Cai Shengnan was stunned. "Director Bai, I'm just telling the truth."
Tan Guiren quickly tried to smooth things over. "Director Bai, don't be angry. My cousin is straightforward and doesn't have any bad intentions. She has lived abroad for many years and is used to speaking frankly. "
"Miss Tan, this is the worst time 'outspoken' has ever been slandered. If she said that about Gu Nianzhi and Miss Tan thought that she was just being outspoken, then I would either doubt Miss Tan's intelligence or her character. Pick one. Goodbye. "
Bai Yueran didn't want to stay here any longer because she didn't see eye to eye with him.
Moreover, Bai Yueran didn't like the Tan family to begin with because her father, Bai Jiancheng, had lost the election.
He was only here to pay a New Year's visit out of courtesy.
She found her father, Bai Jiancheng, and whispered, "Dad, are we going back?"
Bai Jiancheng and Tan Dongbang actually didn't have much to talk about.
The two of them had different ideologies to begin with, and they almost fell out during the election.
However, Tan Dongbang needed Bai Jiancheng's control over the Cabinet to help him get through the early stages of transition. Bai Jiancheng also needed to consolidate his connections in the Cabinet before he stepped down. Only then did the two of them work together.
Today was the first day of the new year. Coming to the Prime Minister's residence to pay a New Year visit was just the norm for cabinet officials. It was just like a job that had to be completed.
Bai Jiancheng thought that someone had offended her when he saw Bai Yueran's unhappy expression. He hurriedly said without batting an eyelid, "You can leave first. I'll sit here for a while. Don't show it on your face. How old are you? Why are you still acting like a child? "
Bai Yueran quickly put on a standard professional smile. "Yes, Father."
She walked over and said goodbye to Cai Songyin with a smile. "Mrs. Cai, thank you for the cantaloupe today. It was especially delicious. Miss Tan has a gentle personality and gets along well with everyone in the Song and Dance Troupe. You have a lot of people here, so I won't bother you anymore. I still have a few places to visit for the new year, so I'll take my leave first. "
Cai Songyin pulled her back with a smile on her face. "Director Bai, don't you want to sit for a while longer? We haven't had lunch yet! "
"No, I also have a lot of things to do over there. I'm busy. My father is still here. Please bear with him and don't let him drink too much. Once he drinks, he goes crazy. "
Bai Yueran shook hands with Cai Songyin and turned to leave.
After leaving the Prime Minister's residence, Bai Yueran drove her own car and circled around the city. In the end, she still went to find Bai Shuang.
Yesterday was New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve. The Bai family gathered together and had a lively New Year's Eve dinner.
The Bai family had a large population in the Huaxia Empire. Other than Bai Jiancheng's three brothers and one sister who were direct descendants, there were also many collateral relatives and cousins. Through intertwining marriages, they were distributed in various political and business departments and industries, and they were all leading figures.
Every New Year, the Bai family's courtyard house located at the foot of the Imperial City on the Second Ring Road would be decorated with lanterns and colored banners. It was very lively and had a festive atmosphere.
After observing the New Year, everyone left.
Even the Bai family, whose families and businesses were not in the capital, had their own residences in the capital, so they didn't need to squeeze with the Bai family.
Bai Shuang was the only daughter of the second branch of the Bai family.
The second son of the Bai family, Bai Yusheng, had been secretly executed for defecting to the United States.
Bai Shuang stayed abroad for a while and then came back.
Bai Jiancheng was worried that it wasn't easy for her to live alone, so he took the initiative to ask her to live with them so it would be easier to take care of her.
Bai Shuang had always been on good terms with her uncle and cousin Bai Yueran, so she agreed and didn't return home.
However, because she discovered Zhao Liangze and Bai Yueran's relationship a while ago, she no longer wanted to live in the Bai family's courtyard house.
She didn't lack houses in the country or abroad.
She had a high-end apartment in the Third Ring Road, a detached villa in the suburbs, and vacation homes in the Huaxia Empire and various scenic cities abroad. She could choose any one of them and stay for a long time.
Bai Shuang had originally planned to pack her luggage tomorrow and go abroad to relax.
On the first day of the New Year, everyone else was busy visiting relatives, but she was the only one who had nothing to do and stayed in her small apartment in a daze.
Holding a cup of coffee, she sat in a rocking chair on the glass balcony and silently stared at the horizon in the distance.
A book was spread out on her knees, but she didn't read a word.
Not long after, the phone's ringtone broke the silence.
Bai Shuang didn't want to pick up the phone at first, but it kept ringing, and she didn't want to give up.
She couldn't help but be a little curious. Who would be so persistent in looking for her, a person whose life had already hit rock bottom?
She took the phone and looked at it. Her heart skipped a beat. It was actually Zhao Liangze's number …
She hesitated for a solid minute before finally hanging up.
