Bai Chi studied diligently for a few days and made rapid progress. The teacher praised him as a genius every day.

Except for the fact that she would pass by Zhong Yunxiao's yard every morning when she went to pay her respects to her parents-in-law, and then see Zhong Yunxiao practicing Tai Chi in his own yard, the two of them had almost no communication.

If Bai Chi hadn't accidentally heard that the eldest young master hadn't been practicing Tai Chi so early recently, he would have almost wondered what was going on.

According to the servants' private mention, the eldest young master usually starts practicing Tai Chi at noon, but now he starts at the end of noon.

Isn’t this the time when Bai Chi finishes breakfast in the morning and goes to pay respects to his parents-in-law?

Tsk, he’s really patient, Bai Chi muttered in his heart, he didn’t believe that Zhong Yunxiao didn’t have any thoughts at all.

Changing your workout times is proof!

"Master, look, your husband is openly peeking at your information."

Xiao Hei suddenly projected a screen onto Bai Chi's sea of ​​consciousness. Zhong Yunxiao in the study was looking at something seriously.

Judging from his posture, those who didn't know him would think he was looking at the account book. Who would have thought that the pages of paper in his hands were all about the situation of Bai Chi's mother's family?

Even Bai Chi was curious: "When did he ask someone to investigate?"

Xiao Hei loves gossip the most. Not only does he keep an eye on the original owner's parents, he is also curious about what Zhong Yunxiao will do, so he also pays close attention to the situation on his side.

In other words, seeing that Zhong Yunxiao was really quiet, they paid less attention to him over the past two days, but this information is very detailed.

Bai Chi took a quick look and even saw that it clearly recorded the beatings and scoldings he had suffered from his parents. It would definitely take more than a day or two to investigate.

"I don't know. When I found it, someone had already delivered it. I guess someone checked it out a long time ago."

Xiao Hei can quickly scan text materials. While Zhong Yunxiao is still reading, Xiao Hei has already understood it.

"But Master, your parents are really cruel. They really don't treat the original owner as their son at all, but only as a cash cow."

"It was only during the time when I accepted the betrothal gift from the Zhong family that I treated the original owner better."

Bai Chi also saw that those people did not become greedy just because the original owner came to the Zhong family and lived a good life.

It’s not because of gambling addiction that one loses humanity.

They have always been like this, but they suddenly became rich and their true nature was exposed.

It can be seen from the fact that they always treated the original owner as a coolie, and even though the original owner was able to take care of himself, they kept forcing him to work and often beat and scolded him.

Although they are not good at being parents, they are very good to the original owner's younger brothers and sisters. They give the younger brothers and sisters the best food, new clothes, etc.

Moreover, my younger brothers and sisters have hardly done any work since they were young. They have had everything provided for them, and their lives are almost the same as those of the eldest daughters and young masters.

"Master, you didn't pick it up, did you?"

Xiao Hei looked at it for a long time and could only think of this reason.

Bai Chi shook his head: "Who knows, but it doesn't matter anymore."

Bai Chi quickly regained his attention and just in time saw Xiao Tao coming back from outside with a slight frown on her face.

Bai Chi calculated the time and had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

Sure enough, when Xiaotao saw Baichi reading a book and basking in the sun in the yard, she immediately walked over quickly.

"Second Young Master Madam, I met an elderly couple on the street today. They said they were your parents."

Xiaotao went shopping today and asked Baichi if she wanted to go out with her.

After all, since she married into the Zhong family, and now the second young master's 27th birthday has passed, Bai Chi has never left this yard except to pay her respects to her parents-in-law.

But Bai Chi refused, because the original owner was caught by his parents when he went out shopping.

He was still thinking that if he didn't go out, he would see what the couple could do, but he didn't expect that these two people were so bold that they actually went straight to the maid of the Zhong family.

Bai Chi looked puzzled: "My parents? They went into the city? I haven't received any news."

Xiao Hei also sent a message at the same time.

"Master, they lost all the red envelopes given by the Zhong family on the day of the bride's arrival, and they still owe the gambling house more than ten taels of silver. The gambling house's thugs threatened to chop off their hands if they didn't pay back!"

Bai Chi sneered in his heart, he deserved it if his hand was chopped off!

The betrothal gift given by the Zhong family was worth a thousand taels of silver. Anyone with a bit of common sense would use the money to buy land and build a house, and then send their son to school and learn calligraphy.

But they chose to gamble.