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Liu Changtian let out a faint cold laugh as he stared at Li Li for a long time. After a moment of silence, he said, "You better stay like this for the rest of your life. If I find even the slightest hint of abnormality, you're finished!"
Li Li's expression stiffened for a moment.
Liu Changtian didn't say anything more, bypassing Li Li as he walked out.
Watching Liu Changtian disappear around the corner of the door, Li Li revealed a weary smile tinged with bitterness.
He was the one who killed them—all four of them.
Ever since Liu Wenyi moved into the Li Family under his wife's name, he had been lurking, searching for opportunities, waiting for this day.
On the night Liu Wenyi said she wanted to leave, he got up in the middle of the night and sent a text message to Li Chengfa through her phone. The message read:
"Cheng, you can go have fun by yourself. I've been with you for so long; do you have any intention of getting a divorce? Now, I'm officially notifying you that we are done. I have a new boyfriend now, so don't bother me anymore. To be honest, I feel disgusted just seeing you!"
He understood Li Cheng's personality too well—he liked to control everything, especially women. If there was any resistance, he would fly into a rage.
After sending that message to Li Chengfa, he timed it perfectly. Before Li Cheng arrived, he retrieved two sets of clothes and a pair of rubber gloves from the abandoned cellar in the yard—one set was kept at home by Li Cheng, and the other was an old outfit discarded by Li Qingmin. He first changed into Li Cheng's clothes, took two kitchen knives from the kitchen, returned to his room, and while Liu Wenyi was fast asleep, he attacked her. When she woke up struggling, he covered her mouth and nose and continued to stab her with another knife until she died. Then he changed into Li Qingmin's clothes and stabbed her corpse several times to ensure the blood splatter looked real.
Next, he opened the yard door and returned to his room just as Li Cheng stormed in. When he reached the bedside and saw Liu Wenyi's corpse, he ambushed him from behind and hacked away until Li Cheng was dead.
Li Qingmin was awakened by the sounds of resistance from Li Cheng and shouted out before heading towards Li Li's room. In a hurry, Li Li changed into Li Cheng's clothes again and followed the same method to kill Li Qingmin. Then he called out to Wang Guifang; when she arrived, he killed her with two kitchen knives as well. Afterward, he meticulously arranged the scene to imprint Li Cheng's fingerprints on it and hacked at the corpses to ensure blood splatter.
He had been planning this process for far too long—day and night thinking it through and observing for years—until one night over a month ago when he finally put it into action.
Initially, he spread rumors that Liu Wenyi was having an affair with both father and son, claiming that she was seeking greener pastures. The plan was for the three of them to clash, resulting in deaths while Wang Guifang would see all three dead and choose to commit suicide on the spot.
This plan was imperfect and lacked theoretical basis; however, fate brought him Xiao Huan —the prostitute who was infected with AIDS.
Li Li felt that this was heaven helping him fulfill his revenge and achieve his desires.
Otherwise, why would Xiao Huan encounter him as her first man after learning about her AIDS infection?
Why did Xiao Huan despise this society yet happen to meet him filled with hatred?
They were like a sword and its sheath—perfectly matched.
In the late night at a bar, hunting for pleasure was Li Cheng while young women posed alluringly around him; after several drinks of high-concentration alcohol, there was only one destination before dawn—the hotel.
After their passionate encounter, drenched in sweat, Li Cheng downed a glass of water and fell into a deep sleep.
Xiao Huan, naked, took a syringe from her bag, tore open the packaging, attached the needle, and numbly drew a tube of bright red blood from her own vein. Kneeling by the bed, she grasped Li Cheng's wrist, and as the needle pierced his skin, he remained completely unaware. She pushed the syringe, and her blood slowly flowed into his veins.
Afterward, she stood up and took Li Cheng's glass of water and the syringe to the bathroom. She rinsed out the remnants of sleeping pills from the glass and cleaned the syringe before putting it back in her bag. Returning to the bedside, she got dressed and left the room with a cold expression.
"Who is he to you?"
"My brother."
Xiao Huan revealed an ambiguous smile. "Interesting. After I infect him, one person won't satisfy my appetite."
"There's another one, named Li Weimin."
"They all have the surname Li. What is he to you?"
"He's not human; he's a beast."
"Ha, eliminating harm for the people; I've played the hero for once."
Later, for some unknown reason, after Xiao Huan infected Li Cheng, she vanished without a trace. Did she die from illness? But judging by her complexion at that time, she shouldn't have been on the verge of death. Perhaps she really did die—suicide; Li Li found it unremarkable.
As for the suddenly missing Sun Bai and Li Ming.
On the second day after Li Cheng was infected with the virus, a text message was sent from Wang Surong's old mobile phone, addressed to Sun Bai.
"Sun Bai, are you free today? I want to see Xiao Ming; I miss him."
Sun Bai stared at the words on the screen for a while in disbelief. Did Grandma learn to text? And she said she missed Xiao Ming? Although it felt strange, since the elder had spoken up, she couldn't refuse and replied promptly.
"I'm free. Xiao Ming finishes school at five; I'll pick him up and bring him to see you."
"No need; let's set a location; I'll come over."
Sun Bai thought for a moment and replied, "Alright, where would be convenient for you?"
"How about at the market? I'll treat you both to dinner."
In the evening, at a knife-cut noodle restaurant.
Sun Bai led Li Ming and waited for a long time. Li Ming was hungry, so Sun Bai ordered him a bowl of noodles first. Just as she was coaxing him to eat, someone blocked out the light at the entrance.
Sun Bai looked up in surprise. "Ali? What are you doing here?" The foolish Ali had actually found her way to the noodle shop. More importantly, she remembered that impulsive moment when she had dragged Li Li to a hotel; thinking back on it felt strange, and seeing Li Li again made her feel very awkward.
Li Li sat down across from her with a cold expression and normal demeanor—he seemed like a completely different person from before.
"Ali, are you... okay?"
Li Li looked up. "I've always been fine."
"How is that possible!" Sun Bai exclaimed, stunned. "Haven't you been... since you were eight?"
Li Li did not directly answer her question. "Don't go home for a while."
"Why?" Sun Bai instinctively asked.
"For your safety and Xiao Ming's."
"What do you mean?" The news that Li Li was normal was something Sun Bai had yet to digest; her mind was temporarily in standby mode.
"He has contracted the AIDS virus," Li Li said quietly.
Sun Bai fell silent for a moment, then was horrified. "What!"
"He got infected last night; right now, you and Xiao Ming are safe."
"How do you know?"
"I was the one who did it."
"You..." Sun Bai felt as if a series of thunderclaps had struck her one after another.
Li Li continued speaking to himself, "I don't want to harm you. You've treated me well, and I think you should understand that what's done is done. It doesn't matter what you do now; Li Cheng is doomed, so you need to plan for yourself and Xiao Ming."
Sun Bai suddenly stood up. "What exactly do you want to do!"
Li Li raised his face and quietly stared at her. "Revenge."
"Revenge for what? Hurting your own family is revenge? I think you're not just a fool; you're a freak!"
"Maybe," Li Li smiled faintly. "After enduring for twenty years, I might have become a freak."
"Twenty years? What do you mean? Explain yourself." Sun Bai slowly sat down.
"I've said it; I've always been a normal person. Every minute of my twenty-eight years from birth until now, I've been normal."
"Then why—"
Li Li gradually narrowed his eyes, a sharp expression appearing on his face. He stared at the table as if looking beyond it to a farther place or perhaps a more distant past. "She forced me!"
"Who?"
Li Li raised her head and looked directly into Sun Bai's eyes. "Your mother-in-law, my mother, Wang Surong."
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