The electric baton's destruction provided Lin Yun with temporary relief. Hearing Bai Xi's voice, she struggled to sit up, but her body, weakened by the electric shocks, was completely incapable of movement. She tried to focus on the source of the sound with her peripheral vision, her eyes filled with anticipation.
As her eyes, like flowing water, locked onto Bai Xi, the tension and anticipation gradually transformed into surprise and joy.
"Xi'er..."
A low whimper, filled with deep affection.
It was good. She knew her Xi'er wasn't dead; she had finally returned.
Despite enduring the torture for so long, she hadn't shed a single tear, but the moment she saw Bai Xi, tears of joy welled up in her eyes.
Bai Xi immediately walked over and helped her mother, who was struggling to rise but still unable to move. "Mom, it's me, Xi'er is back."
She knew that with her whereabouts unknown, Bai Qian would certainly not have told anyone she was dead.
He would have found an excuse, saying she got lost while out, likely similar to what Zhou Wen had said. However, she also knew that unlike Zhou Wen, her mother would definitely believe her.
But even if she believed, she would still worry about her.
Six years of absence had caused her mother too much worry.
Lin Yun's beautiful eyes were filled with immense tenderness. "It's good that you're back."
This reunion of mother and daughter, sweet and warm, was unfortunately marred by a disgusting presence that ruined the mood.
Zhang Hong's gaze was filled with a wanton and lewd crudeness. "Filial piety between mother and child, a rare and beautiful sight indeed. Pretty lady, you've come to save your mother, aren't you afraid?"
Hearing Zhang Hong's words, the surprise in Lin Yun's eyes instantly turned to fear. She was already completely weak from the electric shocks and unable to move, but she still reached out, pushing her daughter, and said loudly, "Xi'er, hurry and leave!"
She knew what kind of person Zhang Hong was. How could she allow her daughter to be harmed?
Zhang Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness upon hearing this. "Leave? What kind of place do you think this is? A place where you can come and go as you please?"
Lin Yun's eyes revealed deep despair as she heard this. "Mr. Zhang, please, I beg you, let Xi'er go. I promise, I promise, I'll do anything you want, whatever you want. As long as you let my daughter go, I'll do anything..."
Hearing this, Bai Xi's heart ached as if pierced by needles.
Women are inherently weak, but a mother's love is strong.
It wasn't that women became strong simply by becoming mothers, but rather that they could fearlessly do anything and sacrifice everything to protect their children.
Bai Xi spoke calmly. "Mom, you don't need to beg him. I can protect you now."
Her voice was somewhat hoarse. Even during that time she traversed the desert for over ten days, surviving on camel blood, her voice had never been like this.
Seeing the interaction between the mother and daughter, and hearing Bai Xi's words, Zhang Hong felt as if he had heard the world's biggest joke. "Hahaha, what a devoted mother and daughter! Don't worry, I'll take you both into my possession. When you're both serving me, don't fight over me."
His gaze was fiery and lewd, his words vulgar and filthy.
In his eyes, this mother and daughter were already his.
This was his territory, and it was a mental asylum with a very good security system. Controlling two women would be incredibly simple.
With this thought, he immediately raised his hand and clapped twice forcefully. "Guards!"
Seeing this, Lin Yun immediately shouted at Bai Xi, "Xi'er, hurry and leave."
Bai Xi, however, stood her ground with unparalleled calmness, her gaze serene and detached.
By all logic, a swarm of his thugs should have rushed in from outside, seizing both Bai Xi and Lin Yun, allowing him to tie them together and use one to threaten the other until the mother and daughter were molded into his desired form.
The thought made him itch with anticipation, his body stiffening.
However, the people who should have arrived by now were conspicuously absent, as if... they were dead.
Zhang Hong blinked in surprise and then shouted again, his voice booming, "Guards!"
Still, not a single person appeared.
A hint of embarrassment flickered across his face. He pointed his plump finger at Bai Xi and Lin Yun. "You wait here. Just you wait."
With that, he walked towards the door himself, muttering as he went, "Are you deaf? I'm calling you, can't you hear me..."
He froze mid-sentence because he was now standing at the main entrance and had a clear view of the situation outside.
Outside stood two rows of men in tight black attire, each tall and upright. Standing before them, he felt like a plump chick. His bodyguards, whom he had always relied on and used for his wicked deeds, were now sprawled haphazardly at their feet, like dead dogs.
Instantly, a cold sweat broke out on his back. "Who... who are you?"
Bai Xi's voice drifted from within the room, calm and clear. "My subordinates."
Zhang Hong screamed in fear and immediately ran back into the room, his eyes glinting with malice as he looked at Bai Xi. "You, you, you don't think I'm scared of you just because you have a group of thugs. I, Zhang Hong, am not intimidated easily. If you dare to harm me, I guarantee that your Bai family will have no place to stand in H City."
In H City, they were also a prominent family, annually paying significant hush money to the H City Security Bureau, and even the law firms in H City were under their control.
Otherwise, how could he have dared to act so recklessly?
Bai Xi said calmly, "Is that so? I'd like to see how you prevent our Lin family from establishing a foothold in H City."
Zhang Hong gave a cold laugh and then dialed the chief of the H City Security Bureau. When the call was connected, he blurted out, "Old pal, someone is causing trouble in my asylum. Quickly bring your men to arrest these people."
To his surprise, a defeated and desperate voice came from the other end. "Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong, you're going to get me killed!"
With that, the call was abruptly hung up.
Zhang Hong was stunned. "Hello, hello, what do you mean by that!"
However, all he heard in return was the busy signal.
Bai Xi looked at Zhang Hong with a placid gaze. "To be honest, if you hadn't lured me to H City, I fear I wouldn't have known that H City had already become a lawless land. If you hadn't harmed my mother, perhaps I could have allowed you to retain some dignity."
The work of the Dark Division, in addition to executing difficult missions, also involved maintaining the security of China's national system.
Clearly, the "collusion between officials and businessmen" in H City had turned the entire city into a de facto lawless zone. As the God of War of the Dark Division, she could not possibly ignore this.
Therefore, on her way here, Zhao Mingxun had already led his men to the Security Bureau and used the deterrent power of the Dark Division to apprehend those who had been wielding absolute power and trading lives for money.
As for Zhang Hong before her, such scum deserved to perish without a burial place!