Chapter 822: Chapter 616: Scared to Death (Sweet!)

Today is the twenty-third.

She... flew last night...

Su Xiaomeng casually tied her long hair with a hairband at the nape of her neck.

Wearing a plain-colored dress with lace embellishments at the neckline and cuffs, she had an apron tied around her waist, resembling a woman from a 15th-16th century British manor.

The apron wasn’t even off when she heard them arrive, quickly darting out of the kitchen with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.

A bouquet with blue roses and two lilies, complemented by babysbreath, very beautiful indeed.

She bounced in front of him, calling out, and the flowers naturally extended towards him,

"Happy?"

Su Xiaomeng squinted at him with a smile, shaking her head with a proud look.

"Flew ten hours over. After a meal, I’ll ’zoom’ back again! How’s that? Am I boyfriend power max?"

Yin Shixiu stared at her, his expression as if he didn’t recognize the "crazy" woman in front of him.

Su Xiaomeng’s cheeky and playful demeanor was anything but stable.

Eric nearly laughed himself silly hearing Su Xiaomeng’s opening line!

Boyfriend power max?!

Indeed...

It was the first time he saw a woman giving flowers to a man...

Su Xiaomeng maintained her proud look, but probably only Yin Shixiu couldn’t see the pride and happiness; all he saw was the obvious exhaustion on her face.

"Hey..."

Seeing Yin Shixiu’s expressionless gaze, Su Xiaomeng’s enthusiasm deflated, feeling a bit disheartened,

"Why aren’t you saying anything? Are you moved to silence?"

As she spoke, Su Xiaomeng even waved her hand in front of his eyes, as if trying to snap him back to attention.

Yin Shixiu indeed had a cold expression on his face, seeing her like this... his heart ached.

"Did you come all this way just to give me flowers?"

"No."

Su Xiaomeng replied seriously.

"And what else—"

"To make you a special patient meal with love! Hehe! And I’m going to dance for you too!"

Just as Yin Shixiu was about to ask, Su Xiaomeng quickly answered him, and after saying it so cheerfully, his face turned even darker.

Eric, who thought Yin Shixiu would be touched, was surprised to see his reaction was calm and seemed rather annoyed.

"Xiaomeng, you’re looking slimmer—"

"Oh no! It’s burning!"

Yin Shixiu was naturally moved, but his irritation outweighed it, about to scold her for exhausting herself over an insignificant birthday in his view.

Before he could finish, Su Xiaomeng sniffed the air and hurriedly shoved the bouquet into Yin Shixiu’s arms, running off to the kitchen.

Yin Shixiu looked at the blue roses and lilies in his arms...

Fragrant and not like market-bought flowers soaked in chemicals, these flowers...

"She picked them herself from the garden, crafted the bouquet herself, it’s really quite exquisite, truly worthy of a flower gardener’s daughter. Haha."

Eric promptly commented, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

Su Xiaomeng rushed into the kitchen, clearly the dish cooking was very important.

Yin Shixiu’s rebuke had no target left, and Eric’s words shifted his focus,

"You just let her run wild like this?!"

"I swear! She only called me about this after arriving in London!"

Eric patted his chest defensively, as if proving his sincerity.

Yin Shixiu glared at him and saw a small cake on the table...

Several light and delicately presented dishes were already served on the table.

"She called it medicinal cuisine, checked with your doctor first, and ensured it was good for you before putting in all this effort."

Eric couldn’t help but speak for Su Xiaomeng, considering she was such an ideal wife, where could another be found?

"Make way, make way! The main attraction is coming!"

Su Xiaomeng carried out a pot of aromatic soup.

"Eric, help with the table mat."

"Oh, oh!"

Eric hurriedly placed the table mat, allowing the pot to be set down,

"Smells good, right?"

Su Xiaomeng set down the pot and looked to Yin Shixiu for praise, hands on her hips.

Yin Shixiu looked at the table full of dishes and her radiant demeanor, unable to criticize her for anything...

Holding her hand,

"Thank you for your hard work."

Su Xiaomeng didn’t quite catch Yin Shixiu’s displeasure, hearing him say this, instinctively felt assured he had been pleasantly surprised by her surprise!

Her pride swelled even further.

Doing all this was just to make him happy.

"It was no trouble at all, come on, call me hubby."

"..."

Yin Shixiu looked at Su Xiaomeng, seeing her bright eyes staring right at him, seemingly genuinely expecting him to call her hubby...

Eric was slightly agape.

First it was "boyfriend power max" and now daring enough to ask Yin Shixiu to call her..."hubby"?

Oh wow...

Su Xiaomeng was indeed quite a character.

Inspired, Eric was curious to see if Yin Shixiu might actually call her "hubby".

Yin Shixiu met Su Xiaomeng’s gaze and gently chuckled,

"Come on, call me hubby."

"I meant you call me hubby."

"Exactly, you call me hubby."

Yin Shixiu’s smile remained gentle, in terms of patience, few could rival Yin Shixiu.

Eric figured asking Yin Shixiu to call Su Xiaomeng "hubby" was unlikely.

Su Xiaomeng pouted, aware of Yin Shixiu’s reluctance to lose face as a man,

"Such a spoilsport."

Su Xiaomeng finished and pushed the wheelchair to her side, then told Eric,

"Take a seat, since I still need to catch a flight later, let’s have dinner early."

After Eric sat down, staring at the seven or eight exquisite dishes, he was visibly envious,

"Xiaomeng’s skills are getting better and better."

Su Xiaomeng smiled, picked some vegetables into Yin Shixiu’s plate,

"Did Eric take you out? Your doctor didn’t object, right?"

Yin Shixiu glanced at her,

"With someone like you as my supporter, the doctor wouldn’t have much to say?"

Su Xiaomeng chuckled,

"Eat more, did you finish watching the video I sent yesterday? Wasn’t it moving?"

Eric eagerly commented,

"Moved to tears dilly-dallying down, right?"

"Wow, really?"

Su Xiaomeng looked at Yin Shixiu in surprise, clearly finding it hard to believe.

Yin Shixiu lifted his eyes and glared at Eric.

Eric chuckled privately.

Su Xiaomeng shrugged, "Feeling touched is expected. I sent it to you to know, no matter the surgery risks, or difficult rehabilitation ahead, you have to face it." 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"..."

"You’ve seen Shuangshuang and Huang Huang, the siblings are upset every time they mention you, especially ’Prince Huang’, he calls you in his dreams at night."

Eric’s mood sank hearing Su Xiaomeng, let alone Yin Shixiu himself.

Su Xiaomeng spoke intentionally,

"Even I knew circumstances left no choice, but... it was truly the worst possible decision."

Yin Shixiu pursed his lips, he knew it was a poor choice.

"The worst part is, even when you were conscious, you didn’t think to inform me... Shixiu, now you’ve improved a bit, I thought to give you a political lesson."

Su Xiaomeng put down her chopsticks, turned her chair facing directly towards Yin Shixiu.

Yin Shixiu sighed, hearing her words...

"I’m really quite angry with you!"

"I know."

"If Eric, that hasty fool, hadn’t been deceived by domestic news, when exactly would I have found out you weren’t dead?"

Hasty... fool?

Eric blinked, was she talking about him?

"I’m telling you, now my worth has skyrocketed, there are plenty of men chasing me, what if I have a moment of weakness and just run off with another man? Would you be afraid? Huh?"

"Afraid."

"..."

"Terrified."

Yin Shixiu looked at her, seriously.