Chapter 18 The person who did all the bad things
"You like Liu Wanqing, you treat her like the bright moon in the sky. But in my eyes, she is nothing. She, like you, is just a toy for my amusement."
"I didn't want to marry her in the first place. I just did it for fun."
"But my mother accidentally saw us... or rather, the correspondence between you and her, and she decided to discuss the marriage with the Liu family."
"You see, the woman who is unattainable to you is easily attainable to me."
Lin Rufeng leaned over to Shen Mo's ear and said proudly: "Actually, this young master likes men and doesn't like women. If I marry her in the future, I will just keep her at home as a decoration. Hahaha..."
Shen Mo cried, weeping bitterly, he prostrated himself at Lin Rufeng's feet and begged:
"You can humiliate me in any way you want, but please let Miss Liu go! Please, Master Lin, I beg you! Please!"
It is said that a man's knees are made of gold, but that day Shen Mo put aside his scholar's pride and knelt humbly at Lin Rufeng's feet, knocking his head until it was bleeding.
Lin Rufeng's eyes rolled, and he suddenly thought of an interesting idea.
"I heard there's a Ghost Weeping Ridge twenty miles south of the city. If you can survive three days and three nights there, you coward, I'll break off my engagement with Miss Liu, regardless of life or death. What do you think?"
"Are you serious?"
"Of course I take it seriously. I always keep my promises. When I asked you to write the letter, I said I would no longer bully you. Didn't I do it? Today, you were the first to strike, so I fought back."
Ghost Crying Ridge is officially forbidden to the public. It's said that not only are there tigers in the mountains, but also some mountain spirits and monsters. Every night, the sound of ghosts and wolves howling can be heard at the foot of the mountain, which is extremely terrifying.
Shen Mo was also afraid and hesitated again and again when he walked down the mountain.
But when he thought about how he had arranged a wrong marriage for Miss Liu, he was filled with regret. He would rather make up for it with his life than let Miss Liu's life be ruined by a beast!
He gritted his teeth and entered Ghost Weeping Ridge.
No miracle happened, and he was eaten alive by a snake demon on the first night.
It was unknown how long after his death, his soul came to the Lin family with his obsession in life.
The Lin family is holding a grand wedding banquet - the wedding banquet of Lin Rufeng and Liu Wanqing.
Outside the bridal chamber, a playboy asked Lin Rufeng, "I thought you wouldn't marry Miss Liu. After all, you promised Shen Mo that if he went to Ghost Crying Ridge, you would break off the engagement with Miss Liu, regardless of whether he lived or died."
Lin Rufeng laughed heartily: "You actually believed the lies I told Shen Mo? I said that on purpose because I wanted Shen Mo to die! To prevent him from saying nonsense in front of Miss Liu and ruining our marriage. Although I don't like Miss Liu, she has a good family background and is a simple person. She is easy to control. Hey, stop talking nonsense, let's go to Shuangyan Lane and find some male prostitutes to have some fun."
"Hahaha, Master Lin, you're actually leaving your bridal chamber and going to a whore? Aren't you afraid your wife will be mad?"
"If she dares to talk too much, I'll hit her with my fist!"
In this way, Shen Mo watched helplessly as Liu Wanqing was tortured by her husband and mother-in-law in the Lin family. Gradually, she changed from a bright and lively girl to a resentful woman in the boudoir.
Countless times, Shen Mo wanted to tear Lin Rufeng's skin and bones apart! But he couldn't indulge his resentment. Not only that, he had to work hard to control the resentment that eroded his humanity.
Because the serpent, the one that devoured his flesh, also came.
It was no ordinary snake, but the remnant spirit of a snake demon that had been suppressed in Ghost Crying Ridge. After devouring Shen Mo, it broke free from the seal and hid in the Lin family with the help of his resentment and ghost.
If Shen Mo indulged his resentment and recklessly pursued revenge, then given the snake demon's tyrannical nature, he would inevitably massacre the entire Lin Mansion, and even Liu Wanqing would not be able to escape death.
He had already harmed Liu Wanqing and could not let her die innocently again.
For Liu Wanqing, he has been fighting against the remaining soul of the snake demon for the past three years.
Until yesterday, when Liu Wanqing learned from Lin Qingyue about Lin Rufeng's hidden illness and preferences, she completely gave up on him and left the Lin family.
Shen Mo gave up the fight and allowed himself to be driven by resentment. He merged with the snake demon's soul, sought revenge on Lin Rufeng, and caused chaos in the Lin family.
A gust of night wind blew by, and the image projected in the void disappeared like a mirage.
But everything that happened just now was seen clearly by everyone.
Even the soldiers from the City Guard who came to support were furious:
"Mr. Lin is really too much of a bully. No wonder Shen Mo wants to seek revenge on him!"
"If I were Shen Mo, I would have killed Lin Rufeng long ago. Shen Mo is kind after all."
"If you like men, then find a man! You ruined someone else's good girl just to hide your tracks!"
"If such a person were in our military camp, he would have been beaten to death by clubs!"
Even Dongfang Yan couldn't help but say, "So this is the family tradition of the Changning Marquisate. It's really eye-opening."
But then he thought about his wedding night. Didn’t he also abandon his newlywed wife and find another beauty?
——No, this king and Lin Rufeng are not the same kind of people!
Besides, the marriage between them was originally planned by Lin Qingyue.
It seems that the Lin family is all sinister and vicious. Only Zhen'er is untainted by the mud.
When the truth was revealed in a bloody manner, the Changning Marquisate's reputation, which they had maintained for many years, was completely lost.
Lin Xiao was still trying to save face: "My son is young and doesn't know the serious consequences. I will teach him a lesson in the future! Shen Mo, Master Shen! I beg you to spare his life. I know you are a good person and will not kill indiscriminately! We are all aware of your injustice. Tomorrow I will give you a grand funeral, perform a full seven-day and seven-night ritual, and let you ascend to heaven early. Please be magnanimous and forgive my son this time!"
"Forgive?" Shen Mo laughed. "Back in the academy, he bullied and humiliated me, and then tricked me into going to Ghost Weeping Ridge, where I was devoured alive by a snake demon. Do you know how desperate and painful I was when I died?"
"But what about Lin Rufeng? He's done so many bad things, yet he can still live with a clear conscience. Why? Why should I forgive a scum like him?"
His eyes turned into vertical pupils again, and snake-like curved fangs grew in his mouth.
The blood-colored threads that bound him began to break piece by piece.
"Oh no! The demon is about to transform!" Xie Shouzheng decisively ordered: "Brothers of the Xuanjing Division, start the fire formation!"
Previously, they had been concerned about Lin Rufeng and had not used their true killing moves. But when the fire array was launched, whether it was a ghost, a living person, or an evil demon, they would all be destroyed, their souls scattered and unable to be reborn.
Mrs. Zhou couldn't bear to see her son die, so she cried and begged Lin Qingyue, "Daughter, please save your brother! The dead cannot be resurrected, and Shen Mo was killed by a snake demon. You can't put all the blame on your brother!"
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