Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 495 - 371: Maybe Eric’s Type

Cherry listened to what she said, and was dumbfounded for a moment.

Xiao Meng misunderstood, thinking that Cherry thought she was blindly arrogant, and hurriedly said, "I know it’s not that easy to get into A class, but I’m working hard! Just like you said, making efforts beyond what ordinary people can imagine!"

"No, no, I didn’t mean you can’t get into A class. Actually, I wanted to say that... Dick is better than me."

"Ah?"

"My teaching ability is actually just average, I can’t compare to Dick."

"How is that possible!"

"Trust me, as long as you’re willing to learn from Dick properly and take his scolding as a form of concern, you’ll find that often mixed within the scolding are points directed at your weaknesses."

"..."

"Don’t always avoid him. Instead of avoiding him, it’s better to proactively communicate, ask when you don’t understand, and sometimes being a bit thick-skinned can be better."

Xiao Meng swallowed nervously, looking at Cherry...

"Don’t look at me like that, I’m definitely not setting you up."

"But I just feel like you are setting me up..."

"I haven’t worked with Dick for long, but in terms of students, he’s always meticulous."

"..."

Xiao Meng still found it hard to be convinced by Cherry.

Cherry wasn’t eager to have Su Xiaomeng convinced, just smiled with a look of "you’ll know once you try".

After eating, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were a bit sleepy and didn’t want to walk, so they lay back in their strollers.

Xiao Meng didn’t forget her main task, but seeing the kids were sleepy, she didn’t want to tire them out either.

Cherry noticed that Su Xiaomeng seemed to want to buy something but hesitated to speak...

It wasn’t hard to guess; coming out to shop near Christmas was nothing more than buying Christmas gifts for loved ones.

This woman’s thoughts were written all over her face. Even people who weren’t familiar with her could easily see through her intentions.

"I’m a bit tired from walking. I want to take a break. Do you still need to buy something?"

"Are you tired?"

Xiao Meng invited Cherry out to help her choose a Christmas gift for Yin Shixiu, but now, Xiao Meng changed her mind.

She still wanted to choose one herself for Yin Shixiu, a gift that could represent her feelings.

"Well, a bit. Otherwise, I’ll stay here with Claire and Lily to take care of the kids, and you can go shopping?"

"Hmm... okay, that’s better."

Xiao Meng checked the time, "I’ll be done within an hour."

"No need to rush."

Claire and Lily were skillful in taking care of the siblings, so Xiao Meng felt at ease and went upstairs to wander around.

The wide array of products left people overwhelmed. When Xiao Meng returned with several shopping bags, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were still sleeping.

"What did you buy?"

"A bunch... hehe."

Xiao Meng chuckled dryly. Cherry glanced at the PRADA shopping bag but didn’t inquire further.

After a day of shopping, the group drove back home.

Before parting, Xiao Meng handed Cherry a shopping bag,

"This is for you, you must accept it. I tried it, and it’s the same fragrance as your perfume, right? Chanel No. 7."

"..."

Cherry didn’t expect Su Xiaomeng to be so attentive, considering she seemed like such a careless person.

The Lafite at lunch was already quite valuable, she knew it was within Xiao Meng’s budget, so she didn’t hold back.

Who knew...

Xiao Meng stuffed the perfume into Cherry’s arms and pushed the kids out of the elevator.

Cherry returned home, turned on the light... the world was once again silent and empty.

A sense of fatigue pressed down from above, weighing on her shoulders painfully.

She sat down, placing the perfume casually on the coffee table.

Her mind recalled that saying...

I know you’re a genius. I want to be a translator like you. When others talk about you... they’ll think you deserve all the best and finest in this world...

The meaning of those words...

Heh, it seems you have a decent self-awareness, knowing that you actually don’t deserve Yin Shixiu.

"Su Xiaomeng... the best and the finest one... if I were to snatch it from your hands, what expression would you have?"

