Lima syndrome

When Bai Zhiyan woke up again, it was already the next morning. It was just daybreak and there seemed to be snowing outside with a rustling sound.

He listened to the sound of snow falling and slowly opened his eyes, only to see Bai Jitai, who had not returned home all night, sitting by the bed and looking at him.

Bai Zhiyan couldn't understand the look in his eyes. His hand was still on his forehead. He felt the warmth of his fingers, but it only felt icy.

The two looked at each other for a while but no one spoke first to break the silence.

But Bai Jitai did not withdraw his hand. His fingers just stroked a small piece of skin on his forehead. There was a three-centimeter-long light brown scar.

"Are you curious about this scar?" Bai Zhiyan held his cold fingers and slowly sat up.

He didn't say anything, but a slightly frowned brow replaced his answer.

"Do you need help recalling it?"

"No need."

This was the first sentence Bai Jitai said. How could he forget how he got this scar?

At that time, he had just dealt with some people who were looking for trouble, and when he saw Bai Zhiyan smiling, he deliberately used violence against him. That was also the first time he resisted himself so fiercely.

She injured herself by self-harming to force him to stop.

He suddenly remembered what Bai Zhiyan said yesterday. He said that the harm he had caused him could not be offset by some light help.

People always say that merits and demerits offset each other, but this is only true if no one gets hurt.

Bai Zhiyan's face was originally flawless, but because of his pressure, it had an unsightly scar.

Looking at his slightly evasive gaze, Bai Zhiyan was not yet confident enough that he was regretting the harm he had caused himself. He raised his hand and gently stroked his scar, smiling indifferently.

"I see it every day and it's a little ugly but my hair covers it up."

Before, Bai Jitai would always joke that he was ugly. Bai Zhiyan thought he was not a grudge holder, but now that he remembered it, he still asked, "You said I was ugly before, but actually you were not wrong, I am quite ugly."

"Don't say it." Bai Jitai pulled back his hair to cover the scar. "If you think it's ugly, I'll take you to the hospital for surgery and you can recover as before."

Back to normal?

He remembered that Xu Shiyuan had said this to him before. Why did they all think that after they made a mistake, they could just apologize and solve the problem.

It is said that a broken mirror cannot be mended, just like the scar on his forehead, it cannot be forgotten.

"No need."

Bai Zhiyan waved his hand away and stared into his eyes. "I don't believe that anything in this world can be restored to its original state. I will leave this scar on my forehead to remind me over and over again of what you have done to me. I will carry it with me forever until I die."

Facing his resolute and cold eyes, Bai Jitai pursed his lips and his brows moved slightly, as if a sign of impending storm.

"I don't want to argue with you. Now that you're awake, get up and wash up. Today is Bai Zhengren's funeral. You have to go even if you don't want to."

He stood up and threw the clothes he had prepared on the bed. When he left, he turned around and glanced at Bai Zhiyan. The look in his eyes was too obscure and complicated for Bai Zhiyan to understand.

Looking at the white flowers on the clothes, Bai Zhiyan sneered, then got up and washed with an expressionless face. When he went downstairs, Bai Jita was waiting for him in the hall.

The two of them did not say a word to each other as they walked out of the car and arrived at the funeral without any communication.

I thought Bai Jitai would just go through the motions, but I didn't expect that he was really serious about organizing the funeral for Bai Zhengren.

What is this? Guilt for killing his adoptive father?

The whole scene was solemn and dignified. Bai Zhiyan stood quietly aside, watching people coming and going and actually found it ridiculous.

These people clearly know what evil deeds Bai Zhengren did when he was alive, and now that he is dead they still don't want to suck his last breath of blood and are busy trying to please the new person in charge of the Bai family.

Bai Jitai was surrounded by them and left, saying all kinds of flattering words.

Among these people, some were people Bai Zhiyan had seen before and some were people he had not. Some of them wanted to come over and say hello when they saw him, but he didn't want to pretend to be nice to them, so he simply found a quiet place to hide.

After hearing the news, Cha Jae-ho originally did not want to attend the funeral, but he could not resist Cha Kyung-chan's pleading, and finally let Cha Kyung-chan come on his behalf to go through the formalities.

As soon as Che Jingcan entered the hall, he couldn't help but start looking for the familiar figure. He knew that Bai Zhiyan didn't like him as a father, but he was his relative after all. If he was sad at this moment, Che Jingcan hoped that he could be by his side to accompany him.

