Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting-Chapter 522 - 397: Arthur Said, You Would Mind

Yin Shixiu was angry with Su Xiaomeng at the moment, but naturally wouldn’t take it out on the kids. He patted Prince Huang’s head,

"Okay."

The bed in the children’s room wasn’t big at all. If Yin Shixiu slept there, he’d probably have to curl up his legs all night.

With her husband’s response, Xiao Meng felt completely stifled. It seemed... she’d really have to endure a lonely night.

Tonight was Lily’s turn to stay over, but upon seeing how the house wasn’t as harmonious and cozy as usual, she immediately wanted to switch shifts with Claire.

However, whatever Lily could think of, Claire had already anticipated, so she slipped away early.

After Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng finished dinner, Lily cleared the tableware and then joined Su Xiaomeng in preparing Shuangshuang and Huang Huang for bed.

Having finished his bath, Prince Huang saw Lily holding a very ordinary little pajama set and immediately shook his head. He didn’t want that.

Lily didn’t know which one he wanted either. Usually, the young master was easy to please and would wear whatever was given to him.

But now he was being picky.

Before Lily could figure out Prince Huang’s meaning and ask, he ran out of the bathroom, stark naked.

Xiao Meng had just dressed Shuangshuang when she bumped into Prince Huang running out naked. She was startled!

"Huang Huang?"

Xiao Meng quickly grabbed a large bath towel and wrapped the little guy in it, afraid he might catch a chill.

Prince Huang hugged his mom’s neck and muttered,

"Long Long..."

Su Xiaomeng laughed, "You want to dress like a little dragon?"

Prince Huang nodded seriously.

The "little dragon" was a plush pajama set she’d bought with Yin Shixiu for him, complete with a dinosaur hat, body, and tail.

Prince Huang adored it but usually couldn’t bear to wear it.

Xiao Meng took it from the wardrobe and helped him put it on.

Once dressed, the usually expressionless Prince Huang put on the dinosaur hat and immediately ran to the living room, causing a commotion!

No one knew what had him so excited.

Shuangshuang also had a cute pink bunny plush pajama set.

But this time, Shuangshuang didn’t follow her brother’s lead; she just held her pillow, stood on the bed, and looked at her mom,

"Dad is sleeping here?"

Xiao Meng hesitantly nodded.

Shuangshuang grinned, hugged Xiao Meng’s neck, "Then mom is Shuangshuang’s!"

"..."

Xiao Meng was stunned for a moment but quickly laughed, patting the little girl’s back,

"Okay, mom is Shuangshuang’s."

So, Xiao Meng carried Shuangshuang back to the bedroom.

She knew Yin Shixiu was busy in the study, but who knew how late he would work...

She paused outside the study door for a moment, and just then, the door opened. Yin Shixiu came out and saw Xiao Meng holding Shuangshuang, heading to the master bedroom. His eyebrows furrowed again.

Xiao Meng took Yin Shixiu’s words at the dinner table seriously and said,

"Tonight, you should go to the children’s room and sleep with Huang Huang... Shuangshuang will sleep with me in the master bedroom."

She thought this arrangement was fair. Otherwise, sleeping alone in the master bedroom would be overwhelmingly lonely and cold.

Yin Shixiu didn’t respond and went straight to the master bedroom.

Xiao Meng felt uncertain and followed him into the master bedroom. Once Shuangshuang was on the big bed, she started bouncing!

As she jumped, she chanted,

"Oh! Sleeping with mom! Dad’s been driven away!"

"..."

Kids speak without filters, kids speak without filters...

Although she thought this, listening to her daughter’s innocent words, Su Xiaomeng’s heart felt colder and colder.

She sneakily glanced at Yin Shixiu, who was holding bedding, his face looking rather grim.

"Shixiu..."

As Yin Shixiu grasped the doorknob, Xiao Meng still called out to him.

"Isn’t the bed in the children’s room too small?"

The implication was actually that he shouldn’t go sleep there!

Yin Shixiu took a deep breath, and as he opened the door just a crack, a little dinosaur squeezed through, holding a small pillow...

"Dad... good night!"

The little dinosaur said, then dashed to the big bed, tossed the pillow, and started climbing!

