Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 44 - Did We Know Each Other Before
Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Did We Know Each Other Before?
Chapter 44 -44 Did We Know Each Other Before?
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
She was thinking about whether to say something, but couldn’t find the right topic.
And she was also afraid that the other party would think that she was trying to climb the social ladder.
Although… she really did want to latch onto this influential figure.
Song Baiyan was drinking water, but his attention was somewhat on Tang Li.
She lowered her eyes, yet her eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Her hands were clasped together, the right index finger picking at the left middle finger.
She looked heavily preoccupied.
He closed the lid of the cup, placing the water back in its original spot: “How have things been at school lately?”
“…Pretty good.”
Song Baiyan, as if he didn’t catch the “nervousness” in her words, spoke again with the same gentle tone: “And you’re getting along well with your classmates?”
“Not bad, I just switched dormitories.” Tang Li’s response was half truth, half lie: “The new place is a bit far from the academic buildings, so I just treat it as extra exercise.”
“Has there been some trouble on your school forum recently?”
Tang Li didn’t continue the conversation.
Although she had recently become a popular topic on the school forum, she hadn’t expected that Song Baiyan would also know about it.
Because of Song Baiyan’s parental-style questioning, Tang Li finally asked: “Have we met before?” Pausing for a moment, she focused on the man in front of her, adding: “Or perhaps I should ask, did you know my mother?”
In her previous life, she was able to meet an old friend of her mother’s in the Capital several years later.
So in this life—
It wasn’t impossible to encounter people who knew her mother.
If she understood it this way, previously when she had stopped a car outside the Tan Palace, not only did Song Baiyan not dismiss her, he even had Ji Ming help handle Han Jifeng’s matter; the things she hadn’t understood before now made sense.
Including the night of the birthday banquet, when Song Baiyan drew the curtains on the balcony to cover for her.
And also, when Old Madam Lai publicly reprimanded her, Song Baiyan conveniently appeared and interjected to help her out.
When she was knocked down and injured her arm, he personally bandaged it for her.
All of these seemed like something a longtime elder friend of the family would do.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, even if he believed in doing a good deed a day, he shouldn’t be extending help to just her alone.
She didn’t believe it was because of the Lai Family.
Lai Wenyan didn’t treat her as his daughter; how could others show her any kindness?
Song Baiyan said: “Years ago in Diannan, I indeed had a brief encounter with your mother.”
Upon hearing this, Tang Li’s heart tightened.
This was the first time someone had mentioned her mother since her rebirth.
In the Lai Family, her mother Tang Yin was a taboo.
Previously she believed that her mother was irresponsible in her actions, but now knowing the truth, although Tang Yin had interfered in someone else’s marriage, it was all due to misunderstandings. In the end, wasn’t her mother also a victim?
That morning, seeing Lai Wenyan and Ouyang Qian holding hands, she almost questioned that man about whether he had ever cared about her mother, even just a tad.
But, she ultimately held back.
The person who most wanted the answer was no longer around.
What she should do was not to beg Lai Wenyan for an explanation.
—It was to send him to meet her mother.
Whether to forgive him or not was her mother’s decision.
The persistence in the girl’s eyes vanished in a flash, despite her best efforts to conceal it, it did not escape Song Baiyan’s gaze.
“Have you had trouble adjusting to life with the Lai Family these past years?”
Tang Li pursed her lips, remaining silent.
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“If there’s something you find difficult to discuss directly with your father, I can talk to him for you.”
Hearing Song Baiyan’s gentle and deep voice, Tang Li looked up, meeting Song Baiyan’s calm black eyes. Though the man’s gaze was unfathomable, she did not easily look away.
