AACFR 3

 

Chapter 3 [Coveted Shares]

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Mrs. Li felt that she was probably getting older, so it was tinnitus? Or she just didn't hear it clearly?

"Did I hear it wrong? Son, tell me again, who are you going to marry?" How did she hear the name of her grandson? Shouldn't it be her fifth son Li Yu?

Father Bai's scalp was numb, and there was an ominous premonition, especially Hao Baoqian, who raised her hand with a pale face to cover Bai Chenghan's mouth, but in front of Mrs. Li, who had sunk down, she didn't dare to move.

Bai Wenyu was so frightened that he stayed still and forgot to move. He actually said like that? Why did he say Brother Zizheng? Did he ever refer as Brother Zizheng? Didn’t Bai Chenghan just call him Li Zizheng before?

And what expression does he have?

However, Bai Chenghan looked at Mrs. Li blankly and innocently, his eyes were wide open, and his pupils were as clear as glass beads: "Eh? Didn't we say we were going to talk about my marriage with Brother Zizheng? After all, it was decided since childhood. Although my mother passed away long ago, and my grandmother just left, they all hope that I can have a family as soon as possible."

Bai Chenghan's operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the whole box was completely silent.

Father Bai was the first to react: "Old lady, this, this……we can explain this matter!"

Mrs. Li frowned and looked around, and finally her sharp eyes fell on Bai Wenyu who often appeared in Li's house: "Tell me, what's going on?"

She is not stupid. Although the so-called "relative" of the Bai family didn't say much, they themselves explained clearly in a few words.

He and Zizheng had a child relationship from childhood, and his mother had long since passed away. This completely matched the "Bai Wenyu" that the Li family originally thought.

Bai Wenyu's face was pale, he knew it was over, everything was over.

He knew why Bai Chenghan agreed to come over so readily, he just wanted to pierce the window paper, but how did he know what the Bai family had done these years?

Bai Chenghan took the expressions of the three of them into his eyes, and also guessed Bai Wenyu's thoughts at this moment.

He naturally knew, after all, he had already experienced it once in his previous life, and the three members of the Bai family used the same method in his previous life, but he was a newcomer to the Bai family, and he was gentle and didn't suspect that others had evil intentions, so he really believed it.

But in the end what happened? After he married into the Li family, he found out that he was not marrying Li Zizheng, but his uncle Li Yu.

Then Bai Wenyu got engaged to Li Zizheng, and they became a couple that everyone envied.

Not only that, but because the Bai family tricked him into giving Li Yu the betrothal gift that should have been given to him by the Li family, not only a few properties, but also 10 million cash, these were all external possessions, the most important thing is that the Li family felt indebted to him, the old lady gave him 1% of the shares of the Li Group.

Although Li's shares were not many, they were transferred to Bai Wenyu, whichlater escorted Bai Wenyu into the circle, and even made Bai Wenyu arrogant and proud because of his status as a shareholder of Li's Group.

In addition, when Li Zizheng competed for the status of the leader of the Li Group, this 1% just allowed him to win this point, and successfully controlled the Li Group.

And all of this came from something that should belong to Bai Chenghan, but the result?

When Bai Wenyu and Li Zizheng got married, he and Li Yu were killed and injured in a car accident. Li Yu died for him. Although he survived, he limped a leg and ruined his face.

So you still want to step on him in this life? Don't even think about it!

Seeing Bai Wenyu's faltering, Mrs. Li frowned more and more tightly: "Why, is it hard to say? Didn't your father say that you were the child back then, who married Zizheng? Ms. Qiu saved Zizheng's mother and is the reason for this marriage contract. If it is not Ms. Qiu's flesh and blood, then you cannot enter my Li family!"

"Old lady!" Bai Wenyu's face turned pale, he didn't expect the old lady to speak so seriously, this would cut off his possibility of following Brother Zizheng in the future.

Bai Wenyu raised his eyes again and already made a decision in his heart, he has to get himself out of this matter.

Almost thinking together, he raised his eyes again, the eyes were already red, he hesitated to speak and stopped to look at his parents. With a desperate and regretful expression, he said: "Dad, Mom, back then……why did you tell such a lie? Now even if I say I just found out not long ago, I'm afraid……no one will believe it."

