The Anarchic Consort

Yan Liu’er was utterly terrified. The fear distracted her and the teacup in her hand fell to the floor and shattered!

The noise definitely caught Old Lady Wang’s attention. She slowly tilted her head up and looked at Yan Liu’er’s face. A creepy smile spread across her face as she said, “You saw everything, didn’t you?”

Yan Liu’er pretended to be calm, but she could not hide the fear in her eyes. She tried to look normal as usual. “What are you saying? What did I see? Hehe, I’ll take my leave first. The thing you mentioned just now, I’ll think about it at home.”

Upon saying that, Yan Liu’er turned to leave, but the wooden door was impossible to be opened.

Yan Liu’er was now anxious, even her hands were moving quicker, like a mouse scampering for dear life.

The old voice that resembled a dead person became more overbearing. “Liu’er, you’ve disappointed me so much. I never thought that you would be just like those other girls, you all love the rich and despise the poor. No matter how nice you pretend to be on the outside, you still care about wealth on the inside…”

This time, Yan Liu’er did not reply Old Lady Wang. She kept shaking the wooden door with both hands, all she wanted was to leave this scary place.

She tried to scream for help, but she felt weak throughout her body. The voice that came out of her was so small that it could barely be heard.

It was the tea that she drank!

Her tea was spiked!

Yan Liu’er slumped against the wooden door before she crumpled to the ground. There was no strength in her fingers, only her consciousness remained. She saw Old Lady Wang’s face, which was covered with livor-mortis, getting nearer and nearer. She tried desperately to keep away from her.

Old Lady Wang slowly raised her arms…

Just then, a man in a scholar outfit stood sideways in front of Yan Liu’er, blocking her. He looked into Old Lady Wang’s eyes, pleading, “Mother, you know Liu’er is not that kind of person. She probably just haven’t thought it through, please give her more time to consider.”

“Brother Ling!” Yan Liu’er felt like she finally met a normal person. She grasped onto his arm like it was a lifeline, and asked quietly, “What happened to Old Lady Wang? What are those things on her hands and face?”

Wang Ling did not know how to answer Yan Liu’er, so he just shook his head.

Yan Liu’er was so terrified, her face had turned pale. Yet she continued, “Brother Ling, I know you always obeyed Old Lady Wang, but…”

Old Lady Wang could not hear Yan Liu’er’s words, she just glared at Wang Ling with displeasure in her eyes. However, she finally stopped her choking gesture, and her eyes darkened.

“Ah Ling, you’re perfect in every way, but not steely enough.” Old Lady Wang laughed coldly, then turned to Yan Liu’er, “Forget it, according to my principles, girls like you are not qualified to be Ah Ling’s wife, but Ah Ling likes you anyway. Plus I don’t have much time left, there’s no need for you to go home and consider. Tonight is a good timing, Ah Ling, go get that pair of wedding outfits that I made. You wear one and let Liu’er wear the other one. Seeing that she had always cared about me, if she behaves and completes the wedding ceremony with you, we’ll be a family from then on.”

Wang Ling did not move, as if he was hesitating.

Yan Liu’er grabbed his sleeve tightly. “Brother Ling, please let me go home. Marriage is not a thing to be taken lightly. Besides, Old Lady Wang is not normal right now, you can’t follow her craziness, Brother Ling!”

“Liu’er,” Wang Ling cut her off, instead he held her hands with eagerness. “Actually, ever since you sent us those cotton robes, I’ve fallen in love with you. You’ve always been close to me since we were young, I know you have feelings for me as well, right? You don’t need to care what other people would say. Although I have nothing right now, there will be a day when I’ll be a high official and they’ll all see it. Please just see it as fulfilling my mother’s wishes, and marry me tonight.”

Yan Liu’er widened her eyes, staring at Wang Ling like he was mad. “Brother Ling, you know very well I don’t have such feelings for you!”

As if Yan Liu’er’s words hurt him, Wang Ling’s eyes dimmed. Despite that, he did not give up, and reached his arms out to hug her. “Feelings can be cultivated, Liu’er.”

Yan Liu’er only felt disgusted as she tried to block him with a hand. “Brother Ling, you’ve been studying for so many years, and the only thing you learnt is how to force other people?”

Wang Ling was a simple man, apart from his unrealistic fantasizing where everything would eventually fall perfectly into place, he had no ill intentions.

To be honest, not many women would like to marry a man like this.

Apart from studying, he would not do anything else. While he was overly ambitious, he was not a hardworking person. Moreover, due to the fact that he was spoilt by Old Lady Wang, he had no concept of hard work and labour.

However, Yan Liu’er’s words made him stopped his advances. He stood to the side and did nothing else.

The reason he came out was to protect Yan Liu’er, but he really could not understand why Liu’er would refuse him. Of course it left him feeling somewhat dismayed and angry.

On the other hand, Old Lady Wang’s face had turned abnormally frightening upon hearing Yan Liu’er’s words. “Ah Ling, stop talking nonsense with this woman. Bring the wedding outfits right now and get married! Those two people from this morning were weird, to disguise as Feng Shui specialists and visit the Yan family. I suspect they were people from the official authority, but they were much more impressive than those officials, and clever too. To play it safe, after you both get married tonight, I’ll leave tomorrow, so they won’t come back and find out about anything that could affect you. I have few wishes in my life, all I want is to see you get married, then I’ll be at peace.”

As she spoke, Old Lady Wang’s voice turned gentler, and she seemed to be in a good mood. “Today’s Four Pillars of Destiny are dark, which is suitable for you two to get married. Liu’er, I advise you to cooperate, or else you might end up…like these people!” As she spoke, Old Lady Wang pulled back the curtain behind her to reveal three corpses hanging from the beam of the roof. All the corpses were extremely pale, and their faces were so horrifyingly familiar.

Horror-struck, Yan Liu’er stumbled backward heavily. All the strength she had tried so hard to muster was used up at once. Her pupils shook violently in fear, even her breathing became panicked and unsteady.

She never imagined that the culprit behind the cases of disappearance in the past few days was her neighbor, Old Lady Wang!

Yan Liu’er felt like her heart had been chained by a weight, it was sinking downwards rapidly as chills gnawed at her core.

She might have had a chance to run before, but now that she knew everything, there was no way for her to escape.

Even Wang Ling would not let her go unless they became a family!

She felt as if her blood was flowing backward, to a certain point, all that was left in Yan Liu’er was fear. She was not even aware that a dark red wedding gown was fitted over her…