Infinite Flow: Becoming a God in a Nightmare Game

Chapter 233 The Cruel Past

Bai Hongyan couldn't help but pinch Lu Xue's cheek, "Back when the boss took me in, he thought about you every day."

"Now that she's found you, she doesn't want to go back to the guild."

Lin Wanchu leaned against the door, shaking her head and chuckling.

"Yanzi, stop teasing Xiaoxue. She's easily embarrassed."

Lu Xue's ear tips were visibly red.

Bai Hua's gaze swept over the vine-covered fence and courtyard wall, and after much deliberation, he seemingly casually picked up the wooden sign reminding people in front of the courtyard gate.

"You guys... the reminder on that wooden sign at the door, it wasn't specifically targeting us, was it?"

Before he could finish speaking, he received a sharp rap on the back of the head.

Bai Hongyan raised her voice by an octave, "Hey kid, what are you saying? Why would the boss target us?"

Lin Wanchu took a sip of coffee and said leisurely.

"Of course not, that's exactly why I called you here."

Bai Hua covered her head timidly, on the verge of tears.

"The main problem is that such specific references are easy to misunderstand."

Bai Hongyan showed no embarrassment whatsoever, her smile was bright.

"My younger brother, his talent, how should I put it, his talent is called preventing dogs from barking, and we happen to have the surname Bai, so it's inevitable that some misunderstandings will arise."

She deliberately dragged out the sound, watching the boy cover his ears in embarrassment and annoyance.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Hua grinned sheepishly, revealing his perfect eight teeth.

"Sis, how could you dare to tell me such embarrassing things?"

When Lin Wanchu took in Bai Hongyan as a member of her guild, she had not yet found her younger brother.

That's why she added Bai Hua's talent to the discussion.

Not long after Lin Wanchu's guild was established, she mysteriously disappeared for a period of time.

Since Lin Wanchu mysteriously disappeared, the guild has been in a state of extreme panic and chaos.

Bai Hongyan was naturally pushed forward to be a scapegoat.

After all, Bai Hongyan's secure position as vice president was the only way to appease the people.

She claimed publicly that the guild leader had only disappeared for a short period of time, and that he was not abandoning the guild members, but rather had something very important to do.

At that moment, facing a large, restless crowd, her voice was extremely calm.

"The president will return when the time comes, please be patient."

Now that Lin Wanchu has found Lu Xue, Bai Hongyan looks at them with a maternal smile, as if she herself has found happiness.

Lin Wanchu patted her shoulder, "Yanzi, you've worked hard."

"It's alright, protecting the boss's lifelong happiness is my duty."

After exchanging pleasantries, the group moved to the living room.

Lu Xue held up two cups of coffee and smiled sweetly.

"Gentlemen, coffee please."

Bai Hongyan took the coffee without asking and winked at her.

"Xiaoxue, thank you, but my brother doesn't like coffee."

"It's okay, we still have chilled lemonade."

Lu Xue smiled and handed over the chilled lemonade. Bai Hongyan immediately took it and stuffed it into Bai Hua's hand, her fingernails tapping crisply on the glass.

"Is the 'donor' program that the boss wants to investigate?"

"Yes, this is of great significance to us."

Bai Hongyan tucked her long, dark hair behind her ear, revealing a silver earring that gleamed coldly. She cleared her throat and began to speak slowly.

"However, we are children of a collateral branch of the Bai family, and we have no access to the core information at all."

"So we never see the donors; they're the ones who make it all so mysterious."

"We only know the donor's name from a few words—Jiang Youzhi."

"It seems they were saying that the child they were originally looking for was named Jiang Qi."

"It must be you."

Jiang Qi raised his chin, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"The host's child is named Bai Xiaoyu. He has congenital heart disease, and a fortune teller said he wouldn't live past 15."

"After all, he was born late in life, so Bai Xiaoyu was treated like a precious gem, and he was never shortchanged in terms of food, clothing and other necessities."