Leaning back on the sofa, head tilted up, the light above made her dizzy.

Raising a hand, she covered her eyes...

As soon as she closed her eyes, that metal ring with a metallic luster reappeared...

She took the ring out of her bag and placed it on the coffee table, just staring at it for a long time...

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On the fifth day of Yin Shixiu’s business trip, Xiao Meng truly began feeling lonely.

Especially since their time zones didn’t align, even video chats always ended promptly.

Oh no, I can’t live without him more and more.

On the sixth day of Yin Shixiu’s business trip, it was Monday, and Xiao Meng went to school as usual.

After finishing this week, next week would be Christmas; according to Bath’s usual practice, there would be a three-week holiday for Christmas.

Xiao Meng was counting the days for her husband to come home, but unfortunately, there were still three days, no matter how anxious.

Monday morning was a big class; Qin Hui had already saved a seat for Xiao Meng, and the two sat together.

Quickly, Xiao Meng noticed that Qin Hui seemed off during class, looking quite melancholic and moody.

When asked about it, Qin Hui couldn’t hide her thoughts and honestly told Su Xiaomeng...

"I saw Eric this morning... right at the office building entrance. He had a fight with a ’Mediterranean’, and I overheard from a distance that a school research project lost funding."

"... So?"

"He’s in a bad mood..."

"..."

"He’s in a bad mood, so of course, I’m in a bad mood too..."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng was tongue-tied, not knowing how to comfort her because women in love often have no logic to follow.

After class, Xiao Meng wanted to have lunch, but as soon as she turned around, Qin Hui was nowhere to be seen!

She sent a text message but didn’t receive a reply for a long time.

The rest of the day passed without seeing Qin Hui again.

The next day, when Qin Hui appeared again, this girl was sporting panda eyes, still looking listless.

From afar, she looked like she had lost her soul.

"Where did you go later yesterday?"

Su Xiaomeng greeted her, and Qin Hui glanced at her, dragged her hand, and walked side by side, saying weakly,

"I went to follow Eric..."

"..."

"Didn’t track down Eric, but did hear some other news. The failed project was something Eric had been preparing for three years... Everyone said Eric was in a very bad mood..."

"Xiao Hui, this... has nothing to do with you, you can’t focus too much on Eric."

"I don’t want to either... but... just thinking about how he must be particularly down right now, I can’t lift my spirits..."

"..."

"Actually, I know I can’t help much. Even if I see him, I wouldn’t know what comforting words to say, but I..."

Qin Hui grasped Su Xiaomeng’s hand earnestly and said,

"How can people be so strange? This feeling like I’m bewitched even though I feel like I haven’t liked him for long?"

Xiao Meng looked at Qin Hui’s naive and silly expression...

Suddenly recalled what Eric had said before, "Xiao Meng, why don’t you introduce me to someone, a cute and well-behaved one."

Come to think of it, Qin Hui should be Eric’s type!

"Xiao Meng, you’re smart, tell me, is there a way to make people happy?"

"This..."

Xiao Meng thought for a while, "There might just be a way!"

Qin Hui’s panda eyes brightened all of a sudden!

Xiao Meng glanced at the time, then said,

"I don’t have class second period, come to A Building then!"

"Okay!"

So, during the first big class, Qin Hui kept waiting for the bell to ring for the end of class, but it just so happened that this class was substituted by Dick. Qin Hui, who kept daydreaming, was glanced at several times.

As soon as the bell rang, Qin Hui rushed to A Building, to the classroom Xiao Meng mentioned.

As soon as she entered, she heard a super upbeat tune, particularly rhythmic...

A closer look revealed Xiao Meng learning to dance from a video on the phone atop the podium...

"Da-da, da-da-da-da, mwah, whew... Fly-fly! Oh yeah yeah!"

That someone, dancing wildly, wiggling her butt, pouting her little mouth, sometimes baring big bunny teeth, and sometimes lazily shrugging like a cat!

Ridiculously cute!