great-warnovel Chapter 24 The yandere old man, holding a poisonous scorpion, snuggled into her arms: Sister-in-law,
Chapter 24 The yandere old man, holding a poisonous scorpion, snuggled into her arms: Sister-in-law,
During the day, the Qin family compound was as lively as during the New Year, but in the latter half of the night, all was quiet.
What's piled up at the construction site are the blue bricks that the Qin family just bought at a high price, as well as those buckets of "divine mud" (cement) that the villagers have been talking about with great fanfare.
In this impoverished and remote area where even mud-brick houses are unaffordable, this is no different from piling gold bricks on the street.
"Hehe... These big oafs are sleeping like logs."
A sleazy dark figure crouched low and skillfully scaled over the unfinished low wall.
He was Zhao Si, a notorious scoundrel from the next village.
He had long been envious of the Qin family's recent success.
He doesn't dare come during the day, but at night this place becomes his domain.
If you steal a few buckets of that magical mud and sell them to the rich man in town, it'll be enough for him to drink and dine with women for half a year!
Zhao Si tiptoed into the makeshift wooden shed where materials were stored.
"I'm rich..."
He greedily reached out, about to grab the unopened bucket of cement.
Suddenly, a very faint, cold cough came from the darkness.
"Cough...cough cough."
Zhao Si was so frightened that he almost wet his pants.
"Who?! Who's playing tricks on me?!"
A slender figure slowly emerged from the shadows deep within the wooden shed.
The boy was wearing a faded white shirt, and his figure was so thin that he looked as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
His face was deathly pale in the moonlight, devoid of any color. Only his eyes were black, like two stagnant pools, exuding a chilling aura.
It was Qin An, the sickly seventh son of the Qin family, who seemed on the verge of death at any moment.
"You...you sickly wretch!"
When Zhao Si saw who it was, he instantly breathed a sigh of relief and straightened his back immediately.
He might be afraid of those strong men from the Qin family, but why would he be afraid of this sickly fellow?
"Scaring your grandpa in the middle of the night? Get out of here! Or I'll punch you and break your old bones!"
Qin An did not move.
He stared at Zhao Si quietly, a faint, eerie smile suddenly appearing on his lips.
That smile was like a spider lily blooming on a grave, alluring yet deadly.
"Are you going to tear me apart?"
The boy's voice was soft, with a hint of weakness in it, "Then... come here."
He slowly raised his hand, so pale that the veins were clearly visible.
A small, unassuming paper packet was held between his fingertips.
A gentle shake.
"puff--"
A cloud of colorless and odorless fine powder, carried by the wind, landed directly on Zhao Si's face.
"Cough cough! What the hell is that?!"
Zhao Si waved his hand to disperse the powder, and was about to rush up and beat someone up.
next second.
"It itches...it's so itchy! Why is it so itchy?!"
An excruciating itch instantly seeped from the surface of my skin into the very marrow of my bones!
It felt like thousands of ants were crawling in his blood vessels, gnawing at his flesh!
"ah--!!!"
Zhao Si screamed, dropped the stick, and frantically scratched himself with both hands.
"Help... I'm so itchy! There are bugs! Bugs are biting me!"
Then, before he could even scratch his skin, the scene before him changed.
The originally thin Qin An suddenly transformed into a blue-faced, fanged demon in his eyes, with its blood-red mouth wide open, ready to devour him!
"A ghost! There's a ghost!"
"Don't eat me! I won't steal anymore! I won't steal anymore!"
The intense hallucinogenic effects kicked in.
As Zhao Si screamed in agony, he began tearing at his clothes like a madman.
It felt as if only by stripping naked could one get rid of the evil spirits and the agonizing itch.
cotton-padded jacket, undershirt, trousers...
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Si stripped himself naked and started dancing "shaman" in the cold wind, scratching himself as he danced. The scene was simply cringe-worthy.
Qin An stood in the shadows, coldly watching this scene.
He had somehow acquired a black scorpion with a blue-glowing stinger in his hand.
The scorpion crawled around on his fingertips, yet it was as docile as a pet.
"So noisy."
Qin An frowned in disgust. "I was hoping you could just rot here quietly... but unfortunately, you disturbed your sister-in-law's sleep."
The voice just fell.
Sure enough, noises came from the main house.
"Seventh Brother? What's going on outside?"
Wearing a thick sheepskin coat and carrying a dim lantern, Su Wan sleepily pushed open the door.
The moment the door opened.
Just moments ago, Qin An, the "venomous snake" who had been all smiles and manipulating people, suddenly changed his expression!
With a flick of his wrist, the scorpion darted into the hidden pocket in his sleeve.
His once straight back collapsed instantly, and he swayed precariously, clutching his chest and letting out a heart-wrenching cough.
"Cough cough cough... Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law..."
Su Wan's heart leaped into her throat upon hearing that distressing cough.
