Brother! This is the adoption certificate. I don't want your sister-in-law!

Su Xiao is sometimes really speechless.

If he could, he really wanted to call the police.

Reasoning with her didn't work, she wouldn't listen to kind words, we tried everything, both gentle and forceful, but Wu Mengmeng was like a stubborn stone.

He had no desire to communicate with this unreasonable person anymore. He reached out, grabbed her arm, pulled her up from the chair, and dragged her toward the entrance of the internet cafe.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Wu Mengmeng stumbled as he pulled her, her other hand gripping the corner of the table tightly, leaning back and refusing to move no matter what.

The two remained locked in a stalemate in the corner of the internet cafe for a while, and the other players around them took off their headphones and looked over.

Wu Mengmeng took a deep breath and suddenly screamed at the top of her lungs, "Rape! Someone raped me!"

The internet cafe fell silent instantly.

The receptionist looked up and saw that several people who were playing games also stood up and looked over.

Startled, Su Xiao immediately released her grip, took a half-step back, and wished she could hold up a sign that read "I don't know this person."

"Are you crazy?!"

Su Xiao couldn't help but scold her.

Wu Mengmeng rubbed her wrist, which he had grabbed, triumphantly, and puffed out her chest, raising her chin high.

"Come on then, if you dare!"

Su Xiao glanced at her, her gaze lingering on her chest for a moment, before letting out a cold laugh squeezed out from her nose.

"You? You should start building the ditch first."

Wu Mengmeng looked down at her chest, her face flushed red, and she stomped her foot.

"I'm still developing! I'll grow bigger later! Then you might not be able to touch me if you want!"

Su Xiao was too lazy to argue with her anymore, and rubbed her ears, which were still ringing from her shout.

"If you're not going home, where are you planning to go tonight?"

Wu Mengmeng leaned back in her chair, crossed her legs, and acted like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water.

"I'll just stay in the internet cafe. When I'm sleepy, I'll just lie on the table and take a nap. When I run out of money, I'll go for a walk outside. Anyway, Jingcheng is so big, there's always a place for me."

She turned her head, glanced out through the glass window of the internet cafe, and gave a meaningful smile. "Anyway, if you don't care about me, there are plenty of others who will."

Su Xiao followed her gaze and looked out.

On the street in front of the internet cafe, a few brightly colored young men with colorful hair sped by on their motorcycles, the roar of their exhaust pipes audible even through the glass.

One of the blond-haired kids even turned his head and glanced into the internet cafe.

Su Xiao grabbed Wu Mengmeng's arm and pulled her back from the chair, this time with real force.

"Don't you dare mess around with me outside."

His voice was very low, and his expression was unusually serious.

Wu Mengmeng was pulled to the side by him, and she was stunned for a moment before slowly coming to her senses.

Looking at Su Xiao's furrowed brows, something suddenly lit up in her eyes, and the corners of her mouth slowly turned up.

"What's it to you? Who I hang out with, who I date, is none of your business! Are you my dad or my boyfriend?"

Su Xiao frowned even more, and said patiently, "Those young men are not good people. They just hang out on the streets and have nothing on their minds but picking up girls and fighting."

"Aren't you a spirited young man too?"

Wu Mengmeng retorted directly, staring straight at him, "What right do you have to talk about other people? What, you're allowed to like me but not allowed to like others? Anyway, you don't like me, so who I hang out with is none of your business."

She spoke with her chin held high, her tone quick and crisp, like a string of marbles fired in rapid succession.

Su Xiao opened her mouth, but was so blocked by her that she couldn't say a single word.

Wu Mengmeng, not one to back down, took a step forward, almost touching him.

"Anyway, I have nowhere to stay tonight. I'll go out later and see if any young, blond-haired, energetic guy would be willing to take me in. He might treat me much better than you do, at least he won't..."

Su Xiao didn't let her finish speaking.

He grabbed her arm with one hand, picked up her backpack from the chair with the other, and turned to walk towards the entrance of the internet cafe.

The movement was swift and fluid, like picking up a disobedient cat.

Wu Mengmeng was dragged along by him and ran all the way.

"What are you doing? Where are you going?"

Su Xiao didn't turn her head, her voice cold.

"Book a room!"

Wu Mengmeng paused, almost being pulled down by him.

She looked up at the back of Su Xiao's head, stared blankly for a while, and then her eyes slowly widened.

A barely perceptible, glittering light flashed in those eyes.

Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything. Instead, her feet unconsciously followed his steps.

……

Su Xiao has been running around getting documents and doing business these past few days, and she's kept her ID card in her pocket the whole time.

He found a hotel nearby that looked fairly clean. The receptionist didn't even check his ID carefully; she just took the money and tossed him the room key.

He dragged Wu Mengmeng to the third floor in the elevator, swiped his card to open the door, threw her backpack into the room, and stood at the door without going in.

Wu Mengmeng picked up her schoolbag and went into the room. She looked up at the chandelier on the ceiling and touched the kettle on the TV cabinet, looking like a stray cat that had just been led into a new home, her face full of curiosity.

Then she saw the bed, with its snow-white sheets, fluffy pillows, and a size large enough to roll around in.

She cheered and pounced on the soft mattress, rolling around in the blankets with her face buried in them, letting out a muffled sigh.

"This bed is so soft! Shall we sleep here tonight?"

Su Xiao leaned against the door frame, her voice neither cold nor indifferent.

"You're the one sleeping here."

Wu Mengmeng immediately jumped out of bed and sat cross-legged in the middle of the bed.

"Aren't you sleeping here?"

Su Xiao sometimes really couldn't figure out what kind of brain circuit she had.

"There's only one bed here, didn't you see?"

"We only sleep together if we share a bed."

Wu Mengmeng patted the bed sheet next to her with a straight face, then pouted.

Her gaze swept over him from head to toe, her tone carrying an undisguised disdain. "Seeing you book a double room, I thought you were going to do something to me. Turns out, all talk and no action."

Su Xiao was instantly speechless.

What are you talking about? You're clearly a gentleman, okay?

He was too lazy to argue with her any longer and turned to leave.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of footsteps behind me.

The next second, his arm was forcefully grabbed from behind.

He was pulled around by that force, and before he could even stand up straight, a soft body had already nestled into his arms.

Wu Mengmeng's hands were tightly wrapped around his waist, her face buried in his chest, and her twin ponytails on her head tickled his chin.

Her muffled voice came from his arms, devoid of her previous arrogance and smugness.

There was only a kind of grievance that had been suppressed for a very long time, and finally could not be contained anymore.

"Su Xiao, do you even have me in your heart?"