The subtext in his words immediately woke up Father Bai and Hao Baoqian, who were still in a trance, and immediately got up together to take the matter to themselves: "Old lady, this matter really has nothing to do with Wenyu, it's just a difference between me and his mother, and also back then, the child Chenghan was weak, so he was sent back to his grandmother's house. At that time, there was a problem with my company, and the Li family came to find me, so I changed my mind……Wenyu also hid it from him, it wasn't until Chenghan came back a month ago that he couldn't hide it anymore."

Bai Wenyu turned his head at the right time, biting his lip, as if he didn't want to mention it but felt wronged.

If it is revealed that he is just a victim, he is also being concealed.

The old lady had been listening quietly, and she also took this scene into her eyes, but her eyes became darker and darker. Did their family treat her as a fool?

Looking at Bai Wenyu's red-eyed and nonchalant appearance of throwing the pot out, the old lady was thinking that the little affection she had given and cared for over the years was replaced by her dislike, and she wanted to give him a chance.

But he let her down too much: "I didn't know before, but you didn't know that your partner tricked this child over to marry my fifth child?"

Bai Wenyu's expression froze immediately, he lowered his eyes, and continued to want to throw the blame away.

The old lady was already too lazy to listen to his sophistry: "Let this child speak for himself. Do you know that what you came here to discuss today is not your marriage with Zizheng, but a celebration for my fifth son?"

"Congratulations? What congratulations?" Bai Chenghan's expression became more and more dazed at the right time. After looking around, he seemed to understand something, and immediately frowned, he knew everything, but he didn't immediately criticize before he was sure, and his back was still straight.

kiwii: you might be confused by these celebration or congratulations words, here the author is conveying about the engagement that can also be called to congratulate, at least this is what the author wrote in the original text so I didn't alter words so as not to disrespect the author's work. You can understand it as engagement/marriage too. Original text: ““冲喜？什么冲喜？” pronounced as chongxi. Sorry for the bad quality of the image, idk why, the pic is perfectly clear in my gallery, it suddenly turned this bad when uploaded here...

This momentary emotional change, calm and dignified, did not even reveal a single bit of real emotion, but made people feel more distressed and pitiful.

On the one hand, he has a petty air that unceremoniously throws the blame at others, and on the other hand, he has years of polished calmness; in the past she thought Bai Wenyu was not bad, now the old lady regrets she also has seen wrong.

Hao Baoqian noticed the disappointed look in the old lady's eyes, calculated a little bit in her heart, and suddenly stood up and bowed: "Old lady, this matter really has nothing to do with Wenyu, it was me and his father who forced him to do this, he just listened to us, can we not tell that kid Zizheng about this?"

Now the only possibility that can be redeemed is Li Zizheng's attitude, but if this matter is told by the old lady to him, it will definitely not have the same effect as Wenyu.

So they can only hold on until Wen Yu coaxes Zizheng back.

After all these years of affections, don't think that Zizheng is willing to give up on Wenyu and choose that bastard.

Bai Chenghan, who was watching the show, suddenly said: "I'm afraid it's too late."

Everyone looked at him, but Bai Chenghan pointed to the door of the box: "He's here." He was the one who called Li Zizheng here.

After all, in this good show, how can we let go of the other protagonist? Isn’t Li Zizheng, the protagonist, more in love with Bai Wenyu than anything else? He wants to see, now facing this situation, whether he chooses true love or treachery.

Choosing the former to get true love and choosing the latter……is nothing more than losing your credibility and letting the dust accompany your character forever.

Li Zizheng was notified by the aunt/maid of the Bai family, saying that the Bai family was going to discuss the marriage with the Li family today, Li Zizheng could not sit still when he got the news, he thought it was because the family wanted to tell him in private so they didn't bring him along.

But he hasn't proposed yet, how can he marry so hastily? So he simply ran to the meeting place, but when he got there, he was stunned: Why is Wenyu there? Even the relative of the Bai family who have met him twice.

Li Zizheng's appearance completely made the box surprisingly quiet. His gaze looked around, and first fell on Bai Wenyu, who was biting his lips with red eyes and hesitated to speak. If it was normal, he would definitely go up to coax him immediately.

