Gathering his mind, Bai Duan took a deep breath and finally clicked on the email.
"Xiao Satin:
This email is sent on a regular basis, and the trigger condition is after you browse fifteen reports about the Zheng family. At this time, I must have been taken away by the Zheng family, and after reading these reports, you will definitely have doubts, wondering why I have been paying attention to the Zheng family's information so early.
"Yes, as you guessed, I did know that I was the illegitimate son of the Zheng family."
Seeing this, Bai Duan's first feeling was not the anger of being deceived, but a sense of relief, and even the fingers that were holding the mouse couldn't help but relax.
—Brother knows that he is the illegitimate child of the Zheng family. If that is the case, he should have prepared for it long ago. After returning to the Zheng family, he probably won't be walking on eggshells like his father said, right
Bai Duan always has an inexplicable trust in his brother who is only one year older than himself. He trusts the other party's ability and believes that he will definitely not let himself suffer if he is prepared.
—As long as my brother is doing well... then he can rest assured.
Thinking of this, Bai Duan finally felt a sense of grievance belatedly. He was wronged that he had no secrets in front of his brother, but his brother kept such a big thing from him, and didn't reveal it to him at all.
It's just that before Bai Duan was wronged for a long time, the next email mentioned this issue as if he already knew what he was thinking.
"Not long ago, I knew that the son of the second son of the Zheng family—my blood brother—had an accident. He was kidnapped and fell ill and had a high fever. Although he was successfully rescued in the end, he was so frightened and feverish that he became a fool. Since then From then on, the Zheng family began to look for Zheng Ershao's illegitimate son with great fanfare.
"After I got this news, I knew that one day I would be taken to Zheng's house. Several times, I wanted to tell you about it, but I was afraid that you would be sad because of it. We are alone and can't stop it. It happened, and at the same time, I really needed to go to the Zheng family to settle some grudges.
"I don't know how long it will be before I leave, and I don't want our life to be full of gloom before we leave, and we will never see your innocent and happy smile again.
"Xiao Duan, forgive me, I just hope that our time together is full of joyful and happy memories.
"I'm afraid to see you sad, I'm worried that I will be defeated by your pleading to stay, give up my principles, disrupt my plans, and cause more troubles for our future.
"—No matter what I do, even if it's parting, I'm still fighting for the future of both of us. Please trust me and wait for my safe return."
Bai Duan pursed his lips. Although he was still sad because of the parting, he couldn't help but feel a little sweet—even he didn't know what he was sweet about.
Realizing the change in his mood, Bai Duan secretly resented that he was too easy to coax, and a few insincere apologies in the email made his mood turn from cloudy to sunny.
Next, in the email, Bai Xu began to tell Bai Duan about all the things that Bai Duan needs to pay attention to after he leaves. After the Bai family, the parents of the Bai family have never worried about Bai Duan's growth, because all of this has been handed over to Bai Xu without knowing it.
Bai Xu was naturally extremely worried when his younger brother, whom he raised so hard, suddenly left his shelter. Even though he knew that the Bai family parents would never let Bai Duan be wronged, he still felt unavoidably worried.
And the most important thing is - "No love, no love, no love! The important thing is said three times! If when I go back and find that you have a lover, male or female - you will never want to know that I will do it What happened!"
Seeing this threat that was specially bolded and turned red, Bai Duan subconsciously shuddered, and the image of her brother's sinister sneer involuntarily appeared in his mind.
Bai Duan is not stupid. Although he is not emotionally enlightened, a child in junior high school already knows what love is. He has already understood Bai Xu's feelings for him ignorantly, and also realized that he has similar expectations for Bai Xu. It's just that Bai Xu has been forbearing and restrained, and Bai Duan's character is relatively passive and doesn't like to change. Coupled with the restrictions of the nominal "brother", this makes the two of them not completely pierce the window paper and abandon the "brotherhood". " in disguise.
After tossing and rereading the email several times, Bai Duan's mood finally calmed down completely. He believes that Bai Xu, who has been prepared for a long time, will not let him suffer, so as long as his brother is well and as long as he will return to him, then a temporary separation is acceptable.
