Chapter 1 Zhou Ze's Perspective

Zhou Ze thought he must be seeing things. He had just heard a drunkard's ghost story about a dog, and the dim streetlights weren't helping. It was normal to have illusions.

Yes, that must be it.

Zhou Ze wasn't Zhang Tianshi from Longhu Mountain. He knew he was a bit of a "soft touch." He couldn't change himself; otherwise, he would have used his fingernails to pinch that little loli during the day.

As for the final result, whether he would be pinched to death by the little loli or still be pinched to death by the little loli, remained to be seen.

Since he couldn't change himself, he should try to minimize the impact of troublesome matters. If he saw something, he would avoid it if he could, and cover his eyes if he could.

Anyway, that dog had been messing with that man for seven years. Counting the years, it was about time for the seven-year itch.

If that dog really wanted to harm someone, it would have done so long ago. Zhou Ze didn't care what it would do next.

That woman came to his shop, bought water, and compensated for the book. She paid readily, which was a good karma, and that was enough.

However, Zhou Ze realized for the first time that there were truly many unbelievable things in this world, perhaps because he used to be human, and now he was a ghost. Different circles meant different perspectives on the world.

"What's wrong?" Doctor Lin had also walked to the entrance of the shop at this moment.

Zhou Ze smiled. "I'm very glad that I'm not like Spider-Man, with some inexplicably appearing elder relative suddenly telling me:

With great power comes great responsibility."

Doctor Lin didn't understand what he meant, but she still said, "I should go back."

It was late, and she really should go back.

"Don't you want to sit for a while longer?"

"I might have to work tomorrow," Doctor Lin said, putting on her scarf.

"It can be adjusted," Zhou Ze said.

"It's not convenient."

"Don't want to?"

Doctor Lin frowned slightly. This was the first time she sensed a pressing feeling from Zhou Ze, and she felt a little at a loss.

"You are my wife," Zhou Ze said, looking into Doctor Lin's eyes very seriously.

Doctor Lin took a half step back. "Yesterday, you said..."

Yesterday, Zhou Ze had just said he wanted to end things, that they both would be free.

"Yesterday was yesterday." Zhou Ze took a half step forward. "Before I sign the divorce agreement, I am still your husband, and you are still my wife. So, I want you to stay and keep me company a little longer!"

Zhou Ze's voice grew louder and louder.

Doctor Lin didn't speak, standing in place.

A nameless fire suddenly rose in Zhou Ze's heart.

He reached out and pinched Doctor Lin's chin, making a frivolous gesture to lift her chin.

Doctor Lin looked at him, her eyes clear and calm, especially her bright red lips, which were dizzying. She was very beautiful, really beautiful, a high degree of compatibility between her delicate face and her temperament, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

Zhou Ze lowered his head directly.

Doctor Lin raised her hand, as if preparing to slap the man in front of her, but halfway up, she slowly lowered it again.

Crystal tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"Why are you crying?"

Zhou Ze raised his head and looked at Lin Wanqiu.

"Do you think that if you cry, I will feel guilty? Do you think that if you cry, I will stop?

I'm telling you,

It's useless for you to cry today. You are my wife, and I am your husband!

Look at your parents, what are they even? Look at your sister, how does she usually look at me!

Look at you again,

You're noble,

You're aloof,

You're a goddess,

You don't eat the food of mortals!

In the bedroom, you still sleep in separate beds from me!

We're married. You're already a married woman, but you're still pretending to care about your virginity. Don't you even see if you deserve it!

I know, I'm just an idiot. In the eyes of your whole family, I'm a useless idiot!"

Zhou Ze grabbed Doctor Lin's neck with one hand, pushed her against the counter, and then directly took off Doctor Lin's coat.

"Today I'm going to teach you and tell you what a wife should do!"

"Xu Le..." Doctor Lin didn't resist. She just looked at Zhou Ze coldly. "You... bastard..."

"Hehe." Zhou Ze smiled, not caring at all, then took off his coat and pressed Doctor Lin directly onto the counter.

But at this moment, Zhou Ze suddenly stopped, staggering back a few steps.

In front of him, Doctor Lin was lying on the counter, and Zhou Ze himself...

No,

How could it become like this?

Doctor Lin was still lying on the counter. She still had her eyes open, and she still hadn't resisted.

