Chapter 1260 - 839: The Grand Finale: His Mother Died at Birth

Su Xiaomeng shook her head, looking at him very seriously, "No, it’s not safe for kids to sit here."

"Why is it not safe? Is your driving skill not good?"

This question was really...

Su Xiaomeng definitely didn’t want to admit her driving skills were bad, "No. But—"

"I trust you, I just want to sit here."

Xiao Xiaoang crossed his arms and was about to climb onto the passenger seat when Su Xiaomeng reached out, grabbed his collar, and pulled him down, "If you’re going to be like this, you better sit in your dad’s car."

"Ah, we just agreed, why did you change your mind?"

"I thought you were an obedient kid, but now I see..."

"...I’ll sit in the back then, I just wanted to be a little closer to you..." Xiao Xiaoang muttered, and then quietly got into the back seat, obediently sitting in the safety seat.

Little Xiaomengxin felt a bit tight in her chest. This little guy was really quite similar to Shuangshuang and Huanghuang. They both have their own thoughts and opinions, as well as their stubbornness and persistence.

But he is more lively than Huanghuang and steadier than Shuangshuang.

Xiaomeng got into the car, fastened her seatbelt, and looked at Xiao Xiaoang seriously, "Even if Auntie is a good driver, there can’t be a guarantee that there will never be an accident on the road, and in case of an accident, you’ll be safer sitting in the back seat. Your dad should have told you that, right?"

Xiao Xiaoang pouted and reluctantly nodded.

Su Xiaomeng chuckled lightly, "Alright, Gui Street, let’s go!"

"Yeah! Let’s go!"

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Gui Street is an old traditional night market snack street in Beijing.

Compared to the snack streets Su Xiaomeng frequented during her university days, this one is larger and more bustling.

Those snack streets mainly catered to students, while Gui Street caters to locals and outsiders.

You can find famous snacks from all over the country here, and they’re quite authentic.

The entrance of the snack street has large signage saying "Gui Street". By the time Xiaomeng and the others arrived, it was completely dark, but Gui Street was very lively. From the entrance, there hang two rows of big red lanterns...

The whole street looked bright and festive, with several shop decorations featuring the flavor of Old Beijing, steaming Beijing-style stewed delicacies, cold cakes, cold porridge in glass cabinets...

Standing at the entrance of the snack street, you can smell all kinds of grilled snacks wafting from inside.

"Smells so good!"

Xiao Xiaoang was holding Xiao Yan’s hand tightly in one hand and Su Xiaomeng’s in the other, and he tilted his head up, taking a big sniff, saying with great enjoyment.

Su Xiaomeng was amused by him, "Hungry? Let’s go inside and see which store we’ll start eating from... Have you been here before? Any good suggestions?"

"I only brought him once, it was with Pu Yang; Pu Yang researched it thoroughly... It’s been quite a while since then, I don’t really have any ideas."

Xiao Yan replied.

"Su Xiaomeng, we’ll listen to you, whatever you like to eat, we’ll eat."

Su Xiaomeng felt sweet in her heart; these father and son really know how to please a girl.

"Alright, then we’ll walk and see, whatever we feel like eating, we’ll eat."

With that, the three of them squeezed into the snack street.

As it was cold, squeezing into the night market made them feel warm even before eating anything.

"What’s this...?"

"Cold jelly noodles."

"I want this. What is that? Smells so good..."

"Stewed delicacies."

"I want a portion too, eh? What’s that again?"

"Sweet rice porridge..."

"I want to eat that too, I want to add more sugar."

"Okay, boss, give us two bowls of sweet rice porridge, one with extra sugar."

"Sure!"

"Su Xiaomeng, what’s that over there? So many people lining up..."

"Let me take a look." Xiaomeng said, tiptoeing to see in that direction, but unfortunately, she was a bit short, even standing on heels she was still a bit short...

"Grilled skewers."

Xiao Yan easily saw the high sign in front of the shop.

"Xiao Yan, I want to eat those!"

"Xiao Xiaoang, aren’t you eating a bit too much today? Can you handle eating that much?"

Xiao Xiaoang patted his stomach and thumped his chest, "No problem!"

"..." Su Xiaomeng and Xiao Yan had similar concerns, but they still sent Xiao Yan to line up for grilled skewers.

They bought quite a few things, and Xiao Xiaoang was eating what he had while looking at other shops’ offerings, Xiao Yan and Xiaomeng’s hands were nearly full.

The three of them found an empty table to sit down and started eating.

Xiao Xiaoang was extremely happy, sitting beside Su Xiaomeng, saying this is delicious, that is delicious, everything was delicious.

Even though Xiao Meng was a bit of a foodie, the snacks on Gui Street were relatively clean and tasted authentic, but even as a foodie, Xiao Meng had some preferences.

