Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Aye!

Xiang Wan was speechless for a moment.

In this world, strange things would happen every day.

At the 110 call center, there would be a caller almost every day who would behave like Xuan Yue. They would say that they felt like someone was out to take their lives…

If the police were to treat every such case seriously, the amount of manpower needed would be a huge problem!

"I've told him about you already. Xuan Yue, don't be too nervous. Go meet up with your friends and talk to your family about it. You can't be locking yourself up in your house and keep thinking about it…"

Unwanted imaginary fears would start to acc.u.mulate within her head the moment she had her doubts.

There were many things that originated from one's imagination.

"… Aye, fine. None of you believe me."

Xuan Yue's tone sounded a little depressed and did not send anymore message.

Xiang Wan focused her attention on the laptop screen.

A while later, she muttered, "Bai Muchuan…"

"What is it?" Bai Muchuan did not look up; he was working.

Xiang Wan turned her head and saw that he had a serious expression on his face while looking at his screen.

"That Xuan Yue… she messaged me again."

She mentioned what Xuan Yue was experiencing to Bai Muchuan the last time she heard from her.

"From what I know, she's not the type to say such things…"

Bai Muchuan responded, "Was this person behaving normally when you were in contact with her in the past?"

In the past…

Prior to this Annual Awards Ceremony, they didn't chat a lot either.

Basing on their conversation during the Annual Awards Ceremony…

"She seemed normal. There wasn't anything strange about her from what my eyes can see."

Bai Muchuan turned his head to look at her; the light of the laptop screen reflected on his face and his lips quirked slightly upwards at the ends, giving off a s.e.xy vibe.

"Can those eyes of yours even tell what normal is?"

"… Bleh!"

"Tell me then, am I normal?"

"Normal in the day, abnormal at night…"

"Mm?" Bai Muchuan tilted his head with a half-smile hanging on his face. "What abnormal? Normal men are like this; do you understand now, little girl?"

His gaze charmed Xiang Wan, almost falling into a daze.

She quickly took a deep breath and cleared her throat. "I'm talking about Xuan Yue, what's your opinion?"

Bai Muchuan propped up his forehead with his hand. "I'll get them to check her situation, alright?"

Xiang Wan calmed down after he said that.

"Alright."

After a pause, she raised her eyebrows again.

"My chapter today will be very interesting, you should read it…"

Bai Muchuan raised his eyebrows. "Which chapter have I not read?"

"Heh!" Xiang Gongzi expressed that his reply had satisfied her.

Dinner time was actually joyous.

Bai Muchuan's grandma had not had dinner in the dining room for ages. Because of Xiang Wan's arrival, she specifically asked Nanny Li to help her downstairs to the dining room.

"A family should sit together for dinner. That is what a family should do."

When the old lady said that, she started to criticize Bai Zhenhua and his wife and said the word "absurd" several times.

Xiang Wan just listened quietly with a smile. Occasionally, she would talk to the amiable old lady.

In no time, she noticed that Grandma Bai loved to hear people telling her that "she looked young and must have been a beauty in her younger days" or something similar…

Hence, Xiang Wan tried to make her happy by saying things that she liked to hear.

That really made Grandma Bai thrilled. She was like a three-year-old child while she laughed heartily.

"Although my face has lots of folds, one should still strive to be a sweet young thing… Hahaha… La.s.s, Grandma like this sentence."

After that, the old lady turned to Nanny Li. "Note this sentence down for me and paste it on my wall. I want to see it every day…"

Nanny Li cleared her throat. "Yes, Madam."

Grandma Bai looked very satisfied and kept nodding. Then she asked Bai Muchuan if he had a wedding date in mind already and went right into the details. If Xiang Wan did not know that she was suffering from Alzheimer's, she really wouldn't have believed that this hale and hearty old lady would sometimes not remember who she was and couldn't remember her own son as well…

The happy atmosphere ended when Bai Zhenhua and his wife came back home.

Bai Lu was also with them. The three of them chatted happily while they entered the living room, then they saw Bai Muchuan, Xiang Wan, and Grandma Bai, who were also talking happily in the dining room.

The good atmosphere suddenly came to a halt.

Bai Muchuan took the initiative to introduce Xiang Wan to his adoptive parents.

Xiang Wan also greeted them properly, ignoring the grim expressions on their face. She also greeted Bai Lu warmly, ignoring their past "feud" with each other.

"Who gave you permission to call my name? I don't like you!" Bai Lu showed an annoyed frown and glared at her. Then she turned away in an attempt to go upstairs.

Xiang Wan was a clear-headed woman. In her heart, Bai Lu was like Xing Feifei. However, Bai Lu was younger than Xing Feifei; although she was wilful, Xiang Wan felt that she was much better than Xing Feifei. Hence, Xiang Wan convinced herself to treat Bai Lu as a teenager and tolerate her rude behavior.

However, Bai Muchuan did not want to let her off just like this.

"You come back here!"

He looked at Bai Lu's stiff shoulders coldly.

"Who do you think you are talking to?"

Bai Lu did not turn around. She just kept quiet with her face fuming.

