A strong wind blew open the tightly closed windows, extinguishing all the candlelight and plunging Yun Chi's vision into darkness.

Yun Chi's heart was pounding wildly, his mind still filled with that face full of "bugs," but where his hands touched, he could feel the smooth, soft skin of the person in his arms, delicate and soft, with an alluring fragrance.

Even her heartfelt cries still lingered in my ears, so poignant and endearing.

Yun Chi suspected he was hallucinating.

He married one of the most beautiful women in Kyoto.

Moreover, they have known each other since childhood. Ye Yabing is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion. He has watched her grow up to be beautiful. How could she possibly have such a face?

Impossible!

However, at that moment, the dark sky was torn apart again by a pale light. Before it could close, a second and a third bolt of lightning followed, illuminating the people in the house clearly.

Ye Yabing was drenched in sweat, her hair completely soaked. Yun Chi not only saw the scars on her face, but also the human skin mask that had peeled off her face.

The color drained from his face instantly, his mind went completely blank, and he almost scrambled out of bed.

But suddenly, he stopped all movement, and for some unknown reason, he reached out his trembling hand and touched the crisscrossing wounds on Ye Yabing's face.

Those were real, uneven scars.

One wound after another, though healed, were still as terrifying as ghosts.

Ghost... ghost ghost ghost!

The beauty he imagined was not the beauty he had imagined; she was a ghost!

Yun Chi was terrified, his body stiffened completely, unable to move, large beads of sweat dripped from his temples, and he even had difficulty breathing.

"Husband, why don't you answer me?" Ye Yabing saw that he remained silent for a long time, and that there was a strong wind and thunder outside, so she couldn't help but lean into his arms.

Yun Chi trembled all over, and the profuse sweat that had just been released due to fever cooled down completely in an instant.

He instinctively tried to push Ye Yabing away, but before he could make a move, he suddenly stopped and swiftly grabbed Ye Yabing's throat with one hand!

"Who are you? Why did you deceive me? Do you know what the consequences of deceiving me will be?"

Another bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and Ye Yabing froze. Seeing Yun Chi's distorted face, filled with anger and fear, her heart sank, and she instinctively raised her hand to touch her own face.

This touch caused him to turn pale with shock!

how so!

She used the mask for almost three months without any problems, and after each use, she took good care of it as taught by the Heartless Fruit.

Why did she fall down in front of Yun Chi on their wedding night without even noticing?

Ye Yabing trembled all over, ignoring the fact that Yun Chi was choking her, and frantically searched for the human skin mask with both hands.

However, the more flustered you are, the less likely you are to find it. And when you finally find it, you can't put it on your face properly.

Yun Chi saw everything she did, and his fear gradually turned into rage and disgust!

She is Ye Yabing. She was disfigured a long time ago, but she covered it up with a human skin mask to deceive him!

It turns out that what my sixth brother said back then wasn't a lie.

"You have been deceiving me all along!" Yun Chi snatched the human skin mask from her hand and threw it hard on the ground!

"Why, why!!"

Such an ugly creature dares to dream of becoming his queen!

Yet, he broke off his engagement with Ye Qingxue and risked being flogged by his father and scorned by the people to marry her!

The thought of having just consummated her marriage with such an ugly woman made Yun Chi feel so disgusted she almost vomited!

Yun Chi shook Ye Yabing violently, his fingertips turning white as he gripped her arm.

As the lightning flashed, the scars would sometimes disappear into the darkness, and sometimes suddenly appear on her face.

Each time it reappears, it seems to have moved to a different position—one second it's on the cheekbone, the next it's crawled to the corner of the mouth, as if it were alive.

Yun Chi felt incredibly disgusted and utterly terrified!

Ye Yabing finally reacted and grabbed Yun Chi's hands tightly, trying to pull them away!

However, her strength was no match for Yun Chi's; she was pitifully weak!

"Your Highness, please... I beg you to spare me! I didn't mean to deceive you..."

Yun Chi ignored him, only consumed by rage at being deceived for so long. If he had known earlier that Ye Yabing was disfigured, he would never have married her.

He was as arrogant and pleased as he was in front of a full house of distinguished guests tonight, and now he is just as angry and disappointed!

At this moment, Ye Yabing asked, "Your Highness and I have been childhood sweethearts. You once said that you admired me. Is it only my face that you admire, and not me as a person?"

What else? Yun Chi found it laughable!

"I married you to save face for me, didn't I? Without looks, you only disgust and embarrass me!"

Although she had guessed this would happen, Ye Yabing still felt a chill run down her spine when she actually heard it.

Their friendship of over a decade couldn't withstand the test of a face.

She didn't expect Yun Chi to still love her after learning about her disfigurement, but at least a little bit of pity, right?

"If I had known you were this ugly, I would have preferred to marry Ye Qingxue!" Yun Chi said again.

Ye Yabing was furious and used all her strength to push Yun Chi away: "My face was ruined by that bitch Ye Qingxue! I sacrificed my appearance so I could marry you, and now you still talk to me like this! How could you do this to me!"

Yun Chi was caught off guard by her sudden outburst of emotion and was pushed away by her, almost falling onto the bed. But he quickly retaliated!

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