Well, well…
Look who she had found.
Wasn’t this the little girl she had kindly taken in during the apocalypse—the same girl who had repaid her kindness by poisoning her?
She had thought she would never see her again.
She had thought she’d never get the chance to take revenge.
Who would have imagined that the girl had transmigrated along with the Space?
What a wonderful surprise.
At that moment, the little girl was trembling behind the counter, curled up into a ball.
Looking down at her from above, Shen Qingyao slowly curled her lips into a smile.
“Oh? Look what I’ve found. Who do we have here?”
Her voice was soft and calm, without a trace of emotion.
Yet to the little girl, it sounded like the whisper of a demon crawling out of hell.
Every hair on her body stood on end.
It’s over.
Everything is over.
The little girl’s name was Liang Xinxin.
To be honest, when she was first rescued, she had never intended to betray Sister Shen.
After all, if Sister Shen hadn’t saved her, she would have died beneath the zombies’ jaws and become one herself.
But after being brought into the Space, her life became unbelievably comfortable.
She had good food.
A nice place to live.
Nice clothes to wear.
How many people could live so well during the apocalypse?
The only thing she disliked was her lack of freedom.
The Space belonged to Sister Shen, and outsiders couldn’t move around freely.
It seemed that the Space placed restrictions on anyone who wasn’t its owner.
She could only stay inside the villa.
She couldn’t leave it no matter what she tried.
She was like a bird trapped inside a cage.
From the villa’s windows, she could see countless stores outside.
There was even the amusement park she had always dreamed of visiting.
Before the apocalypse, her parents had promised to take her there.
But they never got the chance.
The Space had everything imaginable—delicious food, fun attractions, anything she could ever want.
Yet she couldn’t go out.
She couldn’t touch any of it.
All she could do was stare longingly through the villa windows.
Meanwhile, Sister Shen could freely enter any shop, take anything she wanted, and go wherever she pleased.
Little by little, Liang Xinxin’s heart became unbalanced.
Jealousy took root.
Resentment followed.
She felt that since Sister Shen had already saved her, she should have helped her completely.
She should have allowed her to move freely throughout the Space.
She shouldn’t have kept her imprisoned inside the villa like a bird without freedom.
Jealousy continued taking root in her heart.
It sprouted.
It spread.
A voice inside her kept whispering—
Kill Sister Shen.
Then the Space will belong to you.
And so…
She developed thoughts she never should have had.
She wanted to steal the Space for herself.
Using poison from the villa, she murdered Sister Shen.
The girl looked up at the stunning woman standing before her.
Confusion flashed through her eyes.
Who was this woman?
She didn’t recognize her at all.
This wasn’t Sister Shen.
Sister Shen had been beautiful too.
But compared to the woman before her…
The difference was like heaven and earth.
Still…
The only person who should have been able to enter and leave the Space freely was Sister Shen.
After Sister Shen died, Liang Xinxin had tried countless times to take control of the Space.
But no matter what she did, she failed.
In the end, she had no choice but to give up.
Although she could now leave the villa and freely take items from the stores inside the Space…
She still couldn’t leave the Space itself.
Nor could she become its master.
Yet this woman could come and go as she pleased.
“Who… who are you? Why are you inside the Space?”
Liang Xinxin’s voice trembled as she unconsciously swallowed.
“Xinxin… who do you think I am?”
Shen Qingyao smiled faintly.
Her voice was soft and calm.
There wasn’t much emotion in it.
Yet Liang Xinxin’s face instantly turned deathly pale.
She finally realized…
The woman before her was Sister Shen.
She simply didn’t know why Sister Shen had changed so much.
She had become far, far more beautiful than before.
But now wasn’t the time to worry about appearances.
The most important thing was getting Sister Shen to spare her life.
“Sister Shen, please forgive me! I didn’t do it on purpose! I was only jealous for a moment! Please let me go!”
Liang Xinxin immediately knelt on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed.
She desperately hoped Shen Qingyao would spare her.
She didn’t want to die.
After all…
Who would willingly choose death when they could live?
Wasn’t there a saying?
A miserable life is still better than a good death.
Looking down at Liang Xinxin repeatedly banging her forehead against the floor, Shen Qingyao smiled cruelly.
So…
Now you’re afraid.
Too bad.
It’s already too late.
Yet when she spoke, her voice remained exceptionally gentle, as peaceful as a quiet spring day.
“Xinxin, don’t worry. I won’t kill you. I’m not as cruel as you are.”
Liang Xinxin’s eyes lit up.
She immediately raised her head and looked at Shen Qingyao eagerly.
“Really? Sister Shen, I knew you were the kindest and most beautiful person!”
She was so excited that she even hurried to flatter her.
At the same time, she secretly sneered to herself.
What an idiot.
A few pitiful tears, a few kowtows, and a little begging were enough for Shen Qingyao to let her go.
She hadn’t died unfairly at all.
Shen Qingyao noticed the excitement and contempt that flashed through the girl’s eyes.
She curled her lips in disdain.
As expected.
A child was still just a child.
No matter how vicious her heart was, she was still naive.
She had believed Shen Qingyao’s words so easily.
Death was actually the easiest punishment.
Shen Qingyao would never let her die so easily.
She wanted Liang Xinxin to suffer a fate worse than death.
Only then would the hatred in her heart finally be satisfied.
“Then… Sister Shen… I’ll head back to the villa first. You can take your time.”
Liang Xinxin shakily got to her feet.
Her forehead hurt badly.
She instinctively reached up and touched it.
A huge bump.
It hurt so much.
She just wanted to hurry back to the villa.
For some reason, she felt a chill all over her body.
Even though the temperature inside the Space was always perfectly comfortable.
