Meanwhile, in Lu family residence...

"You should have messaged me that you were coming," Li Bingbing said as she stood before them. Looking like a badass in her all-black attire.

Lu Xian Yu blinked a few times upon seeing his wife's getup. "Are you going somewhere?"historical

"I'm going to attend a funeral, do you want to come?" She adjusted her black sling bag. She looked more like she was going to kill someone with her striking blood-red lipstick and black dress. She was wearing lace-up high pointy heels.

"Whose funeral?" Her husband asked.

"Bai Keran."

So it was indeed her mother who helped Bai Keran in the past. Li Bingbing looked so confident even at the thought of facing that old man.

Lu Mengjie eyed her husband, she has yet to tell him about what happened while he was unconscious for two days.

"Mom, I think confronting him right now is not a good idea," she said. She already had made plans with her companions. "Also, who knows what he might do if you show yourself to him."

"Oh don't worry sweetheart, he won't be able to do anything to me." She went and sat beside her husband.

"I will accompany her. I won't allow anyone to touch even a strand of Bibi's hair." Lu Xian Yu held his wife's hand.

"I know that you have something you can use against him," Lu Mengjie confessed. She had to stop her mother from doing anything for now. "Bai Zichen told me that you were once known as Mu Bei in the past."

"Ahh, so he told you." She chuckled.

Yong Liwei turned to look at Lu Mengjie, he was clueless about what they were talking about so he quietly listened.

"Bai Keran is just the surface of the water. If you attack him right now, we don't know who'll attack us next. Many years have passed, mother. You don't know what kind of forces are behind him. Even if you try to use Folder X against him, he might not care. He could still kill you right there and then. He might even hide from the authorities after, it would only make things harder for us," she explained.

"Do you think I haven't thought of that yet?" Li Bingbing scoffed. "As much as I hate snakes, your father is not afraid of them."

"The best way to catch a snake is to corner them." Lu Xian Yu was willing to assist his wife.

"But you will need bait to trap him," Lu Mengjie informed.

"Oh sweetheart, don't I look like the sweetest bait right now?" Her mother chuckled. "I even dressed up myself for this occasion."

"But mom.." She turned to her father. She was so sure that her father wouldn't agree to use his wife as bait but surprisingly, Lu Xian Yu was calm.

He eyed his wife before chuckling upon noticing his daughter's worried gaze. "I told you, didn't I? I will never allow anyone to touch even a strand of your mother's hair. If Bai Keran's friends should know that messing with the Lu family will only cause their downfall so you can leave them to us. They've messed with my daughter, they mess with me."

Lu Mengjie sighed heavily. She looked at her husband who had not said a word about it.

Yong Liwei noticed her gaze. "He is not a fool, he will be forced to back down if your parents will step in right now."

"Who are you talking about?" She asked in confusion.

Once again, Yong Liwei became quiet. He has yet to tell Lu Mengjie about the truth and about Si Guanlin's possible involvement with Bai Keran.

She knitted her brows at him. She hated this part when it came to Yong Liwei. She wanted him to speak out but instead, he was keeping things to himself again.

Lu Mengjie sighed inwardly and decided not to argue with him, not when they were in front of her parents.

"Are you going to head to the Bai family right now?" She inquired. She knew that Bai Zichen and Tian Ruyi were going to take Bai Jingye and Xu Chen out of the place that day. They should be out of that place by this time of the day.

"We will still have to plan things out first, Bibi." Lu Xian Yu turned to his wife. One thing was for sure, entering that place would be dangerous, not when there was a possibility that Bai Keran's men were armed. "We need to discuss this with my men."

"That's fine. We have enough time to formulate a plan. We can just visit Bai Keran for dinner."

In the end, Lu Mengjie didn't have a choice but to leave Bai Keran to her parents especially when they insisted on doing so.

..

Upon arriving at Yong Liwei's penthouse, Spider accompanied them as he pushed the wheelchair Yong Liwei was sitting inside.

"Mr. Yong, can I have a word with you? Alone?"

Lu Mengjie eyed the two men while carrying the sleeping baby in her arms. She wanted to listen to their conversation but instead of doing so, she excused herself. "I'll be in our room."

With the help of the housekeeper, they brought Little Peanut's things inside the master bedroom.

A wooden crib was already prepared. She placed Little Peanut inside and carefully tucked him under his mini blanket.

Since she was left alone in the room, she decided to unpack her son's things until she suddenly noticed her blouse wet.

She looked at it and sighed. She was still a feeding mother. Ever since she came to the mainland, she had to squeeze out the milk from her breasts just so this won't happen. Without Little Peanut around a month ago, the milk she had for him had all gone to waste.

This time, she took the automatic breast pump and entered the bathroom to take off her blouse before placing the pumps on her breasts. It was a bit noisy, she had to remain in the bathroom for a while to avoid her son from waking up.

While waiting for the two bottles to be filled, she decided to check on Bai Zichen and Tian Ruyi so she messaged them on the group chat they shared.

[How're things on your side?]

[Bai Zichen: I've taken mom out. Xiao Ruyi decided to stay behind.]

In an instant, Lu Mengjie's eyes widened in shock. Tian Ruyi decided to stay behind?

She received another message from him.

[Bai Zichen: She decided to escape with my brother once everyone is asleep.]

This was bad. She tried to call Tian Ruyi but her phone was turned off. She felt her heart pound on her chest as she inwardly panicked.

Why can't she reach her?