However, Bai Duan can't "wait obediently" as said in the email. He will definitely wait for Bai Xu's return, but it's not just that—he hopes he can do something hard, even if he can't help Bai Xu. Xu's busy, at least... get closer to him, closer.
As a ten-year-old boy, Bai Duan hardly has any right to speak, and he can't control his own life. The only thing he can do is to study hard, study hard, and then get admitted to a university in the capital, and live with Bai Xu. in the same city.
It would be best if Bai Xu had returned to him before then, but if not—then it was his turn to find his brother.
Now he can't help his brother, he can only be left where he is, watching him go away, so he has to work hard to make himself better, only in this way, he is qualified to catch up with his brother and walk side by side with him.
Bai Duan, who has been living heartlessly under the protection of her parents and elder brother, finally learned to grow up at this moment, and this change was quickly noticed by Bai's father and mother.
The Bai family's parents are pleased with their son's growth, but also feel sorry for the way he grew up. The only thing they can do is to support him and give him help within their ability.
Bai Duan no longer played around, missed classes, missed exams, and achieved a qualitative leap in grades in an instant.
He doesn't belong to the kind of smart kid who knows everything, but he is by no means stupid. If he doesn't understand a knowledge point once, he will always be able to understand it after listening to it two or three times, and devote all his energy and mind to learning. The white satin on the bed revolves around the school and tutors every day, and never relaxes even on rest days.
The parents of the Bai family thought that Bai Duan would not be able to bear this kind of high-intensity and boring study life for long, but unexpectedly he persisted. His perseverance even made the parents of the Bai family feel ashamed.
Bai Duan is stubborn, once he decides something, his attention will not be diverted by anything else, and he will never give up until he achieves his goal.
Apart from studying, Bai Duan's only "leisure" is to search for news about the Zheng family on the Internet, but Bai Xu has never been found there. After Bai Xu was recognized and returned to Zheng's house, he seemed like a mud cow into the sea, without any ripples. If it wasn't for Bai Duan who would receive emails from the other party from time to time, he was really worried that something would happen to his brother.
As the saying goes, "Heaven pays off with a conscientious heart", Bai Duan's efforts quickly paid off. Due to his excellent grades, he successfully skipped one level under Bai's father's operation, and successfully passed the key high school in this city, taking a big step towards his goal.
Of course, such an achievement did not relax Bai Duan, on the contrary, he was even more encouraged and inspired. In the summer vacation when he was in junior high school, Bai Duan rejected the suggestion of Bai's parents to take him out for a trip to relax, and plunged into the study of high school subjects again—he hoped to skip another level during high school and enter college sooner. Go to the capital to meet your brother.
Two years later, Bai Duan took the college entrance examination and was successfully admitted to one of the best universities in the country - Beijing University. It's just because she only studied in high school for two years and didn't have enough time for review, Bai Duan's grades just got stuck above the admission score, and she was transferred to the remote ancient Chinese major.
However, Bai Duan doesn't hate ancient Chinese, or he has an outstanding talent for this language, as if he has learned it before, he doesn't need to memorize it, he can know the meaning at a glance.
Fortunately, the Bai family's parents did not force Bai Duan to learn financial management to inherit the family business. They have seen Bai Duan's efforts over the years, and they will never make trouble for him at this juncture—more importantly, Even if they wanted Bai Duan to give up Peking University and study financial management at other universities, with his youngest son's stubborn personality, they probably wouldn't listen.
In order to celebrate their youngest son's successful admission to a key university in the capital, the Bai family hosted a banquet and invited their relatives and friends. The guests were not only Bai Duan's classmates and teachers, the principal of the school, but also important figures in the city's business and political circles. .
Over the years, Bai Duan has devoted himself to studying, and Bai's father and mother have also turned grief and anger into motivation, and devoted themselves to work. After all, it was because they lost power to the Zheng family that they had to give up their proud eldest son, which caused the younger son to suffer and grow up overnight.
Unexpectedly, the Bai father and Bai mother who paralyzed themselves with work actually managed several big businesses, pushing the Bai family from an ordinary wealthy family to a real upper class in one fell swoop. Not to be underestimated.
