The developments so far have not yet reached the effect Bai Xi wanted.

The fire wasn’t burning fiercely enough, she needed to add more fuel to it.

Bai Xi was kicked several times in the stomach by Jie Siyu with high heels, and now she couldn’t straighten up due to the pain. She held her stomach, mimicking Cheng Xizhou’s way of acting as a tragic heroine.

Bai Xi first choked out a few sobs, adjusted her emotions, and then stared at Jie Siyu with a sorrowful expression, speaking in a low voice, "Even though my father died saving me, he still could not stop the criminals’ actions, and I was taken away by them. This captivity lasted for over ten years."

"Many years later, the criminals’ organization was eradicated, and when the officers found me and informed me that I could finally go home, I was really happy. I thought returning home meant reuniting with my family, but what was the result?"

Bai Xi laughed bitterly, somewhat numbly saying, "A mother-daughter reunion after years of separation, yet you showed no compassion for me; after all, without the blood ties between us, we’re just like strangers."

"But from the moment we met, you spoke to me coldly, incessantly brainwashing me, instilling in me the erroneous belief that I was the real culprit responsible for my father’s death. Jinx, troublemaker, short-lived ghost—these were the terms you used on me with your cold language."

"Although I understand I am not the jinx who caused my father’s death, my father did die saving me. So, in the face of your insults and spite, I endured it as much as I could."

Everyone listened quietly to Bai Xi’s narrative, feeling pity for this poor girl in their hearts.

Obviously, in the whole incident, Bai Xi was the most injured and deeply affected person.

Yet in the end, she became the jinx and the culprit in Jie Siyu’s mouth.

As a mother, Jie Siyu’s intentions towards Bai Xi, this child, were unbearably harsh and malicious.

Jie Siyu’s face became increasingly uncomfortable as she heard Bai Xi’s words. If she could, she would have wanted to sew Bai Xi’s mouth shut with a needle, letting her never utter another word.

However, everyone was looking at her with reproach, and she couldn’t find any opportunity to stop Bai Xi from continuing.

Initially, if Bai Xi did it to act, exposing the scars on her in front of these strangers—

Then, as the scars were uncovered, clearly seeing the ugly, frightening decayed flesh beneath them, the past replayed one scene after another in Bai Xi’s mind.

She shivered in pain, tears streaming down her face, but she could only suppress the sadness in her heart, continuing, "You feared I would expose your scandalous affair, worried your second-married husband would divorce you, even more, afraid it would affect Bai Xuan’s reputation, preventing her from being with Jiang Heng. You had Bai Xuan deliver me a glass of milk laced with drugs, trying to sell me to that old man Dong Xi as a mistress."

Bai Xi revealed these things, and the scene was in uproar again.

"Why is there such an evil-hearted mother in this world? Sending her own daughter to another man as a mistress, is that something a human would do? Even animals know to protect their offspring!"

The clever Cheng Xizhou seized the moment, once again setting the tone, "Oh my gosh, Young Madam Jiang and her mother are such people! Such wicked women, how did she become the Young Madam of the Jiang Family? The Jiang Family’s hundreds of years of reputation are going to be ruined by this woman."

Xu Xingguang looked at Cheng Xizhou with amusement, thinking: Deserves to be called an actor, rich in experience, he picks up the act quite well.

Influenced by Cheng Xizhou, people immediately started following in condemning Bai Xuan. "That’s right, leaving her own sister to die, this Young Madam Jiang really is a ruthless person."

"If she’s so cruel to her own sister, who knows how cold-hearted she might be to others, who knows what other heinous things she’s done."

Knocking someone when they’re down, in this moment, manifested vividly.

Hearing the discussion among these strangers, Jie Siyu realized she couldn’t let Bai Xi continue.

If she kept going, the Jiang Family would no longer tolerate Bai Xuan.

The most fearful scenario for Jie Siyu was seeing Bai Xuan being driven out by the Jiang Family, and then her and her daughter’s good days would truly be over.

Disregarding whether the occasion was appropriate or not, Jie Siyu finally couldn’t help but fire back at Bai Xi. "Bai Xi, shut up, stop talking!" Jie Siyu suppressed her anger, warning Bai Xi, "These are family scandals, do you have to make them known to the whole city?"

Cheng Xizhou suddenly interjected, fanning the flames, saying, "You did those things, but you’re not allowing her to speak out?"