Chapter 79: Peeping
After sitting in the front seat, Han Yu realized that there was another person in the car and asked, "Bai Zai? Why did you get into someone else's car?"
"Do you two know each other?" Luo Qinglin asked.
"He is my neighbor." They both answered in unison.
The third child in that photo is Bai Shengyun?
Luo Qinglin recollected for a moment and realized that the child was indeed very similar to Bai Shengyun, especially the pair of big almond eyes on his face, which were exactly the same.
Bai Shengyun is also Jiang Yanyu’s childhood friend? !
He still thought Bai Shengyun was just a business partner.
What if Jiang Yanyu loses his childhood friend Bai Shengyun because of this incident?
He had a very bad argument with Bai Shengyun that day. If he had known earlier, he should have been more patient.
As an adult, what is there that you cannot tolerate that makes you have to quarrel with others? Luo Qinglin blamed himself for being impulsive in his heart. Feelings of regret took over and his expression turned grim.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? I'm asking you a question." Bai Shengyun stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Luo Qinglin.
Luo Qinglin blinked, came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I asked, have you forgiven me? The man surnamed Jiang said that I must get your reply." Bai Shengyun said with a pout.
Since Bai Shengyun took the initiative to give him a way out, Luo Qinglin just went along and said, "Well, let's live in peace from now on." And don't make things difficult for Jiang Yanyu anymore.
"etc!"
Bai Shengyun took out his phone, switched to Jiang Yanyu's chat box, and pressed the voice button. "If he wants to hear the evidence, just say, 'I, Luo Qinglin, am determined to forgive Bai Shengyun and let bygones be bygones'."
Luo Qinglin was about to roll his eyes, but forced himself to hold back halfway, and said with his eyes closed: "I, Luo Qinglin, have decided to forgive Bai Shengyun and let bygones be bygones."
"Thank you, thank you very much." After getting the response, Bai Shengyun smiled happily, laughed joyfully twice, and immediately sent the voice message.
Han Yu was sitting in the front row. He turned his head to observe the expressions of the two people and asked Luo Qinglin, "Did Bai Zai make you angry?"
Luo Qinglin was about to answer "Nothing", but Bai Shengyun said first: "Yes, I was drunk that day and smashed a whole bottle of wine at his feet. It was dangerous!"
Is that why he's angry?
He was obviously so angry at Bai Shengyun's straight-man stupidity that he was speechless.
Bai Shengyun used to have a bad temper and loved to curse people, which was somewhat able to cover up the fact that he was not very smart. But now he talks too much and acts like a stupid roe deer when he opens his mouth.
Luo Qinglin didn't want to listen to him, and said with a fake smile: "Mr. Bai, I won't tell you Xiaoxi's schedule. If you want to know, go ask her yourself. Whether she wants to tell you or not, I won't interfere."
"Mr. Han and I are both tired. Please do as you please. Whether you want to sleep or go back to the hotel, it's up to you." After saying that, Luo Qinglin leaned his head against the window and pretended to close his eyes to rest.
"I'll go to Sirène's show with you." Bai Shengyun glanced at Luo Qinglin's face through the reflection in the window.
Han Yi's gaze moved back and forth between the two people's faces, finally settling on Bai Shengyun. He took out his cell phone and pointed at the screen. Bai Shengyun quickly understood and took out his cell phone.
【Han Yu: Were you also called by Jiang Zi to follow him? 】
[Bai Shengyun: No, I came to find someone I like. 】
Han Yu took a breath and glanced at Luo Qinglin, his eyes full of disbelief.
【Han Yu: Are you gay? Are you going to snatch that person from Jiang Zai? 】
【Bai Shengyun: No! ! ! I like Luo Qinglin's assistant! I want to compete with Xiao Ruxuan for that person! 】
[Han Yu: Luo Qinglin has an assistant? Where is it? 】
[Bai Shengyun: She is interviewing at the show. I don’t know where she is for now. 】
【Han Yu: Then what’s the point of you following Luo Qinglin? People don't like you at first sight. 】
[Bai Shengyun: Qin Xiaoxi, listen to Luo Qinglin! Jiang Yanyu said that as long as I serve Luo Qinglin well, Qin Xiaoxi will naturally like me. 】
This logic doesn't make sense no matter how you listen to it. It sounds like Jiang Yanyu is fooling people.
However, Han Yu did not expose it. As long as Bai Shengyun stayed here, he could find an excuse to sneak back home.
【Han Yu: Then you continue, I’m leaving first. 】
"Luo Qinglin?" Han Yu put down his phone and called out softly.
Luo Qinglin hadn't slept to begin with, so he opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I have to leave suddenly for something, so I can't accompany you to the show. Bai Zai also knows a little French, so you can ask him anything you want to ask. I'm really sorry." Han Mi said.
"It's okay, you go about your business, it's fine with me." Luo Qinglin said with a smile.
Not long after, Han Yin told the driver to stop at an intersection with few cars and people, said goodbye to the two people and got out of the car.
As soon as Han Ming left, the atmosphere in the car dropped to freezing point.
The two people sat on each side of the back seat. Luo Qinglin stared out the window in a daze, while Bai Shengyun glanced to the side from time to time, as if hesitating to say something.
It's only four o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still two hours before Sirène's show begins.
There were still a few minutes left to drive to the hotel, and Alex finally remembered to ask: "Mr. Luo, do you want to go back to the hotel to change clothes first, or go for a drive and stroll around the street first?"
"Go for a walk..." Bai Shengyun's eyes drifted to Luo Qinglin's white eyes, and he changed the subject, "Or we can go back to the hotel."
