Chapter 69 Chapter 69 I and Bai Mu Ning can only choose one, you...
Bai Qingqing's fingertips rested on the armrest and she looked up at Bai Siqi.
He lowered his eyes and held the teacup, then suddenly raised his eyes and looked fixedly into the gaze Bai Qingqing was giving him.
Bai Qingqing was caught off guard and looked at Bai Siqi. She blinked her eyes, without any sense of guilt, and raised the corners of her lips to smile at her third brother.
The heartfelt voice continued:
[Bai Muning...you have to be careful. ]
Ao Xinyi frowned, and looked at Bai Muning in confusion together with Bai Songxu. She was completely out of the picture and knew nothing about any of the secret activities at the table.
Bai Songxu was hindered by Mu Ning's exam, so when he heard this provocative voice, he could only suppress his anger and alertness appeared in his round eyes that had widened like a little animal.
However, Ao Xinyi was very concerned about what his daughter had said before.
What does it mean that something bad will happen to the second child later? What does it mean that Ningning returns to the Jiang family after the college entrance examination?
The next one was Bai Siqi, and the implication was...something was going to happen to the third brother?
What did Qingqing figure out now?
Why does it sound like there's going to be a big mess at home?
Ao Xinyi was anxious, but Mu Ning was still there, so it was not a good time to ask Qingqing. She looked at her husband and the other children.
Except for Bai Shuting who had a gloomy face and furrowed brows, and Xiaowu who couldn't hide what was going on on his face, the rest of the eldest and the third brother were calmer than the other, with no expression on their faces, as if they hadn't heard anything.
Ao Xinyi had to put the idea of asking for the time being, and prepare to find a suitable time to ask his daughter privately later.
Since the last time Xiaowu got into trouble, the subsequent problem of losing his voice was avoided in advance, then what Qingqing just said... can definitely be resolved!
Thinking of this, Ao Xinyi felt much more at ease. He took a sip of green tea to calm his mind.
…
The Bai family all go to work late.
After drinking morning tea, Bai Shuting and Bai Lincheng picked up their briefcases and went out to work. Ao Teng also happened to report to the Bai family. When Ao Xinyi saw her husband off, she left her brother at the door to talk to him in private.
Bai Siqi helped Bai Muning back to his room to study. After everyone left, Xiaowu ran up to Bai Qingqing and glared at her.
He didn't say anything, just stretched out two fingers at her, bent them and pointed at his eyes, then pointed at her fiercely.
Bai Songxu: I will keep watching you!
Bai Qingqing: ...
Little brat.
She glanced at Bai Songxu expressionlessly, turned around and smiled at Ao Teng who was coming towards her. She didn't stay at home for a second and went out with him directly.
Bai Songxu was left standing alone in the living room, watching Bai Qingqing changing her face like in Peking Opera, treating him and her uncle in two different ways, and he was so angry that he cursed silently.
Ao Xinyi, who walked into the house a step behind, didn't have time to call Bai Qingqing. He looked at his little son who was acting strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"
Bai Songxu: "...Nothing, I... went to the recording studio."
Ao Teng conscientiously fulfills the role of the film and television company boss and niece's assistant.
I came to report to Master Qingqing early in the morning, saying that the child who fell into the swimming pool the day before yesterday had woken up. After a full body check, he was found to be fine and was discharged from the hospital and returned home last night.
Bai Qingqing was receiving a message from Wu Weiran.
The third episode is about to start recording, and the time is set after Bai Muning finishes the college entrance examination, so that she can take a look at the story background and character information of the third episode in advance.
Another thing is to ask her to open a Weibo account.
All the guests have Weibo accounts, except Bai Qingqing.
[knew. ]
Bai Qingqing replied to Wu Weiran's message with one hand while getting in the car to receive the file he sent.
In the last episode, it was Luo He who came to the rescue and played the role she drew after the first recording. This time, it was Luo He who drew the role for her.
