Chapter 146

Chapter 146

I knew everything about Du Yuwei’s background, her experiences, and all the suffering she had endured in her life.

Setting aside her actions, I think anyone would have felt sympathy for her.

Moreover, the reason she had become so cruel was precisely because of those experiences.

But her actions were also loathsome, which was why Old Zhao Seven refused to help her, and why Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan didn’t want to get involved either.

But I couldn’t do that. Her suffering was all because of my family.

That was why I had been so torn.

Now that Old Zhao Seven had left, Du Yuwei saw that the only person who could help her had rejected her pleas. She stood up, preparing to leave.

I quickly called out to her.

She stopped in her tracks but didn’t look back. She simply whispered a thank you.

“You can’t help me.”

“Then we’ll die together!”

I said, “My family is fully responsible for you becoming like this. Now that my father and grandfather are dead, I’m taking that responsibility. I’m going with you.”

She turned around, tears still clinging to her eyelashes. “Actually…”

“Don’t try to talk me out of it.” I pulled out the knife Old Zhao Seven had given me and said, “This knife was actually meant to kill you. I could never bring myself to do it. Today, you are definitely going to save Anning because she’s your only family left, and I am definitely going with you.”

“The odds are we won’t be able to save her. When the time comes, you should kill her so she isn’t tortured by Du Ruhai. Then, I’ll use this knife to kill you so you aren’t tortured by him either. Finally, Du Ruhai will kill me. That is the best ending for us.”

After I finished speaking, Du Yuwei was stunned.

Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan were also dumbfounded.

“Are you insane?”

“Is that a plan a human being comes up with?”

I looked at them, feeling helpless. “We’re brothers, but this has nothing to do with you. If you help me, you’ll definitely die too. If something happens to you, how could I ever rest in peace?”

“Since we’re brothers, you know what I’ve been through. So don’t try to stop me. After I die, bury me in the same cemetery as my father and grandfather. Just come visit me on holidays and festivals.”

The two of them stopped talking, knowing they couldn’t sway me.

I looked at Du Yuwei and said, “Actually, we might not necessarily die. There’s another ghost who can help us, but you’ll have to set aside your grievances for a while. She also has a grudge against Du Ruhai.”

Du Yuwei thought for a moment and spoke Li Xiumei’s name.

I nodded. “That’s her. If we’re lucky, we might survive. If we’re a bit less lucky, we’ll take Du Ruhai down with us. And if we’re really unlucky, Du Ruhai will just wipe us all out…”

Perhaps out of concern for Anning, Du Yuwei didn’t say much more. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded at me.

I took Song Xiaotian’s car keys and drove his car back to my rental apartment.

I didn’t go inside, though. I just went to the apartment complex and dug up Li Xiumei’s ashes from the flower bed.

The main reason I had buried them there was because I felt it was bad luck to keep them in the house.

Fortunately, no one knew I had buried a funerary urn in the complex, otherwise, I definitely would have been kicked out.

“Sister Xiumei, I know everything you did in the past.”

I spoke to the urn, “Years ago, you and Lv Zhengxian were hired to kill many people. The person who hired you was my father. All those people you killed back then were murdered just to extend my life.”

“We all carry a heavy debt of sin. We have wronged many people.”

“I don’t know if you’ve reflected on it over the years, and I have no right to condemn you. Today, we’re going to find Lv Zhengxian for revenge. We probably won’t be coming back alive.”
“If we are guilty, let the Heavenly God judge us. Let us descend to the Netherworld and let the King of Hell judge us. If you can hear me, give me an answer.”

The surrounding air suddenly dropped by several degrees; in the middle of a scorching summer day, it felt like winter.

I lifted my head and saw a female ghost with her hair in disarray standing right in front of me.

Cement slurry dribbled from her mouth as she nodded at me.

I didn’t say anything else. Holding her funerary urn tight, I got into the car and drove straight to Du Ruhai’s Club.

All the way there, I kept turning it over in my mind. Du Ruhai had only recently learned Anning existed-so why was he moving so fast, so urgently, to grab her?

If he took Anning, Du Yuwei would definitely go to save her. So… he was doing it for Du Yuwei.

He had lived with Du Yuwei for fifteen years. He had an abnormal sort of attachment to her, but it wasn’t pure-if anything, it was twisted, ugly, and perverse.

A man like Du Ruhai? I don’t believe he has feelings at all. He could kill Li Yujiao without blinking. Whatever he felt for Du Yuwei was probably nothing more than an extension of his obsession with control.

He loved controlling people, loved playing with them. You could tell as much from how he had my dad run Fang Man over.

Du Yuwei had been under his control since she was little, yet she never truly submitted. Of course he couldn’t accept that. It would only make him angrier.

That was why he’d arranged a car crash to kill Du Yuwei.

And now there was a woman who looked exactly like Du Yuwei-and she was alive.

So did he still care about Du Yuwei?

If I were him, I’d get rid of Du Yuwei right now.

Which meant he’d already developed the intent to kill her.

Kidnapping Anning wasn’t just about possessing her-it was also bait, to lure Du Yuwei into walking straight into death.

Looks like tonight none of us are getting out alive. Best case, we drag Du Ruhai down with us before we go.

In the car, Du Yuwei sat in the passenger seat.

Li Xiumei sat behind me.

Three people in one car, and not a single one of us was anything good.

“You’re not afraid to die?” Du Yuwei turned to look at me.

“I am. Of course I am,” I said, driving. “I’ve been killing myself to make money because I love living. I wanted my life to get better. Then I found out I’m only alive because other people paid for it with their lives.”

“After that, my girlfriend died for no reason. Then two family members left me one after another. What’s the point of keeping me alive now? I’ve already lived fifteen extra years. Meanwhile, plenty of people died fifteen years ago.”

Du Yuwei’s eyes reddened. She reached out and gripped my hand. “You don’t actually have to go.”

“At worst, we die. And dying doesn’t mean you can’t start over,” I said with a smile, tears slipping down my face without me even noticing. “I’ve lived these extra fifteen years on someone else’s life, but I’ve never done anything bad. No matter how ruthless Old Zhao Seven is, he wouldn’t make me suffer after I’m dead. He’ll probably pull my soul out and send me to reincarnate.”

“Next life, I’ll get a good birth and actually enjoy living.”

By the time I finished speaking, I’d already driven to the area near the Club.

“Possess me. Let’s all go get revenge on Lv Zhengxian today.”

Du Yuwei didn’t try to talk me out of it again. She and Li Xiumei latched onto me together.

Two extremely Yin Ghosts made my body lose all warmth in an instant. My pupils vanished completely, and my eyes turned a flat, ashy white.

I didn’t stop. I slammed the gas pedal to the floor and rammed straight into the Club’s front gate.