Chapter 3
Jiang Li looked around the room.
Seven days from now would be the wedding anniversary of the wife and Husband.
It should have been a day of celebration, but today, the room was arranged in the style of a funeral, all in white.
There were wreaths, spirit money, and white candles displayed in the room…
Even her Husband had a white cloth wrapped around his head.
The entire room was shrouded in an oppressive atmosphere.
Jiang Li noticed a slip of paper pressed under the TV in the Living Room.
That was probably the rules of the Instance.
Jiang Li lifted her foot to walk over, but her Husband’s gaze was fixed on her.
With every step she took, her Husband’s face grew darker.
After three steps, she still hadn’t gotten the slip of paper.
But Jiang Li already saw with her own eyes that her Husband was gripping the knife in his hand even tighter.
That posture looked as if he was ready to rush over and swing the knife at his wife at any moment.
Jiang Li took a light breath and stayed calm.
A second later, she softly called to the Red Infant on her shoulder.
“Yingying, bare your teeth and glare at him.”
The Red Infant giggled twice. “Mommy, Yingying can help you, but you have to help Yingying too.”
“Go ahead, what do you want?” Jiang Li asked.
The Red Infant’s cold little face pressed close to Jiang Li’s cheek.
As he spoke, his chilly breath blew against Jiang Li’s ear.
“Mommy’s Eyes are so pretty. Yingying wants Mommy’s Eyes.”
The Red Infant’s tone was wicked and ghostly.
He blinked playfully, waiting for Jiang Li’s response.
Jiang Li’s palm tightened slightly.
After a moment.
Jiang Li smiled faintly. “Alright. I’ll give them to you.”
A mere fatal injury was nothing to her.
“Really! Wow-” The Red Infant was so happy he danced with joy. “Yingying loves Mommy so much.”
The Red Infant stretched out his little hand and plucked out Jiang Li’s left eyeball, pulling out a long strand of red blood.
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At this moment, in the Jiang Family.
Jiang Li’s stepmother Dai Chunli had just woken up from unconsciousness.
Dai Chunli was cursing under her breath, muttering over and over, “Little bitch, little bitch!”
“I’m going to ruin you!”
Dai Chunli ran around the house, grabbing the Black Cat that Jiang Li had left at home before being sent to the psychiatric hospital.
Dai Chunli raised her scissors high, about to stab the sharp tip into the Black Cat’s belly.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, her left eyeball suddenly burst.
“Ah!!!” Dai Chunli was instantly in so much pain she almost fainted. “It hurts! My eyes, my eyes!”
What would have been ordinary pain was, under the “Super Doubling” effect of the Strange Tale World, amplified so much that Dai Chunli nearly blacked out from the agony.
The Black Cat took the opportunity to escape from Dai Chunli’s hands.
Before leaving, it scratched Dai Chunli hard across the face, leaving several sharp claw marks.
Dai Chunli collapsed in pain on the ground, blood streaming down her face…
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In the Strange Tale World.
After Jiang Li’s eyeball was plucked out, it only took half a second for her face to return to normal.
Now that the Red Infant had gotten what he wanted, he did indeed become much more obedient.
He carefully put the bloody eyeball away like a treasure.
Then, as Jiang Li instructed, he turned back, baring his teeth and glaring at the Husband who was still watching them.
The moment the Husband met the Red Infant’s eyes, he shuddered all over.
He quickly turned away, pretending to make a phone call, not daring to look back again.
But the trembling in his body still showed the fear in his heart.
Jiang Li seized the opportunity, quickly taking two steps to the TV, picking up the slip of paper, and opening it.
[Three-Person Family – Household Rules]
[1. Remember, your name is Zhang Hui! Your name is Zhang Hui! Your name is Zhang Hui! You must never forget your name. No matter who asks your name, you must tell them your name is Zhang Hui.]
[2. Please believe, your Husband loves you very much. He will never kill you, unless you disobey him.]
[3. You have only one son and no daughter. If you see a daughter, kill her immediately.]
[4. You must fall asleep before 00:00 at night.]
[5. If you hear the sound of chopping meat at night, do not open your eyes.]
[6. Do not eat the meat in the house. If you are hungry, you may eat the Finger Biscuits in the refrigerator.]
[7. Do not refuse your son’s requests, or your son will be upset.]
[8. The doll in the house will not shed tears. If you see it cry, it must be an illusion; close your eyes immediately.]
[9. Your mother-in-law has already passed away. If you hear your mother-in-law calling you at home, do not turn around.]
The Red Infant, who was perched on Jiang Li’s shoulder like a cat, spoke.
Red Infant: “Mama, only the first rule is true.”
Jiang Li pressed her lips together, her expression tense.
If the first rule is true and all the others are false, then the difficulty of this Instance is too high.
But could she trust this so-called Filial Son?
“Yingying, you’re not lying to Mama?” Jiang Li smiled as she asked the Red Infant.
The Red Infant promised earnestly, “I wouldn’t lie to Mama. Only little dogs tell lies.”
Jiang Li’s drooping index finger twitched quickly.
After a moment’s thought, she imitated a child’s tone and teased with a smile:
“Then you are a little dog, woof woof.”
After hearing this, the Red Infant was taken aback, then burst out in wild laughter.
He clutched his little belly, laughing “giggle giggle”, his small body rocking back and forth.
“Giggle giggle… Woof woof! Mama guessed it right. Yingying was talking in reverse. Yingying is a little doggy.”
So the Red Infant had been speaking in reverse.
Fortunately, Jiang Li probed a little and managed to trick this brat into revealing the truth.
She had almost fallen into the Filial Son’s trap.
If she really believed what the Red Infant said, that only the first rule was true, this would be a one hundred percent death Instance.
Because among the remaining eight rules, which are entirely false, and which are a mix of true and false, would be impossible to distinguish in a short time.
That would be almost certain death.
However, in the Strange Tale World, there is no such thing as a guaranteed dead end.
Still, after being stirred up by the Red Infant, Jiang Li realized something.
The Red Infant could discern which rules on the note were true or false.
She might be able to use this to her advantage in the future.
Jiang Li looked at the first fake rule on the note and fell into a brief analysis.
[Remember, your name is Zhang Hui! You are Zhang Hui! You are Zhang Hui! Never forget your name. No matter who asks your name, always tell them your name is Zhang Hui.]
The wife in this Instance is not named Zhang Hui.
Or rather, the wife’s real name may indeed be Zhang Hui, but she absolutely cannot tell others that her real name is Zhang Hui.
Jiang Li tapped her right index finger lightly on her elbow, deep in thought.
The Husband suddenly opened the balcony door and walked toward her with a knife.
Jiang Li’s gaze swept over, landing on the bloody knife in her Husband’s hand. Her palm unconsciously clenched tighter.
Family Rules, rule two:
[Please believe that your Husband loves you very much and would never kill you, unless you go against him.]
Jiang Li pondered and sorted out two key pieces of information.
The first is: if she goes against her Husband, he is very likely to kill her.
The second: even if she does not go against her Husband, as long as he only torments her without actually killing her-so long as she is still alive-it does not violate the rule.
At this moment, her Husband had not made any requests, so there was no question of Jiang Li defying him.
So the only possibility now is that the Husband is about to attack her, but not fatally-this would be in line with the rules.
Jiang Li was thinking this over.
But her Husband, face dark, was already approaching her with the knife.