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Chapter 153 p2

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The sweeter the candy, the more she wanted to stop the hand that tried to take it away.

Bai Lei, arriving at the entrance of the private restaurant again, saw the viewers’ outrage in the live broadcast room clearly.

How should she put it… she was quite angry.

This time! She! Didn’t buy them!

Just because someone had a normal opinion, they would be labeled as her online trolls!

Those viewers were truly unkind!

But she would ignore those viewers who couldn’t be hit or harmed for now, she was here to find the two most unfriendly people in the world.

This was an old residential complex, without underground parking. All parking spaces were either on the street, in front of shops, or within the complex.

It was still early in the morning, the private restaurant hadn’t opened yet. There weren’t as many cars parked around as last night. Bai Lei easily found Zhang Jin’s car at the same spot as last night.

Bai Lei, sneering, took a picture of the car, just like she did last night.

Last night, Bai Lei, first caught off guard, then stopped by Zhang Jin, let Liu Qiongfang go. But she didn’t want to lose this last opportunity, she pretended to leave, but actually waited at the restaurant entrance, wanting to follow Zhang Jin, who might go to Liu Qiongfang’s place. After all, she had never been to this shabby residential complex before, she didn’t know where Liu Qiongfang lived.

Who would have thought that she waited for an hour, an hour was enough for Zhang Jin to finish the food on the table, right? But she waited for another hour, and he still didn’t come out. Bai Lei couldn’t help but go in and ask, and guess what, he had already left, he even packed the leftovers, and he used the back door.

Bai Lei was so angry that she threw her bag on the ground.

Then something interesting happened. When Bai Lei went to get her car, she saw Zhang Jin’s car, she suddenly had an idea and waited for a while, but it was already late, and he still didn’t come out to drive away. Bai Lei couldn’t take it anymore and went back to sleep. This morning, she was still a bit curious, the hacker she usually used finally replied to her message, giving her Liu Qiongfang’s address, so she came again.

Tsk, after a whole night, the car was still there.

She never thought Liu Qiongfang would be this kind of person. Birds of a feather!

Bai Lei took a picture of the car, a vague anger rising within her, she strode into the shabby residential complex, swinging her bag.

She knocked on the door.

Knocked again.

And again.

Bai Lei didn’t hold back, the loud banging echoed in the old corridor.

Click.

The sound of the lock being unlocked.

The door opened, Bai Lei’s hand, which she deliberately didn’t stop, stopped less than a centimeter from an old face.

The force from her hand stirred the gray hair.

“Who are you looking for?”

“Wrong address.”

Liu Qiongfang, who had just come out of the bathroom, watched in shock as the two at the door ended their conversation with six short words.

The door closed again.

Liu Qiongfang couldn’t understand, Bai Lei clearly saw her, their eyes even met, she could already imagine the upcoming storm.

But… nothing…

Why?

“Wrong address. That loud knocking scared me, I thought something happened.” Chen Sujuan said, turning to Liu Qiongfang, she waved her hand. “Go wash your face, Xiao Zhang and Yeye will be back with breakfast soon.”

Liu Qiongfang: “… “

Could it be that her mom was so terrifying that she could even scare strangers?

But it was good that she left, if her mom found out that she almost signed that contract yesterday… it would be truly troublesome.

Liu Qiongfang felt a sense of relief, but she didn’t know that Bai Lei, also in a daze, was driving back, already regretting leaving so abruptly.

Bai Lei was too surprised, as soon as the door opened, she saw Chen Sujuan, the source of everything, she didn’t react in time, instinctively making an excuse. She didn’t expect Chen Sujuan to arrive so quickly. But now, calming down in her car, it made sense, after all, she was someone who cared so much about her daughter, ha. She looked older than in the photos from two years ago, living alone, she must miss her daughter very much.

She deserved it!

Unlike her simple dislike for Liu Qiongfang, Bai Lei’s feelings towards Chen Sujuan were truly a mix of love and hate.

She hated her past dislike and pressure on that person.

But… she also loved her.

She loved that her past actions had brought that person to this city, giving her a chance to meet him. Bai Lei sat in her car, staring blankly at the people coming and going outside, her vision blurring.

