Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Was it Bai Qingqing who figured it out? ...
Bai Songxu murmured.
Ao Xinyi looked at his son with complicated eyes. There was a hint of red at the corners of his eyes, and his whole state was erratic, as if he had suffered a great blow.
Han Jia was the man who sneaked out of the training camp the night before his group was formed to save his teammates. Being betrayed by such a friend must have been very unpleasant.
Ao Xinyi had no intention of comforting him.
The youngest son is very intelligent and has a talent for singing and songwriting. His appearance and family background are better than those of the older ones, but better than those of the younger ones.
The only problem is that he is too kind and has a somewhat mischievous personality. He has watched too many Hong Kong and Taiwan gangster and martial arts dramas, and has learned the spirit of a gangster since he was a child. All he says are the words "my brother" and "loyalty".
It's better to suffer a little loss now.
Otherwise, whether in the capital circle or in the entertainment circle, Xiaowu's character can make people eat him up without leaving anything behind.
I hope what happened to Han Jia this time will teach him a lesson.
Bai Muning saw that the noisy Bai Songxu suddenly quieted down. His eyes were red and he was almost crying. He frowned and hurried to his side and asked, "Mom, what happened?"
Bai Muning's hand gently rested on Bai Songxu's shoulder.
He jumped away from his sister's hand as if he was scalded, turned away from the two of them, and blinked hard and quickly to hold back the tears.
Not to the extent that it is not to the extent that it is.
Being betrayed by someone like Han Jia, you can't shed tears, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
He couldn't lose both his reputation and his dignity. If that got out, Bai Songxu would no longer be able to survive in the circle!
Bai Muning was behind him, with a puzzled look on his face, and silently asked Ao Xinyi: What's wrong with him?
Ao Xinyi shook his head at her, patted his daughter's hand, signaled her not to mind it, turned back to the round table to pick up his handbag, and changed the subject: "It's getting late, I have an appointment, I'm leaving first."
As soon as she got her bag, Ms. Xu immediately took out her coat.
Bai Muning was a little surprised: "Mom, don't you have a Pilates class this afternoon?"
Ms. Ao Xinyi does Pilates three times a week, rain or shine, and will never cancel her fitness classes. Now is obviously not the time to go.
Bai Muning felt that his mother had been going out more frequently in recent days and was often not at home. When he asked her, she always said she had made appointments with old friends.
But she obviously doesn't like to get together with old friends.
She is a bit of a homebody and most of the time she is busy cultivating her character, reading and drinking tea. She often only gets together with her friends once every two or three months, saying that it becomes boring if she gets together too often.
My mother hasn't asked me about my studies for a long time, and she hasn't sent me to school...
Especially after Li Qingqing came back, her mother seemed to have forgotten that she was still a senior high school student who was about to take the college entrance examination...
Ao Xinyi handed the handbag to Butler Xu, put on a thin shawl, and fastened it in front of her body with pearl buttons. She glanced at her daughter's slightly gloomy face and thought she was worried about Xiaowu.
I immediately smiled and said, "My class has been moved to the evening. I'm going to meet an old friend this afternoon. He's Director Li Anping, who I worked with before. I haven't seen him for six or seven years. He made an appointment, so I have to go."
"I may not be back for dinner tonight. You can eat with Xiaowu and Qingqing."
Ao Xinyi said, taking the handbag, looking at Bai Songxu who turned around in a daze and was still a little out of shape, "Xiaowu, handle the matter yourself, you are an adult, act more maturely, and don't let your sister worry.
Take good care of your two sisters, I am leaving now."
Bai Songxu nodded and said "ang", but he actually didn't quite hear what Ao Xinyi said.
He saw Ao Xinyi hurriedly leave, and he lowered his head to look at his phone. His face had returned to normal, and he said to Bai Mu Ning: "I have something to deal with. Ning Ning, I'm leaving too. You stay home and be safe."
