Yan Yan

Chapter 20.4 – The Balcony

The two aunts who worked there carried the suitcases into the house.

Su Yan was already very familiar with everything in this house, but Liu Xiang was a newcomer, and her reaction was the same as when Su Yan first came. Liu Xiang couldn’t help but be surprised after seeing such a luxurious house.

After changing their slippers, Su Yan held her mother’s hand and said to Bai Xingfan, “My mother and I will stay in the same room. Then she led her mother upstairs.

When they went to the room, their suitcases were already there.

“Yanyan, what’s the matter with the two of you? Tell me the truth,” Liu Xiang asked with a panicked look in her eyes.

Su Yan sighed helplessly. “Mom, it’s just ordinary friends!”

Liu Xiang: “Do you think your mother is a fool?”

Su Yan didn’t answer.

Liu Xiang was even more anxious. “Speak up!”

Su Yan whispered, “Why don’t you believe me?”

Liu Xiang: “I just don’t believe it; which ordinary friend can do this?”

Su Yan was tired, so she simply chose to break the can and said, “It’s up to you, you can believe whatever you want!”

Liu Xiang: “That’s exactly what I thought!”

Su Yan: “…”

The conflict broke out at lunchtime, and Su Yan didn’t eat anything at noon. Because of that, she was very hungry. But afraid of meeting Bai Xingfan, she didn’t go downstairs and stayed in the room, enduring the hunger. Luckily, the dinner was served early.

After the dinner was over, Su Yan went to the room again. While her mother was taking a shower, she went to the balcony, sat on the wooden chair, and called her younger brother while enjoying the surroundings, looking at the pinkish-coloured sky and the gorgeous Swan Lake.

Su Zhan answered the phone after the first ring. “Hey, sister, what’s the matter?”

Su Yan: “Did our dad call you?”

Su Zhan: “Yes, he called several times, but I didn’t answer. Did he call you?”

Su Yan: “Yes. We didn’t answer either.”

Su Zhan: “Then, when can I answer his call?”

Su Yan thought for a while before giving an answer. “Tomorrow in the afternoon. Let him be anxious for a day.”

Su Zhan was silent for a while. “Is this too cruel to our dad? He didn’t do anything wrong.”

Su Yan’s attitude was firm. “If we don’t force our dad, our mother will never be able to raise her head at home, and she will be oppressed by grandma for the rest of her life! So he must solve this problem now!”

Su Zhan: “Then, how do you want him to solve it? I think it is difficult to handle…’

“How to solve it is a matter between the old lady and her two sons. It has nothing to do with the two of us. Our mission is to protect our mother!” Su Yan said firmly, “Humph, that old lady forced our father to divorce our mother. I will never forgive her in this life!”

Su Zhan sighed. “Hey, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.”

Su Yan also sighed. “Isn’t it true, as long as there is a good mother-in-law, nothing will happen.”

“Mother-in-law is really important.” Su Zhan said, “Grandma is not a good mother-in-law, bullying our mother; Xie Yu’s mother is also a bad mother-in-law, bullying you, I don’t know if Brother Bai’s mother is good or not.”

Su Yan: ‘What are you talking about?’

Su Zhan continued his imagination. “It should be good, definitely better than Xie Yu’s vicious mother.”

Su Yan was not angry. “Do you care if the mother is good or not? Your mother is good enough!”

Su Zhan: “I know my mother is good, so I don’t worry about my future wife being bullied, but I am worried about you being bullied.”

“Ah!” Su Yan was touched suddenly. “I don’t need you to worry about it!” she said, a little worried.

“That’s no good, you are my sister, can I not worry about you?” Su Zhan continued to analyse, “As far as I am concerned, I think Brother Bai is good. Although his younger brother is a bit wicked, he is still a good person overall. Once our school organised donations to the disaster area, Bai Xinglan alone donated more than the total donations from all the teachers and students in our school. That is worthy of praise.”

Su Yan smiled: “I didn’t expect you to be able to distinguish right from wrong.”

“Oh, that’s because I am a sensible person!” Su Zhan said confidently, “Bai Xinglan is not a bad person at heart. What’s more, what about Brother Bai? What does it mean? It shows that their family’s education is okay. After seeing the ugly truth about the Xie family, I came to the conclusion that the Bai family is a good family. You can really think about it. And, I think Brother Bai is very good to you.”

Su Yan was unmoved. “I think your heart has been corrupted by money!”

Su Zhan: “I didn’t take Brother Bai’s money!”

Su Yan: “You took his money! That bear!”

Su Zhan: “…”

Su Yan: “Evil capitalists are like this: they first give you some small favours, let you be grateful to them, and then let you work for them!”

Su Zhan: “No way? Bai Brother doesn’t seem to be that kind of person.”

Su Yan’s tone was firm. “Why not? You have now become the target of the evil capitalist!”

“The evil capitalist?”

Su Yan felt that she was struck by lightning.

“Who is Miss Su talking about?”

With a fast-beating heart, Su Yan turned around and then saw Bai Xingfan sitting on the balcony next to her.

Bai Xingfan changed into a set of casual clothes. The combination of a beige top and khaki pants made him even more gentle, elegant, and extravagant.

On the round table in front of him, there was a book and a cup of tea, indicating that he had been sitting there for a long time.

After Su Yan turned her head around, Bai Xingfan closed the book and leaned back on the chair leisurely, asking, “Are you talking about me?”

Su Yan: “…”

Bai Xingfan: “Huh?”

Su Yan: “…”