BXBX NOVEL Chapter 571 - I Like This Lass
Chapter 571: I Like This Lass
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The atmosphere was suddenly somber.
Xiang Wan took a look at Bai Muchuan’s expression and seemed to have noticed something.
She tugged at his sleeve gently.
Bai Muchuan gave her a sidelong glance and he pushed Grandma Bai inside.
“Grandma, I’m already a grown up. Why would I let myself starve?”
His half-smile seemed more like he was making a dig at himself.
The old lady puffed a sigh and patted the back of his hand. “You’re a good kid. Even though you’ve grown up, Grandma still wants to protect you and would not let anyone mistreat you again...”
Bai Muchuan: “...”
A long time later, he responded with a “Mm”.
Although his response was not warm, Grandma Bai was still full of smiles, nonetheless.
After all, she had watched him grow up, nothing could stop her from liking this grandson of hers.
She couldn’t stop talking to Bai Muchuan beside her. Although her hair was already silvery white, she was like an innocent child who didn’t know the ways of the world.
When she noticed Xiang Wan, she seemed as if it was the first time meeting her. The old lady’s eyes were filled with curiosity. “My good grandson, is this beautiful young woman your girlfriend?”
“...”
Bai Muchuan smiled. “You’re right.”
Grandma Bai seemed really thrilled to know that. “Come closer, young lady, come closer so Grandma can take a good look at you...”
Xiang Wan and Bai Muchuan glanced at each other and she came up to the old lady a little shyly. “Grandma.”
“Good, good. What’s your name? How old are you?”
Alright!
She had to start to let Grandma Bai know her again.
By reintroducing herself.
Due to Grandma Bai’s illness, she guessed she had to do that everytime she came back to visit her!
As Xiang Wan thought about this, she also thought about Bai Muxuan, who was the real blood-related grandson of the Bai Family.
Everytime he came back here, he had to reintroduce himself before Grandma Bai. Did he feel the same way as well?
The good thing was, he seemed to have a good temperament. He didn’t mind it at all and was smiling pleasantly... He was very different from his mother, Zhu Xueyan, whose eyes were filled with dissatisfaction and bitterness.
Xiang Wan had recently been researching how the experiences of a person’s childhood could affect a person’s character, their views on marriage and other aspects.
She felt that Bai Muxuan didn’t have it easy either and that he was actually fortunate that he was not raised by his real mother and didn’t grow up in such an environment...
Otherwise, he might’ve become Bai Lu number two, male version.
“Mom, can we start dinner now?”
Zhu Xueyan’s expression was so bitter. She was unable to plaster a smile on her face at all.
“Alright, let’s eat,” agreed Grandma Bai readily, but the next moment, she remembered about the dumplings.
She looked at Bai Muchuan. “My good grandson, Grandma will go make some dumplings for you now, alright?”
Bai Muchuan showed a smile. “There’s no need for that, Grandma. We’ll eat your dumplings tomorrow. It’s said that if we eat dumplings on the first day of Lunar New Year, we can have a smooth year ahead.”
He understood Grandma Bai very well.
He managed to coax her and she was very happy.
Bai Muchuan pushed the wheelchair to the table, then squatted down to adjust the height of the wheelchair to fit the table.
“Is the height alright, Grandma?”
“It’s good, just nice.”
The old lady then beckoned to Xiang Wan, still smiling happily.
“Young lady, come, sit beside Grandma.”
“Sure.” Both Bai Muchuan and Xiang Wan sat down beside Grandma Bai, like her two bodyguards.
They started to have their dinner, but everyone had their own thoughts or were engrossed in their own emotions.
Zhu Xueyan was also seated at the dining table. She felt indignant when she saw the three of them behaving so warmly with each other.
“Ah! Ye Lun,” cried Bai Lu in a joyful tone suddenly. She touched Bai Musi’s arm and pointed at the television set in the living room. “Mom, look at the TV now. This guy is Ye Lun. He’s really super good-looking, right?”
The television was showing the Lunar New Year Party, which was a live broadcast.
Ye Lun wore a bright red traditional Chinese clothing that the Chinese viewed as auspicious. It actually made him appear not as effeminate and that evil aura that seemed to be etched in his bones had disappeared as well. At one look, he was as though a good-looking, sunny and upright young man.
He was singing.
His voice was charming, discernable and he sang with a lot of emotions.
One had to agree that he actually sang quite well.
