Chapter 29: Country Road

  Just after the rain, the air in the countryside was a bit humid. On the small path by the field, she walked quietly and elegantly. She wore a light yellow tank top with a white short skirt, revealing her fair long legs. Her black hair fluttered gently in the clear breeze. Such an adorable yet elegant girl, passersby could tell at a glance that she was from the city.

  In fact, this remote village is where Bai Liya grew up. She spent her entire elementary school years here, and it wasn't until she entered junior high that her mother took her back.

  These days, she has been staying here and hasn't gone to school. She doesn't seem to be nervous at all. Originally, she was a person who didn't care about anything and wasn't concerned about whether or not to go to school.

  Her father, Bai Jingyuan, was a fashion designer who lived in the United States and not in China. She didn't see her own father throughout elementary school, and only saw him twice during her three years of junior high school. Once was during Chinese New Year in her second year of junior high, and another time was when her grandmother passed away in her third year of junior high. Her father didn't like her and had hardly said a few words to her. She only remembered that at her grandmother's funeral, her father told her, "Come back more often during holidays to accompany your aunt!"

  Yes, she was raised by her aunt Bai Jingqiu. When she was still a baby, her father heartlessly sent her to her aunt because her aunt had no children of her own. Over the years, her aunt has been very fond of her, treating her like her own biological daughter. Before elementary school third grade, she didn't even know that her aunt was her aunt and would tirelessly call out "mom" every day. And before then, she also shared the same surname as her uncle Guan.

  That day, she went to her uncle's house in D City with "Dad" and "Mom". She accidentally overheard the adults talking in the living room, seemingly about evading childcare fees or something. It gradually escalated into a quarrel. She and Bai Liao Shao, also a third-grader, hid behind the door and listened clearly. Not one person in the family was willing to spend a single cent to raise her.

  Auntie married into this remote village and lived a life of rising with the sun and resting with the sunset, seemingly having nothing to do with the White family. Sometimes she even felt that Auntie was not Grandfather's daughter at all, because Grandfather had never paid attention to them.

  Her uncle Guan Jun drank and gambled, owed a lot of debt, and was drunk every day. He didn't know about work, nor did he care about her or her aunt. She really couldn't understand how her aunt, who was once a rich young lady, had been so infatuated with such a man that she married him.

  She thought that in this world, only her aunt and biological mother loved her the most. Her mother would send living expenses to her aunt every month, and her aunt also took care of her daily life.

  When she entered high school, she went to D City and returned to her own home. The life that many people envied was, in her opinion, extremely miserable. Her father was often away from home, and her mother was the general manager of a clothing company, always having no time to accompany her. At home, there were only her grandfather, brother, and Zheng Shu, and she had nothing to talk about with her brother, although he was very enthusiastic towards her.

  What made her suffer was that her grandfather had always been indifferent to her, and even when they met, he pretended not to see her. She greeted him, but he rarely responded to her, making her feel like the air in the house, often not wanting to go home. What made her even more suffering was that during her third year of junior high school, her grandfather actually arranged for her to be engaged to Tian Weichang, which she simply could not accept, and an fiancé suddenly appeared out of nowhere, deciding her life like this.

  She was always called out by Tian Weichang, even if she didn't want to go, Grandpa would urge her on. Gradually, she got to know the people around Tian Weichang, Liu Kai was Tian Weichang's classmate. Unbeknownst to her, she ended up with Liu Kai. That day, Liu Kai was brought by Tian Weichang to fight, and then there was no news from him. She knew that Liu Kai must be avoiding her and didn't want to see her again.

  She's just that kind of person, always being abandoned, abandoned by her own father and mother, and also abandoned by the people she likes. Sometimes she feels very brave, gritting her teeth, and has walked such a long way.

  The wind in the fields is very cool, because it has rained, and there is a faint scent of grass in the air. Bai Liya doesn't like this place, but she likes quietness, so she also thinks that only here is a piece of sky.

  I don't know how long I walked, but finally arrived at Auntie's house. She had been out for a stroll for quite some time today and didn't know if she missed lunch when she got back.

  As soon as she stepped into the house, she heard the sound of drinking and shouting. She sighed secretly, her uncle had brought people home to drink again. In rural areas, there were always a few drunkards who did nothing all day but gather to drink. Some had wives and children, while others were bachelors, probably unable to marry for their whole lives.

  Bai Ruoye only felt a little hungry, but didn't want to eat with those drunkards at the same table, so she walked back to her own room without looking back. It was called her own room, which was somewhat laughable, as she had nothing of her own and had always been using others'.

  "Hey, hey, hey...... Old Guan, your daughter is back. Why don't you call her over for a few drinks?"

  I don't know which drunkard said such a thing. Bai Lianya hadn't even entered the room, but she heard it clearly, and couldn't help but sneer inwardly - could it be that her uncle still wanted her to accompany him drinking?

  "Exactly, call her over for a few drinks! You're all grown up now, city girls are really attractive! Haha..."

  The unbearable words kept pouring into her ears, Bai Liya didn't turn back, she just opened the door to the room, and the hall was right next to it, probably no peace anymore.

  "Go away... My children are going to take the university exam, how can they drink with us! Don't mind her! Let's drink!"

  This is Uncle's voice, which sounds very ironic.

  Bai Lian coldly smiled and opened the door to the room, hastily entering. "Bang" - the sound of the door closing behind her. She had isolated herself from the nauseating smell of alcohol, but she couldn't isolate herself from the men's loud shouting.

  Bai Ruoyi buried her head in the quilt, not wanting to listen to the sounds outside. Sometimes she really felt like she had disappeared from this world and no one would care, although she thought her mother and aunt would cry a few times.

  When alone, she would often get lost in thought. Having been strong for too long, she had also forgotten how to cry. Sometimes she wanted to be like a normal girl, able to laugh recklessly and cry recklessly, but such simple things, she just couldn't learn.

  The noise outside continued to be heard, she didn't know when this kind of drinking and shouting would stop. Usually, it wouldn't quiet down until they fell asleep on the dinner table. Bai Liya didn't expect it to be quiet at this time either, so she reached out to the nearby bookshelf, picked up her phone, an ordinary mobile phone that her mother had bought for her when she was in junior high school, and at that time, she was so touched that she couldn't speak for a long time.

  She picked up her phone and pressed the power button, only to find that there were many missed calls and unread messages. Most of the calls were from her class teacher, as well as Ji Ningning and Cen Yanqiu, but what made her heart skip a beat was that there was one from Bai Ruishao, her twin brother, who actually cared about her!

  Bai Ruiya smiled slightly and flipped through the messages again, all of which were from Ji Ningning, asking her how she was doing and when she would return to school.

  It was also unknown when, outside suddenly had no sound, Bai Liya just felt strange, hurriedly got up, wanting to go out and take a look.

  But just as she had just gotten out of bed, the door to her room was opened and her uncle Guan Jun stumbled in, bleary-eyed.

  "What are you doing?" Bai Yaya exclaimed in surprise.