That night, the moon was as white as snow, and its cool and soft light shone into the dim room through the half-open window.

The room was decorated exquisitely and elegantly. A girl of about thirteen or fourteen was sleeping soundly on the bed. She had fair skin and beautiful features. Although she did not have the kind of peerless beauty that would make people unforgettable at first sight, she was also a pretty and elegant beauty.

Suddenly, a petite figure jumped in from the half-open window. She was so light that she landed on the ground without making a sound.

Su Qingning slowly walked to the bedside. She looked at Su Jingya who was already asleep, her beautiful phoenix eyes flashing with cold light in the darkness.

She took out a stick of incense and lit it. Wisps of smoke slowly drifted away, and soon, the room was filled with a faint fragrance.

Su Jingya seemed to realize that someone was staring at her in her sleep. She frowned slightly and her eyelashes trembled slightly, but before she opened her eyes, a faint fragrance drifted over, and then her brows slowly relaxed, and her consciousness became dizzy and completely fell into chaos.

"Su Jingya..."

Su Qingning called out softly. Her cold voice sounded inexplicably creepy in this quiet night.

Su Jingya was still sleeping on the bed and seemed to have no reaction, but the next moment she suddenly sat up, then walked to Su Qingning with her eyes closed and slowly knelt down.

Su Qingning looked down at Su Jingya who was kneeling in front of her, with a hint of satisfaction in her eyes. It seemed that she had refined the puppet incense very successfully.

The function of puppet incense is to make the sleeping person obey the master's control like a puppet; and this puppet incense is added with Su Qingning's blood, so at this moment, Su Qingning is Su Jingya's master, and Su Jingya will do whatever she asks her to do.

The first thing Su Qingning had to do was to help Jiuwei get his mother's fur.

"Su Jingya, give me the fiery red fox fur that you bought at the Seven Star Auction House tonight." Su Qingning ordered in a low voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Jingya took out a long, square box from her storage ring as if she had received an order. She raised it above her head with both hands and presented it respectfully to Su Qingning.

During the entire process, Su Jingya's eyes were closed and there was no expression on her face. If someone who didn't know the situation saw her, they would probably think she was sleepwalking.

Su Qingning took the wooden box, opened it and took a look. After confirming that it was the fiery red fox fur, she put it into the space.

After getting what she wanted, Su Qingning should have left and returned to Jinyuan, but when she thought of everything she had experienced in the Su family in her previous life, she didn't want to let Su Jingya go so easily. Even if she couldn't kill the other party now, she should still collect some interest.

Su Qingning narrowed her eyes and ordered coldly, "Su Jingya, slap yourself twenty times."

Su Jingya, who was poisoned by the puppet incense, would not respond verbally, but she would respond with actions.

With a crisp "Pa!" sound, Su Jingya slapped herself hard, and then there were slaps one after another. She slapped herself twenty times before she stopped.

Looking at Su Jingya's red and swollen cheeks on both sides, Su Qingning felt relieved, but this was not enough.

Su Qingning's gaze slowly fell on Su Jingya's soft black hair, and a hint of evil flashed in her eyes.

"Click"

Su Qingning had a pair of scissors in her hand at some point. After playing with them casually for a while, she threw them in front of Su Jingya, her red lips slightly parted, her tone full of malice.

"Su Jingya, do it yourself and cut your hair."

No woman doesn't care about her hair. If Su Jingya was awake now, she would definitely pounce on Su Qingning and tear her hair, wishing to tear her scalp off.

It’s a pity that she is now poisoned by the puppet incense and can only obey Su Qingning’s orders.

Su Jingya fumbled to pick up the scissors on the ground, then picked up a strand of her hair and cut it with a "click".

But in a moment, Su Jingya's long hair was scattered all over the ground, and her long hair, which originally reached her hips, had been cut to ear level, and it was uneven, as if it had been bitten by a dog.

Seeing Su Jingya looking so funny, Su Qingning wanted to laugh, but the corners of her mouth twitched and she couldn't force a pretty smile.

However, Su Qingning didn't know that her smile was uglier than crying. She watched Su Jingya cutting her hair with a stiff expression and a weird smile. It was not until she cut her hair close to her scalp and it was bumpy and uglier than if it had been bitten by a dog that Su Qingning's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction.

"Okay, that's enough. No need to cut it anymore." Su Qingning asked Su Jingya to stop and then ordered: "Go to bed and sleep."

Su Jingya stood up obediently, walked slowly to the bed and sat down, then lay down to sleep.

Su Qingning glanced at Su Jingya who was sleeping with her eyes closed with a gloating look. She was looking forward to the expression on someone's face when he woke up and saw himself in the mirror tomorrow morning. She believed it would be very exciting.

When Su Qingning thought of that scene, her mood suddenly became very happy. She hummed a song softly in her heart, and then jumped out of the half-open window without any reluctance.

The cold moonlight poured into the room through the window. A young girl was still sleeping peacefully on the bed. However, she no longer had her long, smooth hair and her face was swollen. She no longer had the elegant beauty she had before. Instead, she looked a little miserable.

There were strands of black hair and a pair of scissors scattered on the floor beside the bed. When Su Qingning left, she didn't even think about cleaning up because she wasn't worried at all about whether Su Jingya would find out about her.

Puppet Incense is Su Qingning's masterpiece. Anyone who is poisoned by Puppet Incense will not remember what happened when they wake up the next day. Even if they want to investigate, they will not find any problems because the fragrance of Puppet Incense will have dissipated long before the other person wakes up.

……

The next morning, a miserable scream was heard from Yayuan, and people living in several nearby courtyards heard the sound.

Su Qingning and others in Jinyuan also heard the heartbreaking scream.

At that time, Su Qingyu was so scared that the bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and Yun Ruopiao was so scared that she threw herself directly into Su Qingning's arms.

"Ningning, I'm scared~" Yun Ruopiao hugged Su Qingning tightly, her voice trembling slightly.

"Be good, don't be afraid." Su Qingning patted Yun Ruopiao's back gently and soothed him softly, "It's just an animal barking. Don't be afraid."

Beast?

Su Qingyu and Aunt Zhang both showed puzzled expressions.

This...how come they sound like human voices?

However, since my elder sister/third young lady said it was a beast, then it must be a beast.

Thinking of this, Su Qingyu and Aunt Zhang nodded firmly in their hearts.

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