Bai Xiaoruo's face was slapped to the side, and a bright red handprint quickly appeared on her face. Her mouth was also swollen and bleeding.
Tears of grievance finally welled up in her eyes. "Yes! I may not be much better than others, but I am still Dad's daughter. Why should I bear the consequences of Bai Xiaofu's mistakes? For her sake, can my happiness in this life be sacrificed as a bargaining chip?"
Song Meiyan, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. "Xiao Ruo, what are you saying? Xiao Fu is your sister! All we're doing is letting you marry into the Xian family and enjoy a life of luxury. It's like you've suffered some kind of loss. Our Xiao Fu is still suffering in prison. Can you compare to her? How can you be so selfish! Your father and I have been so good to you. It seems that after raising you for more than ten years, the Bai family has still raised an ungrateful wretch!"
"Lock her back in her room. No one is allowed to let her out without my permission! You can forget about going to school until you agree to marry her!" Bai Minglei gave the order and then rushed upstairs.
This meal is completely inedible.
Several guards escorted Bai Xiaoruo back to her room and shoved her hard. Bai Xiaoruo fell to the ground in a disheveled state. The guards quickly closed the door and locked it from the outside to prevent Bai Xiaoruo from trying to open the door and run out.
I don't want to accept my fate like this; I must find a way to escape.
Bai Xiaoruo endured the pain and tried to escape through the window, but she was too late. The guards outside had already brought wooden planks and nailed the window shut.
With no hope left, Bai Xiaoruo pounded on the window with all her might, but the people outside seemed not to hear her at all and continued to nail wooden boards into the window.
Song Meiyan stood outside the door, furious. She knew this brat wouldn't be so easily persuaded. Tomorrow was the day of the trial, and if this little bitch was still so stubborn, what was she going to do?
"Stop struggling. Just obediently agree to the marriage. The Bai family has raised you for over ten years; it's time for you to repay them. You need to think about the Bai family and your sister. If Xiao Fu is really killed by you, let me tell you, you won't live to see the end either!"
Bai Xiaoru kept banging on the window until she got tired and her hands hurt so much she couldn't feel them anymore. She collapsed to the ground in despair.
The tears have dried, the blood at the corner of my mouth has dried, and the pain in my body has gone numb.
Why? Why did it suddenly turn out like this?
Am I really going to accept this fate? I'm not resigned to it... How can I accept it...?
I dare not die like this, but even if I stay in the Bai family, I will be bound by them for life. What should I do...? What should I do...?
***
I don't know how much time passed, but it was completely dark, and the room became increasingly dim. Only the faint moonlight shone into the room through the gaps in the wooden frame outside the window, providing a dim light.
Just then, Bai Xiaoruo suddenly heard rustling sounds outside the door, as if someone was opening the door.
She quickly stood up from the ground and ran to the door. As soon as the door opened, she saw Aunt Zhang carrying a bowl of steaming noodles as she walked in.
"Aunt Zhang..."
"Shh! Miss, please keep your voice down. Master and Madam are asleep now. I secretly took the key to come here... I noticed you didn't eat much tonight, you must be starving, so I cooked you a bowl of noodles." Aunt Zhang lowered her voice, placed the noodles on the table in the room, and quickly closed the door, afraid of being noticed.
"Aunt Zhang, I can't eat..." Bai Xiaoruo walked back to the bedside and sat down. She had no appetite at all.
“Miss…” Aunt Zhang sighed and walked to Bai Xiaoruo’s side. “Miss, I know you feel wronged, but you really shouldn’t have argued with Master and Madam tonight. It didn’t do you any good.”
“Benefits…ha…” Bai Xiaoruo smiled bitterly. “Aunt Zhang, what benefits could someone like me possibly gain in this family?” Bai Xiaoruo took Aunt Zhang’s hand and looked at her earnestly. “Aunt Zhang, you must know something. Please tell me! What happened while I was away? Why did my sister go to jail? And why is she making me get married? What’s going on?”
"I'm not entirely sure about the specifics... It all started a little over a week ago..." Aunt Zhang recounted to Bai Xiaoruo the story of Bai Xiaofu stealing Bai Minglei's new car, the car accident, Bai Xiaofu's imprisonment, and the visit from the Xian family.
"That's about it. I also find it strange. The Xian family didn't want anything, they just wanted you to marry into the Xian family before they would let the eldest young lady go. Otherwise, they would have sentenced her to death. The master and madam were terrified at the time and had no choice but to agree to let you marry into the family."
"What? How do they know my name?" I've never met anyone from the Xian family before, so why would they specifically choose me to marry into their family? It's utterly baffling.
"Aunt Zhang, do you know who I'm going to marry? What does he look like? How old is he? Are you sure I'm going to be a rich lady and not a maid or something?"
"I don't know about that," Aunt Zhang shook her head and thought carefully. "At the time, it was just an old man and an old woman who came together, and they were followed by a large group of bodyguards. It seems that they must be people with considerable power and status."
There are so many rich and powerful people in L City, how do I know which one it is?
Bai Xiaoruo's biggest fear was that she would marry an old man or a terrible guy. If she really married him, wouldn't she suffer even more than she did in the Bai family?
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