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Chapter 67 The Man in the Picture

Pushing open the door, a spacious courtyard came into view, but Qin Jian and He Si did not cross the threshold, but stopped at the door.

The stale and rotten air rushed towards us, humid and muggy, but fortunately there was no bloody smell for the time being.

There is a rockery in the center of the courtyard. It has been severely weathered and corroded. It does not have the beauty of strange mountains and rocks at all. Instead, it looks like skeletons piled on top of white bones, and its original appearance cannot be seen.Several flowers and trees stood in the corner of the courtyard, but their leaves had long since fallen off, leaving only bare branches.

The conversation was still coming, and Qin Jian crossed the threshold first.

The flowing pond under the rockery has dried up, and the bottom of the pond is full of silt and rotten leaves.On the contrary, the green bricks on the soles of the feet were covered with moss and moss, giving off a wet feeling.

Qin Jian motioned for He Si to follow him, and he was already walking deeper into the courtyard.

There was only one room in the corridor, and the carved window lattice on the exterior wall was covered with withered yellow window paper and filled with thick dust, making it impossible to see clearly what was inside the window.

But at this time, the conversation could be heard clearly.
"After all, you still dislike me for not being perfect."

The voice that came from inside the room seemed to be Lin Huan's, but it was much colder than before.

"No."

Before Jiang Huai finished speaking, he was drowned out by a shrill scream. He Si knew that besides Lin Huan and Jiang Huai, there was probably Chen Xiangyang in the room.

"Would you like to go in and have a look?"

She gestured to Qin Jian with her mouth, and Qin Jian shook his head, and the sounds in the room continued.

"If not, why don't you marry me?"

"Lin Huan, you know, I don't have this kind of feeling for you. If I marry you for other reasons today, it will be an insult to you. How is it different from this kind of rubbish?"

As soon as Jiang Huai finished speaking, another scream came from the room. It seemed that as long as Jiang Huai replied that Lin Huan was dissatisfied, Chen Xiangyang would be hit. Thinking about it this way, Chen Xiangyang should no longer have intact skin on his body.

"Different? Of course it is different. He is taking advantage of others' danger. You are a gentleman, how can you be the same?"

"But they don't treat you sincerely."

"You treat me sincerely," Lin Huan's voice became slightly gentler, "otherwise, why would you jump into the sea with me?"

"I..." Jiang Huai was angry, "I was afraid that you would misunderstand, so I did a lot of things to avoid suspicion, which brought you to where you are today. I didn't expect that I took an extra step today and really caused you to misunderstand again."

"What's one less step and one more step? Is there someone in your heart?"

"No!" Jiang Huai said sincerely, "Lin Huan, this is not you..."

"I know, you don't have to lie to me," Lin Huan said, her voice gradually lowered, "That day..."

In order to hear the rest of the words clearly, He Si couldn't help but crane her neck and get closer and closer to the window.

"Who is eavesdropping?" Lin Huan asked sternly. A claw mark hit the window paper at the same time. Qin Jian pulled He Si away. The two narrowly avoided the sharp objects thrown outside the house, and the window had turned into pieces of rotten wood. And withered yellow shreds of paper can no longer cover the scenery inside and outside the house.

This should be a study room, and the ancient paintings hanging on the walls and the ancient books placed on the bookshelves have been severely damaged.Like the carved window lattice, the mahogany furniture in the hall was also covered with dust, making it look dilapidated and deserted.

There is a portrait of a woman hanging on the wall opposite the window. The paper frame has been eroded by the years, but the portrait is extremely clear. The woman in the painting is young and beautiful, with a flowing gown, a tall figure, her feet are on auspicious clouds, and her hands are Holding birthday peaches, with evergreen pines and cypresses behind him, and a crane nestling beside him, it is obviously a picture of Magu congratulating her on her birthday.And that Magu was very similar to the woman she had seen in her nightmare a few days ago, even the complicated and exquisite patterns on her clothes were exactly the same.

He Si had an ominous premonition in her heart. Looking at this extremely vivid portrait, she always felt that the portrait was about to jump out of the painting.But Qin Jian standing next to her had no expression on his face, and He Si could only look at the people in the room with lingering fear again.

Jiang Huai stood with his back to the window. The woman's figure was blocked by him and could not be seen clearly. However, Chen Xiangyang was very conspicuous. He was hung upside down on the roof beams. He had little air in and could not get out much.

"Help, help me." The hanging figure swayed, moaning for help.

"He Si, Mr. Qin!" Jiang Huai turned around and saw the two of them through the broken window, his face beaming with joy.

