Chapter 127 Chapter 127 She must get the Bai family’s…
Uncle Yan walked out of the room, closed the door gently, and stood at the door to send a message to Bai Shuting who was in the company.
When Bai Shuting rushed home, the bedroom curtains were half-closed, leaving only half an arm's width of sunlight leaking in from the window.
Ao Xinyi was standing behind a half curtain, looking at the garden outside the window through the gap in the curtains. His slender figure blended into the darkness, blurring the outline of the figure, and he looked a little lonely.
She didn't know how long she had been standing there like this.
Bai Shuting stood at the door, breathing rapidly. He calmed his rapidly beating heart, closed the door gently behind him, walked forward quietly, and stood silently behind his wife.
Following her line of sight, I saw a man and a woman sitting side by side in the garden. From this angle, I could just see their slightly smiling profiles.
Bai Shuting paused slightly when he thought of his two children's engagements.
"Ningning has really grown up," Ao Xinyi suddenly said, his tone so flat that no ups and downs could be heard, and no emotion could be heard in it, "I have never seen Ningning look like this before."
“…She likes Ji Ke.”
Bai Shuting's eyes reflected his wife's calm face. When he saw her suddenly turning her head, there was only determination in her tone.
"Ever since she was little, I've been wondering what kind of person our Ningning would marry when she grows up. She has such a unique family background and was raised like the apple of our eye. What kind of man would be worthy of her?"
Ao Xinyi pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, his expression half-smiled: "So that's how it is."
"They are still engaged, so it looks like they should be on track."
"Xinyi...are you...ok?" Bai Shuting and his wife have been together since they were young. He has seen her change from a hot-tempered and naive girl to a gentle and steady person over the years, but he has never seen her as calm as dead water.
It was like a stone thrown into a bottomless well.
He thought that with Xinyi's gentle exterior but strong interior character, if things were really confirmed, she would definitely make a big fuss and vent all her hot temper, but he didn't expect her to talk about this.
Bai Shuting grabbed Ao Xinyi's hand in a panic, not quite sure what his wife was thinking: "If you're angry, just lose your temper. If you're sad, just cry. Xinyi, don't be like this..."
Ao Xinyi turned his gaze back indifferently, looked at the young couple downstairs, and sneered softly: "The laboratory said that the component of leuprorelin was detected in every item sent for testing."
Hearing her say this, Bai Shuting breathed a sigh of relief and helped her sit down on the bed.
Ao Xinyi stood still, holding down Bai Shuting's hand that was pulling her, still looking down at Jiang Muning's smiling profile.
"…Due to the material properties of wood and plaster, the leuprorelin in the internal gel will be slowly released and can last for half a year. And the coating of the sculptures also contains it, so it will not fall off even with daily wiping and cleaning."
"The gifts she brought back were placed in every corner of the house, even in her own room, for fear that they would reveal clues somewhere. I really taught her..."
Ao Xinyi smiled and shook his head, "Should I say she is vicious or meticulous? How could I teach her to be like this?"
"Xinyi, let's talk to Ningning. There may be some misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" Ao Xinyi smiled, glanced at the computer on the desk not far away, and his expression became more sarcastic: "I asked the monitoring room for the surveillance footage of Ningning at home a few days ago. She did it herself..."
Ao Xinyi choked up, his eyes gradually turned red, and he couldn't finish the second half of his words, so he changed the topic and said:
"Ningning said that I am her best friend, her best girlfriend. Ningning and I have always talked about everything since we were young! But now she has misunderstandings about me and Jiang Jin. Why doesn't she come and ask me?!"
As Ao Xinyi spoke, his emotions gradually became more intense, and his calm expression could no longer be maintained. Two lines of tears continued to fall down his cheeks. Bai Shuting held him in his arms, and he gradually began to sob.
Bai Shuting's eyes were also red from her crying. Hearing Ao Xinyi crying with her head down, he said, "Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
…
Jiang Muning was smiling with his hands covering his lips, when he suddenly seemed to feel something and turned his head to look to the side.
What came into view was a green meadow and pink blooming flowers, and the main building of the Bai family behind the garden. There was no one in the middle, and the only living things were a pair of yellow butterflies flying from the flower bed.
Ji Ke looked in the direction of her gaze and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I was mistaken. I thought someone was passing by." Jiang Muning shook his head, picked up the flower tea in his hand and took a sip, and subconsciously looked up in the direction of the sky.
There was no one on the windowsill or balcony, it might be an illusion.
Ji Ke looked at the time and saw that it was getting late. They had been sitting outside for a while.
Jiang Mu Ning's health has improved a lot in the past two days. He no longer needs to take a break after walking a few steps. He can walk in the garden for more than ten minutes at a time.
