Chapter 4
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As soon as Bai Chaoyang returned home, he listened to the housekeeper's report about the third miss' dead body waking up. He was so surprised that he directly rushed over without changing clothes.
"You didn't die?" Bai Chaoyang's puzzled eyes fell on her face. He thought it was good that this trash was not dead; after all, there were still other uses for keeping her.
"Are you disappointed that I'm not dead?" Ordering the maidservants to disguise her death as drowning, what kind of father was he? Bai Ye sat motionless at the table without looking at him.
Bai Chaoyang frowned in displeasure. Every time this worthless girl would see him, she would always not dare to breathe.
Yet, she was so presumptuous today that she didn't even invite him to take a seat. Was it possible that her head was kicked silly by Yan'er?
"If you're unruly and lawless like this, isn't it going to put the Prime Minister House to shame again?" The implication was that he had already been humiliated once when the fact that she was trash that couldn't practice martial arts came out after she took the Innate Skill Test.
"Speaking of being unruly, the second miss of the Prime Minister House viciously beat someone, almost resulting in her death. Wouldn't it be even more humiliating for the Prime Minister
Bai Chaoyang slammed the table angrily, "If you dare to talk nonsense to discredit your second sister, I will break your leg!"
"Since ancient times, talent determines fate, and even the children of imperial households will be demoted to become common people when they encounter the same situation of this daughter, leaving them to fend for themselves. I am very curious, the people in the Prime Minister's House hate me so much, so why do they keep me here to make people feel even more annoyed?"
"What nonsense! You've humiliated my Bai Residence, but I still give you a mouthful of meal to eat for the sake of our father-daughter relations.h.i.+p. Don't be ungrateful!"
This question of Bai Ye made Bai Chaoyang's face look a little wrong. The information revealed to Bai Ye was only one word: guilty.
That shriveled appearance made her more sure of her guess.
If she were an ugly good-for-nothing, it was certain that she would be thrown out of the residence. But she happened to be a piece of trash with unparalleled beauty. Wouldn't it be a big loss if he didn't make use of her?
Putting down the tea cup, Bai Ye stood up and smiled at Bai Chaoyang. With that dazzling smile, he couldn't help being stunned.
"I want to make a deal with you."
"What qualifications do you have to——"
"No one is allowed to step in here for three months, especially Bai Xiaoyan! I just want to recuperate peacefully. If you don't consent, I'm afraid this face of mine will be ruined today!"
She interrupted him and picked up the embroidery needle on the table, pointing it at her slightly pale cheek.
"You. What are you going to do? Who on earth are you?" This person in front of him right now was nothing like that idiot Bai Ye. Bai Chaoyang couldn't help but wonder if she had been switched.
"Don't you know who I am? People are cornered and have no way out! Are you sure you don't feel sorry for these injuries on me at all? I'm your daughter, too!"
She deliberately made her tone sound depressed and her mood lonely. Her sad appearance made people feel tenderness toward her, giving full play to the advantages of a beautiful woman.
In her previous life, she simply disdained to play such tricks, but now there were more important things waiting for her to do.
She p.r.i.c.ked the needle on her cheek with slight force, so that a trace of blood oozed from her jade face. The bright crimson color stood out on her white skin.
Bai Chaoyang did not expect that she really dared to do it; he hurriedly called her off, "Stop, I give you my consent! But you mustn't step out of the courtyard without my order!"
State Preceptor Xingchen, South Zhao's highest-ranking alchemist, was young and promising with a mysterious background, and no one knew his last name.
Bai Chaoyang intended to woo him and planned to give him this useless girl as a concubine or a plaything. As long as she could be used to open up a path for his own power, he had not given birth to her in vain.
At the moment, he didn't notice the inexplicable glint within Bai Ye's eyes.