Chapter 69 Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! ...
The rain poured down, and the world was shrouded in a gray and oppressive atmosphere, much like Jiang Ninghui's mood at that moment.
Heartbroken, she buried her face in the soft quilt, bracing herself for her husband's rage and questioning upon discovering the tattoo on her back. In that instant, she even imagined the terrifying scene of being pointed at and scorned by everyone the next day.
A muffled thud broke the silence in the room.
Jiang Ninghui trembled and opened her eyes in confusion, only to see her husband, who had been straddling her, lying unconscious to the side.
The bolted door was kicked open by an external force, and a cold wind swept in, making Jiang Ninghui shiver.
She hurriedly sat up, clutching her clothes, and saw Pei Duo walk in with a cold expression.
The young man's dark blue cross-collar robe was soaked through by the rain. The fabric of the robe was as smooth as silk. Because the fabric was thin, it clung to his body when wet, outlining the muscle lines of his shoulders, back, waist and abdomen.
His black hair was soaking wet and clung to his robes, with water dripping from the ends of his hair and the robes.
The water flowed from the doorway all the way to the brazier.
At this moment, Pei Duo was like a water ghost crawling out of the water.
His handsome face was filled with a chilling, ghostly aura, and his dark eyes were filled with an extremely frightening murderous intent!
Jiang Ninghui had never seen Pei Duo in this light before.
It was even more terrifying than the night he discovered she knew the secret of the painting.
Before Jiang Ninghui could recover from her fear, she saw Pei Duo suddenly reach out and grab Zhao Zhixue by the neck. The young man's fingers were strong and powerful, with bulging blue veins on the back of his hands, and even his forehead and neck had bulging blue veins.
Unconscious Zhao Zhixue was choked to death by the young man's powerful strength.
His breathing grew weaker and weaker, and his face turned red and then purple.
Jiang Ninghui finally realized what was happening!
She looked up and saw that Pei Duo's eyes were stained with a blood-red hue, and his eyes were filled with a sinister murderous intent.
She turned her head in fright and saw her husband with his eyes closed, his face flushed, and his breathing growing weaker and weaker.
Even so, the young man still showed no signs of waking up.
She knew that all of this was Pei Duo's doing.
Jiang Ninghui disregarded her open robe and the lotus-colored bodice peeking out from her front. She frantically crawled over and pried Pei Duo's fingers off, crying and begging him to spare her husband and not kill him.
But Pei Duo's fingers were so strong that she couldn't budge them no matter how hard she tried.
She could only watch helplessly as her husband's life slipped away in Pei Duo's hands.
"Pei Duo!"
Jiang Ninghui turned around, her two slender, pale hands pleadingly grasping his shirt: "Please don't kill him, please, he can't die! If he dies, I will never live on alone!"
My lord cannot die, much less die at Pei Duo's hands!
If he is killed by Pei Duo, it will be because of her, and she will be the most deserving sinner!
Although her husband treated her as well as Pei Duo, he never mistreated her. He would protect her in front of his parents and care for her. He never did anything to wrong her. On the contrary, she was the one who had an affair with his friend behind her husband's back.
Now, the man's friend wants to kill him because of her.
If her husband dies, how can she face the world?
Let her be with Pei Duo?
No, Jiang Ninghui can't do it!
Not to mention that she couldn't do it, even Uncle Pei and Aunt Xie wouldn't agree, and might even criticize and curse her.
She didn't know the Pei family's background, but she figured their status must be above that of the prefect. With such a background, how could they tolerate a country bumpkin like her? Besides, Pei Duo was still young, and his feelings for her were just a passing fancy. No one could predict the future, and he had promised to leave her after the palace examination.
Jiang Ninghui cried her heart out, tearing Pei Duo's clothes so badly that they became tattered.
The young man lowered his eyes and stared at the woman's red, tear-filled almond-shaped eyes.
He listened as she begged for mercy for her husband.
I heard her say she wanted to die alongside her husband.
Pei Duo pinched her cheeks, forcing her to turn her head to look at Zhao Zhixue: "Sister-in-law, take a good look. He was just forcing you to do something you didn't want to do. Are you still going to plead for him?"
He whispered in her ear, "Sister-in-law, let him die. If he dies, we can be together forever."
"His presence will only hinder our good deeds."
"He's just a good-for-nothing, what's there for your sister-in-law to miss?"
