CHAPTER 135: 135. PANIC, FEAR, AFTERMATH

A good man in a hurry to rush home after finishing his business, Lianshan never expected to witness such a scene that would shock him to his core and rattle his nerves.

He watched in horror as the damned Wu Xia swung a foot-long slaughter knife viciously toward his wife. His heart almost stopped beating with fear. All he could think about was rushing forward, even if he couldn’t kick away the lunatic Wu Xia in time, at least he could take the lethal stab for his wife.

What happened next completely overturned Lianshan’s entire twenty-seven years of understanding.

Just when he thought his wife wouldn’t escape this fatal blow, the little cotton seedlings that she had just transplanted in the shed suddenly grew like crazy. They wrapped around like a green prison, tightly locking Wu Xia inside.

The woman who had been so arrogant was now helplessly struggling, desperately trying to break free from the cotton branches tightening around her neck. But it was futile, her struggles grew smaller and weaker...

Regaining his voice only after a long moment, Lianshan heard himself shouting in a changed tone, trying to stop his wife from this obvious act of silencing a murder.

The careful secret she had kept for so long was unexpectedly revealed, and in such a shocking manner...

In an instant, Shuzhen felt as if all her strength had been drained, filled with fear completely.

Her mind had totally shut down, only repeating endlessly: What should I do? What should I do? How could I let Lianshan see this cruel and strange side of mine! Can he accept this bizarre ability of mine? Can he understand that I fought back because my life was threatened, with an eye for an eye mentality? Will he think I’m a monster and ignore me from now on, or even turn me in to the authorities? Will he see me as ruthless and scheming, and never look at me again?

The thought of being separated from her beloved husband of just one year twisted Shuzhen’s heart in pain.

If only I had known, if only I knew it would turn out like this, I would have endured a stab from that madwoman Wu Xia rather than use my supernatural abilities!

Endless regret kept flashing in her heart, Shuzhen was so frightened she didn’t even have the courage to look up at Lianshan’s expression, scared of seeing rejection or caution on that face that had pampered, indulged her for two lifetimes, staying by her side through half a lifetime of madness.

Finally stumbling over to Shuzhen, Lianshan hugged her tightly, full of lingering fear. After confirming she wasn’t harmed, he gently suggested, "Wife, why don’t you release her? Or else, or else there’d be no saving her!"

"You want to save her, care for her?" Shuzhen’s body stiffened, her voice trembling. So he does think she’s cruel and ruthless? Otherwise, why would they immediately want to save that damned Wu Xia! Does he realize this was an attempted murderer who almost killed his wife? Shuzhen was infinitely disheartened and inadvertently voiced her thoughts.

With a helpless sigh, Lianshan couldn’t help but embrace her softly reassuring, "What are you thinking? Just for the act of drawing a knife on you, she deserves to die a hundred times. But wife, she can’t be ended by your hands. It’s not worth bearing the crime and burden of killing for someone so crazy, we can fully protect ourselves with legal means, right?

After all, Wu Xia caused Jiang Wen to drop from a county-level leader to an ordinary town official. Jiang Wenge probably has a mind to peel her skin and break her bones now.

If we hand Wu Xia over now, we’d be giving him the perfect chance for revenge, wouldn’t we? It’s the same act of silencing, why should we dirty our hands!"

"But..." But if they let her go, wouldn’t the secret get exposed? Shuzhen hesitated, recalling the line from the novel ’only dead people can keep secrets forever’.

Seeing his wife frowning, clearly struggling between bringing the murderer to justice or keeping her secret by killing and silencing, Lianshan sighed long and hard, "In your eyes, am I just that unreliable?"

Shuzhen looked up confused, not knowing why he would say such a thing.

But being unreliable had nothing to do with her own husband, and Shuzhen was certain of this.

"Since you don’t think I’m that unreliable, just let her go, alright? We’ll resolve this through legal means, Wu Xia won’t get away with it!" Lianshan insisted, knowing that Wu Xia, who almost brought death upon his wife with the slaughter knife, could not be allowed to continue living in this world.

Currently, Shuzhen’s biggest concern was her husband’s view of her. Wu Xia wasn’t even a consideration. Since her man said to release, then let her out!

With a thought, the tangled cotton seedlings dispersed and quickly shrank back to their original state, just a few leaves tall as they were just transplanted.

If not for Wu Xia, with her pale face and barely rising chest proving she wasn’t dead yet lying there, and the foot-long slaughter knife that had nearly endangered Shuzhen’s safety nearby along with a few cotton leaves she tore off in her struggles, Lianshan might have laughed, scratched his head, thinking he dreamt a surreal dream.

Now he could only scratch his head and marvel: Well, they do say luck comes to those who are down and out. Is this his misfortune reaching its peak so that even heaven couldn’t bear it, and thus allowed him to marry a fairy with supernatural abilities?

After thoroughly destroying the abnormal cotton branches at the scene, Lianshan checked on the still unconscious Wu Xia. Seeing her eyes rolled back indicating she was on the brink of death, but with no scars on her body afterward, he marveled at his wife’s capabilities before firmly choking Wu Xia’s slender neck.

Ensuring that while he couldn’t just kill her with one squeeze, he did leave a deep bruise that would render her voice unusable for a while.

Then Lianshan signaled Shuzhen to shout in the sharpest, most frightened voice for help, claiming murder!

By the time the nearby villagers came rushing with hoes and pickaxes to help, they saw their new brigade leader’s wife pale with fear and trembling uncontrollably. Next to her, Lianshan was still in the pose of choking someone. And the well-dressed woman with a slaughter knife in her hand, wasn’t she just Wu Xia who tried to harm the Liu family back then and ended up driving herself crazy?