The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 525 - Chapter 525 Chapter 525 Undertake

Chapter 525: Chapter 525: Undertake Chapter 525: Chapter 525: Undertake Looking at Lu Yilei who was pleading for Meng Rou, Zhong Nianyao spoke with a smile that was not quite a smile, “Lu Yilei, I’m actually curious. Do you really love Meng Rou that much? Do you even know what kind of person she is?”

“I know what kind of person Xiao Rou is better than you do.” Lu Yilei firmly stood on Meng Rou’s side, “This time, let’s say I owe you a favor. No matter what she did wrong, I’ll take the consequences for her.”

“Take the consequences?” Zhong Nianyao let out a cold laugh, and continued, “She wanted my life. How do you plan to take responsibility for that? Are you going to exchange lives, using your life for hers?”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked. All eyes were focused on Meng Rou, filled with disbelief as well as suspicion and surprise. Who could have imagined that the seemingly gentle and fragile Meng Rou could do such a thing?

Was this all a misunderstanding, or was it true that one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover?

“That’s impossible.” Lu Yilei instinctively retorted, “Xiao Rou isn’t that kind of person, nor does she have the capability to do such things.”

“Haha, that’s why I said, do you really know the real her?” Zhong Nianyao raised an eyebrow and continued, “You don’t even know who she really is, yet you’re defending her like this. Seems like you’re truly blind and delusional!”

“I understand Rou’er better than you do.” When Lu Yilei looked at Zhong Nianyao, his eyes were filled with hostility, “If you really hurt Rou’er, I won’t let you off.”

“Fourth brother.”

The one who spoke was Old Master Lu, who rebuked with a stern voice, “You shut up. I think you’ve been bewitched. What’s so good about a woman like this that you have to defend her?”

“Dad, you don’t understand Xiao Rou at all, you can’t just believe whatever Zhong Nianyao says!” Lu Yilei argued, sounding quite indignant, “She says Xiao Rou wants to kill her, but there has to be a motive, right? They’ve hardly ever met, why would Xiao Rou want to harm her?”

Upon these words, everyone fell into deep thought indeed, everyone had such doubts.

However, when Meng Rou heard Lu Yilei’s words, her expression changed drastically. She wanted to stop him but sadly realized that she was utterly powerless at the moment.

“Do you really want to know?” Zhong Nianyao smiled with a profound meaning, “Since you want to know, I’ll tell you. I knew Meng Rou from before. To be serious about it, I suppose I could also be considered Meng Rou’s lifesaver! It’s just that I’ve witnessed her most disgraceful side, and she’s afraid that I’ll expose her true face, so she wanted my life. To be precise, she probably wanted to silence me forever!”

“Don’t speak, don’t tell.”

Meng Rou desperately screamed in her mind, only to find that when she opened her mouth, she couldn’t make any sound at all.

Ignoring Meng Rou’s anxious gaze, Zhong Nianyao went ahead and laid out all her grievances and grudges with Meng Rou.

After hearing Zhong Nianyao’s words, the faces of those present changed. Especially Old Sir and Old Madam Lu, their complexions were now as dark as ink.

All along, they did not like Meng Rou, feeling that she was not a settled girl. But they had never imagined that they had underestimated her.

For one so young, her private life was already so chaotic, and she had even caused such an incident. In fact, she had caused herself to be unable to bear children in the future.

Such a girl, even just to be kept as a mistress, would be too shameful.

Meanwhile, their gaze toward Zhong Nianyao also became strange when they looked at her. All that talk of ghost babies and Netherworld Messengers, they had only ever heard about it but had never expected someone to actually experience it.

Moreover, Zhong Nianyao actually had such means. No wonder she was able to win Lu Yichen’s favor. It seems that a delicate girl would not have caught Lu Yichen’s eye!

After all, they were people from a prominent family, and they accepted what Zhong Nianyao said about these matters quite quickly.

“But, Meng Rou is now pregnant with Fourth Brother’s child.” Ling Ziwei spoke up with some confusion, “Wasn’t it said that she can never have children in her life?”

“That’s correct.”

Lu Yilei, who had been somewhat dejected, now seemed to have grasped some hope, and he looked at Zhong Nianyao, saying, “If what you’re saying is true, then how could Xiao Rou have my child in her belly?”

“Child?” Zhong Nianyao’s gaze landed on Meng Rou’s belly, “That thing that’s neither human nor ghost, could it be called a child?”

“What do you mean?”

The one who spoke was Old Madam Lu, her tone trembling slightly, “What exactly is that thing in her belly?”

“Her uterus has been eroded by yin energy for too long; it’s completely unsuited to bear any more children.” Zhong Nianyao looked up, her smile pregnant with deep meaning, “However, such a place strong with yin energy is quite suitable to nourish something heavy with yin energy.”

“Meng Rou, you must be very grateful to Master Zeng for helping you conceive this child! But he was not so kind-hearted. He was using your womb to cultivate a Little Ghost.”

“Even while in its mother’s body, the mother suffered inhuman torture and died an extremely painful death. When she died, the child inside her belly also felt its mother’s resentment before death. Plus, having been forced to die before being born, its resentment doubled.”

“Master Zeng extracted the Little Ghost’s soul and refined it, now it just needs to grow inside your belly, and once it’s born, it will become a great killing weapon.”

As these words were spoken, those present felt a chill rising from the soles of their feet. Some even shivered uncontrollably.

If anyone had the biggest reaction, it would be Meng Rou. Because she was the one involved, her belly was nurturing such a creature.

Before, she had heard Zhong Nianyao saying that what was inside her was something neither human nor ghost. But Zhong Nianyao hadn’t been explicit, and she wasn’t clear on the details.

Now after hearing Zhong Nianyao’s words, the torture brought by the ghost baby came instantly to mind. She couldn’t imagine what would become of her, as Zhong Nianyao described when the Little Ghost would be born.

Lu Yilei’s face had turned pale at this moment. He wanted to speak up for Meng Rou, but after seeing her expression, he knew what Zhong Nianyao was saying was true. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Yet, despite all this, he still couldn’t let go of Meng Rou.