Chapter 158: Returning to Fengcheng

"Then what style should I be?" Bai Shuruo asked with great interest.

"You should be a little white flower, accepting the sunshine, rain, and dew, as well as the protection of Han Yangting, striving to bloom, and having a smooth life," Meng Ze said exaggeratedly.

Bai Shuruo smiled bitterly: "I hope so too. Forget it, let's not talk about such gloomy things for now. Let's eat first."

Right now, Meng Ze's intentions were still unclear, and Bai Shuruo could not officially win him over yet; she needed to wait for the right moment.

……

The next day, Bai Shuruo returned to Fengcheng.

After getting off the plane, she called Lin Wanfen and said she would arrive in two hours.

Lin Wanfen was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly asked how many people were with her; Bai Shuruo said there was only one.

Lin Wanfen couldn't help but be surprised: "You're coming back alone? Could it be that you had a fight with Yangting? Or... is the Han Family bullying you?"

Bai Shuruo joked: "Aunt Fen, if I were being bullied, would you help me?"

"This..." Lin Wanfen said truthfully: "I want to help you, but I can't fight the Han Family."

Bai Shuruo smiled, indicating she understood, then said: "I didn't fight with Brother Han, nor was I bullied. I just came back to see you all. It's been too long, and I'm afraid we'll grow distant."

Lin Wanfen breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'm relieved. Hurry back, I'll cook you something delicious, and I'll call Nannan over too."

"Alright," Bai Shuruo said.

Bai Shuruo called Bai Shunan, but Bai Shunan happened to be busy today and wouldn't be able to come over until the next day.

……

Bai Shuruo returned to the old residence.

Perhaps because her mindset had changed, as she approached the old residence again, her heart felt as if it were surging with wind and clouds.

She remembered that when she was little, she lived in a bright and spacious villa. There was an elevator in that villa, and she would often run all over the house, panting for breath.

Later, when they moved to the old residence, she wasn't particularly disappointed because her father was still alive at that time.

But ever since her father entered the hospital, he never came out again. Or rather, by the time he finally came out, he was already bones.

"Ruoruo, what are you thinking about?" Lin Wanfen was calling her.

Bai Shuruo came back to her senses and saw Lin Wanfen, wearing an apron, calling her enthusiastically.

She hurriedly walked over and said: "Aunt Fen, long time no see."

"Yes, long time no see," Bai Shuruo sighed.

"Are you hungry? I'll be done cooking soon. Nannan said she couldn't come because she was busy, and Shuhua is living at school now, so she can't get out either."

Bai Shuruo said: "It's the same if the two of us eat. When Sister has time, we'll find her for another meal."

"Okay."

Bai Shuruo and Lin Wanfen ate together.

"Ruoruo, didn't Yangting have a car accident last time? How is his recovery now?"

"Quite good."

"We wanted to go see him later, but we were afraid of causing you trouble, so we didn't go. I was on pins and needles during that time, just afraid that something might happen to him. What would you have done then?"

"Aunt Fen, I would have lived just fine without him," Bai Shuruo said.

"This..." Lin Wanfen asked vigilantly again: "Did you fight?"

"No, it's just... I can take good care of myself, and of him, even if he doesn't wake up."

"Oh, then I'm relieved," Lin Wanfen said.

"Aunt Fen, the reason I came back this time is actually because I keep dreaming of... dreaming of Father," Bai Shuruo told a lie.

Lin Wanfen paused: "Did he send you a dream? What did he say?"

"Things in dreams aren't that real. I always feel that Father wasn't reconciled. Aunt Fen, after Father's accident, did you ever sue the company Sirui? Did you look for the person in charge at Sirui?"

Lin Wanfen shook her head and said: "No. At that time, your father had a verbal agreement with the senior management of Sirui at a cocktail party, but no contract was signed. Who knew that Sirui would go back on their word? Sigh, doing business is just like that; there are many things you can't pursue."

Bai Shuruo asked again: "Then we just let it go like that?"

"What else could we do? By the way, after Sirui reneged, your father went to find the person in charge there several times, but all he got were cold responses."

"What was the name of the person in charge at that time?"

"I remember that the person in charge was surnamed Xiang, called... Xiang Dahai. He was also in Fengcheng in his early years, and he was the middleman for your father's connection with Sirui."

Bai Shuruo said: "Then I know now."

"Ruoruo, why are you asking about these things? Don't tell me you still want to find those people from back then? Forget it, we didn't sign a contract with them, so they won't pay us any mind. Besides, it's been so many years. Even if the Han Family stepped in, they couldn't do anything to those people. At most, they could just take revenge."

Bai Shuruo said: "Yes, I just want to take revenge on them. By the way, Aunt Fen, don't tell anyone about this for now. Just pretend I never mentioned it."

Although Lin Wanfen was puzzled, she could only say: "Alright."

……

After leaving Lin Wanfen's house, Bai Shuruo went to find Bai Shunan.

Bai Shunan was busy with business now, and her site was expanding. She was currently negotiating the lease of land, planning to rent over ten acres to build a warehouse.

Seeing Bai Shuruo arrive, Bai Shunan couldn't get away, so she just told her to sit in the office first, saying she would treat her to dinner once she was done.

As it turned out, dinner was changed to a late-night snack.

It was nearly 12 o'clock at night when Bai Shunan was finally able to get away.

Bai Shuruo couldn't bear to see Bai Shunan so tired, so she said they should just order takeout and eat at Bai Shunan's place.

Bai Shunan agreed.

While eating the late-night snack, Bai Shunan asked again: "Ruoruo, why did you come back today?"

This was the third time she had asked this; Bai Shuruo hadn't had a chance to answer the first two times, and Bai Shunan had gone off to busy herself with other things, so she must have forgotten she had already asked.

Bai Shuruo said: "I just haven't been back in too long, so I wanted to come back and take a look."

"Aren't you a Vice President at Brother Han's company? Aren't you busy?"

"It's alright, just a leisurely position. If I want to be busy, I can be, but if I want to slack off, there's always someone to do the work for me, so I came back."

Bai Shunan laughed and said, "You're truly blessed; this life is better than an immortal's. When you contacted me from Aunt Fen's house today, I thought you had quarreled with Brother Han."

"Of course not," Bai Shuruo said.

"Brother Han dotes on you so much, he certainly wouldn't quarrel with you; he doesn't have enough time to spoil you," Bai Shunan said confidently.

Bai Shuruo said, "Sister, I..."

"What's wrong?" Bai Shunan could tell that Bai Shuruo had something on her mind.

"Sister, if... if Brother Han did something to betray me, what should I do?" Bai Shuruo said hesitantly.

"Does Brother Han have someone else?" Bai Shunan said in disbelief.

Bai Shuruo shook her head.

"Does he have an illegitimate child?"

Bai Shuruo shook her head again: "Sister, it's not those things."

"Then what is it?" Bai Shunan asked while slurping rice noodles.

"It's just..."