It would take some time to receive the documents. Bai Qingqing found a comfortable position in the car and took the time to answer Ao Teng: "Isn't it normal that he is fine? Why are you talking about this?"
Ao Teng: "Isn't this after-sales service? I thought you would be curious, so I asked about it."
Bai Qingqing looked calm and nodded.
"And Lu Da, he has changed a lot now. Didn't he originally not believe in metaphysics?" Ao Teng said with a laugh: "Guess what, in just two days, he has become a religious believer."
"I went to various temples to worship Buddha, burn incense and make offerings. I bought a lot of Buddha statues, beads, bracelets and amulets to take home. I went to Buddhist and Taoist temples. I heard that I even went to church. I also bought a thick Bible."
Bai Qingqing: "...It's human nature."
Lu Da is not an isolated case. She has had some clients like this who were originally atheists, but after personal experiences, they became believers even though they did not want to.
If you don’t know which temple or Taoist temple is the most effective, just visit any you see.
After a period of time, his own beliefs will be fixed.
Bai Qingqing looked as if she was used to it, and Ao Teng's unusual excitement also subsided. He looked at his niece's profile and felt that her character was not like that of an ordinary person.
His eyes curved with appreciation, he lit up the tablet, drew out a form and handed it to her, smiling, "Master Qingqing, which case are we taking today?"
Bai Qingqing opened the door with Mr. Lu from Dawen Electronics, and other celebrities who had appointments could no longer sit still and started to inquire about the situation from Ao Teng.
There is an extra column after the table, and many of them have a yellow star added to indicate urging.
Bai Qingqing finished operating the Weibo account she was opening, added her own name, then turned off the screen of her phone and looked at the appointment list.
He glanced down ten lines at a time.
She doesn't care much about the cases that have been completed. It is enough for her to complete those commissions conscientiously in the process of solving them.
Wu Weiran's text message this morning came very cleverly. She had just been thinking about which plot the Heavenly Dao would push the people in this world to. If Heavenly Dao really wanted to follow the original storyline and push Bai Mu Ning back to the Jiang family and become Jiang Mu Ning...
Bai Qingqing stood in front of netizens, and accepting criticism and attacks was the first step.
How can we miss the battlefield filled with smoke of gunpowder?
Weibo is of course indispensable.
The author of this book "The Fake Daughter Was Spoiled to the Sky After Her Background Was Exposed" is not very good at other things, and the way he stirs up public emotions and advances the plot is to make it a hot topic.
The whole book has been searched for hundreds of times, and the protagonist of the novel has been on the hot search list for years.
Bai Qingqing did not live freely during these days when the plot was arranged by heaven. She was controlled as she was told.
She didn't care about changing the attitude of the Bai family towards her, "Bai Qingqing", nor did she care about competing with the heroine of the novel.
Her only purpose is to escape from the plot.
Leave all the people and things in the novel's plot.
Bai Qingqing tapped the side of the tablet with the tip of her index finger.
We must intensify our cultivation, and overthrowing the Heavenly Dao is just around the corner!
"Uncle, please work harder today. We have solved all three of them!"
Lu Da’s faith was not obtained before, but after going through everyone on this list, it will definitely increase her faith a little!
*
Bai Group Headquarters.
Gu Lan, CTO of QuantumEdge Technologies, a strategic partner of Huazhi Future, returned to China and joined Baishi Group as chief technical consultant, responsible for technology strategy and innovative development.
Bai Shuting and Bai Lincheng brought the technical team and employees to welcome Gu Lan's arrival.
The two sides shook hands.
Two hands, one broad and one slender, touched each other and clasped them loosely, with both sides showing proper politeness and smiles on their faces.
There was a brief pause between the two men shaking hands, and Bai Lincheng and Gu Lan looked at each other. Neither of them showed any sign of having met in a bar before, nor did they show any surprise at discovering the other's identity.
