CHAPTER 76: DISHARMONY (1)_1

Zhi Chen glanced at her, his eyes sharp as ever. With just a single look, he realized this was someone accustomed to wielding a knife.

Dong Huiying’s knife work was efficient, her movements sure and unwavering. The skinning and deboning were done at a speed that was on par with Zhi Chen, even slightly faster.

This left Zhi Chen clicking his tongue in amazement.

However, it also reminded him of another incident.

A year ago, not long after she had come to the Liang family, she had flown into a rage simply because Fourth young brother Haoming’s Xiao Huang had barked at her a few times. She slaughtered Xiao Huang and stewed it into a pot of dog meat soup.

But at that time, she hadn’t used any tool to kill Xiao Huang; instead, she had swiftly and neatly twisted its neck with her dark, small paw. Later on, as she found it too troublesome to remove the fur, she had just skinned the dog.

Back then, she had done a messy job with the skin, nothing like the neat and tidy work she was doing now, with her cuts incredibly smooth and precise.

He furrowed his brows slightly.

Strangely, at that moment, he began to feel a sense of dissonance in his heart.

After a while, the two of them got up, carrying the skins.

They had a good haul, with skins, wolf teeth, and other items bundled into a large pack.

Zhi Chen shouldered these wolf pelts and the like, quickly concealing the inquisitive look in his eyes.

He called out to Dong Huiying, and then, the two set off again.

...

As Zhu Xingfang was basking in the glory of her misdeeds, she inadvertently overheard something.

Dong Huiying and Liang Haoming—they hadn’t died?

They had fallen off the cliff, and yet, they had returned alive?

Currently, the Liang family was in the midst of troubled times. Apart from Liang Yuening who was out and Big Brother Liang Zhichen, the rest of the brothers were either injured or sick. Thanks to this, Dong Huiying was too preoccupied to deal with Zhu Xingfang.

But upon hearing the news of their survival, Zhu Xingfang started to feel uneasy.

She thought of Dong Huiying’s immense strength, and remembered how she had pushed Liang Haoming and kicked Dong Huiying, causing both to tumble off the cliff. Given Dong Huiying’s temperament, she would inevitably seek retribution. And if Zhu Xingfang waited passively, it was clear she would be in trouble!

So why not strike first to gain the upper hand?

Zhu Xingfang’s eyes flickered, followed by another round of deep contemplation.

She knew that she could not confront Dong Huiying head-on, as the latter’s strength was such that she could take on more than a dozen men single-handedly. Therefore, she needed to enlist some help!!

Zhu Xingfang was one of the three notorieties of Taihang Mountain, and so was Dong Huiying. After much consideration, she concluded that during such times, the only person who would join forces with her against Dong Huiying was — the top name on the list of notorieties and troubles of Taihang Mountain, the female boss, Hong Xiangjun!

...

Deep within the mountains, there was a gambling house, owned by a young and beautiful woman surnamed Hong. Her background and past were a mystery, and no one knew of her history. All that was known was that one day, she appeared in the mountains with money, and then constructed this gambling house, gradually recruiting many hands.

Before Dong Huiying, Dong Dabao had been a regular customer of the gambling house, and so had Zhu Xingfang.

The gambling house opened every evening. On this particular afternoon, Zhou Dachun was listlessly guarding the front gate when she suddenly saw a carriage approaching the gambling house at a leisurely pace. Her eyes immediately lit up.

Zhou Dachun stood up at once, striding towards the carriage like a meteor. "Master!??"