Chapter 148 Chapter 148 The five proud sons of the Bai family, all...
Bai Qingqing arrived home just in time for dinner.
The living room was packed with people, almost all of them were there. Jiang Muning sat on the big sofa in the main hall, with Bai Songxu chatting excitedly next to him. Bai Heyun also sat beside him with a smile on his face, listening quietly to the brother and sister's quarrel.
There were two people sitting on the short sofa at the side. As soon as Bai Qingqing entered the room, she raised her eyebrows at them.
She glanced at Jiang Mu Ning standing beside her, smiled at Zhuang You, and said hello: "Third sister-in-law, you are free to come here today."
As soon as the words "Third sister-in-law" came out.
The lively chatter nearby paused slightly. Jiang Muning glanced at Bai Siqi quickly and lightly, and his smile became a little unnatural.
She said to Bai Qingqing in a gentle tone, "Qingqing, Xiaoyou and Third Brother haven't gotten engaged yet. If you're in such a hurry to call her Third Sister-in-law, don't scare Xiaoyou."
"I call you my Third Sister-in-law, not your Third Sister-in-law. My Third Sister-in-law doesn't mind, so why should you mind?" Bai Qingqing smiled and walked into the living room.
In the kitchen, Ao Xinyi heard the noise outside and stuck his head out to take a look while holding a spatula.
Seeing that it was Bai Qingqing who came back, he immediately stuffed the spatula into Bai Shuting's hand, untied his apron, and urged: "Hurry, wash your hands, Qingqing is back, let's go upstairs and get the things."
Bai Shuting handed the spatula to the person in the kitchen, washed his hands in the sink as instructed, and hurried upstairs to his room with Ao Xinyi, not noticing that the atmosphere in the living room was gradually becoming tense.
Jiang Mu Ning looked depressed: "Qingqing, do you have any problem with me? You know clearly that this is not what I meant."
She looked at Zhuang You who was smiling but not saying anything. "Sister Xiao You and I have known each other for many years. Before she became my third sister-in-law, she was also my friend. Why would I mind her becoming my third sister-in-law?"
"Oh, I didn't hear that," Bai Qingqing laughed and sat down on the sofa. "Our two families have already started discussing the wedding date, but you still don't let me call you Third Sister-in-law. I thought you, Miss Jiang, didn't agree with this marriage."
As she spoke, Bai Qingqing asked Zhuang You, "Third sister-in-law, do you mind if I call you that?"
Zhuang You's gaze shifted between Bai Qingqing and Jiang Muning.
With a sweet smile on her face, she put her palm together with Bai Siqi's, interlaced their fingers and clasped them tightly together: "Our Qingqing calls me that, I am so happy."
Bai Siqi looked at Jiang Mu Ning, who had a slightly awkward expression, and tightened her hand with Zhuang You. She looked at her, with her reflection in her eyes: "Mu Ning has not been home recently, so she doesn't know much about the family affairs. Please don't mind."
A gentle voice came out slowly from Bai Siqi's mouth and flowed into the ears of several people present.
Except for Zhuang You, who always had a sweet smile and eyes full of happiness, the others were slightly stunned and looked at Jiang Muning, whose face was pale.
Bai Songxu's expression became even weirder.
He and Jiang Mu Ning chatted animatedly for the entire afternoon. She was curious about family matters, and he told her almost everything in detail, especially about the engagement between his third brother and sister Zhuang You, for which he answered the most questions.
Ning Ning knows clearly what the situation is between Third Brother and Sister Zhuang You...
What's more, he had already called his third sister-in-law, so what Ningning said just now... really didn't make sense.
Bai Songxu lowered his head, feeling heavy in his heart. He felt a little uncomfortable about how their relationship had changed.
When Jiang Muning heard Bai Siqi's words, she clenched the hem of her skirt with her hands on her knees and looked at him deeply.
But Bai Siqi didn't even look at her, he was just looking at Zhuang You.
Jiang Muning: "Sister Xiaoyou, I'm sorry, I haven't been home for a long time."
