Bai Qianmo scoffed at Xu Jinwei's insults.
"Thanks!"
Startled by the sudden thank you, Xu Jinwei was taken aback, then huffed angrily.
"Are you really stupid? I just warned you not to have any improper thoughts about Brother Yin Heng, and you're thanking me for that?"
Xu Jinwei was baffled by Bai Qianmo's behavior.
"Thank you for praising my beauty." Bai Qianmo blinked her big, bright eyes.
Hsu Chin-wei was petrified!
She just said so much, and this girl only remembered the things she shouldn't have remembered?
Then wasn't everything she just said just like talking to a brick wall?
"Xu Jin'en, don't interrupt me. Remember this: you're not allowed to have any improper thoughts about Brother Yin Heng, or I won't let you off the hook. Humph!"
Bai Qianmo looked at her calmly: "If I remember correctly, I'm the one who's been engaged to Yin Heng since childhood, right? Shouldn't I be the one warning you about that?"
Xu Jinwei's face darkened as Bai Qianmo's words left her speechless.
She glared at Bai Qianmo with hatred: "What do you know? Your engagement with Brother Yin Heng is based on the marriage alliance between the Xu and Yin families. Don't forget, I am now the most respected legitimate daughter of the Xu family, while you are just a wild girl who was thrown onto the estate. If it weren't for Grandpa Yin asking you to come back, Father and the clan would have forgotten about you long ago. Do you think the Yin family can't see the difference between you and me?"
"You like Yin Heng so much? What's so great about him?"
When Yin Heng was mentioned, Xu Jinwei's face couldn't hide her affection.
"Brother Yin Heng is gentle, considerate, and incredibly talented. In short, among all the men I've met, none can surpass him."
"Tsk tsk, beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
"What do you mean by 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'? You could search the entire city of Shanghai and you still wouldn't find another man like Yin Heng. I think you're just being a sour grapes."
"Yes, I'm jealous."
After a day of brief interaction with Xu Jinwei, I found that this girl wasn't as difficult to get along with as I had imagined.
Although he has many hidden agendas and isn't very friendly to her, he seems quite innocent, with only thoughts of her brother Yin Heng on his mind.
She looks like a nymphomaniac.
Indeed, handsome men are always in demand in any era.
"I have actually met a man who is more outstanding than Yin Heng."
Bai Qianmo's casual remark was met with a sneer from Xu Jinwei.
"You can meet a man more outstanding than Brother Yin Heng? Who is he? As long as he's in Shanghai's high society, there's no one I don't know."
Xu Jinwei looked proud.
Bai Qianmo chuckled inwardly.
Well, she's quite the social butterfly.
"Have you heard of Xu Changchong?"
Bai Qianmo pondered this carefully all day.
If we want to leave this godforsaken place, the first person we need to find is Xu Changchong.
Since he is immortal, he must have had some special opportunities.
She had asked Xiao Huan about Xu Changchong's name, but Xiao Huan didn't know him.
However, Xiao Huan had gone to the countryside with her since she was a child. The Xu family had many descendants, so it was not surprising that she did not know them.
An unusual change appeared on Xu Jinwei's face.
Bai Qianmo took in her expression and knew something was up.
He deliberately provoked her, saying, "You suddenly stopped talking, so it seems you also think Xu Changchong is more outstanding than Yin Heng."
"Nonsense! How could that ugly freak Xu Changchong be compared to Brother Yin Heng?" Xu Jinwei retorted angrily, no longer caring about hiding anything.
"Ugly monster? Are you sure?"
She had never actually seen Xu Changchong's face.
But the man Xu Jinen has her eye on can't be ugly, right?
"Hmph, you really don't remember Xu Changchong? He stole a kiss from you when he was a kid, and his father almost beat him to a pulp. He was sent to the ancestral hall to kneel for three days as punishment, and I heard he was carried out later."
"Where is he now?" It turns out that Xu Changchong and Xu Jin'en have known each other since childhood.
"That fat guy went abroad to study and has been gone for many years. We haven't heard from him at all in the past few years. He might have died somewhere long ago. In any case, he was just an adopted son of my second uncle's family. My second uncle and aunt stopped taking care of him after they had their own son. Back then, they said they were sending him abroad to study, but actually they just didn't want that little fat guy anymore."
Bai Qianmo: "Little Fatty?"
But the Xu Changchong she met was not fat at all; he had a well-proportioned and upright figure and a deep, pleasant voice.
He should look like a handsome guy no matter how you look at it.
"He was 12 years old when he left the Xu family. He wasn't even as tall as I was at the time, and he was already a fat man weighing 160 pounds."
Bai Qianmo: ? ? ? ?
I never imagined that Xu Changchong had such a dark history from his childhood.
"Do you know which country this chubby boy went to?"
"I heard he was sent to the US, but who knows where he ended up. A couple of years ago, my second uncle told me he asked the family for money, but they refused. After that, he never contacted them again. He's such an ingrate, considering his second uncle and aunt raised him from a young age. If he were alive, he should at least send a few letters home..."
"My second uncle's family doesn't allow anyone to mention this ungrateful wretch anymore, so the new servants they bought don't even know that the Xu family has a third young master."
As Xu Jinwei chatted on, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.
She pursed her lips and scrutinized Bai Qianmo with an inquisitive look.
"Xu Jin'en, why are you asking about Xu Changchong? Did he kiss you when you were little, so you still can't forget him?"
Bai Qianmo devised a plan.
She lowered her head shyly: "Although my memory of his appearance is a bit blurry, I vaguely remember that he kissed me. Actually, I've been looking for him."
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