EBE Chapter 788 - 781: The Trigger (Part 10)
Chapter 788 - 781: The Trigger (Part 10)
When Leng Yichen returned to the bedroom, Bai Yiran was sitting on the recliner by the window, looking at her mother’s photo.
She didn’t have many photos of her mother, and even fewer family photos of the three of them. The one she was holding was the only family photo of the three of them together.
In the picture, there was her father Bai Hongguang, her mother Cheng Ting, and herself, not yet five years old. Because so much time had passed, the photo had begun to darken and yellow. On the back of the photo was her mother Cheng Ting’s elegant handwriting: "Darling Yiran is five years old today!"
Leng Yichen walked over, sat beside Bai Yiran, reached out, and gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder, his thumb softly caressing it.
"I look a lot like my mom. She was very fair-skinned, had beautiful eyes, triple eyelids. My eyes are completely inherited from hers," Bai Yiran murmured. "My mom was a very gentle woman, never raising her voice. The only time I remember her speaking loudly was at Bai Hongguang. She said, ’Bai Hongguang, have you done right by me?’ I was young then and didn’t understand what wrong Hongguang had done to my mom. Later, my mom died in a car accident, and subsequently, Bai Hongguang brought Gu Manli and Bai Qianyu, Bai Qiantong back home. It was only then that I realized Bai Hongguang had a woman outside, and Bai Qianyu and Bai Qiantong were only a few months younger than me.
Leng Yichen pulled her tighter, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
"Afterward, Bai Hongguang drove me out of the house, and I lived with my grandmother and my uncle and aunt. Actually, I was quite lucky, having a loving grandmother, a caring uncle and aunt, and Cheng Shishi..." Bai Yiran’s voice choked, and she sniffed, "So, no matter what, I don’t want Bai Hongguang at my wedding!"
"Alright, he won’t attend." Leng Yichen said in a deep voice.
The wedding date was approaching, and everyone was getting busier.
On Sunday, Bai Yiran’s wedding dress was to be delivered, yet Leng Yichen decided on Thursday to make an urgent business trip to F Country. The matter needed his personal attention, but he promised Bai Yiran he’d be back before Sunday.
But by Saturday night, Leng Yichen called to say he might not make it back by Sunday. The situation was more complicated than he had imagined. Bai Yiran understood, saying that Sunday was just dress fitting and it didn’t matter if he wasn’t there. Leng Yichen promised her that he would try to get back as soon as possible within a day or two.
On Sunday, the designer personally brought the custom-made wedding dress to the house. Xia Lian and Lou Jing had arrived early, eager to see what Bai Yiran’s wedding dress looked like.
Bai Yiran’s wedding dress was simple in style but paid great attention to detail. The dress was handcrafted by the designer, with every embroidery pattern and every rhinestone meticulously applied. It was a fitted dress with a long train.
"Yiran, you look stunning!" Xia Lian and Lou Jing sincerely exclaimed as they watched Bai Yiran in the wedding dress.
Bai Yiran had a smile on her face, wishing that Leng Yichen could see this moment, so she took out her phone, snapped a photo of herself, and sent it to Leng Yichen.
She thought Leng Yichen would call her as soon as he saw the photo. However, Bai Yiran waited a long time and still hadn’t received a call from Leng Yichen.
Feeling anxious, she decided to call him directly, but his phone was unreachable.
Bai Yiran felt a sudden unease, a feeling that sent chills down her spine.
At that moment, her phone rang, but it wasn’t Leng Yichen.
"Yiran, did Leng Yichen go to F Country?" It was Cheng Gang’s anxious voice on the phone.
"Yes..." Only when she heard her own voice did Bai Yiran realize it was trembling.
"Quickly turn on the TV and take a look!"