bullyxtreme Chapter 228
Chapter 228
Li An was unharmed; the one who fell to the ground was Hua Ling."You fooled me once, but trying to fool me a second time? No way," the Fifth Young Master's voice was full of triumph.
Li An walked up to Hua Ling.
"Dr. Li, how wonderful it would have been if I hadn't been born into the Hua family." After saying her final words, Hua Ling breathed her last.
Li An reached out and closed Hua Ling's eyes.
"This woman was trying to kill you." The Fifth Young Master felt that Li An was simply too kind.
"A corpse is completely innocent," Li An said as he stood up. "Has Zhu Fuying been caught?"
"He has. A spy... I will definitely have him suffer death by a thousand cuts." The Fifth Young Master clenched his fists.
In the central square of Hua Town, the residents had gathered.
In the middle of the square was Zhu Fuying, looking nothing like the high-spirited man he was during the Flower King selection.
Now, Zhu Fuying was securely bound, exuding an aura of utter defeat. Kneeling beside him were his wife, children, and nephew; as the family of a spy, they were also to be executed.
The newly arrived mayor read out Zhu Fuying's crimes.
A spy of the Yan State, human trafficking, cultivating the strictly forbidden Ying Beauty plant, and producing Ying Dreams to control court officials... these myriad crimes were unforgivable, and he was sentenced to death by three thousand cuts.
Zhu Fuying's family members, having indirectly participated, were all to be beheaded and their heads displayed to the public.
The first to be executed was Zhu Fuying.
The executioner, whom the Fifth Young Master had summoned overnight, carefully wiped the blade in his hands.
To make three thousand cuts and have the prisoner breathe his last only on the final strike required an incredible amount of skill.
Gripping his knife, the executioner walked over to Zhu Fuying.
Swish, with one slice, a piece of flesh fell.
Two cuts, three cuts...
Many people could not bear to watch.
Li An, however, watched with great interest and even commented, "This executioner's craftsmanship is the best I've ever seen." Li An's words made the Fifth Young Master look at him sideways. "Who else have you seen do this, An'an?"
"My mother."
"Huh!" The Fifth Young Master's pupils dilated in shock. "Countess Suyan? Her?"
"I mean my biological mother," Li An explained.
"You remember your biological mother, An'an?" The Fifth Young Master knew Li An was adopted, but his birth parents had always been a mystery.
"I've had memories since birth. I know who my biological parents are. My adopted mother was originally my wet nurse.
"When we first met, my impression of my mother was that she had a very gentle personality and liked to mutter to me when no one else was around.
"Because I was a tiny baby, I couldn't tell anyone else. So, whenever she saw things she shouldn't have seen or heard things she shouldn't have heard, she would tell me."
Li An recalled his childhood interactions with Ye Yunniang. At that time, his greatest interest was watching others make fools of themselves; he found it amusing.
"Then your... your biological mother?"
"She was abandoned by my biological father, trusted the wrong people, and lived a miserable life. She wanted to kill that despicable pair and then take me with her to die.
"She had already bought the poison, but as coincidence would have it, she ran into my mother.
"My mother's care for me awakened her maternal instincts. Suddenly, she couldn't bear to let me die.
"I remember that day, she brought back a bowl of wontons and said my mother had bought them for me.
"My biological mother apologized to me. She told me to forget her and to treat my mother as my real mother from then on.
"She told me to live a good life with my mother. She said I should take the surname Li and not Jiang. Jiang was not a good surname."
Li An spoke as he recalled the things Jin Huifang had rambled about while holding him.
"After my biological mother finished saying this, she carried me back to the main room. She picked up a knife and, cut by cut, dismembered that despicable pair." Li An shook his head at this point. "She was weak and couldn't hack very well, so she made a total mess of it."
"An, An'an," the Fifth Young Master grasped Li An's hand, his heart aching.
The Fifth Young Master wanted to tell Li An to stop talking.
But Li An continued.
"She changed her clothes, but the stench of blood on her was still strong. She carried me to Sunset Alley, placed me on the steps in front of Courtyard Number 4, knocked on the door three times, and left."
Li An recalled the shock and slight disgust on Ye Yunniang's face when she saw him.
"My mother is a bit of a neat freak. At the time, I was just a filthy, skinny, dark little kid with greasy, matted hair." Li An also sounded disgusted with himself as he said this.
"In the end, my mother kindly carried me into the house. She fed me rice porridge, gave me a bath, and dressed me in my older brother's little clothes.
"After she found out what happened to my biological mother, she suggested to my grandmother that they adopt me. She even fought with Niu Dajiao for my sake."
Li An thought back on everything Ye Yunniang had done for him.
"Where is your biological father?" After hearing this, the Fifth Young Master felt a deep ache for Li An. He wanted to drag Li An's biological father back and let Li An deal with him.
"My biological father is in a mine in Jinzhou." Li An had already taken action.
"My An'an, you have suffered." The Fifth Young Master reached out to hug Li An.
Li An blocked him. "Fifth Young Master, my biological mother chose to let me live. My mother hopes I live a happy and joyful life. In this life, I will absolutely never do anything that would upset her."
"An'an, I am strong and healthy, and I can take care of you. I can accompany you wherever you go. I am far more useful than those women. If you are with me, Countess Suyan will surely be happy."
"My mother would rather I get married and have children."
After saying this, Li An stopped looking at the Fifth Young Master and continued to watch the executioner in the center of the square.
Someone nearby was keeping count; they were already at the three hundredth cut.
The flesh on one of Zhu Fuying's arms had just been completely sliced off, revealing clean bone.
"What perfect bones," Li An praised.
"Once the executioner strips them clean, I'll have someone prepare them and send them to you, An'an." Li An's preferences seemed quite bizarre to the Fifth Young Master.
Ordinary people couldn't stomach it, let alone pampered young ladies.
But he was different.
"An'an, you don't need to test me. No matter what kind of person you are, I like you. Whatever you want to study, I can accompany you."
"What if I want to study you?"
"How do you want to study me, An'an?" The Fifth Young Master's voice was filled with excitement.
Li An pulled out a new drug he had been researching, one that, upon touching the skin, would make a person feel as if millions of ants were crawling over them.
As soon as the Fifth Young Master saw the familiar bottle, he took a step back.
"An'an, there's no need to be so ruthless right off the bat, is there?"
"Scared?"
"How is that possible? How could I be scared?" The Fifth Young Master puffed out his chest and retorted.
"Stand still." Li An uncorked the bottle and tossed the powder toward the Fifth Young Master.
Li An: If you make a promise, you must keep it.