The first time Bai Lei “met” Chen Sujuan was when that person was still alive.

His already skeletal hand carefully took out a stack of photos from a small box.

Most of them were photos of him and her, the girl he loved most, the girl who ran away from home with him for love, to this city, the girl he cruelly pushed away after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Bai Lei saw Chen Sujuan in that stack of photos, a small photo of a stern-looking middle-aged woman with her hair in a bun and her pretty, lovely daughter.

Later, after that person passed away, Bai Lei went to their hometown, stood at the entrance of the residential complex he mentioned, and saw Chen Sujuan from afar. Just a few years, and she had aged so much compared to the photo. Then, after Liu Qiongfang’s accident, Bai Lei, suddenly curious, had someone take a recent photo of Chen Sujuan, as expected, after just two years, she had aged even more. And then today, their first face-to-face encounter, Chen Sujuan looked even older than she had imagined.

But she still had those clear eyes.

Truly, she should have tried harder yesterday, she should have forced Liu Qiongfang to sign that contract. Now, she had no chance.

Bai Lei felt some regret, but she no longer had the same eagerness she had this morning.

Thinking about Liu Qiongfang being under Chen Sujuan’s control again, Bai Lei felt a sense of satisfaction. It was just a pity, it was a bit too early, she wasn’t miserable enough, not desperate enough yet. Truly, like the dragon guarding the magical fruit in those legends, waiting alone might not guarantee the best timing for the fruit to ripen. But it was fine for now, life finally had some new meaning.

Mental anguish was the true pain.

Bai Lei, thinking about Liu Qiongfang’s panicked state last night, then about her expression this morning, tense and masked, she started the car with a smile.

As she drove away, passing by the private restaurant, Bai Lei saw Zhang Jin, carrying a bag of something, talking to a familiar-looking woman by his car.

So, he wasn’t at Liu Qiongfang’s place last night…

Bai Lei snorted and looked away, stepping on the gas pedal.

At least Liu Qiongfang still had some decency.

Finding Cheng Feiying, who looked six or seven points like him, could still be considered a transfer of affection, a lingering attachment to the past. But if she found someone like Zhang Jin, that would be a complete betrayal.

Bai Lei couldn’t help but think of that year.

The chaotic people in her family made her, rebellious and almost insane, want to end it all.

It was also a morning like this, warm with a hint of coolness. She, just two days after her stomach pump, sat on the hospital rooftop, looking at the ant-like people below. It was a hospital, so many people, walking so fast, back and forth, there seemed to be no empty spaces.

As she was trying to find a fleeting gap in the crowd, someone sat down next to her, him.

He told her about his illness, his past, his love, the person he loved, his wish, the miracles of the world, the surprises that time would bring…

Day after day.

From talking to himself to talking to her, from casual listening to listening with her heart.

One day, Bai Lei, whose confession was rejected, couldn’t help but pay to investigate that lucky girl he loved, named Liu Qiongfang. Something funny happened, she got on the bus he bought a ticket for, for her to go home, but after getting off, she didn’t go home, she bought another ticket and came back. Then… she became the assistant of a nobody actor named Cheng Feiying, and now she was even his girlfriend.

Bai Lei still remembered how excitedly she presented the evidence to him, hoping he would stop dwelling on his lost love and look at her, the one who wanted to spend the rest of his time with him.

But he cried.

It seemed… he loved her even more?

From that moment on, Bai Lei’s initial envy and longing for their love turned into jealousy and pain, hidden in the darkness while he was alive, erupting like lava after his death.

Why?

He was suffering from his illness, while she was laughing in the arms of her new lover.

Why?

He quietly left this world, while she happily got married and had a child.

Why…

Was she, Bai Lei, the only one suffering!

The memories of the past, even after so many years, were still like sharp knives, making Bai Lei unconsciously press harder and harder on the gas pedal.

It wasn’t until she heard the sound of a police siren that she snapped back to reality.

This world, because of rules, was safe.

Mmm… Perhaps it also depended on what kind of rules.

