Chapter 1 Dinner

"Hey, Xu Le, dinner's ready!"

The younger sister-in-law shouted from the bottom of the stairs.

The shout startled Zhou Ze from his daze.

The bedroom was still the same bedroom,

The bed was still the same bed,

The wedding photo on the wall was still the same as always, without any change.

Reaching out, he rubbed his eyes. Zhou Ze turned around, opened the bedroom door, and went downstairs.

Three dishes and a soup were placed on the dining table in the living room.

Celery fried with beef, Gongbao chicken, stir-fried cabbage with vermicelli, and a bowl of vegetable tofu soup.

Doctor Lin was standing at the table serving rice, and the younger sister-in-law was already sitting in her chair, eager to start.

"Some people, they have no conscience. Their wife is in the kitchen cooking, and they're just relaxing upstairs."

The younger sister-in-law ate while swaying her body.

Zhou Ze also sat down, and Doctor Lin handed the chopsticks to Zhou Ze.

"From now on, come home for dinner."

Doctor Lin suddenly said.

Like a gentle wife, instructing her husband, it seemed like everything was normal, and everything was fine, like a spring breeze and nourishing rain.

"Huh?" The younger sister-in-law widened her eyes.

Was Xu Le coming back?

Or was it her sister's personal request?

Zhou Ze didn't answer.

The younger sister-in-law couldn't help herself and kicked Zhou Ze under the table.

You fool, why aren't you saying anything?

My sister is telling you to come home for dinner!

She's willing to cook for you,

Why aren't you being more proactive?

"We'll see," Zhou Ze said perfunctorily.

"Can we live in that neighborhood?"

Doctor Lin asked again.

That neighborhood, of course, referred to the neighborhood where Zhou Ze lived in his previous life.

Clearly, Doctor Lin also knew that Zhou Ze was unhappy living in her house with her parents, so she was willing to go to that house with Zhou Ze,

A place,

Just for the two of them.

Zhou Ze's chopsticks trembled slightly. He could feel that this woman hadn't completely overcome the psychological barrier she had mentioned before, but she was trying to move forward.

Life was already a mess, so let it continue to be a mess, but a better mess.

Many people have always had a delicate desire for their lives, but truly delicate lives don't exist, just as some dazzling female stars may have worked as hostesses in bars when they were young.

Upon closer inspection, any perfect thing will always have its flaws at some point.

Seizing the present is the true meaning of life.

At this moment, Zhou Ze hesitated.

He didn't ask some questions because Doctor Lin had her younger sister-in-law call him down, rather than coming up herself. But undeniably, Zhou Ze himself was actually a little afraid to ask that question.

Once he completely tore off the mask,

The gift that he originally thought was a compensation from heaven,

Removing all the pretense,

Might become something he couldn't bear to look at directly.

Zhou Ze admitted that he, like most men, liked beautiful women. However, this time, he was a little scared.

In his mind, he couldn't imagine the scene of living with Doctor Lin in his house and sitting at the dining table together.

This feeling,

Was like being a pet cat, favored by its owner. All your behavior, including resistance, would become more like a spoiled act.

"There's no need."

Zhou Ze replied.

Then he picked up a mouthful of food and put it in his mouth, his expression serious, swallowing with great difficulty.

"Is it not good?" Doctor Lin asked.

She saw that Zhou Ze was in pain while eating.

"Hey, Xu Le, you're putting on airs now, you old geezer!"

The younger sister-in-law couldn't stand it any longer.

In her opinion, Xu Le was bullying her sister.

Putting down his chopsticks, Zhou Ze decided not to force himself to eat anymore and instead said to Doctor Lin:

"Come with me for a moment, I want to talk about something."

Doctor Lin nodded and put down her chopsticks.

"Hey, is there anything you can't say in front of me!"

The younger sister-in-law said angrily. She felt like she had become a light bulb, but she wasn't aware that she had become a light bulb.

Zhou Ze went upstairs, and Doctor Lin followed.

The two of them stood at the door of the bedroom on the second floor. Zhou Ze didn't push the door open. He didn't want to see that wedding photo again. He always felt that Xu Le in the wedding photo was looking at him.

And Xu Le,

Actually, was no different from himself.

Everyone was a tool,

One was a high-level tool, and the other was a low-level tool.

There was no need for the pot to call the kettle black.

"Speak," Doctor Lin said, looking at Zhou Ze, her head slightly lowered.

Zhou Ze hesitated for a long time. The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he didn't know how to say them.

Was it questioning?

Was it verifying?

Was it scolding?

Was it ranting?

Or was it mutual confession?

In the final analysis, the deed had already been done.

The people who deserved to die were all dead,

The emptied body had also been entered by himself.

The matter, in fact, had entered its final stages.

"Let's end it like this,"

Zhou Ze said.

While saying these words, Zhou Ze kept staring at the woman in front of him.

As if this gentle and upright woman would tear off all pretense in the next moment, pin him against the wall, and mock his overestimation of himself.

