"Looks like that cousin of yours has wanted to be a little emperor since he was a kid." Xie Ning smiled, retracting her long blade.

The instant Xiao Huang Mao breathed a sigh of relief, a sharp metal spike shot out from between her fingers again, piercing his thumb.

"AHHHH!" Xiao Huang Mao felt like he was going to be driven insane by the young woman in front of him!

He felt that his cousin, with his superpower of immense strength, would be a total pushover in front of this girl.

This girl’s spikes were far too aggressive. They appeared out of nowhere, making them impossible to guard against.

"Listen up. Go back and tell that cousin of yours that we’re not handing over a single grain of rice." Xie Ning patted Xiao Huang Mao’s swollen cheek with her long blade, a faint smile on her face.

"Also, tell him he has one hour to bring a carload of supplies here to pick up his men."

"For every hour he’s late, I’ll send him a finger as a little welcoming gift. I’ll keep doing it until he shows up." Xie Ning kicked one of the sobbing young men hard and said slowly in a soft voice, "Shut up. What’s a grown man like you crying for?"

’Weren’t you acting all high and mighty in front of my parents just a moment ago?’

’You’re all just bullies who pick on the weak. The second you meet someone who fights back, you fall apart.’

"Huang! Huang, save us! Huang! Huang!"

Xiao Huang Mao scrambled to his feet, nodding vigorously. "I will, I will! I’ll be sure to get your message to him."

"I just implanted metal fragments in your finger." Xie Ning glanced coldly at Xiao Huang Mao. "If I don’t take them out, you’ll never be able to get them out yourself. The metal fragments will travel through your bloodstream, all the way to your head."

Xie Ning tapped her own head and made an explosive gesture with her fingers. "BOOM!"

Hearing this, Xiao Huang Mao was so scared he dropped to the ground, practically kowtowing as he begged, "Miss, please, spare me, miss!"

"So what are you going to do?"

"I... I’ll definitely have my co-cousin bring the supplies over. I’ll never dare to bother you or your family again."

Xie Ning nodded slightly. "I do love discussing things with reasonable, obedient people. It’s so much more pleasant."

"So, uh, can I go now?"

"Go on." Xie Ning glanced at him. "Remember, you only have one hour."

Xiao Huang Mao swallowed hard. Fighting the urge to bolt for the door, he couldn’t stop himself from asking in a small voice, "M-may I ask... is your superpower a ’Mutant Hedgehog’ superpower?"

Song You’ai stared at her daughter, completely baffled.

’What in the world is a hedgehog superpower?’

’I thought my daughter said she awakened a small Space?’

Xie Ning glanced at Xiao Huang Mao, her expression blank. "You really want to know?"

Her chilling gaze was enough to scare him to tears on the spot. He frantically shook his head and sputtered, "No, I don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna know! I don’t know anything! I-I’m going, I’m going right now!"

’I could just slap myself!’

’Why did I have to run my mouth?’

’TV shows are always saying it: the more you know, the faster you die.’

’Look at the expression on that pretty little villain—she obviously wants to kill me to keep her secret!’

Xiao Huang Mao stumbled as he turned, then staggered out of the iron gate and fled for his life.

For a law-abiding citizen like him, raised in an era of peace, the sight of a vicious villain was enough to make his legs tremble uncontrollably.

’I can’t handle it, I can’t handle it. I’m completely powerless against her.’

"C-Cousin... you gotta save your brother..."

Watching Xiao Huang Mao flee in a panic, Song You’ai felt a little unsettled.

’What was that all about? My daughter is so cute and pretty. Is she really that scary?’