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I opened my eyes and found myself sinking into the water, my hands and feet bound, my hands and feet tied to a boulder.

I struggled in terror, my head shaking, and just as I was about to sink into the water, I saw the two men who had turned and left, and the stone at their feet, by the water, with the sign that read LIFT RESERVOIR.

When the water was past my head and blisters kept coming out of my mouth, the air slowly drained away. I swung my feet, but the stones under my feet clamped on me like pincers and pulled me into the depths of the reservoir.

”Miss, girl, wake up! We've arrived at the hospital. ”

Ah!

I screamed and woke up, panting and sweating, watching.

The driver was the same one I'd been driving, the same one, but the backseat was empty, and I looked at the driver in horror.

”Miss, what's wrong?” The driver asked me with concern, ”You fell asleep playing games on the way, so I didn't have the heart to disturb you. You saw the hospital, so I woke you up.”

I looked at the old, scarred face, black and yellow with concern, and thought about what I had just seen. The driver inside was fierce and violent, and I opened the door as if I were running away and headed straight for the hospital.

As I burst through the hospital gates, I thought of something and took out my cell phone to take a picture of the car that hesitated for a moment before starting to drive away.

I don't believe it. I just had a simple dream, and I have to act.

Looking at the phone and the license plate of the car, I made up my mind to call 110, ”Hello, I want to call the police. Yes, there's a female corpse in the Lingdu Reservoir, and there's also a murderer.

After hanging up the phone, I finally let out a sigh of relief. With trembling steps and trembling heart, I walked into Xi Men Yu's office.

As soon as he entered the office, Xi Men Yu was already sitting leisurely behind his desk.

When he saw me come in, his eyes went from gray to bright, but then he frowned. ”What happened, my wife?”

I just stood there and didn't say anything, and when he asked me that question, tears suddenly began to flow out of my eyes.

No matter how strong my heart was, experiencing certain murders and insults personally was unbearable. I felt like I was about to collapse.

Xi Men Yu jumped up from her chair and came over to hug me.

I reached out my hand to stop him and motioned him away. I leaned against the wall and slid slowly down it.

He plopped down on the ground, crying uncontrollably.

After a long time, a piece of wet tissue paper appeared before my eyes. Xi Men Yu handed it to me. I took it and wiped my tears away. Then, I stood up and rushed into the disinfection room to wash my face with cold water.

With my arms on the sink, I looked at myself in the mirror, my eyes red and swollen.

Was this what Zhen Ji meant by 'interesting'?

Or could it be that the moment the greeting card appeared, and the quarrel between Huangfu Ming and I, all of this had already begun?

”My wife, are you alright?” Xi Men Yu's worried voice came from the door.

I dried my face and walked out, my body still limp.

I shook my head and sat on the soft chair, exhausted, trying to sleep.

Xi Men Yu reached his hand over to my forehead and looked at me thoughtfully. His hand was open in the air, and as he blew on it, a small red pill appeared in his palm.

He handed me the pills and poured me a glass of water. ”Eat it and you'll feel better.”

I looked at him quizzically, then at the little pill in my hand. Seeing the certainty in his eyes, I finally chose to believe him, put the pill in my mouth, and poured water into it.

As soon as the pill reached his throat and he saw the water, it was like a mass of cold electric current melting down his throat, his esophagus, and finally into his stomach. As it passed him, it was like a mass of cold electric current.

As if I had just awoken from a dream, I looked around at the familiar surroundings and Ximen Yu's pair of nervous phoenix eyes.

When she saw that I was wide awake, she was overjoyed. She sat down on the soft chair next to me and asked, ”How is it?”

”I'm fine.” I felt as if I had crawled out of hell by a fluke.

”Did we meet a ghost?” Your husband asked you if you had a ghost aura. ” He poured me another glass of water and handed it to me.

I took it and gulped it down. Halfway through it, I stopped and nodded.

”Can you tell your husband?” Xi Men Yu asked cautiously.

My body shuddered and I hastily shook my head.