Chapter 54: Before Chapter 54, the head wasn’t very clear Chapter 54: Before Chapter 54, the head wasn’t very clear No matter what she said or how many times she emphasized it, they all seemed unable to understand her words?
“Hey, if you don’t listen to me, I’ll break his arm again—practice makes perfect.”
Bai Zhi had run out of patience and raised her voice.
Sure enough, the two, deeply entwined in sibling affection and ready to comfort each other, were finally ready to take her words seriously. It seemed violence was necessary after all, but what if she began to enjoy this sensation?
She realized that she was going to be someone with backups in the future but still, she felt so thrilled.
“What do you want to do?”
Bai Yu immediately shielded the group pet behind him, and the group pet wanted to protect Bai Yu…
Such deep sibling love.
“I don’t want to do anything, I just want you to understand something. I don’t give a damn about your family, so stop talking about me wanting to go back.”
What’s there to miss, really?
Miss the hard work or miss playing the old mother hen? Going back would be madness.
Bai Zhi’s gaze shifted to the group pet, her smile deepening, filled with irony.
“And you, I don’t want siblings like them, so I’m giving him to you. Don’t go saying you’re giving him back to me in the future. Are you retreating to advance and continue to talk about how miserable you are, or do you really think that way?”
Bai Zhi looked meaningfully at the group pet, suddenly looking forward to her answer.
“I…” The group pet was confused again because Bai Zhi’s words were always so strange, nothing like what she had anticipated.
“Of course it’s true, sister, I promise, as long as you’re happy. I’ll leave right away.”
“You mean I’m forcing you then?”
Bai Zhi laughed again. Some people were just so good at speaking. They placed themselves in the weakest position, then retreated to advance.
The original owner was like that, being taken advantage of by her time and time again. It was the original owner who was wronged, but in the end, the one being comforted was always the group pet.
So, was it any wonder the original owner grew more and more discontent, increasingly trying to prove that she was the true daughter of the family, not realizing it was all in vain?
These people were blind and oblivious.
“No, no, no…” The group pet quickly shook her head in denial.
Beside them, Bai Fei was completely dumbfounded, his admiration for Bai Zhi soaring to new heights.
Before, it was always Bai Yu who left them speechless, but this time, it was Bai Zhi who rendered them unable to speak. The feeling was terrific.
“Not? If you really want to leave, there’s the door. You could have snuck out late at night, or, say, during the day—would anyone have noticed? Nan Xi, don’t make promises you can’t keep when you know exactly what you want in your heart, right?”
No one tied her hands and feet; no one could stop her if she truly wished to leave. All talk and no action, what’s the point?
The group pet’s tears multiplied, seemingly overwhelmed with distress.
“Of course. You can also go back and say that I forced you to leave.”
Bai Zhi furrowed her brows, then smiled and snapped her fingers with a look of delight at the group pet.
“And then, you’d be best off making a big fuss in the dead of the night, making everyone aware that you’ve run away from home, and then start crying.”
Bai Zhi said this while simultaneously acting out the motions for the group pet.
“I love this family very much, but I can’t stay because my sister hates me. As long as I’m gone—oh, I forget—if I’m gone, my sister will come back.”
Bai Zhi choked up a bit as she spoke, as if she were truly crying.
Bai Fei and the others beside her were all stunned and felt deeply sorry for her. Even though Bai Zhi seemed to be the one in control at the moment, they still felt pained.
It wasn’t that there wasn’t a preference for boys over girls; many children, like Xiao Heizi, were not favored at home. Take today, for instance; all she brought was a single steamed bun.
At home, whether it was eggs or meat, there was never a share for Heizi because it was reserved for her little brother.
But at least, Heizi’s family wouldn’t make her do all the household chores, nor would they make her work alone.
So, Bai Zhi was truly pitiable, wuu wuu wuu…
Bai Zhi didn’t realize that, invisibly, she had garnered even more sympathy; she had merely stated the actions of the group pet first, leaving her with no way out.
“So, they’ll think I’m even more sinister and evil, right?
Xixi, you’re really trying hard, aren’t you? Do you need them to dislike me day after day so badly?
Actually, you’re overthinking it. I have no fondness for them, and I don’t intend to go back.
Why would I return, to continue to be your workhorse? Do I look like a fool?”
After that, Bai Zhi touched her mouth as if she had an ‘epiphany,’ looking at the group pet with surprise.
“You don’t really plan to do that, do you? Is your so-called apology fake, just wanting me to come back to work?”
Bai Zhi, as if hit by the truth, ‘greatly shocked,’ began to tremble.
Her figure with the large basket on her back looked particularly pitiable, and everyone was on the verge of tears.
They must go back and tell everyone that Bai Yu and Bai Xixi were too much, actually trying to deceive Bai Zhi into returning to work for them like a beast of burden!
Bai Xixi’s name was changed after she became the group pet of the Bai Family, and even her household registration was changed along with it. It was strange because of the one-child policy. Bai Zhi was actually an over-quota child and was fined for it.
If not for Ye Xiu being from a minority nationality, perhaps Bai Zhi wouldn’t even have been born. But at that time, she was a child eagerly expected by Ye Xiu and Bai Da. However, for Bai Zhi, it could only be said, “I can guess the beginning, but I never envisioned this ending.”
All expectations do not necessarily lead to being cherished, do they?
Watching Bai Zhi’s performance, Bai Yu was overwhelmed. What on earth was this? How could Xixi possibly do such a thing?
If it really happened, it would have been Bai Zhi forcing it, but at the same time, there was an indescribable feeling.
Could he admit that he indeed just wanted Bai Zhi to come back to work?
After all, she had been doing it for so many years, she must be used to it, right?
“Sister, how could you think so poorly of me?”
The group pet was deeply affected, turning pale, with tears continuously falling.
“I just want you to come back so we can live happily as a family. If you don’t like me…”
Bai Zhi decisively interrupted,
“It’s not ‘if;’ I never liked you to begin with, nor do I like Bai Yu or Bai Ye, so please don’t flatter yourselves. Otherwise, I might think you’re doing it on purpose, trying to push my limits, then…”
The corners of Bai Zhi’s mouth curled up slightly, she glanced at the small sapling nearby, so fragile it couldn’t withstand any wind or rain.
She lightly kicked a small stone at her foot,
With a “whoosh,” the sapling broke.
Broken…
Bai Zhi frowned as if not completely satisfied. She pointed at her head and then spoke in a calm tone.
“Ah, previously, my head wasn’t very clear, so I worked for you, but, after you pushed me, my head hit something, and suddenly I became clear-headed, huh?”