After waiting a few seconds, Qi Jincheng, having completely lost his patience, said to him sharply, "Bai Xiuyan, you're not the only one who has the right to know. Tell me!"

"If you don't want to hurt her, then don't know so much," Bai Xiuyan warned him angrily.

Qi Jincheng questioned him with a sinister look in his eyes, "If what Yan Luoheng said is true, and Xi'er's biological father has returned, how long do you think you can keep it a secret?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiuyan's gaze darkened; this was the last thing he wanted to happen!

But recent events have been telling him that he has returned, and with some kind of purpose!

Qi Jincheng had had enough of his arrogance. It was the same in school and it was the same now. If it weren't for Hill, he wouldn't have put up with him like this.

Now that Xi'er's safety is at stake, he has to find out the truth!

Seeing that Bai Xiuyan remained silent, Qi Jingcai finally lost her temper and said, "Are you going to wait until he comes to us before you speak?"

"I won't let them meet," Bai Xiuyan said through gritted teeth.

Qi Jincheng didn't have time to waste with him here, and forced him to recognize the truth, saying, "Bai Xiuyan, stop being so self-righteous. If it was the people from the Heavenly Slaughter Sect who saved Xi'er that day, it means that he had already found Xi'er, which is why he secretly sent people to protect her."

"He's not qualified, he doesn't deserve it!" Bai Xiuyan immediately roared in uncontrollable rage.

"Say it." Qi Jincheng grabbed his collar, the first time he had ever laid a hand on him.

Bai Xiuyan didn't fight back even though he was being held by the collar. His mind was in turmoil, the second time in thirty years he had felt this way. He was so confused that he didn't know what to do next, just like the day he lost his beloved sister.

It took him a whole year to recover, and he vowed never to let his sister's child suffer any more misfortune.

Qi Jincheng calmed himself down. He knew that Bai Xiuyan had always been protecting Qiao Xi, but now protecting Xi'er was no longer just his responsibility.

"I want to protect her, and you're not the only one who wants to protect her." Qi Jincheng tried his best to persuade him.

Bai Xiuyan calmed his agitated emotions and slowly said, "I don't know much about her relationship with Wen Shaoqing, the leader of the Heavenly Slaughter Sect."

"That night she came to my room and told me she was leaving and that I should take good care of myself. I didn't understand what she was talking about. Then she secretly told me that she was pregnant and about to become a mother. She would be the happiest woman in the world, but she said she couldn't share this joy with her parents. She could only tell me and asked me to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else. It was enough for only me to know."

“She left early the next morning, without taking anything with her. She didn’t come home until late at night, and no one answered her phone. Her family realized something was wrong and sent many people out to search for her, but after several days they found no trace of her. No kidnappers called to demand ransom, and there was no news of her being murdered.”

At this point, Bai Xiuyan's voice trembled noticeably, and Qi Jincheng could even sense his nervousness.

Those were secrets that Bai Xiuyan kept deep in his heart. He had never told anyone, and Qi Jincheng was the first.

Taking a deep breath, Bai Xiuyan continued, "Father didn't give up and still sent people to look for her every day. A month passed like this, and then she came back on her own. She told her family that she was pregnant and that she was going to get married. The person she was going to marry was Qiao Guangyuan."

"When her father found out, his first reaction was to force her to abort the child, but she refused, even at the cost of her life. Later, her father agreed to let her give birth to the child, but he firmly disagreed with her marrying Qiao Guangyuan. So she threatened her father with suicide."

Bai Xiuyan's eyes welled up with tears. "In the end, Father had no choice but to agree to the marriage."

“I always thought her child was Qiao Guangyuan’s, until her wedding day. I saw a man in the wedding procession who seemed a bit out of place in the crowd. I also noticed that my sister looked at that man differently.”

“I secretly observed them, and finally, when no one was around, they met alone. I followed them, but because of the distance, I couldn't hear their entire conversation. I only heard the man say to her, ‘Abort the child and start a new life.’ My sister yelled at him, very emotionally, ‘How can you be so cruel to your own child?’”

"Just from those two sentences, I finally realized that the child wasn't Qiao Guangyuan's, but this man's!" As he finished speaking, Bai Xiuyan's eyes were filled with hatred.

Qi Jincheng did not interrupt him, waiting for him to continue.

Bai Xiuyan's emotions became somewhat agitated again, but more than that, they were filled with hatred—hatred for that man.

After a while, he calmed down a bit and continued, "But after my sister married Qiao Guangyuan, I never saw that man again. I don't know if my sister met him or not, but his image is always in my mind."

"I saw him for the second time at my sister's funeral. I was sure I wasn't mistaken, but he disappeared without a trace after he appeared for a short while."

"After that, I started investigating him, and it took a lot of effort and time to find out his real name and... his identity."

"He is the leader of the Heavenly Slaughter Sect," Qi Jincheng couldn't help but say on his behalf.

Bai Xiuyan nodded and said, "That's right, he was the one who founded the Heavenly Slaughter Sect, but I never saw him again after that day until a month ago when I received news that he had come to the capital."

Having heard this, Qi Jincheng basically knew the whole story and the truth.

Based on what Xi'er had told him before, he couldn't help but ask, "Did he come here for Xi'er?"

Bai Xiuyan shook his head slightly, gazing intently ahead, and said, "It's hard to say. If the person who saved her in the cold storage that day can be confirmed as a member of the Heavenly Slaughter Sect..."

"What would a father's purpose be in secretly sending someone to protect his daughter?" Qi Jincheng couldn't give a definite answer to this question. It could be simply for protection, or it could have other motives.

He preferred the former.

Bai Xiuyan shared the same thought: "It would be best if it remained that way."

“But I don’t want him to appear in front of her. What right does a father who never wanted her in the first place have to appear in front of her?” Bai Xiuyan said viciously.

Over the years, he has blamed Wen Shaoqing for his sister's death. He believes that if he hadn't abandoned his sister and her child, she might not have died!

"What about the car accident?" Qi Jincheng asked again, "What happened this time?"