Chapter 310: The Sister-in-law Under the Bed

Outside the window, the morning sun slowly rose.

Bai Daxiaojie stood before the window in a snow-white dress, her dark hair reaching her waist, her temperament as ethereal as an immortal, her flawless, beautiful face as tranquil as the night.

The sunlight spilled in, gilding her with a layer of golden radiance, beautiful and dreamlike.

Yet in those eyes, in that tone, there was a trace of mockery.

As if saying: I simply won't let you get your way!

This isn't right!

This was completely different from the outcome Luo Zijun had imagined beforehand.

How could Bai Daxiaojie refuse?

Given this eldest miss's temperament and her usual attitude toward him, upon hearing these words of his, shouldn't she have said with a calm face: "You still have some self-awareness. Since you have proposed it yourself, it saves me from having to speak. Then today I shall divorce you, but rest assured, I will provide you with compensation..."

And then he would seize the opportunity to demand compensation: "I want Fenfen, and I also want Qingqing and Bai Bai..."

After some haggling, the other party would finally agree.

Everyone would be happy.

But why had it suddenly turned out like this, with this eldest miss actually using her younger sister as an excuse to reject him outright?

The key point was, he and the younger sister were truly innocent.

"Daxiaojie, I swear, between the younger sister and me, it is completely innocent; there has never been any improper behavior! I treat her as simply as I would my own sister, with absolutely no romantic feelings!"

Luo Zijun hurriedly defended himself.

"The words I just said to Daxiaojie were entirely for Daxiaojie's sake; they have nothing to do with anyone else, and even less to do with Third Miss."

Bai Daxiaojie gave a light hum: "Oh? Is that so?"

"Yes! Of course it is!"

Luo Zijun deepened his tone, his face full of grievance: "I ask Daxiaojie to judge for yourself. If Daxiaojie does not believe me, you can go and ask Third Miss yourself; she would absolutely never lie to Daxiaojie."

Who would have thought that as soon as these words were out, Bai Meixue suddenly said toward the window: "Fenfen, go call Qingtong."

Luo Zijun: "..."

The younger sister hiding under the bed: "..."

"Got it!"

Fenfen, who was guarding outside the window, immediately agreed and ran off with a patter-patter-patter.

Luo Zijun wished he could slap himself; he had been clever again, only to lift a rock and drop it on his own feet!

This isn't normal!

Why was Bai Daxiaojie, who had always been quiet and indifferent by nature, so fond of being pedantic today?

"Daxiaojie, at this time, Third Miss might have already gone out."

He had no choice but to say this in advance.

Bai Meixue picked up a book from the table beside her, flipped it open to read a few pages, and said in a flat tone: "It's fine. If she has already gone out, I will send someone to call her back."

Luo Zijun: "..."

Before long, Fenfen returned and reported: "Miss, Third Miss is not in the mansion. I heard from those maids and nannies that Third Miss left last night."

Bai Meixue flipped through the book and said with a calm face: "Where did she go?"

Fenfen said: "No one knows, but I just went to ask the people at the front and back gates, and they all said they didn't see Third Miss leave the mansion."

"She didn't leave the mansion?"

Bai Meixue lifted her gaze from the book and looked at the person in front of her.

Luo Zijun was sweating profusely and hurriedly said: "Third Miss practices martial arts; perhaps she had an urgent matter and jumped over the wall to leave."

Bai Meixue stared at him for a while, then instructed toward the window: "Call Hua'er."

"Got it!"

Fenfen had already called Hua'er over. Hearing her miss's instruction, she immediately said crisply toward the door: "Hua'er, come in quickly, my miss wants to ask you something."

Bai Meixue looked at the person before her and said: "Are you very hot?"

Luo Zijun wiped the sweat from his forehead and took the opportunity to say: "It is very hot in the room, Daxiaojie. Why don't we go outside to talk?"

Just at this moment, another woman's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the small courtyard: "Is Suzhen here? By the way, does she know where Qingtong went?"

A beautiful woman with a graceful figure, accompanied by maids and nannies, walked into the small courtyard with Hua'er.

Seeing this person, Luo Zijun trembled in fear.

And Bai Qingtong, hiding under the bed, also trembled in fear.

Surrounded by maids and nannies, Chu Meixiang arrived at the corridor. Looking at her daughter inside the window, she smiled and said: "Suzhen, are you talking with Zijun here? By the way, where is Qingtong? Have you seen her?"

Luo Zijun hurriedly lowered his head and bowed: "Greetings, Mother-in-law."

Chu Meixiang smiled: "We are family, no need for such formalities. Seeing that you and Suzhen are so close, I can finally set my mind at ease. If your father-in-law knew, he would be happy too. Between husband and wife, you should spend more time talking and chatting together. You both like to read, so reading books together is also fine."

Then she glanced at her daughter and sighed softly: "Suzhen, you and Zijun have been married for quite a while now. Having spent so much time together, you should understand everything there is to know. Zijun is a rare, good child. So Mother thinks it is time for you to let Zijun move in with you; your father is of the same mind. How can a couple married for so long still live apart? It would be a laughingstock if word got out. What do you think?"

The air suddenly became somewhat quiet.

After a moment of silence, Bai Daxiaojie suddenly said: "Mother, there is someone who wants me to divorce him."

"What?"

As soon as these words were out, Chu Meixiang was shocked, and then her face was filled with rage: "Who! Which dog-thing with the audacity and malicious intent would dare to come up with such a cut-off-the-lineage idea? Is it those bastards from the Jia Mansion? Or some other family? Are they envious, jealous, and hateful because they see our Bai Family thriving? Suzhen, tell me, who said such wicked words to you? Today I will personally skin them, pull out their tendons, dismantle their bones, and drink their blood, so that their whole family meets a miserable end!"