How strange.
Just as Liang Xinxin turned around—
A thick rope suddenly appeared in Shen Qingyao’s hand.
It was the kind of heavy rope used to tie pigs before slaughter.
It was more than sturdy enough to tie up a person.
Leave?
How could it possibly be that easy?
With a flick of her wrist, Shen Qingyao threw the rope.
It wrapped tightly around Liang Xinxin’s body, circling her several times all by itself.
Caught completely off guard, Liang Xinxin was instantly tied up like a bundle.
Because of the momentum, she pitched forward and crashed face-first onto the floor.
She landed with a miserable splat.
Everything had happened too quickly for her to dodge.
Her face slammed directly into the marble floor of the hamburger restaurant.
A sharp pain exploded in her mouth.
She immediately tasted blood.
“Ptoo!”
Liang Xinxin spat out the blood in her mouth.
Along with it came something else.
She stared at the object lying in her palm.
Her eyes widened in horror.
Two of her upper front teeth had fallen out.
“My… my teeth are gone…”
Blood continued flowing from her mouth as she turned toward Shen Qingyao in terror.
“Sis… Sister Shen… what are you doing?”
Without her front teeth, her words came out slurred.
Hadn’t she promised not to kill her?
Then why was she tying her up?
“I’m not doing anything.”
“Don’t worry. I said I wouldn’t kill you, and I’m someone who keeps my word.”
Shen Qingyao smiled innocently and spread her hands.
Only then did Liang Xinxin realize…
That smile was absolutely terrifying.
She even began to feel that perhaps dying would have been a blessing.
“Sis… Sister Shen… why don’t you just kill me instead?”
She hurriedly pleaded.
“No, no, no.”
“How could I do that? I’m a woman who always keeps her promises. I could never go back on my word.”
Shen Qingyao refused righteously.
Hehe…
Want to die easily?
Not a chance.
From now on…
This game would be played according to her rules.
She walked over in two quick steps, bent down, wrapped several more loops of rope around Liang Xinxin, and tied a firm dead knot.
Looking at the tightly bound “rice dumpling” before her, Shen Qingyao nodded in satisfaction.
Perfect.
I’m amazing.
Since the girl was already tied up, there was no need to waste any more attention on her.
Shen Qingyao simply left her inside the hamburger restaurant.
Carrying her hamburger and cola, she headed to the dry cleaner.
Meanwhile, Liang Xinxin lay on the floor, wriggling like a maggot as she tried to inch toward the restaurant’s entrance.
Little by little, she crawled toward the door.
Just when she thought she was about to escape…
The hamburger restaurant’s automatic doors closed with a click.
Liang Xinxin stared blankly with wide eyes.
Her face was covered in blood.
All hope left her as she watched the tightly shut doors.
She gave up struggling.
After changing back into her clothes, Shen Qingyao left the Space.
On the ground outside, Nanny Zhang was barely breathing.
More air went in than came out.
She lay twitching in a pool of blood.
A trace of disgust flashed through Shen Qingyao’s eyes.
She took another big bite of her hamburger.
Perhaps because this body had gone far too long without food, her stomach felt somewhat uncomfortable after eating.
Fortunately, it wasn’t serious.
At worst, she’d have diarrhea.
She could treat it as another round of detoxification.
With lifeless fish-like eyes, Nanny Zhang stared at the Shen Qingyao who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
She no longer knew what to think.
The Shen Qingyao standing before her now possessed a flawless face.
She looked like an immortal fairy.
Far more beautiful than any woman Nanny Zhang had ever seen.
At first, Nanny Zhang hadn’t recognized her.
But it didn’t take long before she realized who this woman was.
After all…
Half of Shen Qingyao’s face had once been covered by the black birthmark.
The other half had always been flawless.
Everyone knew that if not for that birthmark…
Shen Qingyao’s beauty would have been unrivaled.
No one could compare.
“Oh? You’re still alive? Just as they say—scoundrels live long lives. Looks like a dog servant like you is pretty tough.”
Shen Qingyao swallowed the last bite of her hamburger, blinked innocently, and teased her.
“Ugh… ugh…”
Nanny Zhang wanted to speak.
But she no longer had the strength.
The poison had already destroyed her throat.
Her internal organs had almost completely rotted away.
There was no chance of survival.
Her only remaining wish…
…was for someone to discover that she had died.
She didn’t want to become a lonely wandering ghost.
Looking at Nanny Zhang’s old face, Shen Qingyao clicked her tongue and shook her head.
“So ugly.”
After finishing both her hamburger and cola, she threw the trash back into the Space.
She couldn’t leave modern garbage lying around here.
She wiped her hands with a wet wipe.
Then she took out a bottle of sulfuric acid from the hospital inside her Space.
The moment she unscrewed the cap, a sharp, pungent smell rushed into her nose.
“Ugh… that stinks.”
She held it farther away in disgust.
Then she raised the bottle above Nanny Zhang’s face.
Nanny Zhang’s eyes widened in terror.
Although she had no idea what Shen Qingyao was holding…
Judging from Shen Qingyao’s expression alone, she knew it couldn’t possibly be anything good.
Shen Qingyao ignored her fear completely.
She poured the sulfuric acid directly onto Nanny Zhang’s face.
The instant it touched her skin—
Sizzle… sizzle…
The sound alone was enough to make anyone’s scalp crawl.
The searing pain made Nanny Zhang thrash her head wildly.
She instinctively tried to cover her face to stop the unknown liquid from touching her skin.
But the tendons in both her hands had already been severed.
She couldn’t even lift them.
All she could do…
…was silently endure the burning pain as the sulfuric acid ate into her flesh.