Chapter 194 Inside and Outside the Line
The next day, after Ying Yun left reluctantly, Xin Que tidied up the house and sharpened her knife.
When the digital clock ticked to 15:18, there was a knock on the door.
Xin Que stopped sharpening the knife, casually sheathed the blade, and tucked it behind his back.
"Hello," the deliveryman outside the door asked politely, "I'm a deliveryman from XX company. Is the lady of the house home?"
Xin Que opened the door. "Please come in."
The deliveryman smiled and checked the order information with her, giving her a couple more glances.
"Strange..." He only managed to say two words before realizing he was being impolite and shut his mouth.
Why does this woman look so familiar?
After unloading all the furniture, the deliveryman took out his phone to check the address of the next customer when his phone vibrated and a news pop-up appeared at the top.
The Xu family stated that they will spare no expense to bring the murderer of their beloved daughter to justice.
The deliveryman ignored the pop-up message, took the order from Xin Que, said goodbye, and left the small house.
Ying Yun arrived home on time, just as he had promised.
Together with Xin Que, they placed the new furniture in the right places. He plopped down on the edge of the bed and pulled Xin Que's hand to make her stand in front of him.
The man raised his arm and wrapped it around her waist, nuzzling her affectionately. "Finally, I feel like I'm home."
"Well, if we live life to the fullest, it might be even better than our previous home."
Xin Que pushed him away, sat down next to him, and appropriately revealed a hint of melancholy as if her sore spot had been touched. "The Xu family still hasn't given up on that case."
"Am I... destined to never be able to return to my own country in this lifetime?"
Ying Yun was taken aback.
He put his arm around Xin Que's shoulder. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought up that family."
This time, it was Xin Que's turn to say that, "If only we had something that would make the Xu family wary..."
Ying Yun pulled the person into his arms, his expression softening, his gentle voice carrying a hint of seduction, "Hmm, if only there were such a thing."
These past few days, when Xin Que falls asleep, she always feels as if her soul is being pulled by some force.
Was it that same gaze that had been watching her from the shadows before?
still……
She opened her eyes in her dream once again.
It was still among the piles of dolls in various poses.
It was still the dead of night, pitch black and without light.
Black thorns slowly coiled and traveled through the puppet mountain, gradually wrapping around the leg of the puppet that Xin Que was possessing.
As the thorns climbed up her legs and were about to completely engulf Xin Que, she saw the man's face through the gaps in the thorns.
Blood trickled down the wound on the man's forehead, making his dim, empty eyes appear even more eerie.
Previously, those eyes held only the still darkness of an ancient well, nothing else.
But in today's dream, there was a doll's reflection in those eyes.
"Very similar..."
"The person I hate."
Xin Que opened her eyes and woke up from her dream.
This strange dream has been happening more and more frequently lately, and she no longer feels any surprise or stress from it.
She genuinely had no fleeting memories of dolls or thorns.
In their small town, there's only one toy store, and it takes half an hour to drive there.
Besides, she didn't have the time; she had never been there before.
The strangest thing is that the dolls in my dream all have my own face.
Did you see a similar plot on a TV show?
That doesn't make sense either. She only reads current events news, and even when she uses her phone, she mostly just reads novels.
She doesn't remember ever reading any novels of this type.
Hearing the noise, Ying Yun turned over on his single bed, still sleepy-eyed. "It's still early, why don't you get some more sleep?"
"I can't sleep, I'm dreaming about upsetting things again," Xin Que rolled out of bed, grabbed her coat and went out. "Oh right, don't cook this morning, I'll go buy some."
At this moment, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
Ying Yun's plan against her should be almost complete. If she doesn't create a suitable opportunity for him to make his move, she's afraid she might lose control and kill him one day.
This kind of pretense between husband and wife is trapped in daily life, and the mask of pretense must be worn from head to toe. It is really sticky and difficult to deal with. Even if they are just a contractual couple, they cannot avoid physical contact such as hugging.
Xin Que's subconscious rejection told her that she hated any compromise that was not under her control.
To make it easier for Ying Yun's people to carry out their plan, she deliberately avoided main roads, avoided surveillance cameras, and deliberately did not drive.
They even chose to target small stalls rather than breakfast shops.
If Ying Yun could resist taking action against such a golden opportunity to commit murder and arson, it would be an outrage against heaven and earth.
Raindrops began to fall from the sky.
Soon, the rain intensified.
By the time Xin Que reached the second alley, she was already soaked.
"Madam?" A tall man holding an umbrella walked over. "If you need it, I can lend you my umbrella."
Xin Que immediately became alert. She took a step back to distance herself from the man, but the person following behind her covered her mouth.
The sound of the stun gun was extremely piercing.
Xin Que opened her eyes wide, and then fainted.
Before her consciousness completely faded into darkness, she seemed to hear a distant mechanical voice in her ear.
The interrogation has entered the next stage.
[Scene changes to the Xu family home...]
The sound grew fainter and fainter until soon nothing could be heard at all.
Xin Que seems to have returned to the state of having nightmares from the beginning.
I felt like a fish that had fallen into the deep sea, constantly being pushed downwards by the waves.
The woman's consciousness slowly sank until it crossed the boundary of the world.
Until it overlapped with a body leaning against the thorns.
She suddenly opened her eyes.
"Where am I..." She tentatively moved around and was surprised to find that she could actually control the movement of this body.
Looking around, she realized that she was standing in a chaotic street made up of stacks.
In the distance stands a CBD building, leaning precariously amidst the bright lights and bustling city.
Perhaps this is a "city".
Villas and shops are stacked together, streets are pieced together haphazardly, and all sorts of nonsensical signs hang among the layers of buildings, creating an eerie atmosphere everywhere.
The place was brightly lit, filled with loud music and bustling crowds, but there was no one there.
The more Xin Que looked at the elements that made up the city, the more familiar they seemed.
A thorny serpent, like a python, occasionally slithers across the night sky, surveying the compact, empty city.
A faint whooshing sound came from the air, and Xin Que reacted with lightning speed, immediately dodging to the side.
A slight stinging sensation ran down her cheek, but Xin Que ignored the tiny wound and turned to look at the person who had come.
“…Xin Que.” He stood on the street in front of the CBD and slowly called out her name.
It was that strange-behaving man from my dream.
Seeing the anger and hatred surging beneath his eyes, Xin Que frowned and asked, "You know me?"
"We've even dealt with each other before?"
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