After returning home, Bai Xia handed the photos to Li Butler, asking him to help track down the whereabouts of these people.
She said they were her parents’ former business partners and wanted to ask them about the situation.
It would be enough if he could just find their locations.
Li Butler didn’t promise he could definitely manage it but said he would give it a try.
“Alright, just do your best.”
Bai Xia didn’t pin all her hopes on the Butler either.
She had originally planned to try again and see if Bai Xiaoya was interested in bullying or causing some trouble, but the whole day Bai Xiaoya stayed cooped up in her room, only coming out to eat.
How strange—if she wasn’t messing with her, then where had the big-chested bully’s desire gone?
Bai Xia was puzzled.
Forget it, she had important things this week. Next weekend, she definitely had to do something.
The girl silently made up her mind.
As for Bai Xiaoya, she wasn’t just messing around these days.
Her mission had made a major breakthrough, so she was just taking a short rest.
“No daily chores to do, no worries about being hit, it’s really so comfortable.”
Unfortunately, good times always come to an end.
She still had to persist in bullying Bai Xia in the future.
But before that, exposing Su Qingyu could earn her two rewards.
Maybe then she’d become strong enough to not fear Bai Xia anymore.
Bai Xiaoya fantasized sweetly about tiring Bai Xia out after becoming stronger, and soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
***
“No! That’s too pathetic. If I really got stronger, I should be thinking about pushing her down instead!”
This was the first thing Bai Xiaoya said after waking from her dream on Monday morning.
She hadn’t even dreamed a better dream but only realized it after waking.
It was Monday. Bai Xia had early self-study at high school, so she left early, driven by her parents.
Bai Xiaoya, a college student, didn’t care and slept in late, leisurely eating breakfast before going to school.
Just as she was eating, Zhang Butler suddenly said, “Eldest Miss, you must be very careful lately.”
Bai Xiaoya’s face showed confusion. “What do you mean?”
“Second Young Miss came back yesterday. It seems she told Li Butler something,” Zhang Butler whispered, “Li Butler has been busy these past days, finding people and making arrangements. Surely there’s some scheme targeting you.”
“…Oh.”
So Bai Xia had been busy with something recently.
No wonder she hadn’t come to tutor her yesterday.
As for whether there really was a plot against her, Bai Xiaoya just smiled.
There’s no way. Would they really need to go to such lengths to deal with me?
Although it was humiliating, that was the reality.
But Bai Xiaoya believed it was only temporary.
After exposing Su Qingyu and winning the double lottery, Bai Xia would definitely have a hard time.
“Done eating, time to go to school!”
Monday’s campus was always full of vitality.
Bai Xiaoya liked the atmosphere very much.
The classmates laughed and chatted in the classroom, sharing interesting stories from the weekend, but no one talked about studying.
Bai Xiaoya glanced toward the classroom door.
Two roommates were quickly approaching, their faces showing a hint of urgency.
“A Yun, A Li, you’re finally here. I was just about to tell you, this weekend I—”
Bai Xiaoya called her roommates by their new nicknames, originally wanting to share her weekend stories, but as soon as Gu Yun came over, she lowered her voice.
“Xiaoxiao, don’t talk. Come over here first. We have a major discovery.”
She also glanced discreetly toward the corner of the classroom, where Su Qingyu sat chatting with classmates, surrounded on all sides—the delicate little white flower everyone loved.
Bai Xiaoya was confused but followed her roommates outside to listen as they whispered back and forth.
Gu Yun said, “Here’s what happened. You know we stayed at school over the weekend. Usually, when teachers or counselors need something, they find us because it’s convenient.”
He Lili added, “Yesterday the counselor asked us to help deliver some materials to a new transfer student, Su Qingyu.”
Gu Yun continued, “Although she hasn’t told others where she lives outside, she registered an approximate address at school, as required.”
He Lili said, “It’s a guesthouse community near the school. We went there and unexpectedly saw her hiding in a deserted corner, making a phone call. Guess what we overheard?”
The two roommates whispered, and Bai Xiaoya suddenly froze.
“What? Swearing?”
“Yes,” Gu Yun nodded.
“All sorts of curses—‘damn,’ ‘shit,’ ‘don’t eat sour radish,’ ‘Suka’—at least four foreign languages.”
He Lili added, “She was stomping her foot while cursing.”
Bai Xiaoya sat dazed for a while, then suddenly stood up, clapping her hands.
“Good, good, very good, excellent!”
Gu Yun and He Lili exchanged surprised looks.
“Xiaoxiao, you… like her even more now?”
“What does liking or not liking have to do with anything? Anyway, thank you both, you’ve helped a lot,” Bai Xiaoya said excitedly.
“Quick, tell me which community it is?”
“Umm… Sunshine Baiyuan Community.”
“Good, good, good.”
Bai Xiaoya recalled her schedule.
Monday and Tuesday had no good opportunity, but Wednesday morning had an outdoor class.
She could sneak away early, then wait at Sunshine Baiyuan Community.
It was time to lift her veil!
“Uh, Xiaoxiao, you won’t be doing anything illegal, right?”
“I don’t know.”
Her two roommates didn’t understand why Bai Xiaoya was suddenly excited or what she was going to do, but they knew something was definitely going to happen at Sunshine Baiyuan Community in two days.
Just saying—be careful.
***
Su Qingyu’s recent days were half smooth, half rough.
Smooth because after moving out of school and living outside, it was peaceful—no dangerous bathhouses, no big-chested women running into her everywhere.
The rough part was her main business—the pocket watch just recently designated as a “high-risk item” by the family—the full name being Edwins’s Pocket Watch—had yielded very little information so far.
Too much time had passed. Years of silence were enough to erase many people’s interest.
Most had stopped searching, with only a few still occasionally mentioning it.
At this rate, when would any news appear?
At noon on Wednesday, Su Qingyu finished her outdoor class and was walking back, fuming at the ineffective underlings running errands for her, almost wanting to stomp her foot.
Just as she reached the community entrance, she suddenly heard someone call her name:
“Su Qingyu!”
The voice belonged to a teenage girl, soft but commanding.
She looked up and saw a pair of proud big white rabbits glaring at her.
Su Qingyu rubbed her eyes.
Was she hallucinating?
Why was Bai Xiaoya here?
But she quickly realized it was not a hallucination.
Bai Xiaoya—the white-haired, big-chested woman—said:
“Su Qingyu, a big shot from the mysterious ‘Trading Zone,’ ruthless and two-faced, your days of pretending to be fragile at school are over!”
Su Qingyu’s pupils dilated.
Her small hand instantly clenched the mouth organ tucked inside her jacket pocket.
“Bai Xiaoya, just who exactly are you?”