Chapter 128: Delivering You to Hell with My Own Hands

Lu Yao froze in her tracks, her gaze locked onto the earring on the floor as she took an imperceptible breath.

When she looked up at Ye Hua, she found that Ye Hua was staring right back at her.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Thank goodness she hadn't fallen for it! It turned out that this entire scene had been a performance staged by Ye Hua and Yang Lan to test her.

Noticing the calculating look in Lu Yao’s eyes, Ye Hua curled her lip in disdain. She stepped forward and, right in front of Lu Yao, ruthlessly crushed the earring beneath her high heel.

The sound of the earring shattering struck Lu Yao’s ears like a dagger being plunged into her heart, causing her pain that felt as if she were bleeding inside. She clasped her hands behind her back, clenching them into tight fists; the hatred within her reached its peak in an instant. Ye Hua had destroyed her and her mother years ago, and now, by crushing her mother’s most cherished earring, there was no way she could continue to turn a blind eye.

Suddenly, Sun Ying lunged forward.

She grabbed Ye Hua’s clothes with all her might, glaring at her with fury as she shrieked hysterically, "It must have been you who hired someone to hit Xiao Qi! You woman, more venomous than the devil—I’ll fight you to the death today!"

Sun Ying raised her hands, clawing wildly at Ye Hua’s face. However, Ye Hua was more than twenty centimeters taller; as Sun Ying struggled, Ye Hua extended her arm, grabbed the front of Sun Ying’s clothes, and warned, "You madwoman, go to an asylum if you want to lose your mind! Don't act like a rabid dog biting people here!"

Sun Ying thrashed about, failing to land a single blow on Ye Hua, and could only roar like a wild animal, "It was you! It must have been you who hired someone to kill Xiao Qi!"

"Everything requires evidence. You’re baselessly accusing me—do you want me to sue you for defamation and have you rot in prison?" Ye Hua stared at Sun Ying with cold, murderous eyes that looked as if they wanted to finish her off right then and there. "If you really suspect me, use your own ability to find concrete proof. Otherwise, don't even think about splashing a drop of filth on me."

As Sun Ying struggled to do something more, Ye Hua raised her hand and delivered a fierce slap across her face. It was a heavy blow; the corner of Sun Ying’s mouth bled, and a bright red handprint emerged on her cheek.

In that moment, Sun Ying was filled with regret. She regretted not choosing to trust Lu Yao from the start. She regretted her own greed, hoping to get the hundred million that Ye Hua had promised. Now that Xiao Qi was dead, the money had vanished into thin air. The thought of the debt collectors coming to her door to punish her made her heart sink into the abyss.

Just as Lu Yao had said, in the end, she and Xiao Qi hadn't just come away with nothing—they had even staked their lives on it.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Feeling the defensive dagger Xiao Qi had given her in her pocket, she waited for an unguarded moment from Ye Hua, then lunged forward and pressed the blade against Ye Hua’s carotid artery.

Seeing this, Yang Lan screamed, "Sun Ying, what do you think you’re doing?"

Ye Hua was startled, not daring to draw a full breath for fear that the sharp blade would slice through her skin and pierce her artery.

"Miss Sun, please calm down. Let’s talk about this rationally; don't do anything impulsive," Lu Yao said, guessing why Sun Ying was acting this way and feeling that it wasn't worth it.

Sun Ying grabbed Ye Hua’s hair, pinning her in place. Ye Hua felt as though her scalp were being torn off, the pain so intense it brought tears to her eyes.

Sun Ying glared at the silent Ye Hua and said coldly, "Today, either you die or I do. Even if I have to die, I won’t let you off easy. A vicious woman like you belongs in hell, and I’m going to send you there myself."

With that, Sun Ying began to move the blade, ready to sever Ye Hua’s artery.