She Holds the World After Being Reborn-Chapter 356 - 355: If you don’t let go, I’ll hit you too

She spoke slowly, constantly observing the expressions of those around her, and Yan Wanqing found their righteous indignation quite amusing.

"Everyone heard it, right? She admitted everything herself, our Marquis Residence has not slandered her!" Huai Xinmei said loudly to the people around her, seizing the opportunity.

She never expected that Yan Wanqing would be so audacious as to admit to her crimes in front of everyone.

It saved her the trouble of having to coax a confession out of her.

"Since you’ve admitted it, there’s nothing more to be said. Die as your apology!"

Die as your apology, indeed.

Yan Wanqing methodically arranged her skirt, rising from her chair with grace. She was tall, and even Wu Zhen and Huai Xinmei had to look up at her when standing in front of her.

She curved her lips into a smirk, looking around at everyone, "You want me to die as my apology, and I should just do it? The Northern Border may be small, but the faces of its people are certainly big. I’ve given you chances to jump around in front of me time and again, out of respect for Huai Yu, but that doesn’t mean I, Yan Wanqing, am really that good-tempered to let you two knead and flatten me as you please. I’ll say it one last time, those I’ve killed all deserved to die!"

As her words fell, the indolent aura that had surrounded Yan Wanqing was all drawn in, suddenly transforming into an aura of deadly intent; those who were close felt it hard to breathe.

"If you want my life, fine, come and take it."

"But before I die, I will surely cleanse all those who step forward of their lives!"

These words were not a mere threat; everyone knew Yan Wanqing could do it.

For a moment, they all regretted having too readily believed the words of those from the Marquis Residence that day.

They say rain is a sign, but despite the thunder, the rain just wouldn’t fall.

If it didn’t start soon, they would not be able to save face.

Wu Zhen gave Huai Xinmei a look, signaling her to stall for time.

Huai Xinmei’s gaze met that of the Angel Envoy inside the gate, and she took a step forward, "And what about my brother? What did he do wrong to deserve a fate without even a corpse left behind!"

"Your brother?" Yan Wanqing marveled at Huai Xinmei’s thick-skinned audacity, "You, as his sister, don’t know why he died? Wasn’t it you who placed the love-inducing poisonous insect on my clothing that day?"

She sneered, "Let’s not talk about whether Huai Xin deserved to die; including you, Huai Xinmei, your entire Marquis Residence should pay the price. The Commandery Princess hasn’t even sought trouble with you yet, and here you are, brazen-faced, leading a mob to confront me. It’s truly laughable to the extreme!"

When it came to a battle of words, Yan Wanqing truly feared no one!

A crowd of people combined would not be her match.

"It’s starting to rain." Just when everyone was at a loss, Wu Zhen suddenly spoke up, and large drops of rain began to fall from the sky, landing on the parched ground.

This drop of rain was like a secret signal.

Huai Xinmei’s face suddenly changed.

The previously restless Huai Xinmei suddenly pulled a strange smile, "The rain has finally come."

Indeed, it was raining.

At first, it was just a drop or two, then a string, and soon it began to pour down densely.

As sheets of rain fell from the dark sky above, Yan Wanqing watched as the crowd quickly raised one umbrella after another, and a sudden unease grew in her heart.

Something was off.

These people were acting strange, as if they had come prepared.

"Miss." Shen Shuyun fetched an umbrella from inside, swiftly opened it, and held it over Yan Wanqing’s head.

She looked outside at the throngs of people, the line stretching all the way to the Marquis Residence, and felt very afraid.

These people had already surrounded the entire Marquis Residence, inside and out.

"These people... They won’t leave, will they?"

Shen Shuyun muttered to herself.

Yan Wanqing, catching sight of the malice in Huai Xinmei’s eyes, flashed through a thought like lightning, and began to slowly back away, pulling Shen Shuyun with her.

Amid the torrential rain, Huai Xinmei burst into sudden maniac laughter.

"Yan Wanqing, it’s raining, do you see it?"

"Today will be your doom!"

She abruptly drew a dagger and thrust it straight at Yan Wanqing.

Just as Yan Wanqing was about to raise her hand, she saw a person suddenly dart out from behind her, clad in a white gown, moving swiftly and decisively to snatch the dagger from Huai Xinmei’s hand, then raised his hand to strike her with a palm.

Huai Xinmei was sent reeling backward several steps, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

It was Huai Yu.

Huai Yu stood directly in front of Yan Wanqing.

"Big talk for someone who can’t back it up! If you want to kill her, you’ll have to get past me first."

Huai Yu had arrived in haste, only having time to change his clothes, his hair unbound and blowing messily in the wind and rain.

He saw his mother, Wu Zhen, standing on the steps, her gaze fixed intently on him.

Huai Yu looked away.

"Devil spawn! What enchantment has she filled you with, that you would forsake your own mother and sever our ties as mother and son?!" Wu Zhen, upon laying eyes on Huai Yu, let the rage that had built up over the past few days erupt all at once.

She strode forward in two quick steps and raised her hand to slap his face.

"I would advise Madam Wu to think thrice before acting," said Yan Wanqing, extending her arm to restrain Wu Zhen’s wrist from behind Huai Yu.

Seeing Huai Yu about to be struck silly, her heart didn’t know quite what to feel.

"Let go!" Wu Zhen exclaimed furiously, "I am disciplining my own son, what business is it of yours?! If you don’t release me, I’ll hit you too!"

Huai Yu had been expressionless, but at hearing Wu Zhen’s threat to hit Yan Wanqing,

He furrowed his brows slightly.

"I am not your son," Huai Yu stated, word by word.

Wu Zhen’s pupils shook violently: "Shut your mouth!" She was terrified of Huai Yu revealing the truth.

But this time, Huai Yu did not obey.

He lifted Wu Zhen’s hand, signalling for Yan Wanqing to let go, and then slowly lowered it. The wind blew the strands of hair by her lips, and within Huai Yu’s eyes was unwavering determination: "I am not your son; I am your daughter, Huai Yu."

"I told you to shut your mouth!" Wu Zhen’s face turned pale.

This was the secret she had hidden for nearly twenty years, and now Huai Yu had spoken it aloud.

Spoken by her daughter whom she thought was especially obedient!

"What are you afraid of, mother?" Huai Yu’s voice was very hoarse: "Is the fact that I am a woman so difficult for you to speak of?"

Huai Yu was actually a woman!

She had usurped the Marquis title that rightfully belonged to Huai Xin!

At this moment, Huai Xinmei truly wanted to rise and stab Wu Zhen twice; such a despicable old woman, so adept at deception!

It turns out that it was her twin brother who had been kidnapped by bandits in the past!

"You heard me right, I, Huai Yu." Huai Yu pointed to her own chest: "The Young Marquis of the Northern Border Marquis Residence is actually a woman. My mother, fearing the loss of the Marquis title, forced me to take medicine to disguise myself as a boy—"

Her sentence was not yet finished when she suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Huai Yu stared in disbelief at Wu Zhen: "...Mother."

Wu Zhen stood aloof, a square pine box hidden beneath her sleeve.