"I have been working with Brother Gu for many years, and I have heard your father praise you many times. Now that you have joined our Huazhi, it is really a great help. I believe that under your technical guidance, we will be able to go further in the field of science and technology in the future."
Bai Shuting forced a formal smile on his dark face, and the aura of "keep away from strangers" dissipated a lot.
Gu Lan and Bai Lincheng let go of each other's hands. As she pulled away, she slightly bent her fingertips and gently stroked them across Bai Lincheng's palm.
Bai Mincheng: "..."
"Uncle, you are too kind. Huazhi's technical team is very strong, otherwise we would not have cooperated for so many years. I want to learn a lot from my colleagues and seniors in the industry when I come to Huazhi..."
Gu Lan's voice was no longer clear in my ears.
The sound of the heartbeat amplified in my ears.
Bai Lincheng looked at Gu Lan's lively and pretty profile as she spoke. Her outfit and temperament were completely different from what he saw that night, but she was equally attractive.
He inexplicably felt his heart beating pounding in his chest, which was totally different from his usual rhythm. His body temperature rose and he unconsciously bent his hand and lightly touched his palm with his fingertips.
That was the place where Gu Lan had just encountered.
Bai Lingcheng didn't believe that she did it unintentionally.
He remembered Bai Qingqing's words:
[The two of them didn't do anything, but Bai Mincheng seemed to be crazy and ended up handing over the new technology to the beauty...]
The sound of his heartbeat was still growing in his ears, causing his entire chest to vibrate. Bai Lincheng subconsciously felt that something was wrong, as if something was pushing his heart to beat. He was completely unable to control his thoughts and only focused his eyes on Gu Lan.
"...Okay, I've wanted to come and visit for a long time, but never had the chance." Gu Lan smiled.
Bai Shuting saw his son standing still and called out to him, "Lan Cheng, take Lan Lan to see the environment of our technical department."
Bai Lingcheng: "...Ms. Gu, this way please."
The uncontrollable feeling of heartbeat was suppressed, Bai Lincheng quickly passed by Gu Lan and led the way forward.
…
The news that Gu Lan joined Huazhi as CTA was on the news. In the evening, the father and son who worked at the Bai family did not go home for dinner, but had dinner with people from Huazhi and QET.
As the lights came on, Bai Lincheng returned to the company alone after the banquet.
The shopping malls and tall office buildings outside the 180-degree panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows are brightly lit, like shining stars in the noisy night.
Bai Mincheng sat on the chair.
There was only one dim light on in the huge office, illuminating the space in front of him.
The light illuminates less than a foot below the desk, and it is dark ahead.
Bai Lincheng rested the back of his head against the slightly cool wall, his eyelids half closed, looking towards the edge of light and shadow in front of his toes, completely immersing his body in the darkness.
He kept replaying the day's experiences in his mind.
Strange, so strange...
He could now clearly recall Gu Lan's face, every word she said, and every expression.
He had a good memory and could recall details, which was correct, but he was moved by every move of Gu Lan in his memory.
When she visited the technical department, she casually said:
"If your quantum AI model can add a real-time encryption verification module, the computing delay can be controlled at the nanosecond level. This design will not only occupy the high-end market, but also form a technological barrier in the next five years."
"QET and Huazhi have always had a consensus on the research direction of quantum computing, sharing some algorithms of core technologies and complementing each other. I believe that there will be breakthroughs as soon as possible."
Bai Lingcheng tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingertips and repeated, "Shared core technology algorithm..."
He chuckled.
Gu Lan's intention was obvious, but he almost agreed to her...
Fortunately, he was always alert to his thoughts at that time and did not really do anything that would cause Hua Zhi to be irreparable.
As soon as he met Gu Lan, his heart was really out of control...
Bai Mincheng sighed deeply.
He didn't sit down anymore, but got up, turned off the lights and went home.
*
Bai Qingqing came back late today as well.
The meetings with the three clients were not going well, but the matters were not serious. She talked to them for a long time and did not collect any faith from them. However, she was paid a lot of money, so it was not a wasted trip.
