With so many servants at home, why would she need to serve them? Isn't this just deliberately making things difficult for her?
As if sensing her inner thoughts, Bai Junbai said quietly, "I don't want anyone else to see the teeth marks on my hand, and I don't want to explain how I got the wound or who bit me, understand?"
Oh, I see. Okay, but, "If I serve you like a maid, how am I supposed to explain it when my older sister and the others ask?"
“I’ll be staying out for the next few days. I have a duplex apartment in the Blue Lake area, which is less than two streets away from the Garden area. If you can’t find it, just take a taxi there, and I’ll come downstairs to pick you up.”
Having come this far, what else could she say?
"Okay, I'll come and take care of you then. Can you calm down now?" Lin Taozi looked at his profile with pleading eyes.
Bai Junbo's expression finally softened a bit, and his tone also became gentler, "Let's see after my injury heals. If you don't take good care of me, I won't be appeased, and I won't help you anymore."
This means she will no longer help Li Honglian. Lin Taozi had promised, so she naturally hoped to resolve the matter and could only coax the person gently.
Sigh, I'm so tired. Bai Junbai is already forty-three, how come he's even harder to coax than her? He really is a rich man's son, so spoiled.
"Young Master Bai, it's lunchtime. Please take your seat. The old master wants you to come downstairs." A servant knocked on the door.
Lin Taozi jumped up and panicked, heading towards the door, but Bai Junbo stopped her, saying, "If you want people to see you, go out now."
Lin Taozi was taken aback. She looked at him, then at the direction of the door, and finally ran to the bathroom.
Bai Junbai: "..." Who are you trying to hide from? Would the servants dare to come in without his permission? Stupid woman.
"Bang!" Lin Taozi heard the bathroom door close and immediately felt something was wrong. She opened the bathroom door a crack and peeked out. From this angle, she could only see the location of Bai Junbai's bed and couldn't see anything else.
But she felt like no one was in the room anymore. To confirm her suspicions, she tiptoed out, and sure enough, Bai Junbo had already left, leaving her alone there.
Why didn't you tell her before going out? Is she allowed to go out now? What if someone sees her outside? How will you explain that?
Lin Taozi lay on the doorway listening to the sounds outside, too afraid to move for a long time.
Downstairs, Lin Chacha glanced at the empty seats and frowned. "Where did Taozi go? We can't find her anywhere to eat."
"Second Master Bai, Mo Xun just said that Taozi went to help you. Did you see her?" This question was directed at Bai Junbai.
Bai Junbai ate his food slowly and deliberately. Hearing this, he raised his eyes slightly and lowered them, saying in a low voice, "I saw him upstairs earlier, but I haven't seen him since. Should we send a servant up to check?"
"Aunt Zhao, go upstairs again and tell that girl to come down and eat quickly, so as not to keep everyone waiting." Lin Chacha really called on one of the maids to go and call for people.
"Oh, I'll go take a look right now." Just as Aunt Zhao was about to go upstairs, she saw a figure appear at the bottom of the stairs.
"No need to trouble yourself, she's down." Bai Ru'an's expression was indifferent, but his eyes were unfathomable. Lin Taozi behind him was like a deflated balloon, hanging her head and following behind.
When they arrived at the dining table, Bai Ruan sat down naturally, but Lin Taozi stood there like a child who had made a mistake, not daring to move.
"What are you standing there for? Sit down and eat!" Lin Chacha looked at her, puzzled.
Lin Taozi pouted and secretly glanced at Bai Ru'an. Seeing that he wasn't looking at her, she thought she was being nonchalant and looked at Bai Junbai. Bai Junbai noticed her gaze and looked over.
But then he saw Lin Taozi looking at him with a resentful gaze, as if she were looking at a heartless man. Bai Junbai's brow twitched, and he had a bad feeling. He glanced at Bai Ru'an out of the corner of his eye, and Bai Ru'an returned his gaze with a faint look.
Was this stupid woman caught red-handed, or was she caught by Mingxuan's nephew himself? She's incredibly stupid.
Lin Taozi felt very wronged. Little did she know that she would run into her brother-in-law as soon as she came out of Bai Junbai's room. Moreover, her brother-in-law happened to be passing by Bai Junbai's door, and when she opened the door, their eyes met.
It's all Bai Junbo's fault for abandoning her and leaving her without anyone to keep watch. This is so annoying. What if her older sister finds out? Will she beat her up?
"Sit down and eat," Bai Ru'an said calmly, without saying anything more.
With a creak, Lin Taozi panicked and instinctively reached out to pull the chair, but the movement was so big that she almost overturned it. Fortunately, the dining table was thick and sturdy, and it did not shake at all even after being bumped.
"Why are you acting so loudly? Peach, have you taken the wrong medicine?" Yan Xin raised an eyebrow and scrutinized her with a critical look.
"It's nothing, I'm just hungry, really hungry." Lin Taozi buried her head in her food, not daring to look up at anyone present, which only made her seem more like she was trying to cover up her hunger.
Everyone looked at her with a puzzled expression for a moment, but Bai Zhengping didn't care. To him, Lin Taozi was just his granddaughter-in-law's sister and Mo Xun's aunt; nothing else mattered to him.
"Cough, eat your food, it'll get cold if you don't eat now." After he finished eating, he still had to go check on his two little grandchildren who were only a few days old, and then pick up Xiao Moxun from school.
Now, Mr. Bai's greatest pleasure is occasionally picking up Xiao Moxun from school. The little guy will take the opportunity to act cute and ask him to take him to eat junk food, like fried chicken and cola.
He was very pleased with his little grandson's cuteness and coquettishness; even his tantrums and rolling on the ground could make him happy.
The housekeeper often shook his head, saying that the old man spoiled the child rotten.
After the meal, Lin Taozi patted her round, full belly and wanted to go find Bai Ruan to explain, but Bai Ruan went upstairs to be with his wife and children as soon as he finished eating.
Lin Taozi wanted to chase after him, but Bai Junbo pulled her to a corner of the garden. She struggled and tried to break free from his grip. "Bai Junbo, let go quickly, or someone will see us again. I was caught by my brother-in-law just now, and I need to go and explain things to him now."
"Explain what? Haven't you heard the saying 'the more you explain, the worse it gets'? What happened between us? We have absolutely no relationship, right?"
"...Well, you still need to explain." Lin Taozi was dumbfounded. So what should she do?
Looking at the woman with a stupid expression, Bai Junbai clicked his tongue. That's why he was so worried about her and even pulled her over to give her some pointers.
"Don't say anything, act like nothing happened. If Mingxuan asks, just say you went to my room to get something, and that I asked you to go get it." Bai Junbai pinched the bridge of his nose.
"My reaction at the time must have aroused my brother-in-law's suspicion. I couldn't lie to him." Lin Taozi said with a mournful face.
"Why lie? Did you and I do something? Just tell the truth. Aren't you an actor? Can't you even put on a calm act in front of Mingxuan and your older sister? What kind of act are you putting on?"
Seeing the disdain in his eyes, Lin Taozi felt greatly provoked. He looked down on her profession, no, he looked down on her acting skills.
"You wait, I know what you're trying to say. Humph, we have no relationship, nothing happened, so why should I back down? I'm just telling the truth, you don't need to teach me." Lin Taozi roared, then turned and jogged away.
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