"Keep your voice down..." Cheng Shishi’s voice grew louder, and Bai Yiran didn’t know how to explain the origin of her injuries to her. She could only say, "No, he didn’t hit me... I fell on my own."
"You sure fell across a large area..."
"It really was serious. I don’t want Grandma, Uncle, and Aunt to worry, so I’m staying at Lou Jing’s for a while. Once my injuries are better, I’ll go back. Don’t worry!"
"Are you sure it wasn’t Leng Yichen?" Ever since the scandal with Wang Manfei started, Cheng Shishi had stopped calling him brother-in-law.
"It wasn’t..."
"So how do you plan to handle your relationship with him? You can’t keep dragging it out like this!"
Bai Yiran let out a bitter smile, "Let’s just leave it like this for now. We haven’t known each other for long; maybe over time, he’ll decide to divorce me on his own."
Cheng Shishi felt sorry for her ill-fated cousin. Losing her mother early, being kicked out by her biological father at a young age, struggling to grow up and fall in love, she had her boyfriend stolen by that bitch Bai Qianyu. She thought that marrying Leng Yichen would mean she’d never have to worry again, but who knew Leng Yichen would turn out to be such a bastard!
"These clothes and things are from my mom. You need to take good care of yourself," Cheng Shishi handed Bai Yiran a large bag, "I’ll be going now. Take care of your injuries."
"Mm!" Bai Yiran’s eyes reddened. Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, and Cheng Shishi were the people who treated her the best in this life, and they were the most important family to Bai Yiran.
Lou Jing slept a whole day, occasionally waking up to eat a meal Bai Yiran made for her. She was glad to finally not have to order takeout.
At six in the afternoon, Lou Jing started putting on makeup and dressing up. Before seven, she headed out to work.
Bai Yiran thought she couldn’t just live off Lou Jing for free, so she decided it was best to buy some groceries.
After a quick tidy-up, Bai Yiran went to the nearest big supermarket and encountered someone she disliked.
Xu Juan was sampling a sausage. She saw Bai Yiran approaching from afar, her eyes filled with mocking laughter.
"Oh, it’s Yiran. How come you’re at the supermarket alone?"
"Mm." Bai Yiran didn’t want to engage with Xu Juan at all.
Unhappy with Bai Yiran’s indifferent attitude, Xu Juan’s mocking smile deepened, "Why isn’t Yichen with you? Oh, I forgot, Yichen’s been busy with the famous star Wang Manfei lately!"
Xu Juan’s voice was loud enough for everyone around to hear, drawing attention.
Bai Yiran felt a bit embarrassed but didn’t like Xu Juan’s arrogant demeanor. "Auntie, you are truly forgetful. How could you forget what happened not long ago? No matter who Leng Yichen’s woman is, she won’t be someone you’ve arranged! As for whether I have someone to accompany me, that’s none of your concern. You’d better spend more time comforting your goddaughter—getting beaten for being a mistress is nothing good!"
With that, Bai Yiran walked away with her head held high.
Ugh!
Xu Juan spat on Bai Yiran’s back, staring at her viciously, "Stubborn duck! Let’s see how long you can keep acting high and mighty!"
Bai Yiran stayed at Lou Jing’s for a few days, and her injuries gradually faded.
At night, Lou Jing went to work, and Bai Yiran lay in bed talking on the phone with Cheng Shishi.
"How’s everything at home?"
"Not good..." Cheng Shishi’s tone was a bit downcast.
"What’s wrong?" Bai Yiran frowned, wondering what had happened.
"Sigh... It’s my dad. He recently lost several big cases he was handling and got demoted from his position as sales manager. Now he’s a sales department supervisor... He looks so dispirited. I can’t bear to see it."