The first time she was rejected, the woman wasn’t in a hurry; after all, she was determined to get the Mu Family’s possessions.
After the woman prepared the meal, everyone began to wolf it down. In Old Mrs. Mu’s heart, perhaps her son wasn’t that important after all since she could still eat, right?
If she was truly worried, wouldn’t she have lost her appetite?
That afternoon, Bai Guang returned to the village with Bai Xin and Bai Zhi. Bai Xin did not bring back those items; she had Bai Guang sell them off instead.
She didn’t want them anymore, as they reminded her of that dog Mu Yi. Bai Zhi, however, stepped in and asked Bai Guang to store them in the storeroom of the house their grandfather had bought, thinking they might appreciate in value.
Only then did Bai Xin agree, but she didn’t want to see them anymore. She finally freed herself from Mu Yi and felt an immense sense of relief and joy.
From now on, she would just be Bai Xin, living only for herself.
"Xingxing, I’m in a good mood today. Let’s make some barbecue, and then we can roast a chicken. How does that sound? I’ll go get some pork from Brother Li."
Without waiting for Bai Zhi’s response, Bai Xin happily left the house. Watching her departing figure, Bair Zhi felt a bit worried.
She should have dealt with Mu Yi first at that time. Her aunt...
"Why the long face? Don’t underestimate your aunt. Our Bai Family girls can get through anything, right?"
Looking at Bai Zhi’s sour expression, Bai Guang ruffled her head, laughing as he spoke. The girls from the Bai Family were strong, weren’t they?
"It’s not that, I’m not worried about Aunt getting through it. Uncle, I’m afraid of what Mu Yi might have done to her. Uncle, I’m going to find Master."
At that moment, Bai Zhi hated her own powerlessness, hated the fact that she didn’t know medicine. If she had learned, could she already be treating her aunt now? She ran swiftly...
Old Han had just returned home. He and Bai Dan had to make sure one of them was always at home, looking after the children.
"Why are you rushing like that? Today you’ll do your own acupuncture..."
Bai Zhi was still learning acupuncture and could do it by herself. But she was clueless about everything else. Even if she had memorized many medicinal herbs, it didn’t mean she could use them recklessly. In that moment, Bai Zhi suddenly really wanted to learn medicine.
"Master, I want to learn medicine."
It was the first time Bai Zhi had looked at Old Han so seriously and earnestly.
"Before, I thought I didn’t want to learn, even felt some resistance. I just wanted to learn about herbs to create beauty recipes, but now I want to study medicine." She finally understood why Uncle Li Mo said he had no regrets.
"Oh? Your sudden seriousness surprises me."
Was Bai Zhi not intelligent? No, on the contrary, she was very smart and stubborn. She knew clearly what she wanted, which was why she pored over botanical atlases and studied earnestly, yet never touched the medical books.
Sometimes even Bai Zhi didn’t understand why she resisted so much. Perhaps she felt she wasn’t as great as Li Mo, afraid she couldn’t bear the heavy responsibility of life. Or maybe because she feared her own selfishness.
But at this moment, she was finally ready to face it, willing to learn, and she was very clear, she would not regret it.
She wanted to learn, she needed to learn, whether it was beauty treatment, medicine, acupuncture, or more skills. She deeply understood one thing: only when she was strong enough could she face more storms. Grandfather said, the wind is picking up...
With Mu Yi’s arrest, many things came to light, including the Ou Family’s ambitions...