Chapter 83 Chapter 83 Will Fourth Brother be disappointed to see me? ...
Amid the sound of the rain, there seemed to be a few muffled thunders, rolling in the clouds gathering in the gloomy sky.
The sky in Xiadong City was overcast for half the morning. It cleared up at noon, revealing a ray of sunlight, and gradually became brighter.
Bai Qingqing opened her eyes and stared at the room. She felt something strange for some reason, but she couldn't tell what had changed.
Maybe it's because I haven't slept during the day for too long...
She smoothed her long hair behind her neck, tied it up, checked the time and got up.
The room was somewhat damp from rain. Bai Qingqing walked to the window and looked out, only to find that she had not closed the window tightly before going to bed.
Rain poured into the house, soaking the entire windowsill.
Before, in the Xiaolanshan Cemetery, she had placed the white chrysanthemums she had given to Li Qingqing on the windowsill. She practiced in her bedroom every day, and the white chrysanthemums absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with her, so they withered more slowly.
It finally looked a little dry in the past two days, and Bai Qingqing was ready to throw it away. Unexpectedly, this heavy rain made it bloom with a little life again.
She simply opened the window to let in fresh air and left the white chrysanthemum on the windowsill for a few more days.
Wait until it is completely dead before throwing it away.
Low voices came from the garden downstairs. It was the Bai family's gardener who had already started busy picking up the fallen flowers and leaves after the rain. Occasionally, they could be heard talking happily, as if someone was coming.
Bai Qingqing washed up and went downstairs. She immediately saw Ao Xinyi standing in the living room, ordering the family staff around.
Her fair, tight face was filled with joy, and her spirits were bright and lively. He turned around and found her coming downstairs. He immediately greeted her happily: "Qingqing, your fourth brother finally has the definite news that he will be back!"
Bai Qingqing paused for a moment as she was walking down the stairs, and realized who her fourth brother was.
Ao Xinyi didn't notice her unfamiliarity, and walked towards her quickly, lifting the corner of her light floral skirt up between her feet: "I know that you two sisters have birthdays, and the fourth child must come back, especially since it's your eighteenth birthday, your coming-of-age ceremony!"
"But every day I asked him when he would be back, but he never gave me a definite answer. Today he finally opened his mouth and said he would arrive on the evening of the 13th."
Ao Xinyi hadn't seen the fourth brother for almost a year, and he was very happy to mention him at this time.
The house is busy now, obviously to welcome him.
Bai Qingqing recalled that the fourth son of the Bai family was the one who gave her the bag as a gift.
She had just returned to the Bai family's family gathering, and Bai Muning had mistakenly taken the gift that Bai Si had given to them.
She opened the package and took a look at it when she received it, and it is still gathering dust in her closet, having never been taken out of the box.
Bai Qingqing nodded to Ao Xinyi.
Seeing his daughter's cold attitude and lack of reaction, Ao Xinyi suddenly remembered with a hiss. He frowned and turned around hurriedly: "Look at my memory. Qingqing, come down and sit down. I'll get you the photo!"
Ao Xinyi turned around and ran to direct people to get the photos, and he followed behind them.
Bai Qingqing sighed, and sat on the sofa amid the busy crowd around her, waiting for her to come back.
The fourth son of the Bai family is a playboy with an unruly personality.
His biggest hobby is traveling around the world and collecting rare treasures from all over the world. He can get anything strange and rare. Before Bai Muning returned to the Jiang family, his main role was to provide treasures.
By the way, help Bai Mu Ning get works by big directors, and use the treasures that cater to her taste as a stepping stone for her entry.
After Bai Muning returned to the Jiang family, Bai Si's role disappeared. After all, the author wanted to describe the power and wealth of the Jiang family in Beijing, and he could not let Bai Si steal the limelight.
Even so, after Bai Muning gave birth to twins, Bai Si still took great pains to give the twins a lot of precious toys.
In the end, he was one of the few people in the Bai family who survived.
The decline and fall of the Bai family was not only due to their own actions, but also to the families of the male and female protagonists. Some of the Bai family members died, some were injured, and some were scattered. Logically, Bai Si should hate Bai Muning.
But while he hated Bai Mu Ning, he also cared about their old friendship and had complicated feelings towards her. In the finale of the novel, Bai Si summed up the entire Bai family, saying that the Bai family had brought this ending upon themselves.
He finally forgave Bai Muning, left his hometown and went abroad, saying goodbye to his fake sister in a carefree manner.
Ao Xinyi came back with a photo album and several photo frames. He put all the things on the table, sat next to Bai Qingqing, and showed her the top photo frame first.
"Look, this is your fourth brother, Bai Heyun." Ao Xinyi's eyes were filled with love and longing: "I really made a mistake in naming him this. He is just like a wild crane, flying outside all day and never coming home."
"Even when you returned home last month, your fourth brother couldn't make it back. He was trapped in the desert at the time, so he had to ask his friend to deliver the gifts for him. This time when he comes back, you must ask your fourth brother to personally compensate you!"
Bai Qingqing lowered her head and drank a sip of tea without saying anything.
The photo Ao Xinyi took was a family portrait, which should have been taken not too long ago.
The children have obviously grown up. The youngest, Bai Songxu, looks no different from now, but Bai Muning seems a little immature.
There were five children in total. Ao Xinyi and Bai Shuting sat in the front row, leaving the second seat behind them empty. Bai Qingqing glanced at the other photos, and all the group photos were like this, with no photo of the second child of the Bai family.
