Chapter 12 (2/2)
“Oh? You think this one tastes good? Why don’t you sample it for me then?”
Lifeng Nian Jiade’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. Her, sample the dish?! Her face instantly paled, which naturally didn’t escape Yu Linglong’s eye. The faint smile on Yu Linglong’s face disappeared, and her voice took on a harsh tone, “You dare disobey?”
Immediately, Lifeng Nian Jiade forced herself to calm down, as to not expose anything. She lowered her eyes and tried to conceal the panic on her face, then murmured, “This was ordered specially by the Madam for you, Fourth Miss. This servant does not dare try it.”
Yu Linglong snorted. Right, the dish was “specially” ordered by Madam Mu. Her intentions were clear as day.
“What if I said… you have to eat it?” Yu Linglong’s cold voice resounded in the s.p.a.cious room, causing the temperature to feel as though it had dropped several degrees. At
degrees. At that point, Lifeng Nian Jiade couldn’t help but feel her knees go weak, and she nearly fell to the ground.
The Fourth Miss must’ve caught on to something! Otherwise, why would she be trying again and again to force her? The thought made her shudder.
“Why aren’t you eating? Are you afraid there’s poison in it?” Sarcasm dripped from Yu Linglong’s voice, and her frosty gaze resembled the edge of a sharp dagger.
“This servant…” Uncontrollably trembling now, Lifeng Nian Jiade was unable to say any more. She felt as though all of her schemes had been seen through already, and before she could sputter out an excuse, a heavy slap landed on her face, right on her bandaged wound!
Since the wound hadn’t closed up yet, the impact of the blow caused it to suddenly split open. In an instant, blood soaked the white bandages and dripped down her neck while she cried out in pain. Her body fell to the floor.
“Letting you sample it was to show that I held high regards for you! Shameless!” Yu Linglong swiftly stood up. “Xuan Cao, bring over the dis.h.!.+”
On the side, Xuan Cao was so frightened that she began to tremble. Hurriedly, she lifted the dish off the table and placed it in Yu Linglong’s hand.
“No, I don’t want to eat—” Lifeng Nian Jiade ignored the pain on her face and desperately tried to twist her head away, wanting to avoid Yu Linglong’s hands. Unfortunately, before she could finish yelling, Yu Linglong had already latched onto her neck.
“Whether you eat or not is beyond your control!” Lifting the dish, Yu Linglong tilted the plate and stuffed the food into Lifeng Nian Jiade’s mouth. The pressure on Lifeng Nian Jiade’s neck was making her breathless soher breathless so she had no choice but to open her mouth to gasp for air, completely defenseless to the flood of food entering her mouth.
Knowing she had personally added strong poison into the food, Lifeng Nian Jiade’s face turned ashen. The poison would effortlessly kill her!
“Fourth Miss… mercy…” Since she couldn’t break free from Yu Linglong’s grip, Lifeng Nian Jiade tried to turn her head away and spit out the food instead. Then, she continued to beg, “This servant… admits her wrongs… please…”
Yu Linglong really did stop… not because she was soft-hearted, but rather because the majority of the food she had forced into Lifeng Nian Jiade’s mouth had been spit down. This method wasn’t very effective.
Changing tactics, she grabbed the bowl of sweet soup from the table with one hand, tightly pinched Lifeng Nian Jiade’s nose with the other, and poured the soup down her throat.
Let’s see if you can still spit it out now!
Only after seeing every drop of the soup disappear into Lifeng Nian Jiade’s mouth did Yu Linglong loosen her grip. Immediately, Lifeng Nian Jiade collapsed to the ground. The blood on her face mingled with the grease from the food, giving her an extremely disheveled look.
“Someone save me… Someone save me…” She was completely exhausted but still found the strength to call out. The poison she’d added herself were now all in her stomach; no matter how fearless she was, she didn’t dare cower when her own life was on the line.
Meanwhile, Yu Linglong was leisurely wiping the excess soup from her hands. Turning her head, she glanced at Lifeng Nian Jiade, who was tossing around on the floor, gripping her stomach, and crying out. Yu Linglong asked coolly, “How was it? Good?”
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