Bai Shimu first saw Gu Jueye on news reports. He was from a prestigious family, exceptionally handsome and elegant. Her first impression of him? "A demon!"
The second time she met Gu ...
The topics that Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan were discussing in the room had all reached the ears of Bai Qianmo, Bai Luoyu, and Bai Yitang.
"Qianmo is right, Bai Xinrou is indeed preparing to run away." Bai Yitang sneered.
Do they really think the Bai family's house is so easy to take?
"What exactly did they send Bai Xinrou to the Bai family to look for?" Bai Luoyu asked Bai Qianmo.
Bai Qianmo was deep in thought; she was also very curious.
According to the surveillance footage, Bai Xinrou has been rummaging through her grandfather's study these past few days.
They seemed uninterested in the numerous paintings and antiques in the house. What exactly did the Bai family possess that those people desperately wanted?
Perhaps this is what those people are after when they targeted the Bai family.
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"Grandpa Bai, think about it again. Does our family have an ancestral jade pendant? It's shaped like a white grandfather. Please think about it carefully."
Old Bai lay on the bed, staring at Bai Xinrou in a daze.
“Xinrou, you’ve asked me this many times. The Bai family really doesn’t have anything like what you’re talking about.”
Bai Xinrou frowned, a hint of annoyance flashing in her eyes.
Even Old Master Bai didn't know that his family had such a thing, so how could that person be so sure that the jade pendant was in the Bai family's possession?
Bai Xinrou thought to herself, since the white jade pendant couldn't be found, she would have to make plans for herself while staying in the Bai family.
Thinking of this, Bai Xinrou looked at Bai Lao, who was in a semi-comatose state.
"Grandpa Bai, are you really planning to give this house to me?"
"Yes...yes."
"Then why don't you make a will and clearly state that this house will be given to me, Bai Xinrou? What do you think?"
When Elder Bai is in a state of mental confusion, the consciousness of the Sleepy Gu Worm can be brought to its fullest potential.
Therefore, what Bai Xinrou said at this moment was like issuing an order. After receiving the order, the sleep-inducing bug would start paying attention to this consciousness in Bai Lao's brain, so that Bai Lao would subconsciously act according to this order.
Old Bai slowly closed his eyes and murmured, "Good..."
Bai Xinrou took a pre-prepared transfer document and stuffed the pen she had brought into Bai Lao's hand.
"Grandpa Bai, just sign your name on it, and that'll be the end of it."
Old Bai opened his eyes again in a daze, staring blankly at Bai Xinrou for a few seconds.
"Come on, sign it." Zhang Cuiyan stepped forward and helped Old Bai sit up.
Mr. Bai looked at the documents handed to him, picked up the pen, and tremblingly signed his name in the recipient's column.
Just then, Bai Qianmo walked in.
"grandfather!"
Mr. Bai's hand holding the pen trembled and stopped at the signature column.
Bai Qianmo carried a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup and slowly walked to the bedside, her eyes quickly glancing at the documents in Bai Lao's hand.
He glanced at her, his gaze turning slightly cold.
Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan both looked guilty.
"Qianmo is here." Zhang Cuiyan gave a fake smile.
Bai Qianmo twitched the corners of her lips and glanced at Zhang Cuiyan with a half-smile.
“I didn’t know you were in Grandpa’s room. It seems I’ve disturbed your ‘important’ business.”
His tone was calm, but you could hear the sarcasm in his words.
Bai Xinrou subconsciously avoided the cold gaze that Bai Qianmo was casting at her.
Zhang Cuiyan pretended not to understand what Bai Qianmo meant.
"Old Master Bai is determined to give this house to Xinrou. Just now, Xinrou kept persuading him, saying that it would be more appropriate to leave the house to the Bai family, as she, as an outsider, would not have the proper right to do so."
"Indeed, it's not proper or legitimate, but at least they have some self-awareness."
Bai Xinrou's face immediately turned cold: "It's a pity that Grandpa Bai insisted on giving the house to me, and I couldn't stop him even if I wanted to."
Bai Qianmo ignored Bai Xinrou and went straight to Bai Lao's bedside, placing the tray on the bedside table.
“Grandpa, the house is currently yours. As a junior, I have no right to interfere with who you give it to, but…”
Bai Qianmo suddenly appeared, and Bai Lao seemed to be in much better spirits than before.
He stared thoughtfully at the house transfer document in his hand.
"But what?" Old Bai asked.
Bai Qianmo sighed: "Last night I had a very strange dream. I dreamt of my grandmother. She said she missed me, her granddaughter whom she had never met, so she came to see me."
Grandpa Bai's cloudy eyes gradually cleared, and he became somewhat emotional when he mentioned his long-deceased wife.
"Your grandma actually appeared in your dream? Why doesn't she come to see me? I haven't seen her in my dreams for a long time."
"Grandpa, Grandma misses you very much too. She said in her dream that she is doing well in another world all these years and told you not to worry about her. She has let go of everything in this world, and the only thing she is worried about is you."
"Yes, yes, she said those words before she passed away. She said I was too stubborn and had a bad temper, and she was afraid that no one would guide me and I would get stuck in a rut. I never thought that even after so many years, she would still care about me so much." At this point, Mr. Bai recalled many beautiful memories with his wife, his eyes reddened, and his voice choked with emotion.
Seeing that Grandpa Bai was already moved, Bai Qianmo pressed on, saying, "Grandpa, Grandma also said that this old house holds too many memories of how she met you. She said that when you came to Grandpa's house to learn a craft, she was only 13 years old and you were 17. The first time you met was at the front gate of the front yard."
The old man lowered his head and nodded repeatedly.
"It was at the main gate. She and her girlfriends were happily running towards the gate. I was following the butler inside, looking travel-worn. She was running so fast that she bumped into me. Haha, that little girl was incredibly strong. She almost knocked me down with her."
When recalling the scene of their first meeting, Mr. Bai's expression showed some fondness.
The memory is as clear as if it were yesterday; he will never forget that girl with the bright smile.
Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan, who were standing to the side, looked completely bewildered!
Bai Xinrou vaguely sensed that Bai Qianmo and Bai Lao's casual conversation must have some other purpose.
"Grandpa Bai, it's too late. You just said you were sleepy, so you should get some rest."
Grandpa Bai was overwhelmed with grief over missing his wife, and at that moment he was somewhat resistant to Bai Xinrou's instructions.