Bai Zhiyan found a deserted place. He looked at the people coming and going downstairs and they all turned into small black dots, like the ant colonies he often saw on the streets during his childhood.

"Is it Young Master Bai?"

I thought I was hiding well enough, but I didn't expect someone to follow me.

Bai Zhiyan had a bad expression on his face when he turned around, but when he saw the face of the person in front of him, he was suddenly stunned.

"You, you are..."

"Why, Young Master Bai, do you know me?" The man's voice was very hoarse and unpleasant, and there was a long scar on his face that ran from his cheek across the bridge of his nose.

"I don't know him." Bai Zhiyan was surprised for only a moment and then immediately suppressed his emotions. Only his tightly clenched hands behind his back revealed his inner thoughts at the moment.

"I am saddened by the passing of my father, and I ask you and Master Bai to express your condolences as well."

The man smiled and nodded to him, but before Bai Zhiyan could respond, he spoke first.

"But I see that you and Bai Jitai don't seem to be sad, so there should be no need for me to advise you to mourn."

"What do you mean?"

Bai Zhiyan was a little nervous and stepped back slightly, glancing around slightly, hoping to find the right opportunity to call for help.

"Of course you need to let your brother truly experience the pain of losing a family member."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Zhiyan was about to shout for help, but at the same time, funeral music suddenly started playing downstairs. Bai Zhiyan's cry for help was completely drowned out by the music, and he was taken away silently.

The crowd continued to flow, and no one noticed them leaving through the remote back door.

But Xu Shiyuan saw it.

After he was injured, he stayed at home for half a month before his body gradually recovered. When he learned that today was Bai Zhengren's funeral, Bai Zhiyan would definitely attend.

He must see Bai Zhiyan again, he can't let go so easily.

Naturally, he was not qualified to enter Bai Zhengren's funeral, so he wanted to go in through the side door and blend into the crowd. However, as soon as he reached the alley on the side, he saw a man supporting a person who was so weak that he looked like a corpse.

His high sensitivity made him hide immediately, but when he peeked out quietly, he saw the man's face clearly.

It turned out to be Bai Zhiyan!

How could he be taken away from the side door? Xu Shiyuan realized that something was wrong and knew that there were policemen nearby who had been keeping an eye on the Bai family, so he immediately turned around and ran towards the police car.

When it came to the family's memorial service, Bai Jiying couldn't find Bai Zhiyan. She called or texted him but got no response. She became anxious, but after not finding anyone on the first floor, she gritted her teeth and went to look for Bai Jita.

"Jitae, we are almost at the final stage. I know you have been keeping Zhiyan locked up, but today is different. There are so many media and police outside watching our house. You must release Zhiyan."

Bai Jitai was still talking with the directors of other industries with a fake smile in the previous second, and was pulled away by Bai Jiying in the next second. He felt unhappy and his face immediately turned cold.

"What are you talking about, big sister? Bai Zhiyan followed me here early this morning. What do you mean by locking him up? That's nonsense."

He thought Bai Jiying was being unreasonable, so he waved her hand away and continued talking to other people.

"Then tell me where he is? The most important part is coming, but I can't see him at all. Bai Jitai, did you bring him out? Is he still being held captive by you?"

"I said I had brought him out."

Bai Jitai was a little impatient, "He was by my side just now, there was no need for me to lie to you."

"Impossible, I've looked everywhere here, Zhiyan isn't here at all!"

Bai Jiying also became anxious and shouted at him a little out of control, "If you don't want to let him out, just say so. You have no reason to lock him up!"

After hearing her words, Bai Jitai felt upset. He picked up his phone to show her Bai Zhiyan's current location, but found that the little red dot on the phone screen was moving wildly and was now very far away from him.

"Damn, what's going on..."

He thought there was something wrong with his phone so he shook it frantically, but the red dot was still moving at an alarming speed. Only then did he believe what Bai Jiying said, that Bai Zhiyan was really not here.

"Bai Zhiyan he!"

At this time, the final process of the funeral was about to begin. Bai Jiying looked at Bai Jitai anxiously. She was still waiting for the second half of Bai Jitai's sentence, but the guests downstairs were already waiting for them.

"Sister, Bai Zhiyan is missing. I don't have time to talk to you more now."

Just as he was about to organize people to track Bai Zhiyan's location, a phone call came in.

