I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 222 Beautiful Mom

Ren Qinglan.

Bai Xuan's beautiful mother's name.

Her nickname is Lanlan.

It is said that her original name when she was a child was 'Qinglan' or 'Qinglan', meaning that her elders hoped she would become a noble and elegant lady like an orchid or a graceful young lady like ripples on clear water.

But the name was changed when she drew lots.

At that moment, she grabbed the old man's beard and kicked over all the lottery tickets, then giggled wildly while pulling at his beard.

From then on, the name changed from the gentle orchid to the raging wind.

Qinglan—a storm in the clear sky.

Ren Qinglan certainly lived up to her name. This woman was like a walking human storm, stirring up hurricanes wherever she went. She either bewitched people so much that they couldn't open their eyes and dared not look directly at her, or she oppressed people so much that they couldn't lift their heads.

Bai Xuan's adoptive father's name is Bai Xisha. In his youth, he was a young man who was a bit of a troublemaker, which is why he got along quite well with Ren Qinglan.

Bai Xuan's family upbringing was certainly not very healthy.

He grew up in a single-parent family and had such a domineering mother. It was normal for him to be completely suppressed by her. She controlled him very strictly throughout high school. However, he was so engrossed in studying that he didn't have time to feel sorry for himself.

As for after he went to university, his biological mother drank the "Forget-Child Milk" and began to let him have his own freedom. Bai Xuan also went to the world of True Cultivation to work hard in the Spring and Autumn Period, and never heard his mother's name again.

The relationship between this mother and son was neither too good nor too bad.

We used to have some exchanges, but not many, at most a few words of greeting and concern for each other's health.

Because they don't live together, even biological mothers and children can become somewhat estranged.

Ren Qinglan rarely paid attention to Bai Xuan, and coupled with her strong and high-profile personality, she was not very popular with either her own family or the Bai family. Her appearance at the Bai family's old residence at this time inevitably made people wonder what she was there for.

Bai Xuan wanted to ask, but she just said, "Are you looking after your mother?", which even the old lady couldn't understand.

He didn't know whether to reply with an "Mm" or "It's good, I like it."

Ren Qinglan had obviously just returned from vacation. Although she was over forty, she was very well-maintained and looked like a divorced woman in her thirties. She was dressed quite fashionably... However, Bai Xuan knew her terrible fashion sense and thought that this outfit must have been copied from a fashion magazine or styled by her personal assistant.

The moment the old man Bai Wuwei saw Ren Qinglan, his face immediately fell, and he snorted.

Ren Qinglan's relationship with the Bai family was so-so, and her relationship with the old man was especially so-so.

Because the old man wanted a more obedient daughter-in-law, he had already started looking for suitable blind dates for his son. However, he did not expect that Ren Qinglan would be so unethical. After graduating from university, she came to visit with two boxes of Brain Gold and a box of milk, along with an ultrasound report showing that she was pregnant.

Although Bai Wuwei didn't say anything, he always felt that he hadn't chosen a suitable daughter-in-law, otherwise his son might have lived a few more years.

However, what he resented most about Ren Qinglan was that she had abandoned Bai Xuan for many years, with the mother and son living apart, and she only cared about her own career.

He often scolded Ren Qinglan for being unfit to be a mother, so when Bai Xuan wanted to move in with her while he was in high school, he firmly disagreed.

However, his disagreement was useless, because Shangguan Ying had already agreed.

The fact that Shangguan Ying and Ren Qinglan have an excellent relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is puzzling.

"What are you here for?"

"Of course we look at the son, or the father?" Ren Qinglan replied.
She certainly had her complaints about the old man. It was one thing for him to have lived off a woman for half his life—a traditional skill of the Bai family—but the real problem was that he and his wife lived apart. And he stubbornly refused to go and bring her back. How old are you two? You're almost at your golden wedding anniversary and you're still making a fuss about living apart.
She and her husband are now separated by death, and she is an elderly couple who have grown old together in love.

