Li Qi was literally slapped unconscious.
Her face was throbbing in burning pain. In her grogginess, she could still hear a chilling sneer.
"Butler Wu, I've drugged her and knocked her out for you. You know what to do next, right?"
"Heh heh, Miss Fourth, rest assured. I will handle the matter properly."
The woman addressed as Miss Fourth gave a cold hum before striding out of the firewood room, slamming the door vigorously on her way out.
"Oh, Li Qi, today is the day your reputation falls apart. Wait till I call upon everyone in the house to witness how you, who's been messing around with the butler, manage to marry General Bai while being a shadow of your former self."
The arrogant words sent a shiver down Li Qi's spine. She furrowed her eyebrows, her memory a jumbled mess.
This isn't looking good.
It seems like... she time-travelled...
"Miss Sixth, I'm just following orders. If you're going to blame someone, blame Miss Fourth. Though you're hideously ugly with birthmarks all over, I certainly don't mind. Once our deed is done, we might get scolded, but well, when you marry the chicken, follow the chicken..."
Butler Wu spoke with a raffish expression, squatting down next to the barely conscious Li Qi with a grin.
His rough hand stealthily slid across her small face, causing goosebumps to rise on her skin.
"Stop, or I'll chop off your hand."
Butler Wu froze in astonishment. "You're... you're not unconscious?"
As he said this, he reached out to tug at her waistband. "Being awake is even more fun..."
"I should really just chop off your hand."
As these chilling words hang in the air, a pair of bloody eyes suddenly snap open. A small hand abruptly clutching his throat, violently twisting. A cracking sound resounds.
His neck spasmed...
Li Qi's lip twitched at the unusual debut. It felt like she had snapped at least fifty, if not a hundred, necks before. How could this simple twist lead only to a muscle cramp?
Wu, the housekeeper, was howling in pain. Just as he was about to fight back, Li Qi didn't hesitate and slapped him across the face.
Without waiting for him to react, she grabbed his throat again. With a crunch, the man in her hand finally stopped breathing.
Before she could catch her breath, the sound of hurrying footsteps reached her from outside the door. Judging by the sounds, at least a dozen people were outside. They were close and would have definitely heard the commotion. They would burst in any moment.
Realizing something was wrong with her own body, Li Qi resisted the urge to confront them head-on. She had been drugged; the effect was incredibly potent. Even with her willpower, she could only hold out for a while longer. Stepping out now would make her a laughingstock!
She glanced around quickly and immediately rushed to the window. The saying goes that revenge is a dish best served cold - she should retreat for now!
Suddenly, something occurred to her. She turned back for another look at the housekeeper Wu on the ground, and the firewood knife not far away.
If she couldn't avenge the great wrongs for now, she might as well settle a small score...
With a bang, the door was kicked open violently!
A large crowd quickly squeezed into the firewood room, only to see a white figure sprinting from the window.
"She's escaping, chase her!"
The leading Su Yu'er was in a fit of rage.
Just as she was about to order a pursuit, an errand boy suddenly grasped the corner of her garment, pointing tremulously at something on the ground.
"Fourth Miss, you, you look..."
Su Yu'er coldly looked down, and with only a glance she saw the blood-splattered ground and the dismembered corpse with its arm severed. Upon this sight, Su Yu'er's knees gave out and she ended up sitting on the ground.
"Ah!!!"
The terrified, sharp scream echoed throughout the firewood shed...
Even Li Qi, who had run far off, heard a faint bit of it. Her lips curled up.
"Can't handle it? Su Yu'er, things have just begun..."
She had given a warning.
Touch her, and hands will be chopped.
Yet, there seemed to be no way forward!
Seeing the errand boy getting closer, and looking at the high courtyard wall in front of her, a streak of cold sweat appeared on her forehead. She was feverish, her body increasingly weak...
Damn it, the effects of the drug are kicking in!
She glanced left and right, immediately started to scale the decorative mountain near the wall, then gritted her teeth and climbed over the wall.
So high, it must certainly hurt...
But unexpectedly, her falling body was caught by something. The anticipated pain didn’t come.
Upon lifting her eyes, she saw an exceedingly handsome man.
His face was full of murderous intent, both eyes blood-red.
"Bored with living?"
