Chapter 220: Aren’t You Dead Too?

The first person Qin Hongmian thought of was Li Qingluo; she had indeed sent Mu Wanqing to assassinate Li Qingluo, as well as Dao Baifeng and Ruan Xingzhu.

However, Dao Baifeng was already dead now, and she had seen Ruan Xingzhu heading toward Dali with her own eyes, so she couldn’t be here. Thus, only Li Qingluo remained.

Given Li Qingluo’s wealth, only she could have managed to create such a luxurious palace.

If it really was Li Qingluo, she had nothing to fear!

Qin Hongmian composed herself before walking downstairs; she couldn’t let Li Qingluo look down on her no matter what.

“Back then, she also sent her daughter to assassinate me.”

Another voice drifted over at this moment.

Hearing this, Qin Hongmian couldn’t help but pause her step.

Why was there another one?

If the one just now was Li Qingluo, who was this person?

“Tsk, that woman has something wrong with her head. It was Duan Zhengchun who abandoned her, not us, yet she actually raised her own daughter to be an assassin specifically to assassinate Duan Zhengchun’s former… to assassinate us!” Li Qingluo grew angry just thinking about her.

She had originally wanted to say ‘assassinate Duan Zhengchun’s former women,’ but now she even loathed her former self, so how could she say those words again? She caught herself just in time.

“Alright, Qingluo, the person is already here. Let past grudges go. Otherwise, when that Bratty younger brother returns tonight, no one will be able to save you.” Ning Zhongze knew more or less about the history between Li Qingluo, Dao Baifeng, and the others.

But they were all people who had cut ties with the past now, so why bother holding a grudge?

“Yes, I’ll listen to Sister Ning and won’t hold it against her.” Li Qingluo responded obediently to Ning Zhongze. At home, one had to listen to Ning Zhongze’s words. Even Yu Xian listened to her; the authority of the First Wife was not to be challenged.

“I stopped holding it against her long ago,” Dao Baifeng also quickly voiced her stance.

“Heh, aren’t you just so magnanimous,” Li Qingluo remarked sarcastically.

Dao Baifeng didn’t argue back. After spending so much time together, she had long since realized that Li Qingluo was actually someone with a sharp tongue but a soft heart; she just liked to needle her occasionally and posed no real threat.

“I’ve won.”

“Sister Dao’s luck is quite good today,” Ning Zhongze said with a smile. Since Dao Baifeng won on Li Qingluo’s discard, she didn’t have to pay.

“Exactly, she’s won several rounds today,” Huang Rong added.

“She’s targeting me! She’s winning every hand on my discards!” Li Qingluo gritted her teeth but still obediently paid up.

Seeing this, Ning Zhongze, Huang Rong, and Dao Baifeng all chuckled inwardly.

Meanwhile, Qin Hongmian, coming down from upstairs, was still guessing who the other woman was.

Upon seeing them, Qin Hongmian couldn’t help but be secretly shocked! Four extremely beautiful women were sitting together playing Mahjong, with two maidservants nearby each holding a child.

She shouldn’t have known those four, yet she felt two of them looked very familiar.

Looking closely, she cried out in surprise, “Dao Baifeng? Li Qingluo?”

It really was Li Qingluo, but she hadn’t expected the other one to be Dao Baifeng.

Wasn’t Dao Baifeng already dead? Duan Zhengchun had been utterly heartbroken, ignoring all his other women, which was why Ruan Xingzhu had run off to Dali on her own.

She had gone too but found it pointless. Then Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling wanted to go to Manduo Manor. Since that was Li Qingluo’s place, she worried and followed them all the way. Then came the events of yesterday.

Uh, getting sidetracked. Why were Dao Baifeng and Li Qingluo here?

Furthermore, their appearances looked so young and their skin so good. They were supposed to be around the same age as her, but now she looked much older than them! What was going on?

“Aren’t you dead?” Qin Hongmian stared in terror at Dao Baifeng, whose temperament was even more composed and noble than before, unable to believe her eyes.

“Yes, I died long ago. Aren’t you dead too?” Although Dao Baifeng answered Qin Hongmian, her hands didn’t stop moving.

A new round had started; hmm, this hand was quite good as well.

“What? I… I’m dead too? Then, you… you’re all dead?” Qin Hongmian couldn’t believe her ears. How could she be dead just because Dao Baifeng was?

Looking at Dao Baifeng and Li Qingluo’s current appearances, perhaps they truly had changed only after arriving in another world after death.

She was dead.

“You look like you don’t believe it. Go outside and see for yourself; is this still your original world?” Dao Baifeng’s lips curled slightly. Although she said she wouldn’t hold it against Qin Hongmian, some things were done, and they couldn’t be undone.

“Exactly, death is death, what’s there to be terrified of?” Li Qingluo understood Dao Baifeng’s intent; on certain matters, they stood on the same front.

Ning Zhongze and Huang Rong remained silent, leaving the floor to Li Qingluo and Dao Baifeng.

They could see that these two women still held a bit of resentment. However, they also knew that Li Qingluo and Dao Baifeng wouldn’t actually do anything to her.

After all, everyone knew that Qin Hongmian was now Yu Xian’s woman, so they would all exercise restraint.

Thus, Ning Zhongze and Huang Rong indulged Li Qingluo and Dao Baifeng, watching the drama unfold from the side.

Hearing this and seeing the changes in Dao Baifeng and Li Qingluo, coupled with their nonchalant attitudes, and the fact that this place truly didn’t seem like somewhere on earth, she believed in her heart that she was dead.

Yes, she had already been through the ‘dying and coming back to life’ experience yesterday, so it was only normal to be completely dead now.

She had originally still harbored some affection for Duan Zhengchun, but after last night, it was better to be dead.

Heh… dead, huh? It didn’t seem like a loss. To have a fierce battle with a young lad like Yu Xian before dying, she had made a profit.

To die under a peony flower is to be a romantic ghost.

Only, dying like this, what would happen to Wan’er in the future?

Seeing Qin Hongmian’s soul-shaken appearance, Dao Baifeng and Li Qingluo knew they had successfully fooled her into believing their story.

The two of them glanced at each other, both seeing a sense of satisfaction in the other’s eyes.

“Well? How does it feel to know you’re dead?” Li Qingluo asked Qin Hongmian with interest.

How did it feel? No feeling! No, she felt like her body had been crushed. She thought it was caused by Yu Xian, but it turned out to be the feeling of being dead. It must be the feeling of death.

“Since we can still meet even after death, then settle your grievances and take your revenge.” Qin Hongmian now had the attitude of a dead pig not fearing boiling water; since she was already dead, nothing mattered anymore.

Meeting Dao Baifeng and Li Qingluo even after death was perhaps her retribution.

Therefore, she no longer minded them coming to collect her debts. It was all what she owed, and paying it back after death would be an end to the feud.

“You said it yourself!” A wicked grin appeared on Li Qingluo’s face.