Zhuang You didn't hear her, and continued to say to Bai Siqi: "The custom-made dress is out. Let's go to my house the day after tomorrow after dinner and go see it together?"
Bai Siqi: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
They're already looking at wedding dresses so soon?
Jiang Muning was slightly surprised, as this was something he had not found out from Bai Songxu just now.
She frowned and her heart began to beat faster.
How could it be so fast...
In such a short period of time, does Bai Siqi have no thoughts about her at all?
At this point in his previous life, he was drinking the most heavily, and Li Xin should have appeared at this time.
Jiang Muning was calming his breath and lost in thought when suddenly a child's loud shout of "Bang" was heard from the corridor connecting to the side hall, startling everyone.
"Cousin Chengcheng! It needs to be higher!"
The sound of a child shouting echoed from the living room.
A group of people in the living room looked over. Bai Songxu frowned and said "Ouch", then clicked his tongue impatiently and looked towards the corridor.
Sure enough, the next second, Ao Ruize was seen being held high in the air by Bai Lincheng with both hands. Ao Ruize stretched one hand straight to the sky like a little Superman, and placed the other fist next to his head, as if he was ready to take off.
Ao Teng was protecting him from the side, saying repeatedly: "Ancestor, please come down quickly. Your elder cousin has carried you all the way. You don't know how heavy you are."
Bai Lingcheng carried the child to the living room, put the child down from the air, and held him in his arms: "It's okay, Chengcheng wants to play, just take him to play, it's not heavy."
Ao Teng was watching in surprise from the side.
Usually, Yan Cheng is not so active in taking care of Rui Ze, but today he played with him for a long time.
Now Ao Ruize calls Chengcheng his cousin all the time and is so happy that he forgets about his father anymore.
Ao Teng saw the naughty boy coming down and stood beside him with his hands on his hips, happy to be free. He glanced outside casually and saw Bai Qingqing coming back and sitting on the sofa. He immediately ran to greet her.
When he got closer, he looked her up and down, and only felt relieved when he saw that she was fine.
He opened his mouth and said, "I'm back. Let's eat now."
Ao Teng walked closer to Bai Qingqing, and whispered in her ear, "Luckily you answered the phone, otherwise I would have called the police, believe it or not."
Zhuang You was slightly surprised when he heard the words "call the police".
Bai Qingqing pretended not to hear, raised an eyebrow at Ao Ruize, and asked Ao Teng: "Is the child happy now?"
Ao Teng got a headache when he talked about this: "I'm happy, but you don't know that this guy is running all over the place and you can't stop him. He just chased the peacock and insisted on pulling its butt hair. He bumped into the fertilizer and got dirty..."
Ao Teng frowned when he recalled the scene just now: "Fortunately, Yan Cheng is willing to take him with him today, otherwise I would have been bullied by that brat and would have called him dad."
“Puchi…” Bai Qingqing covered her lips and laughed.
Bai Lincheng carried the child to the sofa, put the child on the sofa, and said to Bai Qingqing: "You're back."
Bai Qingqing smiled and nodded.
When the brother and sister exchanged glances, they knew that one of them was asking whether things were going smoothly.
One answer went smoothly.
Bai Lingcheng: "Let's eat when you get back. Dinner will be served soon. Today, my parents cooked a few dishes that you like."
Upstairs, Ao Xinyi and Bai Shuting came out, holding something the size of a palm in their hands. The first thing they looked at was Bai Qingqing downstairs, with a look of impatience on their faces.
Bai Qingqing felt the gaze from upstairs, so she looked up. When the two sides met each other's gaze, she saw Ao Xinyi pursing his lips and smiling, waving at her.
[What is this? It’s so mysterious…] Bai Qingqing stood up and walked towards the elevator.
Bai Songxu's head followed her around, but before he could say anything, he saw her being called away by her mother.
He wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Bai Qingqing about fortune-telling, but he never even made eye contact with her from beginning to end.
