now someone like Gong Youyun can appear..."

"I beg you... please don’t make yourself out to be so innocent... okay? Yin Shixiu."

Su Xiaomeng’s tears continued to fall, even she hadn’t realized that so many words were bottled up in her heart... Once spoken, it’s like opening the floodgate, and the flood couldn’t be stopped.

Listening to Su Xiaomeng’s words, Yin Shixiu realized for the first time that it had indeed been a long time since they had communicated properly...

Who’s to blame?