The Birth Of A Villainess

"Are you done?" Qu Xing Xu coldly asked. His eyes were beyond murderous as he stared down at her.

"I'm not d-done…" Bai Jia Li continued speaking even after being stared so intensely by that murderous look. "Qu Xing Xu… By now, someone should be sneaking inside that woman's bedchamber. I can guarantee that the woman will surely hate you and let you free from her claws after tonight. So, don't worry about her anymore and just stay here."

Qu Xing Xu's eyes moved and his lips contorted into a wicked smile. This woman… how could one actually turn so delusional? She wants to harm his wife? Let us see if he actually allows that to happen.

"Miss Bai… A word of advice." Qu Xing Xu suddenly said as he stepped closer.

Bai Jia Li took another step backward. Her back was sweating profusely and when she took another step back, she felt the wall behind her. No retreat.

"B-brother Xing Xu…" her voice quivered as she whispered.

"Do not speak of my name. It makes me want to change it." He said to her. "I've been meaning to throw you and your family out of my house since a very long time ago. The only thing that stopped me was because someone asked me before their death to let your sister stay beside my father. Now… I think you and your sister's stay here now is pointless."

"What are you talking about?" Bai Jia Li sensed what he was thinking and was quickly alarmed. "My sister is still your father's concubine. She's the lady of the former duke and the Bai family has been helping you. You can't possibly make us leave!" She paused as she breathlessly looked at him, before she added, "And I… I want to stay here. With you."

With a smirk, Qu Xing Xu said, "Of course… you can stay here however long you want."

Hearing him, Bai Jia Li's eyes instantly brightened and the fear that was striking her heart was gone too. But before her emotions could ultimately turn into something joyful… she heard him continue.

"I can always bury you alive somewhere in the Qu residence."

Bai Jia Li's eyes opened wider as she stared back at his glinting eyes.

Before she could even let her brain tell her body to run, a rough hand was already enclosing around her neck as it also pushed her against the wall with a 'thud'. If one did not know what kind of situation was going on inside the study, one would assume that these two was whispering against each other, as if they were lovers.

Unfortunately, Bai Jia Li wasn't experiencing a very romantic situation right at this moment. Her blood was on fire, it was coursing through her body quickly, trying to help her find a way to get as much as oxygen she could get. Her hands was clawing the back of his hand as she looked on in disbelief at him and gasping for air.

​ Amidst death hanging around the air, Qu Xing Xu said, "It's been awhile since I've killed a woman. The first time I killed a woman… It wasn't a good experience and memory for me. But I gradually got used to killing women who came after my life. It became a part of my routine."  He paused and pressed his thumb against her throat, before he continued. "But tonight… I might enjoy killing you."

"Qu…Xing…Xu… Please… d-don't kill m-me." Bai Jia Li begged.

But Qu Xing Xu didn't have the mind nor the heart to listen to her pleas. He tightened his hold around her neck ruthlessly. With a 'crrk', the noise coming from Bai Jia Li ceased. The sound of bone breaking was terrifying.

'Thud!'

Slowly, Bai Jia Li's lifeless body slid down the floor after he finally let her go. The last thing she saw was the golden glint that appeared in his eyes before her body started to be swallowed by tendrils of black smoke.

Qu Xing Xu took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands with it, before he threw it towards the brazier situated in the corner of the room.

Qu Xing Xu could still remember the first woman and person he killed when he was young. It was also when the moon was at its peak and inside a dim-lit room. As a young boy, Qu Xing Xu was quite a sheltered boy since he was the only heir of his father, Qu Ling Yun, the previous wastrel Duke.

It was only a few days ago when his father died and his grandfather was sent to the border to fight against the empire's enemy kingdom. The only people who were around the Qu residence at that time was his mother, Concubine Bai, and the newly arrived Bai Jia Li.

For a week, the Bai family solely controlled the Qu residence and its people. His mother was locked up inside a small storage room by Concubine Bai and Qu Xing Xu's identity was put into question, putting his validity to inherit the title as the duke into jeopardy.

But that was not all… Concubine Bai, along with her sister, manipulated his mother's thoughts. They drove her to insanity and beyond salvation.

That night, inside his room, his mother, who should be locked up, came to visit him. Of course, it wasn't a normal visit from his loving mother.

Young Qu Xing Xu did not notice his mother's presence at all. It was not until he saw the silver glint hit his eyes and found that his mother's hand was holding a dagger while pointing it towards his heart.

"It's the Duke's fault for lying and using me." She said. "Now, I have to kill you to get rid of all the traces that the devil has left in this land."

Gripping the dagger tightly, his mother added, "It's the only way to keep this land and everyone else safe from you."

After leaving these words, she drove the dagger into his heart.

Leaving the trail of his memory lane, Qu Xing Xu smiled wickedly.

It was not only Lin Xiaofei who was holding a secret that no one will believe.

Because… his entire existence is a secret that he cannot reveal.