Free Web NovelChapter 27: Chapter 27: Feigning a Faint
Some had been feeling a bit soft-hearted. ’Fu Mingxue is fine now, so maybe it’s better to just let Bai Chunsheng go.
After all, Bai Chunsheng is the Bai Family’s only son.
And the guy isn’t even married yet!
If he goes to jail, wouldn’t his whole life be ruined?
That seems a little harsh.’
But after hearing what Mrs. Fu had to say, those who had been about to speak clamped their mouths shut.
’The Bai Family is truly despicable.
Devious!
And Bai Chunsheng has a habit of petty theft.
It’s for the best that he’s locked up.
Let him get properly reformed! It’ll keep him from causing trouble for everyone else.’
By the time Mrs. Fu was done with her tirade, she had completely destroyed the Bai Family’s reputation.
The spectacle angered Mrs. Bai so much that she fainted on the spot. If Bai Siqi hadn’t been right there to catch her, she probably would have hit the ground.
Seeing his mother-in-law faint, Song Yan immediately shouted at the crowd of onlookers, "Stop crowding around! Let some air through—"
He turned and hurriedly said to Father Bai, "Dad, hurry and get Mom inside."
Father Bai snapped out of his daze and immediately replied, "—Right, okay!" freēwēbnovel.com
He was too frail to carry her, so he could only support her as they walked.
Bai Siqi shut the main door, cutting off the strange, gawking stares from the people outside.
Mrs. Fu spat directly at the closed door.
"You think playing possum solves everything? Let me tell you, don’t you dare try to harm my daughter again. If you do, I’ll risk my own life to fight your Bai Family to the death! Honey, let’s go—"
Having achieved her goal, Mrs. Fu naturally didn’t linger. She pulled Fu Mingxue away with her.
When the neighboring onlookers saw them leave, they realized there was nothing left to see and dispersed.
However, the gossip about the Bai Family was just getting started—
「Inside the Bai residence」
Father Bai set Mrs. Bai down on a chair and gave her a shove.
Then he growled angrily, "Alright, stop pretending. Wake up."
Mrs. Bai woke up, embarrassed. ’That damn husband of mine! Doesn’t he know his former son-in-law is standing right here?’
"Mom, it’s good that you’re awake! You really scared me just now. Mom, Big Brother is in jail, and he even confessed. What are we going to do?"
Mrs. Bai, who had just managed to compose herself, wished she could truly faint for real upon hearing those words.
"That damn Xu Zifeng, she’s the one who should be dead! She took our money yesterday—eight hundred yuan—and then she turned around and reported my son anyway—"
She looked at Bai Siqi. "Siqi, we can’t let them keep that money. You go get it back from them."
Bai Siqi’s expression changed.
She did want the money back, but that didn’t mean she wanted to be the one to go get it.
’Me, go? Would Fu Mingxue and her mother just give me the money?’
’Ha! In your dreams.’
She’d be lucky if Fu Mingxue and her mother didn’t beat her up and throw her out.
Song Yan couldn’t bear to see her conflicted expression. He stood up and said, "Mom, that’s not going to work. If we go asking for the money, Siqi might get punished again, and besides—"
"Besides what?" Mrs. Bai asked, displeased.
Song Yan looked at her. "You would be punished too. After all, yesterday you told the police you were the one who masterminded it."
Mrs. Bai’s face darkened completely. "So you’re saying we just have to let Xu Zifeng and her daughter swindle us out of the money?"
Song Yan nodded. "—We can’t get the money back. Mom, you should stop thinking about it."
Mrs. Bai was seething with resentment.
’But if what Song Yan said is true, and I’d be punished for trying to get it back, then I’d better just forget it.
Anyway, it was Song Yan’s money.
It didn’t come out of my own pocket.’
"Fine, I won’t talk about that anymore. But what about our Chunsheng? What’s going to happen to him?"
