The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot

Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Threat

“I’ve said it from the beginning, the only one who can save her is herself,” Zhong Niangyao looked towards Meng Rou and spoke indifferently, “Children are naturally born loving their mother, and the infant ghost is no exception. Its persistence is certainly due to an inability to be reincarnated. But there is also the resentment it feels because its mother abandoned it.”

“I’m wrong, I truly am. I shouldn’t have abandoned him,” Meng Rou hurriedly said, “I truly regret it. I will find a master to perform the rites for him, and I will also light a long-burning lamp for him. For the rest of my life, I will be a vegetarian and pray for him.”

“How to earn his forgiveness is not for me to say, nor for you,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head, “As the victim, it should be for him to decide.”

During this conversation, Zhong Niangyao’s gaze never left Meng Rou’s belly.

The others also turned their attention towards Meng Rou’s belly. However, they were all unclear as to what Zhong Niangyao meant.

At that moment, the familiar pain struck again, and Meng Rou began to scream in agony, clutching her belly.

Zhong Niangyao stood up, walked to the bedside, and then placed her hand over Meng Rou’s belly. A golden light emanated from her hand, making it almost impossible for everyone to keep their eyes open.

Meanwhile, Meng Rou’s screams became increasingly piercing, chilling the listeners to the bone.

Madam Meng was the first to try to step forward to stop it, but found herself as if restrained by some invisible force, completely unable to move.

It wasn’t just Madam Meng; the others felt the same way. A wave of terror swept through their hearts at this inexplicable force.

Zhong Niangyao’s attention was all on Meng Rou, and she kept chanting a spell under her breath.

Under everyone’s gaze, a mass of gold light wrapped around a stream of dark qi, which was directly extracted from the area above Meng Rou’s belly.

When the golden light dissipated, they could finally see clearly. Within that stream of dark qi was a pitch-black infant. But unlike a normal infant, this one had a set of sharp fangs and a particularly fearsome expression on its face.

It seemed extremely agitated, struggling hard as if trying to break free from the golden light’s binding. But upon realizing that all efforts were futile, it started emitting a shrill noise that echoed around the room, almost as if to burst everyone’s eardrums.@@novelbin@@

Everyone in the room couldn’t help but cover their ears. It was only then that they realized they could move again.

However, their attention was no longer on that.

As soon as the infant ghost appeared, the entire room instantly turned sinister and terrifying, the sunlight that filtered in lost its liveliness and seemed to carry a hint of deathly stillness. Especially upon seeing the infant ghost’s horrifying appearance, everyone involuntarily shuddered.

Meng Rou had already stopped screaming in pain. Ever since the infant ghost had left her belly, she’d felt no more pain. Yet she didn’t feel any relief because she had a feeling that things were not yet resolved.

And indeed, that was the case. Although the infant ghost was temporarily away from her belly, its terrifying appearance made it clear that the matter would not be so easily settled.

“Enough noise.”

Zhong Niangyao found a seat and sat down. After giving the infant ghost a casual glance, she said with an emotionless tone, “If you keep up this noise, I will scatter your soul to the winds right now.”

The few calm words simply stated a fact, without any hint of a threat.

Yet, the infant ghost’s cries stopped abruptly. It even sneaked a timid glance at Zhong Niangyao and, if one looked closely, one could see a hint of grievance in its eyes.

The infant ghost was supposed to be reborn and had thus forgotten its past life’s experiences. Of course, this didn’t diminish the resentment in its heart, after having lived as an animal for ten lifetimes.

So now, the infant ghost had the mental capacity of only a few years old at most. However, this didn’t interfere with its instincts; it could sense that Zhong Niangyao was not someone to be trifled with, so it dared not oppose her.

After seeing the infant ghost, Meng Rou had been lying motionless on the bed. If it weren’t for the rise and fall of her chest, she would have looked almost like a corpse.

Zhong Niangyao turned her head, gazed at Meng Rou, and without hesitation, a gust of wind whipped towards Meng Rou, causing her to roll over and nearly fall off the bed.

Meng Rou managed to steady herself, and before she could get angry, she caught sight of Zhong Niangyao’s tranquil, undisturbed eyes and felt a surge of panic.

Zhong Niangyao continued staring quietly at Meng Rou. “This trouble was caused by you. Are you still trying to play dead now? Let me tell you, if you can’t resolve this grudge between you and him today, you’ll have to face the consequences yourself.”

Mr. Meng stepped forward and slapped Meng Rou, who was still sitting on the bed, without any hint of hesitation. The slap was so forceful that it left a bright red mark on Meng Rou’s face.

Meng Rou, already weak, hadn’t anticipated her father would suddenly strike her, and she was hit squarely, even causing her mouth to bleed.

She covered the half of her face that had been struck, shock filling her eyes, looking at Mr. Meng with utter disbelief. She could never have imagined that her father, who had always doted on her, would hit her at such a time.

“What are you doing?” Madam Meng approached, looking at Meng Rou with concern. “Xiao Rou, are you alright?”

Mr. Meng spoke sternly, “You’re still defending her. Do you really want to see her dead?”

His words left Madam Meng unable to retort.

Meng Rou wasn’t a fool; she knew that if things continued this way, she might indeed be on a path to death.

So, she looked at Zhong Niangyao, trying to appear sincere, “Lady Zhong, I was wrong to speak to you rudely just now. Please, save me, tell me what I must do.”

Watching Meng Rou’s submissive demeanor, Zhong Niangyao’s face showed not a flicker of movement. However, she still raised her hand, pointing towards the struggling infant ghost, “I said it at the beginning, you wronged him. If you can obtain his forgiveness, then you will be spared. Otherwise, if he truly wishes for you to die, then I won’t be able to save you today.”