Bai Yi and his party received Bai Yan and drove back to the imperial capital directly. When they returned, it was already midnight the next day. As soon as they arrived, they were immediately surrounded by a group of people.
After more than ten minutes, after several elders checked and confirmed that they were all right, Bai Yan was finally carried away. As for the group of people who brought Bai Yan back, no one noticed them at all.
A few young people felt a little uncomfortable. They spent so much time and didn't even say a word of comfort. They all rushed to Bai Yan.
The same surname is Bai, and they are not grandsons without the old man, but the gap in the status of the Bai family is too great. Bai Yi ignored their complaints and sent everyone back to rest, but he never left, leaning against the car to smoke.
Along the way, he was thinking about what happened in Fenglin City, and always felt a little uneasy.
"Xiao Yi, why are you still here?" Bai Yi was confused when he suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw Bai Nian standing not far away with a bag.
"Brother, are you going out?" Bai Yi threw the cigarette butt and looked at Bai Nian in surprise. It's almost three o'clock in the morning, why go out at this time
Bai Nian explained with an "um", "I have something urgent to do, so I might not be free tomorrow."
Bai Yi nodded clearly, the old man asked them to invite all the people from the separated family. In the past few days, dozens of people have come and gone. Although there are many family members, there are not many who can do things well.
Bai Yan doesn't know how the situation is now. Most of the big and small matters are handled by Bai Yan's younger brother during the year, and he doesn't have much free time during the day.
Although Bai Yi and Bai Nian are only one year apart in age, they are brothers in the next room. But this time, Bai Nian explained the matter of his going to Fenglin. After thinking about it, he could only talk to Bai Nian.
Seeing Bai Yi's hesitant look, Bai Nian waved to him as if he was about to say something, "Let's go, I have something to say on the way, it's not convenient here."
Bai Yi lowered his head and got into the car with him.
The car drove out of Bai's house and drove on the empty road. The street lights were dim, and the tall trees on both sides of the road cast distorted shadows. The car was quiet, Bai Nian was sitting in the driver's seat, holding the steering wheel with both hands, and looking at the front indifferently, Bai Yi leaned against the window in a daze.
The two continued like this for five or six minutes, and Bai Nian spoke first, "What happened to Fenglin?"
"Brother, how did you know?"
Bai Nian smiled bitterly in his heart, how could he not know that the place was a pit, and anyone who went there would have to fall into it. This time, he called Bai Yi over by name, just to see him calm and know how to advance and retreat.
But the people in the family didn't understand, they thought he was biased towards Bai Yi, and even his father mentioned him several times.
"Tell me, who did you meet?"
Bai Yi was a little confused: "Do you know that our family has a branch in Fenglin, right? Before leaving, the old man asked me to take over the owner of the branch. As a result, I met a woman at her house, and the woman took We stopped and threatened us, if we touch Bai Mian, don't even think about taking Bai Yan away."
"Tang Susu."
Bai Nian listened quietly for a while, and suddenly a name popped out of his mouth.
"what?"
"That woman's name is Tang Susu."
Bai Yi looked blank. He had never heard the name before. From the expression on his brother's face, could it be someone he knew for a long time
"Did she tell you anything else?" Bai Nian asked again.
"No, there is nothing else." Bai Yi shook his head.
The family's secret, which should have been kept secret, was told to outsiders by him. If people find out, he can't escape punishment, so it's enough for him to know about it himself, even Bai Nian can't tell it.
Bai Nian said nothing and continued to drive.
He parked his car outside a hutong, didn't let Bai Yi get out of the car, and went down by himself.
Although Bai Yi was curious about the person he wanted to meet, he was not stupid enough to follow him. He sat in the car for more than half an hour before seeing Bai Nian come out.
He found that when Bai Nian came back, the package beside him was gone. But he didn't say a word, and glanced away.
The two drove back to Bai's house again, and no one noticed their departure during the period.
Early the next morning, Bai Yi heard that Bai Yan had woken up. But about what happened in Fenglin City, he didn't say a word, and even the old man asked himself, but he didn't ask.
In the Bai family's council room, Bai Yi stood in the corner, looking at his grandfather who was sitting on the Taishi chair. Although he was old, his grandfather was still imposing. He couldn't help thinking of Tang Susu's words.
She said: Besides fortune, does he want something else
What would a man do if he knew he had a few days left to live? Will you care about trivial things
He doesn't know about others, but his grandfather probably won't.
"Bai Yi."
When Bai Yi was in a daze, the people around him suddenly gave him a slap in the face.
Bai Yi raised his head, turned his head and glanced at the person next to him, and the person gave him a look before he realized that the old man was calling him.
"Grandfather, you called me." Bai Yi took two steps forward, half-drooping his eyes, not looking directly at the old man sitting on top.
"Where's the person who asked you to pick up?"
The grandfather really remembered Bai Mian, bitterness in his mouth, and said bravely, "I didn't take it back."
"Trash!" The old man raised his voice displeased.
Bai Yi stood there with the old man's anger and the eyes of a group of people watching a good show, and did not explain the reason for not bringing people back. He knew that, even if he explained it, his grandfather wouldn't listen.
After all, there are differences between grandsons and grandsons.
The old man's patience with Bai Yan was never used on other grandchildren.
"The little girl named Bai Mian must be brought back, who will go?" The old man's sharp eyes glanced down, and finally fell on Bai Nian, "Bai Nian?"
In this family, aside from Bai Yan, Bai Nian was the only one who could barely see. Not surprisingly, he named Bai Nian's name.
Bai Nian stepped forward, lowered his head and explained softly, "Grandfather, Bai Mian has something to do with a friend of mine, so it's not convenient for me to go."
The old man of the Bai family's eyelids drooped, and no one could see his displeasure at the moment, "Is it that boy from the Shi family again?"
"Yes."
"Shuzi." The old man snorted coldly, but instead of forcing Bai Nian, he gave instructions to the fifth son Bai Daoxi who was beside him.
Bai Daoxi had a happy expression on his face, nodded in response, and planned to set off for Fenglin immediately. He had only walked a few steps, not even leaving the hall, when he suddenly heard a loud bang behind him.