Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 252 - 251: The Established Orbit

Chapter 252: Chapter 251: The Established Orbit

"Sister Lin, your demands... Bai Bo will never agree to them."

Zhou Xu looked at Lin Nianhe with helpless eyes. He felt that Lin Nianhe was still too young to understand people like Bai Bo—Bai Bo now needs a way to save face, at the very least.

Lin Nianhe, however, smiled and countered: "Why wouldn’t he agree?"

"Ah?" Zhou Xu was stunned by her question.

Why wouldn’t he agree?

Isn’t it obvious?

The terms set by Lin Nianhe were essentially carving flesh from Bai Bo’s body. Under the circumstances of losing a brother and having his flesh carved, if Bai Bo really agreed, he wouldn’t need to be the boss anymore, as his subordinates would surely rebel and cause trouble.

Seeing Zhou Xu’s helpless look, Lin Nianhe shrugged: "It’s all about competition, winner takes all, it has always been so. He has no choice."

Indeed, Bai Bo had no choice.

"Boss, we can’t agree to these terms, she’s leaving us no way out!" Laosan exclaimed with a stiff neck. "Now that Laoer is not here to keep them in line, if we cut the money for our men, they will definitely make trouble!"

Laosi stopped him and gave him a look: "Stop shouting, listen to the boss."

Bai Bo slowly unclenched his fists, his knuckles were red and somewhat swollen.

He moved his fingers expressionlessly and said, "I must go to Lan County."

"Boss!"

Bai Bo ignored Laosan’s voice and continued on his own, "I need to bring Laoer back."

Laosan’s mouth was still open, but he could no longer make a sound.

"You two go and get busy, I’ll stay here alone for a while," Bai Bo sat down, his voice weary.

Laosi dragged Laosan, who still wanted to speak, out of the yard, then whispered: "We can’t let the boss go alone, Laosan, you stay and take care of the house these days, I’ll go with the boss."

Laosan smacked his lips and eyed Laosi skeptically: "Give me a break, I might not beat you in accounting, but when it comes to handling affairs outside, ten of you are no match for one of me."

"Wasn’t it me who handled the donation matter?" Laosi said.

"That’s because I went first and opened all the connections," Laosan glared at him, impatiently waving his hand, "Alright, just stay at home and manage your accounts, no need for you to worry about outside matters."

With that, Laosan strutted away.

Laosi lingered there for a long time, ultimately saying nothing, and turned towards his own home.

On the way, he encountered the lively Bai Xiaojun, who cheerfully called out "Uncle Si," and hugged his legs: "Uncle Si, I’m thirsty."

Laosi chuckled softly, ruffled his head, and pulled out ten cents from his pocket: "Go, buy some soda yourself."

"Uncle Si is the best!"

Bai Xiaojun joyfully clutched the money and ran off, his eyes curved into small crescents.

Laosi watched the little bastard’s retreating figure, his eyebrows slowly furrowing.

...

At night, Bai Bo lay on the kang, resting on his arm, staring at the dark beams, his head aching severely, and his eyes sore, but no matter what, he couldn’t sleep.

"Are you really going?"

Beside him, Zheng Lirong turned over, facing him and asked softly.

Bai Bo snapped back to reality, turned his head towards her, and cracked a smile: "I have to go, I have to bring Laoer back."

Zheng Lirong took a deep breath and then exhaled gently. After a while, she said: "You’ve already deeply offended her, if you go to her doorstep... won’t she utterly destroy you?"

"Can’t," Bai Bo firmly stated, "I’ve been thinking about the terms she proposed, that girl is just after money, as long as I give enough, she can’t do anything to me, unless she doesn’t want to do business in the provincial city."

Bai Bo also turned over, facing Zheng Lirong to continue: "If she hadn’t set any conditions, I wouldn’t dare to go even if you killed me. Now that she has, I’m actually relieved..."

Zheng Lirong pursed her lips, remaining silent for a long time before finally saying: "The child is still young, he can’t be without a father."

Bai Bo’s breath tightened, and after a moment he said, "I know, don’t worry."

Zheng Lirong nodded her head, realizing he couldn’t see her in the darkness, she softly "Mmm-ed" in agreement.

Bai Bo stretched out his arm, pulled her into his embrace, and patted her shoulder like comforting a child, saying: "Lirong, Laoer did not die in vain, I need to give an explanation to the brothers."

In the dark, his eyes were ice cold.

He had to explain to the brothers and avenge Laoer.

He also wanted Lin Nianhe’s goods, he wanted her life.

In his embrace, Zheng Lirong suddenly widened her eyes.

She didn’t move, didn’t speak again, just let her tears fall in big drops onto the quilt, spreading a wet patch.

...

The next day, at noon.

Bai Bo, with Laosan, boarded the train to Lan County.

It was just the two of them, which made Laosan a bit uneasy.

They chose the least crowded carriage and sat near the door, silent for a long time.

After a while, Laosan said, "Big Brother, you should sleep for a bit, I will keep watch."

Bai Bo had not slept for three days and nights, his head buzzing louder than the clangs of the train.

He touched his shaved head out of habit, the prickling stubble made his palm uncomfortable. He shook his head, his voice raspy and harsh: "Can’t sleep."

It’s too hard to sleep with anxiety.

After thinking a bit, Laosan asked him, "Big Brother, how should we deal with her?"

Bai Bo frowned and looked up at him.

Laosan grinned, "What are you looking at me for, I know what you are thinking... Laosi even wanted to come along, what can he do with that sickly chicken demeanor? Big Brother, you say, how should we do it?"

Bai Bo looked at him for a while, then suddenly laughed.

He said, "Don’t do anything for now, give her what she wants first, let’s bring Laoer and the others back home first, the rest we can talk about later."

He knew, this moment of anger he must endure, if not, there won’t be a day to avenge Laoer.

Laosan furrowed his brows, whispering in annoyance, "Why not just finish her off... Big Brother, I’m not afraid."

"I know you’re not afraid, but it’s useless, we can’t afford to lose any more brothers," Bai Bo spoke in a low voice.

"If I was afraid of death, I wouldn’t be in this business, would have stayed home farming for peace..."

"Laosan," Bai Bo looks serious, "I brought you guys to make money, think about it yourself... We still have a school, those poor kids, Laoer even has a wife and son, if we die, there are no one to take care of future and everything we’ve done up to now would be in vain."

Laosan opened his mouth, pondered for a long while, then murmured with sullen approval.

Bai Bo exhaled a murky breath and lit a cigarette.

The words he said to Laosan, weren’t they also meant to persuade himself?

It doesn’t matter if the lower ranks are gone, after the harvest they will start building the school, and the donations for poor students are also distributed. He can recruit as many people as needed... Laoer is not coming back, he must take good care of his wife and son... when the time is right, he will definitely destroy Lin Nianhe...

The two of them didn’t speak again. The train traveled along the tracks, diligently following the predefined route.

At 4:20, Laosan tapped Bai Bo: "Big Brother, we’re arriving soon."

Bai Bo, resting with closed eyes, responded with a grunt and opened his eyes.

He rubbed his face, trying to knead away the fatigue.

When he took his hands away, his peripheral vision caught an additional figure next to him.

Before he could clearly see who was beside him, he first noticed Laosan’s expression of shock and panic.

Bai Bo slowly turned his head.

He saw a young and stern face.

This was the first time he faced this person.

But this face, he had seen countless times.