Chapter 66: I Must Kill Him

“You—!”
Uncle Ling was so furious he could cough blood, while Third Aunt Ling looked utterly bewildered.
“What on earth is going on?”
Third Uncle Ling quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth.
“Be quiet! No one will mistake you for a mute!”
Ling Xue, seated to the side, parted her lips slightly in shock.
Though she didn’t know why Ling Xiao had suddenly become so assertive, she wasn’t a fool.
Judging by the current situation, Ling Xiao seemed to have become truly formidable!
So formidable, in fact, that he could ignore even Uncle Ling!
Within Ling Xue’s heart, a storm of astonishment had already been stirred!
“Ling Xiao, what on earth is going on with you?”
Aunt Ling, still oblivious to the shift in the atmosphere, continued to curse,
“Ling Da, have you lost your mind? Your wife and child were beaten, and you’re not going to beat that brat Ling Xiao to death for me?”
Ling Da shot her a fierce glare.
“Can’t you keep quiet for a moment?”
“You… you heartless man, how can you treat me like this? I want a divorce!”
Zhang Daochu, who stood to the side, couldn’t help but sneer coldly.
“Divorce? Go divorce him in the underworld!”
Aunt Ling shivered.
“Wh-what do you mean?”
Zhang Daochu snorted, rolling his eyes, not deigning to respond.
The atmosphere in the hall was unspeakably tense and strange.
When at last silence settled, Ling Xiao finally spoke, his voice steady.
“Everyone present today is a person of status. I invited you here to bear witness.”
As he finished, his gaze landed on Ling Da.
“Ling Da, there is something I want to ask you.”
Ling Da’s heart skipped a beat, though his face remained impassive.
“Hmph! Calling your elder by name—your wings have truly hardened.”
Ling Xiao ignored him and spoke directly,
“Three years ago, was it you who led the Hua family to Jiangcheng, causing the death of my parents and crippling my legs?”
At these words, everyone’s expression changed dramatically.
Since ancient times, those who would sell their souls for wealth and status had always existed—
But someone like Ling Da was rare indeed.
To gain riches, he had betrayed and destroyed his own brother’s family—worse than a beast!
No, he was less than a beast!
When Ling Xiao spoke, Ling Da’s face turned pale, but he quickly regained his composure, snorted, and looked away, avoiding Ling Xiao’s eyes.
“What are you talking about? I have no idea what you mean.”

“You’re stubborn to the end.”
Ling Xiao’s voice was cold.
“You’re in Yan Capital now, working for the Hua family—this is known to everyone. How do you explain that?”
“I… So what if I’m with the Hua family? It was just coincidence! I have to make a living! That doesn’t mean I brought the Hua family to Jiangzhou!”
Ling Xiao let out a chilling laugh.
“Keep pretending.”
He held out his hand, and Xiu’er handed him a stack of documents, which Ling Xiao tossed in front of Ling Da.
“These are all the files relating to you and the Hua family, including some things you yourself said. Would you like me to play them for everyone?”
Ling Da snorted.
“How ridiculous. You think I’ll confess just because you wave some papers at me? Absurd!”
“No matter. You can have a look first.”
“Fine, I’m not afraid of you.”
He picked up the documents with feigned bravado, but at a single glance his hands began to tremble.
No detail escaped the eyes of those present—
All could not help but sigh.
Old Master Ling, especially, was so enraged he began to cough violently.
“Cough, cough… You! You beast! How could I have a son like you?”
The more Ling Da read, the more he trembled, his face ghastly pale.
“How… how did you get this? Impossible! Did you have me followed?”
Ling Xiao’s expression was frosty.
“Whether I followed you or investigated you is irrelevant. What matters is—you did it.”
Old Master Ling wept bitterly.
“You beast! How do you still have the face to live?”
“When our family was poor, it was your second brother who withdrew from school so you could go to university.”
“He studied medicine with hardship, and every penny he earned, however little, he sent to you as tuition!”
“When you graduated and needed a job, it was your brother who paid to pave the way!”
“You damn dog—don’t you have a shred of gratitude? How could you do something so vile, beneath even a beast?”
The old man’s reproach made Ling Da’s face turn even uglier.
Aunt Ling didn’t dare utter another word.
Ling Xiao’s countenance remained icy.
“Have you anything left to say? Speak.”
“I… I…”
Ling Da’s lips moved, but only stammered.
“I never thought he’d kill my brother and his wife. He said… he only wanted to see them one last time, to ask something in person…”
A collective sigh rose from the crowd.
At this moment, Ling Da’s explanation was as weak and empty as the wind.
How could he not have known what would happen?

Ling Xiao shook his head.
“At this point, there’s no need to defend yourself.”
Ling Da swallowed, terror etched across his face.
“What… what do you intend to do?”
“For murder, a life must be paid; for debts, money must be returned.”
Just eight words, but to Ling Da, it felt like a plunge into hell itself.
He cried out,
“You can’t kill me! You can’t! I’m with the Hua family now! If you touch me, the Hua family will never let you go!”
Ling Da’s twisted expression was like that of a cornered dog, baring its teeth—a pitiful sight.
But not a soul pitied him.
Anyone in Ling Xiao’s place would do the same.
The murder of one’s parents was a hatred that could not coexist under the same sky!
Ling Xiao looked at his snarling uncle and sneered.
“Do you think I’ll let the Hua family go? Your life is nothing but an appetizer before the main event!”
“You—!”
Ling Da was utterly broken.
Yes, with such a blood debt, how could Ling Xiao spare the Hua family?
The Hua family would not spare Ling Xiao, but why would he show mercy to them?
Most importantly, the Hua family was not in Jiangzhou now!
No one could save him!
In the depths of despair, Ling Da collapsed onto the ground, utterly lost.
Aunt Ling’s face had already turned ashen with terror.
Even Third Aunt Ling, who had nothing to do with any of this, was left utterly speechless in shock!
Was this the same crippled youth whose parents had been killed and whose legs had been broken?
How was it that now, he seemed not just a little stronger than before, but a hundred, a thousand times more formidable?
And this was Uncle Ling!
A favorite of the Hua family!
He had already secured his place in Yan Capital—not just another wealthy man from Jiangzhou!
Inside Ling Xue, waves of emotion surged.
Ling Xiao, just what means do you possess, to drive Uncle’s whole family to such a desperate state?
Three years! It had only been three short years!
From a cripple to a figure so terrifying—what on earth have you relied upon?