Lin Xinyan looked down at the bracelet on her wrist and said laughingly, “Why are you asking this? Do you have some kind of special liking for women’s ornaments?”
Bai Yinning was speechless for a while and replied, “No…”
“Then, what is it that you really want to know from me?” Lin Xinyan asked straightforwardly.
She wouldn’t be so cautious if she hadn’t noticed Yuxiu’s photo in his study.
Since the jade bracelet was given to her by Yuxiu and he wanted to know where it came from, she had to be more vigilant.
She clenched her fists quietly and thought: What’s the relationship between Yuxiu and him?
No one would put a stranger’s photo in his or her own study, right?
Since the photos were even put on the table, apparently he always looked at it.
Bai Yinning touched his forehead and said laughingly, “Would you ever feel tired because of thinking too much?”
He could apparently sense that Lin Xinyan was suspicious of him.
“I don’t know her, but merely saw her photo.” Bai Yinning admitted that he put the photo on the table just to sound Lin Xinyan out.
It wasn’t always being put there.
He looked at the bracelet on her hand and said, “I’m keeping you here because your bracelet is the same as the one that the woman was wearing. I thought… you might be her daughter.”
Lin Xinyan didn’t utter a word.
But Bai Yinning didn’t continue either and merely said, “You should take some rest.”
Frowned, Lin Xinyan didn’t really believe what he said and asked, “You said you don’t know her, yet aren’t you keeping me here for her sake because you thought I’m her daughter? Who will do such a thing for a woman who’s a stranger? Do you really think I will believe your story?”
Lin Xinyan didn’t hide it anymore since she was curious about his identity, and asked, “Who is she to you? Relative…”
Lin Xinyan actually wanted to say mother and son?
She can’t think of an alternative explanation other than Yuxiu bore another man a child before she remarried Zong Qifeng.
But she doesn’t think that Yuxiu is such a woman.
She feels that something just doesn’t add up, and thus wants to ask Bai Yinning everything here.
“Let’s make a deal.” Bai Yinning suddenly suggested.
Lin Xinyan thought about it for a while and asked, “What deal is that?”
She didn’t dare to simply agree to a deal with him.
“If you want to know who I am, I can tell you now. But you’ll have to answer a question from me honestly.” Bai Yinning said.
Lin Xinyan thought about the deal for a while and responded, “Sure.”
She felt that Bai Yinning’s secrets were a lot more compared to herself.
“Ladies first. You may ask a question.” Bai Yinning had prepared himself when he proposed the deal.
Lin Xinyan pondered for a while and said, “What are your parents’ names? Where were they from? Where are they now?”
Bai Yinning frowned when he said, “Is that really one question?”
“Yes.” Lin Xinya didn’t feel guilty at all when she answered, “I asked only one question about your parents, am I right?”
Bai Yinning laughed out loud. Lin Xinyan was indeed witty, as he could not refute her explanation at all.
His face turned solemn as he said, “I don’t know who my mother was as I’m an orphan. My foster father was Bai Hongfei from Baicheng, who was the heir of Bai Group. Before he passed away, he handed Bai Group over to me with a request…”
He stopped here, looked at Lin Xinyan emotionally and said, “He hoped that I could marry Yuxiu’s daughter, and I thought you were her.”
So, is this the reason that he saved her and kept her here?
But who was his foster father Bai Hongfei? What’s his relationship with Yuxiu?
“Since I’ve answered your question, now is my turn to ask.” Bai Yinning looks serious when he said, “Are you ready?”
Lin Xinyan was lost in her thoughts as she was trying to guess what he would ask and prepare answers in her mind in advance.
“Are you ready?” Bai Yinning urged her.
“Yes.” Lin Xinyan looked at him.
Bai Yinning raised his eyebrows when he said, “I’ve to attend an event this Saturday, and you’ll be my partner.”
Lin Xinyan frowned. Did she just experience some kind of hallucinations?
What… What did he say?
To attend an event with him?
“Shouldn’t you be asking me a question?”
“I think I could hardly understand you by just asking one question, and so I decided to use it wisely.”
