15 – Meeting the Scumbag Again
“Hmm? Am I not human?” Bai Ruanruan raised an eyebrow slightly.
As soon as her words fell, the air grew eerily quiet.
The elders looked at Bai Ruanruan as if seeing a ghost, scrutinizing her up and down: “Young Miss, do you know what the Bi Alliance Conference is?”
Bai Ruanruan touched the tip of her upturned nose: “I know, quite well, actually.”
“Alright, anyway, the Bai family is no longer what it used to be. Young Miss, take these things. From now on, take care of yourself. The Bai family truly has nothing left to give you.”
The Great Elder simply dismissed Bai Ruanruan as fooling around.
She knows? What does she know?
The Bai family had always been managed by the family head, handling all matters inside and out. She had been wandering outside since childhood, living a carefree life—how could she understand family conflicts?
The only solution now was to find the White Fiend and hope he would take care of the Bai family out of respect for the family head. Only then could the Bai family continue to stand firm in the capital.
“Young Miss, would you like to come in and sit?” the Third Elder “enthusiastically” invited with an expressionless face.
Apart from the smooth floor in the hall, Bai Ruanruan truly didn’t know where she could sit.
“No need. I don’t need these things now. Don’t forget to take them back.”
She doesn’t need them anymore?
She wants them taken back?
Upon hearing this, the Great Elder immediately agreed: “Alright.”
She’s finally come to her senses. Before, she had been causing trouble outside nonstop, nearly squandering her dowry meant for her old age, recklessly spending money on a man, and even trying to hand over the company in large sums to that outsider.
She had even wanted to give the entire Bai family to an outsider.
Now, she finally wants to take it all back.
They didn’t expect her to do anything for the Bai family. The family head had left her enough assets to live comfortably for the rest of her life. As long as she no longer thought about giving away the Bai family, which the family head had worked hard to build for most of his life, to outsiders, that would be enough.
“Then I’ll leave?”
“Young Miss, take care.” The elders and servants bowed in unison to see her off, as if eager to send her away.
In the end, Bai Ruanruan didn’t stay at the Bai family for long before leaving again.
The Great Elder handed the items in his hand to the person beside him: “Take back everything that can be reclaimed on this list and keep it safe for the Young Miss.”
“Yes.”
“She’s finally gone. Do you think the heavens have opened their eyes? The Young Miss actually came to her senses and wants to take everything back? She’s no longer infatuated with that Mu Xuan?”
“I’ve told the Young Miss long ago that man was no good.” Several elders couldn’t help but complain.
“The Young Miss’s matters are minor; the Bai family’s matters are major. Time is urgent. Quickly find a way to locate the White Fiend.”
…
“Young Madam, are we returning to the manor now?” The driver followed Bai Ruanruan closely.
“Is today Valentine’s Day?” Bai Ruanruan suddenly remembered.
“It seems so.” He was a perpetually single old driver—how would he know what day it was?
But whatever the Young Madam said, it was.
“To the flower shop.”
“Alright.”
Bai Ruanruan had originally planned to stay at the Bai family a little longer, but the Great Elder’s mention of the Bi Alliance Conference reminded her.
There were only a few days left until the beginning of the month.
Even in her previous life, though she hadn’t properly handled her parents’ funeral arrangements, she at least knew that their deaths were somewhat related to people in the Bi Alliance Conference.
The Bi Alliance Conference… she was looking forward to it.
“Young Madam, we’ve arrived at the flower shop.”
“Wait for me outside.”
“Alright.”
As soon as she entered the flower shop:
“Ruanruan?”
A cool and all-too-familiar voice came from behind.
Fate truly works in mysterious ways. The capital is so vast, yet I ran into someone so quickly.
“Ruanruan? Is that really you? You’ve left the Jiang family?” Mu Xuan, holding a bouquet of roses, walked around in surprise to stand in front of Bai Ruanruan.
Outside, the driver in the car had just unscrewed the cap of his mineral water bottle. Before he could take a sip, his gaze inadvertently fell upon their young mistress in the flower shop, and also…
“Pfft—”
Well, he spat out all the water.