"What's going on? Are you still in Qiantang? Old Bai's youngest son and daughter-in-law are getting a divorce? And then Old Bai got involved?"
Wu You switched the phone to his right hand and then used his left pinky to pick at his ear.
The phone rang with constant clanging and banging, accompanied by a woman's sharp curses and a man's loud shouts.
I remember Bai Yanxi saying that his youngest daughter-in-law was a materialistic woman and a typical shrew, but it seems that his youngest son is no better, at least he is definitely unfilial.
"Mr. Wu, we are in Suzhou City. As for getting involved, well, you can't say that. Before Mr. Bai came, the couple had just had a few arguments. They were probably like any other couple who weren't on good terms."
Lu Xian on the other end of the phone was a little unsure how to explain this rather absurd situation, which he found quite dramatic.
Bai Yanxi had told him not to tell anyone, but how could Lu Xian not answer his boss's questions?
He glanced at Bai Yanxi, who was acting as a mediator, and thought to himself that he would have to apologize to Mr. Bai later.
Lu Xian has been getting quite annoyed coming to this place every day lately.
Lu Xian quietly walked out the door and half-closed it.
"That's right, the couple was just having disagreements. When Mr. Bai first found them, they were 'united against outsiders'."
Wu You became interested in hearing this. Could it be that Old Man Bai was the one who broke them up? Old Man Bai is quite ruthless in taking revenge on his son; you don't usually see that.
"So Old Bai wants them to get a divorce?"
Wu You asked this question casually.
"No, no, Mr. Bai, how could that be? Mr. Wu, you don't know, that's where the drama lies..."
As Lu Xian narrated, Wu You gradually came to understand the situation.
The couple who own Bai Yanxi's youngest son are both petty, and their daughter-in-law is often unreasonable, so over the years they have accumulated a lot of resentment.
When Bai Yanxi first arrived, they looked down on him and didn't want to take on the responsibility of supporting him.
However, when the old father came this time, he was radiant and in excellent health, wearing a high-quality training shirt made of shiny silver satin.
It was very different from the destitute period I remembered after being released from prison.
Sure enough, Bai Yanxi is no longer the same as before.
A bodyguard in a suit followed them up, and then they discovered a Mercedes parked downstairs in the old man's apartment complex.
Is this the pace of becoming a boss, all in just a few years?
Then the attitude will be different.
Please come inside and inquire about Bai Yanxi's well-being, subtly trying to find out about his recent situation.
Bai Yanxi could easily understand what these two unfilial children were thinking, but he was magnanimous because he missed his grandson.
So I didn't hide anything and told them everything I could.
Although my father isn't a business owner, it's not surprising, considering his age; the possibility of him starting a business is slim.
But the person who followed him was a genuine big boss.
The basic monthly salary of 50,000 is practically free, and I even live at the boss's house. I treated the boss's grandfather in the past, and who knows how much the year-end bonus will be.
Furthermore, they can participate in the company's pharmaceutical research and will be able to share a certain percentage of the profits in the future.
The old man who used to be looked down upon has now become a hot commodity.
When Xiaohu came home from school in the evening, he was a little hesitant to greet his grandfather because he was too formal with him, so his mother scolded him severely.
Xiao Hu's father, Bai Dongli, casually replied, "Isn't it because you taught him that?"
The gasoline can was ignited directly.
The daughter-in-law felt that in front of her wealthy father-in-law, her previously useless husband, who had always been superior to her, had embarrassed her.
He launched into a tirade of abuse, completely shifting the blame for not supporting Bai Yanxi back then onto Bai Dongli.
Normally, I would just accept being scolded, but I can't take the blame in front of my own father today.
Bai Dongli kept calling her a shrew and a spendthrift, while his wife kept calling him a good-for-nothing.
Lu Xian was completely dumbfounded.
It felt like setting off firecrackers; they exploded on cue, and in a whole string.
Bai Yanxi also felt a bit of a headache at that time. Although he missed his grandson, he felt it was not appropriate to stay any longer that night. He tried his best to mediate the fight for a while, and then reluctantly got up, said goodbye and left.
I plan to buy some gifts for my grandson before visiting.
The couple were still fuming and occasionally hurling insults as they saw their guests off.
The next day, when Lu Xian and Bai Yanxi returned with their things, they heard from the neighbors that the couple had been arguing fiercely the night before.
That day, before Bai Yanxi could even suggest moving back to Qiantang, the two powder kegs that had exploded the night before started arguing again.
Helpless, Bai Yanxi could only try to mediate the dispute. Normally, well-mannered in-laws would scold their son for being wrong.
Bai Yanxi did the same.
A more rational wife would either give him a way out or simply keep quiet.
As a result, the shrewish daughter-in-law felt that with her father-in-law's support, she cursed even more wildly, bringing up all the old grievances she had made over the years because she thought her husband was useless.
Lu Xian saw Bai Dongli's face turn red with anger, and the veins on his face were bulging just like when he practiced the Iron Intent Fist stance.
Then, as expected, the conflict escalated.
The verbal altercation escalated to physical violence; Bai Dongli's face was scratched with several deep cuts, while his wife received a hard slap across the face.
After the fight broke out, the rift between the couple widened.
In the following days, the couple's relationship deteriorated to the point of divorce, which Lu Xian found difficult to comprehend. What started as a heated argument and threats of divorce escalated into a real divorce.
Although he was dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law and unhappy with his youngest son, Bai Yanxi did not want his grandson to be a child from a single-parent family.
Bai Yanxi was thoroughly annoyed by the thought of how to reconcile the couple.
That's basically it.
Lu Xian finished reporting the matter in one breath.
As Wu You listened, he gradually began to understand.
While Bai Yanxi and the others were blinded by their own involvement, he could discern some of the underlying issues.
The uproar lasted for more than ten days and escalated, but apart from the first few days, it felt like a lot of noise but little action.
It's not that Wu You is judging people by their own petty standards, but this couple can hardly be considered gentlemen either.
To put it bluntly, they're just after Bai Yanxi's money.
Old Bai is now rich.
In a normal family, the elderly's money will always belong to them in the future.
However, the couple had gone too far when Bai Yanxi was in trouble, a fact they themselves were aware of.
Who knows, Bai Yanxi might stop sending money home in the future, or he might only give Xiaohu some money after he gets married and becomes independent.
The former has no chance at all, and the latter would take many years, but now the couple is already envious.
Seeing Bai Yanxi's concern for Xiaohu and his efforts to mediate the fight because he didn't want Xiaohu to become a single-parent family, it's likely that the couple started thinking about other things.
Lu Xian mentioned more than once the content of their arguments, which invariably revolved around the man's incompetence in earning money, the hardship of life, and the difficulty of making ends meet.
Sweat, actually it's already quite obvious.
Lu Xian used to be the family's good boy, so it wouldn't be surprising if people really thought they were arguing and getting a divorce. Bai Yanxi, on the other hand, might have been just confused because she was concerned.
Normally, with Old Man Bai's shrewdness, wouldn't he have noticed?
Regardless of whether this is true or not, Wu You has already made a judgment on the matter.
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