Turning her gaze away, Bai Qianmo looked at Old Master Bai.
"Grandpa, do you really want them to live in my yard?"
“Your courtyard is spacious. Since Xinrou likes it, let her live there. Besides, Xinrou and her mother were once your relatives. Letting them live with you will allow them to look after each other.”
After speaking, Old Bai yawned, feeling sleepy.
Bai Xinrou immediately stepped forward: "Grandpa Bai, you're sleepy again. Let me help you back to your room to rest."
Old Bai waved his hand: "I can go back by myself. You just moved in and there's still a lot of stuff to pack. If you need anything, just go to Hua Lan. If anyone here dares to give you a hard time, just tell me and I'll help you get revenge."
"Grandpa Bai, you are so kind to us."
"Don't talk nonsense. You are Grandpa's granddaughter. If Grandpa doesn't treat you well, who else should he treat well?"
"Grandpa, when did your granddaughter become Bai Xinrou? Is she a member of our Bai family? Oh, she also has the surname Bai, right? But there are tens of millions of people with the surname Bai in the whole of China. If you recognize every single one of them, I'm afraid our Bai family's place won't be able to accommodate them all." Bai Yitang walked over, mocking Bai Lao while giving Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan a cold look.
After yesterday's kidnapping incident, he and Bai Xinrou have now become sworn enemies.
Bai Yitang's most pressing thought now is to expose Bai Xinrou's hypocritical mask and let the old man see clearly just how selfish and vicious she truly is.
"You brat, are you itching for a beating? It's been a while since I disciplined you, and you're getting more and more unruly." Old Bai jabbed the ground twice with his cane.
Bai Yitang retorted without fear: "Hmph, I think you're getting more and more confused as you get older. Look at yourself now, is this something a normal person would do? Two outsiders are bullying your granddaughter, openly trying to usurp her place, and not only do you not stop them, you're helping these two bad women bully your own granddaughter. Aren't you siding with outsiders? Aren't you unable to distinguish right from wrong?"
In fact, Bai Yitang is very stubborn by nature. He is easily swayed by gentle persuasion but not by force. His previous fear of Elder Bai was merely out of respect.
He becomes very rational when it comes to making decisions based on principles.
Therefore, Bai Yitang sees Bai Lao's strange behavior over the past two days as wrong, and he will not hesitate to confront him.
"you……"
Old Bai's face turned ashen with anger, his chest heaving, and his hands gripping his cane began to tremble slightly.
Bai Yitang was still angry, so he turned around and angrily pointed at Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan, the mother and daughter.
"They say that when people are shameless, they are invincible. I think you've really taken that saying to the extreme. My grandfather is sick and confused, and you've taken advantage of that to come to our house and refuse to leave, wanting to eat and stay for free. Now you even want to take over the master's room. I just want to ask, who gave you the audacity to develop such thick skin?"
"Bai Yitang, what are you saying, you brat? Is this how you treat your guests? Apologize, apologize to Aunt Zhang and Xinrou right now."
"Why should I apologize? Can't you see that their motives are impure? Bai Xinrou, let me tell you, I haven't even settled the score with you for what happened before. You want to live in the Bai family, right? Fine, you better listen carefully. From now on, as long as I, Bai Yitang, am here, you can forget about playing any of your vicious schemes in this house."
A ruthless glint flashed in Bai Xinrou's eyes as she glanced at Bai Yitang.
The next second, she pretended to be weak and helpless, and said to Grandpa Bai in a tearful voice, "Grandpa Bai, I think the Bai family doesn't welcome me and my mother. You love me so much, and I really don't want to make things difficult for you, so my mother and I should leave."
“Xinrou, don’t think like that. This is my home. As long as I don’t kick you out, I’d like to see who dares to make things difficult for you again. If some people are really ungrateful, they should get out of this house right now.”
The old man roared these words with a powerful voice.
Zhang Cuiyan and Bai Xinrou were secretly delighted.
Bai Yitang's face darkened with anger. The old man wasn't physically ill; he was clearly mentally ill!
"You want me to get out, huh? Fine, I'll get out. Just wait and see, all your loved ones will leave you one by one. Let this vicious and treacherous mother and daughter stay by your side to suck your blood and eat your flesh."
"Bai Yitang!"
Bai Yitang turned to leave, but Bai Qianmo called out to him.
Bai Yitang stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at him with a cold expression.
"Bai Qianmo, they're bullying you. If you have any backbone, kick them out. Otherwise, don't talk to me. Just pretend I don't know you. You're shameful."
Bai Qianmo walked up to Bai Yitang and gave him a calm look.
“Since Grandpa has arranged for them to stay here, the house is just sitting empty anyway, so it doesn’t matter who lives there. You don’t need to argue with Grandpa over me.”
Bai Yitang: "..."
I feel like I've been hit by a thousand points of electricity.
Not only is the old man mentally unstable, but Bai Qianmo's mind is also starting to malfunction.
"Bai Qianmo, are you stupid?"
Bai Qianmo winked at him, then turned to the pale-faced old man and said, "Grandpa, don't take Bai Yitang's words to heart. He's young and doesn't know any better, but he still respects you very much."
"Hmph, you're more sensible than that brat who's self-righteous and arrogant."
Bai Qianmo walked to Grandpa Bai's side and said, "Grandpa, I have no objection to you letting Xinrou and the others stay here. However, the other two guest rooms don't get much sunlight in winter. You see, it's eight o'clock in the morning now, and the sun is shining on those two rooms, but after ten o'clock, the sunlight will move to the north room, and those two rooms will become cold and damp all day long..."
Zhang Cuiyan immediately went into the room and took a closer look. Although the room was large, it was still an old house, and even though it was well decorated, she could still faintly feel a dampness.
Perhaps it was Bai Qianmo's words that were affecting her, but Zhang Cuiyan began to feel that this room was not good.
Moreover, they are now honored guests of the Bai family, so why should they be relegated to the guest rooms?
Xinrou said that nowadays, Old Master Bai is obedient to her in everything and listens to her every word.
They could easily live in a brighter, sunnier room.
“Xinrou, that room is indeed damp. I think we should look at the other courtyards.”
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