Chapter 329 - 329 Shen Ruojing Interferes! (2)
329 Shen Ruojing Interferes! (2)
Bai Xiaojiu looked at Matriarch Bai.
The old woman in her seventies had a severe expression, and there seemed to be hatred in her gaze when she looked at him.
Bai Xiaojiu fell silent and could only kneel down helplessly.
Matriarch Bai’s room door was open, and there were people outside walking to and fro. All of them saw this scene.
Shen Wanying stood beside Matriarch Bai, and her lips were curled in satisfaction.
The Bai Family was a large family with a very high net worth, so they naturally had a lot of servants. Hence, the scene of Bai Xiaojiu being forced to kneel as he was scolded was seen by everyone, and his prestige was greatly diminished in the hearts of all the servants!
If this matter was to circulate around the Bai Family’s companies…Bai Xiaojiu wouldn’t have the face to manage the business in the future.
As expected, Matriarch Bai didn’t care for his prestige at all and continued scolding him harshly, “Do you still know what your surname is?”
Bai Xiaojiu dispiritedly said, “My surname is Bai.”
“Heh, I thought your surname was Yun! You are already so protective of them before your fiancee married into the family! Bai Xiaojiu, Little Tong is your biological nephew! Those people from the Chu Family have no blood relation with you at all! I told you to go get the fourth slot from them. Have you asked them about it yet?”
Bai Xiaojiu lifted his head. “Grandma, how can I possibly ask about such a matter?”
“Why not?” Matriarch Bai continued in fury, “I got you to ask because I was giving you face and cared for your prestige. Since you refused to do so, don’t blame me for being ruthless about what I’m going to do later. Oh right, you best tell your future wife Yun Wei that the Chu Family and Yun Families have no relationship. She better not butt in!”
After Matriarch Bai said that, she stood up. She then looked at Bai Xiaojiu and said, “Kneel here for an hour and reflect on your own mistake!”
After that, as she was preparing to go out, Fourth Madam Bai who received the news immediately hurried over. “Mother-in-law!”
Matriarch Bai narrowed her eyes.
Fourth Madam Bai’s eyes turned red when she saw her son kneeling on the ground.
Her husband and Old Master Bai had left the capital for businesses. If not, a single sentence from Old Master Bai would be able to spare Bai Xiaojiu from the punishment.
If not, if her husband came and pleaded, things would also be better. He was one of Matriarch Bai’s sons after all, and Matriarch Bai would have to give him some face.
But sadly, neither of these two was around.
Fourth Madam Bai clenched her fists tightly and took a step forward. “Mother, can you let Xiaojiu get up? He is about to get married. Things are very unsightly if you punish him like this.”
“Heh, it’s precisely because he is about to get married that he can’t differentiate who is his real family. Hence, I have to teach him. Why? Do you have an objection?!” Matriarch Bai’s gaze was filled with loathing when she looked at Fourth Madam Bai.
Actually, in the past, she wouldn’t implicate Fourth Madam Bai with her anger like this.
After all, Fourth Madam Bai was also a victim due to the marriage alliance.
So, even though she harbored a little hate for Fourth Madam Bai in her heart, after Fourth Madam Bai was married into the family, Matriarch Bai would at most just ignore her.
Matriarch Bai wasn’t that unreasonable to the extent that she would make things difficult for a woman.
But after Shen Wanying had found her ‘second son’ for her, upon contacting him, Old Second revealed a great secret to Matriarch Bai when she asked why he didn’t want to return home!
Old Second said that the reason he left was because he had discovered Fourth Madam Bai and his fourth brother having an affair behind his back!
He had no way to face them both, so he chose never to return home.
At that time, Matriarch Bai was extremely angry and wanted to look for Fourth Madam Bai to clarify this matter!
Under the situation when she had a marriage engagement with her second son, she still went to seduce her fourth son? She was definitely a vixen!
However, her second son didn’t want her to do that and even forbade her from revealing this.
Her second son said that things in the family were very peaceful now, and he told her not to disrupt the peace as things were pretty good…
Matriarch Bai then thought about it and agreed. Fourth Madam Bai had already married her fourth son for so many years, and their son was also now at an age where he could be married. It was indeed unsuitable to pursue something like this that happened many years ago.
If not, it would only cause the Bai Family to become the joke of the entire capital.
However, it was impossible for her to forgive Fourth Madam Bai!
So, during these two years, she moved from ignoring Fourth Madam Bai to loathing her, and she would often find chances to bully her.
In the past, Matriarch Bai had also doted on Bai Xiaojiu.
