Chapter 87 If Day 4: When Xiang Di Gains Mind Reading Ability (4)
Xiang Di escaped back to his room at the speed of light.
What she is experiencing now is so illogical. At eighteen years old, she has no memory of the past few years, which makes her very uneasy.
The current Bai Jiangxin seemed somewhat unfamiliar to the eighteen-year-old girl. The imposing aura emanating from him made her unsure how to face him.
The thought of sharing a bed with 24-year-old Bai Jiangxin made Xiang Di scratch his head in frustration. What kind of ridiculous dream was this, so incredibly realistic?
But she couldn't refuse; no matter what, it was Bai Jiangxin.
No matter how old Bai Jiangxin is, she loves him.
Fortunately, when it was time to sleep, Bai Jiangxin said that she still had work to do and told her to go to sleep first.
Xiang Di has always suffered from menstrual cramps, and at this moment she was just glad that she had her period. Otherwise, if Bai Jiangxin were to do something to her now, she would definitely not be able to resist.
She initially thought it was quite novel to be able to hear his inner thoughts, but it turned out he was even more prone to fantasizing than she was. She couldn't even imagine how many new tricks they had developed over the years.
Xiang Di cautiously emerged from the bedroom only after Bai Jiangxin had finished washing up and gone into the second bedroom.
Fortunately, the Heartbeat feature is like Bluetooth; it has a short transmission distance and is not penetrating. If there are walls in between, the signal will be affected. Xiang Di was sleeping in the master bedroom and could not hear Bai Jiangxin's movements in the second bedroom, otherwise she definitely would not be able to sleep.
In a daze, Xiang Di felt a slight, dull, spasmodic pain below her navel. She was very familiar with this feeling, and she instinctively curled up. At that moment, a corner of the bed suddenly collapsed, and someone lifted her blanket.
Warm palms were placed on her lower abdomen through her pajamas. Xiang Di opened her eyes vaguely, and the man's face, illuminated by the bedside lamp, revealed a handsome yet gentle profile.
He massaged her with the heel of his palm making clockwise circles, the pressure was just right, and the movements were very practiced, it was obvious that he had done this countless times.
But this was the first time eighteen-year-old Xiang Di had experienced this, and she heard him sigh softly in his heart.
[I've been taking you to see traditional Chinese medicine doctors for the past few years, and I've been trying to regulate my body for so long, but my menstrual cramps still won't be cured.]
My poor little thing, it breaks my heart.
He then tenderly kissed her hair.
In that instant, her stomach pain seemed to lessen, and for the first time, eighteen-year-old Xiang Di felt the quiet yet gentle charm of an older man in Bai Jiangxin.
Whether it was Bai Jiangxin at eighteen or twenty-four, he always seemed to do more than he said, never revealing his emotions. If Xiang Di hadn't been able to hear his true feelings now, she wouldn't have known that he was actually feeling sorry for her with such a doting tone.
...It made her want to call him daddy.
Bai Jiangxin still had work to finish. After covering her with the blanket, he was about to leave when she gently called him back.
"Um, Bai Jiangxin..."
Startled by being called by his full name, Bai Jiangxin turned around to look at her: "What's wrong?"
Under the blanket, only Xiang Di's almond-shaped eyes were visible. She looked shy like a little girl, with a hint of awkward gratitude. She whispered to him, "...Thank you for rubbing my stomach."
Looking at her, Bai Jiangxin remained silent for a long time, his dark eyes behind his glasses conveying an unreadable meaning.
He lowered his eyes, then suddenly smiled, pulling up one corner of his lips.
[Seriously, this actually happened.]
Xiang Di didn't understand what he meant by "this kind of thing," but then she heard him say gently, "You're welcome, go to sleep."
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The next day, Xiang Di still hadn't woken up from the dream.
When she got up, Bai Jiangxin had already left home and bought her breakfast in advance.
Just as she finished breakfast, his message arrived, asking if she had eaten breakfast.
Xiang Di slapped the empty bowl at him, and he replied with a "good boy".
After last night, her feelings for Bai Jiangxin, besides her instinctive love for him because he was Bai Jiangxin, also included a layer of dependence on an older man.
