Overwhelmed

Chapter 27

This unscientific!

When I followed Brother Bai to the upstairs of Bai's house, I thought absently.

Although Xiaoxiao and Big Brother Bai don't seem to be joking, but Big Brother Bai is not an actor, and he doesn't even have a connection with the entertainment industry, so how could he teach me acting in a short time?

"Here we are." Soon, we stopped in front of a closed door, Big Brother Bai paused, then turned to me and said.

Only then did I come back to my senses, and hurriedly raised my spirits, smiled and nodded at him, "I'm bothering Aunt Bai."

Brother Bai curled his lips slightly, and said softly to me, "Don't be nervous."

Then he knocked on the door, and after getting a response, he slowly pushed open the heavy carved wooden door.

As a guest visiting the Bai family for the first time, it is a matter of course to greet Shen Juan, the hostess of the Bai family.

Because Xiaoxiao didn't tell me that I was coming to Bai's house, I thought I was visiting an old artist, so I simply brought a piece of Lu's private dim sum over here.

Different from the European-style interior style of our home, the layout of Baijia is more traditional Chinese style. Most of the furniture is made of dark mahogany wood, and ingenious flower-and-bird landscape carvings and antique calligraphy and paintings can be seen everywhere in the details. They are all quiet. The ground sticks to his own position, silently telling the unique quietness and introversion of this family.

I'm used to staying in the comfortable and casual environment of my own home, but suddenly coming to a place like Bai's home, which is full of sophistication and elegance, to be honest, I'm a little nervous.

Especially now, I am here to visit the hostess of the Bai family, who has rarely shown herself in recent years.

After the door was pushed open, the maid who had come up greeted Brother Bai and me with an elegant bow, "Madam is already waiting for the two of you inside."

Brother Bai responded, motioned for me to follow, and asked the maid as he walked towards the inner door, "How is mother today?"

The maid replied softly, "Madam still sleeps a lot as usual. Madam just woke up when you ordered someone to inquire. She is in good spirits now."

"I see."

After the inner door was pushed open, I followed Brother Bai to the bedside, only then did I see the hostess I was going to visit on this trip.

There are many secret rumors about Shen Juan, the mistress of the Bai family.

Some people say that this woman, who has lost her husband for many years but still supports the Bai family by herself, is a strong-willed, resolute and ruthless iron lady.

It's just that when I saw this sick beauty who was smiling and leaning on the pillow, her temples were slightly disheveled, like a weak willow in the wind, but no matter what, I couldn't overlap her with the rumored image.

"Mother, how do you feel today?" While I was silently looking at this Mrs. Bai, Brother Bai had already exchanged greetings with her.

"It's still the same, and I can't die for the time being." Aunt Bai showed a weak pale smile, and joked to Brother Bai, and her eyes turned to fall on me, and she narrowed slightly, "This should be the person you mentioned earlier. Young master Lu."

I smiled and took a step forward, standing next to Big Brother Bai and greeting her, "Aunt Bai, good afternoon, the junior is Lu Mingyuan, the youngest son of the Lu family. I brought some home-made snacks, I hope Madam won't dislike it."

Aunt Bai smiled, nodded and motioned for the maid to take the snack, "Master Lu is too polite."

I smiled, and always felt a little cautious in front of this lady, which was somewhat similar to when I was facing Brother Bai.

Sitting on the sidelines, I listened to Big Brother Bai and Aunt Bai talking for a while, during which time the maid gave some snacks to Aunt Bai to use.

It can be seen that this lady's appetite is not good, otherwise she wouldn't be so thin, so even though she just ate a small half of the snack, I didn't think there was anything wrong.

After eating the snacks, Aunt Bai stopped paying attention to me, and gradually began to ask and answer with Brother Bai.

"How is today?" Aunt Bai asked.

"Everything is as usual, mother needn't worry."

"What did you do this morning?" Aunt Bai narrowed her eyes and asked casually.

"After waking up early, I did a set of punches. After taking a shower, I went to wake Xiaoxiao up, then had breakfast together, and then sent Xiaoxiao to school." Big Brother Bai said softly.

"What about after that?" Aunt Bai lowered her eyes slightly.

I glanced at Big Brother Bai in surprise, and found that he didn't show any surprise, so I had no choice but to suppress the sudden strange feeling in my heart and continue to listen quietly.

"I met with Zhou's heir at 'Sheng Ding' for two hours in the morning, and then I received a small phone call saying that I would bring my friends to the house after class. After the meeting, I went home directly, gave Caesar a bath, and then ate lunch."

