Chapter 1249 - 833: The Only Clear-headed, Discerning Member of the Pu Family (Part 5)

Su Xiaomeng looked at Pu Yang with a soft little laugh...

Pu Yang blinked, a bit dazed as she looked at Su Xiaomeng.

"I used to think everyone in the Pu Family was unreasonable, abusing their connections and even insulting the title of professor. Now it seems... at least there’s one person whose values are upright and who can tell right from wrong."

"..."

"You really don’t plan on going after my sister anymore?"

"The plagiarism incident with the paper has already been handled by the education authorities. As a teacher, your sister really isn’t qualified. And this time, she’s already suffering the consequences of her own actions. The only thing I hope for is that your Pu Family can issue a statement—even if it says it was all just a misunderstanding, or that Pu Wei fell by accident on her own. Just don’t let my husband take the blame for this."

Su Xiaomeng said to Pu Yang.

From what had just been said back in the ward between Pu Yang and Pu Wei, Xiao Meng felt that at least Pu Yang’s values were fairly upright and her head was quite clear.

She didn’t have a bad impression of her, besides...

Pu Yang was Xiao Yan’s fiancée, which meant she was Xiao Xiaoang’s future mother.

Just for the sake of that little kid Xiao Xiaoang, whom she was really fond of, she ought to let things go where she could.

"Do you think this... is okay?"

Su Xiaomeng asked. Even though she had a good impression of Pu Yang, that didn’t mean she could be one hundred percent certain Pu Yang would be willing to accept these terms. After all... she seemed to be the only normal one in the Pu Family.

Pu Yang looked at Su Xiaomeng, her eyes wide open, staring at her for a long while. Slowly, her lips curved, and she muttered, "My sister really is very stupid..."

"Isn’t she."

Pu Yang shook her head, a trace of respect in her eyes as she looked at Su Xiaomeng.

"I call her stupid because she never reflects on herself. She’s never truly tried to understand you either. As she gets older, all the frustration and depression in her heart just keeps piling up, turning into jealousy and anger that erupts on you. I’m apologizing to you on behalf of my family."

Pu Yang spoke sincerely. Su Xiaomeng had no reason not to accept this apology. Of course, if these words were coming out of Pu Wei’s mouth, then Su Xiaomeng would definitely have to question how much that apology was really worth.

If things could be settled peacefully, she would absolutely never choose a "war" approach.

"Okay. I accept."

After Su Xiaomeng spoke, her brows and eyes curved slightly, and she and Pu Yang exchanged a smile.

"Actually, I’m really ashamed. Ever since I found out my sister plagiarized your paper... this past week or so I’ve been weighed down with worry. She’s my sister, and my parents are furious that she was so muddle‑headed as to do something like this, but in our family... we protect our own. We side with family over reason. It totally doesn’t sound like something you’d hear from a family full of ’professors’ and intellectuals, does it..."

Xiao Meng nodded. "Not at all."

"But that’s exactly how my family is..."

"..." From Pu Yang’s words, Su Xiaomeng could hear a faint helplessness.

"We met at the Children’s Art Center. Xiao Yan told me you stood up for Xiao Ang, so I’ve always remembered that. After what happened yesterday, both Xiao Yan and I felt really awful. Xiao Yan is a especially straightforward, honest person, but my parents are... much more smooth."

"So you’re saying that at the beginning, when Xiao Yan wouldn’t tell me about the wound on your sister’s head, it was because your parents had talked to him?"

"Either way, Xiao Yan definitely wanted to help my sister as much as he could... otherwise, getting past my parents really wouldn’t be easy."

When Pu Yang said this, it made Su Xiaomeng think of last night, when she went to Xiao Yan’s office and saw Pu Jin storming out, while Xiao Yan’s office was in complete disarray.

Thinking about it that way, Su Xiaomeng felt she’d figured it out. It seemed that after that, the reason Xiao Yan refused to tell the truth did have some basis.

"If my sister hadn’t done all this and put both of us in such an awkward position, then... if I had had the chance to get to know you, I would definitely have wanted to be friends with you."

Pu Yang said. There was a particular firmness in her voice, and when Su Xiaomeng looked at her face, she felt that beneath the delicacy there was also a hint of boldness.

Su Xiaomeng was subtly moved inside...

By nature she was an optimistic and warm person. She liked making friends, especially with people she had a good feeling about—those with personality, who shared her outlook and values.

"So... what you mean now is... you don’t want to be friends with me anymore?"

When Su Xiaomeng asked that, it clearly showed her grievance. Pu Yang’s eyes lit up, and she suddenly reached out her hand toward Su Xiaomeng. "I do! A hundred times yes!"

"..."

Su Xiaomeng took her hand. This was the hand of a doctor who saves lives.

Whether it was the plagiarism or the controversy surrounding Shixiu, those bad things had now turned a page. The fact that she could gain a friend she felt at ease with meant these past days hadn’t been tossed around in vain.

In that moment, Su Xiaomeng forgot that she was no longer that ordinary university student born in Chengdu to regular, unremarkable parents... She was now the matriarch of the Yin Family, the president’s wife of the Yin Group. Friends... weren’t something you could make so easily anymore.

"What are you guys doing?" A milky childish voice, packed with curiosity, suddenly piped up behind Little Mengxin, giving her quite a scare. She turned around and came face to face with Xiao Xiaoang’s handsome little face.