After being reborn, I stole the female lead's cheat ability and raised the empress.

Chapter 218 The Heartless Girl

Xia Li pulled Tao Yao over and smiled at the group of people, "This is all the meat we have left. If you want to eat it, feel free to take it."

Tao Yao whispered, "Master, this girl seems gentle and beautiful, like a little angel. How could she possibly have ill intentions?"

"..."

Xia Li glanced at them.

Tao Yao immediately shut up.

At this moment, she also realized that something was wrong. How could she disobey her master because of this beautiful but unfamiliar girl?

Does this woman in front of me have hypnotic abilities?

However, the woman opposite them seemed oblivious to their whispers, laughing to herself as she picked through the barbecue: "There's really not much left, not enough for all of us. What should we do?"

She then looked at Xia Li and the others: "How about we roast some more two-legged creatures to eat?"

Tao Yao asked in confusion, "Two-legged beasts?"

Xia Li and Zhao Jihua understood, and said with serious expressions, "Please leave as soon as possible."

"What if we refuse?" As soon as she finished speaking, the men who came with her instantly surrounded the three of them.

Zhao Jihua stepped in front of his sister: "What does the young lady intend to do?"

The woman chuckled, "I told you, I want to eat two-legged creatures~"

She walked gracefully towards Xia Li and the others, gently stroking Xia Li's cheek with her small hand. "Oh, your skin is so delicate and tender, it must taste incredibly delicious~"

Xia Li asked, "Do you usually do this, young lady?"

The woman leaned closer to her face, took a deep breath, and said, "We only eat two-legged creatures."

Zhao Jihua frowned: "Aren't you afraid, young lady?"

"Fear? Fear what? None of us know what fear is." The woman smiled charmingly. "Enjoy life while you can. Who cares if it's tomorrow or the day after? We're all going to die eventually anyway."

Xia Li smiled slightly: "Then, girl... go die!"

After he finished speaking, a large number of guards descended from the sky and surrounded the group.

"Oh dear, sister, I'm so beautiful, how could you bear to treat me like this?"

The girl was striking seductive poses in front of her.

Xia Li interrupted her with a slap: "Beauty is an advantage, but it's not a license to act recklessly."

"No, beauty is my capital to do whatever I want." The girl laughed foolishly. "From a young age, they gave me all kinds of delicious food and fun things because I was pretty. Later, every man in the family invited me to their room. They all took a liking to my beauty, and I gained many things that I never had before. Gradually, I realized what my advantage was, and I also learned to use it."

Then, I threw away that stinky man who raised me. Look, this tooth is his. And the rest belong to people who made me unhappy. Every time I kill someone, I pull out one of their teeth as a souvenir.” The woman took out a necklace covered with teeth.

It's not hard to imagine how many lives this woman had taken.

Tao Yao said angrily, "They gave birth to you and raised you, and this is how you repay them?"

The woman chuckled: "Why wouldn't I? He killed my family, but spared me because I'm pretty. He thought I was too young to remember, but he never imagined that the sight of him killing my mother right in front of me would be so deeply etched in my memory."

"..."

Now, none of them knew what to say.

She gently leaned her fair neck against the sharp blade in the guard's hand, her movements as soft as if she were lying on a piece of cotton.

In an instant, blood, like a blooming red plum blossom, meandered down the blade and spread across the cold ground.

However, there was no sign of pain on her face, and her eyes remained calm as still water, as if the blood flowing was not her own.

Xia Li and his companions witnessed this scene and stared in astonishment, their faces filled with disbelief.

This woman must be insane!

Admittedly, her plight may be pitiful, but in the eyes of others, her reckless and extreme behavior is undoubtedly a manifestation of selfishness and cold-heartedness.

In their view, such a person remaining in the world is like a bomb that could explode at any moment, and would certainly endanger the entire society.

Thinking of this, Xia Li frowned slightly and exchanged a glance with the guards beside him.

The crowd understood and immediately gathered around.

With the clang of weapons and cries of pain, blood stained the land. The woman and her companions lay dead in pools of blood, their lives extinguished, leaving only a deathly silence.

Looking at the woman's beautiful corpse, Tao Yao felt a mix of sadness and relief: "I suddenly realized that nothing in this world can be explained."

Xia Li nodded: "That's true. You'll find different reasons for your predicament from different perspectives."

Zhao Jihua also said, "It's like if we kill them now, we would be sinners to them; but we cannot allow such beings to endanger the country, so we are not wrong."

……

In the early morning, sunlight streamed down.

Tao Yao, Xia Li, and Zhao Jihua walked slowly along the winding mountain path, a gentle breeze carrying the fragrance of grass and trees.

Taoyao skipped and hopped ahead, like a joyful little deer.

Xia Li and Zhao Jihua followed behind.

Zhao Jihua laughed and said, "Look at how happy she is, we've both become like old women."

Xia Li said with doting affection, "We've been so grateful to her for bringing us so much joy along the way."

"Yes, without him, our journey would have been so boring."

"You know what, we really look like parents taking their clueless kids out for a spring outing."

Suddenly, Tao Yao's gaze was drawn to a bright red patch in the distance. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she excitedly pointed to the red and said to Xia Li:

"My lord, look over there! What beautiful flowers! I'll go pick some for you!"

Xia Li quickly shouted, "Be careful!"

However, before Xia Li could respond, Tao Yao dashed off like a gust of wind towards the flowerbed, leaving only a faint echo: "Okay~"

Tao Yao rushed into the flower bushes with great joy, ready to pick the beautiful flowers, but she was completely unaware that danger was quietly approaching.

It turns out that this seemingly peaceful and beautiful flower garden was actually the territory of a group of bandits.

Tao Yao's sudden intrusion alerted the bandits hiding in the shadows.

A moment later, a group of fierce-looking bandits burst out of the forest, brandishing broadswords and shouting.

Tao Yao was terrified and turned to run back as fast as she could, shouting, "Help! There are bandits!"

In the blink of an eye, the bandits caught up and surrounded Xia Li, Zhao Jihua, and Tao Yao.

The bandit leader, with a face full of scars, scoured the three of them, finally fixing his gaze on Tao Yao and Zhao Jihua, a greedy and lewd smile spreading across his face.

"Hehehe, I've really hit the jackpot today! I've run into two such beautiful women. Come up the mountain with me and become my bandit queens!"