While Binglan was enjoying her day, at another place, Bai Ming was fuming.
There were photos on his table, from the hospital to the cafe that BingLan just stopped at.
"How do they know each other?" Bai Ming asked in a cold tone.
"It's probably when he kidnapped her. There were no traces of their paths crossing before that." The man in front of him answered.
Bai Ming frowned.
"Do a complete profile on Fan Delun. Keep up the surveillance on BingLan." He ordered.
"Understood, Boss." the man in front of him answered.
However, he did not leave immediately.
Bai Ming looked at him in askance.
"We are not the only ones watching Miss Xue." he said at last.
"Find out who else is watching her, and why." Bai Ming added.
The man nodded in assent and left the room.
Bai Ming looked around.
Though he did bring secretary Pei, he is not yet sure of secretary Pei's loyalty.
He knew as early as when he was ten that his aunt did not love him, nor did she want what is best for him.
So, he started building his forces and connections up from then.
Now, he barely had enough people to inform him of his aunt's plans.
Secretary Pei is in the most advanced position among his spies.
Looking at the pictures, he really would have to take over the Bai group early on.
Otherwise, his aunt will sell him away one way or another, and find a way to tie his hands and feet.
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In another place, Miss Zhu Rong Hui was looking at the same photos.
She was reborn a month ago.
It is not the first time she is reborn either.
She was the one who gave information about Bing Lan to Bai Yi Ning.
Though she married Bai Ming for business matters, she eventually fell in love with him in her last life.
In her first life, she liked Fan Delun, and she had married him after a long courting period.
It is only after divorcing Delun she realized she had given a tiger wings by marrying him, and allowing him to use her father's connections.
Delun unified the entire Fan group underneath him in the first five years of the marriage.
Then, he supported her father's political dreams, among all these events, she realized Delun was never really in love with her.
Pissed, she divorced him.
However, what made her angrier was the fact he was on good terms with her father even after marriage.
Eventually, she met Bai Ming and fell in love.
However, that all came to a test when Bing Lan appeared.
Her hands were broken, and she was towing a little baby with her.
By then, Zhu RongHui has realized she will never have children.
Bing Lan was brought by Bai Ming to be the surrogate. What she didn't know then was she was her husband's first love.
Soon after there was a kidnapping incident involving Bing Lan's child.
In the resulting accident, Bing Lan, Fan Delun and the child perished.
However, it is also during that incident she realized Bai Ming liked her, for between saving Bing Lan and herself, he chose herself.
In the second life, she did not give in to Delun at all, and married Bai Ming.
Bai Ming had just lost his first love cruelly.
In time, they learned to love each other.
She used Delun just as much as Delun used her.
Delun married the Lin family this time, and instead of five, he unified the Fan empire in ten years.
Bing Lan once more appeared in their lives. Bai Ming was shaken worse.
However, this time, Bing Lan died protecting Fan Delun, and Fan Delun died protecting Bing Lan's child.
It is only after that she knew the blockbuster news that the child is Delun's.
Bai Ming was crushed by the news.
That's how she came to know Delun was the perpetrator of the incident Bing Lan accused of Bai Ming.
For all the pain these two caused her family, Zhu RongHui will never forgive either of these people.
In both of her lives, this meeting happened next year.
However, when she saw Bai Ming propose to the pretentious little bitch, she decided it's time to clean her up.
As expected, Delun went running to her, as soon as she was in danger.
What she didn't expect is that Delun would find out her control over his men.
She needs to lay low for some time till both Bai Ming and Delun cool down.
Using her own hands on either of these men is stupidity.
All she has to do is provide the much needed information to the right party.
How they make it, it's not her problem.
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Delun adjusted both his expression and attire and met Bai Yuning.
He played the video of BingLan breaking up with Bai Ming.
When she saw how reviled the girl is with her nephew, she frowned.
She has seen the way Bai Ming proposed to the girl.
