Rebirth: My Dear Little Wife Is So Scheming

Chapter 64 - 64 64 Origins

?Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Origins Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Origins He Wang felt embarrassed, “How can that be the same? Taking care of you was a promise your sister and I made to our parents. How can we not keep our word? So that was our commitment to our parents. Besides, your sister has never blamed you for anything, but what you did for us today is a huge favor. My brother can stand up now and live a good life from now on. How can that be the same as those things? It’s not the same, it’s not right.” He Wang was truly grateful to Bai Xiao and wished he could kneel down and kowtow to her again.

He Weng also came over! Though he was not good with words, the gratitude was unspeakable in his eyes as he looked at Bai Xiao, and he could only say in a low voice, “That won’t do, that won’t do! We need to show gratitude.”

Bai Xiao witnessed the posture of the two brothers He Wang and He Weng, as if they were about to kneel down if not allowed to give back. She was truly at a loss.

“Brother-in-law, don’t buy those things. I’ve brought some milk powder, canned food, and glutinous rice strips. Although your brother’s health has improved, he still needs to follow up with good nutrition. Otherwise, even if I cured you and you go back to mismanaging your health, you’ll fall sick again. You need to take care of yourself. Don’t walk too much all at once. Take it slow. Increase it a little each day. Don’t walk too much at once, or you’ll only hurt yourself.”

He Weng and He Wang nodded repeatedly, treating Bai Xiao’s words like imperial edicts.

Bai Xiao looked at the quilt and burst into laughter.

Seeing Bai Xiao’s reaction, Bai Ju was amused as well.

He Wang and He Weng didn’t understand what the two sisters were laughing at.

“The main thing is that if someone comes in, they’ll think I’m sick or something. Covering up with a cotton quilt and clutching a hot water bottle in the height of summer, they’ll definitely think I’m crazy. Haha!” Bai Xiao was so amused that her stomach hurt from laughing.

Bai Ju lifted the quilt off and folded it, then packed away the hot water bottle. She said to He Wang and He Weng, “Alright, you two stop dithering around. We’re all family here. Why are you being so polite with my little sister? Hurry up and tidy up, return these things, and go pick up the child. You can’t keep leaving him at the old aunt’s house forever.” They wouldn’t know what to do without her speaking up.

Upon hearing this, He Wang immediately agreed and went to take care of it.

He Weng didn’t know where to put his hands or feet. Bai Ju sent him off to his own room, which was just as well since he needed to rest anyway, not having heard Bai Xiao mention that he should take it step by step.

With nobody else in the house, Bai Xiao grabbed Bai Mei, “Sister, you know that I’m not our parents’ child, right?” She wanted to know the whole truth.

Bai Ju sighed and pulled Bai Xiao to sit down.

“Xiao, don’t worry about that. You are a child of Bai Family, a sister to your older siblings. We are one family.” She didn’t want Bai Xiao to feel distant from them because of this matter.

“Sis, I know we’re always family, I just wanted to know what happened, otherwise there’s always this thing on my mind, and I won’t be able to concentrate on my studies. I’m not the Bai Family’s child, Grandma and my little uncle know this, but I don’t. Little uncle and Grandma treat me like a hired hand, I’ve finally understood why,” Bai Xiao couldn’t help but ask.

Once you know, how can anyone stay calm! Especially with Li Chunhua and Bai Jianguo stirring up trouble.

“Hired hand? Bai Xiao, what do you mean by that? I wanted to ask you earlier; what exactly is going on? We’ve been back so infrequently over the years, and every time we do, you always say you’re fine. I thought it was odd that you were always so thin, no matter how much you ate, you couldn’t gain weight, but I didn’t think too much of it. Why didn’t you tell us?” Bai Ju spoke with a hint of reproach, not toward Bai Xiao, but toward herself. If only they had been more attentive, they might have noticed their sister being mistreated. Growing up, even their own parents expected them to work; a poor household has no room for princesses.

But she never imagined that Grandma and her little uncle would refuse to feed Bai Xiao.

“Sis, Grandma and little uncle took money and told the villagers that they were the ones supporting me, that I was freeloading at my little uncle’s home, which is why Grandma would beat me. I’ve been enduring it, not wanting to make things difficult for you all. After all, she’s still Grandma. What could you do even if you spoke up? You know how Grandma is—if she couldn’t win an argument, she’d resort to hitting or throwing tantrums. Who among you could subdue her?

I was thinking that it would all be better once I got into university. At least being away from home would be better than staying there. But Grandma was afraid that if I went to university and left, you all wouldn’t send them money anymore, so she schemed to prevent me from going to school. I couldn’t help but resist!” Bai Xiao explained everything from beginning to end to Bai Ju, no longer willing to cover for Li Chunhua and Bai Jianguo; they deserved to know the truth about such people.

Bai Ju was so distraught she could have died from crying. If it weren’t for Bai Xiao comforting her, Bai Ju would have gone back to confront Li Chunhua and Bai Jianguo right then and there. When she learned that Li Chunhua was hospitalized, Bai Ju finally calmed down.

But she was still worried—the old lady was hospitalized! Even if she had been unaware before, not visiting her once she knew wouldn’t be proper.

Regardless of how Li Chunhua was, she was still their grandmother, an elder they absolutely couldn’t sever ties with, no matter how inhuman the deeds were; there was no talk of breaking the relation.

“Xiao, don’t worry about these things anymore. You go to university and focus on your studies, and don’t worry about anything else. As for your origins, I don’t know the full story either. When our parents were about to leave us, they told us your birth mother’s name was Yan Fengying, a sent-down youth from the city to the countryside. There were quite a few sent-down youths back then, with over a dozen in our village alone, not to mention the neighboring ones. But then they all started to find ways to return to the city. No one knows why your mom was the last to remain, and no one knew she was pregnant either. Then one night, our dad went after hearing a cry for help, saying someone needed medical attention.

That’s when he found out your mom had given birth, but it was a difficult labor with severe bleeding. You were born, but your mom didn’t survive. It wasn’t a glorious affair, so the head of the production team arranged the burial. The child—no one wanted to take care of. The Women’s Director, Wang Meihua, did want to adopt you since she had no children of her own, but for some reason, it never happened. Our dad then took you home, which was timely because our mom had also given birth, but the baby girl died, so you were taken as her own. Nobody in the village knew, and those who did wouldn’t talk.

I don’t know the rest. If you want to find out who your father is, you’d probably have to ask those sent-down youths. People say that man was heartless, but no one knows the specifics. Xiao, you can’t let this hold you back. Brother has always treated you as our own parents’ child, and in our hearts, you are our dear little sister!”

Choking back tears, Bai Xiao hugged Bai Ju and cried. Indeed, her beloved brother and sisters always treated her as their dear little sister, or they wouldn’t have met such tragic fates for her sake.

“Sis, I know—we are the real family!”