Lin Xinyan was speechless.
“It’s too late for you to regret now. We must never renege on our promises, right?” Bai Yinning grinned, as if he had his way.
“I won’t harm you, and might even give you a surprise.” Bai Yinning blinked at her.
Lin Xinyan was thinking to herself. I just hope that I won’t be shocked. Surprise? Forget it.
“You didn’t really follow the rule by putting forward this condition. I can still agree to it, yet you must also agree to my condition.”
“I’ve already answered you.” Bai Yinning blinked his eyes. This woman really didn’t want to be shortchanged at all.
“Ask me another question then.” Lin Xinyan looked up and apparently didn’t want to cooperate with him. If he didn’t agree to her request, she wouldn’t agree to his as well.
Bai Yinning looked at her in silence for a while and finally said, “Alright, I’ll agree to it. Just tell me.”
“Allow me to make phone calls.”
Bai Yinning knew since the beginning that she would make this request.
“Sure, but you can contact your family only after accompanying me to the event.”
Lin Xinyan made a calculation and knew that there were just three to four days left until Saturday. She was willing to be patient for a few more days as long as she could contact her family.
“You shouldn’t stay up too late.” Bai Yinning grinned at her.
Time fled, and three to four days soon passed. After being massaged by the doctor carefully, Lin Xinyan’s ankle recovered a lot. She could now walk by herself, yet couldn’t walk for a long time as she hadn’t fully recovered from the injury.
“Ms. Lin, young master asked me to give you this.” Liu came in with a delicate box in her hands.
When Lin Xinyan was sitting on the side of the bed to move her feet, she heard Liu’s voice, looked up and asked, “What’s inside the box?”
Liu shook her head, yet she envied her very much as she could receive a gift from young master.
“Ms. Lin, would you want to open it and take a look?” Liu was standing next to the bed while holding the box in her hands. She looked at Lin Xinyan who was rather calm and said, “Young master rarely gives a gift to anyone.”
She really isn’t excited about it.
At least she has never seen young master giving a gift to anyone.
“Open it.” Lin Xinyan said calmly.
Liu opened her eyes widely in disbelief and asked, “You want me to open it for you?”
Lin Xinyan thought about it again and felt that it was disrespectful to ask others to open her own gift. Even though she didn’t look forward to Bai Yinning’s gift, she said, “I’ll open it.”
She took the box from her and opened it.
It was an evening dress.
“Oh my god!” Liu couldn’t help but said shockingly, “Isn’t it the dress that you designed earlier? Young master asked someone to make it.”
Lin Xinyan saw it too. She held the dress up and spread it out like a piece of smooth silk.
“It looks beautiful.” Staring at it, Liu held out her hands to touch it and asked, “What’s the dress made of? Why is it so soft and smooth?”
“The real tea silks.” Lin Xinyan never thought that Bai Yinning would ask someone to make this dress by using tea silk.
Many imitations in the market are sold at a high price, yet none of them are real tea silk.
In terms of noodles, tea silk is considered the noble noodle and is given prominent titles such as “soft gold” and “slim queen”.
In terms of fabric, it is regarded as the highest quality silk.
Due to the complexity to produce tea silk, the craftsmen who are good at manufacturing this type of fabric are very few, and so the craftsmanship is about to be lost.
She knew it through books and the internet, and only saw a real dress made of tea silk once at Mrs. William’s house.
It was very difficult to buy tea silk even if the person had money.
She wasn’t sure where Bai Yinning got the material from. Also, the long dress that she designed would require large-size tea silk.
Liu didn’t know about all this but only felt that the design was beautiful. As the fabric was soft, smooth, and glowing, the pure black dress wasn’t dull and looked elegant, graceful as well as sexy.
“You must look very beautiful in the dress.” Liu buried her envy deep in her heart.
“Do you like it?” When Lin Xinyan looked up, she saw Bai Yinning in a dark blue grid suit with a light-colored necktie. Even though he was sitting on a wheelchair, he still looked extraordinarily stunning.
