After leaving Old Bai's room
Bai Yitang called Bai Qianmo and Bai Luoyu into his room and slammed the door shut.
"I can't take it anymore. I have to find a way to get rid of Bai Xinrou as soon as possible. I don't want to see her for even a minute, no, not even a second."
"The old man is protecting her, what can you do? If you don't want to see her, the only way is to pack your bags and leave," Bai Luoyu said coldly.
Although he didn't live with the old man for a long time like Bai Yitang, he still felt uncomfortable seeing Bai Xinrou making such a mess of the Bai family.
"Hey... Qianmo, do you have any ideas on how to deal with this annoying mother and daughter?" Bai Luoyu looked at Bai Qianmo.
He almost shouted out the word "idol".
Since learning that his younger sister is the Grim Reaper, his view of her has undergone a complete 180-degree change.
I used to think that my younger sister was withdrawn and had little affection for her family.
Now: This is how geniuses have always been; no one can understand the world of geniuses. That's called individuality!
He previously felt that his younger sister wasn't very outstanding, and he always thought that Qianmo was inferior to Xiruo.
Now: I wish I could gouge out my own eyes. I was truly blind, mistaking a gem for trash.
Now, when Bai Luoyu looks at Bai Qianmo, he only feels admiration and respect for his idol.
The thought that my idol is my own sister fills me with admiration and makes me feel incredibly awesome.
"Bai Qianmo, you have the most ingenious ideas. Do you have any good ideas on how to completely resolve this mother and daughter's situation?" Bai Yitang urged.
Bai Qianmo simply stated, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move."
"What's the meaning?"
"Explain it more clearly."
Bai Qianmo glanced at Bai Yitang.
"What is our purpose in leaving Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan, mother and daughter, in the Bai family?"
Bai Yitang was stunned for a moment.
Bai Luoyu asked in confusion, "Isn't it the old man's idea to keep them in the Bai family?"
Bai Qianmo scoffed: "You can have a thousand reasons to get rid of them, but you only need one reason to keep them."
Bai Luoyu looked completely bewildered: "What do you mean?"
Bai Yitang understood Bai Qianmo's meaning and explained, "Luring the snake out of its hole! Because Grandpa was poisoned by Bai Xinrou, we left her in the Bai family to lure out the mastermind behind her."
"Gu poison? You're not kidding, are you?"
Bai Yitang recounted the events that had transpired in the Bai family over the past few days to Bai Luoyu in detail. Upon hearing the whole story, Bai Luoyu was utterly shocked.
"A sleep-inducing Gu? A Gu poison? This kind of thing actually exists?"
“I found it hard to believe at first, but judging from all the signs from Grandpa, it’s true. Grandpa’s attitude toward Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan is completely different from before. He used to love his granddaughter Bai Qianmo so much, but now everyone in the Bai family has to rank behind that mother and daughter.”
Bai Luoyu thought about it carefully for a while and nodded in agreement.
"Now that you mention it, it's true. Grandpa used to be so good to Qianmo, but now it seems like he only has eyes for Bai Xinrou. Moreover, since he got sick, his personality has changed drastically. What kind of illness can change a person's personality like that?"
Bai Yitang snorted coldly: "Because it's not an illness at all, but a poisoning by someone. You could say that Grandpa is no longer the same person he used to be. His current consciousness has been controlled by the sleep-inducing poison, which is why he's so nice to Bai Xinrou."
Bai Luoyu frowned, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Bai Qianmo, who had been silent all along.
"Qianmo, how do we cure the Sleepiness Gu? I saw in a TV series that Gu poison can only be cured with the blood of the person who raises the Gu. Is that true in real Gu poison?"
Bai Qianmo nodded: "They are basically the same. Moreover, the Sleeping Gu and the Love Gu are the kings of Gu poisons. To get rid of the Gu poison in your body, you need the heart's blood of the person who raised the Gu."
"Since the other party has used Gu poison, how could it be easily removed? What would happen to Grandpa without the heart's blood of the Gu maker?"
When this matter was brought up, a crack appeared on Bai Qianmo's usually calm face.
"Without the medicinal catalyst, Grandpa would be completely controlled by the Sleeping Gu. The Sleeping Gu lives in a person's heart, controls their mind, and mainly feeds on the heart's blood, so its host basically cannot live for more than a year."
A year?
Upon hearing this answer, Bai Luoyu was speechless for a long time.
Bai Luoyu gritted his teeth and said, "I think we should arrest Bai Xinrou and torture her severely. I don't believe we can't find out who the mastermind is behind her."
Bai Qianmo shook her head and said, "Bai Xinrou is just bait that the other party has put in. Bai Xinrou should not know the internal situation or the location where the other party is hiding. Bai Xinrou has been going to Haiyue Hotel these past few times, which means that her contact with the other party has always been there. Even if we use torture to find out the other party's identity, I'm afraid Bai Xinrou will not be able to explain it clearly."
"So we just have to keep waiting like this?"
Bai Qianmo rested her chin on one hand, her eyes slightly narrowed into slits, like a lazy cat.
"Don't rush, this bait is already itching to bite." Bai Xinrou's encouragement to her grandfather to divide the family property shows that she has begun to prepare for her own future.
This also shows that she hasn't found what the other party asked her to find yet. If she can't find what the other party needs, Bai Xinrou will probably prepare to run away for safety reasons.
That's why they were so eager to get some benefits from the Bai family.
*
While the three Bai siblings were locked in their room discussing countermeasures, Bai Xinrou and Zhang Cuiyan were also whispering to each other in their own room.
"Xinrou, I'll keep these 20 million for you for now. I promise that when Old Master Bai passes this house on to you, it will only be registered in your name. I won't ask you to add my name."
Bai Xinrou glanced at Zhang Cuiyan: "Do you think this house is so easy to get? You saw the attitude of the Bai family today; they won't let Old Master Bai give me the house."
Zhang Cuiyan carefully put the check into her bag, and when she heard Bai Xinrou's words, she scoffed dismissively.
"So what if they don't want to? Old Master Bai listens to you the most now. He's the owner of this house, and no one else in the Bai family can interfere with his decisions. Just relax and be the owner of this house."
Zhang Cuiyan, clutching her slightly worn leather bag, looked around the room with undisguised delight.
"I've been asking around the neighborhood these past few days, and you know how incredibly valuable the land is here? Your apartment, which is only about 30 square meters, can fetch tens of millions of dollars. Just imagine, if the entire Bai family mansion were yours, wouldn't you become a billionaire overnight?"
Bai Xinrou's face lit up with an uncontrollable, ecstatic joy.
A house could make her a billionaire, so why would she risk everything to steal for that person?
Moreover, she had secretly searched Bai Lao's bedroom and study for a long time these past few days, but still couldn't find any white leaf-shaped jade pendant.
It's very likely that the information they provided is wrong, and the Bai family doesn't actually possess such a thing.
After thinking it over in her mind, Bai Xinrou gradually came up with some ideas.
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