Li Kui’s pupils abruptly dilated, and he appeared to be in disbelief.

  “You… What are you trying to do by having me listen to this?” Li Kui weakly asked Fang Mu.

  Fang Mu replied, “From now on, I’ll ask you questions, and you’ll answer them. If you dare to lie, I’ll make you accompany a group of lunatics for the rest of your life.”


  When Li Kui thought that he might be treated in a mental hospital for the rest of his life, he was terrified.

  “Ask.”


  “Is the woman beside me Qiao Jiuyin?”


  “Yes.”


  “Was Xiao Sheng in pain when she died?”


  Stunned, Li Kui answered, “It should be the case. She should’ve been in excruciating pain. After all, after she died, she was… completely unrecognizable.”


  The words “completely unrecognizable” stabbed Fang Mu’s heart like knives.

  He pressed against his chest and murmured, “Yes, it must’ve been very painful for her.”?

  Fang Mu did not dare to think too deeply about it.

  He staggered to his feet and fell onto the sofa. Then, he pushed his hands into his hair and lowered his head in silence.

  After a long time, the bodyguard asked him, “Boss, what should we do with this man?”


  “Throw him into the police station.”


  “Yes.”


  The house remained completely quiet.

  Fang Mu looked up and stared at the room with red eyes.

  This was the wedding room he had prepared for himself and Xiao Sheng.

  Fang Mu looked at Qiao Jiuyin and his wedding photos on the wall. His cold eyes gradually became moist.

  ***

  “Brother Mu, when we get married, you have to pick me up from Junyang City to Binjiang City with a big sedan! After the wedding, you have to carry me back to our wedding room from the Empire Hotel.”


  “Okay.”


  His promise had gone unfulfilled. He had not used a sedan to fetch Qiao Jiusheng from Junyang City to Binjiang City, but he had used a helicopter to fetch Qiao Jiuyin to Binjiang City.

  Empire Hotel…


  This was the place where he and Qiao Jiusheng had agreed to hold the wedding. In the end, he had held another woman’s hand and walked into the hall, completely unaware!

  “Brother Mu, do you think I look better in a white wedding gown or a Chinese-style bright red dragon and phoenix gown?”


  Fang Mu wanted to say that she would be the most beautiful regardless of which gown she wore. However, he could never see her as his bride now.

  “Brother Mu, they all say that I’m very similar to my sister. Could it be that you can’t tell us apart?

  “If you mistake us one day, I’ll never talk to you again!”


  “No. While other people can’t tell the two of you apart, I can.”


  How laughable was it? His words had finally slapped himself in the face.

  The smiling Qiao Jiusheng he always saw, the flamboyant and domineering Qiao Jiusheng when he first met her, the Qiao Jiusheng who held his hand and coquettishly called him Brother Mu… countless Qiao Jiushengs appeared in front of Fang Mu’s eyes and in his mind. Fang Mu looked at those familiar faces with a dazed expression.

  Suddenly, a fleshy face appeared among those smiling faces.

  The face suddenly opened its eyes. Its bleeding pupils were filled with despair and fear.

  “Brother Mu, it hurts!”


  The face roared and screamed. It was no longer the face he was familiar with.

  “Xiao Sheng!”


  Fang Mu suddenly widened his eyes and realized that the scene he saw just now had just been a dream.

  The sun was a little harsh. He squinted at the clock and saw that the time was almost nine o’clock.

  His phone on the coffee table was ringing non-stop.

  Fang Mu rubbed his face and picked up his phone. When he saw the caller ID, his eyes darkened.

  He picked up the phone and said, “It’s me.”


  A familiar voice came from the other end. “Brother Mu, the hospital is so boring. Can you bring me home?”


  The sweet and charming voice made Fang Mu smile coldly.

  “Sure.”