But today the elders were here, he is not a person who is too outgoing, he feels uncomfortable being stared at like this, and he also thinks it is not appropriate for Wenyu to show such an expression in public.

Especially beside him was Bai Chenghan who was sitting there quietly and looking over with a blank expression.

Li Zizheng had seen this relative of the Bai family from a distance before, and he hadn't paid much attention to him before, but this time when he took a closer look, he was taken aback.

Bai Chenghan is like a high-profile version of Bai Wenyu, not to mention, even compared with Bai Wenyu's aggrieved expression of red eyes and pursed lips at this moment, the temperament is not a bit higher, but did the other party look like this when they met before? The impression was completely innocent.

But Li Zizheng quickly withdrew his gaze and greeted the three elders: "I'm late, since you want to discuss the engagement, why didn't you call me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene became even more silent.

The only one who was more comfortable was probably Bai Chenghan, who even curled the corners of his mouth gracefully, closed his eyes and did not speak.

The old lady put the cup down heavily. Bai Wenyu seemed to be frightened, and tears immediately rolled down. Li Zizheng reflexively walked up to him and gently hugged him: "What's the matter? Did I say something wrong?" 

Seeing him hugging Bai Wenyu, the old lady's face became more serious: "Since you are unwilling to speak, then I will say." Especially looking at Bai Chenghan who was listening quietly with downcast eyes, she felt sorry for this good boy. Bai Wenyu, who had already plunged headlong into Li Zizheng's arms to express his sympathy, looked even uglier.

The old lady talked about the matter in a few words, and finally made a final decision: "Fortunately, you haven't got engaged yet, so everything is on time. Now each of you is in charge of your duties, Zizheng, in the future, you should get in touch with Chenghan more, he will be your real marriage partner." 

Hearing this, Bai Wenyu's face was as pale as paper, and his body was crumbling, so he suddenly turned Bai Chenghan and begged, "Oh, brother, I know I was wrong about this, but I love brother Zizheng, we grew up together, like a bamboo horse, I love him I am also a victim. I always thought that I was the child to match, and I was also deceived. Now I am suddenly told to separate myself and brother Zizheng. I can’t stand it. Brother, please help me and brother Zizheng, okay? Brother, I know the Li family has a big business, even if you have no relationship with Brother Zizheng, you are willing to have this marriage, but I don’t want anything, I just want to be with Brother Zizheng, please don’t break us up, okay?"

After hearing this, Bai Chenghan wanted to applaud Bai Wenyu. With a few words, first, he took and positioned himself as a victim to win Li Zizheng's sympathy; tell him not to break them up; and second almost saying how could he be so cruel and not spare the lovers?

Bai Chenghan looked at Bai Wenyu quietly, his pupils were pitch black, at this moment quietly looking at people like this, his face was pale and bloodless, but he still kept his back straight, the corners of his mouth still had a decent smile, but his whole body was on the verge of falling apart, his lips moved, and finally his white lips parted, and said softly in a hoarse voice: "......Okay."

He only said one word the whole time, but he said everything.

His grievances, his sadness, but his pride and reason do not allow him to be with a person who has someone else in his heart.

Let alone this situation.

Li Zizheng was standing next to Bai Wenyu, and was also close to Bai Chenghan, so he could clearly see the emotional changes in his eyes, and it was also the most shocking one. At that moment, Li Zizheng felt guilty in his heart, and turned his eyes away, not daring to look at him: "I'm sorry…..."

Bai Wenyu has known Li Zizheng for so many years, but he couldn't hear his emotional changes, especially his soft-spoken comfort. He was so angry. Did he take a fancy to Bai Chenghan's face?

Bai Wenyu felt a sense of crisis, but he didn't dare to talk too much at this moment.

The old lady felt a pain in her heart, she looked at the lonely and thin appearance with lowered eyes after he finished speaking, even so, his back was still straight, his long eyelashes covered all the expressions in his eyes, he was silent, but it made people feel sad and pitiful.

She could feel the grievance he couldn't express. On the one hand, he was his half-brother, and on the other hand, he was the fiancé of the person he had always thought of since childhood, but in the end, he was betrayed three times in one day.

The younger brother pried his fiancé and forced him to let him go.

The fiancé's heart and eyes were all about someone else.