"You don't even know how to call her aunt?" Bai Muchuan said coldly.

"I don't!" Bai Lu could not get out of the embarra.s.sing situation.

"If so, in the future, you need not call me uncle anymore!"

Bai Muchuan was not particularly stern towards Bai Lu, but his words made her originally unhappy face scrunched up; tears were welling up in her eyes as she turned around suddenly and pointed at Xiang Wan. "You know very well that all of us don't like her. Why did you go ahead and involve yourself with her? You deliberately brought her back to make all of us angry!"

Bai Muchuan grunted coldly. "Do I need your approval on who I should get as my girlfriend?"

Bai Lu tried to defend herself. "I…"

She was at a loss of words.

She didn't know what to do and could only look at her grandparents, Bai Zhenhua and Zhu Xueyan.

"Cough!" Bai Zhenhua waved his hand. "You're still young and you shouldn't b.u.t.t in and get involved. Go upstairs!"

Bai Lu felt unfair, but at least, she was out of the predicament.

She pursed her lips and snorted before she turned around once again to leave!

Unexpectedly, Grandma Bai showed her anger this time.

"… You stop right there!"

She shouted loudly at her.

The entire living room and dining area were silent. None of them made a sound.

This shocked Bai Lu too; she found her legs unable to move.

"Great grandmother…"

The old lady looked at her then turned her head to ask Nanny Li. "Where did this little brat that looks like a monkey with a pointed mouth come from? Why did she come to my house and throw a tantrum? She even dared to scold my granddaughter-in-law?"

Nanny Li only looked at her with a worried look. "…"

Bai Zhenhua explained in a softer tone, "Mom, this is Bai Lu, your great-granddaughter!"

They must have repeated this sentence for at least 300 times a year in their household.

Nonetheless, the old lady just couldn't remember. She might have forgotten Bai Lu the moment she turned her head away.

Even Bai Zhenhua himself was frequently in this similar situation—

True enough, Grandma stared at her son unhappily.

"You, who are you? Did I ask you that question?"

Bai Zhenhua lowered his shoulder after hearing those words. "…"

Nanny Li cleared her throat and whispered into Grandma Bai's ears. "Madam, he is your son. You even told him to come back earlier for dinner, right?"

In the morning, Bai Zhenhua and his wife, Zhu Xueyan, needed to go out to attend an event. Grandma Bai did tell them to come back home earlier.

This was because Bai Muchuan was coming back home…

"But it's nighttime already!" Grandma Bai looked really unhappy. "Stop fooling me! My son's already dead… I don't have a son. I only have a grandson… In this family, whoever dared to bully my grandson have to ask me first!"

With a gloomy face, she looked at them. Bai Zhenhua did not dare to open his mouth.

… The old lady was a treasure and the matriarch of the Bai Family.

If he continued to anger his mom, who knew what would happen? He was a filial son after all.

"Mom…" Zhu Xueyan gave an awkward laugh and tried to ease the situation. "Bai Lu's still young and did not know a lot of things…"

"You need not call me that either!" Grandma Bai looked at her daughter-in-law coldly. "You are not nice to my obedient grandson and granddaughter-in-law, yet you still expect me to be nice to you?"

"…" Zhu Xueyan could not continue talking.

"You're now a mother-in-law, I'm also a mother-in-law. You don't want to be a good mother-in-law, but you expect me to be a good mother-in-law to you?"

The old lady was indeed the matriarch of the family; all could feel her imposing aura with just a snort and a stare. She was very unfriendly to Zhu Xueyan right now. Looking at her expression, she seemed angrier at her than her son.

"Don't think of me like a senile old lady. You don't have a good heart, and you have a lot of petty tricks up your sleeve, huh? Tell me, are you the one who ordered the security inspection at the gates today?"

Grandma Bai was not muddle-headed at all, was she?

Zhu Xueyan gritted her teeth, fuming. Her face turned ashen in no time, and she looked really gloomy and awkward.

Her mother-in-law was reprimanding her in front of Xiang Wan; should she talk back or put up with it?

The awkward and tense atmosphere lasted exactly a minute.

Zhu Xueyan got up suddenly from the sofa, she seemed to have restrained her anger so much that it exploded, and she started to speak in a high volume.

"I can't go on like this anymore! A life like this… I really can't go on anymore—"

"Xueyan!" Bai Zhenhua tried to stop her with a grim and severe look on his face.

However, Zhu Xueyan's face sank; when she looked at his face, her anger became worse.

"Are you also shouting at me now? I now know my position in this family. I'm just a redundant person! Back then, when we lost Xuanzi, all of you blamed me, hated me, and resented me. I've tolerated all of it. Now that Xuanzi is back, why are you still doing this to me?"

"Zhu Xueyan, shut up now!" Bai Zhenhua stared at her; his face was stern and he gave her a warning glare.

"Why should I shut up? I want to get it out today! Get everything cleared up—didn't all of you like to dote on this illegitimate child? Bai Zhenhua, today, in front of your mom, I want you to tell us, do you have the guts to do a DNA paternity test? Get this matter cleared and see if this illegitimate child is yours or Cheng Weiji's. Do you dare?"