Chapter 14 - 12: The Ugliness of the Human Heart

Chapter 14: Chapter 12: The Ugliness of the Human Heart

"I... I..."

Yu Xiaoxiao couldn’t get another word out for the longest time.

Question marks seemed to pop up over everyone’s heads.

’What’s there to hesitate about?’

Unless she knew some explosive secret that was hard to say, but also dared not lie to a ghost.

A flicker of interest showed in Xia Yu’s eyes.

She was also curious. What could this woman possibly have that was so difficult to say?

"Speak."

Zhang Chi barked, his tone becoming heavier.

Yu Xiaoxiao shuddered. Daring not to hesitate any longer, she blurted it all out, "Chu Quan! It’s him! He’s the cheater!"

Nie Xiaoyu stared blankly for a moment, then asked, "How do you know?"

"I... I..."

Yu Xiaoxiao was about to say something, but then she caught herself. "Why should I tell you?"

"Answer her question."

Zhang Chi spoke.

"I... Well..."

Yu Xiaoxiao might dare to refuse Nie Xiaoyu, but she didn’t dare refuse the ghost. She could only say, "While Chu Quan was dating Nie Xiaoyu, he raped me. Waaaah..."

As she spoke, she began to sob uncontrollably.

Everyone’s jaws dropped.

’There was a twist like this?’

For a moment, no one could speak, their minds a swirl of complex emotions.

"You really are a scumbag!"

Nie Xiaoyu cursed as she looked at Chu Quan.

The others’ eyes were also filled with contempt. ’How could he do something like that?’

’A beast in human form!’

Chu Quan’s face was ashen. Feeling Zhang Chi’s dead eyes fixed on him, a venomous hatred surfaced in his own eyes out of the fear of death. He roared, "You all aren’t any better!"

"Nie Xiaoyu, weren’t you just with me for the money? You wheedled tens of thousands out of me every month under all sorts of pretenses. To stop me from reporting you later, you even made me transfer the money in amounts with numbers like 1314 or 520."

"Did you think I didn’t know about your little schemes?"

"And you, Yu Xiaoxiao. I admit I forced myself on you, but you were the one who invited me out for drinks in the middle of the night, dressed so provocatively, and deliberately got Zhang Chi drunk. Weren’t you just making it convenient for me? And the way you acted all hesitant but still went along with it—don’t tell me this wasn’t a trap you set up in advance."

"Afterward, I gave you a sum of hush money, and weren’t you just thrilled to accept it?"

"And you, Xia Yu. Why pretend to be so pure? The way I see it, you’re just waiting for the highest bidder, hoping to find an even richer man."

"Ugh... argh..."

As he spoke, his whole body seemed to seize up, convulsing wildly. Finally, he picked up a nearby fruit knife and slowly, bit by bit, plunged it into his own temple.

Everyone watched this happen without any of them trying to stop it.

There was not even a shred of pity.

He had offended everyone.

Everyone wanted him dead.

"SQUELCH."

The sound of the blade sinking into flesh rang out.

The blade of the fruit knife disappeared completely into his head. Chu Quan turned into a corpse and collapsed to the floor.

Li Xiaopeng didn’t dare to look, but the fear he’d felt upon seeing his first dead body was already gone.

"Whew."

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he was the only living man left in the room.

’He was the most outstanding partner.’

’He was going to live!’

Xia Yu and the other women all turned their gazes to Zhang Chi, incredibly tense.

’Is it really over?’

Xia Yu knew it definitely wasn’t!

"Continue."

Zhang Chi’s words were shocking.

’Just as I thought!’

’My guess was right. This is a single, male ghost!’

Xia Yu thought to herself.

’This member of the Ghost Clan just made the women speak because he wanted to observe each one’s personality and behavior to choose a woman he fancies.’

’Thankfully, her performance just now wasn’t too outstanding, nor was it too pathetic.’

"You... You’re not the Wedding Dress Ghost?"

Despair was written all over Yu Xiaoxiao’s face.

"When did I ever say I was a Wedding Dress Ghost?"

Zhang Chi said with a faint smile.

’It’s a male ghost?’

Everyone froze.

Li Xiaopeng despaired. ’If a male ghost wants a female partner, doesn’t that mean I’m useless? Am I going to die?’

He collapsed to the floor, his mental state on the verge of shattering.

"What Chu Quan said just now—do you agree with it?"

Zhang Chi looked at Nie Xiaoyu first and asked, "You go first."

"I..."

Nie Xiaoyu trembled, nervously biting her red lip. "I agree," she said. "But is it wrong for me to want money? In this world, money is everything. Everyone’s like that."

Trying to survive, she decisively dragged Yu Xiaoxiao and Xia Yu down with her. "Ask the two of them. Don’t they love money too?"

Zhang Chi looked at Xia Yu and Yu Xiaoxiao.

"I do."

Xia Yu nodded.

Yu Xiaoxiao followed suit, also nodding.

’There’s safety in numbers. If we’re all the same, he can’t possibly kill all of us, right?’

"Mm."

Zhang Chi nodded, his gaze locking onto Yu Xiaoxiao. He asked, "Do you agree with the part of Chu Quan’s speech that was about you?"

"I... I agree."

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded fearfully.

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Then you really deserve to die."

"No."

Her survival instinct kicking into overdrive, Yu Xiaoxiao hurriedly said, "But I might not be the worst of the three of us! It’s not too late to make your decision after you’ve questioned Xia Yu."

"Fine."

Zhang Chi looked at Xia Yu and asked the same question.

"I don’t agree."

Xia Yu shook her head without any hesitation. "Perhaps there are good men in this world, like my younger brother. But I don’t need a man, nor do I have time to look for one."

"Being alone is fine."

’So that’s the reason you don’t have a boyfriend?’

A look of realization dawned on Li Xiaopeng’s face.

Yu Xiaoxiao’s expression tightened. She stared intently at Zhang Chi, hoping that Xia Yu was lying.

However, Zhang Chi said to Yu Xiaoxiao with a smile, "She’s not lying."

"Don’t kill me! Why do you have to have just one female partner? You’re so powerful, wouldn’t it be better to take several wives?"

"Waaaah."

Yu Xiaoxiao was a sobbing mess. She knelt on the floor, kowtowing and begging for her life. "Please don’t kill me, I... THUD... THUD..."

The sound of her kowtowing grew louder and louder.

Even the floor tiles seemed to tremble slightly.

Blood appeared, but she seemed oblivious, continuing to kowtow frantically.

Soon, a pool of blood formed. Each time her head hit the floor, a large amount of blood would splash and scatter everywhere.

"CRACK."

At a certain moment, the sound of a bone cracking rang out. Yu Xiaoxiao collapsed into the pool of blood, completely dead.

Her forehead was completely caved in, a sight both ugly and terrifying.

Such a gruesome sight plunged Nie Xiaoyu and Li Xiaopeng, who had been growing somewhat accustomed to the horror, back into panic and the fear of death.

Especially Nie Xiaoyu!

’Xia Yu is more outstanding than me, purer than me, and has a better personality than me. She doesn’t even have a single flaw. If this continues, I’ll be the next to die.’

’I don’t want to die.’

’I don’t want to die!’

’I can only live if you die, so you die! Go die!’

A crazed look appeared on her face. She violently yanked the fruit knife from Chu Quan’s temple and lunged at Xia Yu...