chapter 33
Even though I was mentally prepared,
I was still utterly shocked when I saw that the bride was Du Yuwei.
I really couldn’t understand-what exactly is the relationship between Du Ruhai and Du Yuwei?
How could these two possibly become husband and wife?
At this moment, the three of us had already approached Du Yuwei.
When I saw this girl before, she was no different from a living person.
But at that time, she was a Ghost.
And now, she was a corpse that had been dead for three months.
We didn’t know what method Du Ruhai had used to keep her body from decaying.
But a body that doesn’t decay doesn’t mean there are no changes at all.
Her entire skin had taken on an abnormal bluish-purple hue, looking extremely terrifying, as if she had been poisoned.
To be honest, she was very beautiful. A woman is at her most beautiful when she puts on her wedding dress.
But in this situation, seeing her like this, I was almost traumatized.
“How could Du Ruhai’s bride be her?”
Meng Yifan was even more shocked than I was. “These two… what exactly is their relationship?”
Seventh Master didn’t say anything; his expression was just as complicated as ours.
Even we could barely understand it, let alone this elderly man-he probably found it even harder to accept such an absurd thing.
Actually, when we were downstairs just now, I wanted to share my guess.
But I was afraid Seventh Master and Meng Yifan would think I was a pervert.
And my earlier guess wasn’t baseless.
Because Seventh Master had said that only Du Ruhai had ever lived in this villa. But since Du Ruhai had married a new bride, why were there no traces of a woman living here?
Because that woman was already dead-she had died three months ago.
And that Evil Painting-when I first saw it, I felt the content was strange, not at all decorative, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on what was odd about it.
Now I understood, because that painting didn’t depict a normal wedding scene at all.
Du Ruhai not only married Du Yuwei, but he married Du Yuwei after her death!
How twisted does a person have to be?
In this eerie room, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
I broke the silence.
“I think I know where Lv Zhengxian is.”
As soon as I finished speaking, Seventh Master and Meng Yifan almost simultaneously looked at me.
I said, “He’s attending an event in another province.”
Meng Yifan was shocked again. “You mean, Du Ruhai is Lv Zhengxian?”
I nodded and analyzed for them: “Du Ruhai and Lv Zhengxian have one thing in common: their feelings for Du Yuwei are both a bit abnormal.”
“Think about it-why would Lv Zhengxian kill Li Xiumei?”
“Although Li Xiumei’s Ghost admitted that Lv Zhengxian silenced her because of Du Yuwei, if you think about it, Li Xiumei just didn’t like Du Yuwei. Would that really be enough for Lv Zhengxian to kill her?”
“Strictly speaking, Lv Zhengxian and Li Xiumei were husband and wife. Their relationship should have been deeper. So even if Li Xiumei wanted to harm Du Yuwei, it’s unlikely that Lv Zhengxian would be so cruel as to kill his own wife.”
“The only explanation is that Lv Zhengxian no longer had feelings for Li Xiumei. His feelings had shifted to someone else-that person was Du Yuwei.”
“But how could Li Xiumei possibly accept this fact? She definitely wouldn’t agree.”
“So what would Lv Zhengxian do? He’s always been ruthless and merciless, so he could only kill Li Xiumei to end it once and for all. He’d cut out Li Xiumei’s tongue, fill her mouth with cement, so that even in death, she couldn’t reveal his secret.”
This was Lv Zhengxian’s abnormal affection for Du Yuwei.
And now, seeing this room, we know that Du Ruhai’s bride is Du Yuwei.
So Du Ruhai and Lv Zhengxian-these two people-can already be merged into one.
“There’s another point. Since Lv Zhengxian harbored such feelings for Du Yuwei, how could he let anyone else adopt her?”
“The only explanation is that he didn’t let Du Ruhai adopt Du Yuwei.”
“He is Du Ruhai. Du Ruhai is him.”
After hearing my analysis, Meng Yifan looked stunned.
I figured he wasn’t in the mood to marvel at my cleverness right now.
He must be shocked by Lv Zhengxian’s perversion.
And by how Lv Zhengxian could suddenly transform into the entrepreneur Du Ruhai.
Even Seventh Master couldn’t quite figure it out and asked, “How could a vicious murderer suddenly become a billionaire entrepreneur?”
“As far as I know, Du Ruhai inherited Weihai Group from his old man. His father was already famous back in our day. How could a father not recognize his own son?”
Hearing Seventh Master’s doubts, I guessed he was so shocked by this absurd relationship that he couldn’t wrap his head around why Du Ruhai would be Lv Zhengxian.
I said, “Did you forget what you told us before about Soul Seizure? I think those two words can fully explain why Lv Zhengxian became Du Ruhai.”
Meng Yifan quickly chimed in, “Lv Zhengxian performed Soul Seizure on the real Du Ruhai!”
Seventh Master slapped his forehead, suddenly enlightened: “Right, Soul Seizure! Soul Seizure requires the Seven-Deaths Life-Exchange Technique as support. That Massacre Case fifteen years ago was already bizarre-killing an entire family just over rent? That reason doesn’t hold water at all.”
“Lv Zhengxian and Li Xiumei didn’t commit murder because of rent. They were preparing for the Seven-Deaths Life-Exchange Technique. Back then, it wasn’t just that family who died. There must have been others. They killed seven people in total.”
I nodded, “Lv Zhengxian and Li Xiumei’s original plan was probably to perform Soul Seizure on Du Ruhai, take over Weihai Group, and become wealthy. But Lv Zhengxian didn’t kill the young Du Yuwei at the time, which affected the plan. That’s why Li Xiumei hated Du Yuwei.”
“Later, Lv Zhengxian killed Li Xiumei, removing the only person who knew his plan from this world. Plus, he could live alone with Du Yuwei. For him, it was the best of both worlds, so Li Xiumei was doomed to die.”
Seventh Master said grimly, “He was able to perform Soul Seizure on Du Ruhai, which proves he already used the Seven-Deaths Life-Exchange Technique and succeeded. Now that the person he loves most is dead, he’ll definitely try to resurrect Du Yuwei.”
“So, he’ll use this evil technique again.”
Meng Yifan and I are probably the next sacrifices for this technique.
Once this technique is used, seven people must die.
That’s why we’ve been targeted by Du Yuwei.”