She ran over with a lantern in hand and saw her frail brother-in-law standing alone in the cold wind, shivering like a fallen leaf that might wither at any moment.
"Seventh Brother! What are you doing out here?! It's so cold!"
Su Wan was frantic. She quickly threw the lantern aside and opened her arms to help him up.
Qin An fell to the ground.
"thump."
He slumped limply into Su Wan's arms.
So cold.
The boy carried the bitter smell of medication he had been taking for years, and a chill that seemed to emanate from his very bones.
Su Wan felt as if she were holding not a person, but a piece of ice about to shatter.
"Sister-in-law...there's a bad person..."
Qin An buried his face in Su Wan's warm neck and greedily inhaled the sweet, milky scent mixed with her body heat.
The heat instantly dispelled the chill in his body.
He reached out and tightly embraced Su Wan's slender waist, his voice trembling, thick with the sound of sobbing (it was all an act):
"That bad guy... he's so fierce... he said he'd beat me to death... and he'd steal our things... cough cough cough..."
"I'm so scared... Sister-in-law, am I going to die?"
As he spoke, he deliberately snuggled closer to Su Wan.
Those eyes, which had been cold and indifferent just moments before, were now brimming with tears, looking at Su Wan with wetness, the red corners of her eyes suggesting she had been badly bullied.
What a frightened little darling!
Seeing this, Su Wan felt heartbroken.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! Your sister-in-law is here!"
She held the boy tightly in her arms, gently patting his thin back with one hand, as if soothing a child:
"Who dares to touch you? Third Brother and the others are all here! Which fool would dare to bully our seventh brother?!"
She looked up at Zhao Si, who was running naked and howling in the snow not far away, and her eyes instantly turned sharp.
"Is it that pervert?!"
"How dare he scare my seventh son! He's got a death wish!"
"Hmm...it's him..."
Qin An nestled in her arms, a smug, morbid smile playing on his lips where Su Wan couldn't see.
He tightened his arms, bringing the two of them closer together.
My sister-in-law's body is so supple.
The sound of a heartbeat is so beautiful.
This bad guy came at just the right time... Otherwise, how would he have had the chance to openly and brazenly take over his sister-in-law's arms?
[Beep! Detected a top-tier "green tea" girl's interest!]
[Target: Qin An (Seventh Brother). Attributes: Yandere/White-faced but Black-hearted.]
[Status: Extreme dependence + Dark possessiveness!]
[Heart rate skyrockets: 160...180...200 (As long as my sister-in-law hugs me, all the bad guys will die!)]
[Congratulations, host! Your Heartbeat Farm has received "Poisonous" energy!]
[Herbal Field Mutated! Unlocked: 10 Universal Antidote Herbs! 1 Recipe for Bewitching Powder!]
At this moment, Qin Lie and Qin Meng, who had been awakened by the noise, also rushed out with their knives in hand.
"What happened?!"
Upon seeing Zhao Si running naked, Qin Meng was both angry and amused:
"Oh ho, coming to our house to do a striptease in the middle of the night?"
Qin Lie frowned as he looked at the seventh child huddled in Su Wan's arms.
That little rascal...
They're putting on quite a show.
The poison Zhao Si was given was clearly Lao Qi's doing. Now look what's happened—he got to deal with the bad guys and profit from it all?
"Okay, stop hugging."
Qin Lie walked over, his face dark, and tried to pull Qin An out of Su Wan's arms. "It's all virus gas. Don't let the illness spread to your sister-in-law."
"I don't……"
Qin An clung tightly to Su Wan's clothes, his eyes brimming with tears as he looked at her. "My brother scolded me... I want my sister-in-law..."
This "retreat as an advance" tactic was a decisive blow.
Su Wan slapped Qin Lie's large hand away and protectively shielded Qin An behind her like a mother protecting her child:
"Why are you yelling at me! Seventh Brother is terrified! Can't you see how much he's shaking?!"
"Get that pervert out of here right now! Don't let him dirty our land!"
"Seventh brother, come on, let your sister-in-law go back inside and make you some calming soup! The kind with lots and lots of sugar!"
After saying that, Su Wan put her arm around Qin An and went into the house without looking back.
Qin Lie and Qin Meng were left standing in the cold wind, bewildered.
Qin Meng scratched his head: "Big brother, why do I feel like... the way Seventh Brother looked at us just now, there was a bit of smugness in his eyes?"
Qin Lie gritted his teeth, watching the two figures huddled together, and snorted coldly:
"That's not about being proud."
"He's telling us... the squeaky wheel gets the grease!"
In the room.
Qin An held the bowl of steaming sweet soup and sipped it slowly.
Su Wan sat opposite him, looking at him with a gentle expression.
"Is it good?"
"It tastes good."
Qin An licked the sugar stains off his lips, looked up, and his beautiful eyes curved into crescent moons:
"My sister-in-law's cooking is... the sweetest."