But Ren Qinglan wouldn't say that out loud. She walked right past Bai Wuwei and stood in front of Bai Xuan, asking, "Can't you even greet people?"

Bai Xuan casually called out, "The Empress Dowager's presence today is truly an honor to our humble abode. Shall I go and pour you a cup of tea?"

Ren Qinglan laughed and scolded, "Where in the family would you get a throne to inherit?"

After she casually sat down, she saw the chicken leg on the table. She hadn't had much of an appetite before, but now her mouth watered. She picked up a piece, took a bite, and her eyes lit up slightly: "I haven't had lunch on the way here."

Bai Xuan asked, puzzled, "Weren't you traveling abroad? When did you return to China?"

"This morning," Ren Qinglan said, "something came up at the company, so they asked me to come back and take a look. I also wanted to give you a ride."

Bai Xuan: "Me?"

"Put away that 'why' look on your face. You're my son, the one who'll take over my business. Can't you understand something this simple?"

"..." Bai Xuan didn't speak, but his gaze had already shifted away.

“You can’t refuse. You’ve already graduated. Are you planning to continue sponging off your parents at home?” Ren Qinglan said without room for argument. “I’ve found you a job. You can take it for now. You’ll get a salary every month, and it will also broaden your horizons and expand your network.”

Bai Xuan wondered who wanted to work.

Your son is gradually evolving into someone with a strong magnetic field.

“He can find a job on his own,” Bai Wuwei interjected. “Don’t interfere.”

"I've paved the way for him; as long as he walks it, he'll reach the top." Ren Qinglan once again exuded the aura of a strong woman: "What can he do on his own? Rely on the good looks I passed down to him to fool some young girl?"

She glanced at Bai Xuan: "If this brat is really willing to be a kept man, I won't force you. I can find a capable daughter-in-law to take over my job. The question is, are you capable? You spend all your time watching anime. Where am I supposed to find you an Asuna?"

Bai Xuan paused for a few seconds and whispered, "Your Majesty, Asuna is already past her prime. She's been a wife for generations..."

"Are you married? And you still have an ex-wife!" Ren Qinglan was furious. She hadn't expected her son to become such a shut-in. "Your conditions aren't great, yet you have such high standards!"

She reached out and poked Bai Xuan's stomach: "Besides this handsome face, what about those eight-pack abs... huh?"

Bai Xuan held down his mother's hand: "You can say it, but don't touch me, okay?"

"...When did you start working out?" Ren Qinglan asked suspiciously. "You've got a pretty good physique, kid. That body fat percentage...you didn't use performance-enhancing drugs, did you?" Bai Xuan replied dismissively, "These are all-natural products."

"It seems you've decided to follow the same path as your father," Ren Qinglan said with relief. "It's good that you've come to this realization."

Bai Xuan, unable to contain himself, insisted on his principles: "Even if I starve to death or jump off this cliff, I will never be a kept man!"

“Then take over my job!” Ren Qinglan raised an eyebrow and said, “I’m giving you a chance to earn your own living.”

We've come full circle.

Bai Xuan thought for a moment and suggested, "I still need to go to Japan, so can we talk about this later?"

"I told you, I don't agree to you going there," Ren Qinglan said seriously, expressing her opposition.

"Grandma has been in Japan for so long, I should go and see her." Bai Xuan spread his hands: "If I don't go, people will talk about me behind my back."

“That’s not your problem.” Ren Qinglan glanced at Bai Wuwei: “It’s not your fault that you’ve got this unreliable grandfather.”

The old man squatted down and rubbed the dog's head, while the little old man looked embarrassed and dejected.

Bai Xuan pointed to the direction of the City God Temple outside the window: "I asked the City God before, and he said I could go see my grandmother."

Actually, it didn't say anything, and it didn't dare to look at me.

Ren Qinglan looked at her eldest son and smiled impatiently: "Your mother never engages in any feudal superstitions."

