“Young Lady Leng, surely you haven’t prepared a gift for the young master?” a noblewoman standing beside her whispered.
“No need to ask, she definitely hasn’t prepared one, because she had no mother to teach her.”
A stout woman standing opposite Leng Ruo Li said sarcastically, covering her mouth slightly.
The woman’s words immediately enraged Leng Ruo Li’s two maternal aunts. Madam An, in anger, walked directly up to the woman and slapped her twice fiercely.
“Who says Li’er hasn’t prepared a gift? Qiao’er, bring the young lady’s gift for everyone to see.”
The onlookers were silenced as they looked at what Madam An was holding.
What Madam An held was far more valuable than what they had prepared.
At this moment, a loud voice came from behind the crowd: “Leng Ruo Li’s gift is with me.”
According to the customs of the Tian Wu Kingdom, when attending a hundred-day celebration at someone’s home, every woman was required to give a gift to the newborn as a blessing.
He, Leng Jin Yu, understood this custom.
That’s why Leng Jin Yu had rushed over. He had chatted with a colleague at the entrance for a bit longer, and upon entering, he found such a scene. He was truly furious.
Leng Jin Yu hurried over and walked towards the table where the gifts were placed.
“Father, don’t go near that table with the gifts,” Leng Ruo Li pulled Leng Jin Yu back.
She then reminded everyone, “Everyone, please step back and stay away from the gift table.”
Hearing this, more than half of the people consciously retreated, but a few people deliberately went against Leng Ruo Li.
“You want me to step back, so I’ll step back? Always so suspicious. I’m staying right here,” the fat woman who had mocked her said with a cold laugh.
“You can choose not to retreat, but those who wish to live should quickly move back. Those things are about to crawl out.”
Leng Ruo Li finished speaking calmly. Those few people who had been with the fat woman and refused to retreat immediately moved back, leaving only the fat woman still standing there.
At this moment, a rustling sound came from the table where the gifts were placed, and then groups of extremely disgusting black insects crawled out of a gift box and scattered everywhere.
The crowd watched these black insects in horror. Their heads resembled scorpions, and their tails resembled centipedes, but they moved incredibly fast. One instantly jumped onto the fat woman, bit through the skin on her neck, and burrowed into her flesh. The woman immediately screamed.
“Ah–”
In an instant, she fell to the ground and died.
Frightened women fled in panic.
Soon, more than a dozen insects had burrowed into the woman’s body. The insects ate her flesh and multiplied at a visible speed. The corpse quickly turned into a skeleton, forming a swarm of insects that charged towards the crowd.
“Get away! Everyone, quickly get away!”
Leng Ruo Li yelled at everyone.
“Madam Su, uncles, and aunts, Father, you all hurry and leave!” Leng Ruo Li reminded them again.
“Li’er, you can’t stay here either!” Leng Jin Yu said, his face full of worry. He pulled Leng Ruo Li and ran towards the main gate of the Su Manor.
“Father, I want to stay and kill these insects. If these insects crawl out of the Su Manor, the capital will become a city of skeletons!” Leng Ruo Li said anxiously to Leng Jin Yu.
“Li’er, you must not stay! We won’t agree,” Xia Shan Yi, who was beside them, immediately refused.
“Yes, Li’er, none of us agree,” Xia Ling Xuan echoed.
Their words moved Leng Ruo Li greatly.
However, she still insisted on staying to exterminate these man-eating insects.
“Father, uncles, and aunts, Li’er promises you that I will be fine, and I have a treasure to eliminate insects on me,” Leng Ruo Li said with absolute certainty.
Only Leng Jin Yu knew her little secret. Looking at his daughter’s determined eyes, he nodded and agreed to Leng Ruo Li’s decision.
“Elder brother, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, let’s let Li’er stay. She will be able to protect herself.”
After speaking, he released Leng Ruo Li’s hand and pulled Xia Shan Yi and the others towards the main gate.
Seeing everyone had run away, Leng Ruo Li immediately took out two bottles of alcohol from her sleeve, opened the caps, and smashed them at the man-eating insects. She then threw a piece of burnt paper with a lighter and ignited it. The areas crawling with man-eating insects immediately erupted in flames.
The burning man-eating insects made crackling sounds.
At the same time, Leng Ruo Li searched for any stray man-eating insects.
Then, beside a small viewing bamboo, she found another group of man-eating insects. Leng Ruo Li decisively took out another bottle of alcohol and ignited it, burning them to death.
Subsequently, Leng Ruo Li circled the entire garden once and found no other man-eating insects.
However, she noticed a sinister gaze staring at her from the corner of the corridor.
Sensing the gaze, Leng Ruo Li took out a few silver needles from her sleeve and casually shot them in the direction of the gaze.
The person immediately dodged and flew away using their light footwork.
Leng Ruo Li quickly pursued, but was intercepted by Jun Mo Han, who had just arrived.
“You don’t need to chase her. She is that fake wet nurse you rescued,” Jun Mo Han said calmly.
“Damn it! It really is her. She’s as insidious and malicious as that Poison Granny.”
Leng Ruo Li muttered softly.
Unexpectedly, Jun Mo Han replied, “She is even more ruthless and cruel than Poison Granny.”
“Damn it!”
Leng Ruo Li cursed under her breath.
A moment later, she and Jun Mo Han walked out of the main gate of the Su Manor.
Seeing Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han emerge, Su Xun breathed a sigh of relief.
“Your Highness Prince Leng, Miss Leng, are you both alright?” Su Xun asked with concern.
If these two were harmed in his Su Manor, the current Emperor would surely hold him accountable.
“General Su, we are fine,” Leng Ruo Li reassured him.
“Alas… it’s good that you’re fine, it’s good that you’re fine. Everyone was startled today at my residence,” Su Xun said, wiping away a cold sweat, a hint of lingering fear in his voice.
“Why don’t we move today’s hundred-day feast to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant? Everyone, please accompany me to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant for the banquet.”
“Good, good—”
Everyone highly agreed with Su Xun’s proposal, as the Drunken Immortal Restaurant was famous throughout the capital for its delicious cuisine.
Soon, a large procession of carriages headed towards the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
Oh my, she was too lucky today.
With so many people going to the Drunken Immortal Restaurant for a banquet, she was sure to make a fortune, hehe! Her system’s various seasonings would finally come in handy.