Chapter 25

Bai Wei leaned against the wall, crying uncontrollably. No matter how many doubts and suspicions Lu Sen had, they were dispelled by Bai Wei’s current state.

They had gotten out of bed in a hurry. Bai Wei was wearing only a loose, dark red nightgown. The silk collar was wide open, revealing a large portion of his pale collarbones… Lu Sen still remembered their feel, and how they would arch when Bai Wei was nervous.

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After the car accident, Bai Wei no longer wanted to be with him. Today, with the crossbow incident, seemed like a good opportunity for them to be together again… Luckily, to avoid dirtying the wet steps, he had slid up the handrail, otherwise, how could he have had such good fortune tonight?

“Darling, let’s clean up the mess and go to bed,” Lu Sen said. Though the crossbow was a weapon, arousing his suspicion, he thought about how Bai Wei was just a reclusive writer who probably didn’t know much about weapons, probably just treating it as a decoration.

He easily pulled the arrow from the painting, but saw blood stains on the tip. “Oh my… look…”

“What’s wrong, honey?”

Bai Wei’s voice calling him “honey” was reluctant yet submissive, with tears in his eyes. He moved closer to Lu Sen, looking at the painting with him.

“When we brought this painting back from the antique shop, was there anyone inside it?”

The ghostly woman in red on the painting had been torn into pieces by the arrow, so Lu Sen naturally thought the blood on the arrow belonged to the ghost. Bai Wei’s eyes widened, followed by a look of distress: “My painting! What a waste!”

My painting! It’s so useful, it really has a ghost… This painting could have killed my husband, the arrow could have killed my husband, but how did things turn out like this…

“Oh no, I mean, oh my god, honey… there’s a red-clad female ghost in this painting, you almost got killed by it… No, how could there be a ghost in the painting? This is too scary…” Bai Wei quickly corrected himself as Lu Sen looked at him.

In fact, all Lu Sen saw now were Bai Wei’s neck and long legs. When he saw the wet, red corners of Bai Wei’s eyes, he licked his lips—he remembered how Bai Wei would roll his eyes, unable to control his spasms, letting him do as he pleased. Bai Wei always tried to hold back his sounds, only then could he make the moaning sounds that would never happen during the day.

It was great that the crossbow malfunctioned!

“Baby, don’t be afraid, the ghost is dead, that’s her blood. Luckily, your crossbow malfunctioned,” Lu Sen embraced Bai Wei, suggestively massaging his shoulders. “If you weren’t here, how would the safety of the house be guaranteed?”

Lu Sen didn’t take the matter seriously, which made Bai Wei feel slightly relieved. He blamed himself for losing control—such an obvious thing like a crossbow. It might fool Lu Sen, but not necessarily the police. It was all the fault of those ten days in Black Harbor City, all the fault of the incident in the car. They made his brain overrun with blood, overloading his rationality, filling his mind with the need to prove that Lu Sen would die, and he was willing to take matters into his own hands.

He needed to calm down, to stay calm, even though he had been stuck in bed for days and nights… At that moment, he felt Lu Sen touching his thigh.

Another great tragedy occurred after the failure to kill his husband and the destruction of the painting. He turned around and saw a pair of deep blue eyes staring at him without blinking.

“Honey…”

The words “honey,” which were meant to make someone lower their guard, had the opposite effect. Lu Sen squeezed his firm thigh. “Darling, it’s been a day since we’ve done anything…”

“But…”

“Baby, the marks on your neck have faded.” Lu Sen bit his collar and said, “Let me see the ones on your thigh…”

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After the van, the piano room on the first floor also became Bai Wei’s nightmare. The two of them rolled into the piano room, and Bai Wei was pressed onto the piano. His fingers scratched the white piano keys, creating a beautiful rhythm.

Meanwhile, Pei Jie was struggling in the basement.

It was poison! The alcohol was poisoned!

He rushed to the bathroom, desperately gagging and vomiting… What kind of family would install a faucet and toilet in the basement? He poured a lot of water from the faucet into his stomach and then threw it all up, repeating the process.

It wasn’t enough!

The music in the piano room grew more intense, alternating between loud and soft, resonating with the sounds from the basement in a 2/4 beat. Weak, Pei Jie crawled out of the basement. He spasmed as he moved towards the bathroom, where he hoped to find the antidote!

This ordinary house was going to kill him! At that moment, Pei Jie finally admitted it!

The moment the medical kit hit the floor with a loud crash, Pei Jie closed his eyes, despairing, waiting for the couple to arrive and for him to be caught. But at the same time, a bigger, louder sound echoed throughout the house!

“Boom!!”

The whole house shook. The lights in the neighboring supermarket owner’s house turned back on.

“Honey!” Bai Wei’s breathless voice came from the piano room. “Your head! It got smashed under the piano lid!”

“Honey!!”

