Finding Father
Draft
Hello everyone. I'll first make introduction on the first five characters
He is the head of the Bai family.
Father to Ruoxi.
He is calm. Cold to outsiders, gentle to his daughter. He only loves one woman, Lin Wanqing. She is from a low background, but that didn't stop him from going against his mother and proposing to her before going on a business trip outside the country.
She is proud and authoritative. And Also do things without her son's approval.
She is the mother of Bai Xia and wife to the late Bai head. Even after her husband death she still has full authority of the Bai household. She wants her son to marry a woman from a noble high background and never approve of his relationship with Lady Wanqing.
Gentle. Hardworking and soft-hearted. Mother to Bai Ruoxi
She is the first love of Bai Xia and since childhood even her,, own family has never been good to her. They believe she is meant to work under them and whenever anything good comes to her she should give it to her sister, Meixuan. But then Bai Xia came into her life and she just couldn't hand over this one true love, but his mother never approve of them being together, and she has to suffer the abuse after he left for business trip.
Wanqing mother. Cold and abusive to her since childhood. Has always favored her second daughter over her. Loves wealth
Beautiful. Sweet on the outside but extremely manipulative.
From a wealthy family but below the Bai family and above the Lin family.
Has her eyes on Bai Xia. And help in chasing Wanqing away and convince Bai Xia That she left him for another..
UNWELCOME
The grand hall was silent.The servants stood in neat rows, not daring to raise their heads.A young woman stood alone before the lady of the Bai family.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
Have you made your decision?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Madam...
Lin Wanqing/Mother
May I wait until young master returns?
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
For what?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
He... Personally asked my hand. We are engaged. If... If he still wants me gone after he returns I'll leave without another word.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
You think an engagement makes you a member of the Bai family?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I don't mean that. I only want to hear it from him.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
There won't be that chance
Lin Wanqing/Mother
*look up at her* madam..
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Please..
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
Listen carefully.As long as I'm still the Madam of this house...
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
I'm the one in charge.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
My son may have chosen you... But he doesn't know what's best for him
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
If I say you leave... Then you leave.
Su Yiran/Mistress
*softly* Auntie... Please don't be angry.
Su Yiran/Mistress
*glance at Lin Wanqing* Miss Lin probably doesn't mean to disobey you.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
I've already been patient enough.
Leave the Bai Mansion.
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
I said take her out.
The hall went quiet. The servants lowered their heads
madam Bai/Bai Lanying
*glance at them all. Coldly * Did I stutter?
The servant hesitated. No one moved
Lin Wanqing/Mother
*look down. Then slowly pick the small bag beside her. Her only belongings. And stood up*
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I understand
Without arguing she slowly walked toward the entrance
First-maid
*whispering* will young master know?
Second-maid
Keep your voice down
The mansion gates slowly close behind her as she walked through never looking back
NO PLACE CALLED HOME
The sky had already turned orange when a familiar figure stopped before a worn-out wooden gate. For a long moment... she simply stared at it.
Then, she slowly raised her hand and knocked.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
Who's there?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Mother...
Lin Wanqing/Mother
It's me.
The wooden door opened.The old woman's face darkened the moment she recognized her eldest daughter.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
So you've finally come back.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
May I... come inside?
Lin Lifen/grandmother
If you're here to cry, save your tears.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I only need somewhere to stay for a little while.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
Did the Bai family throw you out?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Young Master isn't home yet.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
That's not what I asked
Lin Wanqing/Mother
*quietly* Madam Bai asked me to leave.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
*scoff*
Before another word could be spoken, footsteps echoed from inside the house.
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
Big Sister? *feign surprise*
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
You really came back.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Meixuan...
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
I heard everyone in town talking.
Looks like becoming a rich family's young madam wasn't so easy after all.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I'm not here to argue.
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
Then why are you here?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I have nowhere else to go.
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
*scoff* At least you know that.
Lin chang
What's all this noise?
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
Father.
Big Sister wants to move back.
Lin chang
Move back?
Who will feed another mouth?
Lin Wanqing/Mother
I'll work.
I'll earn my own food.I won't trouble anyone.
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
*smirking* You said the same thing before leaving.
Lin chang
The farm has been short on workers. She can go there tomorrow.
Lin Lifen/grandmother
Tomorrow? Why wait?
The vegetables won't harvest themselves.
Lin Meixuan/Aunt
Don't just stand there. Go change your clothes.
You'll leave before sunrise.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
Alright.
No one asked whether she had eaten. No one asked if she was tired. To them... she wasn't a daughter returning home.
She was simply another pair of hands. Another hands to make work easier.
That night... Lin Wanqing lay awake on a thin mattress. Her fingers gently rested on her stomach. A faint smile touched her lips.
Lin Wanqing/Mother
*whispering* Just a little longer... Everything will be alright.
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