The two moved as quietly as thieves, carefully skirting the sound of footsteps and making a cautious detour before finally returning to the small farmhouse courtyard they had been occupying these past few days.
During this time, two strong women from The Outside, one of whom had been obedient after falling into a coma, while the other, just as compliant, bled profusely from the belly, stabbed with a Gu dagger by Dong Huiying.
Liang Haoming had been extremely careful throughout the journey, even contributing his own outer garment to wrap around the woman’s wounds; otherwise, if the woman’s companions were to track the blood back to them, both he and his wife would be in danger.
This goes to show that even the seemingly dull-witted man could actually be quite meticulous.
After closing the courtyard gate, Dong Huiying let out a heavy sigh, then her gaze settled on the two strong women from The Outside.
The people from The Outside were generally taller and more robust than those from Dayuan, with bronze skin and fierce, wild appearances that embodied boldness.
She dragged the two into the house and first awakened the one bleeding from the stomach, "Who are you looking for? What are you investigating? Are you from The Outside, people of Nu Woer?"
She looked displeased, but the woman spat out in response, "People of Zhongtu love to hide and skulk, always engaging in these despicable acts of deception and trickery!"
If Dong Huiying hadn’t dodged quickly enough, she might have been sprayed in the face with the woman’s spit.
She narrowed her eyes, then turned to the man behind her, "Haoming, fetch me a basin of water; the more, the better!"
The kitten poked its head out from Lao Si’s clothes, its small paws scratching and clawing at his garment. With its head slightly tilted, it looked adorably clueless, as if it were curious about what humans had been up to these months.
Lao Si, expressionless, nodded once and quickly stepped outside, only to return with a basin of water.
Dong Huiying grabbed a large bowl, pried open the woman’s mouth, and began to pour water into her belly.
The woman didn’t not want to resist, but for some reason, she felt as limp as noodles, powerless to stop Dong Huiying’s actions.
"What is this? I won’t drink it!"
The woman tried to turn her head away, but it was too late; her mouth had been pried open, and a bowl of cold water was poured in, choking her and causing her to cough violently. "Don’t worry, there’s no poison in the water."
Yet Dong Huiying showed no mercy, pouring bowl after bowl of water into the woman’s stomach. The woman tried to close her throat to avoid swallowing the water, but the devilish young girl pinched her neck, somehow making it impossible for her to close her throat, forcing her to let the cold water flow down her esophagus into her belly.
"Bring another basin!"
After one basin was emptied, Dong Huiying ordered Lao Si to fetch another.
How much can a person’s belly hold, and how much water can it store?
The woman’s stomach was distended to the point of bursting, and her stomach felt like it was about to explode.
What kind of punishment was this?
If they wanted to extort a confession, they should do it properly. What’s the meaning of forcing someone to drink water without any negotiation?
The woman was nearly bursting, "Get off me, a warrior can be killed but not humiliated, I don’t know anything, you might as well just kill me quickly!"
At that moment, the young girl’s lips curled into a faint smile, "A warrior can be killed but not humiliated? I respect you as a man, but all of this is just the beginning!"
She picked up a small jar, opened the lid, and took out a worm-like Gu Insect.
Prying open the woman’s mouth, she stuffed the Gu Insect inside.
Watching the Gu Insect crawl down the woman’s throat, she stuffed a cloth into the woman’s mouth, then turned around to attend to the other one.