She felt guilty towards Xu Le. She was a very independent and strong woman, but her social environment and the family education she had received since childhood made her very contradictory.

Her parents threatened her with death, hoping for grandchildren to arrive early, forcing her to agree to marry Xu Le. She insisted on her own bottom line, having other men in her heart, even though that man had died in a car accident half a year ago, even though that man might have forgotten her long ago, and might not even know that a woman like her had been secretly paying attention to him in the years after her internship.

To describe it in the critical style commonly used in middle school textbooks: Lin was choosing to yield to feudal ethics in life, but she was unwilling to live like this forever, and in her heart, she still had her own insistence and resistance.

This was also why, even if she was ten thousand times unwilling, Lin Wanqiu still didn't resist, allowing Zhou Ze to do as he pleased just now.

She felt that she had no reason to resist. Zhou Ze was her husband, and she knew from her behavior after marriage that she was letting down her husband and this marriage.

Not accepting, not agreeing,

But not resisting.

"Put on your clothes, put your clothes on for me!"

Zhou Ze roared at Lin Wanqiu, who was still lying on the counter.

Lin Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, straightened up, and looked at Zhou Ze in disbelief. Just now, she had already resigned herself to fate.

"I haven't even had time to do anything to you yet. Don't look like you've just been ra—d. Put on your clothes for me,

Now,

Immediately,

Right away,

And get out!"

Lin silently put on her clothes, then straightened her collar in front of the mirror. She was expressionless. After everything was tidied up, she poured Zhou Ze a new cup of hot water and placed it on the counter. Then, without even looking at Zhou Ze, she walked directly out of the bookstore.

Zhou Ze slumped to the ground, feeling a little lost and puzzled.

He didn't know why he stopped, and he didn't understand why he didn't continue.

Clearly...

But for some reason, he felt something was wrong. It didn't seem like this was the feeling he wanted.

He was just about to,

She also agreed,

But the scene just now was completely different from what he wanted.

Zhou Ze staggered to his feet. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then spat out the hot water. The water was scalding, with no cold water added to neutralize it.

He dropped the cup, letting the water wet the ground. Zhou Ze looked around, recalling his actions just now, recalling the words he had just said.

His fist clenched and then loosened again, but then quickly clenched again.

He went to the bathroom, turned on the faucet of the sink, and directly put his head under the faucet to rinse it.

He needed to calm down, he needed to calm down,

Not only to calm himself, but also the ball of fire in his heart.

The cold water of winter was not something ordinary people could bear. Zhou Ze raised his head, only to feel a burst of dizziness in his head.

He looked at the mirror in front of him,

In the mirror, his own appearance was reflected.

Zhou Ze grabbed the edge of the sink tiles tightly with both hands, panting continuously. Then, he slowly raised his head again, as if talking to himself, and said:

"It's you!

"It's you, you damned bastard, it's you, you useless coward!

You're influencing me, you're trying to control me,

You trash, scum, bastard!"

Zhou Ze cursed at himself in the mirror,

Yes,

This wasn't him. His performance just now was too abnormal. That inexplicable anger, that unreasonable confusion, that inexplicable impulse,

It was definitely not just youthful exuberance.

Just now, at that time,

There was a guy who he thought had gone to hell long ago, who no longer existed in this world,

He influenced him.

He didn't leave,

He was still hiding by his side,

Even,

He was hiding inside his own body!

He was useless, he was weak, he had endured contempt all his life, dared not resist, and had no courage to raise his head, but after death, he curled up in a corner, thinking of using the hands of others to retaliate against his wife in the simplest and most brutal way!

Using another person's power to retaliate against his wife.

"I used to feel very sorry for you, and felt a little bit guilty." Zhou Ze muttered to himself. "Now I understand, pitiful people must have hateful qualities. You turned your previous days into what they were, you can only say that you deserved it!"

"Pa!"

Zhou Ze raised his fist and directly hit the mirror.

The mirror shattered,

Zhou Ze's palm was also bleeding profusely, and blood began to drip into the sink.

On the broken mirror shards,

Zhou Ze's face was still reflected,

No,

It was Xu Le's face.

Zhou Ze stood there without moving,

The person in the mirror didn't move either,

But in the next moment,

A sinister light appeared in the eyes of the person in the mirror, and at the same time, he opened his mouth and said:

"Oh, you found out."