The door was closed by her husband, blocking out all sight from the outside.
It also blocked out Yun Zhi's view.
The smile on Yun Zhi's face from earlier faded; she seemed to hear a scream coming through.
But at this moment, she didn't have the mind to care about that. Instead, she returned to the study to compare the handwriting on the note.
Whatever eerie boss was secondary; clearing the instance was Yun Zhi's only goal.
As for men or male ghosts, playing around wasn't against the law—if they were handsome, why wouldn't she have fun?
She was just a little girl who liked good looks.
Thinking this, Yun Zhi flipped through the books on the bookshelf, pulling out the letter her lover had given her yesterday to compare.
Sure enough, the notes in the medical book matched "her" handwriting on the letter exactly.
So it wasn't that the husband was a doctor, nor that anyone else was a doctor.
No—she was the doctor!
Something occurred to Yun Zhi. She opened the hidden door and entered the dark room, then opened the surgical toolbox in the corner.
At the very bottom of the toolbox, there was indeed another compartment, which needed a key to open.
It was hidden beneath various kinds of scalpels, so Yun Zhi hadn't noticed it when she checked earlier.
Given "her" passion for medicine,
it was no surprise that key information would be placed in the most important spot.
Yun Zhi took out the key the female ghoul had given her, unlocked the compartment, and found a diary inside.
Upon opening it, it was indeed her own diary.
This was definitely the most crucial clue!
Yun Zhi quickly flipped through it.
The beginning of the diary recorded the process from when the mistress met her husband, fell in love, and finally married—her happiness was evident between the lines.
She described her husband as gentle and refined, someone who understood her, respected her, and was the best man in the world.
So when he proposed, she said yes.
But after marriage, everything changed.
Her husband wouldn't allow her to work; he locked her at home to be a housewife.
At first, she was unwilling, but remembering their loving moments and through his repeated tests and arguments, she compromised.
Later, he started hitting her.
Because she was his possession.
The woman was often beaten black and blue.
Then the lover appeared. That man deceived her with sweet talk. In her despair, she thought he would really take her away.
She didn't love that man; she just needed—so desperately needed—someone to take her out of this hell.
But who knew? After just a few threats from her husband, the lover ran off like that.
What awaited her was even worse beatings.
【 When his fist first landed on me, I was confused and hurt.
But when his fists landed on me again and again, only rage remained.
Why should I suffer this? 】
【 He looked down on me; he deserves to pay 】
The last line was written with immense force by the diary owner; the thick hatred almost pierced through the paper.
The bullet comments followed the diary's content and were somewhat shaken by the end.
【 Damn, I want to kill that bastard of a husband too 】
【 So disgusting, so disgusting, domestic abusers deserve to die!!! 】
【 Where are those who said the real husband was innocent? 】
【 I'm actually crying; I feel like I saw the whole process of a flower blooming and then withering 】
【 Don't say it anymore, my heart aches for her 】
Yun Zhi closed the diary, her expression eerily calm.
With the diary's record, everything became clear.
Her husband was indeed killed by her, and her lover was indeed trash.
As for the woman upstairs, she was also a victim of domestic violence. Yun Zhi knew her and, after learning she was being abused, advised her to fight back.
But the woman upstairs didn't have the courage to resist. She killed Mr. Zhang by accident during one of his beatings, and her corpse was chopped into pieces and thrown into the sewer.
This dark room wasn't originally prepared by her.
It was where her husband locked her up. Sometimes when she was "disobedient," she was shut in here to reflect.
But in the end, it became the place where her husband died.
The woman was a doctor. She knew exactly where to strike to kill him fastest and how to make him suffer the most.
Yes, the woman was a doctor.
Her husband had forgotten that before becoming a happy housewife, she had her own career.
She was not anyone's accessory; she was herself!
Yun Zhi finally understood now. The eyes she met when she first opened the dark room must have belonged to her real husband.
But later, the eerie husband must have moved or eaten him somewhere unknown.
Yun Zhi only regretted not seeing his fate with her own eyes.
But even with all this sorted out, the method to clear the instance hadn't appeared yet. If she just waited, would she really be able to exit the instance?
Yun Zhi wondered what the owner of her current identity wanted most.
It must be freedom, right?
It was freedom!
So she had to leave this place.
Yun Zhi made her decision. She ran out of the study. The front door was tightly shut, and the screams and sounds of heavy objects colliding outside grew more distinct.
The mission time was almost up. If she ran out through the front door, forget freedom—she'd probably be devoured bite by bite by the eerie creatures outside.
Even if the eerie creatures didn't eat her, the eerie husband was outside, so there was no way she could escape from there.
So what should she do?
Yun Zhi's gaze suddenly landed on the living room window.
The living room curtains were always drawn. As a happy housewife, she was only allowed to stay at home and couldn't even glimpse the outside.
So...
Yun Zhi had a bold idea. She ran to the window and yanked open the curtains.
Outside was indeed pitch black.
So silent, as if the entire world had been reduced to this building alone.
Without a second thought, Yun Zhi climbed onto the window.
【 What is the streamer doing? Isn't she going to jump? 】
【 Don't seek death! I swear, it's almost the end of the seven days. Can't you just get through this time peacefully? 】
【 It's so dark, who knows how high it is out there? Terrifying. I definitely wouldn't dare to jump. 】
【 Feels like it's over 】
But Yun Zhi didn't know about the arguments in the bullet comments. She looked down at the darkness beneath her feet, seeing nothing, and resolutely leaned backward.
Like a butterfly dancing gracefully toward freedom.
But the next moment, her hand was caught by an ice-cold large palm.
Yun Zhi's upper body hung in the air. Amid the flying strands of hair, she looked up and met the emotionless black pupils of the eerie husband.
On the inside of her wrist, which he held, there were still bite marks from last night.
Her husband didn't speak. Those ice-cold large hands just tightly gripped her wrist, his eyes fixed unblinkingly on her.
【 Ahhh, I knew it! It's over! Caught by the eerie boss! 】
【 This time, being caught trying to escape right in front of the eerie husband, for sure she'll be locked up and never leave. 】
【 Gonna die. Goodbye, streamer. Don't seek death in your next life. 】
Yun Zhi also stared straight at her husband.
Maybe because the slaughter outside had been too intense, some blood was smeared on his pale face.
He looked full of killing intent.
He just looked at her like that. His originally dull eyes seemed to flicker for a moment.
Then he let go.
Yun Zhi successfully fell backward, plunging into the darkness.
All she heard was silence amid the wind, with only her husband's face, growing farther and farther away, before her eyes.
Congratulations to "her" for finally being free.
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