"It's you." Lin Huan's voice sounded. Perhaps because the conversation was interrupted, her voice became much gloomier.

"We met twice." He Si didn't know what Lin Huan meant by "it's you" and quickly wanted to get closer, but Lin Huan didn't buy it and walked out from behind Jiang Huai.

"You! You!" The moment He Si saw the real person, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a long time. The woman in front of her was not Lin Huan, she was clearly the lady in the painting on the wall opposite her.

"Ma Gu." Even Qin Jian's expression changed slightly.

"Why, you don't recognize me so soon?" The woman smiled slightly, her eyes full of ridicule, "Didn't you just say that we have met twice?"

He Si did not answer her question directly, but asked loudly: "Where is Lin Huan?"

"Dead." The woman answered neatly.

"She is Lin Huan." As if he was afraid that the two people outside the house would attack the woman, Jiang Huai immediately replied, "I watched... I watched her change."

"Why are you nervous?" The woman looked at Jiang Huai again, taking his explanation as a defense of He Si, and her tone became more and more dissatisfied, "This woman must be your sweetheart."

"He Si?" Jiang Huai shook his head like a rattle, "We have known each other for less than a week."

"It was love at first sight."

Jiang Huai saw that she had lost her temper, so he stopped arguing with her and said again: "What do you want to do to let Lin Huan out?"

"Hmph, you've only known her for less than a week, and yet you're so eager to put clothes on her to show your courtesy. What's the difference between you and these pigs and dogs?"

The question came back again, Jiang Huai was speechless for a moment, and Lao Chaofeng was tired of shouting through the window and walked towards the house.

"Jiang Huai's question, tell me your request."

"Marry me or kill him." With a sinister smile on her face, the woman remained concise.

"I think you are very similar to him." Lao Chaofeng was expressionless and pointed at Chen Xiangyang, who was hanging aside like a dead fish.

"What did you say!" "He forced Lin Huan, and you forced Jiang Huai. They just used different methods, but they are still the same."

"Bright words!"

The tone of the woman's voice changed, and the phantom of countless sharp claws appeared beside her. In the blink of an eye, she had bypassed Jiang Huai and headed straight towards Lao Chaofeng.But Lao Chaofeng was unhurried. Countless thorns suddenly sprouted from the Imperial Palace bracelet on his wrist, spreading along his arm and covering his whole body in an instant.The ghostly claws had no time to stop their momentum and shattered one after another.

The woman's expression changed: "Who are you?"

"Who the hell are you?"

"I am!" The woman was about to answer, but she stopped inexplicably, as if she had forgotten her name. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she said loudly again: "I am!"

But the decisive tone still stopped suddenly, and he could not say his name.Jiang Huai also had a puzzled look on his face, and involuntarily took two steps back, standing next to He Si and Qin Jian.

"Who am I?" The woman frowned, her face dark and unclear, "I am... Magu?"

He Si caught a glimpse of a familiar face from her changing face, and knew that Lao Chaofeng's question was to the point, so she quickly added: "You are not, you are Lin Huan."

"How is that possible?" A disdainful smile appeared at the corner of the woman's mouth, "That cowardly woman, who was violated by someone, only dared to hide at home and cry alone, and even didn't even dare to take leave in order to prevent her crush from discovering this stain. , it’s not ridiculous to accompany him to make announcements the next afternoon.”

"Lin Huan..." Jiang Huai had a painful look on his face, "Why didn't you say anything then?"

"Say? How to say it?" The woman still had a look of disgust, "Did I tell you that I was violated? What happened next?"

"I can accompany you to the police, I can help you collect evidence, and I can help you seek justice!"

"Hahahaha, Lin Huan, how could you fall in love with such an innocent person?" The woman suddenly laughed heartily, "Call the police, and then what? Let's not talk about whether there is evidence, but even if there is evidence, so what, call the police, the whole world will People will know that she has been violated. She is still a new girl who has just entered the workplace. How will she face her colleagues, family and friends, how will she face gossip and strange looks, and how will she face the people she likes? ?”

He Si felt sad, she knew that the person in front of her was right.

They are obviously victims who have done nothing wrong, but in this type of case, not only will they not be protected, but they will be even more harmed.

Being exposed, questioned, and humiliated as a slut, especially when the perpetrator is a person with a higher social status, bystanders will even use terrible words to push the victim further into the abyss, while the perpetrator is just facing the warmth. When I threw myself into Xiang Nephrite's arms, I just made the same mistake that all men make.

He Si sighed, she had somewhat guessed the origin of the Magu in front of her.