You are just my toy,

My favorite toy,

In order to get you,

I spent so much effort,

As a toy,

Do you have the right to say it's over?

People's imaginations,

Were the most terrifying kind of instinct.

This contained too many psychological suggestions, just like last time at Wang Ke's house.

What kind of meat did Wang Ke eat,

Who knew?

Even if he explicitly analyzed the matter of psychological suggestion with you, was it being open and honest or trying to cover something up?

It was unclear.

Just like the scene in front of Zhou Ze,

After listening to Zhou Ze's words,

Doctor Lin just smiled and then nodded. Zhou Ze saw that her eyes were a little red, as if filled with heartbreak. She had spent a lot of time adjusting her emotions and resolving her feelings.

At the dining table just now, she had decided to let go of her previous burdens and try to get along with Zhou Ze, but Zhou Ze had refused. Then, she heard Zhou Ze's real words of breaking up.

She had lost her legal husband, even though her husband was still alive. She had lost the person she liked because the person she liked said he didn't want to continue this relationship.

She was like a lone boat, constantly floating and sinking in the waves.

Listening to her parents, listening to the words from her family, listening to Zhou Ze's words, listening to her mentor's words, she lived strongly and lived very strongly.

Fate had played a trick on her,

Some things, she had been persistent about, pursued, and overcome, but in the end, she would still miss out on.

"I'll send the divorce agreement tomorrow. Do you agree?" Zhou Ze looked at Doctor Lin.

Like a tourist looking at a tiger in a zoo through a fence.

Very complicated emotions,

As long as she didn't truly reveal her true face,

This complexity would continue to persist in Zhou Ze's heart.

After all,

This was a society that valued looks,

And she was so beautiful.

Right,

When slapping Xu Dachuan, anyway, he had a face full of wrinkles, so there was no psychological pressure to slap him.

But if you asked Zhou Ze to take something and slap Doctor Lin now,

He really couldn't bring himself to do it.

"Okay, let's get a divorce." Doctor Lin raised her head and looked at Zhou Ze. "You can also start your new life."

You agreed?

You really agreed?

You really, really agreed?

Zhou Ze looked at Doctor Lin,

Afraid that in the next moment, Doctor Lin would directly turn hostile and attack him, telling him that a toy should have the awareness of a toy!

But everything Doctor Lin showed seemed so natural, so natural that Zhou Ze felt it was a little unreal.

She was a director,

And also,

An actress?

"Xu Le is dead," Zhou Ze said. "Is it related to you?"

What needed to be asked, in the end, had to be asked.

Doctor Lin nodded.

In her opinion, fate seemed to be a game of teasing people. It was her obsession that had brewed this tragedy.

"Actually, all of this may be my fault. It was my wishful thinking that caused fate to play such a joke.

You're right,

Now is the time to end the joke."

"Sister, are you crying?"

The younger sister-in-law walked up the stairs at this time and saw her sister crying.

"It's nothing, dust got in my eyes."

Doctor Lin didn't want her sister to see this scene, so she directly pushed open the bedroom door and entered the bedroom. The younger sister-in-law glared at Zhou Ze and followed her sister into the bedroom.

Zhou Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment,

He felt a little relaxed,

Like he had unloaded a heavy burden.

She admitted it,

She also agreed to end it,

End it, then end it.

Anyway, he couldn't go back to his previous life. The people who deserved to die were all dead, except for this woman.

But asking himself honestly,

If he was really given a chance to kill her, could he really bring himself to do it?

And the purpose of killing her, was it just to vent his anger?

Walking into the bathroom,

Zhou Ze scooped up a handful of water and patted it on his face.

The coolness hit, making his mind clearer.

It's over,

It's over,

It's finally over,

He would go back to the bookstore later, no longer paying attention to any disturbances brought to him by the identity of "Xu Le," and prepare to live his own life.

Be a ghost messenger,

Get a promotion,

The previous life he could climb step by step to be a doctor,

This life,

Was simply changing an environment,

But it was the same workplace.

Raising his head,

Zhou Ze saw that there was still a person standing behind him in the mirror,

It was the younger sister-in-law.

"You made my sister cry. She cried very sadly."

"The matters here are very complicated, not something a child like you can understand."

Zhou Ze picked up a towel and wiped his face.

But at this moment,

Zhou Ze was stunned,

Stopped all his current actions,

He saw the younger sister-in-law in the mirror,

Her head was bent to the left to an extremely exaggerated degree, to an extent that a normal person could not do at all,

Her face was tightly attached to her left shoulder, her entire face was tilted a full ninety degrees, but her body was still standing straight.

"I know my sister likes you,

I know my sister doesn't like Xu Le,

I know my sister doesn't want to hurt her parents and doesn't want to break this marriage,

In order to make my sister happy,

I killed Xu Le,

Let you die and come back again,

Let you become Xu Le.

I did all of this, originally my sister should have been happy,

You,

Actually made her sad again,

Hehe..."