This can't go on. If she doesn't wake up, does she really have to live in her 24-year-old self's place? But she's only 18 now, and there are so many things she hasn't experienced yet. Judging from the complaints her friends made yesterday, the adult world isn't easy. She doesn't think she has the ability to live her current life well at all.
First of all, there's her master's thesis. With her current level of knowledge, how could she possibly write one?
Maybe I should confess to Bai Jiangxin, but I don't know if he'll believe me.
Xiang Di asked him when he was going home today, but he said he was busy these past few days and probably wouldn't have time to go home.
Xiang Di: [So busy?]
Bai Jiangxin: [Hmm.]
Bai Jiangxin: [Do you want to go back to your parents' house for a few days?]
...
Although it was just a dream, and the real future might not turn out the same as in the dream, Xiang Di still really wanted to know how her family was doing six years later in the dream.
How are Mom and Dad's health? Did they get promoted? Is Si Ge still an internet celebrity? Have they found a partner?
Even in her dreams, she hoped her family would be well. Fortunately, everything was really alright. Her parents didn't look much different, were in good health, and had been promoted. Her mother, in particular, was now the vice president of the hospital.
Her parents were genuinely happy for her to come back, and they were truly happy for her. Holding her mother's hand, Xiang Di learned from her mother's words that her studies had gone smoothly over the past few years, and her relationship with Bai Jiangxin was also very stable. The two of them had already met each other's parents back in their senior year of college.
Xiang Sheng had moved out several years ago. When their youngest daughter suddenly came home, the couple quickly called their son and asked him to come home for dinner today.
As soon as Xiang Sheng returned, before she had even changed her shoes, she saw her sister and said sarcastically, "Oh, so the ingrate has finally decided to come home? I thought you and your boyfriend were living together so long that you didn't know what the world was like."
Xiang's father was a respectable man and couldn't stand such teasing. He scolded, "What kind of joke are you making about your sister!"
Xiang Di'an gritted her teeth secretly.
Dead Brother is Dead Brother; he's still just as annoying in her dreams.
However, she had to admit that Xiang Sheng, who was almost thirty, had indeed become much more presentable. After graduating with his master's degree, he started a media company with his friends and gradually moved from in front of the screen to behind the scenes. Now he was President Xiang.
But he remains single for years. His elders have introduced him to many potential partners, but he still has the same arrogant attitude and looks down on everyone. His parents advised him to find someone with suitable conditions, but he refused, preferring to remain single rather than settle.
When I went home for dinner today, my parents, as expected, started urging me to find a partner again.
Xiang's mother sighed and said, "What if your sister gets married and you, her brother, don't even have a girlfriend by then?"
As a result, Xiang Sheng misunderstood her mother's meaning and asked Xiang Di in surprise, "What? You're getting married to someone with the surname Baijia?"
Before Xiang Di could answer, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I knew it! This guy, who used to learn about investing from his dad, suddenly became so kind as to say he wanted to invest in my company and take my dividends. Turns out he just wanted to make money off my dowry."
Upon hearing this, Xiang's parents immediately asked their daughter.
"Di Bao'er, are you and Xiao Bai planning to get married?"
Xiang Di looked confused: "I don't know."
She was truly confused, after all, the soul in this body was her at eighteen years old.
Seeing her genuinely confused expression, it seemed she really had no plans to get married at the moment, so her family didn't ask any further questions.
After dinner, their family followed the old tradition: the couple cooked, and the brother and sister washed the dishes.
The brother and sister stood in front of the sink, one washing the dishes and the other wiping them, their teamwork still impeccable. Suddenly, they asked Sheng, "You're graduating soon, when are you planning to marry someone with a surname?"
Xiang Di truthfully replied, "I don't know."
This is not something an eighteen-year-old should be thinking about.
Hearing her less-than-enthusiastic tone, Xiang Sheng subtly curled her lips, then said regretfully, "That's a pity. I was originally thinking of moving my household registration out of the family home after you got married, so I would be an only child."
Xiang Di frowned at him: "What are you daydreaming about? Even if I get married, I'll still have the surname Xiang, and I'll still be a member of this family, okay?"