After arriving in Paris, Luo Qinglin actually didn't want to stay back in the hotel. He wanted to go to the ancient shops in the small streets and alleys to take pictures. But when he thought that Bai Shengyun was going to follow him around, Luo Qinglin lost interest in taking pictures.
Seeing Luo Qinglin hesitate, Bai Shengyun had an idea and moved closer and said, "I know where Jiang Yanyu's favorite bakery was when she was a child. Do you want to go there and take a look?"
Luo Qinglin glanced at Bai Shengyun and asked distrustfully, "When you were a kid? That wouldn't be more than a decade ago. How could the bakery be open for so long?"
Seeing that Luo Qinglin was somewhat interested, Bai Shengyun quickly said, "Of course, this is a century-old store, and it has been around for many years."
Luo Qinglin held his head up and hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "Then tell the driver the address."
The bakery is hidden on the corner of the street, very close to Jiang Yanyu's home, only one block away. The shop door is very small, with exquisite black bronze lamps hanging on both sides of the door and a faded wooden sign on the top of the door.
The glass door could not block the aroma of roasting butter, which leaked out from the crack of the door. Luo Qinglin could smell it while standing outside the door.
The store is very small. The owner is a white-haired man who came out from the kitchen carrying a plate of croissants that had just come out of the oven.
"Have a seat," Bai Shengyun pushed Luo Qinglin to the only seat in the store, "I'll go order. I know what he liked to eat when he was a child."
After a while, Bai Shengyun paid the money and sat down with a few croissants wrapped in baking paper and two cups of hot cocoa.
Luo Qinglin picked up a croissant and asked casually, "How do you know that Jiang Yanyu loved to come here when she was a child and liked to eat these?"
Bai Sheng took a sip of the hot cocoa from Yunduan, frowned at the sweetness, and quickly put it down.
"When he first moved in next to my house, he couldn't speak Chinese. He would lie in front of the door and shout 'chocolat chaud' and 'croissant' every day. At first I thought he was possessed by a ghost and was speaking ghost language. I was so scared that I went to his door every day to scold him."
When you were scared, instead of hiding back home, you ran to someone's door and cursed at them?
Luo Qinglin didn’t understand what was going on in Bai Shengyun’s brain.
"When my mother came back from her business trip, she found him lying on the door. He didn't go back into the house when it got dark, and he hid under a tree when it rained. He usually stared out the door eagerly. I thought he was a trafficked child."
"My mother found out that he was Jiang Ligang's eldest son only after she called the police. No one usually lives in that house. Jiang Ligang moved in with his wife and youngest son several weeks after Jiang Yanyu arrived."
"At first, Han Yu and I couldn't understand what he was saying. But after spending more time together, he taught us French and we taught him Chinese."
......
When talking about the past, Bai Shengyun started talking and rambling for a long time.
After ordering another cup of coffee, Bai Shengyun poked Luo Qinglin with his elbow and said with a raised eyebrow, "I've told you so many things. In exchange, you have to tell me about Qin Xiaoxi?"
Having said that, Bai Shengyun's true purpose became clear.
Luo Qinglin chewed his croissant slowly and said coldly: "I didn't promise you that. You said it on your own initiative. It's none of my business."
"You!" Bai Shengyun raised his voice for a moment and seemed about to get angry, but when he thought about serving Luo Qinglin well, he grabbed his hair with his ten fingers and forced himself to hold back his temper.
"Hey," Luo Qinglin stirred the hot cocoa with a spoon and sighed deliberately, "Xiaoxi doesn't like people with bad tempers..."
After he finished speaking, Luo Qinglin deliberately glanced at Bai Shengyun, and then shook his head in disgust.
Bai Shengyun was so angry that he could not vent his anger. He lifted up the ceramic cup, drank the bitter coffee, took a deep breath, and asked with a smile: "What else do you want to know?"
It was rare to see Bai Shengyun being humiliated, so Luo Qinglin was in a good mood and asked again: "Have you met his mother?"
Bai Shengyun held up his head and recalled for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, he never seemed to mention his mother."
No one has ever seen Alina, so why does he feel that Alina looks familiar?
Was she a public figure and he had seen other pictures of her?
Thinking of this, Luo Qinglin suddenly had an epiphany. He immediately opened the photo album, cut the photo he took at Jiang Yanyu's house that day in half, and searched for Alina's face on the browser.
"What are you looking at?" Bai Shengyun asked with his eyes squinted.
"I didn't see anything." To prevent Bai Shengyun from peeking, Luo Qinglin blackened the screen of his phone and said perfunctorily, "Thank you for the news. In exchange, I will also tell you a piece of news about Xiaoxi."
"What news?" Bai Shengyun asked in a low voice like a thief.
"She told me last time..." Luo Qinglin said with a gloating smile, "She only likes sweet girls."
When Bai Shengyun heard this, the only smile on his face disappeared instantly. He pursed his lips in grievance, his lips trembling slightly, and sat there in a daze.
No one disturbed him, and Luo Qinglin continued to look up pictures. As soon as he searched for pictures, an entry "Elena Ri (1978-2017), British supermodel" immediately popped up.
Luo Qinglin flipped through the pictures in the entry, and the more he looked, the more he felt that this was Alina, and the year of death also matched what Jiang Yanyu said.
When I scrolled to the bottom of the entry, the last item was "cause of death".
Luo Qinglin's eyes quickly swept to the end of the text. After reading it, he felt a chill rushing to his heart and his hair stood on end.
[Elena Ri was found dead in a London villa on December 25, 2018, with 25 stab wounds all over her body. The identity of the murderer has not been identified yet. 】
The author has something to say:
Jiang Yanyu: Serve my wife well, and you will have everything you want (raised eyebrows)
Bai Shengyun: Great!
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