Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 416: Chapter 412: Instant Kill

Zhao Zheng was choked with anger by Huang Xiaoyi’s words, while the other children burst into hearty laughter.

Huo Sining had never seen a cricket fight before and found it interesting, so he squatted at the table and watched quietly.

The few children, seeing that Huang Xiaoyi and his opponent were just engaging in a war of words without starting the fight, became impatient, ”Enough talk, will you guys start fighting or not?”

Huang Xiaoyi, stuck between a rock and a hard place, had no choice but to brace himself for the battle.

The match officially began, and Huang Xiaoyi fetched a large cricket jar to serve as the arena. Zhao Zheng poured the Grand Marshal into the jar, and Huang Xiaoyi, not to be outdone, also dumped the big black cricket inside.

Everyone thought it would take some provocation to start the fight, but to their surprise, the moment the black cricket entered the jar, the Grand Marshal initiated the attack.

Seeing the Grand Marshal launch itself with bared teeth and claws, and the black cricket appearing completely unfazed, both Huo Sining and Huang Xiaoyi couldn’t help but tense up.

But as they say, in the blink of an eye, just as the Grand Marshal went in for the bite, the black cricket suddenly leaped, landing directly on the Grand Marshal’s back.

With a tilt of its large head and scissor-like jaws aiming for the Grand Marshal’s head, it twisted its body and flipped the Grand Marshal over onto the ground.

Instant kill!

The black cricket stood proudly, its chest emitting the victorious cries of a general returning triumphant from the battlefield.

Everyone was dumbfounded; Zhao Zheng was stunned, and Huang Xiaoyi was also struck speechless.

In the blink of an eye, the outcome was decided. The big black cricket had knocked down the many-times victorious Grand Marshal.

”Damn! That’s awesome!”

”So fierce, that move was incredible!”

”The Grand Marshal got taken down instantly, it’s so big yet so nimble, unbelievable!”

Regaining his composure, Huang Xiaoyi saw the looks of admiration and envy on the faces of the surrounding kids. He squinted his eyes and a proud smile appeared on his face, ”How about that, any more challengers?”

”Me!”

”Let my cricket try!”

”I want in too!”

A few kids, not convinced, thought it was just Huang Xiaoyi’s luck, volunteered eagerly to face off against the black cricket.

With that previous fight as a confidence booster, Huang Xiaoyi nodded his agreement with a victorious smile.

Despite the series of matches, the black cricket showed no signs of fatigue. On the contrary, it fought more fiercely with each match. Its moves were fast, accurate, and ruthless, quickly knocking down its opponents without even needing a discussion.

The crickets of those other kids were also defeated instantly, leaving no doubt anymore. One by one, they stared at the cricket jar in Huang Xiaoyi’s hand with intense interest, ”Xiaoyi, where did you get this thing from?”

Huang Xiaoyi pointed at Huo Sining and said with a show-off and self-satisfied tone, ”My sister A Ning gave it to me.”

The gazes of those boys immediately fell upon Huo Sining, each looking as ravenous as a wolf spotting its prey.

”Sister A Ning, where did you buy this cricket?”

With stars in their eyes, Huo Sining unconsciously touched his nose and said, ”It’s from the Flower, Bird, Insect, and Fish Market on Chang’an Street.”

Zhao Zheng, upon hearing this, paused in disbelief and then skeptically said, ”You’re kidding, right? How could there be such good stuff on Chang’an Street?”

Huo Sining shrugged, ”I bought it there, why should I lie to you?”

Zhao Zheng wore a skeptical look, ”So how much did you spend?”

Huo Sining flashed a two with her fingers.

The kids all started guessing, ”Two thousand?”

For such an impressive cricket, if it was two thousand, that would be a steal.

Huo Sining shook her head and pursed her lips, putting on a mysterious smile.

Zhao Zheng and Huang Xiaoyi couldn’t help but exchange glances, ”Could it be twenty thousand?”

If it was twenty thousand, then it seems like a bit of a loss. However, this cricket has exceptional combat abilities, and both its stamina and fighting spirit are strong. If it really makes a name for itself, its value would definitely surpass twenty thousand.

Huo Sining was speechless, ”Can’t you guess lower? Twenty thousand for a bug, what are you joking about?”

”How could it not be? Over at Tai’an, crickets that are six centimeters in size go for several hundred, and ordinary ones that are seven to eight centimeters cost over a thousand. If it has a good color and appearance, like white teeth and a yellow head or white teeth and a black head, the starting price is at least five thousand.”

Seeing that Huo Sining had no clue about the market value, Zhao Zheng couldn’t help but argue with her.

Huo Sining was exasperated, ”That’s just way too exaggerated. Five thousand for this worthless thing, I’m not crazy. I only spent twenty yuan on this cricket, and I even felt a little heartache over it.”

”How much?” The kids thought they must have heard wrong.

”Twenty yuan.” Huo Sining waved her two fingers in front of the kids.

Everyone was floored.

Huang Xiaoyi looked at Huo Sining as if she were a monster, and the others doubted the truth of this matter.

Selling a purebred black-headed, white-toothed eight-centimeter cricket for twenty yuan—even if the seller didn’t understand the market, they wouldn’t just give it away, right? How could this be possible?

None of them believed it, thinking that Huo Sining was just messing with them. Huo Sining just shrugged her shoulders without further explanation, satisfied that she had fulfilled her promise to give Huang Xiaoyi what she had promised him, and by the looks of it, the kid was pretty content with the outcome. Everybody was happy.

Because of a cricket, Huang Xiaoyi became the focus among the group of friends. Kids love prestige; compared to a jade object, a cricket brought him more joy and satisfaction.

Huo Sining said she had bought the cricket for just twenty yuan, which Huang Xiaoyi didn’t believe, but he didn’t dwell on it.

With Huo Sining’s cricket in his possession, Huang Xiaoyi was completely won over by her, and thus, on top of Huang Ranping, another devoted fan was added to Huo Sining’s following— both siblings became diehard supporters of Huo Sining.

After finishing the ancestral worship, Liang Jinhong also quickly gathered information about Huo Sining.

When he saw the details, Liang Jinhong was stunned.

As soon as he saw the name Huo Sining, it sounded familiar. After reading the details, he immediately connected the girl to the best friend Wu Jingyi had mentioned.

This left a bad impression of the girl on Liang Jinhong—a woman who was scheming enough to set up her best friend was certainly no good.

The more he read, the more convinced Liang Jinhong became of his speculation.

What kind of person was Gu Xu? The Liang Family had been trying to make connections with the Gu Family for the past few years, only to be bluntly rejected every time. Nobody else might know how difficult he was to deal with, but Liang Jinhong certainly did.

Yet this woman managed to hook up with Gu Xu, her schemes and tactics must be really deep. No wonder Wu Jingyi suffered at this woman’s hands.

This woman, having no parents and being an orphan, undoubtedly needed a superior status to enter the Gu Family. The Huang Family wanted money; she wanted status. They hit it off right away, a perfect collaboration. The more Liang Jinhong thought about it, the more he felt he had uncovered the truth.

This so-called family recognition banquet was nothing but a conspiracy concocted by the Huang Family and this surnamed Huo woman.