However, before he could reach Tangxi Li, he was kicked flying by her bodyguard, Bella.
Did he think he could launch a surprise attack while they, the bodyguards, were all dead?
“Crash—” An Minghui slid three meters across the floor before coming to a stop, his body slamming into a plant stand holding a dwarf pine bonsai.
The bonsai, worth over a hundred thousand, wobbled before toppling over along with the tall plant stand.
The flowerpot shattered into pieces, scattering coconut soil everywhere.
Tangxi Li turned around, her gaze suddenly turning sinister.
She kicked aside An Minghe, who had been beaten unconscious and now had a swollen face, and walked over to An Minghui.
She raised her foot and placed it on the lowest rib of his chest. Without uttering a single word, she abruptly pressed down, precisely breaking his rib.
For symmetry, after breaking the left one, she broke the right one as well.
“Ahhh—” The pain of a broken bone was incomparably worse than the sting of a slap. An Minghui’s agonized screams echoed throughout the An family residence.
Tangxi Li grew irritated by the noise. She crouched down, grabbed the top of the dwarf pine, and stuffed it into his mouth. “Endure the pain. If you dare scream again, I’ll tear off your skull!”
An Minghui, his face deathly pale, met her cold, merciless eyes and immediately fell silent.
Madwoman!
A lawless madwoman!
Gritting his teeth, he removed the dwarf pine from his mouth and snarled in fury, “Aren’t you afraid we’ll call the police?”
Tangxi Li shrugged indifferently. “Go ahead if you want. Who’s stopping you? At worst, it’s a dead end. But before I die, I’ll take every single one of you with me. Hahaha…”
Her eerie laughter sent chills down An Minghui’s spine.
He finally understood—madwomen don’t follow logic.
He chose to shut up, hoping to suffer less.
Seeing that he knew his place, Tangxi Li stood up, satisfied.
Just then, her bodyguard approached. “Ma’am, we found them.”
Bella presented a voice recorder, two recording devices, and a recording watch to Tangxi Li.
They had been found on the TV cabinet, under the coffee table, and on the sofa.
Tangxi Li raised an eyebrow. She had suspected something was off with the way the An family kept steering the conversation.
Sure enough.
The An family finally realized what was happening—Tangxi Li’s bodyguards had been searching for recording devices.
She had discovered them!
Old Madam An was furious and humiliated. All her efforts to demean herself and feign submission to this wretched girl had been in vain.
She no longer bothered to pretend. “You wretched creature, I should’ve strangled you at birth!”
“Is that so?” Tangxi Li vaulted over the sofa, landing in front of Old Madam An, and slapped her across the face.
After delivering two symmetrical slaps, she gripped Old Madam An’s chin, forcing her to meet her gaze. “Consider these two slaps my thanks for sparing my life!”
Old Madam An, born into a wealthy family and having lived a smooth, privileged life, had never been struck before.
She was utterly stunned.
When she finally regained her senses, she gnashed her teeth and spat, “You’re just as unlucky and detestable as your mother!”
“Likewise.” Tangxi Li lowered her head with a faint smile. “You’re pretty detestable yourself.”
When she looked up again, her expression turned icy. She seized Old Madam An’s neatly coiled bun, dragged her around the sofa, and forcibly hauled her into the bathroom.
“Ah—! What are you doing? Let me go!” Old Madam An screamed in pain and terror, her scalp burning from the forceful grip.
Tangxi Li’s eyes gleamed with malice and cruelty. “I’m just repaying you in kind, the same way you treated others back in the day.”After saying that, she dragged her to the toilet, lifted the lid, and pressed her head directly into it, then flushed.
“Mmph… cough—you… mmph—bastard—let… mmph—go… of me…”
As if she didn’t hear, Tangxi Li pulled her up, pressed her down, pulled her up, and pressed her down again.
Just like how that damned old thing had once tormented her mother.
Old Master An and several grandchildren who weren’t seriously injured rushed over, but they were all blocked outside the door by Tangxi Li’s bodyguards.
Then, they began hurling all kinds of condemnations and curses.
But no matter how they cursed, Tangxi Li didn’t stop.
Her hands pressed down firmly on Old Madam An until she passed out before finally letting go.
Then, she dragged her out of the bathroom.
Seeing his wife drenched and unconscious, Old Master An turned pale and demanded sharply, “Did you kill your grandmother? You heartless beast! You’ll die a horrible death!”
Tangxi Li clicked her tongue in displeasure. “She’s just unconscious. Why the rush?”
With one hand gripping Old Madam An’s disheveled bun and the other pinching her philtrum, she said with malicious amusement, “How could I bear to let her die? Until I’ve had my fill of fun, all of you must stay alive!”
Hearing that his wife wasn’t dead, Old Master An visibly relaxed.
But Tangxi Li’s next words made his expression darken. “Until I’ve had my fill of fun?”
Furious, he stomped his cane on the ground. “You’ve already destroyed a multi-billion-dollar project and injured so many people. Isn’t that enough?”
“Of course not,” Tangxi Li met his sharp gaze, her words clear and resolute.
“You must not only repay blood with blood but also suffer unbearable pain. If hell won’t take you, then I will be your hell. Unlike you, I won’t leave any roots behind. Every single one of you, across three generations, will not survive!”
As she spoke, Old Madam An in her hands was pinched awake.
The old woman, her face as pale as paper, woke up cursing, “Bastard, you’re not human…”
Tangxi Li pushed her away, speaking the most vicious words in the calmest tone. “Shut up. If you annoy me again, I’ll throw you into the septic tank and have the media film the whole thing, so the whole world can watch you struggle in it. That would be absolutely spectacular!”
“You…” Old Madam An choked on her words.
If she had heard this before Tangxi Li started hitting people, she wouldn’t have believed a single word.
But after witnessing her madness, she had no doubt that she would actually do it.
The septic tank…
Just thinking about that image sent a chill down Old Madam An’s spine. If she were to fall in there, she’d rather die.
The grandchildren, who had been spoiled and pampered all their lives, had never endured such humiliation.
Seeing Old Madam An treated so terribly, they all grew red-faced with rage.
“Tangxi Li, what kind of skill is it to bully an old woman? If you have the guts, come over here!” Wang Tiantian taunted.
The bodyguard in front of her, Amy, advised her, “Miss, you should say less. Our lady is easily provoked, and she really will come over and hit you.”
Wang Tiantian: “…”
Remembering how Tangxi Li had beaten up her eldest uncle, second uncle, and her mother earlier, she felt a slight twinge of fear.
But she had always been fearless, with her mouth being the toughest part of her.
She sneered, “What’s there to be so arrogant about? You’re only this bold because you brought bodyguards. Tangxi Li, if you have the guts, send these bodyguards away, and let’s settle this among ourselves.”Tangxi Li lifted her eyelids to look at her, as if regarding a joke, an ant.
Amy whispered in Wang Tiantian’s ear, “Miss Wang, we didn’t intervene earlier, and moreover…”