Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 511 - 386: A Promotion Is a Good Thing

Due to the excitement of the two kids hopping around first thing in the morning over the "presents from Santa," the whole family woke up early.

Yin Shixiu helped Shuangshuang and Huang Huang wash up and get dressed, while Su Xiaomeng went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

By the time Xiao Meng finished making breakfast, Shuangshuang and Huang Huang had already climbed onto the dining table.

After washing up, Xiao Meng came out to find Shuangshuang and Huang Huang sitting primly at the table, but along with them were the two red socks used to hold their presents.

"Why did you bring the candy to the dining table? Take it back to your room."

Xiao Meng said.

Shuangshuang shook her head, "I don’t want to leave it."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng was a bit flustered.

Looking at Prince Huang, he had already dumped out the candy from his sock and was counting it, one by one, like precious treasures.

"One, two... three... eight..."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng was speechless; even to this day, he couldn’t count!

"Wuwu... three... four... five..."

After counting to eight, Prince Huang felt he had made a mistake and immediately started over.

Yin Shixiu chuckled lightly, neither stopping him nor intervening.

Su Xiaomeng sighed, putting some egg drop porridge in small bowls for the two, and poured milk.

Seeing Prince Huang counting candies, Shuangshuang quickly dumped out her candies too...

Shuangshuang wasn’t as good at counting as Prince Huang; she hadn’t even managed to count all her fingers.

But Shuangshuang was smart; she followed her brother’s lead, counting one whenever he did!

The two little rascals already had a basic understanding of numbers; though not too sensitive, they had a sharp sense of more and less.

And so, the tragedy began...

Shuangshuang found that her brother’s sock had two more candies than hers!

She had finished counting, but her brother still had two more...

Neither Su Xiaomeng nor Yin Shixiu paid attention; each had grabbed a handful and never considered the count!

"Ah! I, I... I’m short..."

Shuangshuang looked at Su Xiaomeng, panic on her face, her big eyes full of grievance.

Su Xiaomeng knew Shuangshuang could be a bit particular, and quickly thought of how to smooth over this issue...

"Why, why is it?"

Shuangshuang looked at Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu, confusion growing on her face, her expression growing more and more distressed.

Why give her brother two extra candies? Was Shuangshuang not good?

Su Xiaomeng interpreted this meaning from Shuangshuang’s expression, her heart softening, blaming herself for not being thorough enough, and just as she was about to offer a comforting explanation...

Prince Huang grabbed the two extra candies and placed them in front of Shuangshuang,

"Brother is giving them to you!"

"..."

After saying this, Prince Huang didn’t care about Shuangshuang’s reaction. He put his own candies back in the sock and carefully placed it aside.

Picking up his spoon, he started eating with cool composure.

Seeing her brother gave her the candies, Shuangshuang’s grievance vanished, replaced immediately by a smile, cheeks rosy as she said,

"Thank you, brother!"

She then mimicked her brother by putting the candies back in the sock and started shaking her head cheerfully!

Seeing her brother eating, she obediently began eating too, taking a bite whenever he did, then glancing over at him with an infatuated smile after each bite!

Prince Huang’s little face remained expressionless.

As if he had done the most natural thing in the world.

Watching this unfold, Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu at the table felt a sense of comfort.

The two little troublemakers were only two and a half years old...

But at least Prince Huang already had a subconscious understanding of being an older brother who should take care of and prioritize his sister.

Su Xiaomeng couldn’t really claim that it was their good parenting, because with sibling relationships, one never knows exactly how to teach; it always just happens naturally...

After breakfast, Xiao Meng cleaned up the table.

Yin Shixiu leaned against the sofa, using his phone, with the TV on.

Shuangshuang and Huang Huang ran and hid around the sofa, playing some sort of game, not stopping for a moment.

Xiao Meng snuggled up to Yin Shixiu, noticing he was watching the news, and couldn’t help stretching her neck...

"The domestic news?"