Luo Zijun: "..."

Chu Meixiang's eyes suddenly turned red, and even her breathing became rapid. It was precisely because the Bai Family had this Matrilocal Son-in-law that they were spared from disaster, avoided the same tragic fate as the other three great families, and even received the favor of the Queen; they were currently at the height of their power.

Whoever dared to make their Bai Family lose this Matrilocal Son-in-law was the enemy of everyone in their Bai Family!

"Which bastard is it, to have such an insidious, cunning, despicable, and filthy heart that deserves to die! Suzhen, tell Mother quickly! Mother will go find them right now! Is it those vixens from the Jia Family?"

Chu Meixiang was so angry that her eyes were wide open and she was gnashing her teeth.

Bai Meixue's gaze rested on someone.

That someone, however, lowered his head to wipe away sweat.

"Qingtong said so."

Bai Daxiaojie suddenly said.

Once these words were out, not only was Chu Meixiang dumbfounded, but Luo Zijun and Bai Qingtong, who was hiding under the bed, were also instantly dumbfounded.

The maids and nannies in the corridor also looked at each other in dismay.

"Ah... Qingtong?"

Chu Meixiang was dazed for a few seconds, stammering: "How... how could Qingtong say such a thing? Suzhen, are you sure?"

Bai Daxiaojie said with a calm expression: "Doesn't Mother know? Recently, Qingtong has been very close to her brother-in-law, and sometimes she doesn't even return home at night."

Chu Meixiang's mouth twitched a few times, and she said: "Mother does know, but your father said that Qingtong is helping Zijun with work. A sister-in-law helping her brother-in-law with work, isn't that as it should be? Suzhen, are you perhaps... are you overthinking it? How could Qingtong..."

Bai Daxiaojie said: "I am not overthinking it. It is not unheard of for a brother-in-law and sister-in-law to have mutual affection. The time they spend together is far more than the time he spends with me."

Chu Meixiang's face was full of astonishment and disbelief; she looked at the two of them a few more times and said: "So, that is why Qingtong told you to divorce Zijun?"

Bai Daxiaojie said: "Yes."

"And then, let Zijun marry her?"

"Yes."

Chu Meixiang stammered, feeling it hard to believe.

How could this be? Qingtong shouldn't be that kind of person, right?

Inside and outside the room, a silence suddenly fell.

Those maids and nannies were also dumbstruck, feeling it unbelievable.

Meanwhile, Bai Qingtong, hiding in the corner under the bed, was like a mute eating coptis—unable to voice her bitterness. Several times she wanted to crawl out and say she was wronged, but she knew clearly that if she crawled out from under the bed now, even ten thousand explanations would be useless; it would completely confirm the illicit affair between her and her brother-in-law.

A sister-in-law missing for an entire night, appearing before her sister, her mother, and so many maids and nannies in the manor, crawling out from under her brother-in-law's bed with disheveled hair and messy clothes...

This news would surely shock the entire Lin'an City within a day.

"Suzhen, Qingtong she..."

Chu Meixiang wanted to defend her Third Miss, but for a moment she could not find the words to defend her. She wanted to comfort her eldest daughter, but did not know how to comfort her either. After a pause, she could only say: "Where is she? Mother wants to ask her personally."

Bai Daxiaojie did not speak.

Outside the window, Fenfen immediately said in a crisp voice: "Madam, my Miss doesn't know where Third Miss went either. But Hua'er should know. Hua'er is right here, Madam can ask her; if she doesn't speak, use torture!"

Hua'er, standing to the side, had long been scared pale, trembling all over. At this moment, hearing her say this, and seeing the Madam and everyone else looking at her, her legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground, eyes brimming with tears.

Of course she knew where her Miss had gone, but she dared not say it.

Chu Meixiang's gaze fixed on her, and she asked with a stern tone: "Hua'er, where did your Miss go? Speak quickly!"

Hua'er prostrated on the ground, trembling, without saying a word.

Although she was extremely terrified, she secretly decided in her heart that even if the Madam beat her to death, she could not say it.

How could she dare to speak of such a thing?

"What? You don't even dare to say where your Miss went? Could it be that she went out to do something bad?"

A look of suspicion and doubt suddenly appeared in Chu Meixiang's eyes.

Given Qingtong's temperament and character, it was impossible for her to go out and do bad things, so why would her personal maid be scared like this?

"Speak!"

She suddenly shouted angrily, which made the other maids and nannies tremble all over as well.

Hua'er, kneeling on the ground, was even more paralyzed with fear, tears rolling down.

"Mother..."

At this moment, a familiar and trembling voice suddenly came from inside the room.

Even with a thousand concerns, Bai Qingtong had no choice but to crawl out from under the bed in a wretched state, head lowered and biting her lip, her face flushed red with endless shame and guilt.

Except for Luo Zijun and Bai Daxiaojie, everyone else was dumbstruck at this moment.

Chu Meixiang was even more so, with her mouth agape and eyes wide, wearing an expression of shock beyond complexity.

"Mother, listen to my explanation..."

Bai Third Miss kept her head down, her little face red, her dress disheveled, and her face full of shame, saying weakly, as if she really had been having an affair with her brother-in-law last night.

But at this moment, Chu Meixiang's brain and ears were buzzing, and she could no longer hear her words.

At this time, only one sentence echoed in her brain and ears:

"The sister-in-law crawled out from the brother-in-law's bed... The sister-in-law crawled out from the brother-in-law's bed..."

(End of this chapter)