"One dagger, two people, and you have to stab one to death in order to survive?" Mrs. Han suddenly burst into laughter and said, "So that’s what your boss wants to see, our mother and daughter slaughtering each other? But I’m afraid he’s going to be disappointed this time!"
After saying that, Mrs. Han turned to look at Han Ruixin and caressed her face, "Daughter, it has come to this point. It seems someone refuses to give us a way out. We mustn’t fall for their trap to give them a show. Because no matter which one of us dies first, the other won’t have a way out either. They just want to see us kill each other!"
"Mom—!" Han Ruixin hugged Mrs. Han tightly, "What do we do? I don’t want to die; your daughter doesn’t want to die!"
"Don’t be afraid, at worst we’ll be heroes again in twenty years! Daughter, even though you might not be my flesh and blood, I’ve always treated you as my own girl, even at this very moment—nothing has ever changed! If we’ve failed in this life, then in the next, let’s be sisters and rise again from the east!"
"Really fucking verbose. Looks like the two of you are planning to go to the netherworld together!" As the Masked Captain spoke, he slowly raised his handgun.
"Mom, you’re right, in the next life we’ll rise again from the east, but I don’t want to be your sister, I still want to be your daughter!"
"Okay, then we’ll continue to be mother and daughter. In the next life, you’ll still be my good girl." Despite being of low character, when it came to Han Ruixin, Mrs. Han indeed poured all her maternal love into her.
Suddenly, Mrs. Han felt a cold pain in her abdomen, another one, and then her throat tightened, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out, splattering all over Han Ruixin’s face...
"You—" Mrs. Han looked at Han Ruixin with a shocked expression, unable to say half a word while staring at the daughter she cherished most in life!
Han Ruixin, equally terrified, threw the blood-stained dagger aside, "I’m sorry, Mommy, I really don’t want to die, and besides, you’ll need to be reincarnated sooner if you’re to be my mommy in the next life, right?"
Mrs. Han slowly collapsed, half-lying on the ground, with a bloodied finger pointing at Han Ruixin, "So good I’ve been to you, and you repay kindness with malice, you’re so... cruel..."
"It’s all what you taught me, Mommy. So don’t blame me. You taught me that to survive, one must be ruthless. I’m just following your lessons. Mommy, you really can’t blame me."
Watching Mrs. Han collapse completely to the ground, motionless, Han Ruixin let out a piercing scream, rushed over, and shook Mrs. Han’s body while crying and shouting, "Mommy, your daughter is unfilial, I’m sorry!"
At this moment, the Masked Captain couldn’t help but applaud, "Nicely done. I didn’t expect that someone who looks so frail could be so heartless inside, capable of killing even the person who cared for you all these years. It’s quite an eye-opener!"
"Bastard, what exactly do you want? I’ve already done as you commanded, what do you want to let me go!?" Han Ruixin cried while curled up on the ground.
"Let you go? Ah, you’ve got it all wrong, Miss Han Ruixin. You make it sound like we’re harming you when in fact we are helping you!" The Masked Captain kicked the body on the ground, "Now that your mommy is dead, Miss Han Ruixin, we can’t waste this corpse. It’s best to make a statement with it!"
"Make a statement? What do you mean?" Han Ruixin now had no way out. She had just said she could rely on Mrs. Han to scrape by.
But now, she had personally killed her only support; she was left all alone, with no idea how to survive.
"Miss Han Ruixin, think about it, who is the person you despise the most in your life?" The Masked Captain asked with a cold smile.