She sat down as she was supposed to, and she looked at the photos she was supposed to see. Bai Qingqing put down her teacup, not intending to sit here for long, and interrupted Ao Xinyi's recollection:
"I have something else to do later..."
"...your fourth brother insisted on running to America to chase leopards. He was only in junior high school at that time. Qingqing, look, this is the photo he took at that time." Ao Xinyi had no idea that she was talking.
Bai Qingqing frowned, feeling something was wrong.
At this stage, Ao Xinyi's attitude towards her, regardless of how deep the mother-daughter relationship is, is that she is still attentive and caring towards her and respects her ideas.
If she was not her original body, and if Ao Xinyi had done what he did, their relationship would actually be better and closer than it is now.
There would never be a situation where Ao Xinyi completely ignored what she said.
"Mom..." Bai Qingqing frowned and called her out in a strange way, observing her reaction.
Ao Xinyi seemed to have heard a very natural sound, and smiled more cordially. He gently put down the photo frame and began to flip through the album to show her: "Here are also photos of your brothers when they were young."
"Mom, I'm telling you," Bai Qingqing grabbed her wrist, "I have something to do later. I've already made an appointment, so it's time to leave."
She stretched out the sentence, speaking word by word, her eyes never leaving Ao Xinyi's face.
Ao Xinyi put the photo album down naturally. It was still the same face and expression, but his demeanor seemed subtly different, so subtle that Bai Qingqing wondered if she had a preconceived feeling that something was wrong.
Ao Xinyi: "I was so busy talking that I didn't pay attention to the time. You should go to your appointment as soon as possible, Qingqing."
There was no obvious convergence of the Heavenly Dao, and Ao Xinyi's condition was hard to describe.
The servants of the Bai family, wearing uniform work clothes, came and went around them. This world, which was simulated to the point of being extremely real, made Bai Qingqing feel a strong sense of disharmony for the first time.
She had no choice but to slowly let go of Ao Xinyi's hand and stood up: "Then I'll leave."
"Hey, go quickly." Ao Xinyi stood up and saw her off.
Bai Qingqing's frown did not relax. After walking away for two steps, she immediately took out her cell phone and called Ao Teng to ask him where he was.
Ao Teng's voice was sleepy, and he was obviously still asleep. He asked her confusedly: "Yeah, I'm in the room. What's wrong? Is there an accident?"
"It's okay." Bai Qingqing kept walking upstairs while talking on the phone. She went straight to Bai Siqi's room and knocked on his door for the first time.
It's working time now, and Bai Siqi is usually the only one at home at this time.
"Go to sleep."
Bai Qingqing hung up the phone. Just as she put down the phone, Bai Siqi's door opened in front of her.
Bai Siqi appeared in front of her. He was a little surprised to see her and opened the door wider, as if to welcome her in: "Qingqing, what's the matter? Do you want to come in?"
Bai Qingqing stared at Bai Siqi's face and really went into his room.
The layout of Bai Siqi's room is different from everyone else's. His room is connected to a studio, and the whole room is filled with a faint smell of oil paint.
There was a little paint on his fingertips, and when he twisted his fingertips, the paint dissolved. It was obvious that he was still painting.
Seeing that he did not stop her, Bai Qingqing walked towards his studio and casually said, "Mom just said that Fourth Brother is coming back."
Bai Siqi followed behind her and said "hmm" softly to indicate that he was listening.
"I've never met Fourth Brother before, so I'm a little nervous, so I wanted to ask Third Brother, what kind of person is Fourth Brother? Is he easy to get along with? What does he like and dislike, especially..."
"What kind of sister does he like?"
Bai Qingqing walked around his workbench, finally came to the window, and stopped in front of Bai Siqi's painting.
He was painting a portrait of a woman. The face of the person was not painted yet, and the paint on the face was not thin, as if it had been painted and then smeared away.
The body part of the portrait has been shaped, and one can see the person in the painting moving sideways, turning slightly to face the outside of the painting, as if he is about to turn his body around.
Bai Siqi laughed: "Qingqing is nervous?"
Bai Qingqing looked at Bai Siqi's face, took a step closer to Bai Siqi, looked up and said, "Well, I care a lot about what everyone thinks of me. After all, I'm the only one who has just joined this family."
Bai Siqi has a gentle expression, and the short hair hanging in front of his forehead makes him more approachable.
When he bent over slightly, the smell of paint on his body became stronger. His slender hand gently touched Bai Qingqing's head:
"I thought our Qingqing was a strong little fighter, but it turns out she also gets nervous."
Bai Qingqing almost shivered, getting goose bumps all over her body in the hot summer. She clenched her hands into fists and quickly put them behind her back, then smiled at Bai Siqi.
"Qingqing, it doesn't matter what you are like. You are our sister, our only sister. We will all love you very much. Just be yourself."
"What about Bai Mu Ning?" Bai Qingqing couldn't help but crawled out from under Bai Siqi's palm, looking dejected:
"Third brother, I only dare to say these words to you. You are the only one who gave me a family photo when I first returned home. I think you will understand me."
"Mu Ning is so good. I don't want to compare myself with her. I know we are different, but I am really not as good as her. Will Fourth Brother be disappointed when he sees me?"
Bai Siqi answered quickly: "Of course you don't have to compare with her."
"I told you, you are our only sister, the only daughter of the Bai family. No matter how good Mu Ning is, she can never replace you."
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