Lima syndrome

The moment the voice fell, Bai Jitai saw the clarity in his eyes.

"I really underestimated you, Bai Zhiyan."

He sneered and shook off his hand. Bai Zhiyan lost his support and fell on the bed without strength. His face did not look as lively as before and he was breathing heavily.

"Since you are so tolerant, there is no need for me to be soft-hearted towards you." He said as he turned off the light and put it back on the table.

"Stop daydreaming..."

"Wishful thinking? Bai Zhiyan, how long do you think you can last in this state?"

Bai Jitai looked down at him condescendingly, and Bai Zhiyan suddenly remembered that he looked like this when he was lying on the hospital bed in his previous life.

"They don't have enough food to eat, they don't have warm clothes to wear, they can't see the sun, and they can only wait for my arrival in the dark every day."

He leaned down and whispered close to Bai Zhiyan's ear, "What if one day I no longer come here? No one will know you are here. Even if you die here and rot into mud, no one will find out."

Every word was like a vine tightly wrapped around Bai Zhiyan. He felt that he was having difficulty breathing, and only his eyes, which were still flashing with light, were still staring at Bai Jita.

"impossible--"

"Nothing is impossible. I will directly announce your death to the public. You will be a dead person in the eyes of the world. No one will know that you are still alive and locked up here. Bai Zhiyan, if I want, you will never be able to escape from me in this life. I have already given you a chance."

As he spoke, he changed the subject and his tone gradually became softer. "But if you are willing to be obedient and don't resist or disobey me, after Bai Zhengren dies, you will still be the young master of the Bai family, my dearest brother."

Although these were clearly words of coercion and inducement, Bai Zhiyan laughed after hearing them. His dry and hoarse laughter sounded extremely sad and hideous in this dark basement.

"Bai Jitai, sometimes I feel so, so pitiful for you."

He tried to prop himself up and leaned against the wall, with a hint of contemptuous pity in his eyes.

"You know very well that every time I surrender to you and beg for mercy, I have other purposes, but you are obsessed with it. You are the one who should wake up."

"So what?" Bai Jitai chuckled and put one leg on the bed. He gently stroked Bai Zhiyan's increasingly thin body, and finally picked up a strand of hair.

"No matter what method I use, even if it means forcing you to pretend to obey me, I will make you pretend for the rest of your life."

Bai Zhiyan wanted to avoid his touch but he didn't have the strength, so he simply turned his face away and didn't look at him.

"That's all I have to say today. I will come over in three days. I hope you will say something that satisfies me when I see you again."

The door of the basement closed again. Bai Zhiyan watched the light in the room being taken away bit by bit by him, and only numbness remained in his heart.

He didn't have the energy to yell at him to come back, because he would always think of the scene when he threw Che Jingcan away in the hospital. Maybe he was even more embarrassed now than he was then.

Is this karma? Retribution for cheating and playing with someone's feelings?

He couldn't figure it out and he didn't have the energy to think about it anymore. He didn't even know why Bai Jitai controlled him like this. Was it so interesting to conquer someone who was against him?

Bai Zhiyan thought with some amusement that maybe in his previous life, it was because he was too timid and cowardly to resist that he allowed him to be bullied and killed.

But the current situation is not much better than it was then.

He couldn't think any further, the unpleasant feeling of drowsiness came over him again, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"Let him out - are you... crazy -"

Bai Zhiyan didn't know how much time had passed. In a daze, he heard a quarrel coming from above his head.

"You are really good, Bai Jitai. If housekeeper Li hadn't told me that you locked up Bai Zhiyan, would he have become a corpse the next time I saw him?"

Because of Cha Kyung-chan's pleading, Yoon Mi-sun asked Cha Jae-ho to help her meet Baek Ji-yeon. It was rare for Yoon Mi-sun to ask Cha Jae-ho for help, so he used the interest relationship between the companies to find Baek Jung-in.

During this period, Bai Jitai had been secretly tampering with Bai Zhengren's work. He could not find out the reason and could only try to make up for the deficit. The cooperation of Che Zaihao became his lifeline. He just wanted Bai Zhiyan to meet his wife. Although the request was a bit strange, compared with his eager interests, he would not hesitate to send Bai Zhiyan away.

But in fact, Butler Li had already told Bai Zhiyan when he was first locked up in the basement, but he knew that Bai Jitai didn't like him and thought it was just a minor matter. It was not until Che Jaeho asked him to return home that he found out that Bai Zhiyan was still locked up.