Bai Songxu scratched his head and thought, okay, there are too many people in the living room now, he can go find Bai Qingqing to tell his fortune alone later.
At the side, Bai Lincheng also looked at Bai Qingqing's back as she left. He half-embraced Ao Ruize, who was jumping on the sofa, and held him down. He whispered in his ear, "Did you hear what cousin Qingqing said just now? I didn't hear it clearly, can you tell me quietly?"
Ao Ruize leaned against him obediently, looked at Bai Qingqing's back, and shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't hear it."
Bai Lincheng patted his head and said, "Then when we eat later, Rui Ze should listen carefully to what cousin Qingqing says, okay?"
"After dinner, Ruize will tell your cousin everything that cousin Qingqing said. If everything he said is true, then our Ruize is the most powerful and smartest kid. Your cousin will reward you with a wish, okay?"
"Okay!!" Ao Ruize responded and screamed loudly.
Bai Lincheng covered his mouth with his hand: "Shh, this is a little secret between Ruize and my cousin. If Ruize tells others, or if others find out, my cousin won't reward you."
Ao Ruize blinked his big black and white eyes, nodded at Bai Lincheng, and whispered, "Okay."
The two cousins squatted beside the sofa and whispered to each other, but their low voices were drowned out by the noise in the living room.
Jiang Muning looked over with an inquiring look, trying to learn something from Bai Lincheng's opening and closing mouth.
Ao Teng listened to his son's shrill cries and sighed, "Young people still have the energy to take care of children. Yan Cheng, I'll give him to you!"
Bai Lincheng ended his conversation with Xiao Ruize and turned to look at his uncle.
Jiang Muning couldn't help laughing and said, "At this age, Rui Ze has the most energy. Uncle, let Rui Ze run around outside to burn off some energy. Then he won't have the energy to make trouble at home."
Ao Teng waved his hands helplessly: "You don't understand, this thing of his is a perpetual motion machine. After running outside, it can still jump at home..."
Ao Ruize was listening to the adults talking about him. He was very well behaved at the moment. He sat on the sofa silently, drinking sweet tea, his big black eyes looking in the direction of his cousin Qingqing on the second floor.
He had already decided what he wanted from his cousin Chengcheng.
When they have dinner later, he promises not to miss a single word of what cousin Qingqing said!
*
Second floor.
Ao Xinyi and Bai Shuting took Bai Qingqing through the corridor and sat down in the flower hall at the end of the corridor. They smiled and handed the goose yellow brocade bag in their hands to her.
"Qingqing, you will be leaving to record the show the night after tomorrow. Your father and I went to Donghua Temple today and asked the abbot for a protective amulet for you."
Bai Shuting nodded.
Ao Xinyi: "Mom knows you are already very capable, but mom and dad still want to ask for one more peace of mind..."
Bai Shuting nodded vigorously.
Bai Qingqing could tell that Ao Xinyi was afraid that she would not want it, so she smiled and took the amulet directly. "Thank you, Mom and Dad. I will keep it with me."
The material of the purse felt very good and had some weight in the hand. Bai Qingqing pinched it when she took it and felt that there were several things inside.
There was a piece of hard paper, which she guessed was a lucky charm, with something ring-shaped pressed on it. The bottom of the purse made a rustling sound when pinched, as if there were tiny pieces like seeds stuffed inside.
It couldn't be that there were originally several things, and Ao Xinyi was afraid that she didn't want them, so he merged them all for her.
Bai Qingqing couldn't help but smile as she held the money in her hand.
The expression on his face looked like he liked it.
Ao Xinyi pursed his lips and smiled, feeling much more at ease.
She and Brother Ting rushed to Donghua Temple before noon today. She washed her hands and piously copied a sutra. Then she took the copied sutra to ask the abbot to draw a peace amulet for her. Finally, she took these sutras and Buddhist objects to every hall in Donghua Temple, burned incense and knelt down to each Bodhisattva, and prayed to each one of them.
