Chapter 139: If You Won’t Give It, I’ll Take It Anyway!
Bai Chuwei: "?"
Do you think I'm really foolish?
This season, the peach blossoms have bloomed, especially in South City, where they should be in full bloom.
Bai Chuwei felt her intelligence being trampled mercilessly by Duan Feihan.
Supporting her chin with one hand, she stared straight ahead and let out a cold snort through her nose: "Men, they use you and then throw you away!"
Just look at the time she tricked him out of three hundred million; he didn’t even bat an eye before swiping his card.
Now, all she wanted was a basketful of peach petals, which wasn’t worth much, yet he still deceived her.
If you won’t give it, I’ll take it anyway!
Each harboring their own thoughts, they waited as Cao Jinhai prepared a variety of fried foods. Cao Jinhai had thoughtfully used a wooden five-layered small box, with at least two kinds of fried delicacies in each layer.
Bai Chuwei took it with a look of disdain. "Alright, I’ll head home first."
Duan Feihan silently observed the disdainful expression on her face and felt puzzled. He couldn't understand why Bai Chuwei, who obviously liked it very much, would put on such a contemptuous look. What did it mean?
Cao Jinhai and his family personally saw Bai Chuwei and Duan Feihan out the front gate. The rain outside had already stopped.
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They each returned home separately. The young lady seemed somewhat upset; after getting out of the car, she didn’t even look back, leaving Duan Feihan with only her retreating figure as she entered the gate.
“Dad, is this really necessary? Bai Chuwei is just an adopted daughter, and you want to treat everyone to a meal?” As soon as he entered the house, Liu Man’s dissatisfied voice rang out.
Bai Guofu puffed out his beard and glared. “Adopted daughter? That’s only because I made the old ancestor officially register her under your names to take care of you all. Don’t be fooled by her youthful appearance—she’s older than me, older than my father!”
Bai Guofu had no idea exactly how many years Bai Chuwei had lived. At the very least, he had heard from his father that his father had met Bai Chuwei during his childhood.
That made her at least a century and a half old—a true ancient ancestor!
Bai Hongguang and his wife rolled their eyes wildly, thinking they should take the old man to get a mental checkup someday.
“Besides, it’s not a treat. Your brother’s family really wants to see the old ancestor, so we’re having a meal together to officially meet her. After all, Bai Ze and Bai Shang, your father’s eldest son’s two boys, haven’t even met the old ancestor yet!”
Bai Chuwei didn’t care much about the formal meal.
She carried the food box upstairs, but before she could set it down, a white-furred hamster dashed over and immediately scrambled into the box, squeaking loudly: “The old ancestor treats me the best; shall we eat together?”
Bai Chuwei twisted her neck lazily and walked toward the door. “No need, you eat it.”
As Bai Chuwei stepped outside, she happened upon Aunt Chen, who was cleaning, and said directly, “Give me a basket.”
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Aunt Chen instinctively pursed her lips when she saw Bai Chuwei. Upon hearing the request for a basket, her expression grew even stranger. “A basket? Miss Chuwei, where are you going?”
Bai Chuwei’s lips curved slightly. “I’m going to South City. I’ll be back for dinner.”
Aunt Chen swallowed nervously. “You… walking there?”
Bai Chuwei said nothing, and Aunt Chen stared at her as if she were insane.
Walking to South City and still coming back for dinner? South City is a two-hour drive from Haicheng!
Aunt Chen said, “…Maybe you should read more books.”
Bai Chuwei went to the storeroom to fetch a basket and then left the Bai family villa.
Half an hour later, Duan Feihan, now changed into casual home wear, received a phone call.
The call came from the steward of the South City estate, whose voice was filled with alarm: “Mr. Duan, something terrible has happened—the South City estate seems to have been broken into by thieves!”