Chapter 55 - Ghost School (9) (2/2)

“Brother Bai…….Bai Yi’s mother came from a wealthy family and is known to be a beauty. Like those dog blood TV dramas, for the sake of the company, she was forced by her family to marry a man that she didn’t like which is Bai Yi’s father.”

“Mr Bai is more than twenty years older than her. He was once divorced, and he had average looks. He was a boring old man, but he likes his little wife very much. No matter how cold his wife was to him, he was still very fond of her.”

“The two of them were married for not even a year when they gave birth to a child, that is, Bai Yi. But just after Bai Yi was born, the two of then divorced because his mother had finally met the person that she likes.”

“It was a male doctor at the hospital. Surnamed Su, he was young and funny, and very handsome. Every time she went there for a medical check, she would meet this Doctor Su. Eventually they developed feelings for each other.”

“Mr Bai was a good husband. Every time she went for her medical check, he would accompany her, but he had do idea that his wife was doing things like this right in front of him.”

“Although she didn’t have any relationship with Dr Su, her mind was no longer on her husband and she was crazy about Dr Su. Soon after she gave birth to Bai Yi, she couldn’t wait to request for divorce.”

“Mr Bai didn’t want to divorce her. She said to him directly that she doesn’t love him, she loves Dr Su. If they didn’t divorce, she wouldn’t be able to control herself and she would definitely cheat on Mr Bai.”

“No man could stand this kind of insult and this naturally includes Mr Bai. He divorced her and the previous Mrs Bai immediately threw herself into Dr Su’s arms and became Mrs Su.”

“The reason for divorce was a request from her end and Mr Bai had not made any mistakes so Mrs Su left empty-handed. Her side of the family heard about this incident and, in order to maintain a good relationship with Mr Bai, they immediately cut off all relationships with her. They even exerted pressure on the hospital and made them fire Dr Su.”

“Not long afterwards, Dr Su was involved in a serious car accident and suffered life-threatening injuries. In order to treat him, they spent all the savings they had and were even heavily in debt. In an instant, they in a terrible situation.”

“But despite this, they were barely able to save his life. Unfortunately, he became bed-ridden.”

“At that time, Mrs Su was already pregnant. She was a spoiled young lady but now she had to go out to work to support the family. She wasn’t picky with her job; it was okay as long as she could make some money.”

“She said that although life is tiring, as long as she is together with the person that she likes, she’s happy.”

“And if she returned to the Bai family, she would only be unhappy.”

“Even while Mr Bai held Bai Yi, she said this.”

As Ou Yang talked about the past, his fear had faded significantly, and he even sneered. His tone was filled with sarcasm.

“So ridiculous. She would rather go back to her disabled husband and unfortunate life than returning to her original husband Mr Bai’s side. She didn’t care about Bai Yi and only treated Su Ling as her baby.”

“For Dr Su, she is the best lover and wife in the world. For Su Ling, she is the best mother. But what did she treat Mr Bai and Bai Yi as? They bring her unhappiness instead?”

“………..”

The more he spoke, the more excited he got. Bai Yi who sat in the front row however continued to look indifferent. It was as if he was saying that this had nothing to do with him.

At this moment, the image on the screen changed and a video began playing.

A luxury car slowly drove past a normal elementary school, attracting many people’s attention. The driver stopped the car, got off and opened the door for a little boy.

The little boy had exquisite features. With dark hair, pale skin and a tear mole at the corner of his eyes and along with the white shirt and overall pants, you could tell with one glance that he was a young master from a wealthy family.

His eyes scanned among the people in the vicinity and, when he saw a woman who was dressed in plain clothes but was still a beauty, his eyes lit up. He quickly walked over and called out: “Mummy.”

“……You got the wrong person.”

The moment she saw the boy, the beautiful women stalled. She turned her head and unnaturally avoided his clear eyes: “I’m not your mother.”

“Mummy……..”

The boy showed an aggrieved expression and he pulled at her clothes. A hint of remorse flashed through the woman’s eyes but she repeated resolutely: “I am not your mother……..and I can’t be your mother. Don’t look for me. I can’t give you want you want.”

“I don’t want anything.” The boy whimpered. “I just want you to go back with me.”

“I have already completely cut off all my relationships with the past so……….” The woman furrowed her brows in sorrow but replied without hesitation, “I’m sorry, I can’t go back.”

“Xiao Yi, just think that I am dead. This is the best result for both you and me.”

“………”

The boy’s hand froze. The woman gently pried off his hand. At this moment, the school bell rang, and a large number of students poured out. The woman spotted her child and instantly smiled brightly. She warmly called out: “Xiao Ling!”

“Mummy!”

Su Ling who was still a child ran over and threw himself into his mother’s arms. His eyes travelled over the pale boy next to him but he didn’t react. It was as if he was just looking at an unfamiliar child. He held his mother’s hand and the two happily left. Their backs melted in the crowd and slowly disappeared.

The boy stood in place silently until almost all the children had left the school. The driver came over worriedly and patted him on the shoulder. He said: “Let’s go back. Mr Bai is still waiting for you.”

“……..She doesn’t love me. She only loves Su Ling.”

The bow lowered his head. His voice was a little hoarse.