"I know you don't like him. I usually turn a blind eye when you bully him, but what do you want now? Do you want him to die like those people you tortured and killed before?"

The two men stood opposite each other, and Bai Jitai's face had become very ugly. If it weren't for the recent pressure from the Procuratorate and the police station on him, he wouldn't want to worry so much and would just kill him directly.

"I won't kill him. I just want him to understand his identity and learn his lesson."

"Identity? Are you crazy Bai Jitai? He is your brother! Do you think he is a prisoner for you to torture?"

Bai Zhengren slapped him in the face, and as if he was still not satisfied, he picked up the water cup on the coffee table and smashed it on his head. Bai Jitai's forehead was cut and blood was flowing.

"I have something important to do right now. Bai Zhiyan wants to go to Che's house with me. I'll settle this matter with you when I come back."

Bai Jitai didn't even blink when he was beaten, but when he heard him say he was going to take Bai Zhiyan away, he finally reacted, "Che's family? You want to take him to Che's family?"

"Your brother is much more useful than you." Bai Zhengren snorted coldly and straightened his sleeves that were wrinkled when he beat someone just now. "Chairman Che's wife wants to see him. As long as I bring him over, this cooperation with the Che family will be completed."

Chairman Cha's wife wants to see him? It should be Cha Kyung-chan who wants to see him.

"No, he can't go."

At this time, Butler Li had already gone to open the door of the basement. Bai Zhengren ignored his words. His top priority was to take Bai Zhiyan to the Che family. He had no time to care about any conflicts between his two sons.

Bai Zhiyan, who was still in the basement, felt dizzy and could only vaguely hear someone arguing. He couldn't tell the difference between reality and illusion and thought he was dreaming again.

It was not until Butler Li opened the door to the basement and light came in that he moved his eyes, which had not seen light for a long time, and his lips trembled as he wanted to say something.

"Master Zhiyan!"

Although Butler Li doesn't communicate much with Bai Zhiyan, he knows Bai Zhiyan's background and can't help but have some concern as an elder for a younger person.

This time, no one in the Bai family dared to disobey Bai Jitai's orders, so he could only find Bai Zhengren. However, Bai Zhengren was too indifferent to his youngest son, and Bai Zhiyan was imprisoned for almost a week before he came back.

"Master Zhiyan, are you okay?"

"I……"

Butler Li ran over and helped Bai Zhiyan up. He used to be very thin, but now he was so weak that it seemed that Bai Zhiyan would break if he exerted the slightest force.

Bai Zhiyan's throat was hoarse and he couldn't speak. He weakly cast a grateful look at Butler Li.

"Thanks……"

As soon as he helped Bai Zhiyan up, Bai Jitai chased after him.

"Don't fucking touch him!"

Bai Jitai pushed housekeeper Li away and hugged Bai Zhiyan, who could not even stand. He picked him up and carried him sideways, and went upstairs without paying attention to Bai Zhengren who was following him.

"Where are you taking him? Put him down!" Bai Zhengren shouted at him and stood in front of him angrily.

"It's not enough that you tortured him like this, where else are you taking him? Put him down immediately!"

He was almost furious looking at the lifeless Bai Zhiyan in front of him. How could he bring him to meet Yin Meishan in this state!

"Father."

Bai Jitai's voice was so low that it was about to explode in the next second. He tightened his arms, and when he looked at Bai Zhengren, his eyes were as fierce as when he usually taught someone a lesson.

"I don't see you care about him normally, but now that you think he's useful, you remember that you have a little son?"

"How dare you!" Bai Zhengren raised his hand and slapped him again.

"He is my son. If it weren't for me, he would still be living in that extremely poor slum. I gave him his life! He will do whatever I tell him to do!"

The blood that flowed from Bai Jitai's forehead dried on his cheek, reflecting his red cheeks and murderous eyes, as if he was a Shura from hell.

"Did you give it to him?"

No, Bai Zhiyan survived because he and his mother survived day by day in the basement of the slums.

"Not only his life, but also his status, the clothes he wears, the house he lives in, and the school he studies in, are all because of me!"

"I really want to thank you for this." Bai Jitai suddenly laughed, but the laugh was low and contemptuous, with a creepy atmosphere.

"Thank you for letting me have a brother of my own."

Bai Zhengren couldn't understand the change in his emotions. He always knew what Bai Jitai did. He admired and agreed with his methods and style of doing things. This was the first time he saw him yelling at him like this.

