Boom!
The crowd instantly exploded. Thereâs shock, thereâs horror, and thereâs disbelief!
The Bai family would actually sell their own grandchild to the Flower Brothel? And set him on fire?
They never knew that the madam of the Bai House would be such a cruel and heartless person. How can someone do such immortal deeds?
âWhat are you talking about?â Yu Rong literally went blue in the face here.
Itâs no lie I wanted to sell him, but when did I set him on fire?
Trembling again with that tiny body, Bai Xiachen scurried even closer to his uncleâs chest at the yell.
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Distressed over the little guyâs appearance, Bai Xiao gently rubs that head to sooth the fear: âDonât be afraid Xiachen, I wonât let anyone hurt you here. Tell me, what happened?â
âUncle, you wouldnât sell me right?â Sniffling with his nose, that dirty face only made his innocent act even more believable. âI really am good, please donât sell me.â
At this point Bai Xiao can only feel his heart being ripped apart. Due to the excruciating pain, his forehead inexplicably furrowed into a knot despite keeping his gentle look at the boy.
âDonât worry, I will never sell you to anyone.â
âThen thatâs relieving.â Slowly exhaling to match that sentence, he then begins to explain: âThis old woman just now claimed to be my grandmother and demanded I go voluntarily offer myself to the Flower Brothel. I didnât want to and told them I want to see my mother. Then that woman said my mother donât matter and that only she can decide my fate.â
In that instant, both contempt and disgust all fell upon Yu Rongâs body, leaving no question about how the crowd felt about this.
Under those scrutinizing and deploring eyes, Yu Rong started to shake incessantly. Angrily pointing at the little runt, she lashes out without bothering to keep up her image: âBai Xiachen! If you keep slandering me then I will rip out that dirty mouth of yours!â
Shuddering again like before at the holler, the baby boy shrinks further back into his uncleâs chest and hid his face from sight.
âUncle, Iâm so scared. Earlier when I said I donât want to go to the Flower Brothel, she said she will tie me up and burn me with fire.â That tender voice still sounding pitiful as ever, winning the hearts of the crowd even more.
âOriginally I thought she was only threatening me, but when night came around, she really did that. If not for Little Rice helping me to escape in time, I wouldnât get to see Uncle anymoreâ¦â Turning all sobby, nothing can possibly break through the kidâs act at this point.
Sure enough, Bai Xiao felt immeasurable guilt over bringing his nephew to the Bai House today.
If I had failed⦠He canât even imagine the consequences at the thought.
Likely sensing the emotions seeping out of the young manâs body, Bai Xiachenâs clutching hand grew even tighter because this was mainly caused by his lie. But for his mother, he can only wrong his uncle here for a bit. When its over, he will certainly explain everything.
âDonât listen to his nonsense!â Yu Rong had gone completely crazy by now. Her eyes maddeningly red as she shouted aloud: âHe is Bai Yanâs son so heâs definitely not any good either! Itâs all a lie, a slandering claim!â
For these words, the audience only had a scorned look on their faces because they didnât buy it at all.
A five-year-old kid can lie? Look at that frightened face and trembling body!
âBai Xiachen!â Yu Rong angrily roars: âIt was clearly you who had that freaking cat bite me. Now you are twisting the story and claiming its me whoâs trying to harm you? Do you have no shame?!â
âMadame Bai,â it was through great difficulty that Bai Xiao even managed to say that much. âThere are so many guards in the Bai House, plus your strength isnât weak either so you actually expect us to believe your nonsense? Do you take us for fools?â
Gritting her teeth to the point itâs making a grating sound, âThatâs no ordinary cat, itâs a demon beast!â