In the vast, empty, ancient-style park, the babies, on their journey west, were following the map, conquering the monster strongholds one by one, collecting the soul fragments they needed to rescue their dads.

With the “functional cards” discovered by Wei Maomao, they had successfully conquered the Frogman Pond with Baby Frogs, the Slime Army Camp, and reached the Golden Pig and Silver Pig’s lair.

“Little ones, it’s not easy to pass through our Golden and Silver Pig Kings’ territory.” The tall, golden pig-headed monster roared, his hands on his hips.

Cheng Tingyan glanced at the animal skin skirt on the Golden Pig, mmm… CEO Shen, always in a suit, it must be quite uncomfortable for him.

Initially, when the program team mentioned the journey west, Cheng Tingyan thought it would be related to “Journey to the West.” But after seeing Wei Chengli, wearing a frog costume and surrounded by frog balloons, at the first level, she knew she was overthinking.

The small quizzes and mini-games at each level were all suitable for three to six-year-old babies.

For the first two levels, during the discussions, Cheng Tingyan tried to think like a six-year-old, she rarely spoke, only completing the parts she had to.

It wasn’t easy to maintain this balance. But thankfully, it was almost over.

Thinking of this, Cheng Tingyan reached out and touched the little chubby bunny’s soft hair, it truly felt like a bunny tail.

“Yan Yan, the Silver Pig is about to ask a question!” Wei Maomao said, turning around, her face serious, reminding the distracted classmate.

Cheng Tingyan nodded obediently and looked at the Silver Pig, Wang Qingchuan, putting on a serious expression.

Speaking of which… the program team’s costumes and props for this segment were very well-made. If she hadn’t guessed it beforehand, she probably wouldn’t have recognized these gatekeeping monsters as the dads they were supposed to rescue. She wondered if the other little babies had recognized them…

Just as Cheng Tingyan’s mind started to wander, the Silver Pig spoke.

“Hmph, hmph, see this big rock blocking the door behind me? It’s not an ordinary rock, only the power of belief can destroy it. You have to shout the name of the person you admire the most, the more sincere you are, the stronger the attack. If you just shout a random name, it won’t even budge. When it’s shattered, you can open the door behind it and get the clue for this level.” The Silver Pig said, his hands on his hips, his gaze sweeping over them. “So, who wants to go first?”

“Me!” Wang Zhizhi said, raising his hand and stepping forward.

Under the Silver Pig mask, Wang Qingchuan couldn’t help but smile smugly.

Yesterday, because they had to cancel the air-raid shelter and bring the babies back, the live broadcast was off until lunch. A staff member secretly pulled him aside and relayed a message from his relative, a leader at the TV station. Wang Qingchuan never expected that there would be so much negativity towards him online. Loving children was human nature, what did he do wrong? At most, he just lost his temper with that Jiang Heye. It must be Wang Zhizhi who didn’t cooperate and made their harmonious family look dysfunctional.

At the lantern festival last night, Wang Qingchuan specifically praised Wang Zhizhi’s choice of the watermelon lantern, implying that he could bring it back to play with his sister, hoping to create a harmonious family image. But this kid didn’t take the bait, he even ruined it! And he even went to someone else’s house to sleep!

Wang Qingchuan truly didn’t want to bother with him. But he still had to listen to his relative, the leader, he had to improve his image. So he thought of this, the question they often asked at home!

“Who do you admire the most?”

“I admire Dad the most! I want to be a capable man like Dad!”

Under Wang Qingchuan’s strong request last night, the program team agreed to add this foam rock, whose crumbling speed could be controlled with fishing lines.

Now, the question was asked, and Wang Zhizhi, as Wang Qingchuan had expected, was the first to step forward enthusiastically.

Looking at his son’s sparkling, excited eyes, Wang Qingchuan’s slight nervousness vanished.

Okay, except for not liking his sister, he was still his good son in other aspects!

“Good, then you go first, little one. Just shout at the rock!” Wang Qingchuan said, stepping aside to make way.

Wang Zhizhi ran to the rock and shouted, “I! Admire! Shen Zilin’s dad! The most!”

The Silver Pig: “… “ Shocked!

The Golden Pig: “… “ Trembling!