Mistakenly recognized as a cousin, thousands of pampered

Seeing Tao Jiuxi's undaunted look, Xie Shumei was stunned for a moment before chuckling softly, her voice tinged with madness. "Do you really think I wouldn't dare touch you just because your cousin is protecting you?"

Her hands were clenched tightly into fists, her nails almost digging into her palms. The jealousy and anger in her heart made her lose her mind.

"Don't tell me, I just don't think you have this ability, otherwise why would I come here?"

Tao Jiuxi raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile. She deliberately straightened her body and acted as if she didn't care.

Xie Shumei was so angry that her face turned blue. She gritted her teeth and shouted towards a place in the bamboo forest, "Don't hide, come out."

Her voice was sharp and piercing with anger, echoing in the bamboo forest.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps from behind the bamboo forest, followed by the appearance of three big men.

Their clothes were tattered, their hair was disheveled, and they exuded a foul odor. They must be refugees from the nearby area. They looked very wretched, and their eyes kept turning around Tao Jiuxi with malicious smiles.

"When is it going to start? We are getting impatient." One of the big men licked his lips and showed an obscene smile after seeing Tao Jiuxi's face. The smile was disgusting.

Tao Jiuxi glanced at them and asked, "Is this your trump card?"

"Tao Jiuxi, I will make you pay the price today!" Xie Shumei said viciously, her eyes full of pride, as if she had already seen Tao Jiuxi's tragic end.

"Mei'er, what are you doing?" Xie Ningqiu was frightened by this sudden scene. Her face was as pale as paper. Her voice trembled and she immediately moved towards Tao Jiuxi.

Seeing Xie Ningqiu like this, Xie Shumei immediately spoke out to persuade him.

"Aunt, my cousin has been bewitched by her and doesn't even care about you. If he marries her in the future, I'm afraid there will be no place for you to stay."

Xie Shumei had not originally planned to bring Xie Ningqiu along, but Tao Jiuxi had suggested it. She was afraid that her objection would make Tao Jiuxi realize something was wrong, so she could only bite the bullet and explain.

"Mei'er, she is the apple of your cousin's eye. If you hurt her, your cousin will not let you go!" Xie Ningqiu stood in front of Tao Jiuxi with his arms open, trying to protect her, while anxiously persuading Xie Shumei.

She only thought in her mind that she must not make things worse, otherwise it would be impossible to resolve the situation after Shen Zhiyi came back.

"Haha, aunt, are you siding with her?" Xie Shumei sneered, her eyes full of dissatisfaction and resentment. She felt that Xie Ningqiu's behavior at this time was a betrayal of herself.

"Auntie just doesn't want you to make the same mistake again. Why did you call someone here?!" Xie Ningqiu's voice rose a few degrees, her eyes full of anxiety and helplessness, hoping to awaken Xie Shumei's sanity.

"Doesn't my cousin love her? He was drugged with such a powerful aphrodisiac that he would rather soak in the pond than hurt her. Since he values ​​her innocence so much, I will destroy her innocence."

Tao Jiuxi impatiently pushed away Xie Ningqiu who was blocking his way and said with a frown, "Get out of the way. You're blocking my center position."

But he was still glad that Xie Ningqiu was on his side no matter what her purpose was. This way, Tao Jiuxi wouldn't feel too uncomfortable when he got along with her in the future.

"Hurry up and go! If anything happens to you, how am I going to explain this to Zhiyi?"

Seeing that Xie Ningqiu was not moving, Tao Jiuxi took a few steps to the side, then looked at Xie Shumei calmly and said, "Xie Shumei, if you move me, your cousin will peel off your skin and pull out your tendons, right?"

"If your innocence is gone, would you dare to tell my cousin? By then, if you understand the situation, you can ask to be a concubine, and my aunt and I will keep it a secret for you." Xie Shumei raised the corners of her mouth, revealing a smug smile. She clasped her hands in front of her chest, as if she had already won.

