Chapter 456: Giving her a thorough lesson (1/2)

Chapter 456: Giving her a thorough lesson

Long Feiye simply let go of the lifeline in his hands!

Su Xiaoyu went hurtling towards the ground with a shriek, “AhhhHHHhhh!”

The rope in Long Feiye’s hands went by at flying speeds, quickly approaching the end. Once there was no more rope left, Su Xiaoyu would crash to the ground as well.

“AHhhhhh…ahhHHHHHh…..”

She saw the earth come up to meet her and squeezed her eyes shut as she screamed. It was an instinctive reaction to a sudden impending death. But abruptly, all went still.

Su Xiaoyu’s eyes flew open, her head spinning from the sudden drop. Her ears were roaring too, and she quickly realized that her head was less than a inch from the ground. In other words, she’d missed death by a hair. The realization made Su Xiaoyu suck in a cold breath. So close, so close! If Long Feiye had been any slower with that rope, my brains would be all over the ground by now.

So close! She had already figured out a way to deal with Han Yunxi, so how could she die just like that? And in such a horrifying way? It really was scary!

That hateful Long Feiye, why did he have to come back so soon? Su Xiaoyu was flustered, but she quickly adjusted her emotions. Even though Long Feiye was back, she wasn’t afraid. She had her own counter to deal with them both. She refused to make a peep until Long Feiye pulled her back up. From this angle, all she could see were Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s shoes. How am I supposed to talk to them like this?

But Long Feiye didn’t bring her back up. Instead, he handed the rope over to a guard before approaching her together with Han Yunxi. Su Xiaoyu realized that things weren’t going as planned and raged shrilly, “If you want to talk with me, then get me off that rope!”

Trussed up and hung upside down, Su Xiaoyu could only see Long Feiye’s feet. If she’d been able to see his face, she would’ve given up on arguing in the first place. Long Feiye’s current expression was that of inviolate, millennial ice. Even Han Yunxi didn’t dare to let her down, much less anyone else. He walked very close to Su Xiaoyu. The girl was so short that she didn’t even come up to his waist. She tried her best to look up, but still couldn’t see his face. He was like a mountain to her.

Still, Su Xiaoyu stubbornly suppressed the fear in her heart and ignored him. She said in a cold tone to Han Yunxi, “Qin Wangfei, you didn’t kill me because you want to pry information from my lips. I’ve thought it through as well—we can have a proper discussion as soon as you let me go.”

Han Yunxi was about to reply when Long Feiye gave a cold harumph. “You won’t have a chance for any discussions with esteemed wangfei.”

At his words, Han Yunxi knew she didn’t have to say a thing.

“I wasn’t talking to you,” Su Xiaoyu retorted.

Long Feiye simply had the rope pulled up until Su Xiaoyu was suspended in the air again. She hung about a man’s length from the ground and assumed that Long Feiye would start questioning her, but he simply commanded, “Someone come, set a pot beneath her and boil some water. Your lordship wants her to taste the feeling of being scalded!”

Set up a pot? Boil water?

Han Yunxi’s heart lurched. She had been thinking non-stop of ways to poison Su Xiaoyu over the past few days with all sorts of vicious but non-fatal toxins. But none of that was as cruel as Long Feiye’s idea!

Although it’s brutal, I have to admit it really helps me blow off steam!

This dratted little girl was so young, yet so venomous, first injuring Baili Mingxiang and then herself. She should have a taste of being scalded in turn!

Su Xiaoyu stared at Long Feiye in disbelief as cold sweat broke out all over her body. She was already timid from seeing Wang Laifu’s punishment, so she’d been imagining all sorts of trials for herself over the past few days. She wasn’t afraid of death itself, but she did dread dying in horrific ways. Of course, even then she refused to betray the master who had forsaken her. Her so-called willingness to speak was only to threaten Han Yunxi.

Soon enough, young pageboys set up a large pot beneath Su Xiaoyu and filled it up with water before lighting a fire at its base. Su Xiaoyu knew that it was no use talking with Han Yunxi now, so she simply lost her temper at Long Feiye. “Don’t think of finding out anything without me here! If you want to know who sent me and why, you better let me go right now!”

There was no way Su Xiaoyu could threaten Long Feiye. He ignored her completely to stare at the fire, his eyes burning with a violent rage of their own.

Su Xiaoyu grew desperate. “Duke of Qin, if you harm a single hair on my head, I won’t tell you a single word! I swear it!”

Long Feiye gave a cold laugh. If she really wanted to speak, she would’ve relented long ago. Or at least given us bits of information to pique our interest. But all her claims now were just empty words! If they let her down now, she’d only pressure them more instead of saying a thing.

So, she’s the type who doesn’t cry unless they see their own coffin. I’d like to see how long she lasts.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, causing the water to churn and bubble. Soon enough, it began to boil in earnest as hot steam rose into the air. Su Xiaoyu’s head was quickly enveloped by the steam. She felt her skin getting hotter and hotter as sweat ran down her face. Right now, it was still early morning. When it got later in the day, one could well imagine the added effects of a hot sun under these circumstances.

Su Xiaoyu was still a child in the end, and felt terrible enough to cry. But she still refused to yield a single bit of useful information. Instead, she shouted, “Duke of Qin, if you don’t let me down this instant, I really won’t say a thing!”

“Han Yunxi, don’t you think it’s strange? Haven’t you ever wondered why I tried to get so close to you?”