It’s Bai Zhiyan’s call.

Bai Jiying, who was standing by, also noticed it. He looked worriedly at Bai Jitai as he answered the phone. His expression became increasingly uglier.

"Bai Jitai, long time no see. I didn't expect I'm still alive now, right?"

A low, dry voice sounded, and Bai Jitai thought for a moment, "Are you Han Zaiting?"

"Yes, it's me." The other party laughed sinisterly a few times, "Aren't you curious why your brother's phone is in my hand?"

"What the hell do you want to do?" Bai Jitai was furious and asked him through gritted teeth, "Where is Bai Zhiyan?"

"What do I want to do? Humph, just like you treated my father, I will naturally make your family feel the same way."

Han Jae-jung's father borrowed high-interest loans from Bai Ji-tae's company and had his organs removed when he was unable to repay the loan. Han Jae-jung took the risk to obtain evidence of Bai Ji-tae's crimes, but the damn police were unable to rescue his father.

After knowing that Bai Jitai had chopped off his father's fingers again, he could no longer wait for the useless police to rescue him, and fled with the evidence that had not yet been handed in.

He had previously tried to kidnap Bai Jiying to threaten Bai Jitai, but failed at that time. Fortunately, there was an important day like today, otherwise he would have no chance to meet the legendary young master of the Bai family.

"Director Bai, oh no, our newly appointed President Bai, you are so young and have already taken the position of President. You are really young and promising. I just wonder how much blood is stained on your position. Is there also your father's blood?"

"Stop talking nonsense! What on earth do you want to do?"

"Of course, I want to let your brother experience what my father felt when he was tortured by you."

"What did you say?"

A huge panic hung over Bai Jitai's head. He hadn't felt fear for a long time, but now he was afraid that Bai Zhiyan would suffer inhuman torture.

"What the fuck did you do to Bai Zhiyan! You bastard, just try to touch him!"

The other party did not respond and hung up the phone.

"Han Jae-jung! Han Jae-jung!"

Bai Jitai was so angry that his body was shaking, veins popped out on his hands that were tightly holding the phone, and the murderous aura emanating from his body soared into the sky, like an irrational beast.

If Bai Zhiyan's location wasn't on the phone, it would have shattered the moment he hung up the call.

Bai Jiying, who was standing by, heard what was said and his face turned extremely ugly.

"Jitae, Jiyeon..."

"I'm going to kill this bitch!"

Bai Jitai ignored Bai Jiying's call and rushed downstairs to call his men to go straight to the location on the phone.

But the media and guests were all in the hall, and there was no one to deal with them after Bai Jitai left, so Bai Jiying had no choice but to go downstairs to take charge of the situation.

When she went downstairs, she saw Che Jingcan standing at the stairs with a confused look on his face.

"You are... the young master of the Che family, right? Why are you standing here?"

Che Jingcan looked for Bai Zhiyan for a long time but didn't see him. He thought he would be able to see him when the ceremony started, but just now he bumped into Bai Jitai who was furious. His face was so gloomy as if he was going to kill someone, and he didn't even notice that the person he bumped into was him.

He was still wondering why Bai Jitai left his father's funeral when he saw Bai Jiying with an equally grim expression.

He suddenly had a bad feeling, and held onto Bai Jiying's hand anxiously, "Sister Bai, where is Zhiyan? Where did Zhiyan go? Why didn't I see him?"

"Zhiyan, he..."

Bai Jiying has not yet recovered from his brother's kidnapping and frowned in pain.

Seeing her like this, Che Jingcan became even more frightened. "Sister Bai, where is Zhiyan? What happened to him? I will go crazy if I can't see him! Can you please tell me?"

"Ji Yan... was kidnapped..."

"what?"

Che Jingcan looked at Bai Jiying's red eyes and couldn't deceive himself that she was lying.

"How could he be kidnapped!"

He didn't dare to think about what would happen to the kidnapped people and how they would be treated.

He wants to save Bai Zhiyan, he wants to rescue him.

Without any hesitation, Che Jingcan turned around and ran out of the hall back to his car, following the direction Bai Jitai left.

At this time, several people were feeling panic. The person involved, Bai Zhiyan, slowly opened his eyes after Han Zaiting poured cold water on him. After seeing the ferocious man in front of him, he forced a smile.

"Han Zaiting, are you delivering yourself to me?"