It was all for that illegitimate child.

"Don't make me angry Bai Jitai, go and do what you should do now."

“I’ve always done what I’m supposed to do.”

The sound of their quarrel startled Bai Zhiyan, who was unconscious. He frowned and moved in Bai Jitai's arms, "Um..."

Although he was dizzy, he still heard the content of the quarrel between the two. In his two lifetimes, he never thought that Bai Jitai would turn against Bai Zhengren because of him.

Seeing that Bai Zhiyan was in poor condition, Bai Jitai didn't want to continue to entangle with Bai Zhengren, so he picked him up and turned around and left.

His plan to put pressure on Bai Zhiyan this time failed, but there will be opportunities in the future.

"What else do you want to do to him? Bai Jitai, put him down!"

Bai Zhengren's angry shouts made Bai Jitai's rage even greater. He suppressed his anger and hugged Bai Zhiyan's arms with veins bulging. If he could kill someone now, Bai Zhengren would have died several times.

"Father, he's not in good condition right now. Do you want him to go to Che's house like this?"

At the moment Bai Zhengren paused, Bai Jitai walked upstairs quickly without stopping. He brought Bai Zhiyan back to his room and gently put him on the bed, looking at him with complex emotions in his eyes.

Bai Zhiyan closed his eyes tightly, his face was as pale as paper. Bai Jitai reached out and stroked his forehead little by little, "Little dog, after Bai Zhengren dies, we will continue."

After saying this, Bai Jitai stood up, took a deep look at the lotus flowers on the opposite wall, then turned and left the room.

He didn't expect that Bai Zhengren would come back at this time to ruin his plan, and it was because of the Che family, it must be because of that bastard Che Jingcan!

"Bai Jitai, get off here!"

Downstairs, Bai Zhengren was still roaring. Bai Jitai went downstairs and walked straight to him.

"Father, I don't know what agreement you made with the Che family that required you to take him away, but in his current state he can't leave the house."

He was half a head taller than Bai Zhengren. When he approached him, the aura of a man who had been robbing and murdering people in the black market for many years was overwhelming, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Also, I won't do anything to Bai Zhiyan, so please don't interfere in what happens between him and me."

Bai Zhengren looked at his son in front of him and felt a little fear in his heart. Although it was his intention to let him take care of those shady matters, Bai Jitai now seemed to have become uncontrollable.

He coughed a few times and put on a stern father's face again, "He is your brother, you should love him well, not to mention that the Bai family still needs him to do things. I won't interfere with how you treat him, but you can't be too harsh on him."

"Of course." Bai Jitai smiled, and the dimples on his cheeks deepened. "I can't love him enough."

Fearing that Bai Zhiyan really had a problem, Bai Zhengren asked his family doctor to treat him, but the doctor only said that he was malnourished, and left after simply treating his broken wounds.

Bai Zhengren didn't have that much time to stay in the Bai family. After confirming that Bai Jitai would not attack him again, he hurriedly left and returned to the company.

When Bai Zhiyan woke up, it was already late at night. He slowly opened his eyes and it was still dark. He thought he was still in the basement, but hadn't he been taken out during the day? Was that also an illusion?

He was terrified. Was he finally going crazy?

Thinking of this in horror, he moved his body and found that the chains on his legs seemed to have disappeared, so he hurriedly felt around.

"What are you touching?"

"what--"

Bai Jitai's deep voice suddenly sounded and frightened Bai Zhiyan. He retreated and was about to fall off the bed when Bai Jitai pulled him back.

"Want to fall again?"

After hearing his smiling voice, Bai Zhiyan returned to the warm bed.

"Where is this? Why am I with you?"

He clearly heard him arguing with Bai Zhengren.

"Don't start asking questions as soon as you wake up."

Bai Jitai raised his arm to push him back. Bai Zhiyan lay down and couldn't get up, so he turned his body slightly to face him, "Where is Bai Zhengren? Why is he..."

Bai Zhiyan couldn't ask any further. How could he believe that Bai Zhengren would be so kind as to come back and save him? If he wanted to save him, why would he let him take him away?

"He wants to take you to the Cha family because Chairman Cha uses you as a condition to agree to cooperate with Bai Zhengren."

"Use me?" Bai Zhiyan was confused. He was worthless, so what value could he have?

"Because someone wants to see you." Bai Jitai retracted his arm and gently touched the small mole at the corner of his eye.

"Bai Zhiyan, who do you think wants to see you?"