Many people learned from Bai father and Bai mother and asked how they got to where they are today. Even magazines and radio stations sent reporters to report on their experience of starting from scratch.
However, in the face of these inquiries, Bai's father and Bai's mother really couldn't speak clearly, or in other words, even they themselves were confused and inexplicable. From their point of view, they were just working as usual, without doing all the tricks and racking their brains, they picked up gold ingots by accident—several in a row. If we sum up the experience, we can probably only say that it was "shit luck", the pie in the sky is due to luck, and they just happened to be prepared and laid the foundation to meet these "unexpected luck".
The level is higher, and the network of contacts is wider. After the banquet, Bai Duan's parents successfully found a "guide" for Bai Duan to familiarize him with life in the capital and provide him with the necessary help. After all, Bai Duan has never left home before, and it is inevitable that she will feel a little uncomfortable when she suddenly lives away from her parents and lives in another city.
The name of this "guide" was Liu Lang, the son of the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. He also studied at Peking University. He had a cheerful and generous personality and was a second-generation official. Liu Lang happens to be a senior this year. First, he is not preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, and second, he is not worried about work. It is the most leisure time. He is very fond of Bai Duan, his younger brother who is five or six years younger than him. The key is to see his face. According to the entrustment of his parents, he will definitely take good care of this little brother.
After finding a "nanny" and reassuring the Bai family's parents, Bai Duan, who had worked hard for four years to go to the capital, finally couldn't sit still. An older brother whom he hadn't met for years.
Understanding the urgency of the youngest son, although the parents of the Bai family were reluctant to let go, they still let go, and were willing to let Bai Duan go to the capital before school started. Fortunately, Liu Lang also liked the bustling and lively capital of the capital, and after staying at home for a few days, he was ready to move. He simply went to the capital with Bai Duan.
Liu Lang moved out of the dormitory as early as his sophomore year and rented an apartment near the school. After Bai Duan came to the capital, he naturally lived with him. Liu Lang is not short of money, the conditions of the rented apartment are naturally good, and he often has friends staying overnight, so the guest rooms are all ready-made, basically do not need to clean up, and he can move in with his bags anytime, anywhere.
After packing the luggage, Bai Duan turned to look at Liu Lang, and asked silently what to do next.
Liu Lang looked at this taciturn but well-behaved and beautiful little brother, and liked him very much in his heart. He couldn't help raising his hand and wanted to touch his head, but Bai Duan frowned and took a step back, turning his head to hide.
Although he failed to touch his head successfully, Liu Lang didn't feel embarrassed. He shrugged his shoulders regretfully, spread his hands, and decisively changed the subject: "Are you hungry? Brother, take you out for something to eat?"
"...Okay." Bai Duan nodded lightly, followed behind Liu Lang, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the question he had been holding back all the time, "Do you know Zheng Xu?"
——Zheng Xu, that is Bai Xu, he changed his surname after being brought back to Zheng's house, for which he even laughed at himself in the email.
"Zheng Xu?" Liu Lang raised his eyebrows casually, "Who is that?"
"It's just..." Bai Duan pursed her lips, "The child of Zheng Er Shao of the Zheng family in the capital."
"You mean him?" Liu Lang suddenly realized, "The illegitimate son recognized by the Zheng family?"
Liu Lang's voice was slightly contemptuous, which made Bai Duan very uncomfortable, but he tried his best to hold back: "Well, yes, it's him. Do you know him?"
"I've heard of it, and I've met a few times from afar, but I don't know him." Liu Lang shook his head, "He is not with us, and we can't hang out together—why, are you interested in him?" Liu Lang looked back Xiang Baidan, belatedly realized that her new little brother didn't look very happy, and suddenly felt embarrassed, "You... know him?"
"Well, I know you." Bai Duan raised his head and glanced at Liu Lang, his eyes were calm and his tone was flat, but Liu Lang could barely hear the anger surging in it, "He is my brother."
Liu Lang: "……………………"
——How did the illegitimate son of the second son of the Zheng family become the elder brother of the younger brother of the Bai family? These two people can't fight together, can they? !
—No, little beauty, listen to me! I made a slip of the tongue and didn't mean to belittle him. Don't be angry!