After half an hour of fussing, the car finally stopped in front of a very simple house.
"Miss Ranran, we've arrived."
Yan Yinran slowly opened her eyes. This... is the Bai family? Is this even habitable? At this moment, she really wanted to turn around and leave.
"good."
Yan Yinran reluctantly opened the car door and got out.
Uncle Ye took out gifts and Yan Yinran's suitcase from the trunk.
"Miss Ranran, let's go inside."
Yan Yinran didn't say anything, silently following behind Uncle Ye. She walked carefully, as the road wasn't a cement road, but a regular dirt road or gravel road with some potholes.
There are vegetables growing next to the house, and chickens, ducks, and pigs are raised there.
What is this smell? It's so stinky! Chickens and ducks are everywhere. Yan Yinran moved away in disgust. There was even chicken and duck droppings on the ground? Yan Yinran felt nauseous and vomited for a while.
"Hello, is this the Bai family's residence?"
Uncle Ye arrived at the door and politely inquired.
Li Qingyan, who was sitting to the side with her legs crossed, playing on her phone, slowly raised her head and glanced at the door with a disdainful and somewhat impatient look. "It's the Bai family. Who are you?"
Li Qingyan looked at the middle-aged man in front of her, dressed in a suit and tie, looking quite respectable, with a girl of about eighteen years old and dressed elegantly behind him. Did they know anyone like that?
"I'm the Yan family's driver. This is Miss Yan Yinran, Mr. Bai's biological daughter. Could you please call Mr. Bai out?"
Uncle Ye continued to answer Li Qingyan's questions politely.
Oh? This is Bai Jingquan's biological daughter? It seems she's doing well with her adoptive parents. Her outfit is unusual, and her delicate skin suggests she's never done any manual labor.
"Okay, you guys wait here." Li Qingyan ran to the kitchen.
"Bai Jingquan, your biological daughter is here. Looks like her adoptive parents are very rich. Why don't you go out and take a look?"
Li Qingyan leaned against the door frame, speaking in a sour tone.
Bai Jingquan, who was tending the fire, put down the firewood in his hand, clapped his hands, and got up. There was rice cooking on one side of the pot and pomelo leaf water cooking on the other, specially for Yan Yinran's welcome dinner.
He felt guilty. He had always been lukewarm towards Bai Ling, both loving and hating her, and hadn't treated her very well. In the end, she wasn't even his daughter. Now that his own daughter had been living outside for over ten years, he decided to treat her well.
Bai Jingquan hurried out and saw Uncle Ye and Yan Yinran. Judging from their attire, it seemed her adoptive parents had treated her very well, providing her with a life of luxury and raising her to be such a refined young lady. He felt even more guilty towards Bai Ling; look at the state he had raised of someone else's child…
"Hello, you must be Mr. Bai. These are a small token of my appreciation from my husband and wife."
Uncle Ye handed various bags to Bai Jingquan, gesturing for him to accept them.
"These things are too valuable, I can't accept them." Seeing that they were obviously very expensive, Bai Jingquan pushed Uncle Ye's hand back.
Li Qingyan, on the other hand, was not happy. There was no reason to refuse such a good thing that was offered to her.
She accepted the gift with a smile, saying, "If you don't want it, I will. Don't let their kindness go to waste."
Bai Jingquan was so angry he couldn't speak, "You... sigh..." he said helplessly.
"Miss Ranran, I'll head back to the Yan family now. You and Mr. Bai should get along well. Mr. Bai, I won't bother you any longer."
"Would you like to have a cup of tea before you leave?"
"No need, Mr. Bai, I have to go back right away."
"Okay, then be careful."
Yan Yinran looked reluctantly in the direction Uncle Ye had left. She wanted to go back too; she didn't want to stay in this place for even a day longer...
"Um... I heard from your adoptive parents that your name is Ranran, is that right?" Bai Jingquan asked cautiously.
"yes."
Yan Yinran didn't want to talk to him, because seeing his situation, she despised this father from the bottom of her heart. If he had just tried a little harder, he wouldn't be living in this dilapidated place in this day and age, forcing her to come back and suffer.
"I am your father, Bai Jingquan, and this is your stepmother, Li Qingyan." Perhaps it's normal that they don't want to talk to us because they're not used to being around us yet.
Li Qingyan immediately put on a smiling face, "Oh, Ranran, right? Welcome home! Mom has prepared a room for you, and I'll help you take your luggage in."
As Li Qingyan spoke, she reached for Yan Yinran's suitcase, but Yan Yinran looked on with obvious disdain.
"Don't touch my suitcase, I'll do it myself." Yan Yinran didn't want her to get her things dirty.
Li Qingyan's smile froze on her face. Was she looking down on her? She's back now and still thinks she's a young lady? You're in for a rough time from now on.
"Ranran, that's my adopted daughter's room on the right. You can stay there now. There are only two rooms in the house."
What? You have the nerve to let me stay here when others have already stayed here? Yan Yinran has plenty of money; she could easily buy an apartment and a car in the city. Is she out of her mind to come here and suffer?
Yan Yinran remained silent, placing her luggage in the room. Looking at the sparsely furnished room and the patched-up bedsheets, she truly couldn't sleep tonight. If all else failed, she would take her father to the city tomorrow to buy a house and live there, and then find an opportunity to return to the Yan family home.
"Ranran, Daddy made you some pomelo leaf water for a bath to welcome you back. Go take a bath first, and then we'll eat."
Bai Jingquan knocked twice on Yan Yinran's door before he began to speak.
Yan Yinran opened the door with the clothes in her hand.
"Ranran, I got that water for you and took it to the toilet. The toilet is over there." Bai Jingquan pointed in the direction of the toilet.
Yan Yinran walked into the bathroom, and seeing its condition, she didn't even want to take a shower, let alone use the toilet. And that bucket—it was filthy! There were even cobwebs on the walls.
And so Yan Yinran took a shower with a look of disgust.
"Ranran's all washed up! Come on, sit down and eat!" Li Qingyan feigned enthusiasm because Bai Jingquan was there.
Yan Yinran surveyed the table of food. Was this even fit for human consumption? The contrast between the food she had just seen after leaving the Yan family home and the reality of such meals was stark. How could she possibly know how many ordinary families ate such fare?
Yan Yinran sat down, looking at the food but unable to eat a single bite. The wooden chopsticks looked like they hadn't been replaced in ages. She picked up a bite of food and put it in her mouth, but it was really hard to swallow... She really missed the life of the Yan family!
Bai Jingquan noticed that she hadn't eaten much, so he guessed that she wasn't used to it and it didn't suit her taste.
This brat is so picky! The food we usually only eat on holidays was used to treat her to her first meal back, and she barely ate a few bites. It seems she's really been spoiled. If she doesn't want to eat, then she can go hungry, but she still saved me some! Li Qingyan thought to herself.
After dinner, Yan Yinran stayed in her room and didn't come out.
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