Chapter 1088: 721: Some Cherish You, Some Spur You On; Some Care, Some Inspire (8,000 Words)

But at this moment...Su Xiaomeng’s heart was indeed touched by these words.

She heard her grandfather’s worry, his hope, his best wishes.

Actually, it’s really strange...

Her parents and grandfather never required her to do anything, to take on anything, or to become any particular person.

Instead, it was her husband, and the elders of the Yin Family, who invisibly pressured her to do, to take on, to become a better person.

It’s not about comparing the two sides.

It’s just that when she thinks about it, she feels incredibly lucky.

There’s someone who loves her, someone who pushes her, someone who cares, someone who motivates her...

"Grandfather, don’t worry!"

Su Xiaomeng tightly held Bai Fengmao’s hand and smiled,

"Your granddaughter is very smart! Anyway, in the future, Yin Shixiu can do the tiring things, and I’ll just pick the easy ones. He can earn the money, and I’ll learn to spend it! How about that?"

"That’s right!"

Bai Fengmao patted Su Xiaomeng’s shoulder.

Yin Shixiu was listening nearby, feeling both helpless and despairing about the mix of jokes and genuine talk between the grandparents.

The rich aroma of chicken soup wafted in...

The old servant called everyone to eat!

Shuangshuang saw the old hen soup being served and immediately said to Su Xiaomeng,

"Mom! I promised Ah Bu that I’d give it a chicken leg!"

Su Xiaomeng hesitated for a moment, then seriously said to Shuangshuang,

"Shuangshuang, look, there are only two chicken legs, right?"

"...Yes."

"Great-grandfather can’t eat anything too greasy, so the two chicken legs will go to you and your brother, one each."

"...Yes."

Shuangshuang nodded again but seemed a bit hesitant...

"You can give the chicken leg to Ah Bu, but then you won’t have one yourself."

"..."

Shuangshuang didn’t nod anymore.

Ah Bu was still lying there, resting, his eyes heavy... but watching Little Shuangshuang.

"So... can you decide?"

Su Xiaomeng patted Shuangshuang’s head.

Shuangshuang was really in a bit of a dilemma; this little girl did quite like eating chicken legs...

Su Xiaomeng continued serving the chicken soup... distributing the chicken meat.

Shuangshuang squatted down, patted Ah Bu’s head,

"Bubu... do you really, really, really want to eat?"

"..."

Ah Bu just tilted his head.

Watery eyes looked at Shuangshuang.

Perhaps from the exhaustion of chasing the chicken with Mr. Bai earlier, he was still panting.

"Bubu... you don’t want to eat, right?"

Bubu tilted his head again.

Shuangshuang pursed her lips tightly, her face showing her dilemma...

"Yes, I know!"

Shuangshuang stood up, seriously looked at Su Xiaomeng,

"Mom, Bubu says he wants to eat!"

"Well... then you won’t have one!"

"Well, then..."

Shuangshuang was still a bit reluctant, stammered for quite a while before asking,

"Can I eat other meat?"

"Of course you can!"

"Okay, then the chicken leg goes to Bubu! Bubu looks so tired..."

Shuangshuang muttered.

These words caught Bai Fengmao’s attention, as he lowered his aged eyes to look at the "old friend" he had lived with for over a decade...

As if they were connected at heart, Ah Bu also looked up at Bai Fengmao...

Bai Fengmao stood up, walked over to Ah Bu, and squatted down,

"Old buddy... what’s wrong with you?"

Ah Bu only moved his head, opened his mouth and let out a "whimper."

No longer had the energy of the morning to jump up and catch the chicken.

"Ah Bu... surely it’s not..."

Su Xiaomeng had never raised a dog herself, but her grandparents had.

The average lifespan of dogs is just a little over ten years...

Ah Bu has lived quite a long life.

Su Xiaomeng hadn’t finished her sentence when she saw tears fall from her grandfather’s eyes.

She was stunned into stopping all her actions, her hand holding a freshly torn chicken leg that just fell into the dish.

Shuangshuang climbed onto a chair, picked up the dish, placed the chicken leg next to Ah Bu, and squatted her child-like body, patting Ah Bu’s head again,

"Bubu, are you hungry? A bit of meat should be fine!"