Since he had already chosen to be with her cousin, he shouldn't look for her again.
Even if they were just normal friends, Bai Shuang couldn't bring herself to be normal friends with the person she had a crush on, so she chose not to contact him at all.
The other party didn't seem to believe her and took the initiative to hang up. He called a few more times, but Bai Shuang hung up every time.
In the end, Zhao Liangze seemed to understand that Bai Shuang really didn't want to pick up his call, so he could only send a text message.
[Little Ze]: Shuang, Happy New Year. Why didn't you pick up my call? I just wanted to greet you.
Bai Shuang was furious when she saw it.
Greet my ass!
She wasn't the kind of person who would "still be friends after breaking up," not to mention that she didn't even have the right to break up with him.
Bai Shuang didn't say anything else and blocked Zhao Liangze's number.
There were no more phone ringtones or text messages. Her world was finally quiet …
Finishing the coffee in her hand, Bai Shuang got up and planned to go to the kitchen to make some small wontons for herself. At that moment, her phone rang again.
Bai Shuang thought it was still Zhao Liangze and couldn't help but be surprised. How could this person be so amazing?
He could still call after being blocked?!
However, when she took the phone, it wasn't Zhao Liangze, but Bai Yueran.
She could ignore Zhao Liangze and block him, but she couldn't do that to Bai Yueran.
No matter what, she was still her cousin.
Bai Shuang felt uncomfortable, but she still wanted to see Bai Yueran one last time. She wanted to clarify things before going abroad.
Anyway, she didn't want to see these two people again before she felt better.
Although she didn't hate them, she just didn't want to see them. Seeing them made her heart ache.
Bai Shuang swiped her phone to answer the call. "Sister, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year." Bai Yueran's voice sounded a little depressed from the phone.
It was the New Year, and she just had a boyfriend. Why was she depressed?
Bai Shuang thought it was strange but didn't ask. She only continued to ask about her uncle, Bai Jiancheng. "Is Uncle doing well? It's the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I texted Uncle to wish him a happy New Year. Uncle must be very busy today, so I won't disturb him. "
She was worried that Bai Yueran had come to ask her to spend the New Year with the eldest branch of the Bai family, so she stopped her from talking in advance.
Bai Yueran smiled and drove to the underground parking lot of Bai Shuang's apartment. "I'm free today, so I came to see you. Are you willing to take me in?"
"Sister, what are you saying? Of course I welcome you. But you didn't go out to give New Year's greetings today? "Bai Shuang switched her hand to the phone and immediately went to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.
She could make do by herself, but it was embarrassing if Bai Yueran was around.
Bai Yueran got out of the car and got into the elevator. She continued to call her. "I went. I just came out of the Prime Minister's official residence. Those people are so boring. I really don't get along with the Tans. "
Bai Shuang knew that her uncle had lost to Tan Dongbang in the Prime Minister election, and she also felt that it was a pity.
Whether in terms of ability or experience, her uncle, Bai Jiancheng, was ten streets ahead of Tan Dongbang, who had only been in the cabinet for two years!
Unfortunately, the Bai family's influence in the media wasn't as strong as the Cais, so they had been caught off guard during the election.
The current situation was really "whoever wins the media wins the world."
The Bai family was in the traditional political and business industries, and their business was in the traditional manufacturing industry.
The Bai family's influence was greatly lagging behind in the emerging Internet and the new media that was derived from the Internet.
The Cais had quietly occupied half the sky in the new media industry.
They were also the leaders of the traditional media industry. The state-owned television stations and the publicity department were all led by the Cais.
Bai Shuang had originally served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was the youngest spokesperson there.
The Bai family had originally wanted to use her qualifications in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enter the media industry after she retired from the ministry and fight for a place for the Bai family.
In the end, her father, Bai Yusheng, couldn't think straight and made a huge mistake. Not only did he ruin himself, but he also ruined Bai Shuang's future.
She could only resign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and become unemployed.
When Bai Yueran came in, Bai Shuang finally gathered her thoughts and asked with a smile, "What would you like to drink? I don't have anything to eat here. We'll eat out later. "
Bai Yueran raised her eyebrows. "You dare to live alone without food? Do you want to become an immortal? "
Bai Shuang smiled and opened the fridge. She took out a box of iced coffee for Bai Yueran and placed it in front of her. "I remember that you like this vanilla flavored iced coffee."
Although it was winter, the central air conditioning in the house had a constant temperature of 25 degrees, so it was still very comfortable to drink iced coffee.
Bai Yueran took it and opened the lid to take a sip. She sighed and said, "This New Year's has been really boring. I'm looking forward to going back to work."
"How is it boring?" Bai Shuang sat across from her and looked at her openly. "Aren't you together with Little Ze? Why don't you go on a date with him? "
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It was the second watch.
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