"Your son is really easy to take care of, he can eat anything and likes everything," Xiao Meng laughed lightly as she spoke to Xiao Yan, words full of envy.

Watching Xiao Xiaoang eat, then thinking about her own two little ancestors, it really was true that comparing could hurt.

Xiao Yan smiled without speaking, what could he say?

Usually such a picky eater, he could drive people crazy, but today Xiao Xiaoang totally changed his tune! This statement that he eats everything and finds everything delicious made Xiao Yan start to doubt whether this was still the Xiao Xiaoang little ancestor he raised.

"Ah... Xiao Meng, look at this... this... isn’t this a silkworm baby?"

Xiao Xiaoang was shocked, pointing at the box of fried silkworm pupae from the neighboring table, and asked Su Xiaomeng, "Can you eat these?"

Su Xiaomeng glanced at the box of fried silkworm pupae and immediately showed a collapsed expression, waving her hands, "I definitely won’t eat them."

After Su Xiaomeng expressed her disgust, she saw Xiao Xiaoang already by the neighboring table’s couple, pointing at the fried pupae, asking,

"Sister, brother... is this delicious?"

The couple laughed at the cute inquiry from the child, "It’s super delicious! You can try one."

"Really?"

"Of course."

"Xiao Ang, you can’t do this," Xiao Yan quickly stopped Xiao Ang, saying, "If you want to eat, we can buy it ourselves, don’t ask brother and sister for food like this."

After he said that, the couple quickly said, "It’s okay, it’s just a kid."

They handed him a pupae, "Try one first."

"Thank you, brother and sister," Xiao Xiaoang said sweetly.

Then Su Xiaomeng watched Xiao Ang put the pupae in his mouth, chewing it noisily.

Su Xiaomeng really didn’t feel well.

"It tastes good," Xiao Xiaoang finished eating and proudly said to Xiao Meng.

Su Xiaomeng waved her hands at Xiao Ang, pulling away a bit, but then Xiao Ang happily clung to her...

Xiao Yan was sitting opposite them, watching Su Xiaomeng and Xiao Xiaoang...

This is an era that believes in science, a society that develops through scientific progress, and as someone in the medical field, he was never superstitious...

But when he saw Xiao Xiaoang close with Su Xiaomeng, saw Su Xiaomeng’s inexplicable affection for Xiao Xiaoang, Xiao Yan had to admit that some things couldn’t be analyzed or understood scientifically or medically.

They had a natural attraction to each other.

Xiao Ang and the piano-playing child looked somewhat similar, but upon closer examination, there were many differences, probably... because they grew up in different environments, or maybe their personality differences were reflected in their appearance.

But at this moment, with Xiao Ang sticking to Xiao Meng, anyone would believe they were mother and son without doubt.

Suddenly, an overwhelming fear swept over him like a towering wave, suffocating him.

He knew he was playing with fire, and knew that the end for most who play with fire was not good.

But what could he do?

The meeting between Xiao Ang and Su Xiaomeng was as unexpected as if arranged by fate, but if he showed any bad emotions, panic, fear, or tension, Su Xiaomeng would immediately become suspicious...

Even if not suspicious at first, over time it would be difficult not to be.

To prevent Su Xiaomeng from suspecting, he let everything unfold naturally.

The result was evident; Su Xiaomeng really didn’t suspect.

Her child was a girl, as he reported to Yin Shixiu at the time. Yin Shixiu, because Su Xiaomeng hadn’t yet escaped the danger phase, had no energy left to care about a stillborn, let alone take the child from him to verify gender.

Xiao Yan thought, let’s leave it for now... once he finished his work here, he’d take Xiao Ang back to the United States and never return.

Because of the fried pupa incident, Xiao Meng was teased by Xiao Ang again and again.

"I think it tastes good, we should buy some too."

"If you want to buy, go ahead, but I won’t eat," Su Xiaomeng turned her head.

Xiao Xiaoang pouted, reaching out to Xiao Yan for money, "Xiao Yan, I want to eat fried pupae."

Xiao Yan was startled, glancing at Xiao Xiaoang before giving him money. The store selling pupae was just to their left, Xiao Ang ran over, reaching out to hand money to the boss!

Xiao Meng watched the little figure, who was mischievous yet mature, and Xiao Xiaoang was high-spirited, exceptionally joyful all night.

This slightly eased the guilt she felt inside.

"Oh, right, when are you and Pu Yang getting married?" Su Xiaomeng suddenly asked Xiao Yan, pointing at Xiao Xiaoang, "It’s clear, this child really needs a mother."

Xiao Yan nodded,

"Very soon."

Su Xiaomeng glanced at Xiao Yan, hesitated for a long time before asking a question she had always been curious about but felt uncomfortable bringing up,

"Xiao Yan, where did Xiao Ang’s biological mother go?"

"..."

Xiao Yan paused, then looked at Su Xiaomeng, saying, "She died when he was born."

"..."