The Rebirth of an Orphan

Zhao Xihua finally breathed a sigh of relief. She bravely walked up to the little snake that dared not move, pinched the little snake's vital point with the hand wearing the bracelet, and caught it. Strangely, the little snake became very honest and wrapped itself around Zhao Xihua's wrist obediently.

What happened? Did the snake demon recognize its master?

Zhao Xihua finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the wall and felt her whole body go limp. She had no strength at all. The fight just now had almost exhausted all her energy.

Before she could catch her breath, she heard footsteps outside, stopping at the door of the wine cellar, and then the sound of the door being unlocked.

Zhao Xihua's eyes turned cold and she slowly closed her eyes, pinching the snake wrapped around her wrist.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man flashed in. He looked around at the broken glass and the dead snake on the ground, shook his head, and then gently walked to the screen of Zhao Xi with her eyes closed, and said to her,

"I didn't expect you to be so troublesome. What's the use? You'll die anyway. Before I get your body out, let me see if there's anything on you. Don't blame me for being cruel. If you want to blame someone, blame me..."

"Ah--" the man screamed, looking stupidly at the cold Zhao Xihua, who was pinching the head of the snake in his hand against his neck. He felt a little creepy.

"Master Zhang, why are you here so late?"

"I...I..., Miss Fourth, please spare me! Please spare me--" The driver, Lao Zhang, had a trembling tongue and could not speak clearly.

"Tell me, who sent you to kill me?" Zhao Xihua said as he moved the snake head in his hand forward. It was about to bite Lao Zhang's neck. He was so scared that he dared not move, and big drops of sweat flowed from his forehead.

He had found a way to buy this snake, and he knew that those snakes were poisonous and could kill people if touched. But he didn't expect that the fourth young lady could actually control these poisonous snakes. It was really too weird.

Lao Zhang felt his legs go weak, and he was getting more and more frightened. He panicked for a moment. He knew that if he didn't confess, he would lose his life. "Fourth Miss, don't, don't do it. I'm telling you... It was the Second Miss. She hated you for ruining her face last time, so she wanted to hurt you. She asked Wu Fang to come to me. You know the relationship between Wu Fang and me. I was blinded by the money, so I agreed to this."

Zhao Xihua blinked and thought quickly through her mind. Suddenly, she swung the snake head towards Lao Zhang's face. The snake head brushed past Lao Zhang's ear. The cold feeling passing by scared Lao Zhang so much that the blood in his body froze. He didn't dare to move for a long time.

"I'll give you one last chance. Don't think I won't kill anyone. Tell me, who wants to kill me?" Zhao Xihua stared at Lao Zhang viciously.

The frightened old Zhang gasped for air, and after a long while, he slowly uttered, "Yes, the eldest lady gave me some money and asked me to find a way to buy some poisonous snakes. She also said that if anything went wrong, I could put the blame on the second lady. Anyway, the second lady has been shouting that she wants to kill you, and everyone believes her."

"What else? Keep talking, what else?" Lao Zhang trembled and said hurriedly.

"The Second Miss also knows about what happened tonight. She said that after she poisoned you, she stripped you naked and threw you in the back garden, making it look like you were raped to death. Anyway, the wound from a snake bite is very thin, so no one would know."

What a vicious and cruel plot! Not only does he want to kill me, but he also wants me to die in humiliation. If I die in this way, I probably won't even have a grave. I will just be secretly taken to the crematorium and burned into ashes and dumped into a trash can.

Very good, very good. The fire in Zhao Xihua's heart was burning. Since they wanted to kill her, she would never let them go.

She looked at Lao Zhang coldly, which made his scalp numb: "Fourth Miss, I have told you everything. You can't kill me again. If you want to kill me here, you can't get away."

After hearing this, Zhao Xihua thought about it for a moment. Indeed, if Lao Zhang died here and she really couldn't get away with it, what should she do?

Unexpectedly, when Lao Zhang saw that she didn't notice him, he gritted his teeth and pounced on Zhao Xihua. He wanted to snatch the poisonous snake from her hand.

But unexpectedly, he felt a sudden sharp pain in his neck, followed by a burning sensation, and then dizziness. His face turned pale, and his whole body fell to the ground, twitching, and after a while he lost his breath.

Zhao Xihua looked at Lao Zhang in front of him, his lips trembling, "I killed someone? I killed someone?"

She sat down on the ground with her whole body limp. Her mind went blank for a moment. She was in a daze for a while and then slowly calmed down.

I didn't kill this man. He brought it upon himself. I cannot be merciful, otherwise, I will be the one who dies tonight, and it will be a very humiliating death.

Soon, she looked at the dead snakes on the ground, picked up the largest one, lifted it up, and wrapped it around Lao Zhang's neck. She then hid the snake on her wrist in a wine box in the corner. After doing this, she pushed open the door and shouted outside.

She cried for help and cried loudly. The whole Zhao family was shocked and everyone ran out of their rooms.

Zhao Xihua ran to the main hall and sat on the ground crying, waiting for the Zhao family to come. The first to arrive was Zhao Yan. He felt a pain in his head as he looked at Zhao Xihua in front of him. What had happened?

When everyone came to the main hall one after another, several male servants carried Lao Zhang's body on a wooden board and placed it at the door of the main hall. Looking at the poisonous snake wrapped around Lao Zhang's neck, everyone was stunned with fear.

The second wife suddenly panicked. When she saw Zhao Siqi looking for Lao Zhang before, she felt that it was not good, but thinking that Zhao Xihua had harmed her daughter like that, she didn't care. But she didn't expect that Zhao Xihua was fine now, but Lao Zhang was bitten to death by a snake. This matter seemed a bit troublesome.

Old Mrs. Zhao's face looked extremely ugly. This fourth girl was truly a jinx. Wherever she went, something bad happened. Now, someone had even died.

"What's going on?" the old lady asked in a gloomy voice.

Zhao Xihua covered her face and burst into tears again: "Grandma, Huaer almost died today. I was fine in the cellar at night, but I didn't expect that Lao Zhang would release so many snakes to bite me, and she said that it was my second sister who ordered her to do so. My second sister has a grudge against me because of the last time I was hit in the face, and she said that she would kill me no matter what."

The second wife jumped up immediately after hearing this, pointing at Zhao Xihua and cursing: "You are talking nonsense, slandering people with your red mouth and white teeth. My Siqi is kind-hearted, how could she do such a thing? Maybe something messed up happened between you and this old Zhang in the wine cellar."