"Does it look good?"
Yin Shixiu tilted his head and gave the little girl a heavy kiss,
"It looks good."
Only then did the little girl smile with satisfaction.
Prince Huang had already picked one early on, a wolf head hat.
Once he put it on, paired with Prince Huang’s indifferent gaze, it had a bit of a mischievous air.
Yin Shixiu also picked a hat for Su Xiaong—a big cat, commonly known as a tiger.
"..."
Su Xiaong raised an eyebrow, and Yin Shixiu quickly added, "It suits you quite well."
Moreover, it’s becoming more suitable.
Su Xiaong couldn’t miss the hint of sarcasm in his words.
"Humph."
She snorted, picking a sheep-shaped one for him.
Yin Shixiu was not shy about wearing it and even asked her, "Is it cute?"
Su Xiaong was speechless.
But looking at the mirror, seeing a certain man stubbornly seeking her response, Su Xiaong’s heart softened.
A sheep-shaped hat, how could he possibly like it? It didn’t suit him at all...
For him to wear it now, acting whimsically just to let her see, he must be trying to please her.
To please her...
In that instant, the misunderstandings, anger, and doubt she’d harbored against him recently were contrasted sharply.
She reached out and took the hat off his head,
"It’s really ugly. Let’s go pay."
Su Xiaong said as she already started leading Prince Huang to the counter.
Yin Shixiu chuckled, while Shuangshuang looked back three tis, eyeing the discarded sheep hat for a while; she actually thought it was quite cute!
Leaving the shop, they wandered around the amusent park.
The weather was cold, and neither Yin Shixiu nor Su Xiaong showed much interest in those thrilling rides.
Along the way, they were busy taking pictures of the siblings and various mascots.
The siblings were in their elent.
All along, Yin Shixiu dared not engage in any overly intimate acts toward Su Xiaong; occasionally when there were many people around, he’d shield her, pull her hand, but would always let go before she realized it.
Ti passed swiftly.
At four thirty, they found a restaurant to have dinner.
By six, the sky had already turned completely dark.
Su Xiaong was a bit tired; Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were still energetic, purely out of excitent, though they too were actually tired.
"Let’s go to the Ferris wheel next ti."
Su Xiaong suggested.
Yin Shixiu had yet to speak, but Shuangshuang already cast a dissenting vote!
The little girl had been looking forward to that big wheel all afternoon!
"Just today."
Yin Shixiu repeated.
Su Xiaong suddenly felt a bit uneasy...
She knew it was a bit late to feel uneasy at this point in ti.
He had spent the whole day accommodating her, accompanying the children—was he really just trying to please her?
Why would he want to please her?
He hadn’t done anything wrong, right?
The one at fault... was actually her, it was her foolishness.
Was he... perhaps using another way to say farewell to her?
The unease in Su Xiaong’s heart gradually expanded, but ultimately did not show on her face.
At this stage, even if he truly wanted a divorce, she didn’t have any right to refuse.
He did keep things from her, true, but on closer thought, what was wrong with what he said?
The fact that Chu Jiao was his first love, was it really that important?
His first love had beco her teacher, the one she admired and respected... so what?
Beyond that identity, Chu Jiao’s abilities and knowledge were more useful to her, more worthy of learning from...
Isn’t it?
If one insists on saying his concealnt was a complete mistake, that’s based on the notion of him being entangled with Chu Jiao.
But in reality, he wasn’t.
He had no feelings for Chu Jiao.
When she told him that his presumptuous concealnt, his natural refusal to explain, made her feel like a fool and caused her pain.
In truth, it was she who could not withstand the test.
And this inability to withstand the test, ultimately, was still caused by the huge difference between the two of them.
What Yin Shixiu said and did were things he believed were right and natural; he wasn’t wrong.
And she, failing to completely trust him, also wasn’t wrong in what she said and did.
In the ti that the two of them were apart, she cald down quite a bit.
Even during their trip today, she remained calm.
Compared to the sensational news that caused ripples among unrelated people, she, soone affected by it, was rather detached.
Just today...
Su Xiaong felt she had almost caught a whiff of the implied determination in Yin Shixiu’s words.
After today, would everything be different?
Su Xiaong didn’t dare think any further; if she did, she wouldn’t be able to keep it together.
———
Looking up, the huge blue halo filled the entire view.
The world-famous London Eye, beneath the night sky, added a dreamy quality to the Thas River.
The queue was very, very long. Su Xiaong glanced at it and murmured,
"This will probably take over an hour."
"We’ll take the VIP lane."
Yin Shixiu said, and over there, a staff mber had already approached, seeming to recognize their VIP status, hurriedly leading them through another path.
There were 32 capsules, each able to accommodate more than ten people.
Stopping in front of Su Xiaong was a capsule marked number 23; the door opened automatically, and Su Xiaong led Shuangshuang and Huang Huang inside.
As the capsule slowly moved, Yin Shixiu didn’t get in.
"I’ll wait for you downstairs."
"..."
The unease in Su Xiaong’s heart intensified, she panicked, just as the door slowly closed, she almost had the impulse to pull him in!
Shixiu, let’s not divorce, let’s just continue like this!
Her mouth moved, yet there was no chance to speak.
"Mom, sit, sit please."
Shuangshuang pulled Su Xiaong to sit down. In their capsule, there were still four or five other passengers.
Su Xiaong sat down, pulling Shuangshuang and Huang Huang close, she asked,
"Do you feel like we’re gradually rising?"
Shuangshuang clapped her hands in excitent, while Prince Huang stood on the chair, Xiao ng reached out to protect him, the Thas River glittering in the city’s lighting.
Xiao ng took out her phone to take photos of Shuangshuang and Huang Huang...
The other passengers were affected by Shuangshuang and Huang Huang’s lively enthusiasm.
Xiao ng was a bit worried the kids’ rambunctiousness might bother others, but fortunately, everyone in the capsule seed to enjoy children.
"The lady is so young, how old are the children? Are they three years old?"
Su Xiaong smiled,
"No, they’re two and a half."
"You’re taking two kids out alone? Must be tiring?"
Su Xiaong’s lips moved, she initially wanted to say her husband was waiting below, but suddenly couldn’t bring herself to say it.
Her husband... is he really waiting for her beneath the Ferris wheel?
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