Reborn in Each Other’s Bodies: A Mother and Daughter’s Deadly Revenge - Chapter 121

Last time in the ancestral hall, she had already made Sheng Mingbo and his brothers suffer. Yet, Sheng Mingbo still had the nerve to come cause trouble for her over Sheng Mingzhu.

Why did these ungrateful wretches like Sheng Mingbo dote on Sheng Mingzhu so much, while being so cold towards their own “blood sister”?

Did Sheng Mingzhu save their lives in some past life?

Huang Yaning simply couldn’t bear to imagine it. In her previous life, Minmin thought she had found her family, finally hoping for their love and care, and returned home full of anticipation…

But in the end, these so-called family members only had eyes and hearts for Sheng Mingzhu, hurting Minmin over and over again…

Back then, Minmin was illiterate, didn’t understand the rules of the household, and didn’t have a single reliable person by her side…

Just how much grievance did Minmin endure? How difficult must her life have been?

“Sheng Mingbo, apologize right now! Otherwise, I swear you’ll regret it!”

Huang Yaning spoke each word deliberately, her entire person so cold it seemed like shards of ice could fall from her.

The servants in the Haitang Courtyard shivered. Even Sheng Mingbo felt a flicker of fear.

But when he realized he was actually afraid of a village girl, he instantly flared up, shouting angrily.

“I won’t apologize to you!”

“This is all your fault!”

“If you weren’t donating the things from the Haitang Courtyard, why would I come to trouble you?”

“You shouldn’t have come back at all!”

After roaring those last words, Sheng Mingbo himself was stunned.

The Haitang Courtyard fell deathly quiet.

Huang Yaning felt as if she had been stabbed through the chest, the color draining from her face.

Should. Not. Have. Come. Back?

Sheng Mingbo thought Minmin shouldn’t have come back?

Did all the men of the Sheng family wish Minmin hadn’t returned?

And what about her former self in the past life?

There were moments in her previous life when she, too, had secretly wished Minmin hadn’t come back…

If Minmin hadn’t returned…

She would have remained the enviable Madame Huang in the noble ladies’ circle of the capital, with three outstanding sons and one outstanding daughter…

Huang Yaning felt the most hidden, most shameful part of her heart being brutally dug out by Sheng Mingbo’s words.

It shattered her self-deception.

Guilt, regret, and heartache raged within her.

Right now, all she wanted was to go mad!

“Close the courtyard gates!”

“Tie him up. Strip off his outer clothes, leave only his undergarments.”

Huang Yaning’s voice was very soft, very soft, but carried a resolute and decisive air.

Hearing this, the matrons instantly perked up!

Last time, when the matrons followed the young lady’s orders and tied up the two young masters in the ancestral hall, the Madame later secretly rewarded them handsomely, praising their performance.

Now, hearing the young lady order them to tie someone up again, the matrons felt the reward money was already waving at them.

So, they swarmed forward, afraid that being a step too slow would mean a poorer performance and no share in the rewards later.

“Have you gone mad? Planning to hit me again like last time?”

“How dare you disrespect your elder brother! Mother will punish you too when she finds out—”

“This time, there’s no one to take the beating for you—”

Sheng Mingbo was furious, roaring wildly.

Huang Yaning looked at this youngest son, whom she had once doted on, clinging to the last shred of her rationality, giving Sheng Mingbo one final chance.

She spat out two words.

“A—pologize—”

“I won’t—!”

“Want me to apologize? Go ahead, kill me if you have the guts! I don’t believe you dare kill me!”

Huang Yaning felt the last thread of sanity in her mind snap—

Perhaps this was fate’s will…

Well then, she would see whether her fists were harder, or Sheng Mingbo’s love for Sheng Mingzhu was stronger…

Today, she would beat Sheng Mingbo until he was afraid, until he submitted!

She would beat him until the very thought of Sheng Mingzhu would only bring pain to his mind—

Even if she had to injure or maim Sheng Mingbo, Huang Yaning was determined to make him never dare to be good to Sheng Mingzhu again!

“Sheng Mingbo, as you wish!”

Soon, Sheng Mingbo and his two young attendants were stripped of their outer garments, their hands tied behind their backs, and their feet bound tightly.

Huang Yaning ordered someone to fetch a basin of pepper water from the small kitchen.

She also had someone bring a whip from the storage room—one that Sheng Mingbo had previously gifted to Sheng Mingzhu.

In her previous childhood, seeing her elder brothers practice martial arts had piqued her interest, so she had chosen a whip and practiced with them for a while.

Although she had given up after just ten days or so, she still knew how to use a whip to strike someone.

So, as soon as she got the whip, Huang Yaning lashed it towards Sheng Mingbo.

Now, with Sheng Mingbo only in his undergarments, the whip struck his skin, causing a burning pain.

But Sheng Mingbo, considering himself a “real man,” neither dodged, avoided, nor cried out in pain.

