I Became the Little Demon in Leading Role's Family

Chapter 734: Chapter 742 There’s Another Way

Bai Fei’s tears continued to fall as she looked at Bai Xiang’s calm demeanor through her blurry eyes and pushed him away forcefully.

“I don’t understand, and I don’t want to understand. I only know one thing, and that’s that we are a family. If they get divorced, we won’t be a family anymore. I don’t want mom to leave.”

She felt incredibly sad, unbelievably sad.

If her parents divorced, then she would become a child without a mother.

Her mother had changed a lot over the years, seemingly not caring for her as much, but her mother was still here. She could tell herself she had a mother.

But once her mother left, she would have no mother anymore.

“No, even if they divorce, she’s still our mother, Bai Fei. We can’t just live in our own world. You need to look further ahead. Mother is pursuing her dreams, do you understand?”

Even if they forced her to stay, her heart wouldn’t be at home, let alone ignoring Bai Fei’s health just for her own success.

So, he thought it would actually be better for her to leave—at least she was in search of her ideals.

“I…” Bai Fei cried even harder.

“Is there really no way to save it?” Bai Fei was still very upset, even though she perhaps already knew it was irreparable, she was still very sad.

“All we need to do is wait for the outcome, and think about who you want to be with. But I think mom would prefer we stay with dad.”

At least she didn’t seem like she intended to take them away.

In the room, Bai Guang and Li Sisi looked at each other, Bai Guang almost forgot when was the last time they had a proper conversation.

In the past two years, she was always saying she was extremely busy, either in meetings or on her way to meetings.

She always said she wanted to be a woman of the new era, but in fact, she had lost a lot in this process.

As for their social gatherings, it was actually a loss for Li Sisi, where she was throwing money into it, but that was not important.

What disappointed Bai Guang the most was that she had no idea whether her product had side effects and yet she sold it; when problems arose, she refused to acknowledge it, and she didn’t even know about the mishap with their daughter.

But what he couldn’t forgive the most was that it turned out she had gotten together with him only to investigate the Bai Family, all for ten million.

All the years of happiness were nothing but an illusion.

This was not what hurt him the most; what cut deepest was that even so, he was still in love with her.

He just couldn’t bring himself to hate her.

“Sisi, keep the money at home for yourself. Both children have their own little piggy banks, it’s better for you to have it. We also have some savings here. There’s over a million, take it all.”

Although it was far from ten million, at least it wasn’t hopeless.

“No need…”

Li Sisi outright rejected the offer. If she accepted this money, what would that make her?

“I can earn my own money, support myself. I misjudged you, and I deserve this. That’s it. The kids will stay with you; I don’t think they want to be with me. You can go now.”

Li Sisi pushed Bai Guang out and closed the door behind him, leaning against it herself.

Finally, the tears fell. No matter how indifferent she appeared, how could she not feel sad inside?

She slid slowly down to the floor, hugging her knees and burying her head.

She wasn’t unemotional. She once thought of being devoted to a life with Bai Guang, and for a few years, she indeed felt very happy.

But… one must always look forward. She had her own ideals, her own battles to fight.

Bai Guang walked alone through the village, observing its beauty in a daze as the moonlight draped a silvery glow over the earth. How beautiful the village was.

Bai Zhi appeared behind Bai Guang, “Uncle.”

Bai Guang turned and saw Bai Zhi looking at him calmly, as if by chance.

“Xingxing, how is Bai Fei doing?”

Though divorce is a matter for adults, in truth, it does the greatest harm to the children.

“Cousin is talking to her right now. I think she’ll understand,” Xingxing said.

Bai Zhi followed Bai Guang as they headed home, walking at a leisurely pace.

“Xingxing, don’t take it to heart when Bai Fei speaks without thinking sometimes.”

In reality, he knew that Xingxing had always borne a lot alone.

Truth be told, she had it the hardest of all.

“What if I do take it to heart?” she asked.

This time, Bai Guang didn’t hear the usual pleasantries; instead, he turned around and saw Bai Zhi speaking seriously.

“Uncle, I can’t tell you right now whether I mind or not. I came out because I wanted to tell you something.

In fact, if you truly cared for Auntie, you still had another choice, and that is…”

That was to simply leave the Bai Family, so whether he forgave Li Sisi or not would no longer matter.

“There’s no need to continue. I know you mean well for me, but I will never choose that option. I’ve grown up here since I was little, Xingxing. I won’t leave this place.”

It went without saying that if a child like Xingxing knew this, he knew it too.

“I’ve indeed spoiled your cousin a bit, but I know what’s fundamentally right and wrong. I could never take that path.”

It was a path he’d never choose to take.

“It’s you, Xingxing. I, too, am heartbroken for you.”

Everyone else seems to have options, but Xingxing never had a choice from the start.

She had to stay here to protect this place.

“It’s nothing, Uncle. I love this place very much. I love every plant and tree here, every person here. So it’s an honor for me to have grown up here.”

And an even greater honor to be able to protect it.

There were stars in Bai Zhi’s eyes, and Bai Guang thought perhaps this was the meaning behind her name, Xingxing.

…

Bai Guang and Li Sisi proceeded with the divorce.

Li Sisi didn’t take a penny of the family’s money. With only a few thousand to her name, she left without looking back, luggage in hand.

Even as Bai Fei wailed behind her, she didn’t turn around.

She said she was off to search for a new life, and no one could stop her.

After crying for a long time, Bai Fei, with her eyes red and swollen, took Bai Zhi to the Drunken Moon Restaurant.

Unfortunately, this time she didn’t get to see the person she wanted to.

The manager saw Bai Zhi as a savior, promptly handing her the bills to settle. They had gone several days without settling up.

Bai Zhi then remembered that her brother wasn’t joking when he said he was handing Drunken Moon Restaurant over to her.

All Bai Zhi could do was to awkwardly start learning the ropes.

Bai Fei waited for her, and by the time Bai Zhi was done with all the work, it was late at night, and Bai Fei had fallen asleep.

Bai Zhi made two servings of late-night snacks, one for each of them, and they ate slowly together.

“Xingxing, why did they have you settle the accounts?” Bai Fei asked, somewhat confused.

“Because Brother Han Feng asked for my help, and they think I should learn a bit about this.”

Xia Zhi also thought she should start learning more things. Indeed, many things could be interconnected.

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