The Bai family's mother and son, as well as everyone inside and outside the family, looked at the check lying quietly on the table, thought for a long time, and were speechless.
Lan Tian had been standing outside the gate of the Bai family villa, motionless.
He was too familiar with this position, this door, this insurmountable boundary, and this indifferent waiting.
Without the permission of the owner inside, he would never step into the Bai family's gate. Gifts can be given to enter, but people cannot enter. This has become an unshakable iron rule between him and the Bai family.
Mrs. Bai covered her painful forehead, lowered her head, and dared not look at anyone in shame.
Now she was filled with endless self-blame and guilt.
The man outside the door was once the most hated and despised person in the family. They had refused Lan Tian entry countless times and humiliated him for so many years.
However, it is precisely such people who are willing to help their family when they are in the most difficult time.
"Let him in. Tea will be served in the front hall."
"Okay, ma'am!" the servant next to her agreed.
Madam Bai looked up, pointed at the butler, and said righteously, "You! Go and invite him in person. I mean, invite my son-in-law in. Do you understand?"
The butler immediately bent down and agreed.
The butler came to the gate with a group of servants.
The servants here have stood against the blue sky countless times, but now everything has changed.
They no longer greeted each other with harsh words, but instead separated into two sides like a line, welcoming the arrival of the blue sky on both sides of the door.
"Boss Lan. Oh oh oh! No, no! You should call me son-in-law..."
"Sir, please come in quickly. The old lady invites you." The butler said as he bent down to welcome Lan Tian in.
The Bai family's chief steward usually doesn't ask anyone to lead the way casually. Once the mistress asks him to do so, it means that the guest he wants to meet is of extremely noble status.
Such treatment actually made Lan Tian feel somewhat uncomfortable.
He finally took the first step and was invited into the gate of the Bai family with dignity for the first time.
Mrs. Bai and Master Bai met him in the main hall, and a seat at the top was reserved for him.
The seats were cushioned and a cup of premium rain-post Longjing tea had been brewed.
"Mom, long time no see." Lan Tian stood in front of Mrs. Bai and greeted her politely.
He never dared to forget the etiquette of treating elders that Bai Ruozhu taught him.
"Please sit down."
"Brother-in-law, hurry up, please take a seat."
The words "please sit down" were so gentle and yet harsh.
Lan Tian and the Bai family have been friends for more than 20 years, and this is the first time he has heard these two words.
The butler placed the check on a mahogany plate and then gently placed it on the coffee table.
Everyone looked at the check in silence.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Mrs. Bai said in a cold and indifferent tone.
"I don't understand what my mother means."
"In our Bai family, the one you value and love the most is my precious daughter, isn't it?"
"But my Ruozhu has become your wife in name and in reality, and she has been dead for many years."
"I don't know what else our Bai family can give you in return."
"Or... do you need me to publicly acknowledge your relationship with my daughter in front of everyone, or do you need me to publicly apologize to you, or do you need something else?"
Mrs. Bai spoke word by word with sobs, her voice trembling a little. She was really losing face when she said such words.
Lan Tian picked up the teacup and gently used the tea lid to remove the foam in the cup. He smelled the fragrance of the tea and then slowly sipped the fragrant tea.
The Bai family's tea really tastes excellent. After more than 20 years, he finally tasted the flavor.
A cup of Longjing tea after the rain, the blue sky is like drinking wine, drink it all in one gulp.
"Good tea! It really is good tea!"
"It's enough to be able to drink the Bai family's tea!" Lan Tian said as he stood up.
Everyone was puzzled and looked at the blue sky in surprise.
Over the years, the Bai family has given him countless cold shoulder and humiliations. Now is the time for him to fight back. Everyone in and out of this room understands this clearly.
"I just hope the money in this check can help you, mother, with your urgent needs. As for the rest, I don't care."
"As you said, Bai Ruozhu is my wife in name and in reality. Regardless of whether others admit it or not, or what they say, this is an indisputable fact."
"In this case, it's perfectly reasonable for my wife and I to take the money back to the Bai family. We don't need any reason, and I don't have anything I want to gain."
"If you feel that you owe Ruozhu and me something, then consider this money as an investment from my husband and me to my parents' family."
"As for the jewelry business, I know nothing about it, so the specific steps to be taken will still require you and my uncle to work hard together."
Mrs. Bai and the young master of the Bai family both widened their eyes and looked at the blue sky in disbelief.
Everyone in the Bai family admired Lan Tian very much after hearing his sincere words.
"It's already quite late, and I have a project to attend to tomorrow, so I won't bother you any more. I'll take my leave now."
Lan Tian turned around and took a few steps back. Suddenly he thought of something and turned back again to face Mrs. Bai.
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