HLnovel Chapter 109 The Female General Who Did Not Love Makeup (14)
Chapter 109 The Female General Who Did Not Love Makeup (14)
Upon hearing Xia Mingwei's words, Xia Wei's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition welled up in his mind.
"Sister, what are you saying? I don't understand!" Even in this situation, Xia Wei still chose to play dumb.
Xia Ming smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't understand! I held back my temper just now and didn't expose you, simply because I wanted to see just how dark your heart is, that you would actually be so cruel as to harm your own sister!"
At this moment, Xia Wei finally understood.
His heart sank; she had known all along!
His face was bitter. "When did you find out?"
"The moment I went to the battlefield, I saw through your true colors, Zhou Ying and me! You two are incredibly selfish; what wouldn't you do for your own desires!"
Xia Ming smiled sarcastically and continued, "To be honest, from the moment I returned, I knew what your purpose was. The reason I kept quiet was because I wanted to see just how far you could go! And you certainly didn't disappoint me. Look at this bowl of laced tonic; isn't it the best proof of your heartless and treacherous nature?"
After finishing her long speech, Xia Mingwei smiled maliciously, "I'm not worthy of this tonic. You should have it, brother! After all, you're my own brother."
Xia Mingwei spoke wittily, but what she said was chilling.
Xia Wei looked at Xia Mingwei's face; the sincere expression on her face did not seem fake at all.
Upon seeing Xia Mingwei like this, Xia Wei thought to himself, "Oh no!" and immediately tried to run away.
He wanted to leave, but Xia Mingwei wouldn't give him the chance. After all, coming and going as he pleased—Xia Wei really treated this place like a marketplace!
Even if he were the King of Heaven himself, he would still have to go through a lot of hardship before he could leave!
Xia Mingwei had been through the trials and tribulations of the military; it's no exaggeration to say she crawled out of piles of corpses. Xia Wei, on the other hand, was a flower that had grown up in a greenhouse. In terms of martial arts skills alone, Xia Wei was simply incomparable to her.
And just like that, Xia Mingwei caught Xia Wei without much effort.
He wanted to beg for mercy, but Xia Mingwei didn't want to listen at all.
The next second, Xia Mingwei grabbed his cheeks and forcibly pried his mouth open.
Then, the warm liquid slid into his mouth. The tonic was warm, but his heart was ice-cold. No one knew better than him what was in that bowl of tonic!
He tried desperately to vomit, but he couldn't.
The hands that were restraining him were surprisingly strong. He desperately tried to pry Xia Mingwei's hands off, hoping she would let go. But sadly, Xia Mingwei, who had harbored feelings for them, had already been killed by their own hands.
With despair in Xia Wei's eyes, the entire bowl of tonic was poured into his mouth without spilling a drop.
The moment the poison entered my mouth, excruciating pain shot through my entire body.
As soon as Xia Mingwei saw the poison enter his mouth, the hands that were restraining him released their grip.
Without thinking, Xia Wei tried to vomit the bowl of poison out of his throat.
But it was all in vain, because the person who sold him the secret medicine said that once the medicine entered his mouth, there was no turning back.
He rolled on the ground in despair, trying to relieve the pain. But the pain did not lessen at all; instead, it became even more intense.
His vision gradually blurred, and he vaguely saw another scene. In his dream, he was a completely different person.
It wasn't him who was forced to drink the poison; it was Xia Mingwei herself who drank the bowl of poison. Her younger sister wasn't as shrewd as Xia Mingwei and had no suspicion of herself or their mother. She drank the poison in one gulp.
She herself, just like her now, watched quietly from the sidelines. What followed proceeded incredibly smoothly; with her mother's cooperation, she successfully replaced her sister's identity. Her remarkable achievements became stepping stones for her own career in the officialdom.
To avoid gossip and to silence her, he suggested to his mother that she be married off. Naturally, he wouldn't give his now-useless sister any dowry. As for her married life, that was no longer his concern.
Not long after their marriage, news of her death arrived. Hearing this, he felt a vague sense of relief. After all, her existence had always been a thorn in his side. Only her true disappearance could heal this wound.
Later, he and his mother discovered that she had been murdered. This made things even better. They used her death to extort a large sum of money from the Wu family, with whom they had arranged the marriage. Initially, the Wu family was indignant, but now that we had leverage over them, they had no choice but to swallow their anger.
Later, he married, had children, rose through the ranks, and lived a happy and fulfilling life. As for his younger sister, no one ever mentioned her again!
The dream was so real, so beautiful, that Xia Wei didn't want to wake up. In that dream, he was a respected official, not the wretched, pathetic person he was now!
But dreams must eventually end, and Xia Wei saw Xia Mingwei again.
With a smile, she put down her teacup and asked him, "Brother, how does this tonic taste? Now that you've tasted it yourself, you must savor it!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Wei felt so angry that he coughed up a mouthful of black blood.
At this moment, Xia Wei was lying on the ground, extremely weak, but he still pointed at Xia Mingwei and cursed, "You poisonous woman! You actually forced me to drink this medicine!"
Seeing his incorrigible nature, Xia Mingwei helplessly shrugged. The saying "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them" is never without merit.
She moved closer and squatted down. She gently patted Xia Wei's cheek. "When it comes to ruthlessness, who can compare to you, brother? It seems like Mother is targeting me at every turn, but I know you're definitely involved!"
"So what if I plotted in secret? What do you, a young woman, need so much credit for? You might as well give it to me so I can bring glory back to the Xia family!"
"I only realized today that you are not only shameless, but also have an exceptionally thick skin! What makes you think you can bring glory to your ancestors by taking credit for my work? Just because of the two ounces of flesh between your legs?"
Xia Mingwei's words were anything but polite, and the contempt in them was extremely obvious.
"By the way, even if you manage to steal this credit and use it to get promoted and make a fortune, I don't think the ancestors of the Xia family would be happy. After all, who would want their descendants to be rats in a ditch, always eyeing others and trying to steal their things!" Xia Mingwei pressed her advantage, adding from the side.
Xia Wei was even angrier when he heard this, and couldn't help but launch into another accusation.