She sat in the car on the way back and counted the balance twice before she calmed down.
Seeing that she was not happy, Ao Teng looked at the bank interface and showed concern for his niece: "Are you unhappy about making money? Did they give you too little? Can your uncle give you some more?"
Ao Teng thought back to the first time they met, when his niece liked his watch very much and she felt very sorry after she smashed it to save him.
Bai Qingqing laughed and put down the phone: "No, thank you, uncle."
"What's up with you? Tell me and I'll help you solve it!"
"……Um."
There was no light in the car. Ao Teng looked at her sideways with a sincere look in his eyes, without a trace of pretense.
He had no intersection with his original self in the original work. Is it because the author did not write about it, so the way of heaven has no constraints on him?
Bai Qingqing pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and asked Ao Teng, "Uncle, if you can only choose one between me and Bai Mu Ning, who would you choose?"
Ao Teng frowned, his expression serious: "What do you mean?"
"What happened?"
The driver in front couldn't help but glance sideways and glanced at the rearview mirror.
Bai Qingqing pointed with her fingertips beside her and smiled, "If only one of me and Bai Mu Ning can stay in the Bai family, who will you stay?"
"Of course it's you." Ao Teng quickly replied: "What else is there to think about? You are my niece, the savior who saved my life, and my friend."
Bai Qingqing kept smiling and continued to ask, "If only one of me and Bai Mu Ning can survive, who will you save?"
"Qingqing, what happened? Don't scare me." Ao Teng moved to sit next to her, staring at Bai Qingqing's face with his slightly narrow eyes, not missing the slightest expression on her face.
"I will save you, even if you want to exchange my life for yours."
Mu Ning was also his niece whom he had watched grow up. They were children he had truly lived with for seventeen years. He couldn't bear to see either of them die.
But if he had to choose one from them, Ao Teng thought, he still had selfish motives... he still wanted to save his own niece.
What's more, she saved his life.
Bai Qingqing's smile deepened, and she patted her nervous uncle's arm: "Don't be afraid, it's nothing. I'm just curious about how much I mean to you."
She spoke frankly.
Ao Teng believed it in his heart. After all, Qingqing was still a little girl. Even though she was busy running around every day, it was impossible for her to have no feelings at all about returning to her biological parents.
But he still confirmed: "Are you really okay?"
Bai Qingqing bared her teeth at him: "I'm very strong! Even if something happens, I can handle it!"
The car drove into the Bai family's gate and into the courtyard.
Two cars from the Bai family drove from both sides of the circular fountain to the front door of the main building and stopped facing each other.
Bai Yancheng and Bai Qingqing stood by the car and looked at each other.
When he saw Bai Qingqing, he inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. He strode towards her and stood in front of her. Facing this sister who slightly raised her head towards him, he invited her, "Would you like to take a walk?"
Want to take a walk?
In Bai Qingqing's ears, these four words were directly translated into: Talk to me.
Bai Qingqing didn't know what Bai Lincheng was planning, but she happened to be doing research on this big brother, so it would be great to have more opportunities to interact with him.
Thinking about it, he walked straight to the garden: "Okay."
Bai Mincheng followed her, shortening his stride to match her speed.
The two figures disappeared into the forest path.
Bai Qingqing, who took the initiative to chat with her, didn't say anything. Bai Qingqing found a topic very directly: "Brother, I saw your face and your red star moved. Did you meet anyone special today?"
Bai Lincheng's heart moved slightly.
Bai Qingqing had previously speculated on the time when he and Gu Lan would meet, but now she directly pointed out that it was today.
Just like Xiaowu last time...
She really can calculate.
Bai Lincheng felt something was wrong. The clues had not yet been fully connected. He followed her topic and said, "Well, a senior executive of Bai's overseas partner officially joined Bai's Group today."
"But..." He paused: "It's not the Red Luan Star."