"That's easy to say." Xiang Sheng rolled her eyes. "We're not even married yet, and I've only seen you come home a few times a week. Do you even care about this family and your parents? You ungrateful wretch!"
"Are you sick? Why do you keep calling me an ingrate?" Xiang Di said unhappily.
“That’s how it is.” Xiang Sheng deliberately provoked her, “You ungrateful wretch who forgets your parents once you have a man.”
Xiang Di shouted angrily and hit him with her hands, which were covered in dish soap suds.
Xiang Sheng immediately grabbed her wrist in disgust: "Don't touch me with your dirty hands."
Xiang Di was furious, but at the same time she heard Xiang Sheng's depressed and angry thoughts.
[That ungrateful wretch who forgot his own brother as soon as he got a boyfriend.]
Two years ago, when I moved to my new house, you insisted that I stock up on all your favorite snacks and even clean out the second bedroom so you'd have somewhere to stay if you ever ran away from home after arguing with someone from the Baijiaxing family. And now? How many times have you been to my place in the last two years?
[You slut, you don't care about your brother at all. All those Hermes bags you bought for nothing!]
Xiang Di was stunned.
So those Hermes bags in her closet that she never used, which she kept hidden away, were a gift from Xiang Sheng? She thought they were from Bai Jiangxin.
Xiang Sheng sneered and spoke without any politeness: "I'm praying that Baijiaxing will marry you soon, so you can argue with him every day and never bother me again."
Sigh, after he gets married, he'll probably think even less of me as his brother...
[The hatred for having your sister stolen is irreconcilable. You just wait, on your wedding day, I won't believe I don't make you pay during the wedding procession.]
Xiang Di: "..."
She withdrew her hand, looking at Xiang Sheng with a complicated expression.
She seemed to have suddenly rediscovered the joy of mind reading from Xiang Sheng.
It's only interesting to hear the inner thoughts of a proud and arrogant person.
Xiang Di suddenly burst into laughter, and the laughter grew louder and louder.
Xiang Sheng was confused and looked at her sister as if she were crazy.
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During the few days that Xiang Di stayed at home, Xiang Sheng also stayed at home. For the next few days, she went to school every day to find Qianqian and the class monitor, to listen to how the two awkward fools had been secretly in love with each other for the past few years. She planned to wait until she returned to the age of eighteen and then specifically try to bring them together.
Occasionally, you can still catch glimpses of gossip. For example, Aunt Zhang downstairs' son actually found a divorced girlfriend with a child and insists on marrying her, which has Aunt Zhang very worried about. A few days ago, Uncle Lin's daughter brought her best friend home to play, but Uncle Lin accidentally caught the two girls secretly kissing in the room. Uncle Lin is now worried about how to face the fact that his daughter is a lesbian.
Xiang Di Le was so engrossed in his studies that he didn't know when he could go back. He figured he might as well take advantage of these few days to enjoy the gossip of the people around him.
When she woke up that day, her parents and her brother had all gone to work. She planned to go downstairs to find her neighbors to continue gossiping, but when she grabbed Aunt Zhang's hand again, she couldn't hear anything.
Xiang Di quickly went to try with a few neighbor aunties, but they still couldn't hear it.
"..."
Shouldn't this be a superpower that comes with dreams? How come it's not working?
Now Xiang Di was even more confused as to why he had suddenly gained the ability to read minds and then suddenly lost it.
Moreover, this mind-reading ability varies from person to person. For example, she can hear Bai Jiangxin's thoughts directly without physical contact, but she has to make physical contact with others to hear them.
It's probably because they've had bodily fluid contact that they're special to each other.
Xiang Di racked her brains trying to figure out if her ability to hear everyone's thoughts these past few days was also related to Bai Jiangxin's bodily fluids.
Assuming this isn't a dream, but truly a parallel world, then the setting of this world isn't that Bai Jiangxin can hear other people's thoughts through physical and bodily fluid contact, but rather that other people can gain mind-reading abilities through contact with him.
Thinking of something, Xiang Di suddenly covered her mouth.
