Chapter 1208 - 810: Play With Fire and You Get Burned

"All that’s left is pure joy, I know I’ve found the one I’ve been waiting for."

Before getting to know Yin Shixiu, Su Xiaomeng just thought he was a reticent and deep man. Year after year, the two moved from intense passion to a peaceful warmth.

His sweet words were truly abundant, and he never hesitated to say them to her.

Su Xiaomeng had to admit that she was indeed a very ordinary person, and when she met Yin Shixiu, she was even more of an extremely ordinary girl.

Aside from the ridiculous way they met, Yin Shixiu did fulfill all a young girl’s fantasies about her other half.

They say sweet words are meant to please women, but women find them useful.

After seven years of marriage, she felt there was no need to dig into what happened before they met.

From Su Xiaomeng’s understanding of Yin Shixiu... a jerk... might just be a bias, a bias from a woman’s perspective for a man who doesn’t consider marriage as the goal but dates people nonetheless.

In fact, ten years ago, most people’s views on love and marriage were still relatively conservative, but what about now?

How many people talk about love without talking about marriage?

Love is an enjoyment, but marriage involves torment.

Su Xiaomeng privately thought that even if it was about Yin Shixiu’s past, she was unwilling to believe her husband had truly been a jerk...

At least, judging from Yin Shixiu’s attitude towards Chi Lun, he looked down on irresponsible men who truly start relationships rashly and end them abruptly.

"Alright, let’s go in now, I bet everyone’s waiting for us to have dinner, starving."

Yin Shixiu chuckled and drove into the Yin Mansion.

As soon as they entered the house, Shuangshuang excitedly rushed out, "Dad! Mom!"

"Shuangshuang, don’t shout so loudly, you’ll hurt your throat."

"Mom, I gave away all the amusement park tickets. My classmates all said I was so generous!"

"Really? So did you feel particularly proud today, Shuangshuang?"

Shuangshuang nodded, "And I didn’t give a single ticket to those bad kids! They were all so mad."

Su Xiaomeng patted Shuangshuang’s head, "Did the other kids thank you properly?"

"Yes! I have so many good friends now!" Shuangshuang narrated animatedly, and it seemed that the solution Yin Shixiu provided had a relatively good result.

Shuangshuang was pleased, but the nearby Prince Huang seemed a bit off, sulking in a corner, constantly glancing sideways at Shuangshuang, as if she had somehow offended him.

"What’s wrong with your brother?"

Prince Huang pursed his lips and murmured, "She got her face..."

"... Huh?"

"She gave her classmates amusement park tickets, and when my classmates found out, they asked me for some. I said I didn’t have any, and they said I was stingy, wondering how’s it possible for me to have none when my sister does."

Yin Huaiyu said earnestly, with a somewhat aggrieved tone.

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but laugh, "Haha! So, did Huaiyu ask Dad for some tickets for your classmates?"

"No way! It makes me look like I’m trying to win them over."

"Haha!"

Su Xiaomeng chuckled again.

"Mom..." Shuangshuang tugged at Su Xiaomeng’s hand, as if there was something she hadn’t finished saying, "Um... I also gave Ma Siyuan a ticket."

"Oh? Did Ma Siyuan accept it?"

Shuangshuang nodded, "But... about this, Shuangshuang felt a little bit undignified... given how he treated me before..."

Su Xiaomeng pursed her lips and pondered, "Shuangshuang, you know it was Little Ma who told Mom, right?"

"...Yes, otherwise I wouldn’t have given him the ticket!"

Shuangshuang pouted.

"Do you like Ma Siyuan, Shuangshuang? Do you want to be friends with him?"

Shuangshuang glanced around, dodging her eyes, and after a while, nodded, "I like him, I want to be friends with him, but he doesn’t care much about me, and he doesn’t like me..."

"Shuangshuang, you’re a very enthusiastic girl. If you want to be friends with Little Ma, then don’t hold grudges. Remember, our Shuangshuang is big-hearted enough to let things go easily, as you said before."

"Mom... then do you think Ma Siyuan is nice?"

"Mom likes Little Ma very much and thinks Ma Siyuan is a very individualistic and courageous boy."

"..."

"There must be some misunderstanding between you and Ma Siyuan. If you hold grudges and are unwilling to take the initiative to talk to him, then the misunderstanding will never be resolved, and you might lose a very good friend."

Su Xiaomeng said quite a bit, but she didn’t know how much Shuangshuang really absorbed, only to see the little girl with a contemplative look.

The little girl pouted and sat on the sofa beside her, wrestling with whether to get along with Ma Siyuan or continue giving him the cold shoulder. She certainly had her own answer inside.

After dinner, Su Xiaomeng set about contacting Dick and organizing her thesis materials.

