Chapter 930: Why Did You Try To Kill Me?

"You think I would believe you? You followed me into an empty alley with a knife hidden in your sleeves, and you think that telling me that you did not want to stab me to death will make me believe you?" Yuan Laosi was so angry that he laughed. This was his first time seeing a woman like her. Not only was she shameless enough to kill him, but she even insisted that she had never tried to kill him. "If you were going to kill me, at least have the fucking guts to admit that you were trying to kill me!"

Second Aunt Lei dropped to her knees when she saw the icy expression on the face of the man in front of her. She could see that the man in front of her was not going to leave her alone, and that only terrified her even more. What was she supposed to do now? How was she going to escape from this man’s wrath?

"Please don’t kill me! I have a son and husband; I was doing this for them. They...they are waiting for me."

When Yuan Laosi heard her words, he could not help but frown. "I am not carrying any supplies. So why did you come up with the idea to kill me?" Yuan Laosi was not a fool; he could see that there was something amiss about the woman in front of him. Firstly, he had no supplies and secondly, even if he did have supplies, no commoner would be foolish enough to steal from him. "Tell me, why did you do it?"

Second Aunt Lei opened her mouth but could not breathe a word out. Because she knew that the truth was too ugly to say a word. What was she going to say? That she was trying to kill him for his core? That she wanted to take his life so her son could gain the power that this man possessed?

Seeing that the woman had gone silent, Yuan Laosi knew that there was something amiss. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Who sent you?"

"No...no one sent me here."

Hearing her lie to him again and again, Yuan Laosi slowly grew annoyed. He crouched down in front of her, and his gaze turned sharp. "Listen carefully. I am not interested in hearing another lie. If you have a problem with me, you better come out clean. If someone forced you to do this, then you can tell me the truth. But if you attacked me just now because you were envious or because you have a grudge against me, then I am telling you that I am not going to let this matter slide!"

Second Madam Lei’s lips started to tremble. She looked at the knife lying in front of her and shuddered. What was she even thinking? What made her think that she could deal with the man in front of her? Only a moment ago, she believed that she was going to get her hands on the core. But now that she had calmed down, she realised that she could not do it.

She hadn’t considered what would happen if her victim caught her.

Nor had she considered the terror the other person would feel if they were stabbed to death by her. The only reason she was feeling regretful now was that she was caught. If she had succeeded in stabbing this man to death, then maybe Second Madam Lei would not have felt even an ounce of guilt. She was shaking in fear because she had failed.

"I—I just wanted a core." Second Madam Lei could not help but choke out when she felt the man’s aura suppressing her; it was like he was choking her with his hands. She knew that if an ability user got angry and lost control of his emotions, there was a good chance that they could kill a commoner with just the sheer force of their leaking power.

For the first time, as she was choked by the scent that was getting more and more out of control, Second Madam Lei realised that life was truly unfair for people like them. No wonder her son wanted to live another life where he was stronger than he was at present. Look at her condition. The man was not even touching her, and she was suffering from such an infuriating pain that she could feel her limbs going numb slowly. It was like a thousand ants were crawling inside her.

Yuan Laosi went completely still. His eyes narrowed. "What did you say? Why would a person want the core of an ability user?"

Second Madam Lei wanted to sew her mouth shut, but she was so scared under the pressure of the man’s aura that she was speaking like a parrot. "My...someone told my son that if he wants to awaken as an ability user, then he needs to get a core of an ability user. He said that as long as we could get an ability user’s core, he could help my son awaken as an ability user. Obtaining an ability user’s core is our only way."

Though Second Madam Lei felt that she was quite pitiful, as her victim, Yuan Laosi, did not feel as such. Instead, he felt like this woman had gone crazy. Why was she the one crying? He should be the one crying! She was trying to kill him.

"And you decided that it was alright to murder me?"

"I ...I was just ...I just lost my mind. I have never killed a chicken in my life—I could have never killed you."

"You think that I will believe you? I worked as a police officer before the end of the world, and I know you would have killed me if I had allowed you. You were not afraid of killing me, but you are afraid to die. What? Your life is precious but mine is not? What kind of hypocrisy is this?"