Night fell over the silent city, and the silvery moonlight made the streets half bright and half dark.
On the street, Li Sisi held the package tightly in her hands, trying to gain some sense of security. The street was dead silent, and although she had tried to make her steps as light as possible, she could still hear the sound of her soles stepping on the bluestone slabs.
"Bang! It's dry, be careful with fire--" A loud noise came from the front of the street.
The sound of a gong represents the first watch, which is midnight in modern times.
"Bang! It's dry, be careful with fire--" Another gong sounded, and the night watchman's low shout was farther away than before. It was obvious that he was turning to another street at the corner ahead.
Li Sisi walked out from the corner of the house on the roadside, took a deep breath, and continued on her way.
I don’t know if it’s a psychological reason, but after the night watchman’s reminder, Li Sisi always felt that something was following her not far behind.
Don’t look back, don’t look back, if you look back the fire on your shoulders will be extinguished!
For the rest of the journey, Li Sisi walked quickly with her head down.
Finally, they arrived at the door of the house she and Li Nian rented on North Street.
"Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock..."
The knocks on the door, two followed by three times, were the secret signal she and Nian Nian had agreed upon.
Li Nian had just fallen asleep and was now dozing off. When he heard the secret signal, he suddenly opened his eyes.
He casually put on a coat, put on his shoes, got out of bed and opened the door.
Li Sisi, dressed in black, rushed in like a ghost.
Li Nian quickly closed the door and bolted it.
The two of them entered the house together. Li Nian lit the oil lamp and asked in surprise, "Why are you here now? What happened?"
Li Sisi walked to the table, placed the package on it, sat down, and replied in a low voice, "Xiao Yunchen seems to have been investigating your poisoning recently. He asked me today if I knew anything."
Upon hearing this, Li Nian frowned in worry.
Seeing her like this, Li Sisi hurriedly comforted her: "Hey, don't think too much. As the saying goes, death is the end of everything."
"I've already exchanged for a fake body and written a suicide note. Think about it, Xiao Yunchen will be depressed for a long time if he knows that I died for you. He probably won't be able to help Wen Luoxin clear her name in the short term. After we leave, no matter how he investigates, it has nothing to do with us."
Li Nian's frown relaxed a little. "You're right. Our bodies are all there. From now on, there will be no Yun Qiuwu and Shen Fu in the world. There will only be Li Sisi and Li Nian. These messes in the capital have nothing to do with us two anymore."
"Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock..." There were two or three knocks on the door.
The best friends looked at each other in astonishment and asked in unison: "Have you told anyone about our secret code?"
Li Sisi shook her head: "I didn't tell anyone!"
Li Nian: "I didn't tell anyone either."
They both looked towards the gate at the same time.
Li Sisi hesitated: "We are both dead now, how about we pretend we are not at home?"
Li Nian pondered and said, "I don't think so. How about you go open the door? I am a recognized dead person, and you... should be the dead person who has not been discovered yet." She stood up and urged, "Hurry and change your clothes!"
Li Sisi took out the men's robe that had been prepared long ago from the package and put it on. Li Nian quickly helped her put on a beard and used an eyebrow pencil to casually thicken her eyebrows.
The knocking on the door outside the house became louder and more urgent, so noisy that the neighbors next door started to curse: "Why are you knocking in the middle of the night? Is your wife cheating on you? You're so worried!"
Li Nian hid in the room. Li Sisi, dressed as a man, walked to the door and asked in a gruff voice, "Who are you looking for?"
There was no response from outside, only continued knocking on the door.
Li Sisi opened the door slowly and cautiously. As soon as the bolt fell, the door was pushed open from the outside with a strong and sudden force.
Li Sisi narrowly avoided the door panel that was about to hit her, and then she felt a sharp fist coming at her.
She reacted quickly and dodged by turning her head to the side. Without having time to confirm the other person's identity, she grabbed the man's arm with both hands and threw him over her shoulder!
"bump!"
A familiar low growl came from the man on the ground: "Chen Fu! Come out!"
Li Sisi:? ?
Holy shit! Why did Xiao Yunchen follow me?
She quickly untied the belt around her waist, and while the man on the ground was still dazed and unable to get up, she quickly and tightly tied his hands with the belt.
Xiao Yunchen struggled and asked angrily, "Who are you? What is your relationship with my wife?"
Li Nian heard Xiao Yunchen's voice in the room, walked out and whispered, "Sisi, bring him in."
Li Sisi did as she was told.
Xiao Yunchen suddenly looked down at the person who was dragging him into the house. This...
"My wife?"
Li Sisi said nothing, with a cold face, not even looking at him, and dragged Xiao Yunchen into the house with an expressionless face.
Li Nian handed the rope to Li Sisi: "Tie it tight."
Xiao Yunchen saw his sister-in-law in coarse cloth. Her usually gentle and kind face was now filled with coldness and indifference. Being looked at by her eyes made one feel cold.
His angry eyes instantly turned into suspicion and he said in disbelief: "Sister-in-law? You umm--"
Li Sisi rudely blocked Xiao Yunchen's mouth with a rag picked up from the table. Xiao Yunchen stared with his phoenix eyes, full of obvious confusion and shock.
His wife looked indifferent at this moment, and looked at him as if she was looking at an uninvited guest who had accidentally broken in.
Xiao Yunchen was confused and shocked and was tied to a stool by her two best friends.
Li Sisi frowned and muttered, "No wonder I felt like something was following me on the road. I thought I was overthinking it, but I didn't expect I was actually being followed." She looked at Li Nian and asked distressedly, "What should I do now?"
Li Nian said expressionlessly, "If you want to make someone shut up forever, there's only one way."
"Murder to silence the witness?" Li Sisi responded naturally, then frowned and looked at him with heavy eyes.
Xiao Yunchen felt that he must be having a nightmare. His deceased sister-in-law was not only alive, but also changed from being gentle and kind to being so cruel and ruthless?
It is even more impossible for his wife to kill him!
Impossible! This is too unreal!
It must have been a nightmare. He remembered, he remembered discovering his wife had disguised herself and sneaked out...
Before Xiao Yunchen could figure out what was going on, his sister-in-law, who had always been obedient and docile, suddenly came forward and covered his nose tightly with one hand.
Li Sisi stuffed a rag into his mouth again, and he immediately couldn't breathe. The feeling of suffocation swept over him instantly.
Li Sisi exclaimed in a low voice: "Fuck, Nian Nian, are you really planning to kill me to silence me?!"
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