Inner Thoughts Exposed: Reborn General's Farming Daughter Has a System

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Turning Point

It was noon, so the river was sparse with people. Chen Huayun hurriedly ran toward the area with less people and thicker vegetation.

Xiao Qingya hissed as the thorny branches hit her exposed fragile skin.

Chen Huayun didn’t care about her pain and continued to walk forward with large and quick steps. She was already utterly disheveled.

Her white hair was unkempt; it was unknown when the last time she had taken care of it. Her clothes were full of holes and smeared with dirt.

She was visibly much thinner than the last time Xiao Qingya saw her. Her eyes were bloodshot and scary, much more frightening than any ghost she had seen.

"You are the cause of my divorce!" Chen Huayun rasped. Her bloodshot eyes sent chills down Xiao Qingya’s spine, and she struggled harder.

"Let go!" Xiao Qingya yelled. The way Chen Huayun was carrying her was extremely uncomfortable. Rough and full of inconsideration, treating her like a sack of rice.

"My husband divorced me because of you," Chen Huayun repeated. Her laugh was humorless and sounded crazy.

It was at this moment Xiao Qingya realized how dangerous her plan was. This Chen Huayun was completely mad!

[Host, I am here.] The System suddenly sounded nearby; she heard a faint meowing sound.

She instinctively heaved a sigh of relief. [Xuexue, make sure to bite this bad woman if she dares to do anything to me! Bite, bite her hard!]

"What should I do to you, little thing?!" Chen Huayun let out a maniacal laughter again. "I should punish you for making me suffer so much!"

Xiao Qingya tried to wriggle out of her grasp again. Alas, despite her weak look, the adrenaline fueled by the desire for revenge made her grip incredibly powerful.

The System became worried when it saw Chen Huayun’s long fingers grazing Xiao Qingya’s skin. It really couldn’t bear to see its host suffer.

Xiao Xue meowed loudly and latched itself on Chen Huayun with full power. The pain caused her to release her tight grip on Xiao Qingya’s wrist and leave a bruised mark.

Still, Chen Huayun didn’t completely release Xiao Qingya. Her other hand was snaked around her waist and held her close.

"Cursed cat!" Chen Huayun hissed and kicked Xiao Xue away.

She narrowed her eyes, finding the cat familiar. She had seen this cat with Xiao Qingya before.

"Do you want to save this useless little thing?" Chen Huayun muttered in contempt despite the pain on her feet. It was throbbing painfully, and when she looked down, blood was already pouring out and dripping to the ground.

She frowned deeply and made a decision. Her hand gripped Xiao Qingya’s neck.

The System panicked. [Little Ya, Little Ya. How about we stop here?]

However, Xiao Qingya was unwilling to quit just like that. The mission written on the system task interface always happens, so she believed that Chen Huayun was going to drown her soon.

She kicked with her feet, trying to make Chen Huayun lessen her grip on her neck. The strong force almost made her struggle to breath and pass out.

However, she desperately held on.

Xiao Xue steadied itself, getting up from the ground. Its white fur was already full of dirty soil.

It ran back to Chen Huayun’s side, repeatedly latching itself on her and sank its sharp teeth on her flesh. The pain was effective in making Chen Huayun instantly loosen her grip on Xiao Qingya, allowing her to breathe.

Xiao Xue didn’t dare to slack off in the slightest. It kept on trying to harass Chen Huayun and divert her attention away from Xiao Qingya.

"Troublesome cursed thing!" Chen Huayun kicked the cat away, and attempted to stomp on it.

Xiao Xue was extremely small but nimble, always managing to avoid Chen Huayun’s ruthless moves.

Chen Huayun finally realized she couldn’t do anything to Xiao Qingya with the cat around. But... cats naturally dislike water.

She glanced at the river, and directly made a decision to head there. Despite Chen Huayun’s malicious intention, Xiao Qingya finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Here it comes!

Once Chen Huayun were in the river, she would order the ghosts to restrain the old witch. Then, she would ask them to bring her little body ashore.

The moment they stepped into the water, Xiao Qingya trembled slightly.

She knew that once Chen Huayun dropped her there, she would definitely drown. Just look at how deep the water was. It reached Chen Huayun’s chest.

