Chapter 476: The Last Chip

Stop bluffing, you have no helpers at all!

Gu Rongjin's voice came over, and Mu Yuanzhi's heart settled completely; before she could turn around, she was pulled into a hug.

"Little Yuanzhi, are you alright?" Gu Rongjin tightened his hold on Mu Yuanzhi.

When he had just guessed that Fang Hua's target was the Grand General's residence, Gu Rongjin's heart almost stopped.

Fortunately, he thought of asking Cao Cixiu for help!

"It's fine, Young Master Cao arrived in time, or you all thought it through." Mu Yuanzhi gently pushed Gu Rongjin aside so he could clearly see she was indeed unharmed.

Gu Rongjin looked Mu Yuanzhi up and down, and only after confirming she wasn't injured did he truly relax.

"Actually, it's not that we thought it through; this all came from my quick thinking." Gu Rongjin felt guilty, yet he couldn't resist boasting.

After all, he really is exceptionally clever, which is why he avoided putting his beloved in danger.

"What's going on?" Mu Yuanzhi didn't understand.

Gu Rongjin explained: "I guess Young Master Cao must have many secrets not meant for outsiders; at this time he's very likely near the Imperial Observatory, which is much closer to the Grand General's residence than the Qi Family Ancestral Tomb—where I am—and my signal flare carries the Grand General's residence's element; others may or may not notice it, but Young Master Cao will surely see it."

"You're betting that big?!" Fang Hua stared in disbelief, "You're really overconfident!"

"This is finding life in a desperate situation; the facts prove I guessed right!" Gu Rongjin laughed now.

Just a moment ago, he didn't dare relax for even an instant.

Actually, his confidence was less than fifty percent; besides gambling, he had no other retreat.

As a death warrior leader and also an exceptionally clever coffin-son, Cao Cixiu knew any scheme he could devise would surely be decoded by the opponent; he placed his bet with that mindset.

"Luck is also a form of strength." Cao Cixiu said, "For example, Miss Fang Hua, your luck has weakened your strength."

His words, as always, hit Fang Hua's sore spot, her face flushed with angry frustration.

She really is a bluffer; she has no helpers at all, because she trusts no one but herself!

Mu Yuanzhi asked Gu Rongjin, "Where are General Qi and Lord Yun?"

"We're here."

"Everyone who was supposed to come has arrived."

Yun Jinglou and Qi Shi Huai came from the other side.

"I just moved your people to a cool place to lie down, so I was delayed." Yun Jinglou said, "Miss Fang Hua, you really knocked everyone out and didn't clean up; moving so many people is really difficult."

Actually, it was just to give Gu Rongjin time for a hero-to-the-rescue moment, even though the first to arrive wasn't him.

And Qi Shi Huai, he hadn't expected it and wasn't in a hurry to come over; perhaps he hadn't figured out how to face his own younger sister?

"Fang Hua..." Qi Shi Huai called her name.

His tone carried a rare choking, his expression complex, his eyes holding many emotions no one had ever seen from him before.

Perhaps, his own younger sister being a murderous demon who doesn't blink would make anyone break down.

Fang Hua stared steadily at Qi Shi Huai, her expression mocking: "I don't like this name; I wasn't originally called this, you know—I should be called Qi Shi An."

"No, Qi Shi An isn't your name; Qi Shi An isn't called that because you're my sister, but because seeing her reminded me of that name." Qi Shi Huai said.

"Hahaha!" Fang Hua laughed, as if hearing a fantasy: "If back then you hadn't thought she was your sister, you wouldn't have glanced at her once! What are you pretending, General Qi!"

"Why did you capture the princess?" Qi Shi Huai asked.

"Good question!" Fang Hua snorted coldly, "Do you know I'm about to die?"

Hearing that, Qi Shi Huai's pupils shrank sharply.

Others also vaguely guessed what was going on.

"Exactly, it's all my smokescreen; the Junior Minister of the Imperial Court of Justice is just an unlucky ghost—who let him have the same birth hour as you? I made such a big commotion just to make you think I wanted to use Dark Embroidery to steal your life, but actually, my target from the start has been Mu Yuanzhi!"

She pointed at Mu Yuanzhi and continued, "She's also an unlucky ghost; her birth hour matches mine, she was born to give me longevity!"

Mu Yuanzhi chuckled, "You're dreaming."

Fang Hua then turned to Qi Shi Huai, "You know, I grew up in a lightless place since childhood, a place that trains assassins; from the age of understanding, I've strived to kill and not be killed, struggling to survive each day..."

Recalling those blood-and-tear-filled days, Fang Hua's eyes finally showed other emotions: loneliness, fear, and excitement.

"Even if I managed to survive and become one of them, it's inevitable to be a lab rat for drug testing; to control us, they'd make us eat all kinds of poisons, and my body broke down this way—the toxins in me are about to consume me, but it's fine; I finally killed them all, so I have no regrets." Fang Hua's resentment turned into a twisted joy.

Qi Shi Huai listened, his eyes moved, his palms clenched tight, yet he still said nothing.

Gu Rongjin chuckled, "You say you have no regrets, so why do you still want my wife to extend your life?"

"Each to their own; I never said I accepted the fact that I'm about to die." Fang Hua said, "As long as I carve Dark Embroidery with Mu Yuanzhi's corpse blood, I can find another unlucky ghost and take her Yang Lifespan to replenish me."

Yun Jinglou: "Too bad your clever plans backfired; you'll have to die early."

"Will I? Brother, will I?! How can you be so cruel to your sister who's suffered endless torment?!" Fang Hua loudly challenged Qi Shi Huai.

Others naturally also looked toward Qi Shi Huai.

After all, they're blood siblings; what will Qi Shi Huai do?

Qi Shi Huai lowered his gaze, then lifted it: "I've advised you many times to turn back to shore."

"Turn back? Turn back where? How can I turn back? If I turned back, could the people I killed come back to life? Could I return to my original self?!" Fang Hua found it funny, "Brother, your sanctimonious act really makes me want to vomit! Just say you don't care whether I live or die."

Qi Shi Huai: "If you hadn't stirred up the Charitable Estate affair, I could turn a blind eye and send you far away."

"Then just wait to die?" Fang Hua sneered, asking.

She shook her head, amused, "Look, you can't even speak now; good thing I never had any expectations of you, after all, relatives like me only bring shame to General Qi."

After self-mocking, Fang Hua turned to Mu Yuanzhi: "Mu Yuanzhi, I know how to save your junior brother; do you want to hear it?"

This was her last chip.

After hearing Fang Hua's words, everyone looked at her, and Mu Yuanzhi tensed up completely.