But after thinking that Bai Xiaojiu was growing up happily in the family while her second son and his children were suffering outside, she felt imbalanced psychologically, which eventually caused such a scene today.
It was as though only through Fourth Madam Bai and Bai Xiaojiu’s suffering would her second son’s suffering be mitigated…
Fourth Madam Bai’s eyes turned red when she heard her words. She pleaded in a low voice, “Mother, I’m begging you!”
However, Matriarch Bai pushed her away. “Do you even have the cheek to beg me?”
Fourth Madam Bai didn’t understand her hatred. She angrily replied, “I know you’ve always resented me in your heart, but I did no wrong in the matter of the past. It was second brother who didn’t like me. He has no feelings for me…”
“Pak!”
Matriarch Bai ruthlessly slapped Fourth Madam Bai. “You are truly shameless!”
Bai Xiaojiu immediately rushed over and stood between his mother and Matriarch Bai. He directly spoke to his mother, “Mother, you should go back first!”
Fourth Madam Bai still wanted to say something, but Bai XIaojiu stared at her fixedly. “If I’m the only one punished, it would at most be deemed as me being unfilial to grandmother. But if you are also punished, the prestige of our fourth house will be gone completely!”
Fourth Madam Bai bit her lips. She then closed her eyes and eventually nodded before turning to leave.
Bai Xiaojiu then knelt in the living room.
The pain he felt in his kneecaps was nothing. After all, he was a man.
However, there were people walking to and fro in the living room. The servants stood afar and even pointed at him while gossiping. This was something no one could tolerate.
Bai Xiaojiu clenched his fists tightly.
An hour later, he pushed himself against the floor and stood back up. He slowly walked back to his room, but before he could enter, he could already hear his mother’s suppressed sobbing sounds from within.
She sat on the sofa and had an extremely depressed look on her face.
Fourth Madam Bai had always been a strong woman with an icy demeanor. It was very rare for Bai Xiaojiu to witness his mother acting like this, so he felt as though a needle was pricking his heart.
However, he knew that if he entered immediately, it would only make things awkward for his mother.
Hence, he paused for a while at the entrance before turning and heading to the car park instead. He then drove his car and left the Bai Manor.
He began to casually roam the roads and without realizing it, he arrived at the Chu Manor’s entrance.
His eyes were red and his hands were holding the steering wheel tightly.
He wanted to look for Yun Wei, but he had to calm his emotions first…
At this moment, the Chu Family’s gate swung open.
Bai Xiaojiu started slightly. He subconsciously lowered his head, not wanting the Chu Family people to see how dispirited he looked.
A motorbike soon drove past his car swiftly.
Bai Xiaojiu heaved a sigh of relief.
Luckily, that wasn’t Yun Wei.
He slowly lifted his head and continued looking forward. But all of a sudden, the sound of a motorbike coming toward him drifted from afar. The bike then stopped beside him.
Shen Ruojing supported the bike by planting her feet on the ground. She then removed her helmet and shook her hair before knocking on Bai Xiaojiu’s car window.
Bai Xiaojiu rolled the window down and stared outside in puzzlement.
Shen Ruojing looked into his eyes before speaking in a clear voice, “Wait a minute.”
She could sense something was wrong with Bai Xiaojiu, hence, she made a call to Yun Wei.
Yun Wei immediately rushed out.
Bai Xiaojiu got out of his car, but his legs suddenly turned limp as he stumbled. Yun Wei immediately caught hold of him and directly spoke, “I just saw your cousin’s WeChat moments! Your grandmother is too much, she actually punished you by making you kneel?”
When Yun Wei went to the introductory banquet back then, she added the people of the Bai Family to her WeChat.
Once Old Fifth knew Bai Xiaojiu was being punished to kneel, he immediately sent the photo on his social media and rejoiced in Bai Xiaojiu’s misfortune.
When Bai Xiaojiu heard Yun Wei’s words, he lowered his eyelids. “Because of second uncle, my grandmother hates me and my mother.”
Yun Wei spoke with heartache, “But no matter what, you are still her grandson!”
Bai Xiaojiu smiled bitterly. “She also doted on me when I was young…but now that she grew older, her thinking became more and more extreme.”
Shen Ruojing, who was standing at the side, pursed her lips after hearing this.
She suddenly spoke, “Mr. Bai, can I borrow something from you?”
Bai Xiaojiu started. “What?”
Shen Ruojing. “Your blood.”
She wanted to do a DNA test for Bai Xiaojiu and Bai Shanshan.