Chapter 440 The New Teacher in the SchoolThe Bai family naturally heard about the things regarding Bai Weirong.
“Stop caring about your younger sister. Let Lu Tao worry about it.” Old Master Bai was in good spirits and no longer felt related to this granddaughter.
“Grandpa, is Lu Tao really okay with it?” No man would tolerate what Bai Weirong did, but Lu Tao accepted it. What’s more, he never mentioned it.
Mr. Bai said lightly, “It doesn’t matter even if he cares. As long as the Bai family is still powerful, he will have to tolerate your sister.”
That was also the reason why he insisted that Bai Weirong should marry Lu Tao. Lu Tao was careless and tolerant. If Bai Weirong felt loved by her husband in her own eyes, it didn’t matter what he had done.
And regarding the other things… As long as he didn’t go against the bottom line of the Bai family, the Old Master would naturally just let it go.
“What is the name of the girl that Song Chunli just adopted as a granddaughter?” Old Master Bai suddenly asked.
“Han Xueying.” Bai Ziqi smiled. “She’s very pretty.”
Old Master Bai took a glance at him. “Do you like her?”
“She’s not clean.” Bai Ziqi described the whole process of how he saved the beauty that day. “She arranged the scene ahead of time by herself. And she pretended to be shy at the dinner party. This woman obviously came with a purpose.”
Han Xueying thought very little of Bai Ziqi. He investigated those rogues after that day and they told the truth all.
“She schemed to get close to you. It wasn’t wrong at first,” Old Master Bai touched his beard, “but the key is what Jiang Rui’s role in the situation is and what the woman’s background is.”
Bai Ziqi thought for a second then said, “Should I… ask him about it?”
“No.” Old Master Bai shook his head. “Don’t get into this now. I think he is waiting for something.”
Han Xueying had to have been used as bait to seduce someone. But Old Master Bai couldn’t see who it could be.
“Grandpa, the old lady woman in the Jiang family may want to use Han Xueying to be more intimate with our family.” Bai Ziqi definitely could think of what was in Lu Tao’s mind. Song Chunli wanted to give a status to Han Xueying so that she could naturally enter this circle.
Old Master Bai waved his hand and said, “Forget about her. That woman is not clear-headed now. Whatever, you just do as I tell you and don’t probe into Han Xueying’s background from Jiang Rui. Since he is waiting, we should just wait with him. When he gets what he wants, we will naturally know.”
In Jiang Rui’s office, Scar was reporting to Jiang Rui with doubt, “Bai Ziqi withdrew the person who was following Han Xueying and he stopped tracking down info on her background.”
“Maybe he already fell for her?” Xiao Si patted Scar’s shoulder. “Congratulations! You’re free now! Maybe she will call to ask for a break up soon!”
Scar punched him. “F**k you! I’ve never been with her.”
When they stopped fighting, both of them looked at Jiang Rui.
“The old man in the Bai family,” Jiang Rui said.
Scar groaned and said, “That old guy is smart like a monkey. How can he always guess everything?”
Jiang Rui lowered his head. He knew the Old Master Bai most. By the time his parents got involved in that experiment, the Bai family had the chance to be a part of it as well. But the Old Master Bai refused and would rather have his grandson be a normal person.
He had seen everything through already so he never compared Bai Ziqi with Jiang Rui because he knew that Jiang Rui’s parents had traded their lives for Jiang Rui’s good life.
“Forget the Bai family.” Jiang Rui stood up. “It’s time to go.”
Scar knew that he would take Chen Chen back home, so he stood up as well. “I have to go to Han Xueying’s place. She will move out today.”
“Hey, she still doesn’t want you!” Xiao Si said joked. As a result, Scar kicked him and then ran away.
Chen Chen had stayed in the lab for a whole week. She wasn’t in a hurry. After all, Song Chunli couldn’t run away, so she could do it slowly. Jiang Rui came to pick her up at three o’clock every afternoon. Then they could get Tuan Zi together.
Today, Hei Zi also came. It sat in the backseat and watched its master kissing his wife sooner or later. It felt very disappointed about it. The little master who sat with it every time was much better.
When they were still two streets away from Tuan Zi’s school, Bear suddenly called.
“Boss, something happened.”
Today, Tuan Zi’s school was performing a show for the TV station. Tuan Zi led a group of kids to have an interview as a student representative. Then a man rushed out from the crowd, took out a knife, and slashed.
The first person who got hurt was the photographer. Then the man rushed at the kids. The teachers present realized the danger and hurried to apprehend him. Tuan Zi stood at the front and the man lifted the knife, ready to slash.
Tuan Zi was thinking what gesture she should use to keep the harm to the minimum when a black shadow quickly lifted her up and rolled on the ground. Thus, they escaped from the slash.
They soon got the crazy guy under control and the police arrived to take him away.
“Understood.” Jiang Rui hung up the phone.
Chen Chen looked at him with worry., “I heard Bear say the word school. Did something bad happen to Tuan Zi?”
“No. Just a small accident. We can go there now.” Jiang Rui was afraid that she might get worried, so he didn’t tell her about the specific situation.
Arriving at the school, Tuan Zi was being cured in the infirmary. The back of her hand was a bit scratched. But the teacher who saved her, his entire arm was hurt.
