I Became the Little Demon in Leading Role's Family-Chapter 582 - 591 If, If, If This Is All True

The man’s gaze darkened, and he immediately answered the phone.

"Yes, yes, we understand, no violence was used, we’ll wait for you to arrive, okay, okay."

After the call, the pressure around the man dipped even lower, and he furiously slammed the mask onto the ground.

Unbelievably, Zero had gone directly to the top brass, claiming that the hostage had been compromised.

Pah, he didn’t buy it, that by torturing her to a certain point, she wouldn’t spill the truth.

It was precisely because they had been too gentle that they couldn’t extract anything through interrogation.

How could this be acceptable? Once all the punishments were executed, he refused to believe they wouldn’t yield some information.

He knew plenty of methods.

With a child, there was too much to exploit.

"Just let Bai Da do it, however he can make her break down."

But they wouldn’t let him act.

This frustrated him greatly, feeling like a hero with no opportunity to demonstrate his valor.

He truly didn’t want to do this stifling job, not one bit.

That’s not right, though. It wasn’t that violence wasn’t allowed, they just couldn’t...

"Bai Da, you go and provoke her however you can, the best is to tell her you don’t want her, make her break down like that, hurry up and do it."

As long as she broke down, they could use that bracelet between them.

Bai Da was still staring blankly at the jade pendant; it was impossible, absolutely impossible.

So he failed to respond in time.

A slap from the man across his face made him dizzy...

"What..."

The man’s face darkened, and he kicked out furiously.

Bai Da was kicked to the ground.

"I told you to make that girl break down, so what’s the deal? Are you pretending to join us? You don’t actually want to help us, do you?"

The man’s face clouded over, his eyes shot through with red veins, as if the slightest incorrect answer would lead him to kill Bai Da...

"Alright, alright, I’ll do it, I’m going."

He answered immediately, his mind in chaos, but he forced himself to appear calm.

"I just can’t figure it out, why it’s like this, I believe everything I’ve said is true..."

The man’s piercing gaze seemed to see right through him.

Bai Da swallowed hard and met his gaze.

After what seemed an eternity, so long that Bai Da’s back grew cold and sweaty,

"Go."

The man finally spat out two words.

Bai Da immediately got up and headed outside.

With each step, the hallway seemed to stretch endlessly.

Each step felt unbearably heavy.

This man was terrifying.

Back in Bai Zhi’s location, Bai Da saw the girl who had fainted, her complexion deathly pale. Just a short while ago, she had undergone surgery.

He had always seen Bai Zhi as an ingrate, one who could neither speak properly nor handle things, selfish and self-serving.

But at this moment, Bai Da didn’t know how to face her.

He didn’t know the real truth, but despite trying to convince himself that Xixi was his real daughter,

He still recalled Bai Xin’s words, the jade pendant...

If,

If.

If.

If it really was true, that there had been no child exchange back then...

Just the thought of this possibility made Bai Da agitated, his mind in uproar. He couldn’t believe it, couldn’t accept it.

How he had treated Bai Zhi before, he...

He was so filled with hate, watching Bai Zhi get bullied by the other children, overlooked, and even schemed against on purpose...

He wanted Bai Zhi to become a fool, or rather, he intentionally drove her to break down.

In the end, he had to tell himself that the needles he had personally inserted were into the body of his own daughter...

If that were truly the case, Bai Da wanted to kill himself.

But he still harbored that tiny bit of hope, maybe things weren’t like that.

Perhaps Bai Xin did it just to save Bai Zhi.

But why did his heart feel so scared?

Scared it was indeed the unbearable outcome he faced.

If it were really so...

Bai Da now dared not look at Bai Zhi’s face, even though he had previously thought of her as an ingrate.

Yet now, he always seemed to see his own reflection in her face.

Impossible.

Bai Da told himself internally, "Bai Da, don’t get affected. This isn’t your daughter, definitely not."

But how could he explain the Jade Pendant? How could he explain that Jade Pendant?

The Jade Pendant that belonged solely to the Bai Family...

Bai Da forced himself to look at Bai Zhi, who had once been gaunt and particularly unsightly, but had recently put on a bit of weight.

For some reason, he always felt she resembled someone... his old mother.

Damn, he must be getting influenced, definitely being influenced.

"Thud..."

Someone brought a basin of water and splashed it over Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi frowned...

Suddenly a forceful rush of coldness hit her, and she instantly sobered up.

She wasn’t strong enough yet, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been captured, and she didn’t know how her aunt was doing.

If she could escape, she swore she would make herself stronger.

Even if it meant living in the deep forests, she detested this feeling of being caught and at the mercy of others; it wasn’t pleasant at all.

Bai Zhi looked at Bai Da who stood before her.

A strange feeling, Bai Da was looking at her not with contempt but with conflict.

This must be madness.

"Bai Zhi, will you or will you not speak about the secret of that Jade Pendant?" Bai Da, with a darkened face, demanded.

"I don’t know."

In that moment, it was as if it overlapped with a memory.

Yet it was different.

She couldn’t possibly have hope for Bai Da, hence there couldn’t be room for disappointment.

"Bai Zhi, do you know why I despise you? Because I have never treated you as my daughter. I’ve seen the longing in your eyes for my care, but I intentionally ignored you."

Bai Da squatted down, looked coldly at Bai Zhi, and every word he said echoed his true feelings.

To him, Bai Zhi was Nan Jin’s daughter.

The daughter of the man Xiuxiu once loved.

How could he possibly care for her? He would rather see her suffer.

He wanted his own daughter to enjoy all that Nan Jin had, while Nan Jin’s daughter was left with nothing. freewebnøvel.coɱ

And that is exactly what he did.

Seeing her smile, watching Bai Zhi take up Xiuxiu’s time, he seethed with envy.

On what grounds did Nan Jin’s daughter deserve Xiuxiu’s care, even after he had hypnotized her?

He was jealous, he hated, and he didn’t want to see Bai Zhi have it easy. His hand trembled with the first needle insertion.

But watching Bai Zhi’s desperate, tearful eyes, yet too afraid to cry, he felt the hate in his heart diminish slightly.

He was gratified, thus needle after needle followed.

Those needles were his hatred for Nan Jin.

Why should Nan Jin’s daughter receive Xiuxiu’s love when the whereabouts of his own daughter were unknown?

To make Xiuxiu leave Bai Zhi, he had gone to great lengths, getting the school to invite Xiuxiu, and eventually, Xiuxiu left.

He was even happier then, ignoring Bai Zhi, treating her like thin air, making her toil non-stop.

He felt that Bai Zhi should serve them.