Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 336 A Dream_1

Mingyue began to act foolishly again, "Grandpa, what are you talking about? Why would Qingfeng and I follow him?"

Bai Yiran snorted coldly, "Can’t you see? This kid’s idea is to take everything from me, which naturally includes you two."

"In his dreams!" Mingyue gritted her teeth.

"Don’t speak so harshly!" Xiao Ming took out a new lighter and lit a cigarette, "Old man, you’re already past the prime of life, it’s about time you retired and enjoyed your later years.

If you wish, anywhere in the world, pick any place, I’ll cover all the expenses."

"Can I pick your house?"

Xiao Ming removed the cigarette from his mouth, speaking with utmost seriousness and gravity, "From the moment you enter my home, you are the grandfather to my child!"

A glint of light flashed in Bai Yiran’s eyes, and a bit of ash fell onto the table.

"Why not your father?"

"I can treat you with as much filial piety as I would my own father, but let’s skip the formal address, it feels awkward."

"I don’t know you."

"Are you sure you don’t know me?"

"I’m sure."

"I’ve met Ye Jin’an."

Bai Yiran’s expression stiffened, and then he said angrily, "That little rascal, who allowed him to look for you? What if the Ye Family discovers it?

Bastard! Mingyue, you immediately..."

"Old man," Xiao Ming interrupted him, "calm down, I haven’t agreed to anything he said, don’t worry.

Besides, no matter what, he is still my mother’s brother. Would you have Mingyue kill him, and then have me still be able to cherish this child afterward?"

Bai Yiran let out a heavy breath and asked, "What has he done?"

Xiao Ming related the whole story of Ye Jin’an using Guan Qingchang and Guan Ruiming to test his mettle, "Later, when we met, he brought up the matter of his dad and his brother joining outsiders to wipe out my grandfather’s entire family and hoped I would join him in seeking revenge."

"You didn’t agree?"

"I told him to stay wherever he felt most comfortable."

Bai Yiran was stunned, and then burst into loud laughter that rang like a bell.

"Not bad, not bad, worthy of Little Qing’s son! No matter who he is, as long as they displease us, we don’t give a damn!"

Xiao Ming watched him silently for a moment before suddenly asking, "It was you who helped my mother leave back in the day, right?"

Bai Yiran’s laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked Xiao Ming up and down with an odd glint in his eyes.

"From the moment you saw me, every word you’ve said has been with ulterior motives. You came to clarify things and make a confession, yet you first wormed words out of me for a long time. It feels very familiar, as if I had personally taught you.

Kid, I only held you a few times when you were little, and after that, I never saw you again.

And I’m certain that Little Qing wouldn’t have taught you any of this.

So, you’d better make things clear right away, otherwise, even though I won’t kill you, you’ll never be able to use my name again."

"Don’t you want to see your daughter?"

Bai Yiran’s demeanor darkened, shaking his head, "The reason I chose to live in Longyin Detention Center is that Xuechao and her mother are living here.

I know all about her life from childhood onwards, and there has always been someone looking after her. It’s quite good this way.

I am no longer a qualified father and certainly cannot, out of selfishness, drag her into danger as well."

"Do you know that she’s secretly fancying me?"

"Hmph! If you weren’t Little Qing’s son, you’d have been bagged and dumped in the river long ago!"

"Hey, hey, old man, that’s so unreasonable! I never seduced her; her liking me is her business. Why the hell would you kill me?"

"For a father, any man who makes his daughter sad, even if he’s a saint that comes once in a millennium, deserves to die!"

Xiao Ming nodded in deep agreement and then asked, "Then do you know how intense a daughter’s desire to see her father can be?"

Bai Yiran was speechless. He threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and lit another one.

"Xuechao is a good woman, whether you’re in her life or not. I can’t bear to push her away, but she’s as stubborn as you are.

So, at least for the next few years, she will be with me."

Xiao Ming continued, "I’ve already used your name. Ye Jin’an can find me through it, and it’s only a matter of time before the Ye Family comes knocking.

That means, whether you see her or not, the danger will not decrease.

Of course, if you’re too ashamed to see her, that’s another story."

Bai Yiran gave a bitter smile, "You little brat, you’re taking advantage of the relationship between you and your mother to do as you please!"

Xiao Ming spread his hands, "I’m just telling you the facts. It’s up to you whether you listen or not. Anyway, I’ve already promised to bring her here."

"Have you finished talking?"

Xiao Ming opened his mouth and then let out a soft sigh.

About the matters of his past life, there was no way to explain them clearly. His original plan was to deal with Ye Jin’an in the same way, hiding the hints in the frequent changes of topic so that Bai Yiran could guess the answers himself and then fill in the illogical parts.

That’s the common error of smart people; they mostly only trust their own intelligence. Once they have a conclusion in mind, no matter how absurd, they’ll automatically find a reasonable explanation.

Unfortunately, this was the teacher who had taught him almost all of his survival skills, far from being as easily fooled as Ye Jin’an.

After a long silence, Xiao Ming said, "I once had a dream.

In that dream, my wife was killed by someone. I avenged her and then clanged into prison, into this very jail.

I, with no money, power, or background, was supposed to be assigned the hardest and most tiring work. But somehow, I ended up in a library that other inmates couldn’t buy their way into even with money."

"There, I met an old man.

He was very kind to me and taught me many things that I couldn’t have even dreamt of learning before. His only requirement was that he wanted me to inherit his mantle and dreams."

"What was it?"

"To stand on the clouds and then piss down on the world."

Bai Yiran’s fist clenched instantaneously, crushing the cigarette directly into his palm, while his eyes shone with an intense light.

"Is there more?"

"I studied under him in the prison for four and a half years. After my release, I joined a secret organization in the capacity of his heir and used the organization’s power to engage in business and amass wealth.

Meanwhile, inside the organization, I adopted a strategy of division and alliance and ultimately succeeded in taking the leader’s throne."

"And then?"

"Then I was killed by the most powerful person at the top of the pyramid and woke up."

Bai Yiran stared at Xiao Ming as if trying to pierce through his flesh, bones, and directly into his mind.

Xiao Ming remained motionless, his expression tranquil.

Time seemed to freeze, and even the air felt much stickier.

That made Mingyue very uncomfortable, her inexplicable tension causing the poisonous insects on her body to all curl up in what they deemed safe corners, silent and still, hibernating.

After who knows how long, Bai Yiran loosened his palm and brushed off the fragments of tobacco and paper.

The air cleared, and time began to flow again.

"So, you found out everything about me through a dream?"