Chapter 28: Refused at the Door

  "Ji Ningning, did we make a deal?"

  I just got off the bus and walked a bit, and finally arrived at the address given by Jinming Mei. In front of me was a luxurious and majestic villa. Cen Yanqiu is also a child born into a relatively well-off family, who doesn't know the value of rice, oil, and salt, but has never seen such a luxurious house before.

  Ji Ningning took a deep breath, looked at the door plate in front of her, then glanced at the address in her hand, and smiled faintly: "I've long heard that Bai Yaya is a rich young lady, but I really didn't expect her family to be so luxurious!"

  "Will a wealthy family like theirs think we're being too rude with this sudden visit?" Xun Yanqiu turned his head slightly and glanced at Ji Ningning.

  Ji Ningning raised her head and looked back at Cen Yanqiu with great disdain, her words also full of contempt. "Can't you be less crude?"

  "Cough, cough..." Xun Yanqiu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and burst out laughing with an extremely dark belly laugh, "I'm just such a coarse person, living in this coarse world, leading a coarse life, liking coarse things, and even more so, liking coarse people!"

  "How annoying!" Ji Ningning couldn't bear to look at his self-satisfied expression, and didn't bother to respond to him. She walked forward and pressed the doorbell.

  Cen Yanqiu smiled slightly and poked her head out of the villa's gate, only to find that inside was as beautiful as a garden. No wonder Bai Lianya was as lovely as a flower - it turned out that her home was a beautiful garden itself.

  "Hey, Xun Yanqiu, don't look around randomly! It's too rude!" Ji Ningning reminded from behind.

  Before long, a middle-aged woman was seen walking out from inside.

  "I guess she must be a nanny!" Cen Yanqiu couldn't help but turn his head to take a look at Ji Ningning, and he also couldn't help but make a guess.

  Ji Ningning glared at him without hesitation, then smiled and walked forward.

  Of course, the people inside also came to the front gate. "Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged woman was also gentle and smiled as she asked the question beside the iron gate.

  "Auntie, we're classmates of Bai Lianya. She hasn't come to school for several days now, so we came to see how she's doing..." Ji Ningning said with a smile.

  The middle-aged woman was surprised and hastily said: "Lingya has not been at home! Didn't she rent a house outside? How come, didn't she go to school?"

  Upon hearing this, Cen Yanqiu and Ji Ningning couldn't help but exchange a bewildered glance, neither of them understood what was going on. Bai Yaya wasn't the type to skip school, yet she had been absent for three days already, and her family didn't even know!

  "Zheng Shu, what's wrong?" At this time, a boy in his teens walked slowly from behind the middle-aged woman, also wearing the uniform of Cheng Xia Academy.

  Xun Yanqiu wasn't surprised either, because he had seen this boy before. He was Bai Ruoya's twin brother, Bai Ruo Shao from Class B of the first year.

  Bai Li saw Cen Yan Qiu and Ji Ning Ning, then slightly furrowed her brow, turned her head, glanced at Zheng Shu, and said: "Zheng Shu, open the door and let them in!"

  "Oh oh oh...... I almost forgot......" Zheng Shu nodded and hurriedly took the key in her hand to open the door.

  "Zheng Shu, my classmates are here, I'll chat with them for a while, you go ahead and take care of things!" Bai Qiao's brother was also handsome, just like Bai Qiao Ya, they were like the golden boy and jade girl, making people envy.

  Zheng Shu heard this and didn't want to stay any longer, so she hastily walked back into the house.

  Bai Li Shao looked at Cen Yan Qiu and Ji Ning Ning, then said: "Sorry, my grandfather is at home, so I won't invite you in."

  "It's okay," Ji Ningning smiled slightly, she had also heard that Bai Yaya had a twin brother, it seemed that the boy in front of her was him, "We just came to talk to Yaya, since she's not here, we'll leave too. If there's anything, our class teacher will come over."

  "She hasn't been home for several days, so you'd better go to school and find her tomorrow!" Bai Lian said, also glancing at Cen Yanqiu. He remembered that Cen Yanqiu was the president of the animation club, and Bai Liya would often go to the animation club, probably because of this person in front of him. In the past, he had never seen his sister get close to anyone, because she was introverted and liked to be alone, but he didn't expect her to hang out with people from the animation club.

  Cen Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes, it seemed that Bai Yaya hadn't gone to school and her family didn't know about it. He pouted and said: "She hasn't been to school for three days already, our class teacher called your house, but only your grandfather answered, he said she was sick, so we came over to take a look. But she's not answering our calls, don't know if she's really sick or not. Just now, Zheng Shu from your household said she wasn't at home, seems like they're completely unaware of her situation."

  "I understand......" Bai Ruo Sha helplessly narrowed his eyes, and his breathing also became lighter. "You all go back!"

  "But..." Ji Ningning was about to say something, but was suddenly pulled back by Cen Yanqiu, causing her to swallow back the words she had just spoken.

  "Since she's not here, let's go to the small rental house to find her. Although we don't know what happened to her, we'll help her out, absolutely won't stand by and do nothing!" Xun Yanqiu said, also looking at Bai Ruishao, as if this speech was intentionally directed at him.

  Bai Rui Shao also understood what Cen Yan Qiu meant, and he smiled slightly. He turned to Ji Ningning beside Cen Yanqiu and said: "Thank you for being so concerned about my sister. I've been busy with school lately and forgot that she was sick. She's resting in her room now and will go back to school in a few days."

  "Which means, she's not in the small rental house either?" Cen Yanqiu only felt that Bai Ruo's words were contradictory, but one thing was certain, he knew where Bai Ruoyi was, and perhaps he really couldn't interfere too much.

  Bai Li nodded, "Since my grandfather said she was sick at home, then she must be at home. How could she be in a small rental house?"

  "Then we won't disturb her, let's wait until she gets better before coming to school!" Xun Yanqiu put his hands back in his pockets, somewhat rude, and turned around to leave.

  Ji Ningning seemed to understand as well and hastily said to Bai Cui Shao: "Excuse us, we'll take our leave first!"

  "Hmm..." Bai Li Shao watched the two people leave, and only then did he realize that it was already dusk again. He slightly furrowed his brow and hastily turned around to head home.

  The White family's house was very large. Bai Lian stepped into the hall with big strides, but didn't see his grandfather. At this time of day, his grandfather would usually be here drinking tea. He guessed that since his grandfather wasn't in the hall, he should be on the second floor balcony. That being said, just now his grandfather should have also seen the classmates who came to visit.

  Bai Ruoshao let out a sigh and hurried towards the stairs. Sure enough, after passing through the second floor's hall, he really did see Old Man Bai on the balcony.

  At this time, Old White sat in a chair, leisurely sipping tea, and didn't even notice the sudden arrival of his grandson.

  "Grandpa, did you send Xiaoya back to her hometown?" Bai Chao asked as soon as she came up.

  The old man didn't even lift an eyebrow, put down the precious tea cup in his hand, and said slowly: "Did you practice piano today?"

  "Grandpa, I'm asking you about Xiaoya!" Bai Chao didn't understand why his grandfather always stared at him, forcing him to do things he didn't want to do. Their family was clearly a big one, so why did Grandpa favor boys over girls, ignoring his sister and being strict with him?

  The old man slowly got up, looked at Bai Ruoshao's serious face, and said solemnly: "She should go where she should go! She was already sent to your aunt in the first place, she is your aunt's child, what are you worried about? Your aunt will teach her well!"