After Shen Cheng left, Bai Xi carried the flowers and nutritional supplements to Bai Han’s side. “These are gifts from that brother for Xiao Han. Xiao Han, take a look, do you like them?”
Bai Han clearly had no interest in the items before him, and even asked with confusion, “He’s so old, shouldn’t he be called Uncle?”
Bai Xi: “……”
Bai Han’s actual age was 27, and Shen Cheng was 31, only a difference of 4 years. Calling him Uncle… was a bit hurtful.
But, never mind. After all, Bai Han’s mental age was only a few years old.
“Alright, if you like calling him Uncle, then Uncle it is. I have to go now. Cooperate well with Doctor Han’s treatment. I’ll come visit you again when I have time.”
Bai Han tilted his head and looked at Bai Xi.
Seeing him like this, Bai Xi asked with confusion, “Does Xiao Han have something he wants to say? We’re friends, you can tell me directly if you have anything to say.”
Bai Han said softly, “Are you leaving with that Uncle?”
Bai Xi felt a bit happy hearing this. Because even though he couldn’t know she was his sister yet, at least he was starting to care about her now, even as a friend. “Yes, the Uncle and I have some matters to discuss.”
Bai Han suddenly said “meaningfully,” “Xiao Bai, my mother said that when a girl chooses a boy, it’s a matter of a lifetime. So, as a boy, protecting the girl beside you is the most important thing… I think Doctor Han is much better than that Uncle. Do you want to reconsider!”
Bai Xi felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.
However, she had to admit, this was indeed her mother’s style.
When her father was still around, her mother spoke of him daily. He shone brightly in her eyes because he was her hero. After her father left, her mother never mentioned him again but wept in secret in the darkness.
So, from then on, she understood that she had to be the hero for herself and her brother, and shoulder the entire Bai family.
“Xiao Han is overthinking it. That Uncle and I are just ordinary friends, not like what Xiao Han imagines.”
Bai Han responded with a “seemingly understood” “Oh.”
Bai Xi looked up at Han Mo, who was standing behind Bai Han. “I’ll trouble Doctor Han to take good care of him.”
Han Mo said faintly, “Mm.”
After Bai Xi left, Bai Han offered the pastries Bai Xi had bought to Han Mo. “Doctor Han, would you like to eat?”
Han Mo smiled, “I’m not hungry. Xiao Han, eat it yourself.”
Xiao Han stared at Han Mo for a while, then hugged the pastry box and said, “Doctor Han, actually, you don’t have to be too sad. You still have a chance to take care of Xiao Bai.”
Han Mo’s eyes slightly darkened. “Is that so?”
Alas, did he really still have the right to take care of her?
Thinking of this, he looked up in the direction Bai Xi and Shen Cheng had left, his hands clenching, as if desperately restraining something, suppressing something, as if a terrifying beast would emerge from his heart and run wild the moment he loosened his grip.
Bai Xi sat in Shen Cheng’s black Bentley, holding the tablet computer he had prepared for her. The computer was filled with information about Bai Corporation and Bai Qian. “Bai Qian is very cunning and always has a backup plan. Although he’s done many things, most of them have scapegoats designed. Eldest Miss, you can look at what I’ve written.”
Bai Xi flipped through it casually, without replying.
Shen Cheng added, “However, the three witnesses you sent to the security bureau yesterday, with their testimonies, it’s enough to convict Bai Qian. Even if Zhou Wen pays off all of Bai Qian’s debts for him, he will still be sentenced to three to seven years. I wonder if Eldest Miss is satisfied.”
Bai Xi said faintly, “Close enough. Let it be for now.”
Originally, breaking his hands and feet was already a lesson for him. She just didn’t expect him to be so malicious as to indulge his subordinates in harming her brother. Then, he naturally had to pay the price.
Inside the Zhou family villa.
Bai Qian was lying on a lounge chair, being fed an apple by a servant, complaining as he ate, “Are they trying to choke me to death by cutting the apple so big? Cut it smaller!”
The servant carefully said, “Yes, yes.”
Bai Lian sat beside him, with a trace of malice in her eyes. “Daddy, you said you wanted to take revenge on that little bitch Bai Xi. Have you thought of a plan?”
Bai Qian said faintly, “I’ve already contacted Jia Xi yesterday. He should have news for me in the next couple of days. As long as we find Bai Xi alone, we can naturally make a move on her and take back everything that belongs to us.”
Bai Lian smiled gently and harmlessly, but her eyes were terrifying. “That’s good then.”
Bai Qian added, “Don’t concern yourself with Bai Xi’s matters. You need to focus all your attention on Zhou Wen. You need to try hard to win his favor, to conquer him completely, both physically and mentally. Do you understand?”
Now that the Bai family was controlled by that little good-for-nothing, it was fortunate that Bai Lian had hooked up with Zhou Wen. Otherwise, they would have to leave M City like stray dogs and return to the Bai family’s ancestral home.
After so many years of planning, to think it would be overturned so easily by that little bitch Bai Xi who had just returned. Who had she gotten involved with? He had sent people to investigate for several days, but there was no news at all.
The servant was surprised by Bai Qian’s words, a flicker of disdain in her eyes.
To think that in this world, a father would teach his daughter to use her body to exchange for status, and speak of it so frankly, as if it were a glorious deed.
Bai Lian felt no problem with her father’s words. She even raised her hand and proudly showed Bai Qian, “Zhou Wen gave this to me last night when he came back. A three-carat heart-shaped pink diamond. It’s the shape I like.”
Bai Qian nodded. “That’s good.”
Bai Lian raised her eyebrows and glanced at the maid who was still peeling an apple for her father. “Alright, you can go. Just don’t be a big mouth about what we’ve said today. You know, in wealthy families, it’s quite normal for one or two servants to go missing, never to be seen or heard from again.”
The servant shivered in fear. “Yes, yes, I won’t say anything.”
Bai Lian said, “Scram.”
The servant immediately ran away.
However, as she reached the doorway, she muttered inwardly, “What rich young lady? Except for the higher price, what’s the difference between her and those prostitutes outside? Pfft.”
The father and daughter were fantasizing in the room about how to crush Bai Xi under their feet and how to soar to great heights with Zhou Wen’s help, when suddenly there was a noise from outside the door, and Bai Qian’s room door was also pushed open.
The person who entered was none other than the director of the Security Bureau.
The director of the Security Bureau was Zhou Wen’s uncle. They had met and eaten together when Bai Lian and Zhou Wen met their parents, so they naturally knew each other.
Seeing him arrive, Bai Qian became even more solicitous than before. “Director Qian, why are you here? Are you here to see me? My legs are inconvenient now, so I’m afraid I can’t stand up to greet you.”
After speaking, he gestured for Bai Lian to greet him.
Bai Lian immediately revealed her gentle smile and elegantly walked up to Qian Feng. “Uncle, please sit here. We can chat while sitting.”
Qian Feng looked at Bai Qian, who was full of obsequiousness, and then at the extremely gentle Bai Lian. He felt a chill down his spine.
Last time, he had specifically instructed Zhou Wen not to get involved in the Bai family’s affairs. He never expected his nephew to be so clueless as to bring them to live in his own home.
Was he trying to force his hand?