Although his hands and feet were bound, he stood straight, even lifting his chin slightly, looking at Huang Yaning with contempt in his eyes.

Those eyes seemed to say, “Go on, kill me if you dare? I bet you don’t have the guts—”

“Just wait until you stop whipping; then it’ll be your turn to kneel, cry, and kowtow, begging for mercy—”

Sheng Mingbo seemed very confident that Huang Yaning wouldn’t truly harm him.

But he was mistaken.

The more fearless he acted, the more intense Huang Yaning’s killing intent became.

Without a single wasted word, Huang Yaning wielded the whip like a nimble snake.

Moreover, the force of the blows didn’t lessen; it intensified.

Sheng Mingbo’s two personal attendants, tied up nearby, wanted to help but were bound tightly themselves; they stumbled and fell flat after a few steps.

One pleaded with Huang Yaning for mercy, the other cursed her, both struggling to wriggle towards Sheng Mingbo…

After a while, thin trails of blood began to seep from the wounds all over Sheng Mingbo’s body. The certainty in his eyes vanished, replaced by panic.

Just then, the pepper water was ready.

“Douse him—” Huang Yaning ordered.

But the matrons hesitated, a bit afraid. The young lady’s aura today felt different from before.

Previously, it seemed she just wanted to teach the young masters a lesson, but now it looked like she genuinely intended to beat the Fifth Young Master to death…

Seeing no one dared to act, Huang Yaning stepped forward herself, scooped up a ladle of pepper water, and threw it directly onto Sheng Mingbo.

“Ah—!”

Sheng Mingbo threw his head back and let out a heaven-shaking scream…

“Madwoman! You’re insane! Let me go—!”

“I’ll kill you—!”

Huang Yaning went to scoop more pepper water.

Terrified, Sheng Mingbo tried to evade.

But with his hands and feet bound, his movement was clumsy, and he soon fell to the ground, writhing like a worm.

Huang Yaning, holding a ladle of pepper water, asked coldly,

“Do you still dare to like Sheng Mingzhu? Do you still dare to be good to her?”

“Young Master, please, I beg you, stop talking—The wounds on your back have just healed; you can’t get hurt again—!”

“Seventh Young Lady, please spare the Young Master this once! He is your own brother! In the future, he will surely treat you like a real sister—!”

The attendants, Liuxing and Ganyue, were so frightened their souls seemed almost scattered. They lay weakly on the ground, weeping and pleading, hoping the two young masters would just stop.

“I hate being threatened more than anything—!” Sheng Mingbo spat out viciously.

“You madwoman!”

“I just like Sister Mingzhu! I detest you! Don’t think you can make me like you—!”

“Very well—”

Huang Yaning decisively threw the pepper water in her hand at him, then threw several more ladlefuls.

The pepper water seeped into Sheng Mingbo’s wounds. The sensation was countless times more agonizing than being caned. The pain made Sheng Mingbo roll on the ground.

By now, Sheng Mingbo’s body was covered in horrifying red welts from the whip, with even a few marks on his face.

But Huang Yaning had no intention of letting him off. She picked up the whip again and lashed at Sheng Mingbo.

The sharp sound of the whip cutting through the air, the thud as it struck Sheng Mingbo’s body—these sounds seemed to explode in the hearts of the servants.

All the servants in the Haitang Courtyard knelt down. Some begged the Seventh Young Lady to stop beating him, others pleaded with the Fifth Young Master to just promise not to be close to the Sixth Young Lady in the future…

But Huang Yaning did not cease her actions.

Last time in the ancestral hall, the beating was more about humiliation for Sheng Mingbo. But here and now, he suddenly felt his life was truly in danger…

Yet, Sheng Mingbo still gritted his teeth and held on, not begging for mercy. He was sure someone would come to rescue him.

Once saved, from this day on, he and this wild girl would be mortal enemies!

Servants passing by outside had long heard the commotion inside and were scared stiff. One immediately reported it up the chain.

A junior steward, upon receiving the news, went to the Peony Courtyard.

Unexpectedly, the Madame had gone out in the afternoon, and only Qingzhu, who had recently taken charge there, was present.

Qingzhu stated she didn’t know how to handle it and told the junior steward to report it to the Master.

Having no other choice, the junior steward went to the Master’s quarters. Dongsheng, upon hearing the news, didn’t dare inform the Master, afraid he might get so angry he’d pass out…

He could only brace himself and hurry towards the Haitang Courtyard, deciding to first see just how ferocious the Seventh Young Lady was being.

If it wasn’t too bad, he would step in and try to mediate.

If she had truly “lost it,” then he would have to report to the Master.

But as soon as he reached the entrance of the Haitang Courtyard, he heard the heart-wrenching, desperate cries of Liuxing and Ganyue from inside.

“Someone, come quickly—! The Seventh Young Lady is beating the Fifth Young Master to death—!”