Lin Xingwan turned around and saw Dongfang Junze standing at her room door at some unknown time.
The man was wearing a black suit, but without the jacket. Instead, he had unbuttoned the top two buttons of his black shirt, which was inexplicably alluring.
Even though Lin Xingwan was not someone who indulged in male beauty, she couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.
It was a pity that such a model-like physique was paired with a mask that obscured his features, making it truly regrettable.
She really wanted to rip off his mask and see his face.
Of course, she was only thinking about it. Did she think her life was too long?
Lin Xingwan quickly walked up to Dongfang Junze. Because her scrutinizing gaze was too obvious, the man couldn't help but ask, "What, is there something dirty on my face?"
Lin Xingwan shook her head, "I'm just curious, why does Mr. Dongfang always wear a mask?"
Is it because of his special identity?
Or is he afraid of being remembered by criminals and retaliated against?
These two reasons felt increasingly far-fetched.
"Because of someone." Zhou Jinbai didn't want to lie anymore, or he would face family punishment later.
"A woman?" Lin Xingwan immediately perked up.
"Mm."
Her curiosity was satisfied like never before. Lin Xingwan immediately imagined a dramatic, unrequited love story of a wealthy family. Dongfang Junze must have been heartbroken by a woman and then put on the mask!
Absolutely!
Ahhh, what kind of woman could make Dongfang Junze like this?
Lin Xingwan wanted to gossip more, but the two of them took the elevator to a room on the fifth floor.
In this room were Chen Yuchu, Ye Zong, Ye Ranran, and a group of people in police uniforms.
"Young Master—" Chen Yuchu walked up to Zhou Jinbai upon seeing him, her tone respectful.
Zhou Jinbai nodded slightly in response.
Soon, he and Lin Xingwan approached a transparent glass wall.
Through this glass, Lin Xingwan saw Jin Shunzi curled up in a corner, screaming and flailing. Her face was pale from extreme fear, her eyes wide open, and her body trembling like a sieve.
"This is a one-way mirror. From our side, we can see everything clearly, but from the outside, they can't see us. We can also hear them, but they can't hear our conversation," Dongfang Junze explained.
Lin Xingwan then realized why so many people were standing there, and Xie Guanglin and Jin Shunzi seemed oblivious to everything.
Lin Xingwan saw Xie Guanglin squat down, trying to embrace Jin Shunzi, but she had lost all reason and was attacking Xie Guanglin indiscriminately.
"Ah... Get away, don't touch me... It has nothing to do with me... I didn't do it."
"Don't touch me..."
Jin Shunzi slapped Xie Guanglin on the head, and the man fell to the side.
In front of Jin Shunzi, lay the corpse of Xiong Feidong.
No!
It shouldn't be called a corpse. At least, Lin Xingwan only saw the upper half of the body. Xiong Feidong looked as if he had been cut in half by a sharp object, and the exposed internal organs were extremely disgusting.
Xiong Feidong was holding a black and white photo of Jin Shunzi, like an obituary.
Let alone Jin Shunzi, who had a guilty conscience, even Lin Xingwan felt a chill in her heart, her eyes showing uncontrollable fear.
As she screamed, she quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth.
She looked at Dongfang Junze. Even through the mask, she could still see his composure.
"It's a joyous occasion that a wicked person has died. Xiong Feidong has harmed so many people over the years. It's too easy for him to die like this."
The man explained. In fact, he had considered not letting Lin Xingwan witness all this.
But he was also selfish. If he wanted to continue with Lin Xingwan, the things she would have to face in the future would be a thousand times more brutal than now. He had to gradually train his wife's resilience.
He wanted her to be his little princess, but even more, he wanted her to be his queen.
Invincible, and he was willing to be her subject.
Lin Xingwan agreed with Dongfang Junze's words, but facing such a bloody and brutal scene for the first time, she honestly felt like vomiting.
Just as Lin Xingwan was suppressing her discomfort, Jin Shunzi screamed again from behind the glass.
Because the corpse of the child who had been beaten to death by Chen Yuchu not long ago was thrown in from the window.
They were on the fifth floor, yet the corpse seemed to fly in on its own.
"Don't look for me... Don't look for me..."
"I really don't know what's going on. Go find the person who killed you. It has nothing to do with me."
"It must have been Lin Xingwan who killed you, right? It must have been her! Your enemy is Lin Xingwan, not me!"
Jin Shunzi spoke incoherently. Xie Guanglin, who had been pushed down, was also clearly terrified. He frantically took out his phone to call the police, but there was no signal.
