A hazy vision
Between the two residential buildings is a green area with a pebble path lined with low rose bushes and holly trees. In the middle is a pavilion, and every afternoon at five o'clock, an Alpha man appears in the pavilion, holding a bouquet of flowers and sitting quietly waiting.
He doesn't play on his phone, doesn't move, and keeps his eyes fixed on the corner at the end of the road until an Omega appears, hopping and skipping. He immediately stands up, watches him walk up to him, puts the flowers in his arms, and then puts his arm around him as they walk across the pebble path on the other side of the pavilion, chatting and laughing as they disappear into the building entrance.
Then the lights on the tenth floor came on, and the Omega wrapped his arms around the Alpha's neck affectionately. The Alpha glanced out the window and saw Du Pianjian standing in front of the glass window across the street.
This is one-way glass; it's impossible to see.
But at that moment, his heart skipped a beat.
Yu Zou is still alive.
He lives with another Omega.
He looks very happy.
The curtains were drawn, trembled a few times, and then fell silent.
Until late at night, until dawn.
Yu Zou came again, pulling back the curtains with a toothbrush in his mouth, squinting at the outside world, brushing his teeth twice before leaving.
Du stubbed out the cigarette in his palm; the pain proved it wasn't an illusion.
Xu Bo glanced at Du Pianjian's expression, his own feelings were equally complicated, and he didn't know what to say, so he called out his name.
Du Pianjian remained expressionless, his eyes fixed intently on the person opposite him, and said, "I'm going to kill him."
Winter has come again, and it always gets dark very early. It's only 5:30, and it's already completely dark.
Mu Hanjiao is away on a business trip again; it seems to be happening more frequently lately. Since tomorrow is the last day of his trip, Yu Zou bought a lot of ingredients to prepare a welcome-back feast for him.
Yu Zou pressed the light switch in the entryway, but the light didn't turn on. He immediately checked his phone's balance; it was more than half full. By the light of his flashlight, he saw a small silver suitcase by the door, decorated with cartoon stickers of sports stars—Mu Hanjiao had returned.
Faced with the choice between immediately checking the electrical box and comforting Mu Hanjiao, he quickly chose the latter.
"The suburbs?"
There was no response.
Using the light from his phone, Yu Zou checked each room until he reached the bedroom, where he saw a human shape under the covers on the bed, indicating that the person was asleep.
Yu Zou tiptoed to the bedside, where the scent of floral shower gel lingered. Mu Hanjiao was curled up under the covers, his back to Yu Zou, with only the top of his head showing. Yu Zou reached out and touched his head; his hair was still damp. He muttered softly, "Why are you sleepy so early today?"
There was no breathing in the room. Suddenly, the person in the blankets stirred and covered his hand with their own.
Yu Zou asked with a smile, "Did I wake you up?"
The hand moved up Yu Zou's arm, the blanket slid down, but the person sat up, pulled down Yu Zou's neck, and precisely covered her lips.
The pheromones came on strong, like a horrific attack, making Yu Zou dizzy and lightheaded. He tried to push them away, but they clung to him tightly, pressing his neck back and making him lean back, letting them press down on him. One of the hands covering his neck slowly slid down, unbuckling his shirt belt and slowly pulling down the zipper.
The power is out, but the heating is still on.
Yu Zou felt as if he had lost his blood, and abruptly pushed the person away, retreating to the wall. His staggering body knocked over a vase on the cabinet, which shattered with an explosive sound in the silent room.
"Who are you?"
There was a rustling sound, the sound of a drawer opening and closing. As Yu Zou's eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could see a silhouette slowly sitting up in bed.
"wipe"
The firelight illuminated a fair and beautiful face, with delicate features, like a painting of snow on a river, and crimson lips as alluring as a ghost, with a small mole beneath them that was even more captivating.
A candle lit by a lighter was fixed to the headboard. The person lit a cigarette by the candle, held it between their right hand, and casually exhaled a puff of smoke, watching it dissipate at their fingertips, before uttering a muffled question.
"Is your erectile dysfunction cured?"
Du Pianjian!
Yu Zou felt a chill run down his spine, his internal organs churning, and in his trembling state, his heart pounded, his cells seemed to explode, and his blood was alternating between hot and cold.
Du Pianjian had cut her hair short, and her crystal-purple silk nightgown was only buttoned up at the top two buttons, barely covering her thighs, her long legs crossed. She continued mockingly, "No, you're not. Otherwise, why would Mu Hanjiao go out to steal food?"
After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Du Pianjian asked softly, "Why didn't you come to find me?"
With his throat parched, Yu Zou swallowed hard. "I did look for you, but seeing how happy you and Chi Hengxun are, I decided not to bother you."
Du Pianjian stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette, his expression shifting before finally settling into an ambiguous smile: "I'm not as happy as you."
Yu Zou was drowsy and could only ask dryly, "What do you want to do?"
“Remarry me.”