Aunt Bai seemed to be somewhat interested in the meeting between Big Brother Bai and the heir of the Zhou family, so she asked some more in-depth questions.Brother Bai also responded one by one, without the slightest impatience.

I frowned slightly, Auntie Bai seemed to have a flash of disgust in her eyes when Big Brother Bai mentioned that she was young just now.

I suddenly recalled Xiaoxiao's unnatural expression when he heard that I was coming to visit Aunt Bai, and the doubts in my heart couldn't help getting bigger... Could it be that the relationship between the mother and daughter in the Bai family is not good?

Just being surprised by this possibility, Aunt Bai's faint inquiry sounded again, "What are you going to do this afternoon?"

Brother Bai paused for a moment, glanced sideways at me, and then said, "Xiao Xiao, please help me to help Young Master Lu, so I may take him out this afternoon."

Aunt Bai's brows finally frowned, her gaze, which was much lighter than before, flicked past me, and then fell on Big Brother Bai, raised her head slightly, and said calmly, "Don't come back too late."

For some reason, that understated glance made my heart feel cold.

"Don't worry, mother, I will come back for dinner." Brother Bai still had a refreshing smile on his face, and his expression did not change from the beginning to the end.

Obviously the two of them have always been talking softly, but I gradually felt an unspeakable strong sense of discord in my heart.

If this kind of meticulous communication happened between a young child and his mother, at most I think the mother is a little too concerned about the child, but when it happened between Brother Bai and Aunt Bai, it made me faintly Feel a little depressed and apprehensive.

This way of getting along, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like a normal mother-child communication.

What is even more surprising is that, judging from Brother Bai's submissive attitude, it is obvious that he has long been accustomed to such questions and answers, and even this overly detailed answer is perfectly natural.

It's as if... is doing a normal thing on weekdays.

For some reason, the room that I thought was exquisite and elegant before suddenly made me feel a little uncomfortable.

Afterwards, Aunt Bai told Brother Bai some things in a soft voice, and I gradually became numb to hearing it.

It wasn't until Big Brother Bai stood up that I realized that the meeting could finally come to an end, and I felt a faint sigh of relief in my heart.

Before leaving, Aunt Bai suddenly said to me, "Master Lu, Nian Qing once mentioned on the phone at night that he was sending a friend home. Is that friend you, Master?"

I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that she was talking about the fact that I was sent home by Brother Bai the night I went to the finale banquet, so I nodded hesitantly, "Yes, I caused Brother Bai a lot of trouble that night."

Aunt Bai smiled slightly, "It's Nianqing's blessing to be able to help you, but today, I hope the young master reminds Nianqing not to go home too late. I always have to wait until he comes home before I can sleep peacefully at night. The little boy understands."

I squeezed my cold palms, "... Auntie, don't worry, I will remind Brother Bai to come back earlier."

"Then I will trouble you..." Because of sleepiness, Aunt Bai had already lay back on the bed, her voice gradually lowered.

Before the carved wooden door closed, I took one last look at Aunt Bai who had been hidden behind heavy curtains, as quiet as if she had made a sound. For some reason, I couldn't help shivering.

"Brother Bai," I couldn't hold back when I went downstairs, so I asked Brother Bai, "Auntie... has she always been like this?"

Brother Bai didn't look back, his voice was a little vague, "Mother's health is not good, she has been bedridden for more than six years."

He thought I was asking about Aunt Bai's body?

Hearing what he said, I was too embarrassed to ask again, so I didn't speak again along the way.

But having said that, it seemed that Aunt Bai hadn't mentioned Xiaoxiao at all just now...

Looking at Brother Bai's elegant background, the doubts in my heart can't help but deepen.

The first thing that Brother Bai did when he went downstairs was to find Xiao Xiao.

I followed him and found the little girl who had rolled into a ball with two big dogs in the pet room.

This is the first time I have seen Caesar, a Labrador retriever from the Bai family, who is only known but not known.

Unlike Xiaoya, Caesar has a shiny pure black fur, and his dark red eyes are embedded in the jet black, which is almost impossible to find at first glance.

This is a very docile big dog, completely different from my naughty Xiaoya who always likes to do anything and act like a baby.

Seeing Brother Bai coming, Caesar wagged his tail and jogged to Brother Bai's side, rubbed his head lightly on Brother Bai's palm, and then sat obediently at Brother Bai's feet, like a silent guardian.

Xiaoya also ran over with him. What made me feel awkward was that this guy didn't seem to notice that my master was coming. He followed Caesar until Caesar sat down and kept using his nose. Arching Caesar's ass...!

"...Xiao Xiao, is your Caesar a girl?" She obviously has such a mighty and domineering name!

