What was planned from the start was never genuine.
If Bai Da had reciprocated with sincerity from the beginning, he might have stood a chance with Ye Xiu.
But did Bai Da have sincerity? No, what he had was nothing more than selfishness.
To say he loved Ye Xiu was true, but in reality, he loved himself the most.
And he had convinced himself of that love, believing that since he loved Ye Xiu so much, she naturally should love him back.
He felt he had given his all and had moved himself with this belief.
But in fact, he was selfish to the core. His heart only held room for himself, not for others.
"Xingxing, I know you can’t forgive me, but you can’t deny the love I have for you, and your mother.
From the moment I saw your mother, I fell for her. From the moment I knew of your existence, I started dreaming of giving you the whole world."
Bai Da looked at Bai Zhi with deep despair, his gaze bitter and pained.
He knew he had hurt his daughter, but his intentions were genuine.
Bai Zhi rubbed her ears impatiently, and there it began again, probably going to say how genuinely, desperately, painfully helpless he was.
Pah, she really didn’t want to see him. But Bai Zhi hadn’t forgotten her purpose.
"Do you know who these people are that saved you? What they make you do? And what’s the deal with that jade pendant?"
Bai Zhi cut straight to the chase, no longer wanting to hear Bai Da’s heartfelt speeches because they made her feel nauseated, wanting to vomit.
Bai Da saw the distaste in his daughter’s eyes and hurriedly began to speak in cooperation.
"I don’t know, just that at that time, Mu Yi told me someone would definitely come to rescue us, also saying that bracelet was very important, and they would surely succeed in the future.
Then I was rescued, found those people, and the days of being locked up were truly too painful, so I just..." just cooperated, especially since they promised, as long as it was successful, he and Ye Xiu could still be together.
This was far too tempting for him, so he...
Moreover, he was tired of being confined; he wanted to rise above others.
"So, you betrayed the Bai Family, started blathering nonsense about the secrets of the jade pendant, causing them to bleed me?"
Bai Zhi did not believe Bai Da truly knew the truth. Grandpa and Great Grandpa would not possibly let him know.
And yet he seemed to know a little bit, which was odd, wasn’t it?
"Where did you hear about it, the jade pendant?"
Bai Da paused, stunned, he had heard it in the ancestral hall.
"At the ancestral hall, I remember one night when I was on watch, I overheard it in a haze; it seemed like your uncle was reluctant to leave the pendant with your grandpa because it held a secret..."
Bai Da actually couldn’t quite remember, he seemed to have been drunk at that time.
Bai Zhi frowned, it was improbable to drag her uncle into this.
"You’re not lying to me, are you? How could my uncle possibly say such a thing? This pendant is just an ordinary jade pendant."
Bai Zhi took out the jade pendant and placed it in front of Bai Da.
Upon carefully examining it, she still could not discern any significance.
"I just remember hearing your uncle’s name. That year I had an argument with your mother, I drank a lot, but I heard everything very clearly."
Bai Da furrowed his brow, he might forget everything else, but he remembered this incident very clearly.
"So how did you get along with those people, and who exactly is the one that escaped?"
Bai Zhi thought this was something that would need thorough investigation in the future.
There must be a mole within the Bai Family; otherwise, they wouldn’t know her and her aunt’s whereabouts so precisely.
Since that place was not far from her aunt’s friend’s location,
it was almost like lying in wait, so she did not believe there wasn’t a premeditated plan against her.
"I don’t know, I only know there were two of them, one in black and one in white. The one who escaped belongs to the black side, dealing in unsavory affairs, while the white one is responsible for making money; they are an organization.
Then they produced something like that table, capable of hypnosis."
"It seems like there’s a factory somewhere..."
Soon after, Bai Da remembered the place, and the Special Action Team immediately sent people there and captured everyone.
Bai Da cooperated proactively, revealing many things, although they were trivial, he provided them with a direction.
From that day on, Bai Da was very cooperative, but at the same time, he wanted to see Bai Zhi every day.
Either he brought her something or just wanted to catch a glimpse of her.
Bai Zhi got impatient and confronted him directly.
At this moment, Bai Da still held a boxed meal in his hand, filled with ribs.
"Xingxing, I remember you liked to eat ribs, even when you were always unassertive back then, you would fight with them for ribs."
That was the only time Bai Da remembered what Bai Zhi wanted to eat, and now that he saw ribs in the cafeteria, he went to get a portion.
"I don’t want it. I only fought for it back then to catch your attention; it’s not that I hated ribs or anything, I just hate you as a person."
Bai Zhi looked at Bai Da with cold indifference, never concealing the disdain in her eyes, and yet Bai Da came over every day as if he saw nothing.
"Xingxing, you were so cute when you were little, with your big eyes, always seeming to stretch out your hands, wanting me to hold you."
Bai Da remembered that back then, Xingxing really liked him; she would cry and cry, but as soon as she saw him, she would definitely stop crying.
"Oh, so you stuck 22 needles into my body then."
Bai Zhi glanced at Bai Da and turned to eat the meal Bai Xin had made.
Actually, she doesn’t feel much about it now.
But it was different for Bai Da. He was completely left speechless.
"Xingxing, when you were little, you liked to eat preserved meat; when you were very small, your mom would give you a bit, and you would smile so happily."
Bai Zhi put the lunch box down and looked directly at Bai Da.
"Please leave. Don’t spoil my mood, thank you."
Bai Da felt a bit dejected. It still didn’t work. Xingxing still hated him.
Bai Da turned and left, him, with his bandages, looking so desolate and pitiful with each step he took.
He slowly looked back at Bai Zhi; even when he had been so humble, could Xingxing still not forgive him?
"Xingxing, is it really not possible?"
Bai Zhi gave a cold laugh, "Were my needles put in vain?"
My arms and legs were broken; was it in vain?
"What if I stuck needles into my own body? Would you forgive me then..."
Bai Zhi was already impatient and had Wu Wa expel him.
"Wu Wa, get him out."
That night, it was said Bai Da asked a nurse for needles to mend clothes.
The nurse sister, of course, was understanding. We must fulfill the patients’ requests, right?
So she brought him needles, lots of them, embroidery needles, steel needles, all sorts of needles.
Bai Da looked at the needles, picked one up, then put it down.
They were so long; how had he managed to insert them before?
But if he hadn’t, Xingxing would never forgive him in the future.
Bai Da gritted his teeth and thrust forcefully...
A heart-wrenching yell, the nurse looked at the confused patients.
"It’s nothing, the person in that ward is crazy, you all go and get some rest."