Turning her head, her cold eyes fixed on the shopkeeper, who was trembling in fear. "You saw all of that, didn't you?" she said. "This man dared to curse a steward of the great Cui Family, one of the four most prominent families! You tell me, does he deserve to die?"
The shopkeeper stammered, trembling all over, "I... I'm just a clerk. I don't know anything."
"Hee hee."
The young woman chuckled, though her face was devoid of any humor. "Don't worry. You'll know everything soon enough!"
As she spoke, she looked at Qin Li as if he were already a corpse. "Qin Li," she said coolly, "no one can get here in time to save you now! If you get on your knees, kowtow three times, and admit you were wrong, I might just find it in my heart to spare your life!"
"Heh, is that so?" Qin Li regarded the icy young woman with a smirk. "Young lady of the Cui Family, don't you think you're being a little overconfident?"
