On the other side, Shu Baizhu's roommate Zhong Wen called out several times, finally bringing him back from his trance.
"What's wrong? I saw you were daydreaming after work today."
After entering the finals, they have been teaming up with five people, and even stayed in the same room. Shu Baizhu and Zhong Wen can be considered old roommates.
"Nothing," Shu Baizhu smiled and shook his head, "Maybe I'm a little tired."
Since she said so, Zhong Wen didn't think much about it, and Shu Baizhu even used the excuse of "being tired" to rest early.
The dream that had not continued for a long time enveloped her again.
——It’s her home.
My father's business may not be booming, but thanks to the factory he owns, he still earns a million a year.
Her family bought a small villa early on. Her brother and younger brother lived on the second floor, but because she had been learning to paint since she was a child, she needed a quiet environment and view, so she occupied the top floor alone.
This is the home where she has lived since she was a child. Even if there is only a corner of the room in her dream, she can recognize it at a glance.
"Bai Zhu, you should think more about Ah Qi and Ah Zhen. If they are strong, you won't be looked down upon by that old woman in the Zhao family, right?" Xiang Xueyan persuaded the other "her" earnestly, "Your brothers from your mother's family are your right-hand men. If your family is strong and you are bullied by the Zhao family, we can come and support you."
"Mom, isn't our life enough now?" Shu Baizhu was very annoyed by such talk. "You said you were sick and in the hospital, and you tricked me back from the set, but you weren't in the hospital at all. You keep talking about the same things. Can't we talk about it over the phone?"
"Ziyi has already covered all your expenses. What else do you want her to do? What else do you want me to do? Do you want me to hand over the entire Zhao family to you with both hands?"
"Why are you talking to your mother like that, kid? Did the Zhao family make you angry again?" Xiang Xueyan hugged Shu Baizhu as if she were still young, gently patting her back. "Dear, I say this because I feel sorry for you. In this world, the people who are most afraid of harming you are us, your blood relatives, right?"
"Your brother's company is currently negotiating a partnership with the supermarket in the Zhao Family Mall. Once they get the deal, your brother's cosmetics company will be completely different and will be able to go public. Then you'll be the little princess of the CEO's family, and you and Ziyi will be on equal footing."
Shu Baizhu was tempted by her mother's tenderness for a moment, but she did not agree with Xiang Xueyan's words. Her family looked down on the Zhao family too much, not to mention that Ziyi also had a mother, Ziyu, who was particularly successful in her career.
The two of them are a truly powerful combination.
He wanted to clarify that a family like theirs could never be on par with Ziyi without the accumulation of several generations, but he also felt that such an explanation would only amplify his family's desires.
Xiang Xueyan hugged Shu Baizhu, rocking her gently and patting her. "Mom knows that letting you marry a woman is unfair to you. Mom knows it all. Ziyi likes you. If you don't say it's for your brother, just think of it as for mom and dad and give in to her, okay? Don't always be so cold to her. Didn't you have a good relationship when you were classmates?"
Shu Baizhu wanted to say that she never felt wronged about marrying Ziyi, but she could not tell anyone about such happiness. She could only treat it as an unspeakable secret and bury it deep in her heart.
"I can't get along with her." Shu Baizhu sniffed and said the most insincere words to those close to her, "Mom, I don't like her. I just treat her as a classmate. I can't speak up, so are you going to force me to do this?"
"I'm not forcing you, Baizhu," Xiang Xueyan said in a firm tone, "Your father and I have been nurturing you since you were young. We've sent you to learn all sorts of talents, from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. No matter how expensive the tuition was or how hard it was to find a famous teacher, your father and I would do everything we could to help you find a good family. Ziyi's conditions... are pretty good. The only disadvantage is that she's a woman."
"It's okay. Mom has inquired. You can coax her into having a child and say you're helping her bear it. She's so career-oriented and strong-willed that she definitely doesn't have time to have a child herself. Then... Mom and Dad can find someone to replace the child with yours, and we can get that A-grade report."
"Mom!" Shu Baizhu finally broke free from Xiang Xueyan's embrace, horrified by her parents' thoughts. Her face was pale as she stared at her mother. "This is a lie. I can't do it. I don't want to help her have a child. The entertainment industry is very lucrative. I've already given you all the money I've earned. Isn't that enough? If I have a child, my career will be ruined."
"This won't work, and that won't work either. What do you think we should do?" Xiang Xueyan said anxiously. "Your brother's company is desperate for an order. He's already invested a lot of money and bought equipment. If he can't get a big order, how are you going to let him live? And what about your two nephews? Do you want them to have a miserable life since they were young? Just listen to me on this matter. Go back now, control your temper, and talk to Ziyi. Once you get the order, I won't rush you into anything about the children."
"I want to live at home." Shu Baizhu said with a stiff face, and was about to go back to his room.
Xiang Xueyan went up and grabbed Shu Baizhu's wrist, "You can't live at home. It's not right for an unmarried daughter to live in her parents' home!"
Shu Baizhu smiled bitterly, and tears filled her eyes at this moment. She wanted to question her mother. She said that parents and brothers were her closest relatives, but when she turned around, she had no home. So which one should she believe?
In other words, when a daughter is useful, she has a home, but when she is no longer helpful, she has no home.
"I understand. I'm going back." Shu Baizhu broke away from Xiang Xueyan's hand, picked up her bag, and left the home where she had lived for thirty years in a daze.
She didn't really go home. She checked into a hotel on the road and ordered countless bottles of wine. She remembered that Ziyi loved wine tasting and her home wine cabinet was filled with her treasures.
She would take it out from time to time to share this happiness with her, introducing bottle after bottle, and the feeling flowing between her brows was the freedom and indulgence that she longed for but could not get.
Shu Baizhu breathed a sigh of relief when she was dragged into the dream. She was suddenly glad that Ziyi did not choose her.
After all, she—
I can't give Ziyi any return for her passionate and surging love, and I even have to bear the burden of an entire family.
She thought that tonight's dream would pass in the drunkenness and tears of "Shu Baizhu", but unexpectedly, the drunken Shu Baizhu suddenly broke the glass in his hand, stepped barefoot on the glass shards on the ground, took a taxi, and returned to "her" and Ziyi's home.
[PS: Chi Xu, Xu Xu, the heroine of this story, the irritable loli landlady, is brought out in advance to warm up the atmosphere.]
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