But in the end, Yun Zhi did not go all the way with the eerie husband.
Because the eerie husband suddenly stopped.
While Yun Zhi was in a daze, she noticed his expression seemed blank for two seconds, then he stopped moving and held her tightly.
"Husband?" Yun Zhi tilted her head in confusion, looking as if she didn't understand.
"Zhi Zhi," the husband softly called her name. Before this, he had always called her wife, not Zhi Zhi.
This made a strange feeling rise in Yun Zhi's heart.
But when Yun Zhi looked up from his arms to see his expression, the eerie husband had already returned to that gentle, machine-like expression.
His clinginess towards her hadn't changed. He held Yun Zhi tightly, as if wishing every inch of her skin belonged to him.
Yun Zhi slowly closed her eyes amidst this suffocation.
A husband's love was too suffocating, but one just had to get used to it.
When Yun Zhi opened her eyes, it was already the next day. This was also the second-to-last day of the instance; tomorrow would be the last day of the instance.
The closer it got to the end of the instance, the happier the eerie husband seemed.
Especially every time his gaze fell on Yun Zhi, that aggressive, greedy look always made people think he would pounce and devour her in the next second.
No matter when she looked over, Yun Zhi could meet such a dark gaze from the eerie husband.
Yun Zhi quickly sent him off to work.
Fortunately, the husband still had work. If he were at home every day staring at her, Yun Zhi wouldn't know how she could clear the instance.
Although, we don't even know what kind of work a ghoul goes to.
Even ghouls have to be beasts of burden; suddenly it felt like this world was quite fair.
Alone at home, the feeling of being watched subsided a lot for Yun Zhi. Her brain was full of random thoughts and complaints about this.
With only these last two days until the instance ended, Yun Zhi couldn't stay idle. She went to the study room to take a look again, and this time she focused on the books on the bookshelf.
She discovered that a large portion of the books were medical professional books.
But the eerie husband was not a doctor.
Yun Zhi fell into thought.
【What's so hard to understand? The eerie husband must not be the real husband.】
【Exactly, from the start I was thinking, if the housewife is just a normal person, there's no reason her husband would be a ghoul.】
【So actually, the ghoul took the husband's place.】
【That analysis is very reasonable. Then the resentful husband who was replaced wouldn't be the person locked in the dark room before, right?】
【Then this guy is too pitiful. His wife cheated on him, and his identity was taken.】
【The truth hasn't come out yet, no need to start sympathizing now.】
Yun Zhi opened a few medical professional books and took a look. The notes on them were very detailed, with delicate handwriting.
Obviously, the person who read the books was exceptionally diligent.
Yun Zhi followed the annotations and content in the books, her expression also exceptionally serious.
【The streamer is so focused, they're not also a medical student, are they?】
【Indeed, ordinary people probably can't understand this kind of professional book.】
【Sigh, thinking about the streamer's calm demeanor when facing ghouls, it suddenly seems reasonable.】
Just as the bullet comments were speculating, Yun Zhi suddenly closed the book and rubbed her eyes: "So hard, I can't understand it."
After saying that, she even yawned.
Got sleepy from reading（）.
【...If you can't understand, why did you read for so long!】
Sure enough, Yun Zhi put the medical professional books aside and picked a novel to start reading.
Time passed quickly reading a novel; several hours went by without realizing it.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Yun Zhi snapped out of the novel and put the book aside to go to the doorway.
Through the peephole, Yun Zhi saw an unexpected person—it was actually "her" lover, who had appeared on the second day of the instance.
But compared to last time, he now looked even more disheveled. Last time, although he had blood on him, his face was at least intact.
But this time, his head looked like someone had split it open with a knife from the middle, then barely sewn it back together with thread.
Yet red and white brain matter was still mixed and flowing out from the messily sewn wounds everywhere.
He really didn't look like a human.
With the husband being a ghoul and the lover being this kind of creature, Yun Zhi thought "herself" was quite something.
【This is too gross. Save me, I can't watch this kind of stuff. Ugh.】
【To be fair, the female lead the streamer is playing is really a godly person.】
【No way, if you give me this lover, I'd rather have the eerie husband; at least he's handsome!】
"Zhi Zhi, I know you're home. Open the door for me quickly." He persistently knocked on the door, the rotting flesh on his face wobbling.
Yun Zhi remembered that letter that seemed to have been written by him to trap her, and her impression of this lover was really bad.
Of course she wouldn't open the door. Impatiently, she said through the door panel: "You are a bad person who wants to ruin the relationship between me and my husband. I'm not opening the door."
The creepy lover didn't show that expression of being driven to collapse by a love-struck brain like last time. This time he was clearly better prepared:
"Zhi Zhi... I'm not lying to you. I really am the one you truly like..."
"Look, this is the letter you wrote to me back then. Seeing the content on it, you'll know I really didn't lie to you."
Looking at the letter in the hand of the creepy lover through the peephole, Yun Zhi obviously recalled some unpleasant memories.
Seriously, you people cheating on spouses just cheat; do you have to write letters and leave evidence?
However, when the lover pushed the letter under the seam of the door for Yun Zhi to see, she still bent down and picked it up.
【Dear
Seeing this letter is like seeing you.
After thinking it over, I still want to tell you, I really like you.
Everything in my life right now makes me feel pain. Only being with you truly gives me a moment to breathe.
If you are willing, can you take me away? Let us run towards true happiness.
The one who loves you】
More than half of the letter was already stained red with bloodstains, but the content could still be seen.
The content on it was very clear—it was a woman who cheated on her spouse wanting to run away with her lover.
Yun Zhi held the letter in her hand, suddenly feeling it was like a hot potato.
If the eerie husband came back and saw it, it would be all over.
The creepy lover kept pressing: "Did you see it, Zhi Zhi? This is the letter you wrote to me. We really love each other..."
"The one you truly love is me. You even asked me to take you away. I..."
"Then why didn't you take me away?" Yun Zhi asked directly and innocently.
This letter was definitely not written recently, but now "she" was still at home, hadn't left.
That meant the lover hadn't taken "her" away back then.
The lover paused, was silent for two seconds, then quickly excused himself: "It was just a small matter. I originally wanted to take you away."
【What small matter? Just an excuse from a scumbag.】
【I almost thought the hostess and this lover were true love just now. The streamer is still rational.】
【Heh.】
Probably realizing his explanation was a bit weak, the creepy lover quickly changed the subject.
"Zhi Zhi... This time I really came to fulfill my promise and take you away. Hurry and come with me, or it will really be too late. Your husband is not human at all. You are in danger with him..."
When he said this, he seemed to glance behind him in fear, as if dreading some incredible existence.
But Yun Zhi looked out through the peephole at his face that had been split in two, bloody, and felt a bit speechless.
Seriously, with that face, you say others are not human and dangerous—is that really convincing?
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