Chapter 4: Assassination with Chaotic Stick

Back at the Luoxia Manor, Lin Jinhuai didn't say anything and slept well until it was almost dark.

She carefully recalled the events of her past life, trying not to miss a single detail. Her mother had just been buried, and following the trajectory of her past life, the Lady Dowager would soon try to ruin her innocence, forcing her father to marry her off to Zhao Han as a concubine.

"Bailan," Lin Jinhuai called out softly.

Bailan immediately lifted the curtain and walked in. Seeing her already sitting in front of the bronze mirror, she asked with concern, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Looking at Bailan's concerned face, Lin Jinhuai spoke gently, "Tell the servants to lock the courtyard gate. You and Caier each take a stick and guard behind the door. If anyone sneaks in, immediately beat them to death with the sticks."

Bailan, startled by her calm tone and the alarming instructions, asked, "Miss, have you heard something?"

"Go and do as I say first, I'll explain later," Lin Jinhuai said firmly. Thinking about the despicable man who not only ruined her innocence but also caused Bailan's death, she couldn't hide her murderous intent. "The intruder is small in stature, so there's no need for you and Caier to panic. Just use the sticks without hesitation, and the more ruthless, the better."

Bailan didn't understand why Miss had seemed like a different person since waking up today, but she would never disobey Miss's orders. She immediately found Caier and went to carry out the instructions.

Watching Bailan leave, Lin Jinhuai hesitated. She wondered if her inexplicable rebirth had disrupted the natural order of events from her previous life. But if things hadn't changed... she raised her eyes coldly, looking at her reflection in the mirror with blood-red eyes, her murderous intent revealed. She would haunt all those who betrayed her like a ghost, making them wish they were dead!

Before long, a scream came from outside, accompanied by the dull thud of sticks hitting someone's body, and the courtyard's torches suddenly lit up.

A maid rushed into the room in a panic, and upon seeing Lin Jinhuai sitting at the dressing table in her white gown, she was so frightened that her legs went weak, almost kneeling on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jinhuai knew what had happened but asked calmly.

The maid breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing her normal voice and said, "Bailan and Caier suddenly went mad and wanted to beat someone to death."

Looking at the maid, who only spoke ill of Bailan and Caier, Lin Jinhuai asked, "Who is it?"

"It's..." the maid hesitated, biting her lip. "Miss, it wouldn't be good if someone were killed. You're still an unmarried girl. If you were to gain a reputation as 'cruel and venomous'..."

"We'll see who was beaten to death. If it's someone from our courtyard, then it's not right. But if it's a thief who intruded, then their death is deserved," Lin Jinhuai said calmly, watching the maid's eyes darting around, a cold smile playing at the corner of her mouth.

The maid was taken aback by her words. The Seventh Miss used to be timid and weak, and in such a situation, she should have sent someone to stop Bailan and Caier. Why was she saying such things? The maid suddenly suspected and asked, "Miss, are you feeling unwell?"

"Zhang Mama, you know I'm unwell, so why have all your medicines been delivered cold these days?" Lin Jinhuai's eyes turned slightly cold, and Zhang Mama cursed her for being meddlesome in her heart. But she was still the mistress on the surface, so she stammered and made excuses, just as Caier, with red eyes, ran in. At the age of fourteen, she was trembling with fear. "Miss... it's a thief, and they're almost dead..."

"Go and inform Aunt," Lin Jinhuai immediately ordered.

"I'll go, Caier, you've worked hard," Zhang Mama said, her eyes rolling, and she took the opportunity to run out.

Caier stomped her foot in frustration. "Miss hasn't given any orders yet, and she's so eager to please Aunt!"

Lin Jinhuai, however, remained much calmer. "She's Aunt's eyes watching over me, and her leaving suits me just fine." With that, she took out a silver needle, her eyes calm.

Caier nodded but looked at the silver needle in confusion. "Miss, what is this for?"

Lin Jinhuai stood up, looking at the dim night and said calmly, "If the silver needle is inserted into the vital point on the back and then struck, it can be fatal." She finished speaking, her eyes hiding the surging murderous intent, and when she opened them again, only clarity remained.