"How is it possible," the little girl rolled her eyes, "Caesar is a genuine boy, as if he was a fake!"

"Then why..." Before I finished speaking, I realized that Xiaoya was about to ride on Caesar...!

QAQ is so embarrassing! !

Xiaoya, you idiot! !

He jumped up like his ass was on fire, trying to drag Xiaoya off Caesar's body, but that guy simply cossed into a heavy weight, unwilling to move anyway.

Caesar is the same, why is Xiaoya on you like this and that, you are still as immobile as a mountain? Do you want to be as calm as your master? !

When I finally exhausted all my strength and tied Xiaoya to my feet, I was already sweating from exhaustion.

The little girl still didn't forget to complain coolly, "Ahh... I really despair of this world where even dogs are gay!"

OTL.

"By the way, brother, when are you going to go out?" The little girl suddenly asked, I quickly lifted my spirits, and then realized that everyone seemed to know that Brother Bai and I were going out in the afternoon, but I was the only one who didn't know where we were going at all?

"Yes." Brother Bai nodded, and stroked Caesar's head with his palm.

"Then I'm going too!" The little eyes suddenly turned into little suns.

I looked at Xiaoxiao helplessly, let's go, it's just me and Big Brother Bai and I will definitely be nervous, and it will be completely different if Xiaoxiao is there.

Unexpectedly, Big Brother Bai bent the corners of his lips, and said to her with a little anger, "How do I remember, someone was still howling in the morning that the script has not been revised yet?"

"Ohno...!! Brother, you are a bad silver!!!" Seemingly being stabbed to death by Brother Bai, the little girl covered her face and ran away in tears.

Fortunately, before this girl left, she specifically told Big Brother Bai to teach me well, otherwise I thought she, like Xiaoya, had completely forgotten me.

Soon, Brother Bai and I set off in the car of the Bai family.

"Brother Bai, where are we going?" After driving for a while, I finally asked him.

Brother Bai seemed to have just realized this, and smiled at me apologetically, "Our destination is the orphanage."

I thought about it silently, and only then did I understand what Big Brother Bai meant.

"Ups and Downs" is actually a work that is somewhat similar to a personal biography. It mainly tells the difficult journey of the protagonist Zhou Xiao from an orphan who has been bullied, to a master of both black and white.

Works of this nature can be found everywhere in today's era of advanced Internet information, but "Survey and Floating" is so popular that it has been in the top three reading rankings for one and a half years since its serialization. time.

In addition to the almost legendary experience of the protagonist Zhou Xiao, the main reason for achieving such amazing results is that in this work, through the simple or complex relationships between people, the most difficult human nature in the world is brought to life. The portrayal is vivid and penetrating.

Zhan Ling, who I will play, is an orphan who grew up in an orphanage with Zhou Xiao.Both he and Zhou Xiao lived in that shabby, dilapidated orphanage full of violence and injuries since they could remember.

The rudiments of the characters of the young Zhou Xiao and Zhan Ling were laid there.

Thinking about it this way, Brother Bai's purpose of taking me to the orphanage is somewhat clear.

"Are we going to experience life?" I asked jokingly.

Brother Bai glanced at me indifferently, ignored my question, and asked instead, "You should have read this work?"

I nodded, "I've read both the original book and the script several times, Xiao Xiao is amazing, I almost couldn't help but stay up all night to read it a few times, but Ah Qing found out by accident, and almost told my brother."

Brother Bai smiled, "Then what do you think of the role of Zhan Ling?"

I froze for a moment, and after thinking for a while, I said, "Actually... I don't quite understand what this person thinks. For example, he and Zhou Xiao obviously grew up in an orphanage, and their childhood experiences are almost the same. Same, but because Zhou Xiao would be bullied, he decided to put everything under his feet in the future and stand at the top of the world. Emotions, even if you are beaten, you will not say a word, and you will not want to take revenge if you are bullied... Even later, because of being betrayed by Zhou Xiao, you fell into the most miserable situation, and in the end, you still have the same clean image as when you were a boy Appear……"

"In his heart, it seems that there has never been such emotion as hatred." In the end, I was a little confused myself, that was a too clean boy.

"Xiaoxiao has been very sensitive to people's emotions since she was a child. Later, she started writing because of her interest. After that, she liked to run around and collect materials." Brother Bai said slowly, "Most of what she writes is what she sees in her eyes. It’s true, you haven’t had a similar experience, so it’s understandable that you can’t understand it.”

"So now, I will take you to see the world in Xiaoxiao's eyes."

When his voice fell, I realized that we seemed to have reached our destination.