Seeing her bounce away like a little cannonball, Bai Junbo was both amused and annoyed. She even yelled at him. Who was she angry at?
"Big sister, Taozi and Master Bai have been getting quite close lately. She asked Taozi to help him out before, and just now I saw them whispering something in the garden downstairs. It's strange," Lin Chacha told Lin Xiazhu what she had seen.
"Isn't Taozi quite afraid of Second Uncle? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Lin Xiazhu was a little absent-minded; her mind was on the child, and she hadn't thought about much else.
“I also find it strange. How could someone as shrewd as Master Bai possibly have anything in common with Taozi?” Lin Chacha couldn’t figure out what was wrong, but it was just very odd.
Bai Ru'an listened silently without interrupting. He walked thoughtfully to the balcony and looked out at the garden, but Bai Junbai and Lin Taozi were no longer there.
He recalled Lin Taozi emerging from his second uncle's room in a panic. At the time, he didn't rush to ask Taozi what had happened, but he had a bad feeling. He couldn't let Xiaozhu know about this for the time being. She was still in her postpartum period, and if she got upset, it would be bad for her health. What if she developed a chronic illness?
So he specifically asked Bai Junbai a private talk and directly asked him what had happened between him and Taozi.
"Don't look at me with that accusing gaze. I didn't do anything to her. There was an accident before." Bai Junbai told her everything that happened that day, omitting the details of their entanglement in the bathtub.
"So you didn't do anything, Peach saw you naked, and you saw her naked too?" The last sentence was a test.
Bai Junbai, being the shrewd man he was, could easily understand his meaning. He clicked his tongue, feeling rather bored, and said, "Well, but we really didn't do it."
Bai Ruan still believed him on this point, but it would still sound bad if it got out, and Taozi's reputation would be damaged. She was a celebrity, and if someone with ulterior motives took advantage of the situation, it might implicate Xiaozhu and cause a lot of trouble.
"When she came out of your room that day, did you call her in?" Bai Ru'an didn't ask Lin Taozi, but came directly to ask Bai Junbai because he believed that Lin Taozi would not do anything to seduce anyone.
Subconsciously, he felt that Bai Junbai, a seasoned player in the dating scene, had deceived Lin Taozi. He wanted to stand up for her and prevent the matter from escalating. At least until Lin Xiazhu finished her postpartum confinement, the matter had to be kept under control.
"Are you interrogating a criminal? We are innocent. He needs something from me, but he doesn't want anyone else to know, so he told me privately."
"What do you need to talk about in your room? Don't you dislike people coming into your room? When did Peach become so special?" Bai Ru'an's tone was both reminding and warning.
Bai Junbo was speechless for a moment and couldn't refute it. He also realized that his excitement was a bit strange, and he himself often couldn't figure out what was wrong with him.
However, he still subconsciously argued back, even revealing Zhang Yu's affair, "...Zhang Yu's personality changed drastically, which is largely related to his drug addiction. I heard that his ex-wife came to see Xiao Zhu several times. Now Xiao Zhu is in confinement and can't take care of other people's affairs, so Lin Taozi foolishly went up to her and insisted on helping her solve the problem. In the end, she couldn't do anything about it herself, and I got entangled with her."
Bai Ru'an knew that Li Honglian had come to Lin Xiazhu for help that day. She kept pleading, and Xiazhu was easily swayed. He was annoyed that Li Honglian had bothered Xiazhu so many times. He would have let it go normally.
The last time he came to see Xiaozhu, she was newly pregnant. He thought the matter was resolved, but unexpectedly, her due date was approaching and Li Honglian came to visit again. That day, he wanted to send her away or send his men to help her, but Xiaozhu suddenly went into labor. After that, both he and Xiaozhu's attention was on the two little ones.
She had no recollection of Li Honglian's matter, but Taozi was there that day. She was quite enthusiastic about helping others and had been trying to persuade her older sister.
Who would have thought that she would be able to ask Bai Junbai for help? Regardless of what happened between them, their relationship was already extraordinary.
"Second Uncle, Taozi and you are not suitable. She is young and naive, and doesn't understand anything. You are the elder, so please take care of her." The subtext was that he should stop getting so close to Lin Taozi and stop leading the young girl astray.
"Mingxuan, I didn't have any designs on her." However, some things are hard to control, and if it really happens, he won't run away from it.
Half a month has passed, and Lin Taozi still hasn't received any questioning from her brother-in-law. She suspects that he has forgotten what happened that day. Her brother-in-law stays at home every day to help take care of the children, and his mind is on his wife and children. He probably has long forgotten about his aunt.
After being anxious and conflicted for half a month, Lin Taozi hypnotized herself into believing that her brother-in-law really didn't remember her leaving Bai Junbai's room, and went back to work with peace of mind.
That year, she seemed to have caught her second sister's laziness and wanted to take more time off. She stopped filming and only accepted good scripts. As the weather turned cold and the end of October approached, she only accepted one TV series.
Lin Taozi plays the second female lead, while the female lead is actually Mingxue. Mingxue is currently very popular and has a high level of fame, after all, she has a striking appearance. However, it wouldn't be easy for her to snatch the female lead role on her own, so Lin Taozi helped her.
The reason is that Lin Taozi felt that Mingxue was very suitable to be the female lead in that drama, and both her appearance and personality were very similar to Mingxue's.
"Taozi, I'll treat you to dinner after work today, along with a few other girls from the crew. It's been a while since you've had a get-together with us." Mingxue, dressed in a light yellow ancient costume, walked into Lin Taozi's dressing room and spoke to her affectionately.
The role they took on this time is a period drama. The female lead is the most beautiful woman in the capital, the daughter of the prime minister, with a gentle and refined personality. Mingxue is indeed very suitable for this role.
Lin Taozi plays the female lead's best friend, a naive and innocent character. Actually, she hasn't played a naive and innocent character in a long time. After several years of honing her skills, she has become quite capable. She has taken on roles ranging from princesses and empresses to village girls. Although she can't be said to have been very successful, her performances were still commendable.
When Mingxue invited her to dinner, she was about to accept. Although she had been drugged because of Mingxue, she didn't care because she thought that Mingxue had been framed and hadn't meant to harm her.
But since that day, Lin Taozi has rarely gone out to eat or have secret meals with anyone. Even when she does go out, she always brings a bodyguard. Cough, it's quite strange, but the bodyguard was arranged for her by Bai Junbai. *facepalm*
She said she was only taking care of her because of her brother-in-law, to prevent her from barging into his room and ruining his plans if something happened.
Before she could even speak, her phone vibrated with a message. She opened it and saw that Bai Junbo was inviting her to dinner that night. Uh, so she couldn't keep her appointment with Mingxue.
"I'm sorry, I already have plans with friends tonight. You guys go ahead, I'll treat you to dinner another day." Lin Taozi smiled sweetly, her face clearly showing her carefree nature, but she was lucky, with powerful backers and people protecting her.
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