"Then you have to give me a reason, right?"

"I simply don't trust Bai Qianxia." Ren Qinglan crossed her legs.

Speaking of the complicated family relationships in the Bai family, what gives Bai Xuan the most headaches is... the Shura field between Bai Qianxia, ​​whose name is written as 'aunt' but read as 'childhood sweetheart', and her biological mother, who is like a storm in a clear sky.

Bai Qianxia is her pseudonym in China. In Japan, her original surname is Yuchuan and her real name is Yuchuan Qianxia.

She has a very high IQ, and is naturally gifted with it. It is said that she has even entered a world-class genius club.

She's an academic, focused on research and scholarship... she's not like Bai Xuan, the shrewd businesswoman who's adept at using the stock market as a weapon.

However, the two of them were always at odds.

In the past, when her biological mother raised her freely, things were fine since she rarely saw her anyway; but later, after Ren Qinglan tried to rekindle her intense maternal love, she had a fierce conflict with Bai Qianxia.

Unable to choose between the two options, Bai Xuan had no choice but to become independent quickly.

He didn't understand why Ren Qinglan and Bai Qianxia disliked each other so much, even to the point of being antagonistic.

"She's not some Yamato Nadeshiko. That woman isn't a typical Japanese person. What she wants is control—control your life, control your destiny, even control your thoughts. With her intelligence, manipulating you is a piece of cake, isn't it?" Ren Qinglan commented sharply. "Do you really think she's as kind as she seems?"

Bai Xuan thought for a moment and decided it wasn't that serious: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

With the ability to reincarnate through countless lifetimes attached to him, it's impossible for anyone to control him.

Bai Xuan sighed, "My aunt would never harm me."

"Would I, your mother, harm you?" Ren Qinglan opened her phone and found an old photo. It was a picture of Bai Xuan and Bai Qianxia when they were little, sitting side by side, with Bai Qianxia peeking at him.

"The way she looks at you since you were little has always been strange. How could it be the way she looks at her nephew? If I hadn't taken you back during my three years of high school, you would probably have been groomed into her ideal child husband by now! Believe me, you would have had to go to the hospital with her for an abortion the very day you finished your college entrance exams!"

"Your Majesty, have you been reading too many angst-filled youth novels?"

"Heh, you don't believe me?" The pretty mom crossed her legs, snapped her fingers, and the sunlight reflected off her nail polished fingers. "Want to make a bet? If she finds out you have a girlfriend, see if she goes crazy on the spot?"

"Knowing she had ulterior motives and still offering yourself up, you're like a lamb entering a tiger's den."

That's when.

Bai Wuwei coughed heavily: "You're all still arguing like before. Since you can't make up your minds, don't add to the trouble for this kid. Let him be caught in the middle and put in a difficult position."

The old man cut off all resistance directly. He shook his phone, which showed that it was currently in a call. He put the phone on the table and pointed at Ren Qinglan: "You talk to Qianxia yourself."

Ren Qinglan narrowed her eyes. Naturally, she wouldn't back down. She picked up the phone and pressed the speakerphone button.

The pretty mom was pondering how to confront Hanekawa Chihiro when she heard an old woman's voice coming from inside.

"Send that child here."

"Also, you should come here too."

"Old man, don't come over, it's too much of a hassle."

The three sentences were concise and to the point, without any sense of pressure, but also without leaving any room for criticism.

Ren Qinglan hesitated, then silently looked at her eldest son.

Bai Xuan leaned forward with his small hand, seemingly indifferent to worldly affairs.

Grandma has spoken... You have to go, whether you want to or not.

"I understand." Ren Qinglan could not go against the old lady's decision.

The phone hangs up.

Bai Xuan looked at his beautiful mother: "What should we do?"

"Let's go!" Ren Qinglan dragged Bai Xuan out the door in a flurry of activity. "Buy the tickets now!"

(End of this chapter)