Jiang Ninghui's head spun from Pei Duo's words: "Even if he's a good-for-nothing, he's still my husband, and he's never done anything to wrong me. On the contrary, I've done a lot to wrong him. My relationship with you was wrong from the start. After the palace examination, this ill-fated relationship will end. You have your path to follow, and I have mine. We will have nothing to do with each other again."
She turned to look at Pei Duo, her almond-shaped eyes brimming with tears. For the first time, she broke through her fragile and timid shell and stood firm, questioning him: "You say my husband forced me to do things I didn't want to do? Haven't you done that before? Haven't you done enough?"
Jiang Ninghui took off her clothes and turned to the side so that he could see his own masterpiece.
She raised her chin, her face flushed, and questioned him: "I said I didn't want to paint, but you insisted on painting. Aren't you forcing me too? I said no, I didn't want to, I couldn't, but you still took off my clothes and forced yourself on me in such a despicable way. Aren't you forcing me too? In this way, how are you any different from my husband?"
This was the first time she had taken off her clothes and exposed herself to Pei Duo without reservation.
This was also the first time he had uttered such blunt and explicit lewd remarks.
The door was wide open, and a cold wind rushed in. Even though there was a charcoal fire burning inside, it couldn't stop the biting wind.
Jiang Ninghui was shivering from the cold, but she still stubbornly stared at Pei Duo.
Pei Duo stared at her silently.
My sister-in-law has always been honest and timid. She is extremely obedient and weak in front of him. Even if she is provoked, she will only look at him pitifully with her red almond-shaped eyes, like a clawless and weak rabbit.
Beg him for mercy again.
She begged him to stop bullying her.
Don't go in again...
This was the first time he had ever seen her so stubborn, and it was also the first time such blunt words had come out of her mouth.
It seems the little rabbit is really desperate.
If he pushes her any further, she might actually bite her tongue and commit suicide in front of him.
The young man glanced at Zhao Zhixue, who lay on the bed like a lump of mud. It seemed he couldn't kill him today.
Why is my sister-in-law protecting this good-for-nothing so much?
In what way is he inferior to this good-for-nothing?
Knowing full well that this good-for-nothing had ulterior motives for marrying her, she was still devoted to him and even willing to follow him in death!
Overwhelming jealousy assaulted Pei Duo's remaining rationality.
What right does this piece of trash have?!
What merit or ability does he possess!
Kill him—
This worthless piece of trash was right in front of him; he only needed to move a finger to easily end this wretched life.
Killing him is easy, but if this good-for-nothing dies, my sister-in-law will surely follow him in death.
At that time, the couple will probably be deeply in love on their journey to the underworld.
No rush.
If not now, there's always next time.
He always manages to make his sister-in-law willingly watch this good-for-nothing die!
Pei Duo released his five fingers that were gripping Zhao Zhixue's neck, and also released his hands that were pinching Jiang Ninghui's cheeks. He helped Jiang Ninghui put on her clothes, helped her adjust her collar, and carefully tied her belt.
His movements were extremely gentle, a stark contrast to his terrifying appearance as the Asura Demon King just moments before.
Jiang Ninghui's body was still trembling, whether from fear or cold, it was hard to tell.
She glanced at her husband, who lay unconscious on the couch, but seeing his chest rising and falling, she felt relieved. Then, her cheek was pinched by Pei Duo, who pulled her face to look directly at him.
"Why are you still looking at him, sister-in-law? Aren't you afraid I'll get jealous and start plotting to kill him again?"
Jiang Ninghui pursed her lips, looking at him without saying a word. She never expected that she could persuade Pei Duo and save her husband from his clutches.
She realized more and more clearly that Pei Duo was a complete madman!
He considered human life as insignificant as an ant's, something he could kill at will.
She couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine, wondering if, given Pei Duo's terrifying madness, he could really keep his promise and leave her and her husband after the palace examination.
Can he really let her go?
If he breaks his promise and continues to force her into a lingering relationship with him, what should she do?
If she resists again, will he kill her husband?
Jiang Ninghui suddenly realized how terrible and wrong her decision was to agree to live in the same courtyard with Pei Duo and part ways after the palace examination. She had placed a vicious demon next to her and her husband that could bite their throats and devour them until not even bones remained.
She could no longer let this situation continue.
