Bai Yeqing put the child into the car as well. Before getting in, he glanced at Leng Fei.
"Your Excellency..." Leng Fei wanted to say something, but stopped himself.
This matter is of no trivial importance.
Even though he is now hiding his marriage with Miss Xia from everyone, it doesn't mean that Madam Lanting will never find out. When the truth comes out, if someone with ulterior motives uses the young master's background to make a fuss, the consequences will be disastrous.
Bai Yeqing took off his gloves and threw them into the car, staring at Leng Fei with a serious look, "I know what you are going to say, so let's stop here."
Leng Fei knew that he had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more. At this point, it would be useless to say anything.
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the other side.
Zhongshan.
Inside the small building.
The first thing Bai Qingrang did after getting up was to take a cup of scented tea and go to the greenhouse to look at his flowers.
"Second Master." The servant called him outside the greenhouse.
"Well, what's the matter?" He was looking at the petals through a magnifying glass and asked without even looking up.
"I just found this when I was cleaning the trail. It might be something Miss Xia left behind yesterday."
Bai Qingrang then raised his head and waved to the servant, "Bring it here for me to see."
The servant brought the item in. It was a delicate little sachet, obviously hers, with the word "Xia" embroidered on it. Without thinking too much, Bai Qingrang opened the sachet.
The moment I opened it, my whole body was shocked, my hands were shaking so badly that I could hardly hold the thing.
His legs seemed to have lost their strength and he couldn't stand steadily.
Seeing this, the servant rushed forward to help him up, "Second Master, hold on, I'll call a doctor for you!"
"No, no need to call a doctor..." Mr. Bai was still staring at the jade pendant, his eyes misted with a thin layer of mist. Although time had passed, he still recognized this thing clearly!
He had personally given this jade pendant to Lan Ting, so how could it be here in Xingchen? Could it be...
Yesterday, Ye Qing was so anxious to take Xingchen away from him. Now that he thinks about it, it seems even more strange.
But he didn't dare to think about that!
"Help me out, I want to make a phone call." His voice was trembling.
"Okay." The servant didn't know what was in the sachet, how could it make Mr. Bai so excited. However, of course, he didn't dare to ask more questions, and just helped the old man out of the greenhouse quickly.
Mr. Bai took the elevator to the study upstairs, closed the door, and then figured out a string of numbers.
This is the number that the old man got from Lan Zhan. He sent it to him after he was released from prison. Most people wanted to reunite with this fate, but it was not until now that Mr. Bai really made this international call.
… … … …
"Hello."
When a gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone, Mr. Bai's eyes suddenly turned red with excitement.
For a long time, he did not speak. He had imagined countless times where to start talking to her and what to say to her, but when the day really came, he realized that his throat was blocked and he could not say a word.
"... Is it you?" After a long silence, Madam Lanting broke it. Like him, her emotions also fluctuated greatly. She spoke these three simple words with a slightly changed tone.
After so many years, everything still feels so familiar.
You don't need to listen to the voice, just listen to the breathing... Just the breathing... You can tell it's him...
"Lanting..." Bai Qingrang called out these two words with a trembling voice. Lanting couldn't hold back and burst into tears.
"I have something important to ask you. You must tell me the truth today." Bai Qingrang still remembered his business. He tried hard to control his emotions and held the emerald on his cane tightly.
Right now, finding out the truth is of utmost urgency.
"You tell me, I will tell you everything I know."
"At the beginning, the child you gave birth to was..."
"It's yours." Lan Ting's voice was already hoarse, "At the beginning, I was also forced to abandon the child..."
Bai Qingrang asked urgently, "So, is the jade pendant I gave you still in your hand?"
"When I gave birth to the child, I put the jade pendant inside his swaddling clothes, thinking that it was something you left behind."
Bai Qing's body shook violently as if he had suffered a huge blow.
So, in this case, Xingchen is really his daughter
This is obviously something worth celebrating, but... why...
Bai Qingrang suddenly remembered that Xingchen had said yesterday that he and Ye Qing would go to the Civil Affairs Bureau today, and his heart sank. He threw the phone away, picked up his cane, and walked out quickly.
"Hello, Qingrang?"
Mrs. Lanting didn't hear the voice, so she called out from the other end of the phone.
Bai Qingrang dragged himself forward two steps, and suddenly remembered her on the other end of the phone. He turned around and put the phone to his ear again, saying, "Lanting, my daughter... my daughter may have been found. If you have time, come back and take a look."
Lanting was also very excited over there.
When I came to my senses, the call had been hung up.
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The long convoy drove towards the Civil Affairs Bureau in the cold wind. In the back of the car, three people were in very good spirits.
The carriage was bustling with activity, as Xia Xingchen was playing fingertip games with Xia Dabai.
until…
A series of rapid cell phone rings suddenly rang.
Bai Yeqing took it and saw that it was the old man calling. The old man had never called him so early before.
He hesitated for a moment, then took it and put it to his ear.
Before Bai Yeqing could speak, he heard the old man's roar, "You are so brave! How dare you hide such a big thing from all of us!!"
"..." Bai Yeqing's eyebrows jumped, and he subconsciously glanced at the two people beside him. They were concentrating on playing their own games and didn't notice what was happening on his side.
His long fingers were tensed, but he just adjusted his clothes elegantly, and then said calmly: "Just pretend you don't know anything."
He didn't know how the old man found out about this, and he didn't want to ask.
"How can you pretend to know nothing? I'm not senile!" Mr. Bai was furious and cursed. "Your second uncle is here with me! Get back here! Now!"
"I'm hanging up." Bai Yeqing seemed to have not heard the old man's words at all.
The old man's voice was shaking. "If you dare to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau with her today, you... you will be waiting for me and your mother to collect your bodies when you come back!"