If any danger really happens, I hope her daughter will have the gods to protect her when she protects others.
She was originally afraid that Qingqing would not like it, but now seeing her reaction that she liked it, she felt much more at ease about her trip to the small fishing village to record.
Ao Xinyi stood up with a sense of relief: "Okay, let's go downstairs to eat."
Before Bai Shuting stood up, he looked at Bai Qingqing seriously and said, "Qingqing, be careful."
Bai Qingqing raised the purse in her hand and said, "Don't worry, I have a lucky charm now."
She is in her own world, and spends more time with her parents than with her master and friends.
Whenever they had the chance to spend time with her, her parents would do their best to be nice to her, cook for her, ask her about her food, clothing, housing and transportation at school and in the mountains, what she had learned from her master, and what strange stories she had seen.
Perhaps it was out of confidence in the master's ability.
They also seemed... never to worry about her safety.
Ao Xinyi and Bai Shuting are different. They care about every step of their children, from food, clothing, housing and transportation to school or career choices. This can be seen from the way they treat Bai Songxu and Jiang Muning.
They are really two very different sets of parents.
It was the first time that Bai Qingqing was given a lucky charm by her parents and elders, and she felt it was quite strange.
When Bai Qingqing looked at Ao Xinyi and Bai Shuting, she began to miss Old Bai and Ms. Ou.
I don’t know what’s going on in my world now.
Was she dead, or did Li Qingqing enter her body and live for her?
But is it possible for people in the world of fiction to go to the real world?
Bai Qingqing tapped her trousers with her hand hanging by her side. After a brief thought, she took the elevator with Ao Bai to the first floor and returned to the noisy living room.
[There are so many people in the Bai family!]
So much that my eyes hurt.
Bai Qingqing closed her eyes briefly, walked around the living room, and went straight into the dining room to sit down.
Bai Lincheng took Ao Ruize's hand and sat him next to him. He looked up at Bai Qingqing and wiped Ao Ruize's hands with a warm towel while waiting for everyone to take their seats.
…
After dinner.
Bai Siqi sent Zhuang You home.
Bai Lincheng took Ao Ruize to stand in the corner of the yard, squatted in front of him, put his ear next to his little mouth, and listened to him speak.
Ao Teng and Zhuang Li are staying overnight tonight, and it is estimated that the family of three will live here for some time to come.
Zhuang Li looked at Bai Yancheng taking care of the child and asked Ao Teng, "Has Yancheng always been so good at taking care of children?"
"Oh, I promised to buy him a car."
Zhuang Li watched her son and nephew talking for a long time, but she had no idea what they were talking about. Both of them looked mysterious.
After saying that, Bai Lincheng touched Ao Ruize's head, and both of them had smiles on their faces.
Bai Lincheng looked everywhere for Bai Qingqing, but didn't see him for the time being, so he took Ao Ruize and returned him to his uncle and aunt.
Ao Teng and Zhuang Li both sighed.
Zhuang Li: "Ming Cheng, thank you for your hard work."
Ao Teng bent down and held his son in his arms: "Has it been enough playing for today? We should go back to the room, take a shower and have a good sleep."
Both sides greeted each other.
The couple walked away with their child.
After a few steps, Ao Ruize hugged his father's neck and asked in a puzzled voice: "Dad, is my hearing not good?"
Ao Teng: "What's wrong? Why is your ear not working?"
Ao Ruize frowned: "Today, my cousin Chengcheng kept asking me if I heard any other sounds..."
Bai Mincheng also returned to the villa.
In the living room, except for my uncle's family who took their children back to bed early, almost everyone was still there.
Ao Xinyi was wearing a facial mask and walking around the living room with a script in hand.
Jiang Muning also took a book and sat on a chair beside the table to read.
Bai Shuting held the thermos cup and stood next to the teapot, waiting for the water to boil.
There were also Bai Heyun and Bai Songxu, one was playing games and the other was wandering around.