The two chatted as they walked. Ji Ke thought he was a quiet person, but he didn't expect that walking around with this young lady from the Jiang family and listening to the interesting stories of her childhood life here would be surprisingly interesting.
Although Jiang Muning is not the biological daughter of the Bai family, she is fully loved by her parents and brother in the Bai family.
It can be seen from the life in the Bai family in the past few days that Bai Shuting, Ao Xinyi, and her brothers are all very kind to her, even better than their newly found biological daughter Bai Qingqing.
He grew up in a temple, and his master kept his distance from him except for the daily education and care he should have given him.
He...was somewhat envious of Jiang Muning.
I envy her living environment and envy her for having such a close and loving family.
When I get along with her, I can feel that she doesn't treat me as someone she wants to cling to, but treats me like a friend.
Ji Ke couldn't help but start to care about her: "The sun is rising, should we go back?"
In July, it was too hot near noon. Just as the sun rose, she was already sweating. Jiang Mu Ning put down the teacup and replied with a smile, "Okay."
The two returned to the house.
Aunt Qiao brought a bowl of medicinal soup with both hands and handed it directly to Jiang Mu Ning, smiling: "I was just about to go out to find you, how come you are back just in time? Come on, Miss, I've warmed it up for you, just drink it directly!"
"Come, sit here and drink!"
Aunt Qiao looked around, then moved to the sofa with the soup in her hand and placed the soup bowl on the coffee table. She called out to Ji Ke, "Boss Ji, shall I make you a pot of tea?"
The Bai family's family doctor specially prescribed a medicinal diet recipe based on Jiang Muning's condition. He should drink a bowl of medicinal diet recipe on time at 10 o'clock every morning, and another bowl of nourishing old hen soup at noon or in the afternoon. He has been doing this every day without fail in the past few days.
Ji Ke was already used to this scene. He stopped what he was saying, nodded to Aunt Qiao, and finished the soup with Jiang Muning.
She took a sip and said it was still too hot, saying that Aunt Qiao's temperature was not the same as hers. There was a bit of a spoiled complaint on her face, and I couldn't help but smile.
Such conversations happen almost every day.
Aunt Qiao's lines were all similar, and she responded to her in the same old way: "Oh my lady, your temperature has cooled down. How can the medicinal food have any effect if it's cooled down?"
As she spoke, her playful expression calmed down unconsciously, her voice also lowered, and her eyes were filled with kindness: "Miss will be returning to Beijing soon, and I don't know how many meals Aunt Qiao will cook for her..."
"Aunt Qiao..." Jiang Muning raised his head and pursed his lips depressedly.
She was reluctant to return to Beijing these days. She originally wanted to find an opportunity to get the personal belongings of the Bai family. It would be best if she could take advantage of Bai Qingqing's absence to talk to them alone about the trip to Baotong County and spread the word to Ao Bai and his wife and Bai Siqi.
But I don't know what happened these days. The people in the Bai family seemed to be very busy. Either they were so busy that they were not at home at all. They specifically asked Ji Ke to take good care of her, or they left without saying a few words to her face to face.
Even Bai Siqi didn't have a good chat with her.
He was indifferent to what she said and looked dazed, as if he didn't hear it.
Not only that, she also heard that Ao Xinyi arranged a blind date for Bai Siqi.
Now that Ao Xinyi's condition has stabilized and her parents are urging her to go home, she has no reason to stay in the Bai family anymore.
Although it was not explained to the Bai family, everyone knew that today should be the last day.
She had to get everyone's personal belongings today.
In the past two days, whenever she wanted to enter someone's room, Butler Xu happened to appear. Even if she was there today, she would have to find an excuse to enter their room...
Aunt Qiao regarded Jiang Mu Ning's momentary absent-mindedness as a sign of depression before parting. She smiled with her eyes curved, dispelling the somewhat sad atmosphere, and said to cheer her up: "What would you like to eat today, young lady? How about Aunt Qiao personally cooking for you at noon?"
Jiang Mu Ning came back to his senses, his eyes lit up, and he smiled with two shallow dimples: "Hmm... I want to eat cherry flesh."
"no problem!"
Aunt Qiao was very happy to see how happy she was. She calculated in her mind and said, "It's just that I can't make it in time for lunch. Miss, would you like to eat in the evening?"
Jiang Muning nodded obediently: "Okay, thank you Aunt Qiao."
As she spoke, she turned to Ji Ke with bright eyes and said, "Aunt Qiao's cherry meat is delicious. It's Aunt Qiao's specialty. You must try it tonight!"
Ji Ke smiled and nodded: "Okay."
The door of the master bedroom on the second floor had been ajar at some point, and at this moment a figure flashed by and closed the gap in the door.
At noon, Ao Xinyi said he was not feeling well and did not come down to eat.
