"You know, Nan Jin is about to return and I’ve uncovered the truth, why do you have such bad luck?
You’ve looked forward to this for so long, only to be disappointed.
But that’s not right either, at the very least, your biological father, Bai Da, still loves you. He would give everything for you, wouldn’t he?"
Bai Da’s love for the group pet was genuine, almost as much as Ye Xiu’s.
"You can feel it, can’t you? Whether it’s genuine or fake, his kindness to you—that’s what a real father looks like. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Bai Da yourself. But this isn’t the point.
The main thing I want to tell you is,"
Bai Zhi looked coldly at the group pet, stood up, and dusted herself off slowly before she glanced at the group pet nonchalantly.
"I’m leaving, don’t thank me too much for revealing these secrets to you."
With a swift move, Bai Zhi leaped up, grabbed the stone at the edge of the pit, and Wu Wa reached out her hand towards her. Naturally, Bai Zhi took Wu Wa’s hand and climbed up.
Without looking back, she gave the group pet a smile and waved at her.
The group pet kept shouting in her heart,
"Come back, come back, don’t leave me here alone."
It was so dark here, so noisy.
The sound of the wind became terrifying,
as if something was moving about, and there was that intermittent foul smell.
But none of this was as scary as what she felt inside.
She started to feel that something was coming closer.
Her whole body broke out in a sweat.
And her back was soaked with cold sweat.
Why did she have to face this alone? Why be so cruel?
A gust of wind blew past.
the group pet screamed in despair inside her head, but no sound came out.
Bai Zhi, Bai Zhi, I hate you; hereafter, we are sworn enemies,
Suddenly, a figure came over,
and the group pet was so frightened she nearly suffocated. It felt like hovering on the edge of life and death; her heartbeat was so fast she couldn’t gauge its speed.
Just when she thought her heart might stop,
Bai Zhi’s face suddenly appeared above her head.
If she could have made a sound then, surely the whole village would have heard it.
"Don’t move, or if the needle moves, you’ll really die,"
Bai Zhi reminded her yet again.
The group pet was surprised that she hadn’t fainted yet. It would have been better to faint and not know anything.
But why hadn’t she fainted yet? Why?
"I suddenly remembered something. Your ’dad’, Bai Da, put needles in my body, so many of them, no wonder my feet ache when it rains,
and no wonder he makes me sweep the floor and kneel when I do something wrong."
Bai Zhi recalled more now, including how Bai Da used to make her kneel when she did something wrong, probably to drive the needles further in.
In front of the group pet, Bai Zhi took out another Golden Needle, waving it in front of her.
It terrified her; her eyes fixed on the needle getting closer,
her pupils dilating, her heartbeat accelerating.
Why hadn’t she fainted yet?
"He put in a lot; I’ll put in a lot too. Children pay for their parents’ debts, it’s only normal. Daughters too,"
Bai Zhi said with a smile as she moved closer to the group pet.
Finally, this time, she fainted as she wished.