After the tragedy, Lin Huan could not face herself. While she hated the evil deeds of those men, she also hated her own weakness.At this moment, someone gave her this picture of Magu congratulating her on her birthday, and told her about the original source of Magu’s intention during the decline of witchcraft culture—that is, the fate of Cai Jing.

Therefore, just like those patients with multiple personalities, Lin Huan hoped that there would be an extraordinary power that could protect her from harm and at the same time avenge her weak self. In the midst of extreme pain, she hid her true personality and used Magu's The personality covers itself.

The person in front of her was Magu, but he was also Lin Huan.

"I...I..." Jiang Huai also stuttered and didn't know how to answer.

"Besides, there will be no evidence at all." The woman was still laughing, perhaps because the joke was so funny. Tears oozed from the corners of her eyes, and her face overlapped with Lin Huan's for a time. "That night, someone kept trying to make her drink. , but she didn’t know how to refuse. She drank a lot of wine, a lot of wine. What a girl with no self-respect. She didn’t know how to protect herself when she went out. She drank so much with other men for no reason other than relatives. Isn’t this a tacit consent? Have a relationship?"

Jiang Huai's expression was painful, and he didn't know what the woman said. Even if Lin Huan really told him the truth that day, what could he change?

"Lin Huan..." He could only shout with a sigh.

"I'm not Lin Huan!" The woman suddenly raised her voice, and her confused expression just now became fierce, "I'm not that idiot!"

As she spoke, another black shadow flew out with a flick of her long sleeves. Lao Chaofeng moved his fingertips but never stopped her. The black shadow flew into the air and quickly left a scratch mark on the beam. The man who was hanging upside down Chen Xiangyang fell to the ground with a thud and struggled to crawl towards Qin Jian, leaving a trail of blood behind.

"Don't move!" The woman stepped on him, and Chen Xiangyang's newly arched body fell completely, and he had no ability to struggle at all.

"It's all because of him! Although Lin Huan is hateful, he only hates him for being cowardly and incompetent without knowing it. He insists on attending a drinking party that he doesn't know the depth of. But this man, relying on his little family fortune, does evil and plays with women. He is not worthy of being a human being."

"I'm not worthy. I'm not worthy. I'm not as good as a pig or a dog. Let me go. I'll turn myself in. I'll go to jail. I'll pay you any amount of money..." Chen Xiangyang lay on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. There were spots of blood on the ground. I didn't know it was from before. The scars that flowed down from his body are still the result of kowtow.

Several people saw him crying and repenting so sincerely, but no one felt compassion, they just felt sick.

"You are not the only one. Your brothers, those shameless men and women, everyone on that ship must die." The woman said, her eyes were blood red, and she was about to take action.

"Wait." Jiang Huai stood up.

"Do you want to persuade me?" The woman looked at him, her eyes full of ridicule, "Or do you want to save him?"

"I'll help you kill him."

"What?" The woman blinked, her face full of disbelief.She stared at Jiang Huai quietly, as if trying to find traces of lying on his face. After a long time, her expression finally softened.

Chen Xiangyang, who was lying on the ground, also realized that the two people were talking about his life. He struggled hard, his eyes full of fear, and his mouth whined, but because the woman increased the strength under his feet, he could not speak complete words.

"I'll help you kill him." Jiang Huai said, no longer hesitating, picked up the sharpest edge of the window that had just broken to the ground, held it in his hand, and walked towards Chen Xiangyang slowly but firmly.

"Wait." This time, it was the woman who stopped and asked solemnly, "Why do you have to act? Do you think this is a dream, so it is all fake? Do you know that if you kill him here, he is Really dead."

Jiang Huai raised his head and looked at the woman who was still suspicious of him. Without any explanation, he raised the sharp weapon in his hand and suddenly hit the head on the ground.

But the wood failed to fall. A withered hand held the other end of the wood, stopping Jiang Huai's strength. He looked at the woman in front of him in surprise. Before he could react, he suddenly heard a puff, lowered his head again, and another A withered hand had already penetrated Chen Xiangyang's head.

"I killed him, not you."

The woman's cold voice came from above. Jiang Huai raised his head and saw the familiar face that was always full of vitality and smile.

"Lin Huan!" Jiang Huai's voice was filled with the joy of meeting old friends again.

"I killed the person, but you are still the same Jiang Huai with clean hands."

"I do not care……"

"I care." Lin Huan's tone was calm, but tears welled up in her eyes. She forced a smile, looked at Jiang Huai, and then at Chen Xiangyang who was lying on the ground and no longer struggling. She suddenly grabbed Jiang Huai's hand and broke it. of wood and stabbed himself in the heart.

(End of this chapter)