"Brother!"

Seeing her brother struggling to climb, Shuangshuang reached out to help.

The sibling duo helping each other created such a loving scene that, at that moment, felt piercingly obvious to Yin Shixiu.

Xiao Meng exclaimed in surprise, asking Prince Huang,

"Weren’t you going to sleep with dad?"

Prince Huang blinked, tugging his dinosaur tail and bouncing on the big bed with Shuangshuang!

He completely ignored Su Xiaomeng’s question.

Xiao Meng glanced back at Yin Shixiu... but her husband had already left the room.

For some reason, Xiao Meng imagined her husband feeling utterly dejected... Even though she’d never seen him like that, it was hard to imagine.

She sighed softly.

Watching the siblings bounce and jump on the bed, she wondered whose carefree and non-observant nature they inherited?

After some thought, Xiao Meng decided to blame her father back in Beijing!

That night, Xiao Meng stayed up very late.

The siblings clung to her from both sides, and before sleeping, Prince Huang said something very seriously to Xiao Meng,

"Mom, Long Long will protect you."

After that, he snuggled into her arms. Xiao Meng’s eyes welled up, almost tearing up.

She lowered her head, kissed Prince Huang, then kissed Shuangshuang.

Perhaps the two of them... indeed needed some time to cool off.

He had his opinions, and she had her stance, so it wasn’t fair to expect her partner to completely agree with her in every way.

Xiao Meng opened her mind; she believed her husband, who was wiser and more mature than anyone, would understand things clearly.

After Shuangshuang and Huang Huang fell asleep, Xiao Meng secretly played with her phone for a while, browsing the campus forum.

Shen Dawei’s issue, just like at the beginning of the semester, was pinned to the top of the forum, with the number of views, replies, and discussions continuously increasing.

Due to Shen Dawei’s situation, her name was also mentioned...

But this time, as a victim...

On the internet, there were still more people attacking Shen Dawei. Xiao Meng flipped through a few pages, thought about it, and still decided to write something to post online.

Everyone has times when they’re feeling down and distressed. We are all classmates, so let’s show a bit more kindness.

A sentence that could easily be drowned in the crowd’s ridicule suddenly got highlighted.

Xiao Meng saw the username and smiled lightly; it was Qin Hui.

Later that night, the school posted a message, and after reading it, Xiao Meng felt relieved.

Clearly, the school had also issued a review, with more words of comfort directed at Shen Dawei.

Xiao Meng hadn’t expected the school to so openly take responsibility.

She thought most schools would try to distance themselves in such situations, best shifting the blame onto the student’s poor emotional regulation.

Xiao Meng speculated whether Cherry played a role, so she sent a message to Cherry, but never received a reply.

Instead, Qin Hui, after seeing Su Xiaomeng’s post on the forum, immediately DM-ed her on Twitter...

Qin Hui mentioned two things. The first was that she had caught Eric.

Though Xiao Meng had known from the start that Qin Hui liked Eric and was pursuing him, she was still a bit surprised when Xiao Hui actually caught him.

This was really fast!

Immersed in the bliss of romance, Qin Hui totally ignored the fact that Su Xiaomeng was struggling with marital discord and finding it hard to sleep.

She rambled on, sharing every little detail about getting together with Eric with Xiao Meng.

Xiao Meng congratulated them.

But she really wanted to share this with Yin Shixiu...

The second thing...

The school’s reason for assigning blame to itself in the post was Eric’s suggestion.

Xiao Meng hadn’t expected Eric to be so kind-hearted...

So while chatting with Qin Hui, she also messaged Eric, congratulating him on finding a great girl.

She also expressed her admiration and appreciation for Eric’s wise decision!

"Aren’t you just trying to take advantage and sell the watermelon?"

Unexpectedly, Eric replied to her like this.

"Dot dot dot dot dot dot dot!"

"Arthur called me and told me to handle it this way, saying you’d care... Do you think I’d disregard the school’s reputation for a teen boy? You know how much persuasion it took for me to get the school board to agree to that post! By the way... What’s your relationship with that guy? Why do you care about his fate?"

"..."

Xiao Meng’s heart tightened. She stared at the phone screen as her vision slowly blurred.