He tried calling a few more times, unwilling to give up, and finally, in anger, he threw his phone towards the door.
"What on earth is going on? Why are there two corpses in the room we're staying in? Let's go downstairs and get an explanation from the hotel."
Xie Guanglin walked to Jin Shunzi and grabbed her hand. Jin Shunzi still wanted to hit Xie Guanglin. This time, Xie Guanglin firmly grabbed Jin Shunzi's hands. "Wife, it's Guanglin, don't be afraid. I'll take you downstairs, we'll go down right now."
Xie Guanglin still didn't know what Jin Shunzi had been doing behind his back. He thought she was just scared out of her wits, feeling both heartbroken and anxious.
Jin Shunzi's unfocused, fearful eyes cleared slightly. She looked at the man in front of her, her lips moving with difficulty. "Husband... I'm so scared..."
"Don't be afraid, we're leaving now. Don't be afraid." Just as Xie Guanglin helped Jin Shunzi up from the floor where she had fallen in fright, the room door was pushed open.
Then, a group of people rushed in and started beating Jin Shunzi.
Xie Guanglin tried to protect his wife, but he was roughly pushed aside. It was impossible to squeeze back in.
Jin Shunzi screamed as she was beaten. Lin Xingwan and the others watching behind the glass, however, were enjoying the spectacle.
"Serves her right. Such a bad person should be beaten to death." Ye Ranran was so excited she was almost dancing.
Lin Xingwan, however, said, "For an evil person like Jin Shunzi, killing her would be too easy. She should be unable to live and unable to die, only then can she atone for her sins."
The man standing beside Lin Xingwan smiled. His little wife was more ruthless than he had imagined.
But he liked it!
"Then what do you think should be her punishment?" a deep male voice sounded in Lin Xingwan's ear. Lin Xingwan turned her head slightly, her gaze meeting Dongfang Junze's slightly lowered eyes.
Lin Xingwan discovered for the first time that a man as cold as Dongfang Junze could also have eyes as warm as a spring breeze.
Lin Xingwan hesitated for a moment before saying, "I once saw a story where a woman loved playing mahjong. One day, while bathing her child, because the water was too cold, she put her child in a large pot to heat the water. Her mahjong friends called her to play, so she forgot about the child in the pot. Later, her husband returned and saw the child cooked in the pot. In a fit of rage, the husband rushed to where she was playing mahjong and struck her spine with an axe. Although the woman was saved, she was paralyzed except for her head. Her husband placed their son's obituary in front of her, making her live in pain and self-reproach twenty-four hours a day."
"So, your idea is to make Jin Shunzi a cripple too? Only able to move her head for the rest of her life, and live in pain and self-reproach?" Dongfang Junze asked.
Lin Xingwan shook her head, "I'm just suggesting. Perhaps my suggestion is too cruel."
"No, not cruel at all. For Jin Shunzi, it's too merciful. I don't think she's someone who would feel remorse," Dongfang Junze rejected Lin Xingwan's suggestion.
"Ah? Merciful?" Lin Xingwan scratched her hair, looking a bit lost. She had always thought it was cruel enough, but in Dongfang Junze's eyes, it was merciful?
Indeed, she couldn't fathom the thoughts of a big shot. It was better to continue watching the show.
The group of people who had rushed into the room had stopped beating Jin Shunzi.
Jin Shunzi's clothes were torn and messy, her hair like a bird's nest, and her ears were bleeding from the earrings being forcibly pulled off.
Her face, which was covered in expensive makeup, was bruised and swollen, with panda eyes and a swollen mouth, looking disheveled and pathetic.
"Jin Shunzi, calling you a poisonous woman is a compliment. We worked our hearts out for the film crew, and you, on the other hand, caused an accident, trying to get all of us killed."
"Bitch, where did we provoke you? How could you treat us like this? You deserve to go to hell, otherwise, how can you atone for those you've harmed?"
"I've had enough of you for a long time. A shameless slut, if not for Boss Xie, what would you be? Now I don't even care about Boss Xie. Today, even if I have to spend the rest of my life in prison, I will kill you!"
The last person to speak kicked Jin Shunzi in the abdomen, causing her to spit out a large mouthful of blood.
Jin Shunzi felt pain all over her body, as if several ribs were broken.
She didn't have the strength to get up. Xie Guanglin quickly rushed to Jin Shunzi's side and held her in his arms.
"Husband, I'm in so much pain... Why are they hitting me like this? I don't know what I did wrong. You must get justice for me..."
