Fati knelt before Adi and an unfamiliar woman, repeatedly kowtowing with thuds.
"Please, spare my daughter and release her from prison. I'm willing to divorce Ahmad Zainuddin Safiya and relinquish the role of Mrs. Safiya! Rina Malika, from now on, you won't be the other woman anymore. You can take your rightful place!"
"Thud!"
"I know you may not believe in my daughter's innocence. But if a life must indeed be exchanged for a life, then take mine instead of hers."
"Thud!"
With every utterance from Fati, she bowed her head heavily against the ground.
The resounding knocks echoed like thunderbolts descending from the heavens.
Nadi staggered and then sprinted towards her mother with utmost speed. Summoning all her strength, she tightly embraced her mother, unwilling to let her kneel any longer.
"Mom! What are you doing!"
For a child, witnessing their own mother kneeling down for them was akin to having their heart torn apart.
Nadi despised her own incompetence!
"Also," Nadi asked in a hoarse voice, "What do you mean by relinquishing the role of Mrs. Safiya? And what does it mean for the other woman to take her place? What are you talking about?"
Fati hadn't shed a tear while kowtowing for her daughter earlier, but upon hearing these questions, her tears cascaded down like rain, shaking her head and muttering, "It's alright, don't ask."
Nadi wasn't a fool. Pointing to the strange woman beside Adi, she spoke in a resolute tone, "This woman is Dad's mistress, isn't she? And Aisha happens to be her daughter!"
"No..." Nadi shook her head, “If Aisha is not your daughter, then what about the child you gave birth to back then?"
At this moment, Fati completely broke down, “That scoundrel Ahmad conspired with Rina to swap one child for another. That child is nowhere to be found! Why are all my children so pitiful!"
"Woo, Ahmad and I were wrong back then, but your child is just missing. My Aisha is dead, stabbed to death by your daughter!" Rina, who had been standing to the side, burst into tears, weeping loudly and heart-wrenchingly.
Nadi was still processing what her mother had said. Upon hearing Rina's hypocritical tone, she suddenly looked up and said faintly in a hoarse voice, "I didn't kill anyone."
The next moment, her voice rose, "I didn't kill anyone! But you lost my family member, and you hurt my mom!" As soon as she finished speaking, she lunged towards Rina.
Nadi couldn't tolerate it any longer and wanted to tear Rina's face apart. These people could bully her, but they absolutely couldn't bully her mother! Thinking of the calluses on her mother's hands, her heart ached. It was easy to imagine what kind of humiliation and bullying her mother had suffered in the past two years!
However, before Nadi could even touch Rina's clothes, Adi pushed her away with one palm.
She stood unsteadily, her body slightly staggered, and tumbled down from the stairway.
"Nadi!" Fati screamed. She got up and, like an enraged beast, charged towards Adi with all her might.
Adi's eyes were cold. He moved slightly, and Fati hit the wall behind him.
A dull thud sounded. A glaring trail of blood slowly trickled down Fati's forehead. She groaned in pain, her body falling straight back.
Fati fainted.
Nadi struggled to get up. Seeing this scene, she limped and, with great difficulty, ran upstairs and hugged Fati's unconscious body, "Mom! Mom, wake up!"
Fati didn't give her any response.
Looking at the blood on her mother's forehead, Nadi's shoulders trembled, her face pale, biting her lower lip hard, and finally turned her gaze to Adi.
After two years without seeing each other, Adi was still extraordinarily elegant as usual. His face was so handsome that he stood out from the crowd like he was not human.
At the same time, his coldness was just like it was two years ago.
No, Nadi silently negated in her heart. The hatred in Adi's eyes was stronger than it was two years ago.
After two years of torment, seeing such an Adi, Nadi's heart still involuntarily ached twice, her eyes red, "My mother is your elder. Whatever grievances you have, direct them at me. How dare you hurt her!"
Adi snorted coldly, "Very well, as you desire."
"Ryan, send this woman back to the police station." There was not a hint of humanity in Adi. He was as cold as if he weren't a living person.
As soon as his command came out, someone immediately stepped forward to restrain Nadi's arm, forcibly separating Nadi and the unconscious Fati.
"What are you doing! Let me go! Adi, how can you be so ruthless!" Her mother was unconscious, her life uncertain, the situation unclear. Nadi couldn't return to prison!
But how could the strength of a single woman compare to two burly men?
Nadi didn't have any ability to resist.
She was forcibly dragged downstairs.
During the process of going downstairs, Nadi saw her father's mistress Rina wear a victorious smile.
Nadi's pupils contracted. There was only one thought in her mind: she absolutely couldn't let her mother fall into this woman's hands; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!
And at this moment, as if Adi had seen through her thoughts, with his hands behind his back, he looked down upon her and said, "I can let you take care of your mother. I can even let you out of prison, but I have conditions."
As long as she could take care of her mother, Nadi could agree to anything, "I agree, I agree!"
Nadi knew the consequences of making a deal with the devil, but she... had no choice!