“Tuan Zi, do you feel uncomfortable? Have a lollipop first.” Wen Zeyu crouched beside Tuan Zi with those red eyes as if he was the one who had gotten hurt.
Tuan Zi saw Jiang Rui and Chen Chen so she called out, “Dad! Mum!”
“Woof!” Hei Zi rushed in and pushed Wen Zeyu away with its big b.u.t.t.
Tuan Zi touched its head. “Don’t worry. It’s just a little bruise. Just a small band-aid will fix it.”
“Woof!” Hei Zi barked to the door.
Tuan Zi poked its nose. “You don’t have a chance to bite him. He was taken away by the police.”
Wen Zeyu secretly stared at Hei Zi. Every time it came to take Tuan Zi away from him, he wanted to stew it.
“Dad, this teacher saved me.” Tuan Zi pointed at a young man who sat nearby.
The headmaster, who had just run in. pulled the young man up and said, “Officer Jiang, I’m sorry… This is a college student who was just distributed to our school. He teaches art.”
The headmaster was sweating the whole time. He was lucky that nothing serious happened. Or else, how could he face the officer? He hadn’t intended to sign a formal contract with the young man. But now he had to!
“I wonder what I should call you.” Jiang Rui reached out his hand politely.
“You’re too polite. My name is Xu Li.” The young man was a little nervous as well.
Jiang Rui shook hands with him. “Thank you for saving my daughter!”
“It’s what I should do…” Xu Li smiled. “I was standing closest to them. The other teachers would have run to help too if they were me.”
“No matter what, I owe you.” Jiang Rui looked at the headmaster after those words. “Later, I’ll send a banner here and the school should praise him for it too.”
The headmaster was very happy about that. “Of course! We’ll definitely praise him for it!”
On their way back, Chen Chen saw that Tuan Zi was speechless and thought she might be scared. So to change the subject, she asked Jiang Rui, “Did the crazy man say what the reason was?”
“He is a gambler.” Jiang Rui called the police before he got in the car. “That guy is addicted to gambling so his wife took their child away from him. And all the stuff at home was sold to pay off his debts. Several days ago, he lost his house when gambling. Then he became homeless and desperate.”
Chen Chen became furious. “How could he hurt the children because he was desperate? If he was that brave, why didn’t he slash those bad guys? Besides, he could just stop a fancy car on the street and slash those rich people. He is truly a coward to hurt children!”
“If he had courage, he wouldn’t have ended up like this.” Jiang Rui looked at the little girl who sat behind. She still looked unhappy. So Jiang Rui asked, “Tuan Zi?”
Tuan Zi lifted her head. “Ah?”
“Do you feel uncomfortable?” Chen Chen reached her hand out to feel her head.
Tuan Zi shook her head. “Not at all.” She glanced at Jiang Rui and said, “I’m just hungry.”
They exchanged a look secretly without Chen Chen noticing it. Then after dinner, when Chen Chen was showering, Jiang Rui and Tuan Zi sat on the couch and talked.
“Dad, what do you think of this Mr. Xu?”
Jiang Rui didn’t expect her to ask this question. “Is there something wrong with him?”
Tuan Zi looked at him but Jiang Rui shook his head. “I feel that he is just a normal person.”
“But I feel that he is just like Long Zhen’ao.” Tuan Zi frowned. “But there is something different. I just can’t place it.”
Jiang Rui looked at her seriously and said, “Do you think it’s the same person?”
“I don’t know.” Tuan Zi felt anxious. “It’s because he is totally different now. But I just feel that they are alike.”
If it really was Long Zhen’ao, then the reason why he became a teacher at the school was very clear.
“I will ask for leave for you. You can’t go to school anymore.”
Tuan Zi pulled him. “Dad, if I don’t go to school, I will never know if he is Long Zhen’ao or not.”
“No matter who he is, I can’t risk your life.”
Tuan Zi went into his arms to act pettish to him. “I have the good stuff made by Grandma. I’m not afraid!” Seeing that Jiang Rui wanted to reject her again, she pouted. “Aunt Ah Sha defeated a kidnapper when she was only three. I’m almost seven years old now!”
“How can you compare it like that?” Jiang Rui knocked on her forehead.
At last, he couldn’t persuade his daughter and had to let her still go to school. Besides, he pretended that he didn’t know a thing. But Jiang Rui still packed a GPS on her so that he could find Tuan Zi no matter where she was.
Of course, they hid the thing from Chen Chen without a second word.
Jiang Rui asked Xiao Si to investigate the background of Xu Li. The result was that he was a native man who went to a native college. Even his parents were normal workers who lived in the community that their workplace provided.
“Master, could it be that Tuan Zi was mistaken?” Xiao Si made much effort but found nothing wrong.
Looking through all of Xu Li’s files, Jiang Rui was lost in thought. Then he said, “Keep investigating him. As long as there is something strange about him, we can find it. Find out all the relationships he’s had since he was in elementary school and eliminate them one by one.”
Chen Chen didn’t know all of these things. She was putting white powder into capsules.
“Finished!” She stood up and clapped her hands. “Now it’s up to Brother Xiao Rui when he wants to make Song Chunli take it.”