"Is it because the other party is not a woman, or is it because big brother is not attracted to her?" Bai Qingqing stopped and turned to look at Bai Lincheng's face.
The two of them stopped under the tree.
Bai Yancheng pursed his lips but could not make a sound. He passed Bai Qingqing and sat down on the bench in front of her. He crossed one leg, turned sideways and patted the empty seat beside him. Then he withdrew his hand and pondered for a moment:
"What do you think of fate? Like... a predetermined fate?"
"So profound?" Bai Qingqing didn't expect Bai Lincheng to talk to her about this.
She sat down next to Bai Lingcheng and quickly answered, "I believe that people and everything in this world have a predetermined fate and destiny, just like an observer and the observed. People are observed by their own destiny."
She stretched out her slender index finger and drew a circle in the air: "The edge represents a predetermined fate, and the space in between represents the luck that can be controlled by human power."
“But once the observed subject realizes its own predetermined development and decides to jump out of this range, then I think… at least the fate of this circle will be broken, and the currently predetermined fate will no longer exist.”
Bai Lingcheng looked at her gestures seriously and raised the corners of his lips slightly: "You mean, people's changes are also a kind of arrangement of fate."
"This is something that cannot be verified." Bai Qingqing put down her hand.
"What if it can be verified?"
"What did you verify, brother?"
The two looked at each other in silence for a while, and no one answered the other's question.
Bai Qingqing kept smiling, as if nothing could shake her.
After a few breaths, Bai Lincheng's slightly frowned brows relaxed and he changed the subject and asked her, "I can see that you don't like the Bai family. Why do you still stay here?"
Since returning to the Bai family, this younger sister has hardly ever stayed at home, did not take the initiative to interact with relatives, and always maintained a polite smile in response to the concern of her family members.
He knew that Bai Qingqing had saved a lot of money by doing feng shui for others, and had appeared on variety shows. Apart from asking her uncle to introduce people to her, she had never used any of the Bai family's connections.
It seemed like she could leave at any time and had the ability to leave, but she didn't.
Bai Qingqing's smile remained unchanged, and she was still so polite and decent, as if no problem would shake her: "Because this is my destiny."
Bai Mincheng didn't have time to speak yet.
Bai Qingqing tapped the seat with her fingertips, staring at him intently and curiously, "Brother has asked me so many questions, so it's time for me to ask you a question, right?"
Bai Mincheng nodded in agreement.
Her smile deepened, and her fingertips began to tap rhythmically: "If you can only choose one between me and Bai Mu Ning, who would you choose?"
With Ao Teng's precedent, Bai Qingqing added considerately:
"Should I stay in the Bai family, or should she stay in the Bai family? In the face of life and death, should you save my life, or save Bai Mu Ning's life?"
"Answer these two questions."
Bai Mincheng's facial muscles restrained as he smiled faintly, his brows slightly wrinkled, and his lips pursed.
She had a pair of obsidian eyes that shone brightly even in the dark. She looked at him without much emotion, yet aggressively, her gaze impartial.
He was surprised that Bai Qingqing would ask this question, but it seemed reasonable.
It was true that Mu Ning was the sister he had loved and cared for for eighteen years.
But from the Bai family's perspective.
The Bai family will always be one.
He couldn't possibly let his own sister become homeless or lose her life.
"I choose you."
As soon as Bai Lincheng finished speaking, he suddenly felt an invisible force entering his body, pushing his brain nerves, changing his rationality, and making him uncontrollably continue speaking after answering.
He had never felt it so clearly before. Everything he had just thought in his mind suddenly changed. His thinking was twisted, and he felt drowsy and chaotic.
New ideas gradually became clear from the chaos, but he remembered clearly the answer he had just said.
Bai Lincheng was keenly aware of the two torn emotions and hesitated a little when speaking.
Bai Qingqing, who had been standing in front of him with a determined look, suddenly had tears sliding down her cheeks.
With a plop, it landed on her clothes.
She quickly turned her head away.
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