Chapter 36: Unfinished Song
When school was over, Bai Lian Shao was still waiting for Bai Lian Ya at the school gate. From a distance, she saw him and took a deep breath, hastily rushing towards him with big strides.
"Brother..." Bai Liya pretended to be calm and smiled, but in fact, she had not been able to focus her mind for the whole morning, and even dozed off during class, constantly thinking about what happened between her and Bai Lishao. Plus, she hadn't slept at all last night, so she felt particularly unspirited.
Bai Li Shao smiled and nodded, saying: "Mm, you're so slow! If you're this slow again next time, I won't wait for you!"
Yaya smiled sweetly and followed closely behind Bai Ruoshao's footsteps without saying a word.
Two people didn't say where they were going, but walked silently for a while and stood in front of the bus stop sign. Although nothing was said, they both knew what to do and where to go.
The bus seemed to know that the students had finished school, and it slowly drove around the corner. Bai Li Shao slightly turned her head, looked at Bai Li Ya, wanted to say something, but ultimately didn't say a word.
Two people sat on the bus, Bai Liya sat by the window and turned her head to look at the scenery outside the window. The scenery along the road was moving backward, slowly disappearing from view. She looked and looked, feeling her eyes getting more and more tired, until she couldn't even lift her eyelids.
Bai Lian Shao kept looking ahead, his expression still warm, but he didn't speak and didn't look at Bai Lian Ya. Suddenly, he heard two "thuds" beside him, and he turned his head in surprise to see that Bai Lian Ya had fallen asleep, her eyes closed, her head leaning against the car window. He couldn't help but furrow his brow, then placed Bai Lian Ya's head on his own shoulder.
It turned out that it wasn't just him who didn't sleep last night, she was also lost in thought. He let out a quiet sigh, the person beside him had completely fallen asleep, but his gaze drifted towards the window outside.
Actually, what he wanted to talk to Bai Ruoyan about today was also troubling him. He didn't know how to start the conversation, but perhaps he should be able to make a correct choice.
Bai Lian Sha slightly lowered her head, but couldn't see the girl's face on her shoulder. However, one thing was certain - she slept very soundly.
The scenery outside the window keeps retreating backwards, yet I'm clearly looking at the view in front of me, but somehow I'm always watching things slip away, as if I've overlooked something and only grasped what's been lost, without seeing what's been gained.
He still remembered that year in junior high school when he found out the truth—
Zhou Caishi was infertile, but Bai Jingyuan did not want to divorce her either. Old Man Bai also liked this daughter-in-law, she was intelligent and capable, respectful of the elderly and loving towards children, a good wife and a good daughter-in-law. The Bai family did not want to lose this daughter-in-law.
The Bai family also had a daughter, Bai Jingqiu, who was the older sister of Bai Jingyuan. However, Bai Jingqiu was an illegitimate child and had never been able to acknowledge her ancestry. She lived in the old house and got married there. Soon after, Old Man Bai heard that Bai Jingqiu was pregnant, so for the sake of having someone to inherit his family business, he went to find Bai Jingqiu.
A large sum of money finally made Bai Jingqiu and her husband Guan Jun agree to give the child they were going to have to the Bai family to raise.
Bai Jingqiu gave birth to a child in the hospital, coincidentally, in the same room and on the same day, another woman also gave birth to a girl, but unfortunately, that little girl's mother died after a difficult labor.
The little girl had no one to pick her up, the hospital found the little girl's father, but the irresponsible father refused to acknowledge her and left her alone in the hospital.
The girl was originally going to be sent to an orphanage, but Bai Qiuxia looked at her pitifully and fed her milk every day along with her own son. She thought that since her own son had been given to the White family to raise, she no longer had a child of her own, so it would be better to adopt this girl. However, her household conditions were not yet sufficient to meet the requirements for adoption, so she discussed with Old Man Bai and got Bai Qiurong to sign an agreement adopting the girl, after which she would give the girl to her.
Old Man Bai agreed to any condition in order to get a grandson, so he let Bai Jingyuan sign the adoption papers for the girl. Later, after being discharged from the hospital, the boy was raised by the Bai family, and the girl was raised by Guan Jun and Bai Jingqiu.
The two families had no further contact, but when the children were in third grade of elementary school, Guan Jun's business failed and his family was struggling to make ends meet. The money he used for business was exactly what he got from sending his son to the Bai family. The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, so he took his daughter to the Bai family to ask for money. His reason was that since the Bai family had signed and adopted his daughter, they should be responsible for her living expenses.
It was at that time that the young Bai Ruo Shao and Bai Ruo Ya heard the adults' conversation, but they still didn't hear the key point and mistakenly thought that Bai Ruo Ya was the daughter of the Bai family. The family members were also unwilling to let them know the truth, so they kept it from them. They told them that they were dragon and phoenix twins, and their younger sister was sent to be raised by a childless aunt since she was young. So until the third year of high school, Bai Ruo Ya only knew that they weren't biological siblings. Of course, it was also at that time that Bai Ruo Shao thought about investigating this matter, if they weren't biological siblings, then they should know who each other's parents were. So he went to investigate and found out the truth. However, he never told Bai Ruo Ya, fearing that she would be sad.
So that day, in the countryside, Guan Jun showed him special enthusiasm. He knew that person was his father, but he still couldn't accept it. So he pretended to know nothing and left. That day, as he walked on the road, Bai Qiuyue was right behind him. He could guess how she felt, but he couldn't turn back.
He himself was the one who had been escaping all along, never daring to face his own life. So he wanted to succeed, to change his situation. So when Grandpa told him to work hard, he did, studying diligently and getting first place in his grade every semester, practicing piano well and taking exams every year. He also thought that after achieving success, he could bring his parents to live in the city. He would buy them a house and take care of them. But now it seems like he's moving further and further away from this dream.
Suddenly, the car stopped and they arrived home. Bai Xi Shao gathered her thoughts, nudged the sleeping Bai Xi Ya beside her, saying: "Xiao Ya, we're home!"
Bai Ruoya lifted her drowsy eyes and looked around, still a bit slow to react after just waking up from sleep. She had the feeling of not knowing where she was.
Bai Li Shao looked at her, couldn't help but chuckle, picked up the two school bags, and gently patted her forehead, "Still not getting off, the driver is going to blow his top!"
Bai Li Ya couldn't help it and hastily got up.
After getting off the car, she walked for a while, but the road wasn't long either, just a five-minute walk. Bai Yaya looked around and finally came to herself, saying: "I feel like I slept for a century and had a very, very long dream."
"What did you dream about?" Bai Xue asked somewhat absent-mindedly, actually he was distracted because he didn't know how to explain things clearly when he got home. But no matter what he said, his mom wouldn't believe him anyway, so he had made up his mind.
She smiled faintly and said, "I dreamed you left, went to a very faraway place."
