At this moment, Bai Zhi finally understood why her grandfather had gotten into trouble in his past life; it might have been because he discovered something.
Now, Bai Da had been captured; could he possibly know something?
And who exactly had hypnotized Bai Da? All this made them realize the need to be cautious even in safety.
Perhaps just as Great Grandpa had said, the greatest seclusion is to hide in the public eye. It was likely due to Bai Family Village’s ordinary façade that nothing had been discovered.
But what about the future?
In her past life, Nan Xi was too high-profile, with ginseng and lingzhi and all such fine medicinal herbs readily available to anyone who wanted them, which may have eventually led to their complete downfall.
It might look glamorous, but it could also be another way of courting death; they had no foundation at all.
"Grandpa, Great Grandpa, then what should my cousin and I do now?"
It couldn’t just be to tell them all this, could it?
"Don’t worry about it. Aren’t we here for you now? You two still have time. We plan to start you on comprehensive learning. Rest assured, it won’t be difficult..."
Bai Dan spoke up at this point. It would be just like them, having gone through countless hardships, a real struggle.
"You two are still in school, so let’s start with theoretical knowledge. There are books in the study; you two must memorize them all by the New Year, thoroughly.
Since you’ve chosen this path, our demands on you will certainly be different from now on. Oh yes, you also need to go to the mountains to learn from Old Han during the weekends..."
Bai Dan, Bai Ming, and Old Han had already discussed their future path.
"Right, Wu Wa will also learn with you. You, Bai Zhi, will go tell her about it."
Wu Wa was a Wu Family child and the next Guardian. Her mother had long entrusted the core matters to Wu Wa, who in turn had placed them with Old Han.
"Alright, I understand."
Bai Zhi nodded her head; no wonder her grandfather had said that Wu Wa was related to their family. So that’s how it was.
She also understood why Wu Wa’s Mommy had entrusted Wu Wa to her.
"That’s enough for you to know now. Just continue with your usual lives; there’s no need to be too anxious. Forget everything from today and work hard in the future. When you are qualified, you will get to know more."
Right now, saying they were unarmed wouldn’t be an overstatement, so knowing too much wouldn’t be good.
"Grandpa, Second Grandpa, I have an idea, but I’m not sure if I should say it."
Bai Xiang frowned, seemingly pondering for a long time before finally speaking.
"Let’s hear it." Bai Dan was somewhat curious about what Bai Xiang was going to say.
"I think we can’t keep hiding in plain sight. I should become wealthy, a celebrity, so that no one can ignore us. We should become influential figures so that others won’t dare to mess with us easily.
If they were really to continue hiding in plain sight, they wouldn’t be sent back to farm, would they? He didn’t want that; he wanted to earn lots of small money, to count money until his hands cramped.
Bai Dan just smiled and said nothing. This Bai Xiang, really...
"Cousin, just say it directly that you like to make small money, that you’re just afraid you won’t be able to earn it."
Did he really need to put it in such a righteous manner? It was a bit exasperating.
Bai Xiang glared at Bai Zhi. The two of them were really in cahoots, weren’t they? There was no future in the village, so they surely couldn’t just give up earning money and studying just because of that, could they?
"But what you said is not wrong, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, I think we don’t need to hide ourselves. We should just live openly and properly, wouldn’t that be good?"
What Bai Zhi didn’t say was that, as Bai Xiang mentioned, when one reaches a certain status and has influence, one’s sudden disappearance would naturally arouse suspicion, ensuring that others wouldn’t dare to take action.