Chapter 573 Returning to the Tang Family
As expected, Qianliu on the other end didn't notice anything and said naturally, "Miss Xu, the head of the family has already told me about your situation. Please send me your location, and I will pick you up tomorrow."
Wen Luoyun calmly said, "I'm still missing a few ingredients for my medicine, so I might not be able to go back for a few days. You don't need to come pick me up yet. I'll go back by myself. I'll talk to Master Tang."
"Ugh..." Xu Ruoyun tried her best to make a sound to stop Wen Luoyun, but her throat felt like it was filled with lead, and she couldn't say a word because of the pain.
Qianliu paused on the phone and asked, "Ms. Xu, there seems to be some noise on your end. Is something wrong?"
Hearing the question, Xu Ruoyun cried out even louder as if she had grasped a lifeline. Wen Luoyun kicked her and then said to Qianliu, "It's nothing, someone is slaughtering a pig in the yard."
"Slaughtering a pig tonight?"
"Well, it's almost Chinese New Year, so it's normal for villagers to be a little busy."
Although Qianliu was a little confused by the other party's explanation, she didn't press further: "Okay, Miss Xu, if you need me to pick you up when you're done, just send me a message anytime."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay, it's what I should do."
Wen Luoyun hung up the phone in front of Xu Ruoyun, and when she looked at the woman writhing on the ground, her eyes had completely lost their light.
Wen Luoyun chuckled softly, squatted down, and asked, "How was it? The feeling of watching hope being extinguished little by little was unforgettable, wasn't it?"
Xu Ruoyun was bleeding from five of her seven orifices, and she could barely breathe, but she still tried her best to glare fiercely at Wen Luoyun with her last bit of strength.
Wen Luoyun laughed heartily: "Let me give you one last gift."
She reached out and stroked her face with a hint of fascination: "After all, I'll be living with your face from now on, so you've done me a great favor."
Xu Ruoyun's eyes widened upon hearing this, as if she had heard some terrifying ghost story.
Wen Luoyun, however, was completely oblivious, and continued to say to herself, "Anyway, my face is already ruined. Although you are not as good-looking as me, you are still quite unique. So, you are not really dead. I am living on in your place. You should thank me."
Xu Ruoyun understood what she meant. Even though it was the last moment, she stubbornly refused to close her eyes, looking unwilling to give up.
"Alright, look how happy you are, you can't even speak. From now on, I am you. I will live well using your identity and make those who hurt me pay the price!" She said, picking up the fruit knife that had fallen to the ground and turning her head to smile.
The next second, she plunged the fruit knife directly into Xu Ruoyun's heart.
The woman on the ground twitched twice and then went completely still.
Looking at the blood-soaked ground and the woman who died with her eyes wide open, Wen Luoyun said gently, "I told you I'd give you a gift. Do you like it? After all, the Five Poisons Powder is very painful in its final stages. I gave you a quick death, so you shouldn't resent me now, right?"
She curled her lips into a smile and threw the knife to the ground.
Xu Ruoyun is dead, and Wen Luoyun is also completely dead today.
From this day forward, there will be no more Wen Luoyun in the world. There will only be a woman who wears Xu Ruoyun's skin and is single-mindedly seeking revenge for the Wen family and for herself.
Qianliu, Tang Zhi, Kong Wange, Murong Ting...
As long as she lives, none of those who caused her to end up like this will have an easy time.
That night, under the cover of darkness, Wen Luoyun threw Xu Ruoyun's body into the sea, cleaned up the bloodstains inside and outside the room, and then went to a pawnshop to pawn her last pieces of jewelry for several hundred thousand yuan.
She then went to a well-known private beauty salon in Haicheng.
Upon arriving at the club, she showed the doctor a photo of Xu Ruoyun.
The doctor is a renowned plastic surgeon with exceptional skills.
After several hours, the plastic surgery was finally completed.
For the next two weeks, she went through Xu Ruoyun's phone and read through all of her WeChat contacts and chat history from top to bottom, memorizing everything perfectly—this was the fastest way for her to understand Xu Ruoyun's interpersonal relationships.
After doing all that, she returned to the clinic, lay on the bed, and waited for the stitches to be removed.
The process was long, but her heart remained so calm.
"Look, are you satisfied?"
In the ward, the doctor pointed a mirror at her face.
Looking at her face in the mirror, which, apart from being slightly puffy, was almost identical to Xu Ruoyun's, Wen Luoyun smiled and said, "Very satisfied."
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After recovering, Wen Luoyun took a taxi back to the Tang family home.
Qianliu knew in advance that she would be returning today, and as instructed by Tang Zhi, she waited at the gate of the Tang family early in the morning.
Wen Luoyun looked at the man who had always been by her uncle's side in her memory, but was now standing bowing in front of the Tang family's gate, and sneered inwardly.
She had already gleaned from Xu Ruoyun's chat history with others that she was quite arrogant and not very close to the people in the mansion. Although she and Qianliu both served Tang Zhi, they did not meet often because Qianliu had spent most of her time at the Wen family. Although they knew of each other's existence, they were not very familiar with each other.
Because of Xu Ruoyun's relationship with Tang Zhi, Qian Liu had to treat her with a certain degree of respect.
Such a relationship is undoubtedly beneficial to her; the less intimate the relationship, the fewer mistakes she is likely to make.
She got out of the car with her chin held high and a demure air.
When Qianliu saw her, he paused for a moment, then greeted her, "Miss Xu, welcome back."
Wen Luoyun tried to use Xu Ruoyun's voice to laugh and said, "I already told Master Tang that there was no need to go to so much trouble, yet you still waited here."
Qianliu nodded slightly and said politely, "It's all I should do."
Wen Luoyun followed Qianliu into the Tang family.
Although she had played with Tang Minghao since childhood, she had only visited the Tang family's main residence twice. One reason was that Tang Minghao had been living in his own rented apartment since his debut and did not come back often. Another reason was that the overall style of the Tang family's main residence was too oppressive and gloomy, and she felt creeped out every time she came, so she avoided coming if possible.
Once inside the house, she realized something was amiss—she still didn't know where Xu Ruoyun's usual room was.
She appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, she had been observing and scrutinizing him from the moment she entered.
Qianliu, who was standing beside him, asked, "Have you gathered all the medicinal herbs you mentioned last time?"
Wen Luoyun quickly looked away and nodded: "Yes, it's all here."
"That's good. Mr. Tang's headache has gotten worse these past few days." Qianliu said routinely about Tang Zhi's condition.
Wen Luoyun's heart skipped a beat, and then she showed a worried look: "How could that be? His headache had already lessened before I left?"
"Perhaps there are too many things to do as the year draws to a close, and Mr. Tang has not slept well for four or five days in a row. Now that Miss Xu has returned, why don't we go to the medicine room to brew the medicine first, so that Mr. Tang can drink it as soon as he returns?"
Wen Luoyun was taken aback: "Is Master Tang not home?"
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