Chapter 1: This is Murder
“Xia Chenge, I will send you to the underworld now to reunite with your short-lived parents. Don’t blame your aunt for being heartless. If you live, the Xia family’s property cannot fully belong to our Xu family. But don’t worry, I will hold a grand funeral for you.”
In the hospital room, the woman removed the oxygen mask from the unconscious girl, Xia Chenge, and pressed a pillow tightly over her mouth and nose, her face filled with malice.
Xia Chenge struggled for a moment before her legs stiffened. The electrocardiograph machine let out a “beep” alarm, eventually turning into a straight line.
“Mom, that waste Xia Chenge is finally dead. She won’t hinder us anymore. Everything in the Xia family will be ours!”
A girl of seventeen or eighteen beside her cheered excitedly, wishing she could immediately announce to the whole world that she would be the true young lady from now on.
Startled by the cheer, the woman’s face turned pale, and she quickly lowered her voice to warn, “Be quiet, don’t let anyone hear!”
“What are you afraid of? It’s just the two of us mother and daughter here. No one will know. Do you think that waste Xia Chenge can come back from the dead?”
“Unfortunately, you guessed right.” Xia Chenge, who had been declared dead, suddenly sat up, her eyes like sharp blades flashing with cold light, piercing directly into people’s hearts.
The mother and daughter fell to the ground in fright, hugging each other in terror, “No, impossible, you clearly stopped breathing, are you human or ghost?”
Xia Chenge curled her lips into a cold smile, “What do you think?”
Just then, the electrocardiograph let out a “beep” sound, and the previously straight line began to fluctuate again, indicating that Xia Chenge’s heartbeat had resumed.
“Mom, she’s alive, she’s not dead!” Xu Jingyun shrieked, her eyes filled with malice unbefitting her age, “No, she must die today! Everything in the Xia family is mine, I am the real young lady! Xia Chenge, go to hell.”
She lunged forward, attempting to grab Xia Chenge’s neck.
Xia Chenge’s gaze turned cold. She dodged to the side and, in turn, grabbed Xu Jingyun’s neck, asking coldly, “You want to kill me? What right do you have?”
“Mom, save, save me…” Xu Jingyun clutched Xia Chenge’s hand tightly but couldn’t budge it at all, her eyes widening in fear.
Xia Minglan finally reacted, scrambling up in a panic, and grabbed a vase from the table, intending to smash it over Xia Chenge’s head.
Xia Chenge glanced at her indifferently, her voice icy, “Don’t come any closer, or else…”
Before she could finish speaking, she tightened her grip.
The air grew thin, and Xu Jingyun’s complexion turned ashen.
Seeing that she wasn’t joking, Xia Minglan was frightened and quickly put down the vase, “Xiao Ge, you, you calm down, don’t do anything rash.”
Xia Chenge smirked mockingly, “Rash? Aunt, you’ve got it wrong, haven’t you? You and your daughter tried to kill me while I was unconscious and take everything from the Xia family. I was merely defending myself, how is that rash?”
Xia Minglan was shocked. This waste knew everything?
However, she forced herself to remain calm, putting on her usual gentle and caring expression, “Xiao Ge, you’ve misunderstood. Your aunt was just worried about you and wanted to get you a pillow to make you more comfortable.”
At this moment, she hadn’t realized that the autistic girl they called a waste and constantly bullied had completely changed, becoming sharp and powerful.
“Mom, don’t talk to this waste, hurry up and kill her. If she doesn’t die, I will.” Xu Jingyun said with difficulty, her face flushed red.
“That’s right, if I don’t die, you definitely will.” Xia Chenge leaned close to Xu Jingyun’s ear, her voice light and chilling.
Xu Jingyun shivered violently, a chill running from the soles of her feet.
“Xiao Ge, quickly let go of your sister. Let’s talk things through properly.” Xia Minglan was frantic but dared not make a move against Xia Chenge.
“I can let go.” Xia Chenge loosened her grip, giving Xu Jingyun a chance to catch her breath.
A heavy stone was lifted from Xia Minglan’s heart, and a sinister glint flashed in her eyes.
As long as Xia Chenge let go of Xu Jingyun, she would never let Xia Chenge live again!
Someone who had become a threat to them could absolutely not be allowed to live in this world, just like her elder brother, Xia Chenge’s father—Xia Mingxuan!
“But I have a condition.”
Concealing her murderous intent, Xia Minglan repeatedly assured, “What condition? Just say it. As long as your aunt can agree, I will do as you wish.”
“Leave the Xia family.”
“How dare you tell us to leave the Xia family?” Xu Jingyun shrieked, “Without us, do you think you’re still the Xia family’s young lady?”
She absolutely could not leave the Xia family; without the Xia family, she was nothing.
Even though her father was in charge of the Xia family now, it didn’t bear the Xu surname, so the Xu family couldn’t truly integrate into high society.
“Whether I am the Xia family’s young lady or a Xu family servant, you know better than I do! How have you treated me all these years, have you forgotten so quickly?”
“You ordered me around, bullied me at will, even servants could bully me. Since my parents passed away, I haven’t even had a full meal.”
“You enjoy everything the Xia family has, have you even forgotten your real surname is Xu? Did you steal my position, or am I forced to rely on you?”
Xia Chenge’s words were sharp as knives, exposing the tragic encounters of the past years without mercy, her expression cold and imposing.
“Also, why is there still no explanation for my parents’ deaths?”
From the moment she opened her eyes, the soul within this body had completely changed.
She was not that weak, easily bullied, and resigned autistic girl, Xia Chenge.
Although her memory was still fragmented for a moment, and she couldn’t recall her true identity for now, there was one thing she was very clear about.
Those who bully me will be repaid a hundredfold!
Xia Minglan and her daughter were so stunned by the barrage of words that they couldn’t speak for a long time. They finally realized: Xia Chenge could actually speak? And she was so sharp-tongued?
“Can’t speak anymore?” Xia Chenge sneered, “This world is very fair. How you gain things that don’t belong to you, is how you will lose them.”
Hearing this, Xia Minglan felt her blood run cold, her hair standing on end, as if the darkest corners of her heart had been completely exposed.
“Mom, don’t talk to this waste, she’s gone mad. Kill her quickly, don’t let her ruin everything we’ve worked so hard for. Besides, if you don’t save me soon, she’ll choke me to death.” Xu Jingyun cried in fear. Xia Chenge had gone mad, and she would kill her.
Knowing her daughter was right, Xia Minglan forced herself to calm down.
Even if Xia Chenge’s mouth had become sharper, so what? She was still just a waste.
Moreover, after being unconscious for so long, she must be very weak now. Everything she was doing was just bluffing!
With this thought, Xia Minglan suddenly lunged at Xia Chenge, grabbing her by the neck with all her might, her eyes red as she growled, “Xia Chenge, die! As long as you die, nothing will threaten our Xu family anymore!”
