Dealing with Mrs. Thompson

Tang Shi spat and glared, "You village woman, what are you so fierce about? I don't know your worth, so what are you trying to scare me for?"

Su Li glanced at Tang Shi, then turned to Yuan Jie and asked, "Fourth Uncle, are you planning to take action yourself, or...?"

Yuan Jie looked at Tang Shi with eyes full of hatred; this poisonous woman nearly ruined his only daughter!

Fortunately, Zhang Zhaocai still had some conscience, and luckily Yin Dou was fortunate too. Otherwise, Yuan Jie couldn't bear to imagine the terrible malice his precious daughter would face at such a young age.

Tang Shi saw Yuan Jie glaring at her, pawing the ground angrily, and cursed, "Old Fourth Su, you think having a few dirty coins makes you impressive? Your old mother ordered my son to deal with your daughter, and you think you can just watch! Raising a loser and showing off for what? Sooner or later, she'll be given away to someone else!"

Yuan Jie kicked her, Tang Shi grunted in pain but dared not curse anymore.

Yuan Jie sighed deeply after much thought. Although he hated Tang Shi, he was still an ordinary man. To kill someone with his own hands made him afraid. So he said to Su Li, "Let the young lord's men handle it; I don't want to dirty my hands."

Su Li nodded, then looked at Tang Shi and said, "If you have any last words, say them now."

Tang Shi spat and cursed, "Su Li, Yuan Jie, you two scoundrels! Do you think you can scare me? You two merchants, how dare you commit murder and arson! Aren't you afraid the soldiers will come for you?"

"Soldiers come for us? Hmph, who would know it was us? The people who took you from your home were disguised bandits. You were kidnapped by bandits, your fate unknown. Do you think your husband and Qin Sanniang would bother to look for you?" Su Li sneered coldly, signaling to leave the room, then gestured in the dark.

Lingdang stepped out of the darkness, kneeling on one knee. "Please give your orders, Master."

The group behind Lingdang also came forward. Tang Shi finally saw clearly that they all wore black night clothes, each armed and masked, clearly no good.

Tang Shi suddenly panicked; she had thought Su Li was just scaring her, but could it be serious?

She panicked and shouted, "I'm not afraid of you, you... you..."

Su Li ignored Tang Shi and said to Lingdang, "Take her somewhere far away and deal with her. I don't want to see Tang Shi again."

Lingdang replied, "Yes, Master."

Tang Shi was truly scared now, tears streaming down her face as she cried and begged, "Ah Li, you won't really take my life, right? We're from the same village, you... you won't kill me, right?"

Su Li squatted down, sneering coldly at Tang Shi, "Because you think I wouldn't really kill you, you dared to speak so recklessly. That's why you were so brazen in scheming against my sister Yin Dou, right?"

Tang Shi panicked and kowtowed, banging her head hard on the ground as she cried, "I won't dare anymore, I swear I won't. Queen, please spare me! I promise I won't offend again!"

Su Li sighed, "I've given you countless chances, but you kept crossing my patience line again and again. You say you won't do it again, but who would believe that? I won't gamble with my sister Yin Dou's safety, so this time, you must die!"

After saying that, Su Li stood up and walked out of the room. No matter how much Tang Shi wept and begged, Su Li did not look back this time.