As Jin Shunzi spoke, tears streamed down her face. Xie Guanglin was heartbroken, but Lin Xingwan, standing behind the glass, merely snorted.
Jin Shunzi's acting skills were not great, but she was smart. Knowing that she was no match for these people now, she immediately pretended to be a weak little woman to arouse Xie Guanglin's protective instincts.
As expected, Xie Guanglin looked at his dying wife and then at the familiar faces in front of him, all of whom were his old partners.
"I treated you as friends, but you tried to kill my wife. You must apologize to my wife. I, Xie Guanglin, swear that I will never recognize you as friends again in this lifetime."
Xie Guanglin was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead, and his outstretched hand trembled violently.
"Old Xie, you're truly senile! For a poisonous woman like Jin Shunzi, you're turning your back on us. Do you know that Old Feng, Old Zhang, and Dong Wei were all harmed by her! You're still protecting her now. You're a disgrace to us men."
"Do you know why we hit her? Is it just because we usually don't like her? If we weren't lucky, you wouldn't be seeing us. We almost died."
"Not recognize us? Fine, we don't want to recognize you as a friend either. You're an idiot. Just wait to be tricked to death by this bitch Jin Shunzi!"
These people were not intimidated by Xie Guanglin's oath. Instead, they all shook their heads in disappointment.
The anger on Xie Guanglin's face was replaced by confusion. "What are you talking about? Shunzi killed Old Feng? Old Zhang? Dong Wei?"
After he finished speaking, he looked closely at these people again. Indeed, the three of them were not present.
"Are you kidding me?"
Xie Guanglin couldn't believe it, yet a sense of fear arose.
"Do you think we would joke about something like this? Do you know our car rolled down a mountainside? A group of villagers were waiting at the bottom of the mountain for us to fall into their pre-arranged trap, and then they killed Old Feng and the others! If Dongfang Junze hadn't saved us, we would all be dead! And all of this was done by this bitch Jin Shunzi. Before this, she colluded with the villagers, profiting handsomely. The organs of those who died were also dug out and sold at high prices to private hospitals, and the women and children were sold to Myanmar! In front of you, she acts so weak and helpless, but in reality, her hands are stained with blood, and she feasts on human flesh. This slut, this poisonous woman, even ghosts are not as brutal as her."
Xie Guanglin lowered his head and looked at the woman in his arms in disbelief.
Although Jin Shunzi's hands were tightly gripping Xie Guanglin's arm, she shook her head while spitting blood. "No, I didn't. Husband, I really don't know what they're talking about. You know these people have always been dissatisfied with me. They're lying."
Xie Guanglin's face showed extreme entanglement. He wanted to believe Jin Shunzi's words, but looking at his friends of decades, he hesitated.
Because he had made a mistake once, he could no longer believe Jin Shunzi one hundred percent as he had in the past.
"Shunzi, swear with your life. If I'm lying to you, may you die a horrible death," Xie Guanglin said to Jin Shunzi.
Jin Shunzi's tear-filled eyes were filled with grief. "Husband, you don't believe me anymore?"
"Swear!" Xie Guanglin's eyes were red. He shouted, "I want you to swear, don't talk about anything else."
His gaze was fixed on Jin Shunzi, waiting for her reaction.
Lin Xingwan really wanted to smack Xie Guanglin, this idiot! So many people had presented evidence, yet he still didn't believe it!
"No, I can't stand it anymore. I have to go and tell Xie Guanglin the truth, let him know that the woman in his arms is actually a devil!"
Just as Lin Xingwan was about to go out, her arm was grabbed.
"Shhh... You can't wake someone who's pretending to be asleep." Dongfang Junze's voice was calm and steady, but he leaned closer to Lin Xingwan.
The woman, who was still very angry, felt her whole body tense up due to his sudden closeness.
Zhou Jinbai whispered in Lin Xingwan's ear, "Be patient. I brought you here to watch a show. You don't need to do anything. I'll get revenge for you later."
This voice was inexplicably doting.
Lin Xingwan's anger was replaced by the scent of cold sandalwood lingering in her nostrils. Her mind seemed to freeze, and she could only stare blankly ahead.
Meanwhile, Jin Shunzi, lying in Xie Guanglin's arms, seeing that she couldn't change the subject, replied, "I swear, if I've told even half a lie, may I die a horrible death. Husband, you must believe me. I only have you to rely on now."
As soon as Jin Shunzi finished speaking, there was a 'bang' sound. The intact glass instantly shattered, followed by a crackling sound as countless shards of glass fell to the floor.
Lin Xingwan and the others' figures appeared before Xie Guanglin and the others without any warning.