Yu Zou stopped looking at him, closed her eyes, and said, "I'm married."
Du Pianjian laughed out loud, his thin face sinister in the darkness. He pulled open a drawer and threw a stack of documents at his feet: "And Mu Hanjiao? His name and even his identity are fake. How could you marry him?"
The photos were spread out on the ground, all of them intimate photos of Mu Hanjiao and the Alpha, in different clothes, in different places, and with different Alphas.
The vague guess came true again, which gave Yu Zou a sense of relief knowing the ending; it was just another heartbreak.
It was nothing more than breaking up with Mu Hanjiao, but the person in front of him was different; his purpose in coming here was definitely not simple.
Yu Zou picked up the papers from the ground and identified the people on them one by one. Finally, he saw that one of them was Luo Zangqi's important partner. It seemed that Du Pianjian had come to him today most likely to get him to work for him to deal with Luo Zangqi.
“Thanks to him, I was able to find out you were still alive.” Du Pianjian stood up, looking at Yu Zou through gritted teeth. “He couldn’t wait to come to me and show off that you abandoned me and chose him.”
abandon?
How could Du Pianjian have chosen this word? This is truly turning black into white. He's already done a good deed for him, yet people are still criticizing him.
Yu calmed himself down and said, "I only met him after I was rescued."
"So eager to defend him? You can't even say a word against him? How did you end up associating with someone like that?"
Who is it?
"Rotten person."
Yu Zou frowned and looked up at Du Pianjian, who had already walked up to him. The meager light shone on him, making him appear emaciated and even more terrifying.
"He used to be Shao Jinfeng's lover. In order to win over Long, Shao Yuan had already sent people to monitor you. They know everything about you, which is why Mu Hanjiao was able to tailor a perfect love scam for you."
Yu Zou looked at the documents in his hand, his chest heaving. His body, which had been a mixture of heat and cold, had become completely cold. He said blankly, "So what? He wants my money, and I want the feeling of being in love. It's not a losing proposition."
Du Pianjian fell silent, his dark eyes fixed on him.
Yu Zou's hand fell to the ground, scattering papers everywhere: "You're right, I didn't marry him, but I will in the future. It won't be him, and it won't be you."
An eerie silence spread, creeping up your spine like a crawling insect. Du Pianjian chuckled: "Why don't you ask where your new wife is right now?"
Yu Zou knew he was on a business trip, but he had no idea what the trip was about or where he was going.
Du Pianjian tapped the bracelet, and pictures, articles, and videos unfolded simultaneously, surrounding Yu Zou.
Shi Nao, who was targeted by Yu Long, He Honghan, who was kidnapped, and a photo of her mother's back and a gun.
What exactly do you want to do?
Yu Zou's eyes widened in fury, his blood, which had cooled, surged again, burning away his reason. He couldn't understand what he still had to hold onto. Yu Long had completely inherited everything from him, every technique was open to him; the identity of the perfect victim, free from any moral condemnation, not even a physical mark. Now, he had nothing but his life.
"I've already said it, remarry me."
"Why remarry?" Yu Zou took a step forward, almost shouting, "Huh? A useful dog like Chi Hengxun is more suitable than me now, richer, more powerful, and more powerful, and can bite people for you more. You wanted Yu Long, I gave him to you; you wanted me dead, I'm dead now, what else do you want?"
Du Pianjian was taken aback, hesitating to speak. This expression only added fuel to the fire that Yu Zou had started.
“I was really worried about you like a dog, Fang Bu, Master’s wife. I was really worried that you would be next, so I rushed to find you, rushed to get stabbed. You trampled on my feelings, it doesn’t matter, because I love you and you don’t love me. But you, Du Pianjian, never treated me like a human being. You used me to the very end, just like a dog.”
So, I'm withdrawing, I'm stepping aside, I'm not getting involved anymore, I'm staying far away, isn't that enough? Isn't that enough? I've given you the most dignified return to single life, a perfect return to your rightful owner. What other dog could do what I did?
"Mu Hanjiao lied to me, but you won't lie to me? What do you want me to do back there? Just to watch you and Chi Hengxun being all lovey-dovey? Is your love story only interesting and grand if there's an audience?"
The conversation was abruptly interrupted, Yu Zou's face turned to one side, a burning pain shooting through his left cheek, as Du Pianjian slapped him.
Yu Guangzhong looked at Du Pianjian, whose collarbone seemed to pierce her skin with the rise and fall of her chest, and whose necklace was so thin it looked like it was about to break. Within the red circle in her eyes, there was no trace of remorse, only anger and incomprehension—the incomprehension of being wrongly accused.
"Yu Zou! You've been lying to me! You've been lying to me since our engagement! You lied that I didn't have the ability to mark, but I can see that Mu Hanjiao's marking is perfect! You've been with him for a long time, haven't you? You've cheated on me!"