"... Yeah."

Xiao Meng took another glance or two, then saw the name Yin Shiqing.

It was a headline of the Chinese media.

The domestic political scene had been turbulent since the second half of the year, even before they came to London.

Xiao Meng knew Yin Shiqing seemed to be rising to power, and even her grandfather had discussed it.

As for the outcome...

"That’s impressive..."

Xiao Meng mumbled while looking at the news headline, not with admiration for Yin Shiqing, but with a sense of foreboding...

"Indeed, the big brother has always been impressive."

In contrast, Yin Shixiu’s tone carried a bit more praise and admiration.

Xiao Meng wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about the structure of state government institutions; most ordinary people didn’t really notice any particularly clear changes...

But even with her limited understanding, she knew that Yin Shiqing’s current status...

He hardly had anyone above him anymore.

Su Xiaomeng bit her lip.

Yin Shixiu turned his head, seeing her serious face, couldn’t help but chuckle lightly,

"Why the face? The big brother’s promotion is a good thing, isn’t it?"

"..."

"The Yin Family has expanded its influence again."

"Yin Family’s influence... but it’s not your influence, is it..."

Su Xiaomeng muttered.

Yin Shixiu was taken aback by what she said.

"Isn’t he trying to compete with you for being the family head... Now his power has increased, and in the future..."

"Xiao Meng, this isn’t a one-man war."

"..."

Su Xiaomeng was confused for a moment.

"No matter how formidable he is, it’s just him alone. No matter how ruthless his methods, he’s still under the banner of being a state official. That’s power, but also a limitation."

Yin Shixiu realized Su Xiaomeng wasn’t entirely indifferent to the Yin Shiqing family, so he simply put an arm around her shoulders and explained more,

"Everyone has troubles, and just because Yin Shiqing is having smooth sailing in the political arena doesn’t mean the same for his son."

Saying this, Yin Shixiu pulled up a piece of news from a few days ago... or rather, a scandal.

"Isn’t this Yin Bowen? Who’s the woman next to him?"

The photo wasn’t clear, but it was identifiable as Yin Bowen. As for the elegant woman next to him...

"Not Guo Tong?"

Upon closer inspection, the report boldly mentioned a woman with the last name Chen as an actress.

Su Xiaomeng’s eyes widened and she quickly looked at Yin Shixiu,

"Isn’t this crazy?"

"Isn’t it?"

Yin Shixiu shrugged, "Of course, outwardly he insisted it was just media making things up, claiming the woman was just a cousin."

"But he’s the finance minister of Beijing’s government... Isn’t such a scandal disastrous?"

"Well... it just shows that the big brother’s abilities are really not something ordinary people can match. Even so, he still got promoted!"

Yin Shixiu’s tone was filled with amazement!

Su Xiaomeng quickly gave him a nudge,

"Why do you always seem so admiring of Yin Shiqing!"

"I do admire him."

"..."

"One should be objective. In terms of politics, very few can rival Yin Shiqing."

"..."

The more Su Xiaomeng listened, the more displeased she became, feeling it was boosting others while undermining themselves!

Seeing Xiao Meng was displeased, Yin Shixiu quickly bent down to her lips and said,

"It’s just a pity I have no interest in politics, or else he’d have no place in the spotlight!"

Xiao Meng was amused by him, giving him a shove,

"Do you always compliment yourself like this?"

"Of course I do!"

"You talk too much!"

Yin Shixiu hugged her tightly,

"Don’t worry, Yin Shiqing climbing higher is a good thing. The higher he climbs, the harder he falls. One shouldn’t be greedy for immediate gains. To make someone fall is easy, but ensuring they never get back up requires patience and strategy."

Yin Shixiu’s relaxed tone revealed none of his determination to bring Yin Shiqing down.

Xiao Meng looked up, meeting a pair of smiling eyes.

"You... are dealing with him?"

Xiao Meng used "are," instead of "will."