"You've got the wrong person! I don't know you!"
Bai Jingquan simply couldn't believe they knew each other...
I just think he must have made a mistake. Besides, would he really dare to kill someone in broad daylight?
"Bai Jingquan, right?"
The man in black's voice remained cold, even tinged with impatience.
"Yes...yes..."
Bai Jingquan was so frightened that he stammered and took a few steps back. How could he know his name?
Could he have really offended someone? But he's a law-abiding, honest man, how could that be? He hasn't offended anyone...
"Then that's it! You're the one I've been looking for!"
The man in black was about to make a move as soon as he finished speaking.
"Then you have to tell me why you killed me, so I can die knowing why!"
Even if he were to die, he wanted to die knowing why. Besides, he was just stalling for time. People from the factory would be passing by on their way home from get off work soon. He didn't believe that so many people could possibly attack him.
"Very well, I may tell you, you are blocking Miss Yan's way! You have disrupted our plans. As long as you live, Miss Yan will not be able to return to the Yan family."
The man in black thought for a while. Since this man was going to die today anyway, and the dead couldn't speak, he decided to take pity on him and tell him.
"Yinran? She's my daughter! What right does she have to go back to the Yan family?"
Bai Jingquan was very agitated. His biological daughter had just returned, and now the Yan family was trying to take her away again?
Then why send her back? Was it to steal her daughter and kill him?
"Your daughter? Ha! You don't know? Miss Yan isn't your daughter. Your daughter was switched at birth, and then she suddenly fell ill on the third day... and died!"
The man in black chuckled, thinking it wouldn't hurt to tell him something else. He was the one who did this back then, so let him die willingly!
This way, his actions won't be so troublesome, and he can easily give an account.
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
Bai Jingquan shouted excitedly, unwilling to accept this fact! How could this be? His own daughter was dead?
Ha! He won't believe it! It's a lie! It's all a lie!
"Alright! I've told you everything, you're going to die no matter what!"
The man in black, holding a knife, approached Bai Jingquan step by step.
"You don't need to lift a finger! I'll take care of it myself!"
After saying this, Bai Jingquan dropped the bamboo basket on his back and the sickle in his hand. His wife and daughter were no longer alive, and he had no desire to live. He then jumped into the river, not struggling, letting the water drown him... because he was determined to die!
After seeing Bai Jingquan jump into the river, the man in black stopped struggling and left satisfied.
"Uncle Bai, don't worry, all three of our families are victims in this matter. I will definitely investigate thoroughly and won't let that bad guy get away with it, but..."
Yan Xiluo snapped out of her shock and spoke rationally, admitting that she hadn't expected this clue to be so significant...
Was Yan Yinran intentionally switched at the Yan family home? Ha! And she treated Yan Yinran so well! How she wished Yan Yinran didn't know any of this! If she did know, then it was because she deliberately approached her—what a superb actress! So cunning, so sophisticated!
"But I have some questions. Why is Bai Ling not doing well in your house?"
Then Yan Xiluo asked the question that had been weighing on her mind: Did Bai Jingquan know that Bai Ling was not doing well in the Bai family?
“It’s all my fault! I’ve always believed that Ling’er’s birth caused her mother’s death, so I’ve been rather cold and distant towards her. But I love her in my heart. I married Li Qingyan because Ling’er was young and someone would take good care of her. I saw that she treated Ling’er quite well, so I agreed to marry her.”
Bai Jingquan froze slightly. He hadn't treated Bai Ling well... He had blamed Bai Ling for his wife's death, and his attitude towards her was rather cold, showing her little concern...
He knew his wife died entirely from an illness, yet he couldn't let it go for a long time. He's no human being!
"Uncle Quan, don't you really know that Ling'er has been abused ever since she entered the family? She's made to do all the dirty and hard work, and she's not allowed to eat until she finishes. Sometimes when you're out busy, Li Qingyan forces Ling'er to eat leftovers that have gone bad! She's not even allowed to resist. If she says the wrong thing, Li Qingyan will beat her half to death!"
As Pang Jiayi recalled these events, his eyes reddened and his voice choked with emotion. On one occasion, Bai Ling was beaten half to death by Li Qingyan, who not only punched and kicked her but also whipped her back with a bamboo whip.
When Pang Jiayi found Bai Ling, her back was bleeding. At that time, Bai Jingquan was away for a few days.
Pang Jiayi originally wanted to wait for Bai Jingquan to return and tell him what happened, but Bai Ling refused, saying that Li Qingyan would only become more ruthless towards her, and besides, she didn't want Bai Jingquan to be caught in the middle.
“Every time I found out, she was covered in bruises! Li Qingyan is very clever; she only hits where you can't see, and she's always two-faced! Ling'er has really suffered a lot! If you had paid more attention to Ling'er, you wouldn't have gone unnoticed her abuse for so long!”
Pang Jiayi felt heartbroken whenever he recalled those scenes. He and Bai Ling were childhood friends, and he treated Bai Ling like a younger sister.
"How could this happen! I didn't know anything! I'm so incompetent! I'm worse than an animal... Waaah! I'm so sorry, Ling'er..."
Bai Jingquan was clearly unaware of these matters. Shocked and angry, he slapped himself a few times and then burst into tears.
"Uncle Bai, instead of blaming yourself now, you should think about how to make amends and how to live a good life from now on."
Yan Xiluo didn't know how to comfort Bai Jingquan. She only knew that blaming herself wouldn't do much good; Bai Ling had already been truly hurt.
Instead of doing that, it would be better to make amends properly, and perhaps Bai Ling could forgive you.
"I know, I know all of this! It's just that I couldn't judge people properly, which is why I harmed Ling'er. I deserve to die!"
Bai Jingquan felt that everything happened because of him, and he now truly hated himself!
“Uncle Quan, Miss Yan is right. We should think about how to make it up to Ling’er.”
Pang Jiayi also agreed with Yan Xiluo's statement that the person behind it was despicable, but he was also partly responsible for creating this situation.
Talking is no substitute for taking concrete actions.
"I'm afraid Ling'er won't forgive me, but I'll accept whatever decision she makes. After all, I'm the one who wronged her; I owe her. She's been with me for eighteen years, suffering for eighteen years..."
Bai Jingquan wiped away his tears, feeling increasingly distressed.
"Mr. Pang, please take good care of Uncle Bai."
Yan Xiluo's phone kept vibrating, so much so that her legs were starting to go numb...
"Uncle Bai, I'll be going now. I have some things to take care of, so I won't bother you any longer."
The vibration started again shortly after it stopped, so she had to leave, since she had already asked all her questions.
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