Bai Songxu walked to the sofa where Bai Qingqing was lying several times, wanting to say something but hesitant. He looked around at the group of people in the living room, obviously having concerns in his heart. He didn't say anything and walked away several times.
These people... Bai Lincheng looked at everyone in the living room, guessed what they were thinking, and shook his head secretly.
His last sight fell on Bai Qingqing who was lying in a row.
She didn't know when a bowl of honeydew melon appeared in her arms, and she was eating while playing with her cell phone.
His gaze drifted out of the screen from time to time, with a look in his eyes, falling on the people around him one by one, and he was caught off guard and met the gaze of Bai Songxu who was wandering over again.
"Bai Songxu, what's the matter with you? If you have something to say, just say it now."
Bai Songxu also wanted to say something, but Bai Qingqing didn't go back to her room, and he couldn't ask in front of so many people.
Whatever she thought in her mind, the whole family heard it.
But it seems that she is only a little free now...
Bai Songxu frowned and slowly moved to her side. He lowered his noble body and squatted beside the sofa. He whispered in Bai Qingqing's ear: "Um...Bai Qingqing, I want you to tell my fortune."
"Big things or small things? Big things cost fifty, small things cost two hundred." Bai Qingqing took another bite of the melon.
Bai Lincheng sat down on the other side of the sofa and took the newspaper to read.
Bai Songxu had watched his elder brother transfer money these past two days, and he had rehearsed this scene many times in his mind. At this moment, he opened the transfer interface, entered 500,000, and kept poking at the zeros with his fingers, saying, "Big things, big things, I want to see the fate of my life and whether I can become a top star in the end."
Bai Qingqing paused in her melon-eating and glanced at him straight in the eye.
She thought Bai Songxu was confident that he was the best in the world every day, and he was sure that he would be the top star. She didn't expect that he was still unconfident and came to tell fortunes.
Bai Qingqing sighed inwardly: [That won’t work…]
The voice in my heart came out of nowhere.
Several people who were busy in the living room paused, shifted their attention, and quietly looked over here.
Bai Songxu closed his eyes and sighed in his heart.
What is coming has finally come!
He originally wanted to find Bai Qingqing alone and listen to it by himself!
"Well, it's okay to be a top star for a short period of time, but do I...have the destiny to do that?" Bai Songxu nervously grabbed the edge of the sofa.
He knew in his heart that it wouldn't work because his eldest brother said that each of them would have a miserable ending.
He will definitely not have a good ending.
Bai Songxu felt a lump in his throat as he asked this. He knew in his heart that only in this way could Bai Qingqing say more.
During the time it took to ask a few questions, Bai Qingqing's cell phone rang, and the divination fee had been transferred.
Bai Qingqing didn't expect Bai Songxu to be so obedient now, as if he had really changed his personality. She replied, "Yes, of course you can. Not only can you become a top star, but you can also become famous all over the country."
"Really?!" Bai Songxu's eyes lit up. He didn't expect to hear such an unexpected answer.
Everyone in the Bai family also pricked up their ears quietly.
At the table in the distance, Jiang Muning turned a page of the book and curled his lips sarcastically.
[Only when one is famous all over the country, extremely famous, and at the top, can one use all means to offer the best resources to Jiang Mu Ning and help her rise to the top. ]
Bai Songxu's face turned pale.
I held back and didn't say anything.
Bai Qingqing tapped the back of her phone twice with her fingertips. Because of the 500,000 yuan in divination money, she sat up straight, crossed her legs and sat in front of Bai Songxu:
[In the fourth year of becoming a top star, in order to protect Jiang Mu Ning, he was splashed with sulfuric acid in the face, disfigured and retired from the circle, and has disappeared since then. ]
[In the end, everyone thought that the five proud sons of the Bai family, except Bai Heyun who survived and immigrated abroad, seemed to have a good ending, all the others died, which was very sad. However, little did they know that the youngest son of the Bai family, Bai Songxu, who was once a popular singer, covered up his appearance and worked as a mute volunteer in a suburban welfare home for half his life.]
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