Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2510 - 2446: She Was Underestimated

Nevertheless, it's still worth attempting.

Meng Tyrant might appear foolish. Truth be told, whether she hands over the Talisman Diagram or handles it personally, does it make any real difference?

However, this represented his gesture toward her, so she believed he should be the one to do it.

"Ding Haijing, head back for now," Chiang Xiao instructed, pulling Chen Zhu along toward the study.

Ding Haijing cast a look at Meng Xinian.

"Is there an issue with her managing this?"

He sensed something intimidating about Chiang Xiao, as though she were on the verge of unleashing something major.

Meng Xinian shook his head and replied, "It's fine. You can go back first."

Once Ding Haijing had departed, he secured the courtyard gate and trailed them into the study.

Stepping inside, he caught the faint sound of Chen Zhu's sobs.

That noise halted him briefly.

Why was this woman shedding tears? What warranted such crying?

He loathed the sound of weeping, detesting it even more when it came from bothersome individuals.

As he shoved the door aside, Chen Zhu fixed her gaze on him and abruptly yelled, "You Mengs are the worst! You’ll never have a good ending. Marrying this girl will show you how miserable you’ll be. She’ll drag you down to death."

Chiang Xiao deemed those words utterly ridiculous.

Yet simultaneously, a wave of deep pity washed over her. Indeed, associating with her meant being pulled toward doom, didn't it?

Troubles of every kind kept arising, including this very woman—the one who had borne her!

She honestly sensed that she'd be hauled down to her end.

Done with enduring the woman's babble, Chiang Xiao swiftly retrieved the Illusionary Talisman Diagram and struck Chen Zhu's acupoint.

It was the identical spot she'd pressed on Gao Wei before.

Chen Zhu let out a sharp cry, then her entire form abruptly grew feeble and slumped over.

She collapsed weakly onto the floor, staring at Chiang Xiao with sheer fright.

"You, what have you done to me? Why am I completely powerless? Chiang Xiao, how could you treat me like this?"

"Little."

Meng Xinian accepted the Talisman Diagram from Chiang Xiao.

"Allow me to deal with it."

Yet in reality, they remained clueless about activating the Illusionary Talisman Diagram; it lingered in the testing phase.

"I should just end you right here, inter you on the spot, so you'll never emerge to bother me again. Sound good? Care to pick your method of death?"

Chiang Xiao found it amusing, since Gao Wei had passed out in terror back then, yet Chen Zhu—this outwardly delicate female—though frightened, clung stubbornly to consciousness.

This revealed that Chen Zhu's bravery surpassed her frail appearance, and her endurance proved stronger than they'd assumed.

Reflecting on it, if she were truly so fragile, how had she managed all those bold actions solo in the past and fled Siyang Village, pretending to search for Ah Liu?

Furthermore, with such feeble resolve, how had she thrived through the years amid all that hardship?

The fellow who wronged her long ago had perished, Kuang Kanzhi stayed distant, and now Nian Che accompanied her, yet she continued to fare decently.

By rights, a once stunning and matchless beauty abruptly wounding and scarring her own visage ought to plunge her into hopelessness, but observing her now, caked in layers of makeup over her face, she still mingled with males, flirted, and schemed toward matrimony.

The deeper Chiang Xiao pondered, the clearer it became that she'd misjudged Chen Zhu's capabilities in the past.