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When Bai Ye knew that He Ruhui was staying in the White Mansion, it was already the seventh day of the lunar new year.

In the study, Bai Ye crumpled the letter into balls with an ugly face, rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and watched the white powder falling from between his fingers. "Have you read this letter? I won't talk nonsense, I'll go back now."

"...Well, you'd better go on horseback, the speed will be faster. I'll get someone to prepare the horse for you now."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Bai Ye turned around and picked up the cloak hanging on the back of the chair to go out, but Bai Zhengqing grabbed him.

"It's okay for me to know why you left suddenly, but you have to tell your mother, otherwise she will worry about you."

"Yes, let me tell my aunt first..." I was so anxious that I forgot about this, Bai Ye hurried out of the door, ready to say goodbye to my aunt and set off immediately.

"Mother should be in the ancestral hall right now, go quickly." Bai Zhengqing also walked out of the study and called after Bai Ye.

"Ah! Thank you, big brother!" Bai Ye, who was walking towards the Buddhist hall, quickly turned around, turned around and twitched the corner of his mouth at big brother Bai as a thankful smile.

Walking quickly to the entrance of the ancestral hall, Bai Ye took a deep breath to calm down his anxiety, and knocked on the door lightly. "Ma'am, I'm the second son."

"Oh?" After a while, there was the sound of small footsteps inside, and the door opened, and Lu Shi stood by the door and looked at him with a slight smile. "Come in and talk, and burn incense sticks for your father and mother by the way. You have never loved this kind of place, and you haven't been here since you came back this time."

Bai Ye's face turned a little red when Lu Shi said it, and followed Lu into the dark room where the incense candles were lit for many years and filled with a faint scent of smoke, and walked to the Baijialie Temple. In front of the ancestral altar, he respectfully took the joss stick offered by Lu, bowed deeply three times before inserting it into the incense burner on the altar, clasped his hands together and prayed silently for a while before closing his gesture, turned to look at Jingjing Lu Shi was standing on one side holding a Buddhist bead.

"Ma'am, I have something urgent to go back to Wuzhou City."

"What's the matter, what happened?"

"...Ruhui suddenly went to Wuzhou City, and she seems to be pregnant."

Lu's finger holding the rosary paused, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Bai Ye. "Is she happy?"

Bai Ye nodded, but it seemed that this was not the focus of his anxious concern. "Ruhui's temperament was spoiled by her father. She is petty, indulgent and unreasonable. Their He family has always looked down on Xiao Ran, and she has never said anything kind to her brother-in-law. Now Ruhui is also living in the White House. , I'm afraid she will bully Xiao Ran...I'm really worried about Xiao Ran's temperament, so I can only bid farewell to you, Madam, and rush back earlier. "

Lu Shi remained silent, and after twiddling the rosary beads twice between his fingers, he opened his mouth and said, "Second son, the situation now is a little different from what you told me. Ruhui has your child..."

Bai Ye frowned, with puzzled eyes. "What's wrong with this? Has something changed?"

This child... Lu couldn't help but frowned.

When Bai Ye came back this time, she always felt that the child had grown up and matured, which made her feel more at ease, but who knew... Was this just her illusion?In fact, Bai Ye is just a wayward child, he doesn't understand the seriousness of the current situation at all.

Lu Shi sighed, and signaled Bai Ye to sit down on a chair beside her. "You... still decide to be with Xiao Ran?"

"That's right, aunt, I told you last time that what I want is Xiao Ran. ——What's the matter, aunt, why do you seem to object to this all of a sudden?"

"... What I object to is not the matter between you and Xiao Ran, but, Ru Hui has your child, and you are going to be a father. It is impossible for you to divorce your daughter-in-law as you planned before. Xiao Ran, he will Do you accept this result?"

Bai Ye froze in place, silent for a long time.Lu Shi was not in a hurry, and silently recited the Buddhist scriptures with the rosary in his hand.The room was very quiet, except for the occasional crackling of candles and the slight collision of rosary beads.

After a long time, Bai Ye's hands hanging by his sides clenched tightly into fists, then loosened and clenched again. "...I don't know what he will think, and I don't care what others will think, ma'am, I will never change my mind. Even if what I Bai Ye believes is wrong, I will not give up, let alone just a decision Being with Xiao Ran is such a trivial matter."

When Lu Shi heard this, he didn't know what it was like.

First of all, no matter what... Ruhui is pregnant with the eldest grandson of the Bai family.As Bai Ye's mother, it is always a joy to see the third generation in her lifetime.

However, the reason they had negotiated before for the divorce of the He family was childlessness, and now it is obvious that this reason cannot be used.Although if Bai Ye insists on divorcing He, he can find another excuse, but I heard that Xiao Ran is a very kind person, and now that he knows about He Ruhui's pregnancy, if Bai Ye doesn't have a valid reason to divorce his wife, Xiao Ran Surely he won't forgive Bai Ye, right?

Being divorced represents a woman's failure, which is the greatest shame in a woman's life.He Ruhui is completely innocent in the matter between Bai Ye and Li Ran, Xiao Ran, can he accept such a wronged innocent woman?

Can Xiao Ran accept that Bai Ye's child has no mother at birth?Such an incomplete family, just because he wants to be with Bai Ye, so his mother becomes a burden and needs to be discarded?

