Chapter 767: Why Are You Afraid of Your Daughter?

Chapter 767: Chapter 767: Why Are You Afraid of Your Daughter?

"What happened?" Bai Xiang’s lips curled into a sarcastic smile, "Nothing really happened, it’s just that we couldn’t see eye to eye."

"I and your so-called Professor Lan used to be university classmates. We went through undergrad, grad school, and Ph.D. together. We were the best research partners and the best of brothers.

But, you know, people always change..."

As if recalling his days on campus, a nostalgic smile appeared on Bai Xiang’s face.

"As time went by, he changed and changed until he became unrecognizable..."

"Professor Bai..." Bai Haoxue said, "If I may ask, how did you hurt your leg?"

"My leg..." Bai Xiang pinched his unfeeling leg, "Maybe this is God’s punishment for me.

Not only did I fail to protect my daughter, but I also caused her death.

And my leg was injured during that accident that took my daughter’s life."

So, it turns out her father’s leg injury happened during that ship explosion.

Her father, once such a proud, refined, and dignified man, has been bedridden for four years.

Unable to move, he needs help with eating, sleeping, even urinating and defecating.

For all these years, just facing these little things must have taken a lot of courage from her father.

"What kind of accident was it?" Bai Haoxue asked, "Was it a car accident?"

Bai Xiang shook his head, "No, it was much more serious than a car accident, it was an explosion.

The cruise ship exploded, the entire ship burst into flames, the sky was filled with fire, my daughter could never come back... never come back...

Countless times I’ve thought, if only I had died instead."

"Professor Bai, don’t say that. If your daughter were alive, she wouldn’t want to see you like this."

"Yes... she was a very filial daughter, she was a good daughter, but I wasn’t a good father."

Bai Haoxue’s eyes felt a bit sore, "Professor Bai, you said yesterday that you were always cold to your daughter, but why were you so cold to her?

Evidently, you loved your daughter very much!

Yet, your daughter couldn’t feel your love before she died, nor did she know why?"

"Why?" Bai Xiang’s mind seemed dazed, "I can’t really say why.

Maybe it’s fear, fear of seeing her eyes?"

"Fear???!!!"

Bai Haoxue was even more puzzled and a bit shocked, "Fear of what? Professor Bai, why would you fear your daughter? She is your daughter, how could you fear her?"

"Yes... how could I fear her?"

Bai Xiang seemed to mumble to himself.

Why be afraid?

Because she had a pair of eyes just like her mother’s.

Those eyes, bright as the stars, seemed to see through all the world’s sins.

Because her body carried the same blood as her mother’s.

Because she became more and more like her mother.

Appearance, personality, even abilities...

Everything was getting more alike.

Looking at her, he would remember the mistakes and sins he committed.

Looking at her, he would fall into a cycle of regret and self-blame.

Looking at her, he would suffer immensely, often unable to sleep through the night.

So he often stayed away from home, deliberately avoiding her.

But... he was wrong.

She was the most innocent one.

She knew nothing, yet he blamed her for everything...