Chapter 152 (1/2)

Blood! There was blood everywhere!

Jiao fainted in front of the Prosecutor’s office. Rivulets of blood were continuously running down her legs as Cui Jing knelt by her, crying helplessly. Perhaps, those people in uniforms were too busy, but no one ever looked at them as they callously pa.s.sed through the door. It was as if the two women and those government officials were living in two different worlds.

Luckily, a taxi, happening to pa.s.s by, stopped. The driver swept up the woman on the ground without a word and quickly took them to a hospital.

Jiao was barely conscious. She didn’t know where she was and who was by her side. She could only feel her body shaking. Perhaps, she was on her way to heaven. She couldn’t hear Cui Jing’s crying and naturally had no idea where Jiang Zhengkai was.

She seemed to see an image of her mother, whose face hadn’t changed in three years. Her mother was smiling lovingly to her. “Ziyuan, come! I’ve finished cooking for you. Come! Let’s eat together!”

Then, she saw Tao, pressing down on his wound and speaking calmly in a low voice. “Do not scream! I’m not a villain. I won’t hurt you!”

Next, she saw an older woman dressed in coquettish and tacky clothing. With a strong and stale perfume around her, she walked towards Jiao and looked down at her in disdain. “Sis, you want to die? Give me your stuff. You won’t need them after dying.”

“No! Please! Don’t beat me!” Now, Jiao seemed to hear the screams of a young woman. She was crying for help. “Please! You can have all my money. Please don’t beat me!”

Lastly, there was a policeman observing her from a distance. His eyes were warm and full of love. He handed a banana to her. “Here! Take it!”

It’s him! Wait! But who is this guy? And what’s his name? Why is he so nice to me?

Then the image in front of her changed again and Jiao saw herself cuddling in a room with the man. She could feel the fright and tension in the frantic pounding of her heart. The man held her tightly and comforted her in a soft voice, “Honey, don’t be scared. I’m here for you. Nothing can hurt you!”

A puff of black smoke slowly drifted up from the floor in front of their bed. Oh, right, there was an explosion, thus the smoke. As the smoke drifted towards their bed, it started to circle around them slowly. However, it couldn’t harm them as the man’s body was glowing with golden light. The light was protecting them.

Gradually, the smoke took the form of a woman in a loose black robe. Her chest was so deflated that it seemed like she had no flesh on her. In fact, she resembled a desiccated skeleton. She slowly lifted her head. It’s her? It looks like the woman with thick makeup and stale perfume. No! Wait! It also looks like the woman is asking for help.

“Sister Xiu? Xiaomei?” Jiao was frightened, but still asked hopefully. “Is that… Is this… You?”

The skeleton heard her voice and stopped by the bed. It stared at them with blank eyes and then reached out with its hand. When its fingers were about to touch Jiao’s face, the golden light suddenly grew stronger, and the hand melted away instantly.

“Ah!” The smoke-skeleton screamed in pain. But a new hand quickly grew back. The skeleton retrieved its hand while its face kept s.h.i.+fting between Xiu and Xiaomei repeatedly. Finally, it settled on Xiu’s and slowly spoke, “Jiang Zhengkai, you must die!”

“Okay! You can kill me. But you cannot hurt my girlfriend!” The man replied without any hesitation. “You can take my life, but please spare hers.”

“What? Your girlfriend?” Even though the skeleton’s eyes were blank, they had an incredulous glint. “She is a prost.i.tute! You are a policeman! And yet she’s your girlfriend?”

“Yes! It’s true! Sister Xiu, I love him!” Jiao heard herself yell.

“You love him?” The skeleton stood there in shock. Then the face s.h.i.+fted again. “Sister Jiao, I miss you so much!” Now, it was Xiaomei speaking.