Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 46. It’s not me

Watching Hua Xiaocao with her neck stiffened and face twisted, asking why, Hua Jinchong smirked disdainfully.

Still has the nerve to ask why?

A minor mistake? If taking a life is a minor mistake, then what counts as a major one?

Hua Xiaocao is rotten to the core. After committing a crime, she doesn’t feel the slightest remorse and shifts all the blame onto others. Such a person can no longer be simply described as detestable.

"Hua Xiaocao... no more pretending, huh? Weren’t you always denying it?" Hua Jinchong looked at Hua Xiaocao coldly. "Minor mistake huh... you are terrifying, daring to call it a minor mistake. The so-called minor mistake in your mouth is a life. Does a life mean so little to you, Hua Xiaocao? What right do you have to do this... the life you took was a human being."

The last sentence was spoken through clenched teeth. If she hadn’t arrived, the little girl’s body would likely have started to decay.

Knowing the family’s love for the little girl, it’s conceivable how devastating her death is to them, possibly even enough to alter the fate of the entire family.

"But... aren’t you fine?"

Hua Jinchong’s aura was too strong. Hua Xiaocao, who had come here with a desperate determination after being tormented for days, was forced back a few steps. She spoke unwillingly.

"Fine? Hmph..." Hua Jinchong snickered, "How do you know I’m fine? Because of your narrow-minded selfish jealousy, I almost died. How much Silver Coin did my family spend, how many things did they use, how much worry and tears did they endure to save me... Can you compensate for any of that? Aren’t you afraid that if something really happened to me, I’d turn into a ghost and haunt you, Hua Xiaocao?"

In these times, people believe in ghosts and retribution. As expected, after Hua Jinchong uttered these words, Hua Xiaocao shuddered with fright, involuntarily retreating two more steps, unable to maintain the ferocity in her gaze, which began to wander.

But it was only for a moment. When Hua Xiaocao met Hua Jinchong’s eyes, she realized Hua Jinchong was alive and well. She immediately regained her composure and looked at her with venomous eyes.

"You... you can’t scare me, you’re not dead anyway."

"Haha... Hua Xiaocao, how do you know I’m not dead, huh?" Hua Jinchong suddenly laughed, her gaze turning strange as she slowly approached Hua Xiaocao, exuding an eerie feeling. Hua Xiaocao felt an inexplicable sense of dread.

She felt that something was wrong with Hua Jinchong at this moment, but thinking about her current life being worse than death, and determined to drag someone down with her even in death, she suddenly felt there was nothing to fear. She touched the vegetable knife on her waist, glaring fiercely at Hua Jinchong.

"Hua Jinchong... don’t play tricks, you’ve caused me so much pain, I will not let you go."

"Oh... how exactly do you plan not to let me go? Honestly, I’m really curious. Let me guess... ah" Hua Jinchong suddenly exclaimed, causing Hua Xiaocao to shiver involuntarily, her gaze becoming even more venomous. frёewebηovel.cѳm

"You... don’t possibly want to kill me, do you?" Hua Jinchong spoke with a sinister smile, glancing at the back of Hua Xiaocao’s waist.

Hua Xiaocao almost instinctively placed a hand over the back of her waist, her eyes narrowing slightly.

So she came well-prepared! No wonder she had the audacity to corner her in the woods, especially in a deserted area.

Hua Jinchong coldly laughed at Hua Xiaocao’s frail figure that seemed to sway with the slightest breeze, thinking just how Hua Xiaocao overestimated herself. Just with that small physique, wasn’t she afraid of being counter-killed?

Hua Jinchong chuckled, "But I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. I’m not that stupid, you know. Just think about how pitiful you are. There are many people in this world like you who don’t feel their family’s love, but not many as twisted and vicious as you. You blame others for all your faults because your life isn’t going well—this is more than just jealousy at play. That’s why, Hua Xiaocao, your life is unfortunate, that’s the reason. Heaven does have eyes, you won’t let me go, how do you know I’ll let you go?"

As she spoke, Hua Jinchong laughed again, murmuring softly, "Hua Xiaocao... let me tell you a secret..."

As she spoke, she took another step forward, only one step. Even though she looked down on Hua Xiaocao, she wouldn’t drop her guard and place herself in danger.

The provocation induced by these words couldn’t be underestimated. Just as Hua Xiaocao placed her hand on the handle of the knife at her waist, her eyes filled with violent intentions, Hua Jinchong’s next words halted her.

"...in fact, Hua Jinchong... has already died."

Hua Jinchong murmured quietly, as if unaware of Hua Xiaocao’s frenzied gaze, her voice so low it seemed to come from the depths of hell.

Hua Xiaocao was instantly startled, staggering several steps back before stabilizing her body, avoiding collapsing to the ground. She looked at the sinister face of Hua Jinchong in disbelief.

Clearly, it was a sunny day, with shadows swaying under trees, yet this moment made Hua Xiaocao feel an inexplicable chill, a fear emerging from her bones.

The face she envied beyond words was now half-covered in shadows, half-splattered with mottled sunlight filtering through the woods, twisted and eerie, disintegrating Hua Xiaocao’s resolve to drag someone down with her and filling her with panic.

"You... stop scaring me, I’m not afraid." Hua Xiaocao tried to hold herself together.

Hua Jinchong let out an eerie smile, "Hua Xiaocao, you know me, I’ve never lied, I... have truly... died."

The words "truly died" heavily struck Hua Xiaocao’s heart. She then saw Hua Jinchong’s smile growing larger, her expression becoming increasingly twisted, as if a gigantic whirlpool was swirling in her darkly eerie abyss-like eyes, prepared to shatter its prey at any moment.

Cold sweat poured from Hua Xiaocao like rain. Her heart thudded violently, unable to endure this suffocating terror. She fiercely drew the vegetable knife from her waist, yelling as she swung it at Hua Jinchong.

"Hua Jinchong, even if you are a ghost, I’m not afraid of you... I will kill you."

Screaming, she charged at Hua Jinchong, waving the knife wildly, only to have the figure standing still before her suddenly vanish... vanish.

In horror, Hua Xiaocao lunged into nothingness. The motion of swinging the knife couldn’t stop as she plunged into the grass before her. The knife fell from her hand.

At this moment, Hua Xiaocao didn’t care about the pain or the knife by her side. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the empty space in front of her.

The person had disappeared, vanished suddenly right before her eyes. Remembering what Hua Jinchong had just said, her body began to tremble uncontrollably, her teeth chattering, and she continually backed away, accidentally pressing her left hand onto the knife, sharp pain causing blood to ooze out.

Hua Xiaocao seemed to have lost all sensation of pain, her eyes locked on where Hua Jinchong had vanished. What she saw next finally broke her, causing her to cry out in despair.

A warm stream followed by an unpleasant smell spread as she cowered, continuously retreating until she found herself slumped against a tree, burying her head deep in her legs, her whole body shaking like a sieve, babbling, "I didn’t mean to, I didn’t kill you, don’t come for me, don’t come for me."

Clearly, Hua Jinchong’s earlier setup worked, scaring her out of her wits.

But that’s still insufficient compared to the little girl who lost her life.