Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 282.012. Siblings
Madam Bai patted Bai Suihe's hand. Sure enough, her daughter was more considerate; that good-for-nothing son was only interested in listening to gossip.

She rolled her eyes at Bai Jiannan and said, "Your grandmother called me over at the time. She knew that your father was easily swayed and probably wouldn't be easy to correct, so she handed over all the indentures of the Bai family's servants to me."

"At the same time, the Bai family's main assets, the real contracts are all in my hands; your father only has management rights."

Otherwise, given his personality, it would be impossible for his children to get the majority of the inheritance.

“But weren’t all the businesses our father handed over to us?” Bai Jiannan wasn’t trying to question his mother, but the days since the family division were short and the memories were vivid.

"Don't forget, the butler is one of my men. Where do you think he got the things he took out from?"

Bai Suihe's lips twitched. This was the benefit of a strong woman to her children.

However, it seems that their family is like this too. All the valuables and land deeds are in their own space, and Gu Kaiyuan only has some silver at most.

"Mother, why are you telling me all this?" Bai Jiannan suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. "You're not going to follow in my grandmother's footsteps, are you?"

"That depends on your performance," Madam Bai said, looking at Bai Jiannan with ill intent. "You're of age now, it's time for you to settle down."

Bai Jiannan's eyes darted around. "Mother, of course we should get married. But I'm afraid your future daughter-in-law won't be as virtuous and capable as you. What if she encounters one of those doting mothers? Wouldn't our Bai family be doing all the work for someone else?"

Madam Bai said, "She's not stupid. She knows to use this trick to refute me. Don't worry, I'm not that foolish either. I'll test her when the time comes."

But you have to trust your mother's judgment; she'll definitely find you a virtuous wife.

I'm putting it this way: if you don't grow and mature by the end of the next few years, I won't feel comfortable letting you go.

Bai Jiannan looked at Madam Bai with resentment, then glanced at Bai Suihe with a sly smile before turning to his little niece for help, "Little Star of your uncle, look, your grandmother and your mother are bullying me!"

Gu Xingyang reached out and pinched his ear, complaining to Bai Suihe in her heart, "Mom, control your brother, is he trying to be cute with me?"

"I, as his granddaughter, haven't even exercised these rights yet, so why did he preemptively do so?"

Bai Suihe almost burst out laughing; it seemed to make perfect sense.

Clearing her throat, Bai Suihe said, "Jiannan, it's not that your little niece doesn't want to help you, but how do you want her to help?"

Bai Jiannan tapped Gu Xingyang's forehead, completely unconcerned about her pulling his ear; it was just a tiny bit of force, like tickling. "Hurry up and cry and make a fuss with your grandmother, and your uncle will buy you candy."

He knew, of course, that he had been a bit too cocky lately, and that his mother was only saying these things for his own good. Didn't she see that she was bringing up his father's embarrassing stories?

But he still wanted to save face, so he simply dragged his little niece out to take the blame, acting cute and charming – things that children shouldn't do.

"Ahhh," Gu Xingyang was screaming in her heart, "I want candy, I want candy..."

Bai Suihe snorted coldly, "She's so young, what's the point of her eating candy? What if her teeth rot before they even grow in?"

"What a poor little thing," Bai Jiannan rewarded Gu Xingyang with a pat on the head, finally managing to steer the conversation away from the previous topic. "It's not that your uncle won't buy you candy, it's that your mother won't allow it. But speaking of which, sister, little Xingyang, shouldn't you be able to talk by now? Can't you start babbling at seven or eight months?"

Some of his friends also have children at home, and he has often heard them boast about it.

Bai Suihe looked at Gu Xingyang and it seemed to be true. This little girl communicated with them in her mind every day, but she had never opened her mouth.

“That’s true,” Madam Bai said. She had raised three children herself, plus so many illegitimate children in the backyard, so she naturally knew about the children’s growth process.

These children from wealthy families never lacked nutrition from a young age, and they spoke and walked faster and earlier than other children.

Gu Xingyang was also stunned. Right, shouldn't she speak? And it needs to be a process, with single words slowly popping out, that's the normal course of things.

Madam Bai said, "Go back and ask Granny Pang to take a look. I must say, you are all quite careless. This matter cannot be delayed."

It's impossible to do without an elderly person watching over you. I seem to remember that my three children were only seven months old when they started calling for their mothers.

"You silly girl, you have no experience in taking care of children, and you don't even know to ask your elders for advice."

"It's not as strict as you all say. Some children start talking early, some start late. Don't worry, your granddaughter is so smart, she might be calling you 'grandmother' in a few days." Bai Suihe had a lot of confidence in Gu Xingyang, knowing that this girl was quite talkative.

"Gu Xingyang, did you hear what your grandmother said? Remember to start speaking slowly when you get back."

Gu Xingyang pouted, still wanting to utter one word at a time. Wasn't this just making things difficult for her?
But under her mother's tyranny, Gu Xingyang had no choice but to agree. After all, it wasn't the first time she had acted cute; this damned embarrassing history...

When Madam Bai took Gu Xingyang to find Granny Pang, Bai Suihe immediately dragged Bai Jiannan to the backyard, asking, "Sister, you're not going to punish me too, are you?"

"I don't have such refined tastes. You are our parents' responsibility, and I, as their older sister, am not going to cause trouble," Bai Suihe said disdainfully. "I'm just a little curious. Father is so old, and he really took another concubine. We'll still have younger brothers and sisters. Won't those concubines make a fuss?"

I remember we agreed that if any more children were born, they would be allocated from their share.

“That’s true, of course,” Bai Jiannan said, not expecting it was because of this incident. “I even came to serve tea to my mother, and she gave me a gift in return.”

"Seriously? You're so stingy? You're even haggling over a small gift?" Bai Suihe slapped him on the back of the head upon hearing this. "You're the head of the Bai family now, how can you be so short-sighted?"

"Sister, how is this short-sighted? I'm just a little angry that you're so old and still can't calm down."

"Look, who knows how many more people will be added to our family soon, and Mother is the matriarch of the Bai family, so who knows how much we'll have to spend on gifts."

Bai Suihe smiled and shook her head, as expected, his temperament hadn't settled down yet. "Then you can't learn from our father in the future. Can you do that?"

Bai Jiannan thought for a moment and nodded solemnly, "I can't guarantee that I won't take a concubine in the future, but at least I won't do what he did."

Now it's not just our mother who dislikes him; even the concubines he used to favor don't treat him well.

People are pragmatic. I know why those women sided with my father back then; now that they've gotten what they wanted, it's normal for them to change their tune.