"Clearly, all the other relatives of the Bai family are nice to me because of Dad's Bai Group. Do they treat me so badly just to show that they're not the kind of people who curry favor with the powerful?" Rong Lan couldn't figure it out.
In her existing memories, the family of her paternal aunt had always treated her terribly. They didn't even try to hold back in front of her father and mother.
Bai Rongran fell into a long silence again.
Rong Lan was also lost in thought and didn't say a word for a while.
Just when Chu Hengyuan thought the person on the other end would lose patience and hang up the phone, Bai Rongran finally spoke up. "Let's not worry about this old matter for now. I'll call Mom later and tell her not to believe a single word from our paternal aunt's family. They're so full of themselves, saying that I'm not even fit to carry their shoes in the Bai family."
After saying that, without waiting for Rong Lan to reply, Bai Rongran hung up the voice call in a hurry.
Seeing the call end on the little girl's phone screen, Chu Hengyuan finally smiled and said, "Bai Rongran is really calmer than I expected in this kind of thing."
What was even more amazing was that Bai Rongran didn't even suspect that the recording Rong Lan sent her was synthesized.
When did they start to trust each other so deeply?
Rong Lan tossed her phone onto the bed, wrapped her arms around Chu Hengyuan's and leaned her head on his shoulder. "My little sister Rongran is just deeply in love, but her mind is still clear. And I don't know if it's because she's pregnant, but she's not as hot-tempered as before. Naturally, she can calm down and think things through."
Chu Hengyuan gently stroked the little girl's hair. "If Lanlan wants to know the truth, you can start the investigation in the direction you just mentioned."
Rong Lan immediately sat up straight. "You also think my speculation makes sense?"
"It does." Even he was shocked when the little girl said that speculation with a cold face. He also thought the twins' audacity was quite strange, but he never thought in this direction. "Although it makes sense, Lanlan needs sufficient evidence to prove the authenticity of this speculation."
"I know, but it's really troublesome to investigate something that happened so many years ago." The little fox slumped back on the man's shoulder.
She had made so many trips to City F before her wedding, but she had gained nothing.
Chu Hengyuan smiled. "I can help Lanlan. I have nothing better to do at home anyway."
Rong Lan's eyes lit up slightly. "What do you need?"
"Just a general direction will do. For example, where should I start? From your paternal aunt of the Bai family or from someone else?"
In the little girl's speculation, the most obvious lead should be her paternal aunt of the Bai family. Chu Hengyuan was ready for the little girl to say her paternal aunt, but he never expected her to surprise him.
"Your paternal aunt of the Bai family... and my biological father's mother. Can we start the investigation from these two people respectively?" She had made so many trips to City F and gained nothing. However, the new memory she had recently acquired told her that the people related to her by blood might not be completely innocent.
In the new memory, when she met her biological father, her biological grandmother saw her and immediately said, "You've been living in a wealthy family for so long. Why are you so reluctant to spend money on your real relatives?"
At first, she thought this sentence meant that when she chose to stay in the Bai family, they didn't force her to go home but let her continue to live in the Bai family. So it was "you've been living in a wealthy family for so long". However, the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off. Because this sentence could also mean - we swapped you to the Bai family and let you live in a wealthy family for so long.
It was a pity that she had never been able to see her "biological grandmother" during her many trips to City F. Otherwise, she could have roughly ruled out some wrong answers based on the cause-and-effect relationship.
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. Seeing the little girl's serious expression, he nodded in agreement. "Sure."
After thinking for a while, he finally asked, "Why do you think there's something wrong with your biological father's mother? Did you find something in City F?"
Rong Lan shook her head and told the truth. "I didn't find anything."
Suspecting someone without finding anything? This wasn't like her style.
Seeing the confusion in the man's eyes, Rong Lan tilted her head. "My intuition tells me there's something wrong with her!"
Chu Hengyuan suddenly burst into laughter. He reached out and ruffled her hair. "Okay, I believe our Lanlan's intuition. I'll help you investigate."
"Brother is so nice!" the little fox said sweetly. After the compliment, she felt that words were not enough. So she leaned over and kissed his cheek.
Surprised by the sudden kiss, Chu Hengyuan couldn't hold back his smile. "Lanlan, if I can find out the whole truth, will there be a reward?"
"What kind of reward do you want?" Rong Lan asked.
Chu Hengyuan wasn't a greedy man. "Just kiss me again voluntarily."
"Okay!" Rong Lan agreed quickly because she thought that when the whole truth was laid out in front of her, she would kiss him out of excitement without Chu Hengyuan's reminder.
"Then does Lanlan want to go to that boy Xie's school to scout the area? There's nothing to do in the Bai family anyway." The Bai family seemed to be using Rong Lan's return visit as an excuse to hold a family gathering. Judging from the lively atmosphere downstairs, no one would notice if the main character disappeared for a while.
Rong Lan hesitated for a moment and decided to trust Bai Rongran completely again. She would let Bai Rongran comfort their mother and stay out of it. "Sure! Let's sneak out through the back garden of the villa."
"Okay, let's go."
The two didn't waste any time and got right to it.
However, their plan to sneak out didn't succeed. As soon as they opened the door, they saw Mrs. Bai.
When Mrs. Bai saw Rong Lan, she found an excuse and took her away alone. Chu Hengyuan could only helplessly watch the little girl walk away. It wasn't appropriate for him to stay in the little girl's room alone, so he had to go downstairs and continue munching on sunflower seeds.
Rong Lan obediently followed Mrs. Bai into the study and secretly sighed. When she saw Mrs. Bai carefully lock the door from the inside and then look at her hesitantly, she had a bad feeling. Could it be that Bai Rongran had already reported her so quickly?
Mrs. Bai stared at Rong Lan for a long time, making her scalp tingle. Then she sighed. "Lanlan, have you and Hengyuan... had sex?"
Rong Lan: "???"
It seemed that her dear little sister Rongran hadn't started reporting yet?
However, this question was equally difficult to answer. Saying that they had had sex was obviously a lie, but saying that they hadn't would make another person in the world suspect that Chu Hengyuan was impotent.
Seeing that Rong Lan hesitated and didn't answer immediately, Mrs. Bai grabbed her hand anxiously. "Lanlan, tell me the truth. You don't need to lie to Mom."