After Bai Songxu finished speaking, he put his phone in his pocket, turned around and ran away.
The living room suddenly became empty.
Bai Muning stood there in a daze, and saw that he was the only one left in the huge living room in an instant.
be safe?
What safety precautions does she take at home?
It seems that Bai Songxu really encountered something urgent...
…
Bai Songxu went to Bai Group and found his elder brother Bai Lincheng.
People were in a meeting in the technical department. Bai Songxu couldn't wait patiently in the office, so he ran to the rest area outside the technical department and sat down, listening to the applause and cheers coming from the conference room.
The big boy in black clothes and a black hat sat on the light gray circular sofa with his head bowed. The messages sent by the manager of the testing agency kept passing by his eyes.
[Don't call the police yet]
[I'll go find out the situation, please help]
He actually didn't have the courage to open the files and information in the test report, nor did he want to ask Han Jia right now.
He should go find Han Jia and ask clearly, but for some reason, he just didn't want to confront him right away.
He didn't even...want to call the police...
But those black words on a white background kept floating into his eyes. The testing agency’s meaning was very clear: this matter would definitely turn into an ugly situation.
Bai Songxu's face was tense, and compared with the cheers coming from the conference room, he felt even more upset.
He failed so badly...
The eldest brother is different. He can do everything well.
He can handle the group's affairs with his father. He is capable and must be good at judging people. He can also remind his younger brother to be careful of the people around him.
At that time, he thought that his elder brother was overthinking, but now the facts have proved that he thought too little.
But he still had doubts.
Wasn't Big Brother's reminder too detailed? How did he mention water? Did Big Brother...know something in advance?
Bai Songxu couldn't sit still and straightened up, scratched his neck with his hand, and glanced towards the conference room next to him. He happened to see the curtains on the glass walls open, and an employee pushed open the door, turned around, bent slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and led Bai Lincheng out.
Bai Songxu stood up.
Bai Lincheng was followed by a team of employees, all with smiles on their faces. Even the eldest brother, whose usually stern face held a hint of smile.
Bai Songxu adjusted a smile on his face, and when the eldest brother looked over, he waved at him, and the employees quickly dispersed with a look in their eyes.
Bai Lingcheng took two steps towards the rest area, glanced at his brother's complicated expression, and walked past him: "Let's go to my office."
It was a long way to get to the meeting room, and Bai Songxu was impatient for an answer. There was no one around, and it would only be a matter of a few words, so he wanted to just talk about it here and get it straight away.
"Just say it here, brother. I have something to ask you."
Bai Lingcheng kept walking, and Bai Songxu was forced to chase after him. He watched his elder brother press the elevator button and said coldly, "Can't you wait even three minutes?"
“Brother!”
"Wait."
The elevator arrived very quickly. Bai Lincheng walked into the elevator and looked at his younger brother outside the door. Bai Songxu stared at him for a few seconds outside the door. Knowing that his elder brother would definitely not change his mind, he lowered his head, resigned himself to his fate, and walked in, standing obediently behind his elder brother.
He still couldn't help but speak: "Brother, I just have two words. I just want to ask you, on the night we went to the bar, when you sent me back, why did you remind me to be careful of the water that others brought me?"
Bai Songxu remembered that it was Mu Ning who had asked his elder brother to go to the bar to save him, and asked in confusion: "Was it Ning Ning who reminded you?"
Bai Lingcheng didn't answer: "Bai Songxu, you really should temper your temper."
The eldest brother still didn't want to say it directly.
Bai Songxu turned his eyes away in frustration, stuffed his hands into his pockets, let them hang heavily, looked to the side, and stopped talking.
Bai Lincheng saw that the boy looked unhappy, his eyes dropped and he glanced at his black sweatshirt and black baseball cap.
"Are you wearing this to make people notice you, or not notice you?"