What kind of position would cause his husband’s head to get trapped under the falling piano lid… The first killer was too distracted to think about this. He swallowed a whole bottle of antidote, emptied his stomach, and finally slipped into a deep coma with his health at rock bottom.

At that moment, he told himself that this house was just too terrifying.

When he woke up, he would escape… but this time, the husband of this family must have finally been killed…

“Bang bang bang!”

“Bang bang bang!”

“What the hell is going on in your house in the middle of the night! My God! How can you make such a loud noise in the middle of the night! Do you know I have neurosis?!”

The neighbor’s cursing voice came from outside. Bai Wei, with bare legs, sat on Lu Sen’s body. He was a mess, but his hands were firmly pressed against his chest.

In his hand, he was holding the support screw of the piano lid.

Finally… finally… Bai Wei’s heart raced. At that moment, his feelings were not just joy. Only 20% of it came from the sight of Lu Sen’s head trapped under the piano lid.

80% came from the fact that he had finally caused another accidental death!

He had finally overcome all unnecessary emotions and returned to the essence of creating accidental deaths!

Bai Wei was so happy. He had never thought his husband’s body could be so beautiful. Soon, he would receive Lu Sen’s life insurance, escape this deceiving, zombie-like marriage, and start a new life… Lu Sen must be dead, right? He wasn’t lying in the piano, trying to figure out how to fabricate evidence of being alive to avoid being discovered…

He slowly pulled himself up, his legs shaking so much that he almost couldn’t stand. The chaotic life, the false Lu Sen, the zombie that had come back to life, and the half-month in Black Harbor, finally returning to calm. Only the supermarket owner’s cursing voice outside was still ringing.

At this moment, Bai Wei knelt beside the piano bench. He covered his face and began to cry.

“Honey… my husband…”

“Honey! How did you die!”

His cries grew louder and louder, deafening. Finally, the supermarket owner outside, knocking on the door, hesitated. He trembled as he said, “What happened?”

“Wait, please don’t let anyone die! If someone dies, the housing prices in this neighborhood will drop!”

“You, don’t cry so loudly! What if the police get involved? Let me in, we can talk about it…”

Unfortunately, Pei Jie had already passed out in his own vomit. Otherwise, he would have gotten up, angrily cursing that everyone in this neighborhood was crazy. Bai Wei never expected that the neighbor on the left could be so realistic, so insane. He hesitated, wondering if he should cry even harder to attract the honest judge from the neighboring townhouse to come and be a witness.

At this moment, a strong hand rested on Bai Wei’s body.

Bai Wei trembled as he looked up and met his husband’s deep blue eyes, staring at his neck with dark red marks.

Bai Wei: “You…”

Lu Sen: “Dear, don’t cry, I’m not dead.”

Bai Wei: “Impossible, I saw it…”

Lu Sen: “Haha, it’s true, my head really did get hit by the piano lid, and I was knocked out for a while.”

Bai Wei: “How is that possible…”

Lu Sen: “Baby, even if I’m sent to hell, I’ll come back to you.”

Bai Wei: “No, no! You must have already died! How can you not be dead?”

The supermarket owner outside: “Not dead? That’s good, right? I’ll call an ambulance, it’s on the way!”

At that moment, Lu Sen squatted down and gently stroked Bai Wei’s face.

“Darling, are you scared? Of course, I’m not dead.” He said, “The way you said that makes it sound like you were hoping for me to die.”

Bai Wei stared at him blankly. Lu Sen’s eyes were like the ocean.

Eventually, as the ambulance arrived, Bai Wei buried his face in Lu Sen’s abs and began to cry out loud.

“Honey, I’m so glad you’re not dead… I’m so happy!”

Bai Wei couldn’t control his crying. After all, in this town, the price of an ambulance ride could cost up to two thousand.

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“Doctor, is what you’re saying true? There are only some soft tissue contusions on my husband’s neck?”

“Yes, very lucky. Maybe your husband’s head just happened to get stuck in a gap,” the doctor said.

Bai Wei: “He really has no skull fractures? No ruptured blood vessels? His organs don’t even have a single wound?”

Doctor: “No, your husband looks perfectly healthy.”

Bai Wei still wasn’t reassured and said, “Let’s do some more tests, like a CT scan, MRI, X-rays, blood tests… I want to give my husband a thorough checkup, so we can understand his physical weaknesses and potential diseases that might develop…”

At Bai Wei’s insistence, the doctor had no choice but to give Lu Sen a full set of medical tests. He said to Lu Sen, “I’ve only ever seen relatives complain about the cost of medical exams, but I’ve never seen anyone like your wife, who cares so much about your health! You’re really lucky to have such a wife who cares for you so much!”

“Th… thank you.” Lu Sen rubbed his head. “I also think I’m very lucky.”

Bai Wei went to pay the fees. That night in the hospital, she didn’t communicate much with Lu Sen, which puzzled him.

He picked up his medical file, intending to find her. At that moment, something fell out of the file.