“Old Daoist.”

“Yes, Boss, what’s up?”

“Pull over.”

“Okay, good.”

Getting out of the car, Zhou Ze tossed the cigarette butt he was holding onto the ground and crushed it with the sole of his shoe.

“You can go back now.”

“Huh?” Old Daoist was taken aback. “Boss, I can wait for you to come out.”

“Just go back.”

“It’s fine, Boss, I’m not afraid of waiting…”

“Go back.”

Zhou Ze turned his head and looked at Old Daoist.

Old Daoist shuddered in fright.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Sure enough, these guys who crawled out of hell are all the same at heart. This one, who seemed so approachable before, was just putting on an act.

An act!

Old Daoist immediately saluted. “Okay, Boss, call me when you need the car.”

Old Daoist drove off.

Zhou Ze stood at the entrance of the residential complex for about fifteen minutes.

Tang Shi had told him before that after the little loli left Tongcheng, there was another place hidden in plain sight besides his bookstore.

It’s just that there might be a slight problem with this lamp, which led Tang Shi not to choose to hide there, but to go to his bookstore instead.

Tang Shi hinted that he could go there and take a look, maybe there would be unexpected discoveries and gains. Strike while the iron is hot; at the very least, he could take advantage of the situation.

Zhou Ze was afraid of trouble at the time, so he didn't go, and didn't even ask in detail.

Therefore, it wasn't until just now, from Old Daoist's mouth, that Zhou Ze learned that this place hidden in plain sight was actually the residential complex where Doctor Lin lived.

Points connecting to form a circle.

Even if those points are gone, the circle will eventually take shape.

His changing perceptions of Doctor Lin,

Doctor Lin retaining his house from his previous life, buying it, and taking care of it meticulously,

Xu Le's identity,

Sleeping in separate beds,

The real murder disguised as an accidental car accident,

Killing people one by one to silence them and destroy evidence.

In fact, many, many details had already pointed the way.

Including that day when he pretended to be a doctor in the hospital, completed the surgery, and confessed to Doctor Lin,

Doctor Lin took the initiative to hug him.

At that time, he just felt that everything was wonderful, and may not have noticed that the corners of the mouth of the face in his arms might have already shown a slight curve.

A hand.

It stirred the pool of water, causing the fish in the water to start churning, and finally, the fishing net fell and the catch was brought in.

People weave nets to catch fish, and catch fish to eat fish;

Houses are decorated for beauty, and beauty is for livability.

Everything will eventually have a purpose, even if sitting there motionless just spacing out is to enjoy this kind of relaxed self-emptying.

His previous death, his subsequent reincarnation,

His new identity, new family relationships,

In the end,

Who benefits the most?

The woman who had always been secretly in love with him had a husband whom he did not like. She adhered to the constraints of etiquette and the rules of the family.

She didn't violate it, and she didn't break it, but under the rules, she successfully changed her originally disliked husband into someone else.

Someone outsiders would never know, never realize, and could never discover.

She lay on the bedside with peace of mind, continuing to be her respectable lady, living the way her parents wanted her to live, but still doing things for her own ideas and pursuits.

Many thoughts, in a jumble,

Kept rushing around in Zhou Ze's mind, making it difficult for Zhou Ze to distinguish the direction. Even, at this moment, his heart was so chaotic that he couldn't even grasp himself.

If all of this was really as he guessed, and she was the one truly controlling the development of the whole thing, then what attitude should he take to face her?

Was it anger, was it resentment, that she killed him and destroyed his original life?

Was it touching, was it helpless, after all, the more she did, the more it proved her feelings for him?

Before, Zhou Ze could take the dry tobacco pipe and beat Xu Dacuan violently without any psychological burden, but now, Zhou Ze didn't have the heart to pick up a branch from the ground and rush into the Lin family's house.

Humans are such complex creatures. They are not robots, they only need to follow the drive of a certain program, and naturally generate their own choices under the setting of trigger codes.

Fifteen minutes of hesitation, fifteen minutes of hesitation,

Finally,

Zhou Ze still stepped into the residential complex.

Some things need to be explained, and some things must be said.

This was him,

Giving himself an explanation,

Giving himself an explanation for his past life.

It's rare to be confused,

But it doesn't apply here.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Knocking on the door,

In fact, Zhou Ze had the key to the house, but it wasn't on him. He hadn't been back to the Lin family for a long time.

"Coming."

His sister-in-law's voice came from inside. She opened the door, saw that it was Zhou Ze, and asked:

"Xu Le, did your uncle leave?"

"Yes, he left."

I drove him away.

"Oh." His sister-in-law didn't open the door all the way.

Seeing that Zhou Ze didn't leave, she asked in surprise:

"Do you want to come in?"

Zhou Ze didn't move.

His sister-in-law stuck out her tongue. Zhou Ze hadn't been home for a long time, and she was a little unprepared for his sudden return. But Zhou Ze was, after all, her brother-in-law, so she opened the door.

Zhou Ze walked in and sat down on the sofa in the living room.

