Ning Han sat to one side, watching Zhu Jiayu interrogate Liu Heng.
Liu Heng remained stubborn, insisting that he knew nothing. He claimed that he had no choice but to fabricate charges against him. His biggest mistake was not divorcing his first wife and marrying Ning Qian. As for Jiang Zhi and the maids and servants who served Ning Qian, he claimed to know nothing about them.
"Now I'm at their mercy, whatever you say goes! I have nothing to argue with. Kill me or torture me, I accept it all!"
On the way to the Ning residence, Liu Heng had clearly figured it out: Zhu Jiayu had no evidence and couldn't really do anything to him. As for his marriage fraud and ordering Mingxin to poison Xiao Wan, although there was evidence, his crimes didn't warrant death—after all, Mingxin had already been killed by Zhu Jiayu, and Xiao Wan was unharmed.
He had only panicked and begged for mercy because he was caught off guard, but now that he had figured everything out, he naturally calmed down.
Zhu Jiayu smiled and shook her head: "Very well, it seems Young Master Liu didn't heed my words. I told you, Uncle, you may be refined, but I'm ruthless. Since you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin, then I'll grant your wish—"
After she finished speaking, someone carried a chair into the hall, forced Liu Heng to sit down, and then tightly bound his hands and feet to the armrests and legs of the chair with hemp rope.
Liu Heng remained completely calm, seemingly finding it no big deal at all.
Zhu Jiayu stopped instructing anyone to move and instead turned to Ning Han, saying, "I suppose Auntie already knows you're back. Go and keep her company. I promise, within five days, I'll make Liu Heng vomit up everything he did—of course, if he really didn't do anything, at least the crimes of marriage fraud and poisoning are real, so it wouldn't be too much to make him suffer some physical pain, wouldn't you say?"
Ning Han realized that she was about to torture Liu Heng. After a long while, he finally said, "Don't go too far."
The implication was that they were letting her do as she pleased.
Zhu Jiayu smiled with her eyes crinkling, pondered for a moment, then turned her head to meet Liu Heng's gaze: "Hmm... if his willpower is strong enough, he should be able to keep his life."
Ning Han gave a curt "hmm" before getting up and leaving.
When Zhu Jiayu returned to Liu Heng, the smile on her face vanished instantly. She beckoned, and the person who had just bound Liu Heng with hemp rope quickly pulled out an iron chain from his body, pried open his mouth, and tightened it behind his back.
Liu Heng's eyes bulged out from the tightness of his grip, his veins stood out, and pain surged through his limbs. He didn't know how long this torment lasted, but when he finally felt his lips relax, bloody, rusty-tasting liquid kept flowing from his mouth.
He lost six teeth from the chains.
His once neat clothes were now stained with blood, and teeth rolled onto his body and then onto the ground.
Seemingly finally realizing how terrifying the woman before him was, realizing that she was a true demon and monster rather than a delicate young lady, Liu Heng couldn't help but tremble all over.
Zhu Jiayu curled her lips and scoffed, "Can't even handle that?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com