The most cruel thing is, in order to get rid of him, he tricked him into marrying someone else.

"Boom!" Mrs. Li was the first to get angry. She looked at Li Zizheng who was standing behind Bai Wenyu with a sullen face, "You just let him push others like this? You have to figure it out that Mr. Bai is your fiancé!"

From this child to Mr. Bai, the change in address also shows the change in the old lady's attitude, a little more respect and appreciation.

Being neither humble nor overbearing, not chaotic in the face of danger, calm and moderate, this is more suitable for their Li family.

Li Zizheng sighed: "Grandma, Wenyu is also innocent, I have never even seen this……Mr. Bai."

"Did you call Mr. Bai? That is your fiancé whom you were matched with in your childhood!" Mrs. Li knocked on the table, "There is also him, I won't admit that he's innocent, he has a lot of heart at such a young age."

She didn't believe that Bai Wenyu really didn't know from the beginning to the end. Not only did he know, but he kept it a secret. Instead, he took the opportunity to impress Zizheng.

However, Li Zizheng held Bai Wenyu's shoulder and patted him comfortingly. Even though he was guilty, he didn't leave him, his eyes were firm: "Grandma, what year is this? You matched us on fingertips, I don't recognize what the previous generation set, I only recognize Wenyu."

Father Bai and Hao Baoqian breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

She just raised his eyes and saw Bai Chenghan smiling innocently, she was furious.

Mrs. Li looked disappointedly at this junior who had always loved her: "Do you really want to be with this wicked junior?"

Li Zizheng frowned, not agreeing with the evil intentions, Wenyu was kind and simple, where was the evil intentions? "I only love Wenyu in my life."

Mrs. Li said, "That is to say, even if you are with him, you will be willing to have nothing to do with Li's Group in the future?"

As soon as these words came out, Father Bai and Hao Baoqian became anxious, how could this be possible?

Without the Li family, what is Li Zizheng? But they didn't dare to really say it. Today is the beginning of death. If there is another person who dislikes the poor and loves the rich, it will really be a dead end.

Maybe Mrs. Li is just scaring Zizheng.

Bai Chenghan was surprised, he didn't expect the old lady to be so decisive, his eyes were tinged with vivid brilliance, shining brightly, he couldn't wait to know how Li Zizheng would continue, without the Li family, would Bai Wenyu, his true destiny, still have feelings for him?

Li Zizheng didn't believe that the old lady would really do this, after thinking about it, he still nodded: "......Yes."

Mrs. Li completely lost her expression, because there is no need to be disappointed if he gives up, she waved her hand, too lazy to look at these people again: "Since this is your decision, then don't regret it, you can go."

"But……" Father Bai wanted to say something more, but in the end Li Zizheng was stubborn and took Bai Wenyu away.

Bai Chenghan couldn't help applauding Li Zizheng's courage at this moment, but he didn't know if he could be as tough as this moment after he really lost the Li family's inheritance rights. After all, in his previous life, Li Zizheng succeeded in becoming the new leader of the Li family.

He ended up being out?

When the box was quiet again, Mrs. Li looked at Bai Chenghan and sighed: "Mr. Bai, you have been wronged."

Bai Chenghan smiled wryly: "Old lady, you have also seen that the two of them are stronger than gold, so why is there any need for me to exist? It's just that I have one thing I want to ask old lady."

Mrs. Li was taken aback for a moment: "What's the matter?"

Bai Chenghan looked at her seriously: "I just heard that the old lady is talking about marriage for her fifth son……Old lady, didn't you want me to marry Mr. Li Yu earlier?"

Mrs. Li was puzzled: "Yes, is there a problem?"

Bai Chenghan lowered his eyes in silence for a moment, and when he raised his eyes again, there were stars shining in his eyes, which were extraordinarily dazzling: "Then what does the old lady think of me? How about we talk about celebration?"

Old lady: ?? What, what?

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kiwii: uhh…this novel actually has a lot of broken English, the tlations might feel rough, my apologies. It took me a whole two hours to tl this chapter 😭 cause the words were super confusing and it was hard to know who was talking and referring to whom. But that's just a matter of fact, cause as you progress the reading further, your doubts will be cleared and it will be satisfying!

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