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Chapter 558: Chapter 558: Taking Your Life While You’re Down
Jiang Shaoqing was also hesitating.
How could he not know about Bai Xiao’s transfer? He had been keeping an eye on her all along. When he received the news, he even breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that getting rid of this troublemaker was not a bad thing at all.
The main issue was that Jiang Shaoqing couldn’t figure out how Bai Xiao wanted to exploit the Jiang Family. He was still afraid. Although Grandfather valued Bai Xiao highly, he still remained guarded against her.
This girl was too scheming. It would have been okay if she were a good person, but from what happened with Shang Kaijie, he had learned that she was ruthless.
Moreover, the affair of Shang Feng recognizing his daughter was making waves; everyone knew about it, treating it as a scandalous affair of a wealthy family. If Bai Xiao really was Shang Feng’s daughter, then what she was doing was truly inhumane.
He dared not entangle himself with Bai Xiao; he wouldn’t even know how he might die.
Yet, he couldn’t just let Bai Xiao fend for herself. Ignoring such a person would mean underestimating her.
Thus, he deliberately kept the news from Grandfather, for with just one word from Grandfather, Bai Xiao wouldn’t have dared to take that risk.
But when he saw the report about Bai Xiao, he was truly shocked.
Every little detail that had happened there proved one thing.
Bai Xiao was nothing like he had imagined. She risked her life to save more than a dozen people buried under the Karst Cave, and for the person she loved, she bravely stood beside him in front of a landmine, ready to face death together as they defused the bomb. Such courage, such a compassionate heart of a healer, was enough to prove that Bai Xiao was not the kind of woman he had imagined.
When he read the passage describing the wedding of Bai Xiao and An Zhiyuan in front of the battlefield, he felt some envy toward An Zhiyuan. Encountering a woman in one’s lifetime who truly could share life and death... those vows of sharing hardships were just talk. When it really comes down to it, whether it’s sharing hardships or each escaping when disaster strikes, it’s not certain.
But Bai Xiao had proved her loyalty and emotions through her actions.
How could such a person be greedy, vindictive, and unscrupulous?
So he began to doubt himself, wondering if he had been too subjective. Even if there really was a father-daughter relationship between Shang Feng and Bai Xiao, what Shang Feng did as a father was indeed far-fetched. Even if there was hatred between Bai Xiao and the Shang Family, their revenge seemed justified.
If someone had offended him, would his methods be gentler than Bai Xiao’s?
Why did it seem justified when he did it, but when Bai Xiao did the same, he thought she was ruthless?
Because Bai Xiao wasn’t him, he always placed himself in that position, the young master of the Jiang Family, accustomed to being above others, to having everyone revolve around him, and to expecting others to apologize and make amends for their mistakes. Actually, what wrong had Bai Xiao done?
Shang Kaijie wanted to kill Bai Xiao. Isn’t that reason enough for Shang Kaijie to deserve death?
Was he supposed to wait for Shang Kaijie to actually come and take Bai Xiao’s life before he got the result he wanted?
If Shang Kaijie had wanted to kill him, Shang Kaijie wouldn’t have known how many times he’d have died by now.
So what was wrong with Bai Xiao wanting his life?
Given Shang Kaijie’s vindictive nature, once he recuperated, he would seek revenge against Bai Xiao! And the next time, his methods might be even worse. If Bai Xiao didn’t let him die, she and her family would probably suffer a more dreadful fate.
Bai Xiao was actually not at fault.
Strike while the iron is hot, take your life.
