Chapter 3: 24 Billys?

Mu Xun was dressed in plain white clothes, looking worried.

After confirming that Mu Xi was unharmed, he turned around cautiously and whispered to someone in the shadows, "Quickly, quickly go and report to the Lord, the young master has woken up."

Mu Xun knew the original owner's secret all along, so he was considered one of the original owner's "own people".

Mu Xi regained her body and finally found someone "on her own." She felt relieved and instantly lost all strength, collapsing to the side.

When Mu Xun returned, he noticed that Ling Mei was no longer moving: "That's... Ling Mei?"

Mu Xi gasped for breath, "She...she just discovered my identity."

"What?" Mu Xun was startled and immediately reached out two fingers to check Ling Mei's breath, but his eyes were still on Mu Xi. "How is your brother? Did she hurt you? Are you alright?"

"Me?" Mu Xi didn't care about herself right now. "How is she?"

"She's dead." Mu Xun stood up, frowning and disgustedly walking around Ling Mei's body. He reached out to help Mu Xi. "Brother, why are you awake? Did the fake death medicine not work?"

"I killed someone?" The explosive power she had just displayed vanished without a trace the moment she returned, leaving Mu Xi unable to face this fact.

"Kill her if you want." The angry male voice in my head was still there. "If you don't kill her, she'll kill you. Are you going to keep her around for the New Year?"

"I killed someone?" Mu Xi felt terrible, overwhelmed by guilt.

Rationally, you can tell yourself that you didn't kill anyone, but in reality, your hands are already rubbing against the hem of your clothes.

The hot-tempered man completely disregarded Mu Xi's life or death, and unabashedly expressed his pleasure: "Yes, yes, yes... hehehe... we're like brothers, I killed the one you killed."

"You perverted, volatile maniac, I could never be you..." Mu Xi suddenly remembered a book she had read in her past life—"The Minds of Billy Milligan."

Suddenly I realized...

The voice in my head was not a system, nor was it a split personality; it was another personality from the original body.

"Are you the original owner's other personality?" Mu Xi didn't expect the original owner to have left behind such a big "hidden box".

The irritable male voice said inexplicably, "What personality? Never heard of it. I've already said it, I am you."

Multiple personality disorder?

Relying on yourself is better than relying on anyone else.

Mu Xi looked inward and found that a void had appeared in her heart.

Her consciousness was like a spotlight illuminating the center of the void, while the violent man who had been talking to her hid in the darkness outside the light.

“You…” Mu Xi could sense that there was more than just the violent man's personality in the darkness.

Just as they were about to investigate further, Mu Xun's voice interrupted them from the other side.

“Brother?” Mu Xun’s voice was unusually gentle. “Brother, don’t be afraid. You only did it by accident. Don’t worry about this. I’ll handle everything. If anyone asks later, just say that I killed him.”

"You?" Mu Xi looked up and suddenly met a pair of eyes as clear as a lake after the rain, instantly illuminating all the darkness in her heart.

pity……

Mu Xi pushed away the outstretched hand.

Haunted by the shadow of her younger brother from two lifetimes, she is utterly incapable of appreciating kindness.

A cheap younger brother is a cheap younger brother.

Mu Xi was still unable to process the fact that she had killed someone with her own hands, but Ling Mei's troubles were not yet resolved, so she forced herself to stand up.

Mu Xun was baffled by Mu Xi's change in attitude when footsteps sounded outside the mourning hall.

Just as the two became alert, Lady Gao, the second wife of Jin Fangjun, with her hair piled high and dressed in brocade robes, appeared in their sight with a group of people.

"Young...Young Master?" Gao was so frightened when she saw him that she almost lost her soul, but luckily someone behind her supported her.

The living person who had been dead for a day and a night was now standing in front of everyone, which greatly frightened the people who had come with Gao, and they all gasped in shock.

Fortunately, the large number of people and the bright lights from their torches and lanterns prevented widespread panic.

Mu Xi quickly gathered her thoughts: "Yes, it seems the physician misdiagnosed me, and I've come back to life."

"The young master... has come back to life?" Madam Gao composed herself, finding it hard to believe.

She was originally Jin Fangjun's second wife. Before she married into Jin Fangjun's household, Jin Fangjun already had two sons.

She finally had a son with Jin Fangjun, but he was only the third child in the family.

As a mother, you must think about your son.

Lady Gao was originally preoccupied with how to get rid of the heir apparent so that her own son could take the throne.

Unexpectedly, after Mu Xi finally "died of illness," less than twelve hours later, she "came back to life."

Gao was utterly disappointed. Then, her eyes fell on Lingmei's lifeless body on the ground: "Lingmei? What happened to Lingmei?"

"It's me..." Mu Xun was about to admit it before Mu Xi could.

Mu Xi stopped her abruptly: "This servant is already dead; I disposed of her."

"Dead? How could a perfectly healthy person just die?" Gao said in disbelief.

“She was caught stealing burial goods from my coffin in the middle of the night. This servant not only refused to submit to the law after being caught, but also tried to cover it up…” Mu Xi had always been tough in her previous life, but as she spoke, she caught a glimpse of the obvious finger marks on Ling Mei’s neck out of the corner of her eye. “Ling Mei intended to kill me, but I subdued her. In the process, I accidentally suffocated her to death.”

The Gao family had caused the original owner a lot of trouble, both openly and secretly.

The original owner, on the other hand, was low-key and patient, always keeping his distance and never giving the Gao family any leverage.

Unexpectedly, Gao's maid suddenly died in the mourning hall, and the seemingly "dead" Prince Jin Fang came back to life.

In this situation, as a "party involved," Mu Xi had to be cautious in her explanation.

“Lingmei stole the burial goods? How is that possible?” Madam Gao knew best what her personal maid was doing.

Mu Xi snatched the jade pendant hanging from her right waistband and threw it at Ling Mei: "Caught red-handed, they're all here. Otherwise, what would a maid from the inner courtyard be doing in the middle of the night at the mourning hall of the dignified Prince Jin Fang?"

Gao was unable to answer this question.

A sinister and icy gaze swept over Gao Shi from behind: "With the young master's body, which has been bedridden for many years, how could he personally strangle a strong, healthy, and lively servant girl to death?"

"Who is this...?" Mu Xi looked over in the direction of the voice.

Behind Gao was a tall and imposing middle-aged man with a resolute face as black as iron, a square face, a hooked nose, and a pair of sinister wolf eyes. Just by standing there, he gave people the feeling that he was not a friendly person.

Just as the newcomer was about to speak, Mu Xun silently stepped in front of Mu Xi.

He then spoke first, introducing, "This is Grand Marshal Gao. My brother usually lives a secluded life, and the Grand Marshal rarely comes to our residence, so my brother has never met him."

"Oh..." Mu Xi immediately understood.

This is Gao's older brother.

Despite being a concubine's daughter of the Gao family, Lady Gao was able to marry the current king's brother, King Jin Fang, and become his second wife.

The most important reason is that the Gao family is related to the king by marriage. His sister is the current queen, and his brother is the Grand Marshal, who holds military power and is responsible for the safety of the royal palace and the entire city of Moyang.

The fact that Gao brought her brother to the mourning hall in the middle of the night suggests that she was well-prepared.