"I've given you enough time. What's your decision? Are you going to listen to me or not?" Bai Minglei sat on the sofa in front of Bai Xiaoruo, looking at her pain and dishevelment, but he was not moved in the slightest.
He only ever thinks about his own interests; what does sacrificing a daughter matter?
If Bai Xiaoruo can't help, then such a useless piece of trash has no reason to remain in this world.
Bai Xiaoruo struggled to slowly get up from the ground again. If it weren't for the coat she was wearing, she would have been more seriously injured. Two days ago, Bai Xiaofu almost took her life.
Her long, disheveled hair fell across her face. She struggled to open her eyes, which were cold and empty. She was utterly desperate, seeing no hope and no longer clinging to the illusion that someone would come to save her.
She knew that today was her final day. Bai Minglei was truly heartless, treating her like a pawn to be played with from beginning to end. The so-called kinship did not exist at all.
She had seen through it all long ago.
Even if it meant death, she would never ask Xuan Mingyu for help.
Bai Xiaoruo sneered as she looked at the three people in front of her. These were her good father, her stepmother, and her good half-sister.
She saw it clearly, completely and utterly, and she would never be soft-hearted again.
If she had another chance to leave this place, she would never again suffer their oppression.
"What are you laughing at? My dad is asking you a question! Do you want to die?!" Bai Xiaofu kicked her again, and Bai Xiaoruo, who had finally managed to stand up, collapsed to the ground again.
"Xiao Fu! Step back! Don't actually kill her. I still need to keep her alive to ask Xian Mingyu for money!"
"Dad, look at that bitch, how could she possibly help us?"
"I have my own way. Step aside!"
"Yes!" Bai Xiaofu reluctantly stepped aside. If Bai Minglei hadn't stopped her from killing Bai Xiaoruo directly, she would have dealt with that bitch long ago.
"Bai Xiaoruo, you'd better think carefully about whether you're going to help me or not. If you continue to be stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless. Eleven years ago, your mother's fate was the same as yours today!"
Mother!?
What does he mean?
Bai Xiaoruo looked at Bai Minglei with a blank expression.
Could it be that Mom's death was not actually due to illness, but rather that Bai Minglei had done something to it?
How could he be so cruel? That was his wife! He lost his mother when he was so young. How could he do that?
No, he would do it. He can torture his own daughter to this extent, what else wouldn't he dare to do?
"Bai Xiaoruo, I'm asking you one last time, are you going to help me or not!"
No matter how many times you ask me, my answer will remain the same: I... even if it means death, I will not help you!
"Good! You've got guts! Bai Xiaoruo, don't blame me for not giving you a chance, you asked for this! Guards, bring the family rules!"
"Master, you mustn't! The Second Miss's health is so delicate, you mustn't!" Aunt Zhang pleaded desperately, kneeling down before Bai Minglei.
She couldn't stand it anymore and almost called the police several times, but the Bai family's security was so tight that she couldn't find an opportunity.
Aunt Zhang had watched Bai Xiaoruo grow up since she was a child, and she really couldn't bear to see her suffer any longer.
"What's so precious about her? Hurry up and go! You old hag, are you tired of living?" Song Meiyan kicked Aunt Zhang, who was kneeling down, to the ground.
They're so slow and indecisive, it's driving me crazy!
She couldn't wait to kill that little bitch Bai Xiaoruo!
With tears in her eyes, Aunt Zhang fetched a leather whip. "Second Miss, I'm sorry, she had no choice but to do this because she was in dire need of her own life."
Bai Minglei took the leather whip from Aunt Zhang's hand, raised it high, and then lashed it hard across Bai Xiaoruo's back—
With that lash, Bai Xiaoruo nearly fainted from the pain, barely clinging to life.
Bai Minglei was about to strike again when Bai Xiaofu stopped him.
"Dad! Wait a minute! Your whip is too light. Look at how thick her clothes are. How can it hurt?"
Bai Minglei also felt that Bai Xiaofu's words made sense.
Bai Xiaofu winked at the guards beside her, "You guys, hurry up and strip her clothes off."
"Yes, Miss."
The three guards immediately began to remove Bai Xiaoruo's clothes.
"No...don't touch me...go away...all of you go away..."
Bai Xiaoruo cried as she tried to stop those disgusting hands from touching her body. She didn't want this to happen to her...
Her body had only been seen by Xian Mingyu, and now that they had stripped her naked and so many eyes were staring at her, how could she face him again? How could she live in this world?
Finally, she was stripped down to only her underwear and lay helplessly on the cold floor. The chill in her body was far less than the coldness and helplessness in her heart. Overwhelmed by the humiliation, Bai Xiaoruo would rather die right there.
Bai Minglei lashed out with the whip again.
This lash ripped open Bai Xiaoruo's fair back, leaving it raw and bleeding.
A bloody stain.
She couldn't even make a sound; her back was burning with pain.
Bai Xiaofu and Song Meiyan stood aside cheering; they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
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