Jiang Beihuai caught a different point: "You mean my mother - in - law was originally going to marry my father?"
Aunt Su from the Su family felt sorry when talking about this: "Young people are so strange. Growing up together as childhood sweethearts can't compare to love at first sight with someone who just appears out of the blue."
"Beihuai, your father really liked Wenxi's mother back then. They knew each other since childhood, and the two families were old friends. They even worked together in the Jiang Group after graduation. Who would have thought that your mother fell in love at first sight with Young Master Bai in the gallery, then founded the Star Art Museum with him, and finally got married."
Bai Wenxi had heard her mother mention this incident: "Mom said the Star Art Museum was the proof of her love. Many of the beautiful memories between Dad and her were in the Star Art Museum."
Su Zhengfeng had complex and entangled feelings for his younger sister. On the one hand, she was his biological sister who died young. On the other hand, she defied her family's wishes, left home for love, and finally ended up divorced and passed away in desolation.
He pulled his thoughts back, looked at the lovely couple, and seriously stated: "You two kids must manage your marriage well. Don't let the tragedy of the previous generation repeat itself. Especially Beihuai, part of the reason your father was so decadent back then was because of Xingfei. She refused to marry your father no matter what. After the eldest young master of the Jiang family was heart - broken, he went drinking and indulged himself."
Bai Wenxi didn't expect the past to end so sloppily. The young men and women in this love triangle all died in middle age.
Su Xingfei died of a serious illness before she was forty. The eldest young master of the Jiang family died in a plane crash and his body was never found. And her own father, Bai Zhongxun, died in a car accident with a strange cause...
Since the past could not be retrieved, Bai Wenxi cherished the current reunion even more.
She solemnly promised her uncle: "We will live a good life and understand each other. You can rest assured."
Jiang Beihuai was even more sincere. He intertwined his fingers with Bai Wenxi under the table, and his firm and loving eyes never left his wife.
"I will be good to Awen. You just need to see my actions."
Aunt Su's eyes were red. She was really happy for the children's happiness. Seeing that everyone at the table was in a low mood, she quickly got up to liven up the atmosphere: "It's all your fault, old guy."
She punched Su Zhengfeng on the shoulder. "For no reason, you brought up those old things and made the children sad."
While scolding her husband, she served the young couple dishes. "Your uncle is old and likes to talk nonsense. You should bear with him."
Su Yuning listened with great interest and retorted discontentedly: "The old stories are very interesting. Sister should listen more. It can help her know her parents better. How can a child be bored with that?"
Aunt Su tapped her daughter on the back of the head: "I never see you doing anything serious, but you're always here for idle talk."
She was extremely worried about her daughter's future. "Wenxi, tell aunt honestly. Can she be a curator in the Star Art Museum?"
"This girl is good - for - nothing. She doesn't know what she's doing all day long and refuses to go to the company we arranged for her."
Su Zhengfeng picked up a chopstick of food, drank it with whiskey, and ate with relish: "Your aunt is just worrying about nothing. If Yuning has to, she can deliver takeaways. If she can't make money from that, she can deliver express parcels. There are ways to earn a living everywhere. As long as she's willing to work hard, she can survive."
Su Yuning pouted: "Dad! So that's your plan? I'm not short of money. I can still earn some income from freelance illustration jobs."
Bai Wenxi didn't want to dampen everyone's mood, so she planned to go to the study alone after the meal to ask her uncle and aunt about the situation before her mother's death.
The meal was a pleasant one. The two generations chatted about the trivialities of life and the interesting things on their trips. The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively and cheerful.
After the meal, Su Yuning still wanted to drag Bai Wenxi out shopping, but Jiang Beihuai directly refused: "We have something important to do. You can go and play by yourself."
She sniffed and looked a bit dejected: "None of you will go with me. It's so boring to play alone. I might as well go back to my room and sleep."
Even Bai Wenxi nodded in agreement: "You should go back and rest and settle down. A girl should have a career after all. You can't just do things randomly."
Su Yuning knew she was in the wrong and raised her hands in surrender: "Okay, I won't cause trouble for you. I know you have something important to do. I just wanted to spend more time with you since we haven't seen each other for so long."
Bai Wenxi pinched her younger sister's puffed cheeks to soothe her: "I'll come to sleep with you after talking to uncle tonight. Okay?"
Su Yuning's eyes lit up and she hooked Bai Wenxi's little finger: "Let's make a pinky promise! We'll have a night - talk session like before."
Only after getting a positive answer did Su Yuning reluctantly go back to her room.
Jiang Beihuai suddenly envied his wife very much: "You two sisters have such a good relationship. You help each other and have no estrangement."
The two strolled slowly towards the study. Bai Wenxi turned her head and said seriously: "Don't you have Feifei? She's your neighbor girl and childhood sweetheart. Isn't that enough?"
A glint flashed in Jiang Beihuai's eyes. He suddenly reached out to tickle Bai Wenxi: "Can my situation be the same as yours? Are you making fun of me?"
Bai Wenxi couldn't dodge in time and laughed so hard that she could hardly catch her breath: "I'm wrong. I won't make fun of you and Feifei anymore."
She twisted her body and covered her mouth tightly, afraid that the noise of their play would reach the study: "Okay, it won't be good if aunt and the others hear us."
Jiang Beihuai waved his hand like a cat and pretended to be serious: "If you spread rumors about me next time, I'll punish you!"
Bai Wenxi covered her blushing face, stared at her husband shyly, and stood outside for a while before knocking on the study door.
"Come in."
Su Zhengfeng's gentle voice sounded. Seeing his niece and her husband, he quickly got up from the pile of documents.
"Please sit down. It's a bit messy here. Don't mind."
Aunt Su put down the novel in her hand and poured a glass of water for each of them: "What's so important that you have to talk about it in the study? So mysterious."
Bai Wenxi got straight to the point. She was really bothered by Yao Chunmei: "I want to ask about the things before my mother died that year."
Su Zhengfeng was surprised. He didn't expect Bai Wenxi to bring up this sad matter on her own initiative: "Wenxi, you..."
Bai Wenxi recounted all her experiences and discoveries during this period. The more her uncle and aunt from the Su family listened, the more solemn their expressions became.
Su Zhengfeng knew that Yao Chunmei had always been at odds with his niece, but he didn't expect her ambition to be so inflated. And her actions were so vicious that she didn't care about the old feelings of the Bai family at all.
"Come to think of it, your mother did pass away too suddenly back then." Su Zhengfeng fell into memories and frowned. "We were already too late when we rushed there."
Aunt Su wiped her tears with a tissue. She felt sad just thinking of her younger sister - in - law's haggard appearance before she died.
"I was the one who answered the phone that year."
Aunt Su still remembered the scene clearly. "We were all asleep at night. We were woken up by Yao Chunmei's phone call."
"She was crying and saying that your mother's condition suddenly worsened at night and she was now being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Your uncle and I were both woken up and drove to the hospital at night."
Su Zhengfeng shook his head and sighed: "When we arrived, the doctor had just announced that your mother's rescue had failed. My world collapsed!"