"The second option, you hand over Yun Hao, and I'll kill all of you, leaving your bodies intact," Zhang Shuying tapped his face, "Look how kind I am. Even after Yun Hao came over to steal from me, I'm still generous enough to offer you dogs two choices. Be grateful."
I responded to Zhang Shuying in a grave tone, "I choose the first option. What are you going to do? Just take him by force? Wouldn't that be too boring?"
"What? You're giving Taoist Master some advice?"
Zhang Shuying lowered his head and smiled with pursed lips, a smile so intense.
Looking at him like that, he seemed even more like an alluring and bewitching goblin, not the slightest bit like a Taoist seeking enlightenment.
I took a few steps forward, came up beside him, and whispered in his ear, "It's so boring for you to catch Yun Hao and kill him immediately. Why not watch him die slowly? What do you think?"
"Girl, trying to buy time? You think your Zhang here is an idiot?" The smile on Zhang Shuying's face paused, and he coldly glanced at me.
I only felt a sharp pain in my wrist; it was suddenly gripped by his snow-white hand – as if it was about to snap at any second. "It hurts... it's killing me..."
"You beast, let go of my sister-in-law! If you have a problem, come at me!" Yu Rongling, seeing me injured by Zhang Shuying, couldn't contain his anger and leapt up like a zombie right in front of Zhang Shuying.
Zhang Shuying kicked Yu Rongling away with a foot and stared at my face, "You didn't get the Nether Silk, so you can't make the Reincarnation Garment. Actually, there's no need to delay."
"There is... there is... as long as Yun Hao is alive... we can all... live..." I was so pained that my whole body went limp; with every word I spoke, a layer of cold sweat formed on my forehead.
Zhang Shuying laughed eerily, as if he heard something extremely amusing, "The human will to survive is indeed strong, haha, to live an extra ten minutes... a few minutes... everyone's willing to struggle on their deathbed..."
"Let... let me go... it hurts so bad..." I was in so much pain that I could barely breathe, my head buzzing.
Zhang Shuying, that sadist, only gripped me harder; he really did break my hand, "I won't! I don't even know you, yet you sent people to mess with me. I'm like this – if you don't provoke me, I'll still provoke you; if you provoke me, I must kill your entire family! Girl! If you didn't look like my first love, my men would have had their way with you before anything else."
Just then, I suddenly felt empty in my stomach.
I quickly placed my other hand on my belly, murmuring in a low voice, "Dumpling, don't be rash, don't... ugh..."
"What are you mumbling about?" Seeing me talking, Zhang Shuying pressed my wrist so hard that it caved in, turning the entire bracelet black with bruising.
A shadow flew out from my lower abdomen, hitting Zhang Shuying so unexpectedly that he, along with the chair, toppled to the ground.
The hand that had been holding me let go, "Ouch, damn it, what the hell hit me. It hurts like hell..."
I tumbled to the corner, rolling over like a rolling gourd.
Swiftly, I bit my finger and drew several defensive and offensive formations on the ground with my blood, in the style of embroidery.
The hand that had been crushed hung limply by my side, now so numb that I couldn't even feel it.
After I had finished drawing the Blood Talisman on the ground, Zhang Shuying was helped up; he glared at me in anger, "Was it the devil in your stomach... that hit me?"
"Zhang Shuying, don't come any closer. If you lay a hand on a child, I'll die fighting with you! Don't believe me? Just try," I said, protecting my belly with my bloody hand, my expression almost crazed, my eyes sharpening like knives on Zhang Shuying.