Chapter 143: Reluctant to Part, Unable to Bear the Separation

"Not here? Did she run away, or is she dead?"
Baili Jin could not help but begin to guess.
"We haven't paid any attention to that good-for-nothing, ugly wretch in days. Judging by how she's been dumped in this dilapidated courtyard and left entirely to herself, she must have either escaped or perished."
Baili Gui chimed in, echoing Baili Jin's speculation.
"Hmph, I don't care whether she couldn't bear the hardship and fled, or if she has already kicked the bucket. In short, I am determined to vent my bitter hatred today."
Even though Baili Jin had already made up her mind, she remained thoroughly unreconciled.
Only by turning the place where this good-for-nothing, ugly wretch used to live into absolute ruins could she feel even a fraction of satisfaction!
"Then what does Sister Jin plan to do? Burn this place down, or destroy it?"
Baili Gui asked with a flattering smile plastered across her face.
"Are you an idiot? Of course we can't burn it down. What if a fire broke out and spread to the rest of the estate? We're going to demolish it instead!"
Baili Jin reprimanded Baili Gui with a self-satisfied air of superiority.
She then turned and issued an order to the gathered servants: "Listen up! I command you to smash every single blade of grass, every tree, every table, and every chair in this courtyard. If you can see it with your eyes, smash it to pieces; if it can be destroyed, obliterate it!"
"Understood, Miss Jin."
Receiving their orders, the group of servants immediately brandished the clubs, blades, and weapons in their hands, frantically beginning to bash and smash everything within the courtyard.
There were quite a number of servants, so under their aggressive onslaught, the courtyard's only two trees, along with the scattered weeds, were soon hacked to pieces and trampled into a chaotic mess.
Beyond the greenery in the courtyard, the room's already meager furnishings—a simple table, a single chair, and a narrow bed—were completely battered and pulverized until they were utterly beyond use.
"Ha, haha! Baili Tianchang, you good-for-nothing, ugly wretch! I don't care whether you're still drawing breath in this world or not, I will never let you live in peace! Now that I've smashed and ruined your courtyard, even if you're still breathing, let's see where you'll live when you return!"
Baili Jin gazed at the desolate ruins filling the courtyard and spoke to herself with triumphant smugness.
"Sister Jin is right. Even if that good-for-nothing, ugly wretch isn't dead, when she comes back, she won't even have a chair to sit on, nor a bed to lie down in. Wahaha! Just imagining that good-for-nothing, ugly wretch with nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep brings such exquisite joy!"
Hearing Baili Jin's words, Baili Gui burst into a triumphant, booming laugh as well.
Both sisters were immensely proud of their own handiwork.
"Smash it! Keep smashing! Destroy it, keep destroying! Look at that chair—isn't there still one unbroken leg left? Smash that chair leg into splinters for me!"
Baili Jin swept her gaze across the courtyard once more before barking another order at the servants.
Just as Baili Jin and Baili Gui were wreaking havoc and destruction within the courtyard, the Heavenly Dragon Horse carrying Baili Tianchang and Nalan Dijiu had already trotted into Yayue City, coming to a halt right outside the gates of the General Pingnan Estate.
At this very moment, Nalan Dijiu was holding Baili Tianchang's hands tightly in his own, utterly reluctant to let go, his grip filled with lingering affection.