Ji Bai was already an expert at dealing with his mother. He first thought about setting up barriers, then he thought ways to protect Xu Xu behind him.
Nonetheless, Xu Xu was different.
While she preferred to do things the easy way, her tactic of "gaining the approval of the Ji Family" was not meant to target any particular individual per se, but at the family as a whole.
Now that the outcome had been set, she decided to seize this opportunity and attempted to try her hardest to communicate with Mother Ji. If she succeeded, Ji Bai would no longer be stuck in this tough situation and everyone could be more at ease. if she failed, she would not suffer any substantial loss.
For all that, the one thing that did not cross her mind was whether this matter would cause her any harm.
Therefore, Xu Xu was caught off guard when Mother Ji uttered such merciless words.