"The Bai family then spent a lot of money to find matching heart donors. With the Bai family's resources, they quickly found two children at the Nancheng Welfare Home."

Lu Xue heard her own dry voice, "Jiang Youzhi and our Brother Jiang?"

Bai Hongyan nodded. "Jiang Youzhi and Jiang Qi are both 90% compatible, but Jiang Qi is the perfect donor."

"Unfortunately, before we could even bring them home, a fire broke out at the orphanage."

“I remember that although Jiang Youzhi treated Bai Xiaoyu the same on the surface, he was actually not doing well.”

"I need to know every detail about Bai Xiaoyu's heart transplant plan," Jiang Qi's voice was like a blade dipped in frost and snow. "Especially about the replaced donor, Jiang Youzhi."

Bai Hongyan suppressed her smile and asked politely.

"Excuse me, may I have a cigarette?"

Lin Wanchu held up one index finger. "Okay, but only one."

Bai Hongyan lit a thin menthol cigarette, the smoke blurring her expression. "The Bai family, they may look glamorous on the surface, but in reality they're ruthless and heartless."

"Although the side branches cannot access the core, but..."

She suddenly ripped open her brother's sleeve, revealing a dense web of needle marks woven into his pale skin.

Upon seeing this, the people who had been listening attentively were surprised and taken aback.

Even Cheng Cuo put down his coffee cup, which clinked against the glass tabletop with a clear "ding".

Jiang Qi, expressionless, looked at Bai Hua, a ripple appearing in his light brown pupils.

Facing the concerned or sympathetic gazes of others, Baihua unconsciously stroked the cross necklace hanging in front of her chest.

Bai Hongyan stubbed out her cigarette, leaving a scorch mark on the sandalwood coffee table: "That child was kept in the underground laboratory of the Bai family mansion, where blood was drawn for tests every day. They dressed him in silk pajamas and fed him imported steaks—like giving a massage to a lamb to the slaughter."

"My younger brother is only a 50% match with Bai Xiaoyu."

"However, he was unfortunately used as a foil, so he knows a little bit of the inside story."

After speaking, Bai Hongyan raised her hand, and a dense array of medical records appeared before everyone's eyes.

At the top is a faded group photo from the orphanage—eight or nine-year-old Jiang Qi stands in the corner, his clear black and white eyes like a deep, still pool.

Her fingertips traced Jiang Qi's photo. "The mysterious fire at the orphanage back then destroyed all the adoption records, but Jiang Youzhi's medical report shows..."

As the photos scrolled by, the cramped iron cage emerged in the light and shadow, and the syringes scattered on the ground reflected a cold, silvery light.

The boy's figure was huddled in a dark corner.

The sudden sound of porcelain shattering interrupted the narration.

Everyone turned to look, and Jiang Qi was bending down to pick up the shards of celadon porcelain from the ground, his pale wrist peeking out from his black sleeve.

The pale blue veins on the back of his neck rose and fell with his movements—overlapping with the image of the boy huddled in an iron cage in the archive photo.

When he looked up, his bangs slipped down, revealing a bright red beauty mark at the corner of his right eye: "Continue."

Bai Hongyan and Lin Wanchu exchanged a glance.

"And then?" Jiang Qi's voice was eerily calm.

Bai Hongyan stirred the coffee in the porcelain cup with a silver spoon. When she looked up at the words, her eyelashes cast a butterfly-wing-like shadow on her eyelids.

"On the night the fire destroyed the welfare home, Jiang Youzhi was actually secretly taken away by the Bai family."

"However, Jiang Youzhi ran away from the Bai family again."

"Later, the Bai family quickly discovered that the real perfect donor was right beside them."

"So, you mean—" Yu Hansheng's Adam's apple bobbed rapidly.

"The one who actually died in that fire was Jiang Youzhi, but Jiang Qi impersonated him and has lived in the world under the name Jiang Youzhi ever since."