She wasn't allowed to leave the mansion.
"Don't come near me!" she screamed hoarsely, her voice echoing down the grand hallway. "Stay back or I will kill her! I do mean it, I will kill her..."
They froze instantly, hands raised cautiously as their eyes flicked between her trembling grip and Bai Zhi's tear-streaked, terrified face.
"Yueyao, we can talk! Don't act rashly!" Bai Zhi was terrified, she hadn't expected she would act like this all of a sudden!
"Shut up.... Just shut up!"
They could tell she was irritated, and they needed to tread carefully.
"Madam Shen," one of them spoke carefully, his voice low and placating. "Please… don't do this. If you kill her, it will be attempted murder. You could go to prison for a lifetime… think about your young son… think about your freedom... Think about your life..."
At his words, Yueyao let out a broken, bitter laugh, the sound ragged and filled with despair.
