jdhmnovel Chapter 164 Holy Father, Prepare to Die (13)
Chapter 164 Holy Father, Prepare to Die (13)
Looking at their shameless faces, Xia Ming smiled.
Do they really think they can just deny it to the death? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
"Have you all forgotten? I am the daughter of one of the few scholars in this surrounding village. Not to mention being literate, I am also adept at abacus calculation and bookkeeping!"
"So aunties, don't worry. I've had the habit of keeping accounts since I was little! I've secretly written down everything Li Shi gave you! Please rest assured, aunties, I will never take a single penny more than what you need!"
Hearing Xia Mingwei's words, the surrounding crowd could only exchange bewildered glances. So much time had passed that they had completely forgotten Xia Mingwei was the daughter of a scholar! They had only thought about how Li Shi was in charge and how to extract benefits from him; who would have thought she had kept such a record?
"You say you keep accounts, but who knows if it's fake? We can't read, so how do we know if you've made up a false account book to fool us?"
An older woman in the crowd spoke up again.
"So, the aunties are absolutely unwilling to return these things?"
Xia Mingwei's face turned completely cold. If looks could kill, everyone present would probably be torn to pieces!
Perhaps it was Xia Mingwei's sharp gaze that made the aunties present uneasy. What did she mean by that? It seemed like there was a hidden meaning in her words!
But considering the interests he held, he really didn't want to give them up, so he had to reaffirm his stance once again.
There's no way you can get the benefits back from them!
They originally thought that Xia Mingwei would back down after knowing their firm stance! But to their surprise, Xia Mingwei's expression did not change at all, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
Just as they were wondering what the reason was, Xia Mingwei pulled out a knife from behind her back as if by magic.
Bathed in sunlight streaming through the window, the knife gleamed, its sharpness immediately apparent.
For a moment, the crowd fell silent. In the small room, the only sound seemed to be the rapid beating of everyone's hearts. No one had expected that she would actually pull out a knife! Was she planning to attack someone at the slightest provocation?
Thinking of this, everyone swallowed hard, hoping that their presence could be as inconspicuous as possible!
But the thought that there were many of them on their side, while there was only one person on the other side, emboldened them.
One of the aunties mustered her courage and said, "Stone's family, what are you trying to do?"
Seeing her frightened yet stubborn expression, Xia Mingwei found it extremely amusing. "I'm not doing anything! I just wanted to have a proper discussion with my aunties! But it seems like I can't reason with them, so I had to resort to some special methods!"
She twirled the knife in her hand and continued with a smile, "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by you aunties anymore. With my family in this state, I can't possibly support them all by myself! If you aunties insist on this, you're not leaving me any way to live! If I can't survive, I'll take you aunties with me to keep me company before I go! Otherwise, it'll be so lonely down there! I remember all the kindness you aunties showed me!"
Xia Mingwei said these words with a smile, but it sent a chill down one's spine.
"You're a madman, you're a madman!"
One of the aunties shouted it out.
"We disagree with what you're saying! Get out of the way and let us go home! We adults are magnanimous and won't hold what you just did against you!"
"So, after doing all this today, the aunties still thought I was joking with them!"
Xia Mingwei looked at everyone's faces and said with a playful expression.
"If you're not crazy, how could you do something so outrageous! If you ask me, she's all alone, while there are many of us, so let's not get entangled with her here! Let's go out together, and I doubt she'll dare to do anything!"
This opinion was immediately echoed by the majority of people.
Watching them run out the door like they didn't care about their lives, Xia Mingwei thought to herself, "It seems I have to teach them a lesson!"
Without hesitation, Xia Mingwei threw the knife in her hand at the troublemaking aunt.
With a sharp clang, the knife pierced the wooden board. A moment of silence fell, but a scream shattered the stillness.
Everyone's hearts were pounding, and after a brief moment of blankness, their minds became increasingly active.
"We thought the Stone family was just trying to scare us, but it turns out they were serious!"
"We've only ever heard that she's the daughter of a scholar. When did the daughter of a scholar start practicing martial arts? Isn't it said that when a scholar encounters a soldier, reason is useless?"
"Judging from her condition today, she'll have to pay a fine before she can leave! But I really don't want to pay this money back!"
"Judging by how skilled she is, I'm not going to die here today! I haven't even seen my son get married yet, and I haven't even held my grandson in my arms. I don't want to die!"
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That's what they thought, but no one dared to make a move. They were afraid that if they accidentally angered Xia Mingwei, they would be the next ones to be targeted.
Seeing that everyone had stopped, Xia Mingwei was quite satisfied with the scene and walked towards the knife stuck in the wooden board.
It turned out that the knife was not only stuck in the wooden board, but also in the hair of the person who had been shouting the loudest.
She, who was shouting and yelling, suddenly seemed to have her throat grabbed and couldn't say a word.
She glanced sideways at the knife near her earlobe. The sound of the blade grazing her ear seemed to linger, and her eyes rolled back. She could barely stand, and it looked like she was about to faint.
Her legs trembled, and she couldn't stop feeling lingering fear. "Living in the countryside, people usually talk like this, just arguing! If things go a little too far, they might just pull each other's hair and that's it! But she took it so seriously, threatening to kill someone over a single word!"
As Xia Mingwei's footsteps drew closer, she couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "What... what exactly do you want to do?"
She tried her best to overcome her fear and forced herself to say those words. But upon closer listening, one could hear the obvious weakness in her voice, which was also trembling.
Clearly, Xia Mingwei's actions just now left a considerable psychological scar on this aunt.
Xia Mingwei didn't speak, but continued walking, gradually approaching.