The Destiny Villainess Wants Me To Work!-Chapter 72: Leng Shuang!
’Ugh... it hurts.’
The female killer slowly regained consciousness, feeling a dull throbbing pain pulsing at the back of her head.
Her brows furrowed.
’What happened...?’
Fragments of memory surfaced in her mind.
’I was about to use the anaesthetic poison on that young maid...’
As the scene replayed in her thoughts. Suddenly, a sharp pain struck the back of her head.
And everything went dark.
The realisation hit her immediately.
’I was knocked unconscious.’
Her heart skipped a beat. What horrified her even more was the fact that she wasn’t alarmed.
What kind of skill must one have to secretly ambush her? The top killer on the list? ’No, even they don’t have that kind of skill.’
"Oh, you have woken up."
Just then, a lazy voice sounded in her ears. Her eyes snapped open. What appeared in her vision was a handsome young man; she recognised him immediately. He was her target behind tonight’s infiltration. She didn’t expect to meet him under such circumstances.
The other person was a woman wearing a nightgown, with slightly messy hair, looking at her with an inquiring gaze.
’Her strength is about the same as mine.’
She analysed in her mind.
As for Su Mo, she didn’t feel any threat from him. ’Probably just an ordinary person.’
While trying to un-cuff her tied hands and legs secretly, she was looking for ways to escape. Unfortunately, what tied her wasn’t ordinary ropes but metal bands created by Su Mo using his special technique.
Zhang Xulin noticed her actions and sneered. "Trying to escape? Don’t bother. Unless you cut or arms and chop off your legs. It’s impossible. Besides, the metal bands are so tightly bound that you won’t even move enough to take those extreme measures."
The female killer tried, and sure enough, even using her full strength, she couldn’t move her arms.
"..."
"Well, now, do you believe my words?"
Zhang Xulin chuckled, then her expression suddenly turned cold.
"From now on, answer all my questions truthfully. For every wrong answer, I’ll break one of your fingers."
The female killer felt this scene was so familiar. Just a little while ago, she was the one torturing others. Now, it was her turn to be on the receiving end.
’Is this fate?’ She thought, but she had no intention of begging for mercy. The day she had decided to embark on her career as a killer, she had already anticipated such an outcome.
Just never in her wildest dreams had she thought that she would be caught in a sneak attack without even putting up a fight.
Su Mo scratched his cheek, feeling awkward upon seeing Sister Xulin act like a female villain.
However, Zhang Xulin didn’t pay attention to Su Mo’s thoughts.
But asked the first question she cared about.
"Who paid you to attack Miss Yang?"
The female killer just lowered her head without answering.
Zhang Xulin frowned. Then stepped forward and broke the forefinger of her left hand without hesitation.
The female killer’s brow twisted in pain, but she didn’t utter a word or scream, not even a slight yelp.
Su Mo, watching from the side, felt admiration for Sister Xulin’s decisiveness.
"I’ll ask again, I still have 19 chances left. Let’s see how long you can hold back."
"Who paid you to attack Miss Yang?"
"..."
Zhang Xulin broke her left thumb. "We can do this all night." She said in a sharp tone.
However, what responded to her was the female killer’s indifferent defiance.
Su Mo understood both of their personalities well. Stubborn to their core. He felt that if he kept watching, this stalemate might continue until morning. No way in hell he wanted to waste time on such meaningless things.
’Let’s try another angle.’
With a new idea in his mind, he stopped Zhang Xulin, who was about to break the killer’s middle finger.
"Wait, Sister Xulin!"
"Hm?" Zhang Xulin paused her actions and looked at him in confusion. "What’s wrong, Su Mo?"
Even the female killer’s indifferent eyes stared at him.
"Let me deal with her." Su Mo said calmly. Although he still had his usual carefree look, Zhang Xulin could feel the seriousness in his tone.
"Alright, do it your way." She backed away without hesitating, showing complete trust in him.
Under the female killer’s eyes, filled with curiosity plus disdain for him. Su Mo uttered the words that shocked her heart, breaking her composure instantly.
"Why go through so much trouble over meagre income, Leng Shuang?"
For the first time since regaining consciousness. Her silence was broken.
"!!!?"
"Impossible! Why?!"
Leng Shunag, that was her real name. The only people who knew that name were already dead. Since then, she had lived her life using various aliases.
Except for herself, no one else knew her true name. That is what she had believed until this very moment.
"Why do you know that name?!"
Su Mo realised he seemed to have misspoken.
*Sigh.* He sighed, then added as if he had belatedly realised. "Oh, right? I wasn’t supposed to know that. Sorry about that. Can we try it again? *Ahem* Why trouble yourself—"
Leng Shuang shouted with an annoyed expression. "That’s so damn fake. You obviously did it on purpose."
Su Mo chuckled with an amused expression. "Oops, was I found out? What a shame."
Zhang Xulin was shocked by Leng Shuang’s sudden outburst. She wasn’t surprised that Su Mo knew the killer’s name, given his strange powers; anything was possible.
’Is Su Mo going to use his mysterious techniques to extract information? *Sigh* I need to adjust my mindset fast. I can’t keep relying on my past methods.’ Zhang Xulin shook her head, self-depreciatingly.
"Answer my question. Why do you know my name?" Leng Shuang asked coldly.
Su Mo just showed a faint smile and said, "You should understand basic manners. We asked a question first. How about a one-on-one exchange? You answer my question first, then I shall answer yours."
Leng Shuang stared at him in silence. She understood he was just using this trick to get answers from her. Then deal with her.
She sneered.
"I won’t answer, no matter how many times you ask. Go ahead and kill me."
"Why are you so hell-bent on dying?" Su Mo asked in confusion. "Do you have suicidal tendencies?"
