“What else do you want? You’re not going to stop me from leaving, are you?”

Zhao Hongming frowned. Although his status in the family had become very low after the ‘going crazy’ incident, he still possessed the arrogance of a young master of the Zhao family.

“I just won’t let you leave. What can you do about it? Do you think you’re any better than Zhao Hongyuan?”

Chen Xiao said with contempt.

“You…”

A dismissive sentence instantly left Zhao Hongming speechless, because he suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter.

As a discarded son of the Zhao family, Zhao Hongming's identity, status, and importance were incomparable to Zhao Hongyuan.

Yet even Zhao Hongyuan was killed by Chen Xiao, and the Zhao family didn't even dare to fart.

So what about him, Zhao Hongming?

Without even thinking, his life and death were even less important to the Zhao family!

“What exactly do you want me to do to let me go?”

Zhao Hongming gritted his teeth and asked. Asking this question meant he was truly helpless.

“I don’t want you to do anything.”

Chen Xiao shook his head slightly, then nodded towards Li Ziqing. “Whether you can leave here alive today depends on Ziqing’s decision.”

Li Ziqing, it’s Li Ziqing again… Lin Yixin cursed in her heart.

Because for her, Li Ziqing was no longer even a person, but a symbol.

A symbol that was always high above, enveloping her, making her incredibly insignificant.

“Ziqing, I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to cause you trouble today. Considering that we know each other, let's just let things between us go, okay?”

At this moment, Zhao Hongming's face was like a bitter gourd.

Such a degree of begging for mercy was already the limit for him, the young master of the Zhao family.

The corners of Li Ziqing’s mouth curled into a smile. “Let it go? Of course, no problem. Kneel down and kowtow to me three times, loudly apologize to me, and promise not to be an eyesore in front of me from now on, and I’ll let you go today.”

In fact, taking revenge on Zhao Hongming was just an appetizer for Li Ziqing.

So from beginning to end, Li Ziqing’s mentality was very calm.

More of it was a kind of戏谑 (xìxuè) – teasing, like a cat playing with a mouse!

“I…”

However, the conditions Li Ziqing stated were more unbearable for Zhao Hongming than killing him.

He wanted to say, how could a dignified young master of the Zhao family ever kneel down and apologize to others?

But when he thought that Zhao Hongyuan had been killed by Chen Xiao, he immediately swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

“Brother Ming, don’t be afraid. I think she’s just scaring you!”

Lin Yixin advised, “Brother Ming, don’t forget, you are a member of the Zhao family, and this is the imperial city. I don’t believe she would really dare to do anything to you…”

“Bang—”

Before Lin Yixin could finish speaking, Li Ziqing shot Zhao Hongming right between the eyebrows.

“See if I dare!”

Li Ziqing looked at Lin Yixin, like a child in a fit of pique.

Lin Yixin’s eyes widened, and she was dumbfounded.

She really didn’t expect Li Ziqing to have such great胆子 (dǎnzi) – guts.

In fact, the most wronged person was Zhao Hongming. It could be said that Lin Yixin’s words indirectly killed him.

Li Ziqing was in a good mood today. If he had really been willing to kneel down and apologize, Li Ziqing might have let him go.

But now, that ‘maybe’ possibility was gone.

“You, you, you, I, I, I…”

Lin Yixin pointed at Li Ziqing, then pointed at herself, speaking incoherently, as if she was having a seizure.

“What ‘you you you’? What ‘I I I’?”

“When you get to the underworld, remember to apologize to the sisters!”

Li Ziqing pointed the gun at Lin Yixin’s forehead and pulled the trigger.

“Bang—”

Lin Yixin followed in Zhao Hongming’s footsteps, also eating a peanut. (a euphemism for being shot)

The thugs that Zhao Hongming brought were trembling with fear, their eyes filled with dread.

Usually, they thought they were fierce and evil enough, but compared to the man and woman in front of them, it was like Mr. Wang meeting Wang Mazi (a man known for his pockmarked face) – the difference was not just a little bit.

“Help me send a message to the people of the five great families, just say that I, Li Ziqing, am back, and will be visiting soon!”

After Li Ziqing said these words, she and Chen Xiao left in a cloud of dust.

And her words would naturally be passed on to the ears of the people of the five great families by these thugs.

Back at the old mansion, Chen Xiao asked Li Ziqing, “How do you feel?”

Today, Li Ziqing had several more lives on her hands.

“Actually, it’s my first time killing someone, and I feel a little excited…”

Li Ziqing said somewhat embarrassedly.

Chen Xiao was directly stunned. Seeing how steady and ruthless Li Ziqing was when she fired the gun, he really didn’t expect this to be Li Ziqing’s first time killing someone.

“Actually, in the future, you can just leave this kind of thing to me.”

Chen Xiao touched his nose and said. In the end, he didn’t want to see his woman become a bloodthirsty demon.

Li Ziqing remained noncommittal, looking at Chen Xiao with fiery eyes, her voice trembling and seductive.

“Now I just want to give you one thing.”

“What?”

“Me!”

Before she could finish speaking, Li Ziqing had already pounced on Chen Xiao.

That night, the redwood bed in the old mansion operated beyond its capacity, shaking until dawn.

…

After a night of joy, Li Ziqing inevitably had to stay in bed the next day. She didn’t wake up until the sun was setting in the west.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked Chen Xiao, who was lying beside her, “What time is it?”

Li Ziqing’s voice was a little hoarse, because she had shouted too hard last night.

“5:30 PM.”

Chen Xiao looked at the time and said.

“Oh no!”

Li Ziqing jumped up from the bed. “I have to go to Tang Fei’s banquet later!”

She immediately sent Su Su the location, plus a voice message: “Come pick me up!”

After she finished washing and putting on makeup, Su Su also arrived at the old mansion.

“Master, male master.”

Su Su greeted the two respectfully.

“What time does the banquet start? How soon can we get to the banquet venue?”

“The banquet starts at 7:00 PM. Given the current traffic situation, it will take us at least an hour to get there. If we leave now, we can just make it in time for the entrance.”

The master and servant asked and answered.

Li Ziqing nodded slightly: “Well, then let’s leave now.”

“Yes, Master.”

Su Su obeyed and immediately walked outside.

At this moment, Chen Xiao suddenly knocked Su Su on the back of the head.

Su Su turned around and looked at Chen Xiao blankly: “Male master?”

Chen Xiao asked quietly, “I have a few questions to ask you.”

“Male master, please ask.”

Li Ziqing noticed that Su Su’s eyes suddenly became dull, and her voice also became mechanical and wooden, as if she had lost her soul.

Chen Xiao curled the corners of his mouth and asked, “I ask you, who refined you, and who handed you over to your current master?”