Bai Zhi responded indifferently and with a flick, Bai Da staggered back two steps, glaring fiercely at Bai Zhi.
"I am your father, how can you treat me this way? Aren’t you afraid of divine retribution?"
At this moment, he truly didn’t want to hide his disdain for Bai Zhi anymore. After all, he had already told Xiuxiu that he didn’t like Bai Zhi.
"If you are not afraid, why should I be?"
Bai Zhi blinked and suddenly smiled.
Bai Da had not expected that Bai Zhi would now dare to talk back to him.
"Do you believe I’ll teach you a lesson?"
Furious, Bai Da instinctively looked for a stick to beat Bai Zhi with, especially since she behaved in front of Ye Xiu, completely dragging his dignity through the mud. As a man’s honor, as a husband’s dignity were at stake, how could he endure it?
Seeing that the atmosphere was turning sour, Ye Xiu immediately pulled Bai Zhi behind her and glared at Bai Da with a dark expression.
"Bai Da, if you dare to hit my daughter, just try it, today I will fight you to the end."
Ye Xiu’s hands, as she held Bai Zhi, were trembling slightly; she was truly prepared to follow through.
In the past, she hadn’t seen her daughter’s sadness, hadn’t protected her, but from now on, every day, she would.
Bai Zhi couldn’t quite describe her feelings; in her previous life, she also had no parents. So, the way Ye Xiu felt now didn’t touch her as deeply. She felt like she should be moved at this moment, but she just couldn’t manage it. Yet, wasn’t there a warm spot somewhere in her heart?
"He can’t really do anything to me. Don’t worry."
Bai Zhi patted Ye Xiu on the back, as if soothing a child.
The kind that says, "There, there, don’t cry, or rather, there, there, don’t be afraid."
Ye Xiu was somewhat helpless,
"I know you are very strong, but I, your mother, want to protect you."
Before, it was her mistake; she had missed it when Xingxing needed her, but now, she still wanted to protect her, even though Xingxing might not need it at this moment.
Bai Da finally found a handy stick outside and came back in.
Actually, Bai Zhi found it strange. Wasn’t he too weak to even get up?
Now he was energetic and seemed alright.
Bai Zhi pushed Ye Xiu away and, puckering her lips, seriously looked at Ye Xiu,
"If he hits me, can I hit back?"
Ye Xiu, who had been really worried, couldn’t help but laugh upon hearing this.
When Bai Zhi heard this, her eyes lit up and she showed Ye Xiu a sweet smile for the first time.
As Bai Da walked in and swung the stick at Bai Zhi, she stepped forward, reached out, and yanked it away.
Bai Da really had put a lot of effort into that swing and, due to the inertia, fell heavily to the ground.
Bai Zhi looked down at Bai Da with disdain.
"I just told you, you’re really of no use."
Bai Zhi’s contemptuous tone infuriated Bai Da completely, and he jumped up, yelling at Bai Zhi.
He was bellowing with all his might; his voice could probably be heard around the neighborhood. Ye Xiu’s face turned completely stern as she looked at Bai Da, who had become a total stranger.
"Why do you have the right to tell my daughter to get out? If anyone should leave, it’s you, and that Nan Xi too."
At that moment, Ye Xiu realized she had been foolish to have softened her heart at that time; she should not have felt pity, should not have thought that Bai Da had changed into another person just because he had been too tired lately.
All of Bai Da’s rage deflated in an instant, as if he had been struck by lightning.