Aunt Qiao had the food sent upstairs.
Bai Qingqing and Ji Kui were not at home, Bai Shuting and Bai Lincheng were at work, and Ao Xinyi did not come down either, so the lunch table became much quieter for a while.
In the afternoon, after dinner, Jiang Muning squeezed a glass of fresh juice in the kitchen, brought it upstairs, and knocked on Ao Xinyi's door.
There was no response for a moment.
Jiang Muning lowered his head slightly, took a step forward, leaned close to the door and listened quietly, and heard voices coming from inside.
The door panel is too thick and the sound cannot be heard clearly.
Until a dark shadow appeared in her peripheral vision, Jiang Muning immediately took a step back and looked up at the person who came. Not surprisingly, it was Butler Xu again.
She smiled, her eyes meaningful: "Ms. Xu, what a coincidence, we always meet like this recently."
Ms. Xu seemed to recall it for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "It really is true!"
She took a step closer to the door and said, "Madam is in the room. I am here to collect the dishes that Madam has used. Did Miss knock on the door? Did Madam not answer?"
Jiang Muning shook his head.
Ms. Xu went forward and knocked on the door herself.
During this time, Jiang Mu Ning asked her, "Why does Ms. Xu have to do this kind of small thing herself? It would be better to let someone else do it."
"Madam has something to do, so I'll come in person to put your mind at ease."
Jiang Muning was listening in confusion. Didn’t he say he wasn’t feeling well and that’s why he didn’t want to go down to eat? Why did something happen again now?
What could she do at home all day?
Just as they were wondering, the door of the master bedroom suddenly opened in front of them. Bai Shuting was stunned when he saw Jiang Mu Ning next to Ms. Xu, and stood outside the door and said, "Ning Ning? Why are you here?"
"Dad, are you home? Didn't you go out this morning..." Jiang Muning was also stunned. He wanted to look inside the house, but was blocked by Bai Shuting's mountain-like body.
She responded: "When did you go home?"
Bai Shuting responded, "I came back this morning to bring juice to mom?"
"Well, I heard that mom wasn't feeling well, so I came to see her and brought some juice."
Ao Xinyi's voice came from inside the house, "It's Ningning."
Her voice sounded a little hoarse, and Bai Shuting responded by moving aside and opening the door wider, revealing the scene inside the house.
The bedroom was very dark, the lights were not on, and the curtains were half-drawn, which was the only light source in the room.
The lunch on the table remained untouched.
Jiang Muning heard Bai Shuting's voice behind her, asking Ms. Xu to come back later. Ms. Xu then left, and for a moment, there were only three of them left in the space.
Jiang Muning walked into the house with a glass of juice.
After entering and taking a closer look, I realized that the room was in a mess, as if it had been turned upside down. There were many notebooks and small items on the floor, and even pillows were on the floor.
Ao Xinyi turned around from the desk, his eyes were red and swollen even in the dim light.
Jiang Mu Ning recalled the voices he had heard before, glanced at the computer on the table behind her, and hesitated for a moment while holding the juice: "...you...are you guys...not quarreling?"
After she asked the question, neither of them spoke. Jiang Muning thought he had guessed correctly, so he walked to the desk, put the juice on the table, looked at the document with a corner exposed on the table, and said:
"Did your dad make you angry again? What did you quarrel about? Tell me and I will help you solve it."
"laugh……"
Ao Xinyi chuckled, exhaled briefly, and quickly adjusted his expression, not letting out a single tear: "How dare he! Dad is helping Mom act."
The tray was placed gently on the table, making a slight sound.
Jiang Muning put down the juice, and couldn't make out anything from the half-corner of the document. Just as he was about to ask if it was a script, he saw Ao Xinyi turned around, and seemed to gather up the things on the table, stacked all the A4 papers neatly in the folder, and threw them aside.
She said naturally, "Thank you, baby. Just leave it here."
Jiang Muning raised his hand but found nothing. He subconsciously looked towards the place where Ao Xinyi had thrown the document, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
These two photos...
In an old photo from the 1990s, a girl with bright features and rosy eyebrows was standing in a convertible car in a Western wedding dress. Lace gloves were on her slender arms. She was holding up a small bouquet of flowers and facing the camera with a bright and sunny smile.
In another photo, 21-year-old Ao Xinyi is also wearing a Western wedding dress and holding a bouquet. The difference from the previous photo is that she has an exquisite white veil on her head, and the happiness in her eyes seems to overflow.
Her scalp instantly went numb, and she held the glass of juice and handed it to Ao Xinyi. She smiled with trembling lips in suppression, "Acting together? You've decided so quickly, are you really going to make a comeback?"
"I mean, you found a suitable script so quickly? Your body hasn't recovered yet..."
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