The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot-Chapter 89 - Unlucky
Chapter 89: Chapter 89 Unlucky
As soon as Zhong Niangyao exposed her true identity, the old woman was stunned for a moment, but then continued to wail, “That child’s parents died early, and I was the one who brought him up. How am I not his mother now? I’m telling you, don’t think you can shirk responsibility.”
“If it weren’t for your refusal to help, he wouldn’t have died so miserably. I’m telling you, if you don’t compensate me today, I won’t let this go.”
Zhong Niangyao completely ignored such threats. She rested one hand on the table, propped her cheek with the other, and smiled indifferently at the old woman who was still sitting on the ground, “Oh really? I’m so scared! So how do you plan to not let this go with me?”
Although her words expressed fear, her facial expression was obviously not so, showing she didn’t take the other party’s threat seriously at all.
Seeing Zhong Niangyao’s unmoved demeanor, the old woman became anxious and suddenly got up from the ground, pointing at Zhong Niangyao’s nose and cursing, “You young girl, you seem so young and yet you have no compassion at all. If it weren’t for your refusal to help, Azhi wouldn’t have died so miserably.”
The Azhi she referred to was Huang Mao.
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“The reason he died such a miserable death is because of karma; it has nothing to do with me,” Zhong Niangyao found it amusing. “Besides, who said I didn’t save him? I’ve already shown him the way. If he had been willing to turn himself in, he might have still had a chance of vitality. Unfortunately, he didn’t want to save himself, so what could I do?”
“You’re talking nonsense.” The old woman spoke irrationally, “Azhi didn’t do anything so heinous, he was just unlucky to encounter such an incident, that’s why he was killed.”
“Oh,” Zhong Niangyao coldly said, “Since you said it’s because he was unlucky to encounter such an incident that he died miserably, what does that have to do with me?”
With that statement, the old woman froze as if someone had hit the pause button, standing there, not knowing how to react for a moment.
However, it didn’t take long for her to respond, “Don’t think you can escape your involvement, no matter what, you’re the one who killed him. You clearly could have saved him, but you chose to stand by. You’re an accomplice, an executioner.”
“You must have inquired about me before coming here!” Zhong Niangyao looked up at the old woman, her face smiling yet sending a chill down one’s spine, “Then you should know what I’m capable of! To think you still had the courage to come to me, that’s truly admirable!”
Looking at Zhong Niangyao’s demeanor, a cold shiver ran through the old woman, and although she tried to muster her courage to speak, “What are you going to do? I’m telling you, this is a society ruled by law, if you—”
“Since it’s a society ruled by law, you don’t need to keep fighting a losing battle here,” Zhong Niangyao said languidly, “Just sue me directly. I consider myself a law-abiding citizen; I’ll compensate whatever amount the court decides. But right now, don’t even think about getting a penny from me.”
As soon as she said this, the old woman’s face turned particularly ugly. If suing her would have resulted in money, she would have already done so.
The reason she was making a scene here was just to extort some money. She and her nephew had no real emotional bond; usually, this nephew caused a lot of trouble for their family. Now that he had suddenly died, and having heard that a young stallholder at Tongtian Bridge had refused to save someone, she thought she might be able to scam some money here.
She had thought that a young girl, even if she had some abilities, would have a thin skin and would likely pay to avoid disaster. Unexpectedly, this young girl, despite her age, was entirely unmoved.
Could it really be that she would leave empty-handed today? Her eyes were rolling around, seemingly thinking of some plan.
“If you want to keep pestering me like this, then don’t blame me for being impolite,” Zhong Niangyao said with a smile, continuing, “Although it’s a law-abiding society, I have plenty of ways to punish you using non-legal measures. I guarantee—”
As she spoke, her smile turned sinister, “No matter who it is, they will never find a shred of evidence, or else I will retire and never participate in this business again.”
Watching Zhong Niangyao’s smile, the old woman felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar in the dead of winter, shivering uncontrollably.
She instinctively wanted to flee this place, to escape from this young-looking girl who gave her such a strong sense of fear. But, she found herself completely unable to move as if nailed to the ground.
“Want to leave?” Zhong Niangyao’s smile grew even colder, “You come and go as you please, what do you think this place is? Since you have the guts to threaten me, you better be prepared to be skinned.”
The old woman was even more afraid now, her mouth trembling, and she was having difficulty speaking, “What… what exactly are you going to do?”
“I haven’t done anything,” the corner of Zhong Niangyao’s mouth curled up in a smile, “I just want to teach you a lesson. But don’t worry, I’m not one to take lives indiscriminately, at most, you’ll just be unlucky for a while.”
As she spoke, Zhong Niangyao took out a piece of talisman paper and threw it at the old woman.
The talisman paper ignited instantly and then started to burn on the old woman’s body.
The old woman panicked and jumped up, trying to put out the sparks. However, to her surprise, the flames disappeared without a trace as soon as they touched her body, so that she didn’t even feel a hint of the pain of being burnt.
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This did not reassure her but instead increased her fear, “What on earth have you done to me?”
“Just making you unlucky for a while,” Zhong Niangyao replied coldly, “Starting today, you’ll be jinxed. As for how long, that depends on you.”
The old woman didn’t want to believe Zhong Niangyao’s words, but deep down, she had already acknowledged them. Because just now, the trick Zhong Niangyao revealed made her instinctively feel that this young girl was extraordinary.
Thinking of this young girl’s methods, she was now secretly regretting, realizing she should not have let greed blind her and come here trying to extort money, only to end up this way.
With that thought, she turned around and left.
