Bai Da felt pain all over his body, as if it no longer belonged to him, and even each deep breath was excruciating.
Even he felt that Bai Zhi’s pain from the few needles in her body was nothing compared to his.
The brush of clothes against his skin was torture. Both his hands were swollen like pig trotters, and even his only pair of good feet was now throbbing unbearably due to his father’s actions. Moving them caused a sensation of his tendons being torn apart.
Despite such agony, he still struggled to sit up, his forehead covered in sweat.
"Dad, I disagree, I don’t want to divorce Xiuxiu. Our relationship is good; she just misunderstood me. I won’t agree to it. You said you wouldn’t interfere with our marriages."
Would he still be able to continue with Xiuxiu if his father intervened?
Without Xiuxiu, his entire world would collapse.
"I can take back what I said. You’d better hope Xingxing is safe and sound, or else I’ll break your legs to keep her company. And I’ll kick you out of the house directly."
Bai Dan wasn’t joking; he really planned on doing this. People like Bai Da no longer deserved to be considered part of the Bai Family.
So selfish and unscrupulous, he would resort to harming even a child, even if it wasn’t Xingxing. Any other child, he couldn’t allow him to stay.
"Dad, how could you do this? What did I do? I haven’t hit her or cursed at her. Isn’t it common for kids in the countryside to get hit? Is Bai Zhi too precious or what?"
Bai Da couldn’t understand why, after so many years without hitting or scolding Bai Zhi, everyone was so intolerant of him.
"Yes. Xingxing is indeed the most precious to me. Got a problem with that?"
Bai Dan glared fiercely at Bai Da, grabbed the food container next to him, and looked as though he wanted to smash it onto Bai Da’s body.
"Are you upset that I was too gentle with you just now?"
Bai Da shook his head quickly, covering his head with both of his swollen hands.
"Dad, I didn’t, I didn’t. But even if you beat me to death, I won’t get a divorce."
Even if Xiuxiu didn’t love him and even if he was unscrupulous, he wouldn’t divorce.
"Oh, don’t worry, I won’t beat you to death."
Bai Dan turned and left the room. Beating him to death would be letting him off easy.
He had to take the bracelet to Old Han to have it assessed, then decide how to deal with him next.
"You won’t take painkillers, and you won’t get pain-relief injections either."
Bai Dan wanted Bai Da to remember this torment forever. The suffering his Xingxing had endured, Bai Da would have to experience himself.
Oh, and he would need to go buy some needles. To stick back into Bai Da. Maybe he could use Old Han’s—stick them in without leaving any mark.
Bai Dan walked out of the ward, and Bai Yu and Nan Xi already had red-rimmed eyes. Nan Xi dared not speak up, while Bai Yu wanted to say something but was also afraid...
Bai Dan called Bai Xin over and headed to the nursing station to inform them not to give any pain medication to Bai Da.
The nurses understood.
Returning to the outside of the operating room, where no one had yet emerged, Bai Dan couldn’t help but feel impatient with Old Han, wondering why he was taking so long.
"Ye Xiu, are you planning to divorce Bai Da?"
Bai Dan looked at Ye Xiu and spoke indifferently, as if he was just asking casually.
Ye Xiu was taken aback, not expecting her father-in-law to know so quickly.
In reality, Bai Dan was a decent father-in-law, never interfering in their lives, and having separated the family’s living arrangements early on, she never felt aggrieved.
Under such circumstances, Ye Xiu felt somewhat embarrassed.