“………..”

The driver remained silent. He didn’t know what to say to comfort him. The boy then suddenly raised his head. His eyes were clearly still a little red, but his gaze had turned cold and dark. It no longer had the innocence that you would expect in a child his age.

“Since she said that, then I will treat it as if she had died.”

He said quietly.

“The things that she owes me, I’ll let her beloved ‘only child’ pay it back.”

The video then ended.

“……………”

Gu Zhen watched it quietly with his arms crossed. After the screen darkened, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Bai Yi. A smile that also wasn’t quite a smile formed at his lips and he said: “You cried?”

Bai Yi’s look instantly went cold.

Cheng Zhi Chu glanced over at Gu Zhen. These people clearly knew that those were fictitious settings, yet Gu Zhen still had to ask him that. He was clearly doing so to ridicule Bai Yi.

“Like in the video……..”

Ou Yang finally continued: “It was also because of this that he hated Su Ling and wanted to destroy Su Ling’s everything……..I’m done speaking.”

The female teacher nodded her head slightly.

“Next question.”

“Why did Bai Yi approach Cheng Zhi Chu? Was it for revenge against Su Ling?”

“Yes.”

Ou Yang nodded: “At that time, we accidentally saw the photo in Lu Jie’s phone…….Now that I think about it, she probably deliberately let us see it. It was a photo of Su Ling taking a photo of Junior Cheng. He was taking the photo that was displayed earlier.”

“That’s how we knew that Su Ling liked Junior Cheng……….Hah, although for some reason at that time there was a rumour about Su Ling liking Lu Jie. Only we knew very well that even if he fell in love with a female cat, he would never like Lu Jie.”

“In order to make Su Ling suffer even more, we approached Junior Cheng. Originally, I had suggested that we should beat the junior up, but Lu Jie proposed something even better: To make Junior Cheng fall for Bai Yi.”

“Seeing the person that you are crushing on fall for your half-brother – the same half-brother that you hate the most – it would definitely be enough to agitate Su Ling.”

“And so………..”

The female ghost nodded and continued.

“The third question. Does Bai Yi like Cheng Zhi Chu?”

This was a question that was already asked earlier to Bai Yi so when he heard it again, Ou Yang was a little surprised. He then reacted quickly and said: “He likes him. Of course, he likes him.”

“Otherwise why would he only remember Junior Cheng after losing his memory following the car accident? It’s all because he loves him like crazy. Without Junior Cheng, he would not be able to continue living.”

Ou Yang opened his mouth. The expression on his face was like he both wanted to laugh and cry.

“He originally just wanted to take revenge on Su Ling but deep down in their bones those two brothers were the same. They both fell for the same person………..”

……….

That night after Bai Yi and Cheng Zhi Chu met for the first time, in order to thank Bai Yi for his help, Cheng Zhi Chu had given him a few pieces of candy, but they were thrown in the bin.

Towards this action of his, Ou Yang wasn’t surprised. Bai Yi may look gentle and easy-going out the outside but only they knew that, because of his childhood experiences, he had become a very cold and indifferent person. All the gifts that were given to him were thrown out, not to mention those several pieces of candy.

Ou Yang stood on one side ridiculing Cheng Zhi Chu as they left the school. He was certain that this plan of theirs would succeed without much difficulty. After they had started high school, Bai Yi no longer let his driver pick him up and he would go home himself. Ou Yang and he go in the same direction, so they usually walked together.

He kept talking but Bai Yi’s expression was still ice cold and he never said a word. Ou Yang could tell that he seemed to be in a bad mood, so he quickly closed his mouth and followed behind Bai Yi quietly. He wondered who it was that had provoked this young master.

Did Cheng Zhi Chu do something?

Ou Yang secretly muttered. He had originally thought that Bai Yi would go straight home today but the latter actually moved to enter a supermarket that he normally rarely visited. He stood in front of a display rack with his arms crossed for a long time as he stared at a certain area.

What is Brother Bai looking at?………..Huh? Why is he holding onto a bag of toffee candy? Doesn’t he hate sweets?

Ou Yang was more and more confused. These actions of Bai Yi’s were beyond his scope of understanding. Until Bai Yi ate a piece of it and slightly raised his brows, he finally came to a realisation.

That toffee candy………seemed to be the same as the ones Cheng Zhi Chu gave?

“Too sweet.”

Bai Yi furrowed his brows and he swallowed the candy down. He then threw the remainder of them to Ou Yang.

Ou Yang received it and, before he had the chance to ask him anything, he heard Bai Yi mumble to himself.

“…………Why does he like such sweet things?”

Was Brother Bai researching Cheng Zhi Chu’s preferences?

At that time, Ou Yang held onto the bag of candy with a look of confusion. Even if he wanted to research about his preferences, there wasn’t a need for him to try it himself. He clearly hated sweets.

When he later recalled this incident, he suddenly felt that it was probably because Bai Yi was just purely curious about Cheng Zhi Chu.

It was also the moment he fell for him.

———-It all started at their first encounter.

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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 55)

Who’s that child in the video? That’s not me.

I’m a little worried that Zhi Chu would have some sort of strange misunderstanding about me.