The rain stopped and then started again, and Hua Zhi gradually fell asleep in the sound of the rain.
She was used to her bed and could not sleep well once she changed beds. She kept dreaming about things she had not remembered for a long time.
The car drove onto the winding mountain road. When the phone rang, she glanced at the number, tapped a few times on the phone, and pressed the answer button.
"Sister, it's me."
In the closed space, the other person's voice was as gentle as usual.
"What's up?"
"Sister, according to your itinerary, we should be entering the winding mountain road, right?"
"What do you want to say?"
"Hua Linzhi, the head of the Hua family, was killed in a car accident while on a self-driving tour. How about this title?"
She stepped on the brakes, but as expected, the brakes, which she had used when entering the winding mountain road, did not respond.
"Don't step on it, it's useless. I've calculated it long ago. The brakes will only last until you get to the winding mountain road." The gentle voice changed its tone due to excitement. "Hua Linzhi, aren't you very powerful? Show me how you can get out of this dead end!"
"Ms. Xu is by your side. Please thank her for seeing me off for the last time." Ms. Xu, her mother, if it wasn't for her booking the plane ticket and persuading her to take a vacation, she wouldn't be here today. Of course, she just went with the flow.
"Not only that, if we didn't have the two uncles, we wouldn't have the guts. Don't you think about who wouldn't be jealous of your position? If you had given them a chance to make money, it would have been fine, so that we could all get rich together. But you insisted on rotating the heads of the lucrative departments every year, clearly making it difficult for everyone to get any benefits. You can't blame your uncle for calling you heartless. Even if you run the company like an iron bucket and are admired and praised by countless people, none of your relatives doesn't hate you. Don't you know that we all hate you!"
Her hands tightened around the steering wheel, but she still steered the car steadily. There was no resentment or anger on her face, but a smile on her face. "Do you think a powerful person can see your hatred?"
The other party was silent for a moment, then asked sharply: "You knew it a long time ago? Why didn't you go up the winding mountain road?"
"Yes."
"Then you said..."
"What's the point of living like this? Working so hard to make money to support a bunch of ungrateful people, yet still having people worry about your life? It's better for us all to perish together."
"What do you mean."
What does it mean? She smiled, "Don't you know? This is a live broadcast, a deliberate murder of your sister, Hua Linqi, you have already confessed in public, don't think that anyone will get you out, they can't take care of you, by the way, I forgot to tell you, before I came out, I made a will, Hua Group donated everything, not a penny left, including everything under my name, the house you live in now, the old house in the family are all under my name, everything you have been scheming to get... is gone."
After the uncontrolled scream, the person on the other end of the phone changed, "Hua Linzhi! Why don't you just die! Go die!"
"Mom, don't worry. I'm always obedient. I'm going to die soon." The car was speeding up, and she turned the steering wheel more and more. "Before I die, I'll remind you again. The pretty boy you raised is married and has a daughter. Now his wife is about to give birth. Congratulations, you're blind again."
After hanging up the phone, she glanced at the number of people in the live broadcast room that was about to break seven figures, let go of the steering wheel and waved her hand calmly, "Don't fail like me."
Like a bystander, Hua Zhi watched the car roll down the hillside with flames shooting into the sky.
Live with glory, die with brilliance, so it is not lived in vain, Hua Zhi thought self-deprecatingly. But it is not raining now, where does such a loud sound of water come from
The sound of water? Hua Zhi, who had not yet come back to her senses from the dream, stood up without opening her eyes.
She stepped out of bed barefoot and took a pair of scissors from the sewing basket. She tiptoed behind the screen, covered Bao Xia's mouth and whispered in her ear, "It's me, An Jing."
Bao Xia, who was almost scared to death, nodded repeatedly. Although he didn't know what happened, he still rolled out of bed and hid her behind him after Hua Zhi let go of his hand.
Hua Zhi patted her shoulder, walked out from behind her and listened at the door. There was no sound outside, but she was sure that she had not heard it wrong before. The sound of water was the sound of something heavy falling into the water.
At night, the guards would patrol in shifts of two. However, there was a veranda in the backyard, so they didn't have to walk in the rain when patrolling. Even if they really fell while taking a shortcut, they wouldn't do it repeatedly. People raised in the Hua family wouldn't be so unruly, unless... something happened.
Hua Zhi gently opened the door a crack, and with the dim light from the lanterns in the corridor, she could vaguely see a few dark shadows in the yard.
She calmly and carefully observed every place she could see, and did not see anyone suspicious. However, the more she did so, the more frightened she became. She would rather face a disorganized gang than a calm and skilled criminal.
After so many years of being idle, she had lost all the things she once knew. The only thing she could rely on was the criminals' unfamiliarity with her and her relatively calm mind.
Closing the door silently and letting out a breath, Hua Zhi walked to the dressing table and picked two hairpins from the makeup box. She pinned one on the inner lapel of her shirt and covered it with the outer lapel, and pinned the other one into the sleeve of her right hand so that she could hook it into her hand with just her fingers.
She had this specially made after drawing a picture for it. It has a simple design, but the special thing is that there is a small spring piece on the top, which will not catch the hair when used normally, and can be pinned when hidden.
Because of her past experiences, she had become cautious and had intentionally or unintentionally tampered with the things she used. Unfortunately, most of them were confiscated. The hairpin was saved because she had hidden it in the secret compartment long ago.
Although she was not sure she could deal with the bad guys outside, she couldn't just sit there and do nothing. If they went room by room and killed them one by one, then her entire army would be wiped out. She might as well give it a try.
The scissors were put back, and just when Bao Xia thought everything was fine, she heard the young lady whisper, "Cooperate with me."
Baoxia was so anxious that her face turned red. She wanted to ask the young lady what she planned to do, but she was afraid of ruining the young lady's plan. So she suppressed all these thoughts and returned to the small bed behind the screen, sitting there restlessly with her ears perked up to listen to the young lady's instructions.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Hua Zhi closed her eyes and calmed her breath. When she spoke again, her voice was a little sleepy, "Hold Xia."
Bao Xia shuddered, covered her chest and replied, "Miss, the servant is here."
As he spoke, he picked up Xia and walked into the house.
"Light the lamp." Hua Zhi yawned, "Is the rain getting heavier again?"
Baoxia lit the lamp and saw the young lady pointing at the window. She came to her senses and her face turned pale. She gritted her teeth and walked to the window and pushed it up a little. "I think it's a little smaller than before I went to bed."
"Smaller? Why did the sound of water seem to be even louder just now?"
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