When Yin Shixiu knocked on the study door, he found Su Xiaomeng sitting at her desk with a furrowed brow, as if she were confronted with a monumental problem.

At that moment, she was so focused that she didn’t even notice Yin Shixiu had come in. He stood behind her and, after seeing the webpage displayed on the computer, asked softly,

"In such a short time... how could the matter be spread to the Academic Knowledge Network forum?"

Startled by Yin Shixiu’s sudden question, Su Xiaomeng immediately responded without a string of bewildered surprised questions, "I don’t even need to think to know, they really want me to be finished."

"..."

Yin Shixiu stared at the striking title on the forum: Beijing Foreign Studies University’s Returning Female Master’s Plagiarizing Beijing University Professor’s Paper, Wicked Behavior Beyond Belief!

The post detailed Su Xiaomeng’s name, pulling a long string of plagiarism comparison charts of the two theses and attaching them to the post. Not only that, but Su Xiaomeng’s photo was also put up.

But this wasn’t the most despairing part—the post also included the thesis evidence released by Pu Wei, including a version draft and three revision drafts.

"These drafts..."

"They’re identical to mine, no, I should say, these are my drafts." This was truly what made Su Xiaomeng furrow her brows, feeling rather lost.

While she sorted out her evidence, the opponent had already taken out the evidence she was supposed to organize and directly posted it online.

Regarding thesis plagiarism...

As long as one party can produce the original draft with a time stamp, the other party is the plagiarist, which is almost unquestionable.

The problem now is, what should have been her original draft has already become someone else’s.

Even if she collects all the evidence now, it won’t help at all...

In the end, others might say that Su Xiaomeng not only plagiarized someone else’s paper but also their evidence... which is truly too ridiculous.

Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath...

"Should I go meet Pu Wei?"

"Meet her?"

"I need to ask her face to face about what all this is for... It can’t be really just because I am your wife, right? The other party is a professor, they can’t be so childish, nor should they be so... bored, right?"

Su Xiaomeng spoke, with a hint of a chuckle in her tone...

Yin Shixiu looked at Su Xiaomeng’s troubled appearance, his dark eyes deepened. He placed his hand on Su Xiaomeng’s shoulder, leaning his face against hers, murmuring,

"Go to sleep."

"... With all this going on, how can I sleep?" Su Xiaomeng mumbled, feeling truly wronged.

"You should obviously be able to sleep. A clear conscience fears no shadow, the one unable to sleep should be someone else."

Yin Shixiu spoke in a light, buoyant tone, a bit... ominous, with a hint of danger.

Su Xiaomeng turned her head to look at Yin Shixiu. His expression at that moment was truly a bit daunting, causing her to stammer worriedly, "You..."

Before she finished speaking, Yin Shixiu slightly tilted his head, gently brushing her lips, smiling tenderly,

"Be good, go to sleep. Everything will be fine when you wake up."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng still fixed her gaze on him, countless doubts in her heart, but also a strangely comforting reassurance.

After all... her husband was Yin Shixiu. Despite being together for so long, except for the occasional playful teasing by him, he truly never allowed outsiders to bully her.

He said it would get better; even if it was just a comforting line, she believed there would be a turning point, and everything would improve.

Thinking this way, the tension inside her relaxed, and feeling at ease, she was indeed beginning to feel a bit fatigued and sleepy.

"Then... I’ll go to sleep, what about you? It’s nine o’clock."

"You go to sleep first, I’ll wait a while, there’s still some paperwork I haven’t finished reviewing."

"... Okay, then finish your work and come back to sleep, I’ll go check on the twins first."

After saying goodbye to Yin Shixiu, Su Xiaomeng left the study.

As the door closed, Yin Shixiu leaned on the chair. Although the room’s lighting wasn’t sufficient, the tall lamp beside the desk was very bright. Yin Shixiu’s gaze at the computer screen was ominous and terrifying.

This was a look he had never displayed before Su Xiaomeng, the suppressed rage in his heart sedimenting, truly emitting an overwhelming murderous aura.

Yin Shixiu picked up the phone on the desk and dialed Chen Lan, saying, "Send me Pu Wei’s contact information by text."

"President Yin? Isn’t the matter resolved yet?"

"Enough chatter, I demand you send the contact information to my phone within a minute."

After speaking, Yin Shixiu hung up the phone, and on the other end, Chen Lan had already sent the contact information to him. The efficiency was indeed commendable.

Yin Shixiu stared coldly at the string of numbers...

He dialed the number, and after seven or eight rings, it was finally picked up, followed by a faint, somewhat lazy voice,

"Yin Shixiu, I thought you’d never voluntarily call me in this lifetime..."

"..."

"It seems you really love your wife. The post has only been up for over an hour, and you’re impatiently calling me already, wanting me to relent?"

"Pu Wei, I’m calling to tell you that those who play with fire will perish by it."