No way, she really only tasted a tiny bit. If it was saliva, such a small amount, according to Bai Jiangxin's prediction, would only last for a day at most. No wonder it's the liquid in the human body with the most DNA besides blood; the effect is so strong.
Although it's outrageous, it's the only reasonable guess.
Everything is still just speculation. If we want to verify this speculation, do we have to eat it again?
Xiang Di was instantly startled by her own thought. Just then, her phone received a message from Bai Jiangxin, saying that he was done with his work and would come pick her up to go back to their home.
...Experimental subjects were delivered to their door.
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After bringing gifts for Bai's parents and having dinner, Bai Jiangxin picked up Xiang Di and took her home.
Since they had come many times before, Mr. and Mrs. Bai did not see them off downstairs. They told them to be careful on the way and to send them a message when they got home.
Bai Jiangxin nodded to reassure his uncle and aunt, then turned to Xiang Sheng and said, "By the way, brother."
Xiang Sheng coldly raised her eyes: "What are you doing?"
Bai Jiangxin: "Your company's first-quarter dividend for this year should be paid to me by now."
Xiang Sheng raised an eyebrow: "Hey, Mr. Bai, you've made so much money with your dad these past few years, and you still remember the dividends from a small media company like mine? You're so stingy."
Bai Jiangxin didn't refute it, but only explained, "I've been spending a lot lately, so I'm a little short of money."
"High expenses?" Xiang Sheng frowned immediately. "You didn't use it to gamble, did you?"
Father Xiang immediately smacked his son on the head: "What are you saying! Don't you dare slander Xiao Bai!"
“Even if Xiao Bai isn’t short of money, since he’s invested in your company, you should still give him his dividends from last quarter,” Xiang’s mother warned. “Let me tell you, Xiao Bai can sue you for owing money to shareholders.”
Under the double warning from her parents, Xiang Sheng had no choice but to promise that she would immediately urge the finance department to transfer the money to Bai's shareholders as soon as she got to work the next day.
After saying goodbye to her parents and her brother, Xiang Di followed Bai Jiangxin down the elevator.
With the mind-reading ability gone, Xiang Di had no idea what was going on with Bai Jiangxin's finances, so she had no choice but to ask, "...Um, are you short of money lately?"
Bai Jiangxin hummed in agreement: "A little."
Xiang Di certainly didn't think he had gambled away all his money; it was probably just normal investment. He was simply out of cash flow, so she asked, "Do you have any living expenses? Should I send you some?"
She looked at her account and realized that she was no longer a poor student. After accumulating capital over the past few years, she could be considered a small-time rich woman.
Upon hearing this, Bai Jiangxin looked down at her and suddenly smiled.
"I just have no savings, but I still have enough for living expenses."
Xiang Di's eyes widened: "You invested all your savings?"
He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would act so impulsively.
"No, I bought some things."
"Huh? What did you buy?" They've squandered all their savings.
You'll find out soon enough.
The two walked out of the elevator and arrived at the parking lot in the community. Xiang Di had no idea that Bai Jiangxin had already bought a car.
She followed Bai Jiangxin to a Rolls-Royce.
Watching Bai Jiangxin take out the keys to unlock the car, Xiang Di winked and couldn't help but ask, "...Did you take your dad's car out?"
Bai Jiangxin handed her the keys and said, "This is your car."
He took the car keys blankly, completely bewildered.
Wow, she's that powerful now? She's even driving a Rolls-Royce.
Seeing her surprised and confused expression, Bai Jiangxin explained calmly, "I waited for half a year and just picked up the car today. Tomorrow we'll go through the formalities and register the car in your name, then the car will be completely yours."
Xiang Di was even more confused: "Huh? Why did you suddenly buy me a car?"
“It’s not like you’ve always wanted to try driving a Rolls-Royce, but you were too embarrassed because it’s my dad’s car. Now this car is yours.” Bai Jiangxin opened the car door for her, his tone casual, as if he were talking about something very ordinary. “Your period is over now, so you can try whatever you want.”
Seeing her freeze on the spot, Bai Jiangxin narrowed his dark eyes behind his glasses and looked at her with a half-smile: "Get in the car."
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