"Keep it a secret for me?" Tao Jiuxi sneered, his eyes full of disdain.

"After you get dirty, do you think you can still be your cousin's wife? Then you will have no choice but to keep it a secret and hide it." Xie Shumei became more and more excited as she spoke, with a crazy light flashing in her eyes.

Tao Jiuxi understood. This was what Xie Shumei was planning. However, her method was really crude and her acting was not good either.

Xie Shumei saw Tao Jiuxi's hand was constantly pulling something out of his sleeve, so she asked cautiously, "What are you taking?"

She stared at Tao Jiuxi's sleeves, feeling a little scared. The refugees also stared at Tao Jiuxi's movements.

"Poison, poison that can kill you." Tao Jiuxi answered truthfully and simply took out the medicine bottle from his sleeve.

A small bottle of medicine was swaying in Tao Jiuxi's hand. Seeing that there was only a small amount, everyone's originally nervous mood immediately calmed down.

"Just relying on this poison? Even if you poison me to death, so what? You will still be ruined. As long as you die, I will be happy." Xie Shumei laughed wildly, her laughter full of malice and madness.

There was a look of desperate madness in her eyes, as if she had lost her mind.

"Your parents and brothers don't care anymore? Aren't you afraid of Shen Zhiyi's revenge?" Tao Jiuxi tried to use words to stimulate Xie Shumei and make her regain some sanity.

"They have never cared about me. I have been here for so long, who has ever come to see me?" Xie Shumei's eyes flashed with loneliness and resentment, and her voice became a little choked, as if a lot of grievances and dissatisfaction had accumulated in her heart.

"Your mother."

"My mother? She came, and she kept praising you for being sensible. Do you still think she is my mother?"

Tao Jiuxi pointed at Xie Ningqiu and said, "Your aunt is here too."

Xie Shumei still held a glimmer of hope to become Shen Zhiyi's concubine, so she softened her tone, walked to Xie Ningqiu, took her arm and said, "Aunt, if you still love me, you should teach her a lesson like I did today. I will continue to be filial to you as before." There was a hint of pleading and threat in her eyes.

Xie Ningqiu broke free from Xie Shumei's hand and said, "Mei'er, it's not too late for you to turn back now." He tried to persuade Xie Shumei to give up this crazy plan.

Xie Shumei was disappointed when she heard this.

"Aunt, you're on her side too? Then don't blame me."

After Xie Shumei finished speaking, she took a step back and winked at the refugees, signaling them to take action.

"You guys go ahead!"

When those wretched men heard this, their eyes lit up immediately, they laughed, and rushed forward while rubbing their hands.

One of the wretched men with a scar on his face licked his lips, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, which was disgusting.

Tao Jiuxi was not in a hurry. He shook the medicine bottle in his hand again and said with a mocking look on his face: "To be honest, I haven't killed anyone yet."

"You don't really think that this small bottle of medicine can kill so many of us, do you?" A short and wretched man sneered. As he spoke, he continued to slowly approach without any pause, as if he didn't take Tao Jiuxi's poison seriously at all.

His eyes were fixed on Tao Jiuxi, full of greed and evil.

Xie Ningqiu was so frightened that his face turned pale. He frantically grabbed Tao Jiuxi's arm with both hands and said in a trembling voice, "Let's run!"

Seeing Tao Jiuxi didn't move at all, Xie Ningqiu became even more anxious: "Are you scared silly? Why don't you run away quickly?"

Tao Jiuxi pulled away Xie Ningqiu's hand that was tightly gripping his arm and said, "Why are you running? I didn't say I only brought poison. I also brought people with me!"

After saying that, she blinked her big eyes at Shu Mei with an innocent look.

Xie Shumei's expression changed immediately when she heard this, and she looked at the quiet bamboo forest with vigilance.

"Just...just because of that maid?"

"Oh, how is that possible! Although I look down on you, I don't look down on you this much! I wouldn't dare come out to pick you up with just a maid."

Then he shouted behind him, "Jiang Shun! Come and collect the heads!"