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Ye Wenyu was stunned, a fog rising in her mind. She felt that what Lin Tingfeng said made sense, but she also felt that something was not right. She didn't know whether to believe him or report it to the police.

Lin Tingfeng held Ye Wenyu's small hands with both of his, knelt on one knee, took out an enormous diamond ring, raised his head, and sincerely said to Ye Wenyu, "Xiaoyu, you are the woman I love most. I am proposing to you now. Please marry me!"

Ye Wenyu was stunned. Lin Tingfeng picked up the diamond ring and was about to put it on her finger when Ye Wenyu screamed "No!" and suddenly ran away.

Hearing her fearful rejection, Lin Tingfeng watched her retreating figure, his heart aching. Then, a metallic taste rose in his throat, and with a "whoosh," he spat out blood. He slowly collapsed like a felled tree.

When someone was fighting him, he could force himself to stay upright. Now that he had won and all those who had fought him were dead, he could finally relax. However, once he relaxed, his already compromised body could no longer hold on, and he collapsed. He thought to himself, "I've been putting off going to the hospital. It's time to go see a doctor."

Ye Wenyu ran forward alone, filled with fear, drenched in sweat and breathless. She ran and ran, her legs feeling like they were about to break.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally arrived at her home. She quickly closed the door and windows, worried that Lin Tingfeng's men might be watching her. Only after confirming that she was safe did she sit down on the floor of her house.

The floor was as cold as ice, but her body was even colder, shivering all over, her chest heaving violently.

At this moment, her back was covered in a layer of sweat as if it were raining. She covered her chest with her hand and recalled what had happened.

The room was filled with a deathly silence.

She just woke up in Lin Tingfeng's arms and heard him say that she fainted because she saw Lin Tingyue jump to her death. Lin Tingfeng heard that there was someone on the roof, so he rushed up to the roof and rescued her and took her to the hospital.

She woke up in Lin Tingfeng's arms. When Lin Tingfeng learned that his sister had died, he was not sad at all, but even a little happy. On the same day his sister died, he went out of his way to buy her an enormous diamond ring. In the hospital room, he knelt down on one knee and proposed to her. He said that as long as she agreed, they could go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate the next day.

She confronted him about whether he had killed her mother, and he said no. She then questioned him about whether he had killed Cai Wenchuan, Lin Tingxuan, Jiang Zhiming, and Lin Tingyue, and he also said no. He said they were just losers and that they had sown discord between them. He advised her not to believe the rumors.

He promised to marry her and take good care of her for the rest of his life; she would be the only woman he loved most.

but--

If he really didn't kill her family and friends, they could still have a happy ending. But if he really is a serial killer, and her mother and friends died because of him, then her marrying him would be the worst nightmare of her life!

Where is the evidence? Any evidence to prove whether what he said is true or false.

Ye Wenyu raised her head and looked around in a panic. Her ears were ringing, as if a million bees were flying by.

Now, the battle for inheritance in the Lin family has come to an end. Lin Tingfeng is the only victor. Most of the others are dead, and one is said to have gone mad.

Back then, the first wife went mad because of the second wife; thirty years later, the second wife went mad because of the first wife's son. This is what they call "ten years east of the river, ten years west of the river." People are watching what you do, and heaven is watching too. Will the wicked eventually get their just deserts?

So, what should she do?

Ye Wenyu raised her head, her heart burning with anxiety. She looked around frantically, wondering in fear whether Lin Tingfeng's words were trustworthy. If what he said was true, she wouldn't have to live in such fear and pain. If he was lying, if he was a serial killer, then she would stay far away from him, she would call the police, she would gather evidence, and avenge her mother and her friends!

Where is the evidence?

Suddenly, in a flash, Ye Wenyu remembered the voice recorder that the black-clad assassin had given her, which she had never had the courage to turn on and listen to.

Now it's time to listen to this voice recorder!

Thinking of this, Ye Wenyu stood up as if she had been electrocuted, and rummaged through her house looking for a voice recorder. She didn't know how much time had passed before she finally found it in a small compartment of her suitcase.

Ye Wenyu reached out and, with trembling hands, turned on the recorder. In the deathly silence, she pressed the switch.

In the deathly silence, she heard the pounding of her own heart, "thump thump thump," like thunder outside the window.

Amidst a rustling sound, Lin Tingfeng's voice rang out, cold and laced with evil and fear: "You must do it without anyone noticing, understand?"

Ye Wenyu held her breath, feeling as if a hand was gripping her throat, almost suffocating her.

"Yes, is there any other way besides killing her? I always thought it wouldn't come to the point of killing her. After all, she is the mother of the girl you love most. As far as I know, she is the only family she has left." These were the assassin's words of comfort.

Compared to Lin Tingfeng's cold-blooded evil, this assassin seemed as kind as an angel.

Ye Wenyu's body trembled like a leaf in a storm.

Her face was deathly pale, devoid of color, even her lips had lost all color. She hugged herself tightly with both hands, her lips feeling as if they contained scalding hot oil, making her tremble and unable to utter a single word.

This is terrifying, absolutely terrifying! Human nature is truly horrible! I never imagined that the handsome man who claimed to love her and treated her with such tenderness was actually a serial killer.

Lin Tingfeng's voice rang out again, cold as ice and snow, "I must kill her. Last time I tried to get back together with her daughter, she stood in my way and wouldn't let us get back together. Before that, that girl broke up with me because of her mother's idea. Her mother made her go home and left her a way out, so she insisted on leaving me. I can't lose her. Therefore, the only way is to cut off her way out."

"But--"

"Alright, do what I tell you to do!" Lin Tingfeng's voice turned angry and became intimidating. "This isn't your first time in this line of work. Talking too much is a big no-no! Do you even want to work in this line of work anymore?!"

Then the conversation disappeared, followed by a rustling sound, and the recording stopped. She would recognize Lin Tingfeng's voice even if it were burned to ashes. Ye Wenyu hugged herself tightly, her upper teeth clattering against her lower teeth, making a "tap-tap" sound. She sat there blankly for two seconds, then, like a lonely little beast facing a desperate situation, let out a painful howl and fainted.