Chapter 689 - 691: If I Hadn’t Met You
On the way home, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun started discussing in their horse carriage.
"What do you think? Will we get into trouble?" Bai Ruozhu rubbed his temples, fearing the constant problems appearing one after another, making it impossible to have peace of mind.
Jiang Yichun stretched out his hand to rub her wrinkled brow, smiling, "Silly, how can anyone in this world have no troubles? Even ordinary farmers encounter natural disasters, so you don’t have to think too much."
Bai Ruozhu raised her hand to hit his hand, thinking that this seemed to make sense. Being targeted or envied by others was unavoidable. Wasn’t it the same when she had her dental clinic in her previous life, and others causing trouble when her business was booming?
"Then I’ll give it more thought." She smiled and said.
In a blink of an eye, two days had passed. At the Beiyu Academy and the private school, Bai Ruozhu took Xiaosi to enroll. They successfully entered Mr. Ji’s class. Xiaosi became a student of the private school. Despite not showing too much emotion, it was apparent how ecstatic he was.
At noon, Bai Zepei returned from Beiyu Academy for lunch, accompanied by his classmate, Qin Kaichang. Qin Kaichang brought along some Chinese sausages and bacon, saying that they were sent by his family for the Bai Family to taste.
Lin Ping’er accepted the things, smiling, saying," Next time you come over to play, just come without bringing anything. This makes it seem like you are a stranger."
Qin Kaichang laughed and said: "I should be the one doing this, or else I would feel embarrassed coming over."
Bai Ruozhu thought that Qin Kaichang was quite sociable, no wonder her second brother was willing to be friends with him.
The two went to Bai Zepei’s room for a chat. Bai Ruozhu heard Qin Kaichang say when he entered: "I’ve been studying day and night, and I only ranked second. What’s going on with your mind?"
Bai Ruozhu knew that Fu Shengqing did not rank second in the annual examination this time, it was Qin Kaichang who ranked second. This shows that his academic performance is quite impressive.
After a while, Lin Ping’Er called the two out for lunch. During lunch, Bai Zepei introduced Jiang Yichun saying, "This is my brother-in-law Chang Sheng, Ruozhu’s husband."
Bai Ruozhu noticed that when Qin Kaichang heard the word "brother-in-law", his face changed. But when he heard the second half of the sentence, he seemed to let out a sigh of relief. Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but measure him, he didn’t have any thoughts about Guizhi, did he?
She remembered that Qin Kaichang had only visited the Bai Family twice, and he hadn’t interacted much with Guizhi. If they had any intention, how did this occur? Could it have been love at first sight?
However, having a girl in a family is as if a hundred families are asking for her hand in marriage. Guizhi is so excellent now, and she is becoming more and more beautiful. I’m afraid it won’t be long before matchmakers start knocking on their door.
"Zepei, I heard that Du Zhongshu didn’t come today because an elder in his family passed away. Since we all study together, should we visit him after school?" During the meal, Qin Kaichang suddenly asked.
When Bai Zepei was picking up his chopsticks, he paused, didn’t think about it, and said, "No need." After finishing speaking, he probably felt that it was inappropriate and said, "If you want to go, just go by yourself."
Qin Kaichang immediately felt that the atmosphere in the Bai Family was not right. He dared not say anything more, thinking that he must have said something wrong. He decided to inquire privately, instead of speaking ignorantly without knowing anything.
Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun exchanged glances. It must have been Du Songbai who passed away. He was old and stubborn, and instead of succeeding in his plot against Bai Ruozhu, he was beaten with twenty planks. It is normal for him not to survive.
Of course, if he was willing to ask Bai Ruozhu for treatment, he might have lived. However, with Du Songbai’s temper, he would probably rather die than ask Bai Ruozhu for help. Or he might think that Bai Ruozhu would definitely not save him. But in fact, he was wrong. As long as he gave enough silver, Bai Ruozhu would still be willing to save him. After all, saving him would not cause a big commotion anymore.
By that afternoon, Bai Ruozhu was sure that Du Songbai had really died, because Du Zhongshu had come to Bai’s family. He said he wanted to see Bai Ruozhu.
Jiang Yichun was guarding Bai Ruozhu, staring at him coldly and saying, "Speak quickly if you have anything to say. Ruozhu has no time to waste with you."
Du Zhongshu was surprised to take a look at him and asked, "Are you that man?"
"I am her husband Chang Sheng. Have you heard of me?" Jiang Yichun said fiercely.
Blaming the Bai Family, Du Zhongshu felt a pang of pain in his heart. He used to be infatuated with this woman, but in the end, he got nothing because her husband came back. To her admirers, they were nothing.
He ignored Jiang Yichun and looked at Bai Ruozhu, "Are you really going to do this? My grandfather has already passed away. Are you determined to wipe out the Du Family?"
"Now it’s the government office investigating the Du Family, not me prosecuting you. If you had known today, why did you start?" Bai Ruozhu responded indifferently.
Du Zhongshu gave a bitter smile, a smile that was somewhat desolate, "My aunt was right, I shouldn’t have provoked you, I shouldn’t have cooperated with you to sell toothpaste, or else the Du Family wouldn’t have reached this point. If I had not met you, perhaps I would not have this much pain today."
The pain he is referring to is not just the death of his grandfather, his family’s downfall, but also the pain of being emotionally attached but not being able to attain.
Bai Ruozhu originally felt some sympathy for him, because his grandfather had just passed away. But after hearing what he said, the smidgen of sympathy that had just risen completely dissipated. Even now, the Du Family was stubborn, always blaming others for their failures.
"Du Zhongshu, get it straight; even if you hadn’t cooperated with me, and had changed someone else, the Du Family wouldn’t be much better. If Du Family weren’t too greedy, they wouldn’t be in this situation. If Du Family hadn’t sold fake medicine, used inferior materials to make toothpaste, even if the government office were to investigate the Du Family, what is there to be afraid of? The Du Family is rotten from the root, yet they do not know about their own situation, always blaming others for their troubles."
She said and started to chuckle, "Of course, you might have worked with someone little like me before, then used your ’we are superior’ attitude to opress, manipulate them. When others are bullied by you, they can only endure and accept. But now, when you couldn’t subdue someone like me, and you suffer, you can’t accept it."
"Am I just not suppose to resist and allow you to bully me? Is that right? When your schemes backfire and harm you instead, you become innocently pitiful?" Bai Ruozhu said while shaking her head, "You should regret meeting me. I am inherently not weak, I am sorry that I can’t just take the bullying and manipulation from you guys, much to your disappointment. So, there will be no further contact in the future. As long as the Du Family doesn’t provoke me again, we’ll stay out of each others way. If there is a next time, I will not tolerate!"
After Bai Ruozhu finished speaking, she didn’t pay further attention to Du Zhongshu. She turned and walked towards her room. Jiang Yichun coldly glanced at Du Zhongshu and said, "Guard, see the guest off!"
The guard on duty walked over and made a please gesture.
Du Zhongshu watched Bai Ruozhu’s retreating figure, with a look of confusion, disappointment, and regret in his eyes.
"He probably hates me now." After she returned to the room, Bai Ruozhu pouted and muttered.
Jiang Yichun hugged her slender waist and said, "Let him be, I don’t like him anyway."
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Firstly, sorry to everyone. Mouka’s computer broke down previously. He bought a new laptop and discovered issues after using it for a few days. He went to the store to fix the computer, which delayed a lot of time. So, today’s update will be a bit late.