[Little Master!] The Ling siblings were already waiting in the river, staring anxiously at the crazy old woman holding her.

The waves in the water were pretty strong.

[Are they ready?] Xiao Qingya trembled slightly.

She could already feel the presence of some ghosts underwater.

[Yes, yes, they are ready. We have already spoken to them.] The Ling siblings hurriedly answered.

At this moment, as Chen Huayun tried to hold herself together under the force of the strong wave, Xiao Qingya tried to communicate with the water ghosts.

She and Xiao Jingran often visited the river to help Qiu Mu communicate with her sons, so some of the ghosts already knew about her. Hence, they unhesitatingly accepted her offer.

It wasn’t such a big deal to push such a small baby to the shore for them.

[Are you all ready? Restrain her the moment she dropped me. Drag her somewhere away from me...] Xiao Qingya gasped slightly.

"Bad old witch!" She cursed at Chen Huayun, her eyes already watered.

Chen Huayun had sunk her long, dirty nail in Xiao Qingya’s little arm.

"Is that what they taught you to call me?!" Chen Huayun laughed, but her face was flushed red in anger.

[Push me ashore too! Don’t forget! If I am dead, I will join you all here instead of fulfilling your wishes.] Xiao Qingya told the water ghosts.

For the sake of obtaining a golden finger for her mother, she was willing to suffer slightly. She believed that life will be better after this...

The water ghosts immediately promised they would help her.

"A cursed little thing like you indeed shouldn’t be alive," Chen Huayun mumbled lightly. "That person is right. My misery started because of you."

"I already got rid of one..." Chen Huayun continued, taking a deep breath. "Getting rid of another one shouldn’t be a problem."

Xiao Qingya was taken aback. She didn’t understand what Chen Huayun was talking about.

"What do you mean? Who did you kill?" She coughed and asked Chen Huayun.

Chen Huayun’s crazed eyes stared at her. "Oh my, what a clever little thing, aren’t you? You are really a little demon sent to destroy my family."

Her body swayed slightly because of the strong current, and she frowned. At this moment, the System suddenly arrived near them after swimming with its tiny figure.

It jumped into Chen Huayun’s hair and started going crazy, clawing here and there, biting and jumping. The System wanted to make Chen Huayun let go of Xiao Qingya.

"A pair of demons! Arghh!" Chen Huayun shrieked in a shrill voice resembling a banshee.

At this moment, Chen Huayun suddenly let go of Xiao Qingya.

The little one immediately sank into the water. A few ghosts crowded around her, creating waves that sent her ashore. On the other hand, a few other ghosts swarmed around Chen Huayun.

In the scene Chen Huayun couldn’t see, bloody hands and tongues latched onto her, sending her helpless against the water current.

She was dragged by the river water.

Xiao Qingya coughed. It was unknown whether it was because of the lack of air from Chen Huayun’s repeated attempts to strangle her or the water that went inside her lungs.

She passed out as soon as she arrived ashore.

At this moment, she didn’t realize that another mission was quietly triggered.

***

Xiao Yuyan couldn’t control the panic that almost overflowed from her chest when she saw her little sister missing.

She went to look for her everywhere, shouting, "Little Ya, where are you? Don’t scare your sister!"

After she searched every room and places around the house, she still didn’t find her. Even the little kitten was missing.

She was really worried her little sister got kidnapped again! Just as she was about to go after her mother to report about it, she heard a familiar shrill voice.

It was faint, but she still heard it.

Chen Huayun’s voice!

Xiao Yuyan didn’t hesitate anymore and went after the voice, still occasionally shouting her little sister’s name.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered one small detail in the plot that Xiao Qingya and the System had talked about before.

Chen Huayun would kill her by drowning her in the river water!

She hurriedly headed to the river. As soon as she arrived at the riverside, she began shouting again. "Little Ya, where are you?"

Her mind was filled with too much panic that she didn’t notice someone approaching her.

The person... shoved her into the river. She couldn’t even scream before she was plunged into the deep water.

She sank underwater before the current swept her away, and she happened to see someone familiar there.

With her last bits of consciousness, she thought. That person was the only suspect who had pushed her.