Chapter 49 (1/2)

Zou Zhengze opened the door and saw his lover sleeping with a man. When they saw that he had come back, their eyes widened in fear.

“B*tch! How dare you cheat on me?”

The image of them pledging their eternal love and their lingering affection flooded his mind. Zou Zhengze’s eyes instantly became red and he lifted a kitchen knife.

The knife stopped in the air. Zou Zhengze took two deep breaths and put the knife down.

It was not worth it.

“Stay together forever, you cheaters.”

Zou Zhengze threw the kitchen knife resentfully and closed the refrigerator door.

He cut off the crab pincers, removed the crab shell and stomach, and sucked the crab roe…

Li Ang was extremely skilled in eating crabs. He only used chopsticks and a spoon to eat the crab in a refined manner. His elegant actions, dignified table manners, and graceful posture made Officer Wang Fengnian look increasingly more uncomfortable.

What was even worse, he was telling jokes while eating. He could manage to tell all kinds of jokes, from White Snow in Early Spring to The Song of the Rustic Poor, which amused Wang Congshan and her mother. Hence, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

“Cough, cough.”

Officer Wang Fengnian searched for a joke in his mind and coughed deliberately. When he attracted their attention, he said in a low voice, “Once upon a time, there was a young man who achieved nothing in his life. When he was one foot into the grave, he yearned to be praised again. This thought touched God and He sent a physician over to say that this illness was incredible.”

The whole living room suddenly fell silent. Only the sound of the fan blades turning could be heard.

“Ha ha ha ha ha.” Li Ang laughed a few times, and Wang Congshan and her mother laughed as well.

In order to break the embarrassing silence, Wang Congshan passed him her empty bowl. “Dad, fill my bowl with soup.”

Subconsciously, Li Ang took the empty bowl and helped Wang Congshan scoop up a bowl of soup. When he realized what had happened, he saw Officer Wang Fengnian’s hands hanging in mid-air and noticed the expression on Mrs. Wang’s face.

The atmosphere in the living room became even more solemn and depressing. It seemed as if water was dripping in the air.

“I almost forgot. The other day, Fangni and her family, who live opposite us, sent us green rice balls. I’ll give them a few crabs in return.”

Mrs. Wang got up and went to the kitchen to get a large Tupperware to pack some crabs. When she went out, she didn’t close the door. She went directly to her neighbor.

“Fangni, Fangni? Are you guys at home?”

Mrs. Wang knocked on the security door with her knuckles. In the living room, Li Ang and Wang Congshan lowered their heads while accepting the stare of Officer Wang.

“Why is there nobody…”

Mrs. Wang sniffed something strange and said, “What’s this smell? Is it coming from their balcony?”

In the living room, Li Ang, who was silently eating crabs, suddenly looked up. Along with Officer Wang, he looked at the neighbor’s security door.

There was a strong… smell of blood coming from it.

The two of them looked at each other and stood up at the same time before they walked to the hallway.

“They might not be at home,” Officer Wang told his wife with a smile. “Xinwan, go back and eat with Shanshan. Little Li and I will smoke a cigarette in the hallway and have a chat.”