jdhmnovel Chapter 107 'How About Being My Puppet?'
Chapter 107 'How About Being My Puppet?'
Meng Linlang was so frightened that her eyes filled with tears, and she struggled desperately but to no avail.
She was dragged to a place that looked like the entrance to a cellar. Before she could see clearly, she was shoved hard and fell heavily into the dark hole.
It wasn't very deep, but Meng Linlang was still thrown around and felt completely disoriented, unable to help but cry out in pain.
The cave was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. She looked up and saw a figure standing there, staring straight at her.
She was so frightened that she shuddered and instinctively tried to back away.
The next moment, the person jumped down and landed right in front of her.
Overwhelmed with fear, Meng Linlang backed away while sobbing softly with her eyes closed.
Immediately afterwards, her mouth and eyes were sealed with something that smelled of grass and was somewhat cool.
The person standing in front of her spoke up: "Meng Linlang, did you lose your mind while dreaming? You keep picking on me, have I given you the wrong impression that I'm easy to mess with?"
Meng Fuqing.
Tears streamed down Meng Linlang's face. She couldn't speak and could only shake her head repeatedly.
She wouldn't dare do it again, she would never do it again.
Those dreams, which she once thought were beautiful dreams, have now become nightmares.
Since that's the case, whoever wants it can have it; she's willing to give it up, as long as she and her family can live in peace.
Meng Fuqing saw it but pretended not to.
She pulled out the vine again from her fingertips, and the vine pierced into Meng Linlang's left fingertip, penetrating her flesh and blood, and went up her arm. When it reached the back of her neck, it wrapped around Meng Linlang's other arm and came out from her right fingertip.
Like manipulating a puppet, she flicked her fingertips, and Meng Linlang's two arms swayed with her movements.
Meng Linlang's eyes, hidden by the vines, widened in disbelief. She could clearly feel her arms swinging uncontrollably.
The inability to control one's own body is an extremely terrifying feeling.
The fear in his heart reached its peak, and Meng Fuqing's voice, like a devil's whisper, rang out again, "Since you don't listen to me, I'll make you listen to me only from now on. What do you think?"
Meng Linlang instinctively tried to shake her head, but found that her neck was so stiff that it was cracking.
At this moment, her mouth was released.
Her voice was hoarse as she said, "I was wrong, Meng Fuqing, I was wrong..."
Realizing she could control her arms, she immediately clasped her hands together and pleaded, sobbing, "...No, cousin, cousin, it was all my fault before. I... I shouldn't have confused the things in my dream with reality. I shouldn't have believed everything in the dream. I shouldn't have taken revenge in the dream, yet still targeted you..."
Meng Linlang mumbled her repentance for a long time, but Meng Fuqing didn't speak again.
The cellar gradually quieted down, with only the whistling wind above being able to be heard.
"So you're not that stupid after all, you can understand. Was it something you did on purpose before?" Meng Fuqing asked in a cool tone.
Meng Linlang stood there, completely stunned.
Repentance became a proverb, and past actions could no longer stand.
She suddenly sobbed, "I was wrong, cousin...it's all my fault..."
Seeing that she kept repeating the same few sentences, Meng Fuqing was too lazy to listen anymore. "It seems that the poison that Young Master Xie gave me is really good. Even a stupid person can become smart after using it."
She shamelessly dragged Xie Jin into the fray again, since she couldn't possibly be in contact with something like Gu poison, and the only explanation for her actions was this.
"What burrowed into your body from your fingertips was the offspring Gu, while what I hold in my hand is the mother Gu. I can use the mother Gu to manipulate the offspring Gu and thus manipulate you at any time. You can experience what I just felt whenever I want."
Not only that, I can take your life at any time. You'd better pray you're still of some use, otherwise, when you're no longer useful, I'll turn you into a puppet... You know shadow puppetry? Something like a shadow puppet, so you can stay by my side every day. What do you say?
As she finished speaking, a hint of a smile crept into her voice.
To Meng Linlang, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, a chilling cold that seeped into her very bones.
In a state of extreme panic, she could only grasp at her only bargaining chip, "I...I know, cousin, I...I'm useful, some things in the dream are useful."
However, there were some people I had never met before; their faces were unclear in my dreams. If I remember anyone I meet in the future, I will tell you. I'm telling the truth, believe me… If I'm lying, may I die a horrible death. I really am useful…”
She lowered her head, her voice growing softer and softer with anxiety.
Once again, she waited a long time for Meng Fuqing's reply. Her blindfold had been removed at some point, and Meng Linlang slowly raised her face, which was covered in tears.
After opening my eyes and adjusting for a while, there was no one in front of me.
If she weren't in the cellar, she would have thought everything that had just happened was a nightmare.
The pain in her fingertips told her that it was all real.
Meng Linlang collapsed onto the cold ground and burst into tears.
After leaving the cellar, Meng Fuqing did not pull the vines out of Meng Linlang's body. Instead, he injected a small amount of supernatural power into the vines. The next time, it would not be a simple manipulation, but a direct killing of the opponent.
She was strolling around, heading back to sleep, when she noticed a figure on the roof of her house.
There was no moon tonight, but Meng Fuqing could see a layer of cold light covering the other person's face—it was a mask.
Before resting, she found Ling Jiu and asked if Xie Jin's face was indeed injured, but not seriously. Why did he have to wear a mask in the middle of the night?
After a busy day, even Meng Fuqing was a little exhausted. She raised her hand to greet the people on the roof and then stepped into the house.
Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps, the person on the rooftop leaped to the ground, grabbed her, and flew back onto the roof.
"I want to sleep." Meng Fuqing looked at Xie Jin, whose only visible features were his eyes and chin, his voice devoid of any emotion.
Xie Jin handed the white jade pot to Meng Fuqing, saying, "It helps you sleep. The battle at the front is at a stalemate, so you can have a good rest tomorrow."
Meng Fuqing looked at the white jade pot in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then accepted it.
She took a small sip, and it wasn't the wine she expected. Instead, it tasted like Chinese medicine. It wasn't very pleasant, but it wasn't unpleasant either.
“I will have Ling Jiu keep an eye on her at all times, so you don’t need to do it yourself so late at night.”
"I borrowed you to scare her, and it seems to be working well so far. You'll see tomorrow."
Xie Jin suddenly turned his gaze to her, "Meng Fuqing, I'm disfigured, do you still want to see my face?"
Meng Fuqing paused in her action of pouring Chinese medicine into the white jade pot, turned to look at Xie Jin, and asked with a frown, "When did I ever want to see your face?"
"You stared at my face blankly once before, didn't you want to see it?"
...How could you remember it so clearly? Meng Fuqing tried to think, but realized that she couldn't remember anymore.
"They're probably praising your disguise skills, saying they're long-lasting and convenient."
I just don't know if I need to wash my face every day.
Xie Jin paused for a moment, then looked straight ahead. "I can teach you later."
Meng Fuqing easily removed the other person's mask with a wave of her hand. In the dim light of the day, Xie Jin had a deep scar on his right cheek.
She said regretfully, "She is indeed very beautiful, but this scar... ruins her beauty a bit."