Bai Lu seemed to really like Ye Lun as she couldn’t stop talking about him. “He’s starring as Qin Shu in ‘The Grey List’. Many of my classmates really liked the character Qin Shu as well as Ye Lun, who’s acting as the character...”
The mention of “The Grey List” made Xiang Wan prick up her ears to listen.
As a natural reflex, her eyes also looked at what was showing on the television.
Ye Lun was still singing.
He’s handsome, sings well and his smile is indeed attractive...
And so, she looked at him a few times.
In her head, she was actually analyzing him...
Yup, she looked at him purely for ‘research’ purposes.
However, Bai Muchuan’s gaze started to turn cold.
He asked softly in a low tone, “Is he handsome? Mm?”
Ah? Xiang Wan tilted her head to look at him.
Grandma Bai was seated between them.
Xiang Wan’s eyes were big and wide-open as she looked at him. A few seconds later, she finally got what he was trying to say.
He’s actually jealous? she thought.
She wanted to laugh, but with Grandma between them and they were at the dining table, she didn’t dare to.
“Nope, he’s not as handsome as you,” said Xiang Wan softly, looking serious.
Bai Muchuan smiled for a instant before looking solemn. “I really don’t understand girls nowadays. They should clean their eyes and look carefully before chasing after stars. What is so nice about this type of effeminate guy who dresses up so gaudily?”
“... Yeah.” Xiang Wan nodded her head. “You’re right.”
“We have so many good-looking guys at the police force. Why didn’t the girls like them?”
Well...
Xiang Wan didn’t know how to respond to that.
Could she say that these young girls not only liked the stars for their good looks, but also, it was to fit in?
Moreover, the young eligible police officers did not have a high exposure rate like these stars. It was only natural that all these young girls wouldn’t know that.
“Cough!” Xiang Wan cleared her throat. “Actually, most girls chase after stars to let themselves temporarily forget the fact that... they haven’t got a boyfriend.”
Bai Muchuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at Xiang Wan.
“Full marks for the answer.”
“...”
He placed some food on her plate which was placed before her bowl. “Luckily, you have a boyfriend.”
That meant that there was no need for her to chase after stars.
And therefore, he was indirectly telling her not to look at Ye Lun anymore.
Haha! Xiang Wan was laughing inside her head but showed a calm expression. “I only chase after my idol, Second Young Master Mu.”
Bai Muchuan’s face dimmed.
A while later, he realized that he was Second Young Master Mu himself.
“Good.” He immediately placed some more food on Xiang Wan’s plate.
Cough! Grandma Bai who was sitting between them, couldn’t take it anymore.
She took a look at Bai Muchuan, then she took a look at Xiang Wan. “Did Grandma get in the way by sitting here?”
Xiang Wan blushed a little and was somewhat nervous.
Bai Muchuan, however, knew that Grandma loved to crack jokes.
“Grandma,” he said calmly, “you’re never in the way as we like you the best.”
“Oh?” Grandma Bai then asked a question. “If so, why did your chopsticks have eyes?”
“Mm?” What eyes?
“Grandma has locked on to your chopsticks but it actually bypassed me and the food landed on your girlfriend’s plate instead. Think about it, it travelled such a great distance but not a single piece of food landed on Grandma’s plate, surely it has eyes on it, right?...”
Uh!
So she was hinting at him that he didn’t place any food on her plate?
Bai Muchuan smiled and took a look at the dishes on the table. “Grandma, what do you like to eat?”
Grandma Bai puffed a sigh. “... My good grandson actually doesn’t know what I like to eat.”
Oops!
Bai Muchuan: “Grandma, you’re behaving like a child.”
Certainly, definitely.
Hmph! Grandma Bai snorted and ignored him. She turned to Xiang Wan instead.
“Young lady, you help Grandma get some food instead?”
Me? Xiang Wan was dazed for a second then she smiled. “Sure, Grandma.”
She didn’t ask what Grandma Bai liked to eat but immediately took a piece of tofu and placed it on Grandma Bai’s plate.
Grandma Bai’s gaze seemed to be pleased. “Why did you get me this?”
“Grandma, the tofu is soft but not sticky,” explained Xiang Wan, “this is actually a dish that is very suitable for you to eat...”
She paused and blinked. “Of course, it’s also because you like to eat this.”
“How did you know that Grandma likes this?”
“You didn’t really touch the other dishes on the table. You tasted a few but you never take another helping again. As for tofu, you’ve actually eaten a few pieces.”
“Hahahaha... I like this lass!”