He wasn't this crazy about her then.
More than that, she never thought her nephew was capable of such passion, bordering on madness.
She stayed silent as Delun waited for her response.
"Master Fan" She called him all of a sudden.
"I don't want them to break up. I want this girl to keep meeting my nephew." she said.
Delun kept his expression straight with great effort.
It's a good thing he did not tell Bai Yu Ning he is the said girl's husband.
"I am afraid that's not going to be possible, Miss Bai." he informed her lightly.
Listening to his voice, no one could feel the boiling anger within him at the time.
"Make it happen. The contract for the one eighty three is yours. However, there are still the airport's bids." She told him.
Delun frowned.
"May I ask why?" he asked curiously.
"This girl is interesting. It's as simple as that." She answered him.
"I am afraid I would have to turn it down in that case. That is not an acceptable enough reason for me to bet the future of my company on it." Fan Delun rejected Bai Yu Ning politely.
As expected, old bosses are cunning. Every where in the world says Bai Ming is apple of his aunt's eye, and here she is, choosing the most cruel way to break her nephew's heart and mind. For he is sure Bai Yu Ning was planning for the Bing Lan to dump Bai Ming when it was convenient for herself.
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While these people are making all their diabolical plans, Bing Lan is getting ready for the most innocent kind of meeting ever.
She's going back to college, her brother has overcome the crisis which would have ruined his life. Dayu would be here in about an hour.
Her brother reached here early, and she told him to prepare for going out.
They went out and met Dayu at the ice cream shop.
The shop was pink.
Normally, Xue Ying would have refused to enter the shop at all.
This time, he entered happily, and even ordered the lychee shaved ice with all the toppings.
She ordered a princess style big bucket for both herself and Dayu.
Her brother is immersed in eating the sandwiches and his ice cream, while she chatted with Dayu about the big matter of relationships.
Finally, when they were finished, she took both the children out to play arcade, and then, once more to barbecue dinner.
It's a really good thing she was so immersed in her own self, for if she had heard the dialogue of the two children, she would have died out of anger.
"Hey, you! Has your sister gone mad?" Sheng Dayu questioned Xue Ying.
"Are you really a prodigy? You can't even tell she was born mad?" her brother questioned Dayu.
Dayu nodded her head like she was suddenly enlightened.
"Even so, it's very rare for her to take me out like this. Did she win the lottery or something ? " Xue Ying wondered.
" It says on the internet girls eat too much ice cream when they have a break-up. Maybe she had a bad break-up?" Dayu opined.
Xue Ying was lost for words.
There were Mini explosions going on in his head.
Really?
His sister had a boyfriend?
When?
Between the trouble he created, and all the troubles his mother's wishy-washiness created, he did not think his sister had any time to date guys.
'Amazing' he gave his sister a thumbs up in his heart.
While Dayu besides him was also sharing those sentiments to an extent.
"Hey! Kid. Do you have a girlfriend? " she asked him.
"No. " he answered.
"Then be my boyfriend. Okay?" Dayu answered.
"Why? I don't like you. Also, I am not a kid. " Xue Ying answered too frankly.
It's quite fortunate the girl opposite him is Dayu, for any other girl would have thrown water in his face or ran away in tears if he talked to them like that.
"No matter how I look at your sister , I think it's not a break up ice cream. I think she got a new boyfriend and she called me to show off. I don't want to be single when she brags. I never lost to her anywhere." Dayu explained honestly.
Surprisingly, it's the language Xue Ying understands.
"Would you like to be my girlfriend?" he asked Dayu.
"Why? I thought you didn't like me." Dayu answered exactly like himself.
"I want to stop going to school. When I tell her later, I need some backup to convince my sister. You as my girlfriend and my sister's friend are best for the job, aren't you?" he asked her.
"Deal! I will be your girlfriend. " Dayu accepted.
At this point, Bing Lan returned with the barbecue.
"What are you talking about?" She asked curiously.