[Chapter 401: Bulging Belly]

The lights in the Bai family's living room were dim and depressing.

Bai Jianjun sat on the sofa, holding a stack of photos in his hand, "Qingyue, take a look at these photos and choose a blind date for tomorrow."

"Dad, I don't want to go on a blind date, and I don't want to get married yet." Bai Qingyue stood by and frowned and refused.

When Bai Jianjun heard this, his face instantly became long, as if he could hang a bottle of oil on it, and his expression became extremely ugly, "You must choose, you are not young anymore, you are married and have children."

Since childhood, Bai Jianjun has lived abroad and rarely returns to China, let alone participate in the growth of her and her elder brother.

Now that he is back, he is forcing the brother and sister to go on a blind date and get married.

The grievances and dissatisfaction that had been accumulated in Bai Qingyue's heart for many years surged like a tide. Her eyes were red and she said stubbornly: "I won't choose. You have never cared about me since I was a child. What right do you have to arrange my marriage now?"

Bai Jianjun stood up suddenly, his movement causing a gust of wind. He took a few steps to Bai Qingyue and raised his hand to slap her hard.

With a loud slap, he roared, "Is this the way you talk to your father? Everything I do is for your own good, for the good of the entire Bai family!"

Bai Qingyue's face was hit to one side, and a red palm print instantly appeared on her fair cheek.

Her tears immediately burst out, rolling down like beads from a broken string, "For my own good? You don't care about me at all, and everything you do now is for your own selfish desires!"

After saying that, she covered her face, turned around and ran away crying.

Liu Meilan had been watching coldly in a corner. When she saw her daughter running away, she immediately rushed forward like a lit firecracker.

"You really have to force us three, mother and son, into this, right? Are you going to force us all to death?"

She threw herself on Bai Jianjun, pounded his chest hard, and screamed hysterically.

Seeing this, the servants all retreated to an invisible corner.

There is really no peace in the Bai family. There is a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days.

Bai Jianjun pushed Liu Meilan away, his chest heaving with anger, and he gasped for air. "If you hadn't been so cruel and ruthless that you almost killed Lan Weiyu, would I have done this? This is all your fault!"

Liu Meilan was pushed onto the sofa. She turned her head and glared at him, shouting angrily, "Then call the police to arrest me. This way, you and Lan Weiyu can live together forever, and no one can stop you!"

Bai Jianjun was so angry at her that he felt a pain in his heart and began to feel dizzy.

He pointed at Liu Meilan, his fingers trembling slightly, "You are simply unreasonable!"

After saying that, he couldn't stay any longer, so he turned around and strode out of the living room.

Liu Meilan looked at Bai Jianjun's departing back, her facial features still ferocious, her eyes revealing a hint of ruthlessness and determination.

She got up from the sofa, straightened her wrinkled clothes, and turned to leave the living room.

Bai Qingyue ran back to her room crying, slammed the door, threw herself on the bed, covered her head with the quilt, her body was still shaking, and her tears soaked a large area of ​​the bed sheet.

She just couldn't understand why her father treated her and her elder brother like this. In his eyes, her and Bai Qingyan's happiness was not important at all?

It was clearly the mother's fault, so why should they bear the consequences and be forced to marry someone they have no feelings for?

At the same time, Bai Jianjun returned to the study, sat on the chair, covered his face with his hands, feeling mixed emotions.

Although he was angry at Liu Meilan's behavior, he also felt a little regretful for hitting Bai Qingyue just now.

But when he thought of Lan Weiyu and Lin Yin, he felt that what he did was right.

He paced back and forth in the study, not knowing what to do.

The mother and her two children were a real source of worry for him.

Bai Jianjun sighed heavily.

…

In two days, Guan Xiaoxiao's nephew will have his full moon banquet, and the Guan family warmly invited Lin Yin and Huo Jingze to attend.

The two sat on the sofa in the living room, discussing what gift to buy.

Huo Jingze tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go shopping in the mall first, and buy something if we see something suitable. After all, it's a full-moon banquet, so the gifts must be chosen carefully."

Lin Yin nodded in agreement, "Alright, maybe we can get more inspiration by going to the mall."

The two went to the mall together.

The mall is bustling with people coming and going.

Huo Jingze held Lin Yin's hand and walked straight to the mother and baby store. The store was filled with all kinds of cute baby products, including small clothes, small shoes, bottles and pacifiers, etc.

Just as they were carefully choosing, Bai Qingyue appeared at the door of the maternity and baby store.

Lin Yin saw Bai Qingyue out of the corner of her eye, turned her head and asked in confusion, "Qingyue, why are you also visiting the maternity and baby store?"

Hearing this, Bai Qingyue subconsciously glanced at Huo Jingze, with a hint of panic in her eyes, but she quickly calmed down.

"The milk powder my cousin's child eats is only available in the capital, so she asked me to buy it for her."

After she finished speaking, her eyes fell on Lin Yin and Huo Jingze's interlocked hands, and she forced a smile on her face, "Why are you guys visiting a maternity and baby store? Are you pregnant with your second child? Congratulations."

Lin Yin blushed slightly, and quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, we are just strolling around to see if there are any suitable gifts for our friend's children."

"Oh, I won't chat with you guys anymore. I'm going to pick out milk powder first." Bai Qingyue hurriedly walked in the opposite direction of them.

From beginning to end, Huo Jingze didn't even look at her.

Lin Yin and Huo Jingze looked around the store for a while, but didn't find anything suitable, so they left the store and went somewhere else.

After they walked away, Bai Qingyue came to the door of the store and secretly watched the backs of Lin Yin and Huo Jingze as they left.

Her hand unconsciously touched her slightly bulging belly, and the expression on her face was complicated and changeable.

Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back, but now that it has come to this, she is still very confused.

She had no idea what to do in the future.

Bai Qingyue stood there blankly, not moving for a long time. The noise around her seemed to have nothing to do with her. She was immersed in her own thoughts, and her heart was like the sea hit by a storm, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

It was not until Lin Yin and Huo Jingze completely disappeared from her sight that she sighed slowly, turned and walked in another direction, looking a little lonely and desolate.