The year after Xu Mingfei left, Baili Tong adopted a girl from the orphanage.
Baili Tong called her Xiao Fei and asked the servants at home to call her Miss, but he did not give her the Baili family name.
She was a very strange girl. She smiled often, and when she smiled, she would reveal her small, white fangs. She was very friendly to anyone, even those who often surrounded her and laughed at her for being a parentless person.
She also kept smiling when the boys in her family were begging for food. Her smile was very sweet, reminding people of the girl Baili's family had adopted in the past.
But her identity was so embarrassing. Baili Tong did not let her take his surname, so even the servants of the Baili family did not regard her as their real master. Although they called her eldest lady on the surface,
But after calling, he never forgets to sneer.
The principals of the Baili family would not pay much attention to such an unknown girl. They all regarded her as a toy raised by Baili Tong, just using her to pass the boring time.
That’s all.
So more than ten years later, when Baili Tong stepped down as the head of the Baili family and personally announced that he would pass on the position of Nine Treasures to Xiao Fei, everyone present was not surprised.
That year, Xiao Fei was sixteen years old and Baili Tong was forty-two years old.
The forty-two-year-old man looked so old. Years of living and enjoying life had drained his body. He couldn't even stand for a long time, and his body was swaying as if it was about to collapse at any time.
The older nephews and nephews of the Baili family immediately exploded after a brief moment of speechlessness. Everyone looked filled with indignation, looking at Xiao Fei like knives, as if they wanted to eat her alive.
Similar.
Xiao Fei stood quietly beside Baili Tong, her slender arms resting on his shoulders. She still had a sweet smile on her face, watching them dancing, and whispered in Baili Tong's ear, "Tong, I'm sorry
As I said, these people have no good intentions. They want you to die early so that they can carve up all the Baili family's property. Don't worry, I am here, and nothing you give me will be lost.
Whoever has embezzled your property over the years, I will make them spit out all their capital and profits!"
She called him by his name, which was what he asked for.
She was not allowed to call him father, dad, or Mr. Baili. She could only call him by his name, as if she loved him deeply.
Baili Tong remained silent. He had already guessed today's situation and did not want to stop it. He knew that Xiao Fei could handle this matter alone. With her ability, all the nephews and nephews of the Baili family could do it.
Not her opponent.
She was the funniest girl he had ever seen, and also the most decisive.
He had brought her back by mistake at first because she was almost exactly the same as the woman in his impression as a girl. But after a long time, he realized that she was not Xu Mingfei. There was only one Xu Mingfei in the world. No matter how she looked,
No matter how similar she is, it's not her.
If it were Xu Mingfei, when faced with this situation, she would definitely choose to stand behind him and wait for him to speak before she would take a stand. She would never expose herself nakedly to everyone's accusations and accusations like this.
Before criticism.
Xu Mingfei has always been gentle. Her gentleness comes from her bones, not just a facade like her.
Only Baili Tong knew what kind of deep intentions this child had hidden behind her smile. He had seen how she set up those boys who bullied her. Anyone who made her hurt would be rewarded a thousand times.
, when she did these things, she still had a gentle smile on her face, as usual. She was chosen by him, and he raised her with his own hands. Even if she is a sheep, she will be thrown into the wolf's den for a long time.
, will also turn into a wolf.
What's more, she is not a kind person at heart.
That's fine, beasts always need beasts to accompany them.
He was not worried at all if Baili's family was left to him.
After announcing his decision, Baili Tong left Xiao Fei alone at Baili's house and flew to Switzerland to recuperate. His body could no longer support it. After Xu Mingfei left, he began to give up on himself. Although he
He has never admitted it, but it is the truth. He has been looking for her for a year. During this year, all the supplements of newspapers in H City have published missing person notices about her. He promised a large sum of money to anyone who can provide clues about her.
He doesn't hesitate to repay people.
But the result was disappointment again and again.
After being disappointed for too long, it turned into despair. Xu Mingfei became a wound in his heart that would never heal. As time went by, the wound became more and more festering, as if the whole heart was about to be swallowed up and rotted.
Before the age of 20, Xiao Fei often traveled between H city and Switzerland. Baili's family prepared a private jet for her. She set off at dusk and could have lunch with Baili Tong at noon.
For this man, she had an indescribable and unexplainable feeling for him.
She respects him because he rescued her from a place where even eating a piece of candy would break her head, but she hates him because after he rescued her, he did not give her a stable life, but instead
Lost to a more dangerous place.