Bai Songxu didn't expect that his elder brother would pick on his clothes. He stiffened his neck, turned back and said to him: "Of course you don't notice me! Mask! Hat! Isn't the meaning obvious! "
The elevator arrived with a ding.
Bai Lingcheng curled his lips and stepped out: "It's very conspicuous."
*
Before Bai Songxu could ask a single question, he was already furious with his elder brother. As soon as the door of the president's office was closed, he immediately stepped in front of Bai Lincheng and stared at him: "Can you tell me now?"
Bai Lingcheng was half a head taller than the boy. He lowered his eyes and glanced at him calmly: "If you want to ask for help, you should act like you are asking for help."
“Brother!”
"Obviously, if you continue with this attitude, you probably won't get the answer you want. Don't you plan to ask me in a different attitude?" Bai Lincheng walked past the angry boy and sat on the sofa by the window.
This light sentence really made Bai Songxu lose his temper. He opened his mouth and sighed: "Oh my God, brother, can you teach me another time? I'm really anxious!!"
"When I was waiting for the performance and about to go on stage, Han...someone handed me a bottle of water. I didn't drink it, but took it back for testing. The test report came out today, and it turns out that there was something in the water! It was drugged!"
“This matter is definitely not that simple, it can’t be…the person who handed me the water did it, he couldn’t have done it alone, and he has no reason to hurt me like this!
Brother, you directly reminded me to pay attention to the water. Did you know something in advance? "
Bai Songxu was so angry that he kept making a series of noises. Bai Lincheng's expression didn't even change. He just sat on the black leather sofa with his legs crossed.
Bai Songxu looked at his brother and suddenly felt something was wrong.
As if he had been struck through the top of his head, he calmed down instantly and stared at Bai Lincheng with a critical look: "No. Your own brother was drugged in the water, and you are still so calm?"
His brows were so tight that they could pinch a fly to death: "Brother, did you know that there was medicine in the water Han Jia gave me that would cause people to lose their voices? Did you know all this a long time ago?"
Bai Lincheng thought of Bai Qingqing's thoughts, and his eyes flickered slightly under his clear lenses.
The development of the matter was exactly as she had thought.
Bar, sharp weapons, and blood.
Team member Han Jia put drugs in the drinking water, and the effect of the drugs was to cause people to lose their voices.
Bai Lincheng said: "I was not sure at first, but now I know."
Bai Songxu: "…What do you mean by originally uncertain? Brother, your brother was drugged! His career was almost ruined! I'm so worried! Hurry up and tell me!!"
Bai Lincheng put down his legs and answered his brother's question clearly and concisely: "Bai Qingqing said that she..."
Bai Songxu's eyes widened and he took off his hat: "Is she in cahoots with the mastermind behind the drugging?"
Bai Mincheng: "..."
Bai Lincheng has met a lot of idiots since he was a child. Even after entering the capital circle, he still encountered a lot of idiots when facing these businessmen.
But he couldn't quite accept that his brother was an idiot who had difficulty communicating.
On the first night that Bai Qingqing returned home, while having supper in the small kitchen, she gave a very insightful two-word evaluation of Xiaowu.
Bai Mincheng was choked by his brother and adjusted his mood: "Bai Songxu, if you can't look at things calmly, you will never see the truth of the matter."
He was afraid that his silly brother wouldn't understand, so he said it more clearly: "I asked you to wait, to calm down, and to adjust your attitude, all so that you can make inferences and judgments with an objective and rational attitude."
"Putting aside the fact that Bai Qingqing is your biological sister, what do you call this? This is a subjective judgment based on strong personal likes and dislikes!"
Bai Songxu calmed down a lot after talking to his elder brother. All his anger subsided and he felt that he was a little too impulsive.
But isn't he anxious?
If my brother had spoken to him earlier about this matter, he would have listened rationally.