"Since your acceptance of my confession was a form of exploitation, why should I take it seriously? All the time you spent leaving early and returning late, and the time you were out of contact, was with Chi Hengxun. If you can do it, why can't I?" Yu Zou's tone was indifferent, devoid of strength.
Du Pianjian gritted her teeth: "You admitted it! Chi Hengxun was harassing me, and you just stood by and did nothing. I'm the one who should be questioning the validity of that confession! I'm trying to live a good life with you, and you're preparing to fake your death and leave!"
Yu Zou laughed angrily, slowly straightening her head: "Living a good life, do you mean having Chi Hengxun mark you before marriage, or giving me sleeping pills openly or secretly after marriage?"
Du Pianjian felt a lump in his throat, unable to explain why he had given the sleeping pills. Yu Zou revealed a look that said, "See, that's how it is."
Du Pianjian was instantly provoked: "Because you said you're a disabled person!"
"Luckily I'm not! I barely survived. What? You blame me for taking up too much of your time? For not achieving your goal of killing your husband for insurance money the first time you made your move?"
"Why would I need that to kill you?!" Du Pianjian was furious. He ripped off the bracelet and smashed it against the wall with a loud bang.
Almost simultaneously, the pheromones in the air became so concentrated that they materialized. The scorching and pungent smoky sensation, along with tiny splinters, pierced Yu Zou's lungs. The surroundings felt like a shrinking oak coffin, forcing Yu Zou to kneel down.
"I won't let you die completely, before you watch the people you cherish die. The first one will be Mu Hanjiao." Du Pianjian pulled off her necklace and threw it at Yu Zou's face before walking away. The round necklace fell to the ground, offering no accompaniment to Du Pianjian's words. "I will tell him that you gave me the courage."
Yu Zou threw the person onto the bed and pinned him down, yelling, "Are you determined to ruin me and ruin yourself?"
"Yes! Let me tell you, I've never liked Chi Hengxun in the slightest, but I can tell you really like Mu Hanjiao. You're just going to throw me out to that sea and then happily start a new life on your own? Impossible! I'm telling you! Impossible!" Du Pianjian grabbed Yu Zou's collar, her eyes filled with hatred as if she wanted to drink blood and eat flesh, but her words became increasingly incoherent.
"I did mention it! It was you who didn't want a divorce, it was you..."
"What did I do wrong? Why should I get a divorce? Just because of those marks Chi Hengxun had that were destined to disappear? Anyway, they're just decorations in your eyes. What's wrong with me using them? I'll use my own body!"
"Yes, you belong to yourself, but I also belong to myself!"
"Who told you to be so low-class? You deserved to be given sleeping pills. I didn't give you enough; I should have drugged you to death in one go!"
"Du Pianjian!"
"Yu Zou! You're not a disabled Alpha, why are you lying?! If you care so much about being marked, why are you taking inhibitors?"
"I did it for you!"
"You're talking nonsense! You've known Mu Hanjiao for a year and been married to me for three years, but you've never tried to give me anything, not even once!"
Yu Zou was so angry that his lungs ached, and every breath he took felt like an explosion. Du Pianjian seemed to have forgotten her previous reactions. In order to be in the right, she began to distort the facts and reverse black and white, forgetting how much she used to resist Yu Zou's approach, how she would reflexively push him away, and how even a hug couldn't last too long, a minute was the limit.
Yu Zou's voice was hoarse: "Have you forgotten? Let me help you remember."
He grabbed Du Pianjian by the neck and kissed her. The moment their lips met, Du Pianjian's mind went blank, and her body reacted before her reason. She trembled all over and screamed to push him away, which was exactly what he did.
Yu Zou's lip was cut by teeth, and blood beaded out. Looking at Du Pianjian clutching her head and retching, he said dejectedly, "Remember now? You still don't want me near you. The mark—don't you find it ridiculous? How did Chi Hengxun mark me?"
Du Pianjian fell off the bed and ran to the toilet to vomit.
A cell phone on the floor was flashing; it was He Honghan calling. Yu Zou pulled back the curtains to let the moonlight in, pressed the answer button, and sat back down on the bed. An anxious voice came from the other end: "Yu Zou! Good heavens! You finally answered the phone! Holy crap, you're still alive! Did you see the news? Chi Hengxun is missing!"
Yu Zou's breath caught in his throat, his ears ringing. He Honghan's anxious voice continued, "His last known location was your wife's house. He's now a prime suspect. Police investigations have revealed that Du Pianjian and Xu Bo have repeatedly traveled to and from your city. Be careful..."
Yu Zou thought to himself: It's too late, Du Pianjian is in the bedroom right now.
Looking up, the moonlight cast the shadow of the person behind me.
Du Pianjian was raising a flowerpot and smashing it down.
The phone fell to the ground, and He Honghan's terrified voice was stained with a drop of blood: "Yu Zou! Yu Zou! What happened?"
Du Pianjian picked up the phone, held it to her ear, and said indifferently, "He's not available to answer the phone now. He won't be available in the future either."
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