Su Xiqin was a few steps away from the men's washroom. For over ten minutes, she would periodically lean forward to check if Little Milk Bun had come out of the men's washroom. When she still didn't see him come out after more than ten minutes, she became slightly worried.
What if the mischievous little boy fell down and hit his head? Or what if he fell into the urinal? If anything bad happens to him, it will be a disaster!
While all those thoughts were running in Su Xiqin's head, she had speed-walked to the men's washroom entrance. During the last ten minutes, she didn't see any guy go in or out of the men's washroom, so she thought there shouldn't be anyone else inside.
She halted at the entrance and shouted, "Jintian, are you done?"
There was no response, so she called out again. Yet, there was still no response. Did something bad actually happen?! she thought.
Inside the men's washroom, Mo Jintian was arguing with Bai Yansen. Mo Jintian did hear Su Xiqin's voice. Since he was worried that Bai Yansen would make her pay for the shoes, he was scared to respond to her.
Bai Yansen stared at Mo Jintian and asked, "Is the person outside calling you?"
"No, no," Mo Jintian shook his head rapidly and added, "I need to wash my hands."
He quickly walked towards the sink for kids. He stood before the kid's black marble stone sink and reached out his little chubby hand to turn the faucet. With the water running down, he soaked his hands in it.
After Bai Yansen teased Mo Jintian enough, he turned and walked towards the washroom entrance. As soon as he stepped out, he almost bumped into Su Xiqin, who was about to go in.
When Bai Yansen saw Su Xiqin, he was shocked to see her pretty oval face there, and his eyes deepened upon seeing her surprised expression.
Su Xiqin too was shocked and froze on the spot. Looking at the person before her, she couldn't speak for a moment, and her expression was the epitome of awkwardness.
She truly disliked his gaze since it was so penetrative. Moreover, she immediately recalled what had happened earlier, so she quickly turned away and refused to look him eye to eye, not wanting to show him a good attitude.
Bai Yansen saw her every move. His face darkened, and his deep voice poured out, "What are you doing outside the men's washroom? Peeping?"
Su Xiqin's face turned bright red. Is he calling me a pervert? God! She was so angry that she turned around and glared at him, yelling, "Do you always think the worst of others? Or are you just such a terrible person?"
She courageously stared back at those deep eyes that were glued onto her and said, "People like you who have such a dark mind should go see a psychiatrist."
"Then what are you doing here?" Bai Yansen gazed onto her with his icy fearless eyes, and that look made it impossible for anyone to hide any secrets from it.
"I'm looking for someone," Su Xiqin said angrily as she gripped tightly onto the backpack straps as if it was a certain someone, and she squeezed the straps to help suppress her impulsive urge of beating the crap out of him.
Just then, Bai Yansen turned back to look into the washroom for a few seconds and then turned back to look at Su Xiqin.
"The little kid inside is your son?"
When Su Xiqin heard that her son was still inside, she nodded. Putting her disdain against this man aside, she looked over him while asking, "Is he alright inside? He's been in there for over ten minutes, and I still don't see him coming out."
Bai Yansen didn't respond to her question but was instead, looking at her, from her eyes, her brows, then to her lips as if he was trying to find something.
Su Xiqin's heart quivered from Bai Yansen's gaze and she recalled the unspoken rules he wanted to place upon her just now. She immediately put up her guard and took one step back.
"Why are you hiding? Do you think I will eat you?" Bai Yansen frowned with discontent as he saw her back up.
Su Xiqin bit her lips. Without looking at Bai Yansen, she yelled towards the inside of the washroom, "Mo Jintian, if you don't come out, I'll leave you there."
"He's hiding because he's afraid to see people," Bai Yansen said and started walking forward.
"Why is he scared to see people? Did he pee his pants?" Su Xiqin turned over and looked at the side of Bai Yansen's face.
Bai Yansen stopped and looked at her from the side and said teasingly, "Probably more serious than peeing his pants."
"He pooped on himself?" Su Xiqin opened her eyes wildly as she could only think of these two things that Mo Jintian would want to hide from people.
Bai Yansen frowned and didn't confirm nor deny her guess. However, silence tended to mean implicit confirmation.
Peeing or pooping on himself was a disgrace to Mo Jintian. When he heard that they were accusing him of such actions, he was furious. Agitated, he ran out of the men's washroom with his brows raised.
"He's the one who is ashamed of seeing people. His little birdie is so ugly that he's ashamed of seeing people!" Mo Jintian fought back against Bai Yansen in anger, but such a rebuttal from her son made Su Xiqin want to find a hole and bury herself even more.
Suddenly, the air froze. Only after a long while of silence did Su Xiqin clench her teeth and break the silence. "Mo Jintian, do you want me to beat you?"
Her face grew bright red as an apple, and her eyes widened in anger as she stared at the little guy.
Little Milk Bun saw how furious his mother was, so he guiltily looked down on the floor. The expression of Bai Yansen, who was standing next to Su Xiqin, turned darker. But when he glanced at Su Xiqin meaningfully and saw how flushed she was, his mood got better, and he laughed a little.
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"Mo Jintian, you are getting naughtier and naughtier," Su Xiqin scolded as she dragged Little Milk Bun by the hand. Her face was still flushed while Mo Jintian looked down after realizing he had done something wrong. He quietly walked behind his mother, letting her scold him all she wanted without talking back.
"How can you be so ill-mannered and talk about things like little birdies, especially in front of strangers? People will think you have poor manners."
"Are you going to say that again?" Su Xiqin turned to her son and grilled him to get a promise from him that he would never do this again.
"I won't," Mo Jintian said weakly.
She let out a deep sigh, and her tone softened. "Remember not to talk about little birdies anymore."
"But he said it too. He even said that his was a big birdie."
Su Xiqin halted her steps. The muscles on her temples twitched a little, and she cursed in a low voice, "Pervert."
When the two met up with Tang Xi again, she mumbled, "Why did you guys take so long?"
"I saw a big birdie," Mo Jintian quickly responded, thinking that Su Xiqin only said he couldn't mention little birdies but said nothing about big birdies.
Then, he quietly opened the car door to the back seats and slowly climbed in.
Su Xiqin: "…"
Tang Xi was extremely confused and didn't know what was happening. "Big Birdie?"
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The next day, Su Xiqin's car was fixed, so she had to go pick it up. When she got to the car maintenance shop, the receptionist brought her to the customer waiting room.
There was an elegant and beautiful lady in a light yellow dress sitting there. She was pretty immersed in reading a fashion magazine, and she suddenly looked up when Su Xiqin came in.
Naturally, Su Xiqin looked over, and she was shocked by the sight of this lady.
It's her?
When this lady saw Su Xiqin, she suddenly smiled, but it was a strange smile, not sure if it was genuine or not.
The lady looked so delicate that it seemed like she came out from a painting. Her face was snow-white and had a faint blush; her brows were softly arched; her nose was tall; her eyes were big, round, and bright; and most attractive of all were her sexy red lips which were shut tightly together.
"It's been a while. I just came back from abroad, and I didn't expect to see you here already."