Yao Xinya seemed to be aware of Bai Xi's gaze, and raised her eyes slightly to meet them. Their eyes met. The latter smiled faintly and then looked away, because at this time, her snacks had also been "baked".
The time for a cup of tea passed in a blink of an eye. Bai Chong saw that Bai Xi had eaten and drank enough, and Mu Qiu had returned from Xiyuan to get her shoes.
"Miss, do you want to change into it now?"
"Yes." Bai Xi took off the shoes on his feet without any scruples and put on the new shoes that Mu Qiu brought, "Xiao Qiuqiu, these shoes don't suit the old man's liking, so I'll kill them." .”
"Huh? Kill?"
Bai Xi nodded and stopped explaining too much. Mu Qiu didn't dare to ask any more questions and retreated with the pair of shoes.
"Girl, I've only been with Mr. Ming for a long time, and I've already learned his bad temper."
"This is the characteristic of our Bai family."
"Ahem..." Bai Chongyuan pretended to cough twice before speaking out, "Don't change the subject, your rhetoric." His tone was completely soft, and he was no longer as tough and angry as before. He was even pretending. He was no longer too lazy to pretend.
"Old man, Dad, are our Bai family going to collapse?" Bai Xi's face was full of worry and anxiety. Where could he see laziness and smiles, some were just worried.
Zhang and others were shocked and looked up at Bai Xi. The Bai family was going to fall? How is this going? How come they've never heard of this
"Nonsense." Bai Chongyuan shouted sternly.
"Xi'er, don't talk nonsense. You can't talk nonsense." Bai Jinhang followed closely.
"That means our Bai family has no intention of falling down at all." After saying this, Bai Xi made a gesture of relief, and patted his chest specially, as if he was really frightened, "Scared to death. I'm sorry, I really thought our Bai family was going to collapse."
"Bai Shi, go find out who is spreading rumors and severely punish those who spread rumors." The anger that had just dissipated in Bai Chongyuan's eyes returned again, "Slandering the Bai family must not be let go easily."
"Xi'er, where did you hear those words?" Bai Jinhang also said anxiously. You know, what his father hates most in his life is rumors like people deliberately slandering the Bai family.
"Third sister." Bai Xi leaned his whole body on the chair, completely unable to sit.
"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense..." Lan almost jumped up from her chair. There was no anger on her face, except for fear.
"Bai... Xi'er, don't say this nonsense." Zhang Shufen frowned and said, although she already knew Bai Xi's identity, she still couldn't treat her as her biological daughter.
Bai Chongyuan and Bai Jinhang frowned in agreement and remained silent, but kept staring at Bai Xi, waiting for her next words.
Bai Xi said with a slight embarrassment, "Actually, I don't want to expose Third Sister, but this is related to the reputation of our Bai family, so... Hey, this almost scared me, let me just say, the Bai family How could he fall? Since there is no such possibility, it is strange. Why did Third Sister want to borrow people from me, Xiyuan? Are the servants in the mansion not enough? If that is the case, why don't you ask Mrs. Ya to add more? Servants? It’s hard not to make people wonder if our Bai family has no money to hire more servants, and then wonder if our Bai family is going to collapse? "
At this time, everyone didn't know how to react, and no response was seen from them for a long time.
"It seems that I really misunderstood. Since our Bai family has no signs of collapse, why do the third sisters keep borrowing people from Xiyuan?" Bai Xi did not wait for anyone to answer, and continued, "Oh, I I see, it’s not that our Bai family doesn’t have money to buy a wife from Mrs. Ya, but that Mrs. Ya doesn’t want to do this business with our Bai family at all. Also, who is willing to sell themselves to work in our Bai family, let alone serve Third Sister.”
"You... you..." Lan clenched his fists and kept talking, but couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Who wants to serve a master who only beats, scolds, and tortures his servants all day long?" Bai Xi was very satisfied with Lan's reaction, but the protagonist was not present. If he were, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Zhang Shufen's face didn't look good either. In fact, she knew about this matter, but she just didn't want to care about it. She didn't expect Bai Xi to be so able to say it. This was a small matter, but she exaggerated it.
"Xi'er, is there any misunderstanding here?"
Bai Xi did not answer, but looked at Mrs. Zhang with a faint smile. Since Xia Xue's death, although Mrs. Bai was not as hostile to her as before, she would not think that Bai Lin, who was responsible for the whole Bai Lin, was not as hostile to her as before. People at home will not know.
"Because of this, you let people beat your third sister." Bai Chongyuan said in a voice that sounded like a storm was coming.
"I've already said, treat others in their own way. I just let those in Xiyuan who were wronged and beaten fight back. Don't worry, they will pay back whatever punishment they received. , never more, never less." Bai Xi's words seemed very light, but they gave people a feeling that they could not refute.
"Nonsense!" Bai Chongyuan slapped the coffee table hard, shaking the coffee table under his palm, and his angry voice echoed throughout the hall.
Everyone held their breath and their bodies were stiff and did not dare to move. The old man was angry. This was a serious matter.
"Bai Xi, it seems that you have been spoiled by them these years." Bai Chongyuan looked directly at Bai Xi, with a serious look on his face.
Bai Jinhang was shocked. This was the first time his father called Xi'er by her full name, "Father, Xi'er..."
"Shut up!" Bai Chongyuan glared at Bai Jinhang coldly, "You are the reason why she is like this."
The atmosphere in the hall became heavier and heavier, but some people's moods became better and better. The unwillingness on Lan's face and the anger in her heart all faded away. This Bai Xi really asked for his own death, and actually ran into the old man's taboo.
Lin and Bai Linglong were naturally happy, while Zhang and Yao sat expressionless, making it impossible to guess what they were thinking at this time.
The atmosphere is getting more and more tense, and everyone's nerves are tense. It seems that all the oxygen in the air has been sucked out, making it difficult to breathe. Moreover, the atmosphere feels as if anyone makes the slightest sound. That person will fly away like a kite with its string broken.
Bai Xi did not avoid it, and his eyes directly met Bai Chongyuan's gaze. They looked at each other without saying a word. Regarding the unconcealed anger, Bai Xi was not afraid or nervous at all. On the contrary, he was a little curious. She actually It's really strange to be able to make this old man angry.
After Bai Chongyuan suddenly withdrew his gaze, he said in a cold voice, "This is over. You, follow me." After saying this, Bai Chongyuan stopped staying in the hall, stood up and left without looking at anyone in the hall.