Chapter 593: Im A Ghost, And Ive Come To Claim Your Life

A short while later, Madam Zheng came to.

Ling Lihua released her hand, stepped back, and observed the sick woman.

Madam Zheng opened her eyes slowly, only to be greeted by the sight of Ling Lihua.

When she recognized the person standing in front of her, her pupils dilated. A, a ghost

As she had not spoken for a long time, her voice was hoa.r.s.e and unpleasant to the ears, like the creaking of broken bellows.

Ling Lihua curled her lip and looked at her coldly. Thats right. Im a ghost, and Ive come to claim your life

Madam Zheng shrank back in terror. Please dont kill me, please dont kill me. Back then, I only came back out of the blue because someone told me to, I never wanted to hurt you

Ling Lihua frowned. Who told you to?

Lu Liangwei hurriedly added, Hurry up and tell us, and we might cure you of the poison.

It was Ugh! Madam Zhengs eyes suddenly bulged and, the next instant, thick and black blood trickled from the corner of her mouth.

Ling Lihuas expression changed. d.a.m.n, its a sneak attack. In a flash, she sent a throwing dagger whizzing through the air.

The sharp dagger shot straight out the window and streaked outward.

Shluk!

The sound was very faint, but Ling Lihua still caught it.

She darted out without hesitating.

However, the a.s.sailant had already escaped.

She lowered her head and observed the pool of blood left on the ground next to the window, her brow furrowing.

Mother, Madam Zhengs stopped breathing, came Lu Liangweis voice from inside the house.

She rushed back to see that Madam Zheng had collapsed. Sticking out of her back was a sharp sword that had directly penetrated her heart.

The sword had pierced through the window and right through the middle of Madam Zhengs back.

Lu Liangwei found the incident very unfortunate. Madam Zheng had been so close to revealing the truth, but she never imagined that there would be an a.s.sailant hiding silently outside. While she and her mother were focusing on Madam Zheng, the a.s.sailant seized the opportunity to pierce her with a sharp blade.

When Madam Zheng saw her mother just now, she cowered in fear and pressed her back right against the window, which gave the a.s.sailant an opportunity.

Although Madam Zhengs death was not worth their sympathy, it was tantamount to burying the truth.

Raising her head to look at Ling Lihua, she explained her speculations. Mother, even though Madam Zheng didnt get to reveal the culprit in time, she told us that she appeared out of nowhere all those years ago because someone told her to. Maybe Dad didnt betray you, and Lu Yunshuangs not his child. Maybe all of this was just a plot to separate you and Dad.

Ling Lihua was bewildered, but she suddenly thought of something and quickly refuted her theory. Impossible. If there was really nothing between your dad and Madam Zheng, why didnt he deny it? There must have been something, or else, given your dads personality, hed never admit to it. That said, Madam Zhengs sudden return may have really been instigated by someone else. But whod want to separate your father and me? It doesnt make sense.

Lu Liangwei frowned. Madam Zhengs the only one who knows the truth, but now that shes dead, we have no way of finding it out. Unless

Unless we find the culprit behind all this, Ling Lihua said, finis.h.i.+ng her sentence.

Lu Liangwei nodded. That a.s.sailant just now must have been sent by the culprit to silence Madam Zheng. But we dont even know who the a.s.sailant is, so how can we find them?

Ling Lihua suddenly remembered something, and her eyes narrowed. Back then, I wanted to leave the Grand Duke Mansion as soon as possible, but the moment I left the city borders, I encountered a group of a.s.sa.s.sins who tried to kill me. I fended them off their attacks, but they still forced me to a cliff in the end.