Based on Bai Jinghong’s deduction, Xu Sixin had been slept with by Gu Tianming. Realizing his mistake, he surely had put on a show and left her some empty promises.
Things like “Wait for me to return,” and so on!
But then she got pregnant and was scorned by her own family, accused of carrying a bastard child and tarnishing the family name, ultimately cast out.
Gu Tianming probably didn’t even know he had a daughter.
Perhaps the child was also sickly. Xu Sixin, desperate to save her, borrowed money she couldn’t repay, eventually went begging to her maiden family…
Only to be further humiliated.
Following that thread, the rest of the plot would easily fall into place.
Then, eventually, there’d be a scene where the daughter tries to contact her father, there’s some crying and tears, and the War God erupts in fury.
The classic cliché: A War God’s wrath, rivers of blood!
These were all Bai Jinghong’s guesses based on his intimate knowledge of the War God novel tropes.
In reality, everything was unfolding exactly as he imagined.
What Bai Jinghong didn’t know yet was that Xu Sixin’s daughter had already been kidnapped by his own White Tiger Hall men.
She was currently locked in a dog cage.
“Ah Kun, keep a close eye on the Xu family. Find Xu Sixin and put her under covert surveillance!”
“Especially her daughter’s situation, understand?”
Ah Kun had only investigated Gu Tianming today and hadn’t had the chance to look into Xu Sixin and her daughter yet.
He immediately replied, “Don’t worry, Young Master. I’ll report back the moment I have news!”
After hanging up, Bai Jinghong was still chuckling to himself.
Compared to Chen Lin, Gu Tianming wasn’t far behind—neither was a simple character.
Dealing with two at once wasn’t much of a challenge for Bai Jinghong.
On his own turf, whether it was a dragon or a tiger, they’d all have to grovel at his feet.
It was just a shame about Xu Sixin, getting taken advantage of like that.
Bai Jinghong wondered if there might be a twist—maybe Xu Sixin had endured the humiliation, borne the slander, but was actually raising the child for someone else…
But if she’d been pregnant, there was no need for further speculation.
Then again, Bai Jinghong wasn’t overly hung up on matters of… virginity. So long as he stole her away, she would be his.
Besides, it had only happened once, and she’d been forced. That still counted as clean enough.
It would be a waste to let her go.
Plus, stealing was way more thrilling!
At that moment, Shen Yaoyao’s phone chimed with a text notification.
Still eating her snack, she froze for a second, then picked it up.
It was a message from Chen Lin. The same old “Are you free to talk?” line.
She handed the phone to Bai Jinghong. “Jinghong, it’s Chen Lin. Should I call him?”
Shen Yaoyao now held absolutely nothing back from Bai Jinghong. There was no need for secrecy.
Bai Jinghong smiled, took a sip of the Mouton Wine on the table, and said, “Go ahead and call. I actually want to hear what he has to say!”
Shen Yaoyao nodded and dialed, putting the call on speakerphone and setting it on the table.
The call connected quickly.
“Yao Yao, what has Bai Jinghong been up to lately?” Chen Lin demanded without preamble.
Shen Yaoyao’s brows furrowed slightly. She replied flatly, “Working as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary.”
“Is that so? That bastard sent people to wreck my company. You didn’t know about that?”
She truly hadn’t.
“I received no word of that.”
Chen Lin spat a curse. “Damn him. I swear I’ll make him pay. This time, I’ll teach him a lesson myself.”
“Report his whereabouts to me over the next few days. Once the auction tomorrow is over, I’m going to take one of his arms!”
“I have to make him suffer both physically and mentally. Otherwise, I can’t swallow this rage.”
Shen Yaoyao nearly flew into a rage herself, but she gritted her teeth and looked at Bai Jinghong.
Bai Jinghong, utterly unconcerned, simply nodded.
She responded, “Fine, got it. Is there anything else?”
On the other end, Chen Lin seemed to calm down from his earlier agitation.
His voice turned unusually gentle.
“Yao Yao, are you free tomorrow? I miss you. Come out and spend some time with me!”
Shen Yaoyao stiffened. Her expression changed, and she wanted to curse him out.
That bastard, saying something like that right in front of Bai Jinghong! What if he misunderstood and thought she and Chen Lin had a past?
She looked at Bai Jinghong nervously.
Bai Jinghong just smiled and shook his head.
She immediately understood. “I don’t have time. I can’t get away from here!”
Chen Lin paused. “What about after work? You’re a secretary, he can’t control what you do then!”
“Yao Yao, I really miss you. It’s been so long since I’ve seen you. I want so badly to hold you in my arms and tell you everything that’s been happening to me lately.”
Chen Lin’s words oozed with greasy sentiment, becoming increasingly explicit.
Truth be told, he wasn’t lying.
The affair with Fan Ning’er had hit him hard.
Although he was still investigating who the other man was, he needed emotional comfort in the meantime.
Shen Yaoyao was peerlessly beautiful, and he knew she had feelings for him. She was the perfect choice.
Hearing Chen Lin’s increasingly brazen words, Shen Yaoyao, terrified Bai Jinghong would get angry, simply hung up the phone.
Bai Jinghong laughed scornfully. “Yao Yao, don’t worry. I’m not that petty.”
“I know exactly what kind of person Chen Lin is. Next time he invites you out, go ahead and agree. Pick a place, but just don’t show up!”
“Compared to hanging up on him, I’d much rather he get stood up. Or… I could arrange some escorts to meet him as a consolation prize!”
Only then did Shen Yaoyao truly grasp Bai Jinghong’s mindset. She bit her lip and nodded gently.
After their snack, Bai Jinghong carried Shen Yaoyao to the bedroom and fell asleep holding his beautiful woman.
They’d already been intimate. There was no need for pretense between them now.
As Bai Jinghong and Shen Yaoyao drifted into dreams, in an old residential complex somewhere in Dragon Sea City, a beautiful woman dragged her exhausted body home.
“Duo Duo, Mommy’s home!”
“I’m a bit late tonight, don’t be angry, okay? But Mommy bought your favorite donuts!”
The woman wore a professional blouse, her small suit jacket slung over her arm.
Raven-black hair cascaded over her shoulders. She was stunningly beautiful, but her face was etched with exhaustion.
It was the kind of crushing fatigue that comes from being suffocated by relentless pressure.
Yet, she still managed to keep a smile on her face.
This woman was Xu Sixin.
The former Second Miss of the Xu family.
How had she, once raised in comfort and luxury, fallen this low? Naturally, the credit went to Gu Tianming.
She slipped off her high heels, put on slippers, and headed toward the bedroom.
The house was unusually quiet today. The familiar sound of the television was absent.
“Could she be asleep already?”
Guessing, Xu Sixin pushed open the bedroom door.
It was pitch black inside. She reached for the light switch on the wall.
“Click!”
The room flooded with light. It was completely empty.
Xu Sixin’s eyes flew wide open. She froze for a few seconds, then everything in her hands tumbled to the floor.
“Duo Duo?! Duo Duo!”
As if possessed, she rushed into the room, searching frantically everywhere.
The closet, under the bed, every possible hiding place—she checked them all.
A tiny hope was still alive in her heart. Maybe her daughter was mad that she had to work late, hiding to sulk.
But after scouring the bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room, storage closet—every single corner—true fear began to grip her.
“Duo Duo! Duo Duo!”
Panicking, she even threw open the front door and searched the hallway.
Her face was a mask of pure terror.
