When Sheng Mingbo and Sheng Mingzhu were first tied up and brought here, the way they looked at Huang Yaning made it seem like they wanted to cut her into pieces.
But later, after watching with their own eyes what Huang Yaning did to Sheng Mingjian, they finally started to feel afraid.
From fear to deep terror and disgust, then back to fear again.
By now, both of them were almost scared witless, just praying that someone would come and stop the demon in front of them.
Huang Yaning walked toward them carrying the big pliers. They tried to move backward, but their bodies were tied up tight, so they just flopped over onto the ground.
She used the pliers to first pull out the gag from Sheng Mingbo’s mouth, then gave a sweet smile.
“Fifth brother, your turn now —”
“Little sister, I haven’t done anything to wrong you…
“I didn’t know about big brother going to Haitang Yard today either…”
Because of fear, Sheng Mingbo’s voice had become shrill.
Huang Yaning carefully looked at this youngest son.
Three sons. In her previous life, the eldest son made her the most proud.
The second son made her feel the most guilty.
As for Sheng Mingbo, even though she often scolded him, the truth was she secretly doted on him a bit.
Because Sheng Mingbo had always been simple-minded since childhood, not as clever as the other two, so she worried about him more.
Later, when she discovered he had a talent for martial arts, she fretted for quite a while.
But in the end, Sheng Mingbo mastered his skills, becoming full of life and radiating confidence.
She was happy for Sheng Mingbo too…
In this life, Huang Yaning no longer saw that confident, brilliant version of Sheng Mingbo from her previous life.
She vaguely suspected that Minmin had done something…
But since Minmin didn’t take their lives, Huang Yaning felt that since Minmin had chosen to show mercy, she should do the same as in her past life — turn a blind eye and a deaf ear…
So, even though she saw that Sheng Mingyi’s health wasn’t improving, and saw Sheng Mingbo growing dimmer day by day, she did nothing.
Now, she was even less likely to do anything.
In her past life, this son of hers, who she saw as simple-minded but physically strong, only harbored ill will toward Minmin, wanting Minmin to suffer torment for the rest of her life.
In the end, Sheng Mingbo, like everyone else, lied to her that there was an antidote in the palace, letting her die in agony —
The moment she died in her past life, their mother-son bond had already been severed…
When Sheng Mingbo saw that wild girl’s cold, clear eyes seemed to glisten with tears, he felt a flicker of hope and said excitedly.
“Little sister, let me go!
“Just let me go!
“I promise I won’t cross you again in the future —”
Huang Yaning parted her lips slightly and said two words.
“Too… late.”
With that, she raised the big pliers and shoved them straight into Sheng Mingbo’s mouth.
Because Sheng Mingbo wasn’t on guard at first, and Huang Yaning’s movements were too fast, everything went very smoothly.
Huang Yaning placed one foot on Sheng Mingbo’s chest, held the pliers with both hands, and started yanking out Sheng Mingbo’s front teeth…
“Ah… aaaaaaaah…”
Sheng Mingbo’s screams didn’t stop. He thrashed wildly, trying to escape.
A quick-reacting servant rushed over and pinned down Sheng Mingbo, who was squirming like a worm…
After a while, Huang Yaning pulled out one of Sheng Mingbo’s front teeth.
She stared at that pulled-out tooth.
In her past life, wasn’t Sheng Mingbo the one who said Minmin had a sharp tongue and pointed teeth?
Sheng Mingbo was stupid as a pig and ran his mouth, so she pulled out his teeth to vent Minmin’s anger for her.
By now, Sheng Mingbo’s face was pale, his body covered in a cold sweat.
Blood mixed with saliva and the filth from his earlier vomiting dripped down from the corners of his mouth…
“Why… di… you…
“Why di… you do this to… me…”
The emotions in Sheng Mingbo’s eyes were very complicated — anger, regret, and grievance all seemed to be there.
For a moment, Huang Yaning saw a shadow of the past life’s Minmin on Sheng Mingbo’s face.
Her eyes suddenly stung with tears, and she murmured softly.
“Why… indeed.”
Yeah.
Why?
Why did all of you torment Minmin so cruelly in your past lives?
Clearly, all Minmin wanted after returning to the manor was to stay alive, to have enough to eat and warm clothes — such simple needs…
Yet everyone pushed Minmin, forced her, wanted her dead…
Huang Yaning couldn’t help but think: if Minmin hadn’t been swapped away by Tao Niang as a baby.
If Minmin had grown up by her side, she would surely have often run around her calling “Mother, mother” with a sweet smile on her face, right…
Minmin would have been loved by everyone in the family. And with Minmin’s intelligence, she would definitely have become a famous talented lady in the capital, living a smooth and happy life!
All of that was destroyed…
Suddenly, she felt an urge to watch the whole world burn.
“Go bring out everyone who caused trouble in my yard today —”
She gave the order coldly.
Everyone from Haitang Yard shuddered.
Today, the eldest young master had taken some servants to Haitang Yard. Gao Shan and Jing Xing were dead, but there were still five or six others…
If the eldest young master had been tortured by the miss until he barely had half a breath left, those people were certainly not going to have it easy either.
People from Haitang Yard went to the servants’ quarters and quickly dragged out all those who had been causing trouble that morning.
By now, their bodies were covered in whip wounds, their flesh split open. Some were still unconscious.
“Break one leg and one arm for each of them —”
Huang Yaning commanded.
The matrons immediately got to work, and in an instant, the courtyard filled with bloodcurdling screams.
Amidst those sounds, Sheng Mingbo’s voice could still be heard.
Because Huang Yaning’s pliers had clamped down on another one of his front teeth.
“Plea… se…”
“Heh…”
Huang Yaning smiled at the person on the ground.
She exerted force with her hands. With the experience from the first time, this attempt succeeded quickly.
Only then did she drop the big pliers and take two deep, rough breaths.
Sheng Mingbo had two healthy, good teeth forcibly pulled out, and the pain made his whole body convulse.
“Feed the contents of the fifth bamboo tube to the fifth young master.”
Huang Yaning said to that observant young servant from earlier.
Maybe the young servant figured that when it rains, it pours, and a little more won’t matter. He hesitated for a second, then with slightly trembling hands, picked up the fifth bamboo tube from the tray and stuffed it into Sheng Mingbo’s mouth.
Seeing that Huang Yaning wasn’t interested in doing it herself, he untied the red string himself and went through the whole process again, just like he had done with the eldest young master…
Maybe he had become immune to it, or maybe he had already vomited everything out earlier and had nothing left to throw up.
Among those from Haitang Yard, except for the ones busy breaking people’s arms and legs, everyone else stared at the young servant.
The young servant’s face immediately froze. He clenched his back teeth and pulled out the bamboo tube…
He brought his nose up to sniff it…
“Unwashed… raw pig intestines…”
Just like the chicken intestines earlier, there was that fresh, shitty smell.
By now, Sheng Mingbo was violently vomiting on the ground. Maybe because his physical condition was a bit better than Sheng Mingjian’s, he actually managed to throw it up.
On the ground lay a pile of blackish, disgusting, sticky pieces of intestine covered in feces and oral mucus…
The smell could probably travel two miles. Sheng Mingbo passed out…
Whether from disgust, or just plain disgust.
Sheng Mingjian and Sheng Mingbo were both unconscious. Sheng Mingjian’s personal servant was dead. The rest of the servants who had done evil were now crippled…
At this point, only Sheng Mingzhu remained.
Everyone’s eyes simultaneously shot toward Sheng Mingzhu.
