Chapter 6: Cutting Weeds and Eliminating Roots

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Hua Lao’er wasn’t sure if Hua Ning would spare him, but while Zhao Baiying was unconscious, he decided to pin everything on her. Maybe that stubborn girl Hua Ning, seeing that he was her second uncle, would let him off the hook.

“Is that so?”

Hua Ning looked at Hua Lao’er with a scrutinizing gaze, disbelief plain on her face as she asked.

“Yes, yes, yes! I’m your second uncle; why would I lie to you?”

Hua Lao’er swore earnestly.

Hua Ning fell silent for a moment, feigning hesitation as if wanting to believe him but still uncertain.

Seeing this, Hua Lao’er steeled himself and continued, “Ning, tell me, what would it take for you to believe that what I say is true?”

Though reluctant to say it, Hua Lao’er’s mind was sharp. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have guessed the meaning behind Hua Ning’s feigned hesitation just now.

“Heh, second uncle, you jest.”

Having spoken, Hua Ning twisted her hand behind her back.

When she brought it forward again, a dagger gleamed in her palm.

“If you want me to believe your words, that’s not impossible.”

With that, Hua Ning pushed the dagger toward Hua Lao’er.

“As long as you can prove you’re telling the truth, I’ll believe you.”

How to prove it? Hua Lao’er didn’t need Hua Ning to spell it out.

After all, Zhao Baiying had given him a son.

And if he killed Zhao Baiying, what if that stubborn girl Hua Ning went back and made trouble? Wouldn’t he then be captured and sentenced to death?

No matter how he thought about it, Hua Lao’er knew Hua Ning’s condition was unacceptable.

But his fear of death made him reluctant to die just like that.

At worst, he could kill both Zhao Baiying and that stubborn Hua Ning while he had the chance!

That way, no one would know he killed Zhao Baiying.

Maybe he could even pin the deaths of Hua Ning and Zhao Baiying on the two of them.

With such thoughts, a ruthless gleam flickered in Hua Lao’er’s eyes.

Then, he lifted his head and spoke to Hua Ning with a feigned sorrowful expression, “Ning, I know you don’t trust me. But no matter what, Zhao Baiying is still your second aunt, and she’s Haozi’s mother. Could you perhaps...”

“Pfft!”

Hua Ning laughed scornfully, cutting off Hua Lao’er’s self-pitying speech.

“Second uncle, so you mean you can’t prove that selling me was your second aunt’s idea? If that’s the case, then I’ll consider you and her accomplices...”

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“No, no, no! I can prove it!”

Hua Lao’er’s heart tightened when he heard Hua Ning’s words. Nervously, he shouted.

He was afraid of death.

“Ning, look, my hands are tied. Even if I want to prove it, I can’t, right?”

At this moment, Hua Lao’er dared not oppose Hua Ning anymore.

He feared that if she got upset, she would plunge the dagger into him right away.

Hua Ning didn’t hesitate. She used the dagger to cut the cloth binding his wrists.

Then she placed the dagger in his hand, stepped back a few paces, and with a doubtful expression said coldly, “Second uncle, you only have one chance.”

Hua Lao’er tightened his grip on the dagger and smiled obsequiously, “I know.”

Though he said so, Hua Lao’er had never killed anyone.

Even if he often acted tough in the village, it was mostly just talk.

When it came to fighting, he was the one who got beaten.

Now, being forced to kill Zhao Baiying himself, his heart was full of unease.

But whenever he thought that if he didn’t act, that stubborn girl Hua Ning would kill him, his face darkened with a sinister and cruel expression.

Once he killed Zhao Baiying, he would also kill that little bitch the moment Hua Ning let down her guard!

After returning home, his good sister-in-law would be at his mercy!

Thinking of this, a wicked and lascivious smile crept across Hua Lao’er’s gloomy face.

Fortunately, he had his back to Hua Ning; otherwise, she would have definitely killed such a beast right then and there.

Although Hua Ning had untied Hua Lao’er, she never let down her guard.

A cornered beast still fights.

Better to be cautious.

“Pfft!”

The sound of the dagger piercing flesh was like opening Pandora’s box, making Hua Lao’er’s eyes flicker with mad excitement.

Hua Ning watched as Hua Lao’er repeatedly stabbed the unconscious Zhao Baiying until she was riddled with holes.

Hua Ning felt no pity for Zhao Baiying’s death.

Though she had never witnessed a murder in reality, perhaps accustomed to scenes of slaughter in games, she only felt slight discomfort from the blood’s scent; mentally, she could accept it.

Lost in thought, Hua Lao’er suddenly turned, hands stained with blood, dagger aimed at Hua Ning.

“Leaves and petals, fly!”

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Having long anticipated this moment, Hua Ning silently counted to herself before Hua Lao’er collapsed backward in disbelief.

Seeing that he still had a breath left, Hua Ning poured fuel on the fire, “Second uncle, once you die, I’ll soon send my cousin to join you and your wife.”

Hua Lao’er’s eyes widened, choked, and died with a grimace.

Once she was sure he was truly dead, Hua Ning disdainfully took the dagger back from his hand, wiped it on a leaf, and put it away in her game backpack.

When Hua Ning descended the mountain toward the Hua family, the bodies of the second uncle and his wife had likely already been torn apart by wild beasts.

When people die, the villagers need a reason for the disappearance of Hua Lao’er and his wife.

The other two brothers who wanted to buy her naturally couldn’t escape either.

Don’t tell her those two didn’t harm her and ask why she didn’t spare them.

Without her, perhaps another Zhang Ning, Li Ning, or Zhao Ning would suffer the same fate.

Besides, if she let those two off, Hua Ning herself might not fare well.

Therefore, to cut the grass, one must remove the roots, leaving no trouble behind.

As for Hua Hao, Hua Ning’s threat of sending him to meet the dead couple was mainly to provoke Hua Lao’er.

But Hua Hao’s life at home would not be easy from now on.

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