Chapter 1256 - 837: The Grand Finale: What If She Comes and Can’t See Me? (Part 2)

Thinking about it, in this kind of setting, whether he actually likes Pu Yang or not, having a "mom" show up for him and hold up the scene would still be a good thing.

He had absolutely no idea that Xiao Xiaoang had taken his phone and called Su Xiaomeng to ask her to come to the parent–child activity, let alone imagine that Xiao Xiaoang would brag that Su Xiaomeng was his mom.

"Besides, I asked you before if you wanted Pu Yang to come. Didn’t you say you didn’t?"

Xiao Xiaoang pressed his lips together. His big, black, grape-like eyes stared straight at Xiao Yan for a long moment before he finally spoke,

"I called Su Xiaomeng. I invited her to come and go to the parent–child activity with me..."

"..." For an Instant, Xiao Yan was completely stunned. After being dazed for two seconds, he asked again, "So when you said the other day that you were calling Su Xiaomeng, it wasn’t just to chat, it was to have her come to the kindergarten today?"

"...Yeah."

"Xiao Xiaoang, how can you lie to Dad like this?"

"I didn’t lie to you, I really did have things to say to Su Xiaomeng..." Xiao Xiaoang muttered. He didn’t feel that what he’d done was wrong at all.

But Xiao Yan frowned tightly, his expression heavy and serious as he looked at Xiao Xiaoang.

Xiao Xiaoang clenched his fists. "I don’t like Pu Yang, but I think Su Xiaomeng is okay. And I just wanted her to stay with me for one day, and she agreed. It’s not like I forced her..."

The little guy spoke in his childish milky voice, and he actually sounded pretty reasonable.

"She promised you?"

Even though Xiao Yan wanted to really scold Xiao Ang, this occasion really wasn’t appropriate.

But after hearing what Xiao Ang said, Xiao Yan couldn’t help feeling a bit surprised inside.

Xiao Xiaoang nodded. "Yeah, she promised me. She called me last night and told me."

"Did you tell her the time?"

"Mm, two o’clock, sharp."

Xiao Yan glanced at his watch. It was already two‑thirty... He instinctively looked toward the kindergarten gate and didn’t see any parent just arriving.

"She might have just said it casually. She saw you’re a kid, so she..."

Before Xiao Yan could finish, Xiao Xiaoang had already walked away, not wanting to listen to anything Dad said.

Xiao Yan let out a soft sigh.

Su Xiaomeng not coming was actually normal, perfectly reasonable. She’s a married woman, the wife of a powerful CEO from a wealthy family, the mother of two children. How could she possibly come to attend a parent–child activity for Xiao Xiaoang?

Her coming would be what was abnormal.

It was just that Xiao Yan felt a little angry too. If you’re not coming, then don’t come. If you’re coming, then come. To promise Xiao Ang and then not show up—how big a hurt is that to a child?

He figured she wouldn’t be so untrustworthy with her own son and daughter, right?

Whether it was the three‑legged race or the jump‑rope game, Xiao Xiaoang wasn’t interested. He kept looking toward the kindergarten gate, then occasionally scanning all around. In short, all his thoughts were on Su Xiaomeng, who still hadn’t shown up.

By the time the two games ended, it was already three o’clock.

The kindergarten was full of laughter and joy, except none of it belonged to Xiao Xiaoang.

What parents and children were getting from the parent–child activities was closeness, laughter, and beautiful memories.

Only Xiao Xiaoang couldn’t feel any of it.

He could see how hard Xiao Yan was trying in the jump‑rope game, wanting to jump more all by himself than other moms and dads together...

But that wasn’t what he most wanted to see today.

The little guy had long since run through today’s scene in his head, imagining that he’d be no different from the other kids—one hand holding one person, the other hand holding another, with the two of them lifting him up and swinging him.

Imagining Xiao Yan being just like the other dads, with a mom beside him helping out.

Xiao Xiaoang knew Su Xiaomeng wasn’t his mom; she was just a woman who was different from other adults with him.

She was very gentle, she was willing to protect him, she liked him, she was willing to listen to him talk, and she’d promised him she would come...

The second activity started. Each family had a set of ingredients to make a cake. After checking the cake‑making steps online, Xiao Yan started hands‑on. Xiao Ang listened to Xiao Yan’s instructions and helped out like an assistant, only... he was still completely distracted.

The little guy was still waiting.

Xiao Yan glanced at the wall clock; time ticked by, minute by minute. He knew that as time passed, Xiao Ang’s patience was draining away, and what was growing instead was agitation and disappointment.

Su Xiaomeng... would she come?

In fact, Xiao Yan already had a solid answer in his heart. Even though when he’d first heard Xiao Ang tell him about this, he’d had a faint bit of hope that Su Xiaomeng would really come, as time went on, that bit of hope was completely worn away.