Evil Witch Saves the World

Chapter 28: Twisted Madness

"Wh... what?" Bai An'an's hand suddenly loosened its grip on the phone. She stared at the red phone that had fallen onto the wooden floor and stepped back. "You... you're not Xuexue! Who are you?!"

The person on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat annoyed by Bai An'an's outburst.

"Yeye, what are you talking about? I am Xuexue, except that it's the 'Xue' from Bai Xuerou."

As the last sentence was spoken, cold sweat broke out on Bai An'an's body, because she realized that the final words weren't coming from the phone—they were coming from behind her!

She felt a familiar sensation against her back, the feeling she experienced every night: two enormous mountains pressing firmly against her back.@@@@

Trembling, she turned her head and discovered that Bai Xuerou had somehow awakened and was now leaning against her back, lips pressed against her ear.

"How about that? Quite a surprise, isn't it?"

Bai Xuerou laughed softly, lively and beautiful, but to Xia Mu's ears, it was no different than a demon's triumphant chuckle.

Indeed, from the moment Bai Xuerou had positioned her on the sofa facing outward, and even placed the phone on the table, she should have realized it.

This was a trap, through and through...

"I'm... I'm sorry, Mom... I was just... being a little disobedient... I..."

Bai An'an tried to explain, but before she could say much more, Bai Xuerou silenced her with a single finger.

Now, any explanation Bai An'an could offer seemed utterly feeble compared to her tearful confession over the phone moments ago.

Even if Bai Xuerou hadn't forced her to stop, Bai An'an would have found herself unable to continue. Today, she had revealed far too many vulnerabilities.

"Really now, if you dislike Mom so much, you should just tell me directly. Why talk to outsiders?"

Bai Xuerou turned her daughter, who was too frightened to move, to face her. She gently wiped the tears from Bai An'an's face with her sleeve. But the gentler she was, the more terrified Bai An'an became.

And indeed, just as Bai An'an had feared, after Bai Xuerou finished wiping away her tears, familiar vines and roses appeared from behind Bai Xuerou.

"No... no... please, no!"

Fear surged from her heart, forcing Bai An'an to close her eyes and scream in terror. She pushed against Bai Xuerou's outstretched hands, attempting one final act of resistance.

Bai An'an never imagined she would hurt someone during a nightmare. This had never happened when she used to sleep with Gu Xue.

"It's... it's fine! You're so clean, how could you possibly be toxic? But what about you? Just now while you were sleeping, you were shouting something about Xuexue. That Xuexue isn't your mother, is it?"

He'er didn't dare say Bai Xuerou's name directly, but Bai An'an understood what she meant and immediately shook her head.

"No, it's not her. It's a friend I had before coming here. Her name is Gu Xue. She's a very smart and gentle girl. Everyone calls her the genius girl."

When Bai An'an talked about Gu Xue, her eyes practically glowed, leaving He'er stunned. This was the first time she had seen Bai An'an with such an admiring expression.

But thinking that the person Bai An'an cherished wasn't herself made He'er feel a bit unhappy.

"What genius girl... I've never heard of her even when people called me a genius..."

He'er muttered quietly, but quickly realized there was a hole in Bai An'an's story.

"Wait, if Gu Xue is your friend, why would you have nightmares about her and even attack others in your sleep?"

"About that, it's because..." Bai An'an shuddered as she recalled the nightmare, and after checking that Bai Xuerou wasn't around, she leaned into He'er's ear.

"Because I was actually dreaming about... Bai Xuerou, not Gu Xue."

"Pfft..."

After Bai An'an finished speaking, He'er couldn't help but laugh.

What? That's exactly what she had said!

While the two girls were joking around, in a room at the end of the second floor, Bai Xuerou was stroking a photo of herself with the White Night Witch, an eerie smile on her face, her phone tossed aside.

"Just by using the authority of madness to create a dream, she revealed everything. That damned human girl—I should never have allowed her to maintain contact with my Yeye... It seems I need to move up the date of Yeye's return..."

Bai Xuerou's eyes flashed with dangerous red light, completely at odds with her usual gentle demeanor. She looked like a madwoman.

But at this moment, Bai Xuerou failed to notice a familiar phone number in the call history on her phone.