However, Xiao Ran must be very concerned about his own existence, so much that his fear cannot be ignored by others, that's why Bai Ye made up his mind to get rid of He Ruhui, right?Although this daughter-in-law was dispensable to Bai Ye before, it was Xiao Ran who made him decide to do this. If Xiao Ran's attitude towards He's existence was also dispensable, Bai Ye would suddenly make such a decision ?

And...Since Xiao Ran cares about the etiquette and the existence of He Ruhui, can he stick to their relationship to the end like Bai Ye for the identity of Bai Ye, the future child's father?

However, no matter how much I think about these things, what's the use of them? It's the two children who need to face themselves.No one can replace others in his life, not even close relatives... Lu Shi sighed again, reached out to take Bai Ye's hands, and patted them lightly twice. "Well, since you have made a decision, the aunt will always support you! Go ahead and be careful on the road."

"Thank you aunt, second son... Second son will bring Xiao Ran back to see you as soon as possible."

Just when Bai Ye's hand was about to push open the door, Lu suddenly spoke again behind him.

"Second son... If your unborn child becomes an obstacle between you, what will you do?"

"What should I do?" Bai Ye chuckled lightly, as if this question was redundant. "Auntie, I know that you actually attach great importance to the birth of this eldest grandson, but to me, Xiao Ran is more important. If this child becomes an obstacle between me and him, the second son would rather bear all the bad reputation and get rid of him." he."

"...Even if you do this, Xiao Ran won't forgive you, are you willing?" It's not that Lu Shi didn't think of this, but he was still a little surprised to see him say the decision without any hesitation.Seeing the secular ethics and the thoughts of their elders may not be in Bai Ye's consideration, so what about Xiao Ran's thoughts?Also, can't sway his decision?

"I've never been a kind person, it's just that Xiao Ran doesn't know it. If he wants to be with me for the rest of his life, he must be clear about my habits and my true face. Does it matter whether he will forgive me? Can he never forgive me for the rest of his life? If I can get him back once, I can get him back a second time, ma'am, it's better if he doesn't forgive than if I lose this person forever." Bai Ye said calmly with one hand on the door without looking back. "Mother, I don't want to lose him again, I can't bear it."

Lu Shi didn't speak again, Bai Ye pushed the door and left without looking back.

No one saw Bai Ye's clenched fists and slightly trembling hands, nor his clenched jaw and pale face.

How could he not care, how could he not be afraid?

Normally, seeing Xiao Ran treat him coldly would make him feel uneasy for a long time, if it was really because of something that would shake his principles...

If you let him know that he will definitely object, but if it doesn't stop, He Ruhui, he and li xuan will not be happy either.

If he had to choose, he would still choose... Get rid of all obstacles that might become a threat between him and Xiao Ran.Even if he would be resented by Xiao Ran, even if he would not be understood or forgiven, he would rather.

Galloping horses all the way, although it is much faster than taking a carriage, but after all, Xuantian Gate is too far away from Wuzhou City, and it was already noon on the twelfth day of the first lunar month when Bai Ye rushed back to Wuzhou City.

Bai Ye calculated the time, and at a quarter of noon, Xiao Ran should be preparing lunch in Qingfengzhai at this time, so he turned the horse's head and went directly to Qingfengzhai.

He rushed to the gate of Qingfengzhai, and ran into Shi Er who was escorting a customer out of the shop. When he saw Bai Ye, Shi Er apologized to the guest and hurried forward to meet Bai Ye, holding the horse's rein . "Second Master, you are back!"

Bai Ye got off his horse and walked into the shop. "Where's Xiao Ran? Is he all right?"

"Second Master, Second Master, Mr. Xiao is not in the shop." Shi Er casually tied the reins of the horse to the hitching post and followed Bai Ye into the shop. "He went to a neighboring county to deliver goods yesterday, and he won't be back until this afternoon."

Hearing this, Bai Ye stopped in his tracks and cast a glance. "How could it be Xiao Ran who delivered the goods? Is there no one in the store? Xiao Ran is not here, why are you still there? I told you to follow him every step of the way, did you forget? Also, don't you always call him the third master?" , or you started calling it that way here, why did you suddenly change it to Young Master Xiao?"

The exhaustion of rushing back all the way, the anxiety of worrying about Xiao Ran, and the suspicion of the current situation made Bai Ye look quite good, and the faint murderous look brought by the furrowed eyebrows made Shi Er stagger back a few times in fright. Take a step to stand firm.

"Second Master..." Shi Er smiled wryly: "If it wasn't for Third Master to ask us to change back to the original name, Second Master, do you think we would change it? Don't say it's freezing cold today, even on weekdays, we wouldn't Dare to let the third master deliver the goods! But the third master must ask him to go... Shi Er wanted to go with the third master, but the third master asked Shi Er to keep it, saying that there are many customers these days, and only shopkeeper Liu is afraid I can't take care of you. Shi Er begged the third master a few times to not let me follow, and Shi Er can't do anything..."

Bai Ye's lips were tightly pursed, his two handsome eyebrows were almost connected together, and he turned around and walked out with a sudden stop. "Come here and tell me about the latest situation."

There can only be one reason for Xiao Ran to decide to deliver the goods by himself, he doesn't want to stay here, that's why he made such an excuse to deliver the goods.

He Ruhui, what did you do to force the docile Xiao Ran to go out of town rather than take care of Qingfengzhai?

He Ruhui, do you want to force Xiao Ran away from me again?