Han Songyan gave a cold laugh: "Give me guidance? How exactly do you mean by guidance?"
Bai Xiruo was taken aback when she met Han Songyan's mocking gaze.
Did she find out something?
"Master Qingyun had me read the Tao Te Ching. After reading it, I felt much more at ease." After saying this, Bai Xiruo affectionately stepped forward to take Han Songyan's hand.
Han Songyan's expression suddenly changed, and with a "smack," she unexpectedly slapped Bai Xiruo across the face.
Bai Xiruo was stunned to receive a slap, and a bright red handprint immediately appeared on her fair face.
A ruthless glint flashed in her eyes. Bai Xiruo clenched her hands tightly at her sides and turned her head to look at Han Songyan in disbelief.
"mom?"
"Don't call me Mom! I'm not your mother, and I don't deserve to be your mother!" Han Songyan roared, her whole body trembling violently.
"The Tao Te Ching? Can someone like you, who has no moral bottom line, even understand this book? Bai Xiruo, put your hands on your conscience and see how I have treated you these past twenty years, how your father and brother have treated you? Is this how you repay the Bai family?"
Bai Xiruo was startled, realizing that Han Songyan knew the truth.
He cursed inwardly, "What's wrong with that old bastard Qingyun?"
They managed to expose themselves so quickly.
"Mom, I don't know what you're talking about. Do you have some misunderstanding about me?" Bai Xiruo said, her eyes red and her face looking aggrieved.
Seeing that she was still pretending, Han Songyan felt a sudden chill rise from the soles of her feet, in addition to her anger.
Is this the true face of the daughter she raised for twenty years? Was all that obedient and sensible act in front of her just a facade, a way to deceive her?
She's only twenty years old, how could she be so cunning? She's so vicious as to want to use such despicable means to harm her.
If that girl hadn't suddenly appeared and saved me today, I'm afraid I would have already been violated by that old beast Qingyun.
The girl was right; she was indeed stupid, so stupid that she was blinded and unable to distinguish right from wrong.
She neglected and mocked her own daughter, yet she poured her heart out to a heartless ingrate with no blood relation. Is there anyone in this world as foolish as her?
Thinking of all this, Han Songyan couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly.
"Misunderstanding? Are you still going to keep pretending in front of me? You spent ten million to buy those photos and videos, aren't you just trying to use them to blackmail me?"
Bai Xiruo's eyes flashed, and the grievance in her eyes instantly turned into a cold light as she looked at Han Songyan with a chilling gaze.
"It seems you already know, so I have nothing to hide anymore. That's right, I made Qingyun do this, and my purpose is to get these photos. As long as I have these things, you will have to obey me from now on."
Han Songyan gasped. Although she had already seen through Bai Xiruo's true colors, she still couldn't help but tremble when she heard her admit to it.
"Why? Why have you become like this? What have I done to wrong you? Even after my biological daughter returned to the Bai family, I always valued you far more than her. I have never mistreated you. How could you be so cruel to me?"
Bai Xiruo couldn't help but sneer: "Never mistreated me? Han Songyan, ask yourself, do you really treat me like your own daughter? You hate Bai Qianmo only because you look down on her past life. You think she doesn't deserve to be your daughter, so you put all your hopes on me. I'm just a tool you can show off. If you truly treated me like your own daughter, you would have worked hard to get those two houses for Bai Qianmo when my dad was dividing the shares! How ridiculous! Your whole family says you treat me like your own daughter, but when it comes to interests, don't you still side with that bitch Bai Qianmo!"
"What right does Bai Qianmo have to compete with me? She's a lowly thing. People like her deserve to live at the bottom of society, to be trampled on and humiliated. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that she has the blood of the Bai family flowing through her veins, she wouldn't even be worthy of being my enemy. She wants to take everything that belongs to me? Heh, I will never let her succeed!"
At this moment, Bai Xiruo's face was ferocious, filled with madness, like a demon crawling out of hell.
Han Songyan stared at her in shock, utterly incredulous.
"What exactly did I raise? What exactly did I raise?"
Han Songyan shook her head repeatedly, her expression a mixture of disappointment, shock, and deep heartache.
Bai Xiruo chuckled, her eyes filled with contempt: "What right do you have to talk to me like that? Han Songyan, you're just a vain woman. In your heart, you always think you're superior to others, looking down on this and that. What right do you have to lecture me?"
"You..." Han Songyan trembled with anger, raising her hand to strike Bai Xiruo's face again.
Bai Xiruo was prepared this time, and when Han Songyan reached out, she grabbed her wrist tightly.
"I will not give you another chance to hit me. I will remember the hurt and contempt you and your Bai family have shown me, and I will never forget it for a moment!! You wait, starting with Bai Qianmo, I will make you all pay the price for this!"
Han Songyan's eyes reddened, and her pupils contracted sharply: "You colluded with Qingyun to drug me and film me indecent videos. This is illegal. If I call the police, both of you will spend the rest of your lives in jail!"
Bai Xiruo suddenly burst into laughter, her laughter wild and unrestrained, as if Han Songyan had told some ridiculous joke.
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