Su Qiao narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced toward the bamboo grove from the corner of her eye. With a hint of schadenfreude, she sighed, "Sigh, I truly pity him. He treats you so well and is so considerate, yet he mistakenly gave his whole heart to a woman who wants to kill him."
"Shut up!"
The secret she had kept buried deep in her heart had suddenly been exposed to the sunlight. No matter how strong Lin Hanyan's mental fortitude was, she could not help panicking, and even her voice became unusually shrill.
She had always thought she had hidden everything perfectly. Aside from herself, no one would ever discover the truth.
"If you dare to spout such nonsense again, do you believe I'll kill you right now?"
"Who do you think you are? A plaything for others to amuse themselves with, a concubine who can be traded as merchandise at any time. Do you really think that just because my cousin has shown you a little favor, you've become the Young Mistress of Flying Eagle Fortress?"
"Stop dreaming. You'll always be a lowly plaything who can never appear in respectable company. You'll never rise above your station in this lifetime. So you'd better behave yourself and refrain from saying or doing anything you shouldn't. Otherwise, you won't even know how you died."
Lin Hanyan was both enraged and humiliated, and killing intent entered her gaze as she looked at Su Qiao.
She weighed in her mind whether killing Su Qiao here would be discovered, and whether she would leave behind any clues.
"Heh, are you thinking of killing me to silence me?"
Su Qiao remained perfectly calm, with even a smile at the corners of her lips. She was not frightened by Lin Hanyan's threat in the slightest.