Chapter 820: Too Optimistic (II)
"Grandpa, do you think that Aunt Yi will be able to understand the changes of her status?" Bai Wenxuan asked with a hint of mockery in his eyes. When he saw that his grandfather was actually hesitating, what else could he not understand? He shook his head and could not help but say, "Grandpa, it seems like you are unaware of my aunt’s virtues. She is not only arrogant but also cruel and scheming. If you bring my aunt back home, then Aunt Yi will definitely make things difficult for her."
"No...how can this be? Yiyi has been obedient since she was young. How can she be scheming?" Though Old Master Bai had some reservations regarding the current situation, he did not believe that Bai Yi would be cruel to his biological daughter. After all, she had enjoyed the benefits that belonged to Yan Wanning all these years and the least she could do was to make it up to her. How could she be cruel to Yan Wanning despite being the beneficiary?
Bai Wenxuan sighed heavily. "This is why I said that you do not understand the current situation. You have no idea what kind of personality Aunt Yi has, and you still want to take my aunt back with you. You might be unaware of this but when we were in the capital and the world was still normal, Aunt Yi had ruined a lot of girls because they befriended Chengyu. The boy Lingling likes."
"What? There is such a thing?" Old Master Bai was stunned. He thought he knew his daughter but now Bai Wenxuan was telling him that he did not have the slightest bit of an idea what was going on behind the scenes.
"Of course, no one in the capital dared to make a move on my aunt because she is from the Bai family and because of this, she had grown more and more lawless."
"Why did you not tell me this?" Old Master Bai asked with a frown on his face. How come he was unaware of these matters? If he knew the truth, then he would have never allowed Bai Yi to run amok like this.
"Isn’t it because grandmother is willing to protect my aunt? Every time something happens, my aunt will go and beg in front of grandmother and then my grandmother will call me, asking me not to tell you." Bai Wenxuan thought about the past and could not help but feel a bit tired. He had cleaned up after Aunt Yi a lot of times, and now his grandfather was telling him that his aunt was not even his biological aunt. Honestly, he was still a bit shaken up.
From what he saw, Bai Meiyue seemed like a decent person. She was neither arrogant nor weak; his aunt should also be a good person. But because of his grandparents’ mistake, he ended up taking care of a hell lot of mess. How could his heart not be unsettled? And when he thought about the lives of many women that were ruined because of his aunt, he felt even more unsettled.
"This! Your grandmother is simply a fool!" Old Master Bai never thought that the truth would be like this. He was so angry that he wished he could beat someone up. How could his wife do such a thing? Bai Yi ruined the lives of young women and spoiled Bai Lingling and yet his wife hid the truth from him. He then turned to look at his grandson and smacked him hard on the thigh. "How can you hide the truth from me as well?"
Compared to his grandfather, Bai Wenxuan was rather calm. "Isn’t it because grandmother made me promise? She told me that if I told you the truth, then she would hang herself from the beam of the house and let me be the sinner of the Bai family. Grandpa, I am already a cripple. People mock me everywhere I go, how can I bear the stigma of being called a murderer as well? Of course, I had to hide the truth."
Of course, he also settled the women in positions and jobs that could help them live their lives well. This was something he never told his grandma and aunt. He was worried that with how jealous Bai Lingling was, she would chase those women after finding out that they were living a good life.
Old Master Bai was speechless.
"Confused! She is so confused! How can she do such a terrible thing?" He felt like all of his face and reputation had been thrown onto the ground and stomped on. He believed that he had lived all his life honestly but now the belief had been ruined! His family was no less of a tyrant than the other three families.
"That’s why I ask you to consider the situation carefully. Aunt Yi is not a simple person and my grandmother clearly dotes on her a lot. Even if you take my aunt back home, I don’t think that my grandmother will be willing to let Aunt Yi leave. She will hope that the two of them will stay together like sisters. And Bai Meiyue is not someone who will allow her mother to suffer the slightest bit of trouble." Bai Wenxuan could see through things carefully.
He looked at his grandfather with a frown as if he were thinking about something. "And I don’t think that there is anything wrong with it either. After all, Aunt Yi has taken my aunt’s place for all these years and she was the sole beneficiary. Why should my aunt share her position with Aunt Yi?"
"I—"
"Grandfather, I know that you want to give my aunt an explanation but if you give her a half-hearted explanation, then it would be no less than giving her nothing. So you might as well think things through before making a move or else if Aunt Yi hurts my aunt, then Bai Meiyue will not stay silent."
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