Jiang Ninghui looked at the handsome young man in front of her.
In public, he was a cool and aloof gentleman; in private, he was a shameless and immoral madman who, knowing full well that her actions were contrary to morality, forced her to cross the threshold of moral taboos with him and sink into depravity together.
He is cunning and sophistical, capable of distorting the truth and turning the tables on others.
He often said that she was the one who seduced him.
But it was clearly him who was forcing her every time.
Jiang Ninghui had just been stubborn and was prepared to go all out, but she didn't expect that it would make Pei Duo give up his idea of killing her husband. So she decided to go all out again and negotiate with Pei Duo again.
Jiang Ninghui stepped back, freeing her cheek from his grasp.
Seeing the young man's dark eyes staring intently at her, she finally couldn't help but move back a little.
"Young Master Pei, may we talk again?"
The young man countered, "What does my sister-in-law want to talk about?"
Now that she had calmed down, even though Jiang Ninghui wanted to follow the same method and throw caution to the wind, she had lost the momentum she had shown earlier.
She lowered her head and did not look at him: "I still stand by what I said. I will not refuse any request from Young Master Pei. But please do not force me to do anything I do not want to do in the future, and do not do such things to me again."
After speaking, she hesitated and raised her head, only to see the young man still staring straight at her.
Those dark, black eyes sent a chill down Jiang Ninghui's spine.
She struggled to suppress her shock and kept her eyes from looking away: "Please promise me one more time, Young Master Pei, that after the palace examination, you will leave my husband and me and go our separate ways."
Pei Duo nodded: "Alright, I agree, sister-in-law."
His quick agreement stunned Jiang Ninghui for a moment. She thought she had misheard and still couldn't quite believe it, muttering, "Really? Really?"
The young man gave a very sincere smile: "It's true."
However, his agreement only applied to his sister-in-law's last question.
—After the palace examination is over, leave the couple.
But who can say for sure what the future holds?
Who knows, by then, her sister-in-law would have completely belonged to her, and that good-for-nothing's grave would probably be overgrown with weeds.
Therefore, this promise is invalid.
Before Jiang Ninghui could doubt the truthfulness of his words and want to confirm it again, she saw the young man by the bed suddenly cough violently a few times. His body went limp and he fell to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of blood!
Jiang Ninghui opened her almond-shaped eyes wide in fear. All the conditions, promises, fears, and feigned toughness were thrown to the back of her mind. She hurriedly moved off the bed and took Pei Duo's arm, trying to support the young man's tall and heavy body with her frail body.
"Why did you suddenly start vomiting blood? Are you injured somewhere?"
Jiang Ninghui herself was unaware of how worried and anxious she sounded.
Her voice even betrayed an uncontrollable sob.
She shouted desperately outside, "Uncle Zhou! Uncle Zhou! Pei Duo is vomiting blood! Quickly call a doctor, hurry!"
Jiang Ninghui finally managed to help Pei Duo up, but then he coughed a few more times, lost his balance, and fell onto the couch with her in his arms.
He pressed her firmly onto the mattress.
The sound of her husband's unconscious face was right next to her ear.
She is the best friend of her husband.
Jiang Ninghui shuddered and tried to push him away, but the young man pulled her into his arms.
He buried his face in the crook of her neck and whispered in distress, "Sister-in-law, I'm in so much pain, I feel so uncomfortable."
Jiang Ninghui asked almost instinctively, "Where does it hurt or hurt?"
Pei Duo nuzzled against her neck, greedily inhaling her scent.
The young man's cold hands, like wet, slimy venomous snakes, climbed onto the back of Jiang Ninghui's hand, took her hand, and led her to touch him all over his body.
"It hurts here, and it hurts here too."
"And this..."
Jiang Ninghui's hand stopped on Pei Duo's left chest.
She could feel his strong, pounding heartbeat.
He murmured pitifully against her neck, "Sister-in-law, my heart aches so much, it feels like someone has stabbed it with a sword and is twisting it so hard, it hurts so much..."
"Sister-in-law, touch it."
"Touch it, and it won't hurt so much."
Jiang Ninghui's attention was entirely on Pei Duo, captivated by his pitiful whimpers of pain, and she didn't notice that the man lying beside her had his eyelids flutter a few times—
There seem to be signs of waking up.
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Author's note: Update before 8 PM tomorrow night~
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