Seeing that Bai Songxu didn't say anything and seemed to have calmed down, Bai Yancheng said again: "Qingqing has some ability in metaphysics. From your parents' faces, she knew that something bad would happen to you. The place of the accident was in the bar. I rushed over because a woman had an argument with someone."
"I also heard from her that there might be drugs in the water, but I'm not sure and I don't know the details. I can only remind you like this."
He also heard the sequel from Bai Qingqing's inner voice.
He said he lost his voice and became depressed for a while, but finally got back on his feet with Mu Ning's company and encouragement...
But since Xiaowu didn’t drink the water, the subsequent matters don’t exist, and there is no need to mention it to him again.
Bai Songxu looked depressed. He had never expected to get such a result before coming here.
It was actually Bai Qingqing who figured it out? !
Bullshit!!!
Besides, even if Bai Qingqing figured it out, given their relationship, Bai Qingqing always cursed him in her heart. Could she be so kind as to tell big brother about this?
Since she had this intention, why didn't she just remind herself? !
He hesitated and asked his elder brother, feeling a little embarrassed to say: "... Did you know in advance that Han Jia would betray me and stab me in the back?"
Bai Lingcheng nodded: "I just don't know that person's name is Han Jia."
Bai Songxu's mind was buzzing, and he started to think in another direction. He then asked, "Since you knew someone would betray me and drug the water that night when you went to the bar, why didn't you tell me directly?"
"No...what if I really drank it?"
Bai Lingcheng: "Then consider it bad luck for you. Let me teach you a lesson."
Bai Songxu: “…”
He is really his elder brother...
Bai Songxu stood in the middle of the office and digested the information: "Did Huang Shaoqi instruct Han Jia to do this?"
Bai Mincheng said nothing.
Bai Songxu thought about it and frowned: "It must be him. He hates me in the first place. He must be very happy to see me make a fool of myself on the stage!"
"Then you have to check it yourself. I told you to make judgments rationally, calmly and objectively. If you want to verify something, just go with the facts."
Bai Lingcheng said, and then ordered him to leave: "You will be very busy next time, so go away and don't delay me from making money."
This morning, the technical research and development department made a breakthrough in core technology. He started the meeting in the morning and continued until just now.
There are still many things to be done in the future, and the next step will be the busiest.
Bai Songxu was ordered to leave by his eldest brother and returned to the Bai family in a daze. All the way, he was thinking about how to find out what was behind it and whether he should call the police.
It started raining halfway through the journey.
Bai Songxu let out a long sigh and looked at the rain falling on the car window. He felt that the scene at this moment was just like something in a TV drama.
If Han Jia was forced to do so, then after the matter is investigated and the truth comes to light, is it possible for them to still be good brothers?
At the entrance of Shengwan.
Bai Songxu suddenly shouted to stop the car and said he wanted to get off and take a walk.
The driver looked at the rain outside the car which was gradually getting heavier and said, "Master Song Xu, outside..."
"I know, let's find a place to park up front." Bai Songxu's eyes were lifeless.
The driver's dissuasion was in vain, so he pulled over, took an umbrella from the car, opened it, and hurried to the back door. Before he could extend his hand, he saw the fifth young master push the door open and get out of the car.
He pushed the hand holding the umbrella, indicating that he didn't need it, and walked straight ahead.
The driver chased him with an umbrella and held it for him: "Master, it will take more than 40 minutes to walk back from here."
"Don't follow me. Go back by car. I'm in a bad mood. I want to take a walk outside to relax."
The driver couldn't argue with him. He watched the two of them getting farther and farther away from the car. The Fifth Young Master seemed to have made up his mind and kept pushing the umbrella towards his head, as if he had no use for it. The driver had no choice but to run back in a hurry, get in the car, and drive slowly, following behind the Fifth Young Master.
The heavy rain soaked Bai Songxu's clothes.
The water stains on the black fabric were not noticeable, but the thin sweatshirt was visibly heavy and stuck to his body.
The boy who was walking home was dejected and walked forward without saying a word.