Ah Bu’s gaze fell on the chicken leg, sniffed it with his nose, but didn’t move to lick or eat it, just looked at Shuangshuang.

Su Xiaomeng wondered if she was just being too sensitive.

She just felt that Ah Bu’s gaze towards Shuangshuang was really tender... as if saying thank you.

Bai Fengmao stood up,

"Alright, let’s eat. He’s just tired, it’s been happening often recently, can’t help it, he’s getting old..."

With that, he took Shuangshuang to wash her hands before returning to the table for the meal.

Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu exchanged glances...

Both felt a bit uneasy in their hearts.

After lunch, Bai Fengmao asked Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng about their future plans.

Su Xiaomeng informed him truthfully.

Yin Shixiu would go to Munich for treatment; she would take Shuangshuang and Huang Huang to the United Kingdom. The transfer procedures for Shuangshuang and Huang Huang would be done tomorrow, and Eric was helping with contacting kindergartens over there.

As for herself, she planned to return to the University of Bath to further her studies.

Finally determined to learn translation, she couldn’t leave it halfway.

Bai Fengmao pondered for a moment,

"So this year’s Spring Festival... you don’t plan to come back for it?"

"Not necessarily, we’ll see how Shixiu’s treatment goes then."

Bai Fengmao nodded.

After lunch, he didn’t keep them longer, only reminding them to be careful on their way back.

The chicken leg that Ah Bu ate a bit of was still unfinished.

When Bai Fengmao was seeing Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu off, Ah Bu also got up, following Bai Fengmao’s feet, walking unsteadily.

Once the car disappeared around the bend in the mountain.

Bai Fengmao turned around, gently rubbed Ah Bu’s head,

"Let’s go back inside."

Ah Bu leaned against Bai Fengmao’s hand, walked a couple more steps, then collapsed, lying on the ground, refusing to get up.

Bai Fengmao squatted down, stroked Old Ah Bu,

"I was wondering, exhausted a few days ago, how come you had energy to help me catch chickens today... is it the last glimmer before sunset?"

"Huff... huff..."

Ah Bu simply lay there breathing, eyes wandering.

Bai Fengmao took out his phone and made a call.

Shortly after, the call connected.

"Dad...?"

Bai Fengmao, holding back tears, said,

"Little Si’er... come and say goodbye to Old Ah Bu..."

On the other end, Bai Sixian’s heart was suddenly gripped, hastily saying,

"I’m on my way."

"..."

The year Little Bubu left, she didn’t say goodbye, but when Old Ah Bu leaves, she should come to say goodbye.

..............

The decision-making authority over the Yin Group’s affairs has largely returned to Yin Shixiu.

As long as Yin Shixiu is around, the senior management’s operation seems to be organized, following the rules, even if Yin Shixiu doesn’t show up, having Chen Lan and others there, the board is reassured.

Any series of problems that might arise after the acquisition of the Rong Family can be coordinated by Chen Lan and Wu Yao.

The transfer procedures for Shuangshuang and Huang Huang have been arranged fairly smoothly.

Eric got Shuangshuang and Huang Huang admission to two British Royal Kindergartens, really relying on a genuine relative of Eric.

Since the kidnapping incident, Su Xiaomeng hadn’t planned to let the two little ones go to kindergarten.

No one expected Shuangshuang to be quite stubborn, not only did she not retain any psychological shadow, she even treated the vicious criminals’ kidnapping of herself as a heroic feat to brag about to her classmates.

With Shuangshuang’s personality of liking to boast and brag, Su Xiaomeng was partly happy and partly worried.

Shuangshuang bragged merrily, but her peers weren’t all buying it.

Some listened seriously, and then asked Shuangshuang,

"What cartoon is this?"

"..."

After that, Shuangshuang no longer paid attention to that boy.

The closest playmate to Shuangshuang is still Ma Siyuan.

Only Ma Siyuan knows that everything Shuangshuang said is true...

Su Xiaomeng always felt that Shuangshuang thought about going to kindergarten every day, largely because there’s Ma Siyuan there willing to listen to her bragging.