"Dad—mmph!!!"
Sampo's eyes bulged like brass bells as that lump blocked his throat.
His hands flailed wildly in the air and his legs kicked about, but Firefly's grip was as steady as iron pincers.
"Swallow it."
"Guh... guhmm..."
"Swallow it."
"Gulp."
The light vanished from Sampo's eyes.
Firefly released him, and he slid into the bushes like a heap of mud. Only his twitching toes remained exposed, proving that he was still alive.
Firefly stood up and took a deep breath.
Then, at last, her gaze turned to the final person.
Yan Huan.
Yan Huan had been standing by the pool since earlier, completely motionless.
It was not that he did not want to run.
He was too stunned to move.
Though Sam's infamy had spread far and wide, this was Yan Huan's first time seeing her brutal side.
He watched Firefly stuff them one after another, watched their despairing eyes and twitching bodies, watched those brownish-yellow lumps disappear into their open mouths—
His mind went completely blank.
Firefly walked toward him.
Her bare feet stepped into the brownish-yellow mess, making faint squelching sounds.
"S-Second Uncle..." Even his voice trembled. "Y-you listen to me..."
Firefly stopped in front of him.
That gentle smile still hung on her face.
But something was burning in her eyes.
"What did you say just now?"
Yan Huan's mind raced wildly, trying to dig up a single sentence from his Remembrance that might not have angered her.
But sadly—
There was none.
Every word he had said was a death wish.
"I-I only did it for your own good..."
"For my own good?"
"Y-yeah! Otherwise, if you got mistaken for a wanted criminal, wouldn't that be the end of it?!"
"Then I really should thank you."
Firefly bent down.
She picked up a lump.
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