Sister, you are not behaving well again…

The reward Ping Chengcheng asked for in exchange for the mutant corpse—

Was permission to kill Zheng Zhiyi right now.

Xiao Lie agreed without hesitation.

6:00 PM

Ping Chengcheng returned home.

Song Ning wasn’t in the villa at the moment—only Wu Sheng and Zheng Zhiyi were sitting in the living room.

Ping Chengcheng was a little surprised. This woman wasn’t following Song Ning around?

What happened?

Well, whatever.

She let out a cold snort, then walked quietly over to Zheng Zhiyi and looked down at the girl sitting on the couch.

“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you clinging to Song Ning anymore?”

Zheng Zhiyi opened her mouth as if to say something—but no words came out.

“Um…”

The girl cut her off: “Hey, seriously—what’s your deal? Why do you keep trying to get close to my big sis and drive a wedge between us?!”

The moment she said this, the air was instantly filled with a terrifying murderous intent.

Her eyes glowed blood-red, a twisted grin creeping onto her otherwise adorable face—a disturbing contrast that made her look outright demonic.

What… what kind of presence was this?

Zheng Zhiyi gasped for breath, her body slumping weakly into the couch—almost sliding right off onto the floor.

She hurriedly turned to Wu Sheng, begging with her eyes for help.

But Wu Sheng didn’t dare make a sound. He simply mouthed words frantically:

Apologize! Now! Hurry! If you don’t, you’re dead! She’ll really kill you!

“Hehe… not gonna say anything? That’s fine. Big sis isn’t here… you’re dead anyway.”

Zheng Zhiyi felt herself completely locked in by that overwhelming killing intent. Her body couldn’t even move. She could only watch as Ping Chengcheng reached out her right hand—

And wrapped her fingers around her throat.

No… I can’t breathe—
It hurts!

In that moment, Zheng Zhiyi nearly broke.

She had already decided to grovel and act pitiful in front of Ping Chengcheng—but when it came down to it, she just couldn’t do it!

She wanted to scream that she wasn’t wrong!

She hadn’t done anything wrong!

All she did was hug Song Ning when she was feeling sad. All she wanted was…

To warn her. To keep her away from this dangerous girl!

She wasn’t wrong!

But…

When she thought of her older brother—swallowed alive by that grotesque, flesh-eating mutant—

She remembered: she still had to avenge him.

She had to survive!

“Uuu… Ping Chengcheng—wait!!”

Hm?

Wait?

“Oh? Got something to say? Last words?”

The girl’s voice was icy cold—completely devoid of emotion.

Zheng Zhiyi coughed harshly, a bit of blood dribbling from her lips.

“I’m sorry, Ping Chengcheng! I won’t dare again! I’ll never go near Song Ning ever again! Please—please let me go! Spare my life, okay?! Please!”

What’s with this girl?

Ping Chengcheng frowned at her.

Wasn’t this the same woman who used to stand her ground so defiantly? Acting like she’d fight her to the death?

Even if Zheng Zhiyi was serious about her apology… so what?

She already did those things.

Does an apology undo any of it?

Now, big sis was already suspicious of her…

Big sis must think I’m a liar…

That I’ve been hiding things from her…

Ugh, damn it…

The perfect image I had in big sis’s eyes—it’s all ruined now…

Damn it… uuu…

It’s all her fault!

Zheng! Zhi! Yi!

“You done? That’s your last request? Then take it with you to hell.”

Ping Chengcheng smiled cruelly and tightened her grip.

“NO! PLEASE!”

“Still not done?”

Ping Chengcheng’s patience was wearing thin.

“Ping Chengcheng! I was wrong—if you let me live, I’ll tell Song Ning that everything I told her before was a lie! Okay?!”

“I’ll say it was all just something I made up! Please—I’m sorry! I… I still…”

“I still have to avenge my brother!”

Tears spilled freely down her face.

Ping Chengcheng’s eyes lit up.

If Zheng Zhiyi really did what she said—

Wouldn’t that help fix things with big sis?

Big sis… I never wanted to deceive you…

I’m just so scared…

So scared you won’t love me as much as I love you…

I’m sorry, big sis… heehee…

If I want to make sure you can never leave me—

I have to do this.

“Fine… I’ll let you live. Got it?”

“This is your last chance.”

Ping Chengcheng crouched slightly, her cute face twisted into a mad grin.

Her ruby-like eyes reflected the sheer terror on the girl’s face.

“I—I understand! I won’t do anything like that ever again! I swear!”

Ping Chengcheng stood back up and clicked her tongue in boredom. She glanced at Wu Sheng on the side.

“And you. Don’t breathe a word about what happened today.”

Before she even finished, Wu Sheng was already nodding frantically.

Ping Chengcheng gave a satisfied little smile. “Wu-gege is always the best~”

She turned to Zheng Zhiyi—still crying.

Heh. Trash.

“Don’t forget what you said. Make it convincing. Don’t let big sis notice anything.”

“When she gets home, you’ll tell her. We’ll put on a little show…”

Wu Sheng, hearing this familiar line from the girl, was reminded of that time with Zhou Wen.

That was when he’d first seen the girl’s true nature. Honestly, it shocked him.

He glanced at Zheng Zhiyi’s panicked face and chuckled a little to himself.

He’d been in the exact same spot once.

But honestly, this girl Zheng Zhiyi was just plain dumb. Building a good relationship with Ping Chengcheng was actually really simple…

How did she manage to mess it up this badly?

Ping Chengcheng laid out some details for Zheng Zhiyi, then headed back alone to the master bedroom.

She leaned on the windowsill, quietly staring at the front gate of the villa, waiting for Song Ning to return.

So boring…

Without big sis, it’s seriously so boring…

And tomorrow, she’d have to go with the intel team to scout out the A City military supply depot.

Damn it.

She didn’t want to be apart from Song Ning even for one minute.

Damn it… if only she had the power to clone herself.

Then she could send a clone to do all this boring stuff and stay with big sis 24/7.

It wasn’t until 7:00 PM—when night had fully fallen—that Ping Chengcheng finally saw a familiar silhouette approach.

But… why were two other girls walking behind her?

Two other girls. Chatting with Song Ning. Laughing with her. Acting all buddy-buddy.

Who…

Who the hell are they?!

Big sis…

Big sis!!

Big sis!!!

BIG SIS!!!!

Why…

Why are you out there…

Flirting with other girls again?!

Why?!

A storm of murderous intent exploded in the master bedroom.

The air trembled around Ping Chengcheng, a violent aura raging around her.

Big sis…

You’re being so… so naughty again…

Getting all chummy with other girls…

Laughing with them…

You already have me!

You’re not allowed to do that!

I… I have to punish you…

But how?

Damn it… damn it all…

I can’t hurt big sis…

That’s right. I have to protect her. I can’t hurt her.

But then… how do I punish her?

It hurts…

It hurts so much…

Trying to be the sweet, obedient girl that big sis loves—

It’s just too hard.

So hard… it hurts…

Big sis…

If I just locked you up forever, wouldn’t that fix everything?

Those two girls—who the hell are they?!

If I can’t hurt big sis…

Then I’ll make damn sure those girls never dare go near her again.