Chapter 255: Chapter 253: Seeing Dad and Forgetting Mom_1 Chapter 255: Chapter 253: Seeing Dad and Forgetting Mom_1 Su Wanxia blinked guiltily and, ignoring her slightly aching body, hurried upstairs.

Mu Yingchen greeted Su’s father and also ran upstairs after Su Wanxia.

It seemed the little guy was really mad—

Just as Su Wanxia reached her bedroom door, she heard comforting words coming from inside: “Shanshan, mommy and daddy will be back soon, okay? Why don’t you go to sleep first?”

However, the response to Su’s mother was silent silence.

Su Wanxia stuck out her tongue, then pushed open the half-closed door and said with a grin, “Good baby~ Mommy’s back~~”

As soon as Shanshan heard her voice, her bright eyes lit up, but then she hummed angrily, turned her little body, and faced away from Su Wanxia.

“Wanxia, you’re finally back. The little girl insisted on waiting for you before she would sleep—” Su’s mother said helplessly with a smile.

Su Wanxia smiled sheepishly and approached the bed, and as soon as she did, Mu Yingchen also entered the room.

Upon seeing Mu Yingchen come up as well, Su’s mother couldn’t help but smile: “Go on and pamper her. I’ll go downstairs now.”

“Mm, Mom, thanks for the trouble—” Su Wanxia said, feeling guilty as she looked at her mother’s tired face.

“What trouble? There’s no trouble. Now go on and comfort her.”

“Mom—you should rest early~~”

The room suddenly became quiet after this remark. Why?

Because that word “Mom” hadn’t come from Su Wanxia’s mouth, but from Mu Yingchen’s.

Once the word “Mom” was said, Su’s mother was momentarily dumbfounded.

At the side, Su Wanxia was grinning with a corner of her mouth twitching. He seemed quite smooth calling her “Mom”. But, they hadn’t gotten married, so why was he so naturally calling her “Mom”?

Su’s mother snapped out of it after a moment and, seeing her daughter did not object, she assumed the two must have made up. Well, if calling me “Mom” makes them happy, then so be it—

Still, that “Mom” call had taken her by surprise—

“Hehe··· then I’ll go downstairs and rest—”

Su’s mother’s voice was still a bit unnatural. Mu Yingchen knew he had given her quite a scare, but after all, he would have to call her “Mom” sooner or later, right? Early or late, a call was still a call. He would just do it now, pleasing the old lady and moving closer to marrying her daughter—

After Su’s mother left, she even closed the door behind her, giving the family of three a good chance to bond.

It was then that Su Wanxia rolled her eyes at Mu Yingchen, “How can you be so shameless? She’s my mom, not yours, OK?”

Mu Yingchen smiled: “Your mom is my mom, my mom is your mom, isn’t it all the same?”

Su Wanxia glared at him, about to protest, when Little Tuanzi, lying with his back to them, huffed loudly, a sound meant for both of them.

Knowing he was to blame, Mu Yingchen instantly moved in front of Shanshan, looking at her tenderly and consoling, “Shanshan··· Daddy’s bad for leaving you with Aunty Manman and not caring. Will you forgive Daddy this once?”

Mu Yingchen stood by the bed, bending over, with a face full of please, saying sweet words to the little girl sitting on the bed.

The little girl pouted and blinked her large eyes that glistened with tears as she stared at Mu Yingchen, “Then why did you come back so late? Why didn’t you come back to have dinner with me?”

This question caught Mu Yingchen off guard, and he involuntarily furrowed his handsome brows. How should he answer the little girl’s question?

He couldn’t just tell her that he and her mommy were fostering their relationship, could he?

If he said that, the little girl would surely ask what kind of relationship they were fostering; how should he respond then? Should he just say they were rolling in the sheets?

He shook his head repeatedly as he looked at the little girl, which left Shanshan utterly baffled, and even made Su Wanxia, who was watching from the side, feel completely in the dark. What exactly did his expression mean?

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck Mu Yingchen, and he sat on the bed with a pained expression before pulling Shanshan into his embrace. He said pitifully, “Daddy hurt his leg, so your mommy accompanied Daddy to the hospital to get it checked and to apply some medicine. That’s why we got back late. Shanshan wouldn’t want Daddy’s leg to keep hurting, would you?”

Upon hearing this, the little girl’s scrunched up bun face immediately relaxed. So that was why!

How could she have not realized? Daddy’s leg must have been injured, it seemed to really hurt?

“Daddy, does it still hurt now?” Shanshan’s concern was a complete one-eighty in attitude.

It left Su Wanxia watching with her mouth agape in shock.

This Little Missy could be so unforgiving; if she made her unhappy before, she would give her the silent treatment for three days. But now, just a few words from her Daddy and she immediately let bygones be bygones, even showing concern. This little rascal!

Really, out of sight, out of mind with her mom!

Mu Yingchen looked at the little girl’s worried face, and instantly felt a little guilty, “It’s much better now, probably won’t hurt at all by tomorrow.”

“Really?” Shanshan was still somewhat worried.

“Really — why would Daddy lie to you?”

Hearing his words, Su Wanxia internally cursed him for being sly, tricking the little girl into such a pitiable state and still insisting he wouldn’t lie to her; what a liar, a big liar!

Shanshan, utterly bamboozled by her explosively handsome Dad in just a few words, not only stopped being angry but even kissed his handsome face, then she remembered Su Wanxia, whom she had been treating like air, “Mommy, Shanshan missed you so much.”

Su Wanxia looked at the little girl with displeasure, “If you missed Mommy, why didn’t you come over? Why let Daddy hold you? You little rascal, you clearly missed your Daddy more!”

After Su Wanxia’s remark, Shanshan felt a bit embarrassed, let out a sheepish heh-heh and climbed out of Mu Yingchen’s embrace to walk over to Su Wanxia, wrapping her arms around her face and giving her a big kiss.

“That’s more like it!” Su Wanxia said disdainfully, then she pulled Shanshan’s little body close, “Did you eat enough tonight?”

She was a bit worried that the little Missy might not eat well if she was in a bad mood.

But to her surprise, Shanshan nodded vigorously, “Mm, I ate a lot. Grandma’s cooking is so delicious, and tonight we even had my favorite giant lobsters…”

Su Wanxia and Mu Yingchen were instantly covered with imaginary sweat beads on their foreheads, realizing they might have overestimated their importance in the little girl’s mind. She talked about being upset, but once faced with delicious food, she didn’t hesitate to put them on the back burner.

“Shanshan, you might be full, but Mommy and Daddy haven’t had dinner yet, and we’re so hungry…”

Su Wanxia put on a pitiful expression as if she were about to die of hunger —

Though her expression was half-fake, half-real, it tugged at Mu Yingchen’s heartstrings. How could he call himself a man if he let his wife go hungry like this?