Chapter 264: Don't Be Their Child

Bai Mu glared at her with displeasure.

What kind of lousy grandmother is this? She says she wants to take Bai Mo back to dote on her properly, yet while still in front of them, she dares to say things like kicking the door down.

Her Bai Mo is usually such an obedient child; if her emotional reaction is suddenly this intense, isn't it because of this bizarre mother-son pair?

"This is my home, it's not for an outsider to call the shots."

Li Xuan rolled her eyes, "It's true that it's your home, but the one inside is my granddaughter. If you return my granddaughter to our family, wouldn't we stop being an eyesore here?"

"You..."

Seeing that these two women were about to start arguing, Bai Fu on the sofa said, "Both of you, say less."

He looked at Shen Chi, "The reason our two families are sitting together today is because of the child, but today the child is unwilling; forcing it won't work, and I don't agree to it either."

"How about this, don't pressure the child today. Since you have come to our door, a paternity test must be done. Let's do it tomorrow; we will communicate with the child some more, and tomorrow you call the child's mother, and we will meet directly at the hospital."

"Fine, Mr. Bai, I agree to your proposal," Shen Chi said immediately.

He felt that this couple truly loved their daughter.

Moreover, they were retired soldiers, and their family circumstances seemed quite good.

If he recognizes his daughter in the future, he would not oppose the child continuing to associate with this family.

Li Xuan, however, was not at ease; she glanced at the Bai family's clean and bright kitchen, and vaguely, she seemed to be able to smell fragrant rice.

"Doing the paternity test tomorrow is fine, but we are not at ease, so we must stay the night."

Once her train of thought opened up, Li Xuan realized the Bai family was actually quite nice—clean and cool, and their family circumstances were indeed good; there was even an air conditioner hanging on the wall.

In any case, it was definitely much more comfortable than living under the bridge arch.

If this Bai couple is sensible in the future, it wouldn't be impossible for her to move in and accompany her granddaughter.

Bai Mu:...

She wanted to curse!

But she was even more bewildered; how could such shameless people exist in this world!

"No," Bai Mu had her own persistence. In her heart, her daughter was naturally the most important. Looking at how much Bai Mo loathed these two, she estimated that if they were allowed to stay, Bai Mo would absolutely not leave her room today, let alone eat. "Agreeing to do the paternity test tomorrow already represents our sincerity. Your lack of ease is your own problem; you can choose to sleep at the door."

Bai Fu nodded, "Well said. This is our stance. You should go out first!"

As for whether they sleep at the door or somewhere else, it has nothing to do with them!

Li Xuan:...

She really didn't expect the Bai family to be so inhospitable.

But since Shen Chi had already stood up, she had no choice but to stand up as well.

She had thought that now that she had finally found her granddaughter, her son would be a bit more filial to her, but she didn't expect that after coming out of the Bai house, her son would just sit on the first-floor steps.

"Are we sitting here tonight?" Li Xuan was extremely surprised. How could this son be so unfilial?

She is so old; does he want her to ruin her lumbar spine?

It's not even as good as her bridge arch.

"If we don't sit here, what if the person runs away?" Shen Chi even specifically instructed her, "You sit here too; we'll take turns watching through the night, and I'll find time to bring Mei Xi over."

Li Xuan:...

What a truly filial son; he was practically going to "filial" her to death.

After that mother and son went out, Bai Mo finally came out of her room.

As soon as she came out, she hugged Bai Mu's waist, "Mom, are you guys going to abandon me? I don't want to go with them, I don't want to be with them..."

"I don't know them at all, I hate them!"

The first time she spoke, the first time she walked—all the memories in her life were only about their family of three. By what right could two people just pop out of nowhere and make her go for a paternity test?

The daughter's crying made Bai Mu and Bai Fu's hearts feel like they were breaking.

She hugged her daughter and also cried uncontrollably.

But, what else could they do now?

Bai Mu even wanted to abandon morality right now, cast everything aside, and take her daughter away from here.

That mother and son didn't look like good people, and she was, in any case, unwilling to hand over the daughter she had raised with her own hands to those two.

"You go to the kitchen and cook," Bai Fu took off his shoes and stood on the sofa to take down the family portrait hanging on the wall, "I'll talk to Bai Mo."

Bai Mo had always only liked to act spoiled with her mother because her father was relatively stern.

But even if he was stern, she wasn't afraid now.

Aside from going with those two, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Do you remember that day?" Bai Fu pointed at the photo; it was a Maple Forest.

"I remember," Bai Mo took the photo, tears sliding from the corners of her eyes, "Our family went to the mountain to play, the maple leaves were red, very beautiful, and we even caught a wild rabbit to roast and eat."

Seeing that her emotions had stabilized a bit, Bai Fu then said, "Our family of three has been very happy for the past ten-plus years. Thank you, Bai Mo; it is you who brought so much happiness to Dad and Mom."

"We must go to the paternity test tomorrow."

"But no matter what the result is, Dad and Mom will be with you; we won't leave you alone."

"Things have two sides. If the paternity test shows that you have nothing to do with them, then from now on, you will just be Dad and Mom's daughter."

Bai Mo leaned against her father's arm and slowly closed her eyes.

For dinner, Bai Mu made cola chicken wings and a stir-fried oilseed lettuce with garlic; the aroma of the food drifted out through the door crack.

Li Xuan was starving. She nudged her son, "Will they come out and call us in to eat?"

Shen Chi:...

"Eat, eat, eat! All you know is eating! We were just kicked out of their house; do you think they're sick in the head and will bring you food?"

"There's a southeast wind at the stairwell; go down and drink a couple of mouthfuls!"

Li Xuan:...

"You unfilial thing!"

She was hungry and cold, sitting on the stairs for the whole night, and began waiting for the Bai family before dawn the next day.

Waiting and waiting, she waited until eight o'clock, when those three people finally came down from upstairs.

All of them were wearing white sportswear, as if it were intentional.

Li Xuan suppressed the displeasure in her heart.

The group walked toward the hospital together.

"Why didn't Bai Mo come to class today?"

Jiang Siyu watched her brother staring blankly in the direction of Bai Mo's empty seat, and asked a classmate beside her.

"It seems she asked for leave due to something."

It was currently break time, and Jiang Siyu lay on her desk, thinking about her mother in the hospital.

Her mother needed to have surgery, likely within these next few days, so she had to ask for leave to accompany her mother.

Jiang Siyu tore off a piece of scratch paper and very seriously wrote her leave request on it.

"Jiang Siyu, what's wrong with you?" Fu Yang walked over while whistling and asked her, "Are you unhappy?"

He even made a face at Jiang Siyu.

Jiang Siyu ignored him and turned her face to the other side.

"You've lost weight during this time," Fu Yang said again.

Jiang Siyu wanted to ignore him even more; she weighed herself every day, and she hadn't lost a single jin of weight.

"Are you still worried about Si Ayi?" Fu Yang suddenly took a set of keys out of his pocket, "How about I ride my bicycle to take you to see her after school?"