Chapter 444 My son is too smart, I am worried
At the door of the first dim sum shop at the corner of the street, Bai Kui looked like someone had pricked his blood, and his whole body was stiff as he walked with his feet raised.
With her left foot on the ground and her right foot raised, she held a box of lotus cakes in her hand, and the corners of her mouth were still upturned.
"Old man, when did you come? Are you here to see me?" The young man in white stood before him, his peach blossom eyes curved, and his tone of voice was unusually kind and gentle. He glanced at the box of snacks, "I remember you don't like snacks. You didn't buy this lotus pastry for me, did you?"
"..." Bai Kui landed his right foot carefully on the ground, widening the arc of his lips a little more, smiling sincerely, "Hey, son! Didn't Dad come here to find you? I didn't expect that I would actually find you, hahaha!"
Bai Yu smiled, "Lift your right foot."
"..." Bai Kui raised his right foot again and stood on one leg.
This scene made passers-by in a hurry stop and watch.
The two small windows of the carriage not far away were filled with heads watching the fun.
"Hehehe! Hehehe!" The old man's laughter floated out non-stop.
There were more onlookers, sometimes looking at the father and son confronting each other in front of the snack shop, and sometimes looking at the carriage with its heads pierced.
Without even turning his head, Bai Yu stared at his grandfather, but he said to the people in the car, "Grandpa Du, where did you see my father last night?"
Bai Kui's mouth twitched.
The poisonous old man's strange smile turned into a choking cough.
"When you meet an old friend in a strange place, there must be a lot to talk about. Don't stay in the carriage, talk in the teahouse." Bai Xiaofeng got off the carriage first. He looked at the owner of Que Tower and couldn't stand being treated like a monkey on the street.
There is a teahouse next to the dim sum shop.
In the private room on the third floor facing the street, ten people sat at a table.
There was a loud thunder outside the window, and a sudden rain came unexpectedly.
The falling raindrops made crackling sounds, covering up the noise of the long street. Amid the sound of rain, the entire imperial city became quiet.
Bai Kui, the unexpected person, attracted everyone's attention at the tea table.
Pairs of eyes were staring at him, waiting for him to make up a story.
"Ahem!" Bai Kui cleared his throat and laughed a few times to ease his awkwardness and guilty conscience. "My Bai Mansion has businesses all over the place, and this time I just happened to have a business deal in Xiling to discuss. I thought since you're all here, maybe we could get together after we finish the business, so I came here in person. It really happened by chance, it really is such a coincidence!"
Bai Yu propped his chin up with one hand and raised his eyelids lazily. "If it's such a coincidence, why didn't you come last night? Why did you let Grandpa Du hide your whereabouts from us?"
"What?" Bai Kui slammed the tea table and stood up angrily, pointing at the old man in disbelief. "This old guy actually hid my whereabouts from you?! I said I slept in the inn all night, how come my son didn't come to see me! It turns out that Du Buqin was behind this and deliberately didn't tell you the truth!"
Du Buqin spat out a mouthful of tea, and his triangular eyes bulged into circles in anger.
The old man rolled up his sleeves and said, "Hey, you bastard! I'm still sitting here, and you're trying to pin the blame on me? You're taking advantage of me because I'm old and not as strong as I used to be, right? I promised to keep it a secret for you, but in the end, I ended up being a fool, you dog!"
"Damn old man! I've been respecting you because you're older than me, so don't push your luck and spit insults at me! Want a fight? Come on, let's fight on the street. I'll be there for you!"
"Let's fight on the street! Let's go!"
The two people who were arguing with each other until their faces turned red were about to jump out of the window, but a dog coin who liked to fan himself closed the window first and blocked their way.
The Lord of the Bai Building leaned against the window, gently waving a jade fan and smiling brightly. "There's no need for us to make such a fuss among ourselves. If there's any misunderstanding, we can just talk it out face to face. While we're here, we can give you two a fair judgment, right?"
Bai Kui, immune to poison, "..."
Bai Xiaofeng, this sinister dog!
Deliberately cut off their chance to collude with others in their testimony!
"Is the duet over?" Bai Yu leaned over, looking at the two people exchanging glances as they leaned against the window. "Xiling has been under martial law for nearly half a month. Outsiders, whether tourists or businessmen, are not allowed to enter or leave the provincial capitals, let alone the imperial capital."
His gaze slid over to the burly man whose body was gradually stiffening again. "Old man, I see you moving freely in Du'an City. How did you get in? You said you were here to discuss business. Does that mean the other party lives in Du'an City? What's your name? What's your business? Tell me about it."
Bai Kui froze again, his face looking gloomy and unbearable.
The son is smart, and the father must be happy.
But sometimes being too smart can be really annoying!
Especially this son never knows how to save face for his father!
Bai Kui wiped his face and didn't dare to look his son in the eye. He always felt that the bastard's eyes could see through him and were so sharp that it was creepy.
What an ancestor!
"Ah! I know!" The little ancestor suddenly cried out, and Bai Kui's heart skipped a beat. Then he heard the little ancestor ask again, "Old man, you came to the Imperial City, aren't you here to discuss business with the Empress?"
Bai Kui nearly fell to the ground and yelled, "No, of course not! How could that be possible? Your father doesn't have that much face!"
"Just kidding, why are you so anxious?"
“…”
Bai Xiaofeng raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, turned around and opened the window again. The cold wind mixed with raindrops blew in, and the dull atmosphere in the private room instantly faded a lot.
After fixing the window, he kicked Bai Kui and then carried the old man back to his seat. "Alright, you two can talk about this later. Let's have some tea. We'll leave the city when the rain stops. We can't delay any longer."
With these words, Bai Kui wiped out the grudge of the kick. "Are you planning to return to Dai Viet now? By sea? Why choose this weather to set off? It's windy and rainy, and it's not safe to sail."
The boys who had been watching the show quietly before saw that they could no longer watch the show and probably could no longer hear the gossip, so they stopped pretending to be well-behaved.
Su An sighed loudly, "I can't worry about whether it's safe or not for now. I'll make plans after I leave this imperial city."
Just as Bai Kui was about to find out what was going on, he heard a commotion outside the window.
It was raining heavily at that time, and people who had to hurry on the street were all in a hurry, and you could hardly hear any conversation.
The noise that penetrated the rain curtain became hard to ignore.
"Xiaobao! Xiaobao!——" was the woman's shrill cry.
When the children sitting at the table heard the sound, they rushed to the window and looked out.
Bai Kui was confused and also went up to kick.
The rain was like a waterfall, and a layer of rainwater flowed on the long bluestone street. When the raindrops fell, they formed dense water vortices.
An elegantly dressed old woman with white hair staggered and ran in the rain, her hair and clothes were all wet, and she looked in a mess.
She grabbed everyone who passed by. Her face was so pale that her red eyes looked even more creepy, and her face was full of fear and despair.
"Have you seen my little treasure?"
"Yu'er, have you seen my son Yu'er?"
"Yu'er! Where have you been? It's raining, come home quickly, Yu'er! Mom is here to pick you up!"
“Yu’er——!”
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