Rebirth: Pampered Wife’s Counterattack Chapter 884 - Happy Ending (17)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Three days afterward, inside the living room of the Bai family’s old mansion.

On the lavish red wood sofa, Elder Bai Chongshan was seated. His second son, Bai Hong, together with his wife, Ye Yunzhi, remained standing beside him.

His eldest daughter-in-law, Huang Zhishu, along with his adopted grandson Bai Chenxi, had been bound and were kneeling in front of him.

A few bodyguards in black suits stood by impassively, ready for any commands.

Bai Chongshan kept peering toward the doorway from time to time. “Qinghao summoned us all to assemble here…” He cast another look at Huang Zhishu and Bai Chenxi. “He even forced these two to kneel. I can’t fathom the reason…”

“Dad, please release Chenxi and me.” Huang Zhishu wept bitterly. “I don’t know what we did to anger Qinghao. He bound his own aunt. You know I’ve always been dutiful and stayed out of trouble…”

She lied right to his face. At that instant, she desperately hoped the old man’s resolve would waver, granting her and Chenxi a chance to slip away before Bai Qinghao’s arrival.

Elder Bai Chongshan possessed keen insight. “I sense this goes beyond mere offense. Moreover, it feels like a grave problem. Let’s wait until he arrives to discuss.”

“Grandfather, free me first, please.” Bai Chenxi begged, his face drained of color. “Though adopted, I remain your grandson.”

“Enough!” The elder scowled in frustration. Their conduct baffled him. “You’ve always feared Qinghao, yet never to such a degree. What precisely occurred?”

Bai Chenxi wouldn’t relent. “Grandfather, untie me first.”

Elder Bai eyed Liu Li and the bodyguards standing behind. “They follow only Qinghao’s directives. My words won’t matter.”

Bai Qinghao entered the living room alongside Fang Xinxin. His imposing, broad-shouldered stature sharply contrasted her delicate, slim form.

“Is everyone present?” Bai Qinghao surveyed the room with indifference.

His chilling gaze caused the living room’s air to chill noticeably. A suffocating pressure weighed on everyone there, making them quiver.

Huang Zhishu and her son instantly ceased their pleas and hushed up.

“Qinghao, what’s truly happening?” Elder Bai Chongshan’s gray eyebrows knitted as he posed the query.

Bai Qinghao gave Bodyguard Liu Li a signal. Liu Li comprehended at once and started detailing the investigation results concerning Guan Jiping, Huang Zhishu, Bai Chenxi, and Bai Jingrou.

Upon hearing the account, the Elder’s face grew grim. Still, he uttered no words.

Huang Zhishu snapped furiously. “What does this prove? So what if I knew Guan Jiping twenty years ago!”

Right then, a bodyguard shoved a middle-aged man of plain features and somewhat dark complexion into the living room.

Huang Zhishu and Bai Chenxi were stunned to recognize Guan Jiping.

Bai Qinghao spoke in a frosty tone. “Guan Jiping, respond to Huang Zhishu. Were you two merely acquaintances twenty years back?”

The bodyguards compelled Guan Jiping to kneel beside Huang Zhishu and her son. Drenched in cold sweat, he hung his head and admitted, “It’s true that we weren’t especially close.”

“Is that so?” Bai Qinghao remained stoic. “Your family seems quite harmonious.”

Liu Li pressed on with his report. “Elder, this subordinate has probed every detail. Twenty years ago, prior to the adoption of Bai Chenxi and Bai Jingrou, they weren’t genuine orphans. Huang Zhishu had paid off the orphanage director to house the children briefly. She then purposefully escorted your eldest son, Bai Pu, there for volunteer work, aiming to cultivate his affection for them. This scheme allowed her to bring them into the Bai family in the end.”