His sister-in-law brought Zhou Ze a bottle of orange juice and an ashtray. She had a good relationship with Zhou Ze recently because Zhou Ze often helped her cover up when she went out to play, so her attitude towards Zhou Ze at home had changed a lot from the beginning.

"Where's your sister?"

"She just went out to buy groceries. My parents were discharged from the hospital yesterday. An old friend from another province is getting married, so they went to support them. By the way, your uncle was sitting at my door just now, it really scared me.

Especially when he said he was going to send you to jail, tsk, tsk, Xu Le, why are your relatives so weird?"

His sister-in-law sat on the opposite sofa, turned on the TV, and put her feet on the coffee table. She was just sitting and standing without any manners.

Compared with Doctor Lin's generosity and demeanor, she really didn't look like sisters.

Really.

Not like them at all.

"Hey, Xu Le, you haven't answered me yet. Do you have something on your uncle's hands? Did he come to ask you for money?"

Xu Le was the Lin family's live-in son-in-law. The Lin family naturally didn't have a good impression of Xu Le's relatives who liked to freeload, because Xu Le's money used to be given by the Lin family.

"It's okay."

Zhou Ze lit another cigarette, preparing to wait for Doctor Lin to come back.

"Really okay?" His sister-in-law looked at Zhou Ze.

"You're annoying."

Hearing this, his sister-in-law's mouth puffed up, and she snorted in dissatisfaction.

She felt that Xu Le was getting more and more presumptuous, but looking at the fact that she would still need him to cover for her to go out and play in the future, she didn't bother to argue with him.

He placed the cigarette on the ashtray, and Zhou Ze watched it slowly burn out.

The smoke curled up, sometimes gathering and sometimes scattering.

At this moment,

The sound of the door opening came from the entrance, and Zhou Ze stood up subconsciously.

Doctor Lin came back with some groceries. She was wearing a braid, and she was on vacation today, so she looked very refreshed.

She was a little surprised to see Zhou Ze at home.

"Sis, you're cooking today." His sister-in-law held a pillow and watched TV, pointing at Zhou Ze playfully.

"Have you eaten?" Doctor Lin asked Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze shook his head, "Not yet."

"Then wait a moment, I'll cook." Doctor Lin seemed to be deliberately maintaining a calm relationship, and then she went into the kitchen.

Zhou Ze stood there, feeling a little awkward for a moment.

His heart was very chaotic right now.

"Hey, what are you standing there for, go help."

His sister-in-law gently kicked Zhou Ze's leg with her foot.

Such a good opportunity to build up their relationship, and he doesn't cherish it, just standing here stupidly, what a lack of emotional intelligence.

His sister-in-law felt that this brother-in-law of hers was really far worse than those boys in school who were chasing her, he was simply a blockhead.

Zhou Ze finally went into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Doctor Lin had already put on an apron and was cutting vegetables.

"It's okay, I can do it myself. Go watch TV with Xiao Yi." Doctor Lin said to Zhou Ze.

"There's something I want to ask you." Zhou Ze said to Doctor Lin.

"Hmm?" Doctor Lin raised her head in surprise. "Then how about waiting until I finish making this meal before asking? I don't want to be distracted. Actually, I rarely cook, I'm afraid I won't make it to your liking."

Looking at her carefully cutting the vegetables, methodically, Zhou Ze suddenly felt that some words were difficult to ask.

"I'll go back to the room first, come up later."

"Okay, after I finish cooking, I'll go up and call you down for dinner."

Zhou Ze walked out of the kitchen and went upstairs in his sister-in-law's surprised gaze.

Opening the bedroom door, Zhou Ze saw the big bed, the bed that he had slept on, and at that time, Doctor Lin slept on a mat on the floor.

He really didn't have much attachment to this place.

Raising his head, he saw the wedding photo hanging on the wall at the head of the bed.

In the wedding photo,

The two people wearing wedding dresses were a little far apart. The woman was dignified and quiet, and the man was shy and restrained. It was Doctor Lin and Xu Le's wedding photo.

A wedding photo can actually reveal many problems.

And now,

The person who owns the face of the man in the wedding photo,

Is himself.

Zhou Ze kept staring at the wedding photo.

If this whole thing, including the process of the murder, was instigated by Doctor Lin behind the scenes, watching the whole thing from above, completely understanding it.

Then,

The previous Xu Le,

The previous Xu Le who lay alone on this big bed every night,

What kind of role was he, in the end?

Like a lump of dough, and this lump of dough finally stirred up a frenzy and courage that was rarely seen in this life,

As a result,

All his actions were actually seen by his wife, who treated him as a puppet on a string,

Watching him move forward step by step.

Even, in the end, she personally cleaned up the traces,

Those who deserved to die, all died,

Xu Le also died,

Moreover,

Even his body was cleaned up and emptied,

Just to welcome the arrival of a soul she admired.

His vision seemed to be a little blurred at this moment.

Zhou Ze seemed to see,

In the wedding photo at the head of the bed,

In Xu Le's eyes,

Two lines of bloody tears,

Slowly dripping down...