Chapter 598: Chapter 598: Return to Rightful Owner

“Wanwan!”

Seeing Huang Wan vomiting blood, Yi Huai was extremely anxious, but he also knew that leaving this place today would not be simple.

Originally, Lu Yichen was an inscrutable character. Now, there was the addition of the mysterious Zhong Niangyao. Moreover, he realized that unless Zhong Niangyao relented, he and Wanwan could not leave today.

Biting his teeth, after he helped Wanwan lean against the wall, he walked up to Baili Hengyuan and immediately knelt down, “Uncle, it’s all my fault. I’m the one who ruined Le Yao, and I found a way to seize Le Yao’s talents for Wanwan. Whatever revenge you want to take on me, I won’t have any objections. But please, let Wanwan leave first or find a doctor to see her! Otherwise, she really can’t hold on any longer.”

Coldly watching Yi Huai kneeling on the ground, Baili Hengyuan’s expression did not soften in the slightest, “She was supposed to die, wasn’t she? If she hadn’t continuously been nourished by Le Yao’s vitality, who knows how tall the grass on her grave would be by now.”

“She’s lucky to be alive till now. What right do you have to plead here?”

Yi Huai’s face turned bitter, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

“Don’t panic!”

Zhong Niangyao smiled faintly, glanced at Yi Huai kneeling on the ground, and then shifted her gaze back to Huang Wan, “It’s just the beginning, and you’re already restless. How can this be? Where has the courage, that you have shown over the years that caused my mother to end up like this, gone?”

Seeing Zhong Niangyao’s smile, Huang Wan shivered involuntarily.

Yi Huai was horrified and blurted out subconsciously, “What else do you want to do?”

“You’ll find out very soon what I want to do.”

During their conversation, Zhong Niangyao once again raised her hand toward Huang Wan and performed a gesture that no one understood.

Huang Wan thought of what had happened before. She was terrified and wanted to dodge. Just before, Zhong Niangyao had already stripped her of the talents she obtained from Baili Le Yao, and she dared not imagine what else Zhong Niangyao was planning to take from her body.

Despite losing her talents and suffering immense pain during this period, she still wanted to live. Although during her painful struggles, she had fleeting moments of desiring death. But thinking of her husband and her children, she no longer wished to die.

However, what Huang Wan didn’t anticipate was that, while her mind wanted to dodge, her body couldn’t move at all, as if nailed to the spot, and she simply couldn’t avoid the inevitable.

Yi Huai, though unsure what Zhong Niangyao intended to do, knew that Huang Wan was definitely in danger at this moment. He immediately got up and tried to move towards Huang Wan.

But just as he got up, he felt as if an invisible force pressed him to the ground, and he was completely pinned down. Far from being able to move forward to save someone, he couldn’t even stand up.

Under everyone’s gaze, Huang Wan’s body began to slowly lose moisture like a wilting flower. Her originally smooth skin gradually dried up, wrinkles began to appear, and age spots emerged on her face. Her previously black hair gradually turned grey and eventually completely white.

It was as if watching a movie–within moments, Huang Wan transformed from a young woman into an old lady with white hair.

When she was finally able to move again, Huang Wan was like a dying old person. She looked at her hands covered with wrinkles, almost just skin and bones, and slowly touched her wrinkled face, emitting a piercing scream.

Such a sharp sound made Zhong Niangyao frown. She coldly spat out a phrase, “Shut up. You’re too noisy.”

Huang Wan, as if hearing nothing, continued to scream piercingly.

In fact, at that moment, Huang Wan indeed couldn’t comprehend anyone’s words. She was completely engulfed in an extreme state of panic. Even without a mirror to see her transformed appearance, she could still feel the changes in herself.

Her changes were not just superficial; her physical condition had also drastically transformed.

Previously, although she lost the vitality from Baili Le Yao and endured such torment daily, her body could still endure.

But now, she could almost sense the rotting smell coming from her body. She clearly understood that her vitality was utterly depleted, and her life was swiftly approaching its end.

“Wanwan, Wanwan.”

As soon as the invisible force suppressing him vanished, Yi Huai immediately got up and rushed to Huang Wan’s side, supporting her and looking at her with heartache.

Huang Wan was completely oblivious to Yi Huai’s calls. At this moment, she was entirely lost in her own thoughts.

“Zhong Niangyao!”

Yi Huai looked up at Zhong Niangyao as if he was staring at his nemesis, “I will never let you go.”

“Oh, really?” Zhong Niangyao shrugged her shoulders indifferently, “And how do you plan to not let me go?”

After speaking, without waiting for Yi Huai to respond, she continued with endless sarcasm, “If someone unaware saw you right now, they might think I have done some terrible, outrageous deeds! Honestly, everything I am doing right now is merely restitution.”

“And this is not even your punishment yet.”

“What do you mean?”

Hearing something shocking, Yi Huai’s eyes widened with a mix of fear and hatred as he looked at Zhong Niangyao, “You’ve already harmed Wanwan like this, what more do you want to do?”

“No, no, no,” Zhong Niangyao lightly shook her index finger, “What I am doing now is merely taking back what was taken from my mother. But your punishment hasn’t even started yet.”

“You took my mother’s talents and her vitality, causing her to lie in bed for over twenty years. Yet during those years, you married, had children, and lived a carefree life. If I merely took back what was taken from you, how would that account for the twenty years of youth my mother spent in bed?”

“And where is my father now?”

Zhong Niangyao’s sudden shift in topic left everyone somewhat stunned and caught Yi Huai completely off guard.