Just out of the tiger's mouth, he entered the wolf's den.
Since she was recognized as the heir to the Baili family, God knows how many assassinations she has experienced in the past few years. She still sleeps in the bathtub in the bathroom because there is always a possibility of being shot while sleeping on the bed.
However, while she resented him, she also admired him. This unhealthy man was the strongest person she had ever seen. He was wise and brave, cunning and cold-blooded. He held wealth that others could not predict.
Underneath his villa is a huge treasure house like a palace. He is as rich as anyone in the world, but he is alone and can only make people feel sad.
He was so clean and self-possessed that it was outrageous. She had been with him for so many years and had never seen him get involved with any woman.
She knew that it wasn't that he couldn't, he just didn't want to. Because every time he looked at her, Xiao Fei felt that although he was looking at her, she saw the shadow of another person through his eyes.
The shadow of a woman.
He called her Xu Mingfei, and he showed her a photo of her. When he was drunk, he called this woman's name and hugged her. That was the first and only time he hugged her.
Xu Mingfei, from then on, this name was like a curse, hovering over Xiao Fei's head. She was not afraid of anything, but she was only worried about the owner of this name.
She asked someone to get the photo album of Baili's home, and found Xu Mingfei's photo in it.
She suddenly understood why Baili Tong chose the taciturn self among many children.
turn out to be……
Two years after Xiao Fei completely settled the mess in Baili's family, the 18-year-old girl emerged as sharp as a diamond in the jewelry industry of City H.
No one dared to point fingers or make irresponsible remarks in front of her anymore, because most of the people who had done so had turned into bones.
This girl's skills are even better than those of Baili Tong back then. She never mind getting her hands dirty, but the smile on her face is not damaged by it.
One cold winter morning, a plain letter that was rarely used these days was put into Baili's mailbox. The recipient's address on the envelope was written Baili Tong. Logically speaking, this letter would be taken by the servant.
He went to Baili Tong's study and piled them together with several magazines and letters from the past, waiting to be opened or thrown away when he came back.
But that day happened to be the day when Baili Tong returned to China. Xiao Fei got up very early and began to order the servants at home to clean the house again, which was already bright and clean.
She saw the letter, hesitated for a moment, and opened it.
There was a photo in the letter. In the photo, the woman, who was no longer young but still beautiful, was hugging a bunch of ragged children, smiling peacefully and beautifully.
The letter was written by a child. The crooked handwriting on the paper said that the woman in this photo was his elementary school teacher. She was seriously ill and was about to die because she had no money for treatment. He peeked.
After reading the teacher's diary, he knew that the teacher had worked here in the early years and was married to the man of the house. He wanted to ask if they could lend her some money to at least allow her to survive the Spring Festival, because she would not be able to wait until spring.
, as soon as the snow in the mountains melts, they can go out to collect herbs and hunt wild animals. In that case, they can exchange some money back, and maybe they can cure the teacher's disease...
Xu Mingfei.
Although she was much thinner than in the previous photos, and there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, Xiao Fei recognized her almost instantly. In fact, after so long, she was still young, and Xu Mingfei was already twilight, so they did not
No matter how similar they were, she still recognized her.
Isn't it? She has been lingering in her heart for so long. She has dreamed of Xu Mingfei returning to Baili's house almost countless times and taking Baili Tong away from her. How could she forget such a powerful opponent?
.
He took out his lighter and pressed it gently. The flames burst out and engulfed the letter. The tongue of flames licked the woman's face. After a while, only a cloud of ashes was left.
After doing all this, Xiao Fei calmly called the maid to clean up the paper dust. She then turned and went upstairs, calmly washed herself, put on makeup, and made careful preparations to welcome Baili Tong's return.
Baili Tong will never know the existence of this letter, because Xiao Fei will never tell him.
She didn't feel guilty at all, not even the slightest bit ashamed. She thought of the first time she met Baili Tong in the orphanage when she was young. He walked through the pile of children and came directly to her, extending his palm.
When she grew up, she asked Baili Tong, why did you choose me in the first place?
After a long silence, Baili Tong said that beasts want beasts to accompany them.
He is right. Beasts need beasts to accompany them.
In this life, only she can stand by his side. And those who can only stand behind him are not worthy of walking with him.
At this moment, a clear car whistle sounded outside the villa gate...