He was immersed in his own thoughts and didn't know how long he had been walking. Suddenly, he saw in his peripheral vision that the black car had caught up with him, drove next to him, and slowed down.
Bai Songxu raised his head: "Didn't I tell you that I won't get in the car? I'll walk back!"
Bai Songxu was stuck in the middle of his words when he saw the back window of the black car lowered to a shallow slit, so that he could only see a pair of eyes in the car, allowing the voice to come out.
"What are you doing? Are you brainwashing?"
Bai Qingqing's voice came from the car. A pair of eyes with dark pupils looked at Bai Songxu from the gap between the car and quickly shrank back as if they were afraid of being caught in the rain.
Bai Songxu recognized Bai Qingqing's voice. He didn't expect that she would come back so early today and he would meet her halfway.
Bai Songxu was too lazy to argue today.
I especially thought about what my eldest brother said, that it was Bai Qingqing who told him that he had an accident in the bar and reminded him that there was something wrong with the water.
Although he didn't believe that Bai Qingqing would be so kind, he knew that his elder brother would definitely not lie to him.
Logically, he should thank Bai Qingqing, but given their daily competitive relationship, he couldn't bring himself to thank her, and his face was conflicted for a moment.
It was rare to see someone not talking back. Bai Qingqing looked at his face curiously. She guessed that the child was unhappy, as if he had suffered some kind of blow.
There was no beginning or end. Bai Qingqing had no idea what problem Bai Songxu had encountered, or which part of the novel it was. But seeing that he didn't talk back or get angry, her eyes gradually widened after a brief thought, and she was extremely curious:
"Are you dumb?"
Bai Songxu: "You are the one who is mute!"
[I can make a sound...]
A faint voice reached Bai Songxu's ears. The sound quality was obviously different from that of a human voice, and it was a little blurred by the heavy rain.
Over there, Bai Qingqing had already turned her gaze away with a lack of interest.
She also thought that the plots that the indigenous characters in the novel had not gone through would be repeated again and again until they were actually carried out.
Just like when she started not going back to the Bai family and wanted to avoid the plot, God would make her have car accidents repeatedly so that she could complete the plot of going back to the Bai family to recognize her relatives.
Now it seems that this rule only applies to me...
Bai Qingqing was thinking and didn't notice Bai Songxu's eyes suddenly widened. He stopped as if struck by lightning and looked at Bai Qingqing's car.
The slowly driving driver looked at the rearview mirror and saw two black cars, one in front and one behind, stop following Bai Songxu's footsteps.
familiar.
So familiar!
Bai Qingqing's words seemed familiar, as if I had heard them somewhere before.
Bai Songxu quickly recalled that day when he came down from the finale stage and suddenly flew to the filming site of Ningning's variety show with his mother, it was Bai Qingqing who took the initiative to greet him.
How did you come up with that next thought?
I can’t remember exactly, but it seems like…
He can speak, so it seems he didn’t drink?
Bai Songxu's eyes widened, and he took two quick steps to get closer to her car, but suddenly he saw her car move, and a faint female voice came from inside the car: "Brother Li, let's go."
He chased after her: "Bai Qingqing, I have something to ask you! Stop for a moment!"
The car slowed down again after just starting up. Bai Qingqing frowned and looked at him as if he was a fool: "Stop here?"
The pair of eyes that appeared through the car window rolled their eyes: "Da Dai and Er Dai know to hide from the rain, who is like you? I want to go home."
Bai Songxu couldn't wait to go home, so he reached out to pull her car door, but driver Li stepped on the brakes to stop the car.
Bai Qingqing rolled up the car window. The closed window covered most of the urging voice, which was transmitted to Bai Songxu's ears vaguely. His absolute pitch recognized it as follows:
Bai Qingqing: "Let's go, let's go. The car door is locked and he can't open it. Let's go quickly."
Bai Songxu: ...
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