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When Wei Quan opened his eyes, his face turned deathly pale, and his chest heaved.

Wei Quan suddenly covered his face and burst into tears: "You've already married me, why are you doing this! Those girls are innocent!"

"I married you only to make you suffer the punishment you deserve! I'll make you wish you were dead, do you think I still care about your position as the legal wife? Ever since you married that bitch first, I swore that I would make you live in hell!" The woman's face revealed a ferocious expression.

"Then kill me! Stop torturing those innocent girls!" Wei Quan looked at the woman with pleading eyes, his face streaked with tears.

"I told you, I won't let you die so easily! I'll make you live in hell!" The princess's hawk-like eyes revealed a terrifying, beast-like glint.

"Then let me send you to hell first!" Wei Quan suddenly drew a sharp dagger from his waist, which gleamed with a cold light under the lamplight.

"You don't dare to lay a hand on me. If you were a man, you would have broken up with me long ago. Why wait until today? Haven't you considered that if you kill me, your entire family will be exterminated? Your actions will implicate at least a thousand people in your family!" the woman said coldly.

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Wei Quan's forehead. His hand gripping the dagger suddenly trembled, his lips turned deathly pale, and he began to shake violently. Then, his hand loosened, and the dagger clattered to the ground. Wei Quan crouched down and burst into tears.

"Coward!" the woman sneered.

I couldn't hold back any longer. I suddenly rushed in front of them, picked up the dagger from the ground, and walked towards the woman with eagle-like eyes.

The woman looked up, her expression turning utterly incredulous, her face almost distorted, and suddenly screamed, "A ghost!"

Wei Quan looked up at the woman and me, his expression very strange. His gaze seemed to pierce through me as he stared at the woman, puzzled. "What's wrong? What the hell?"

I suddenly had a feeling that only the woman in front of me could see me, and no one else could see me at all.

The woman's face turned deathly pale, and she began to tremble violently. She backed away, repeatedly saying to me, "Don't come any closer! Don't!"

Wei Quan was still very confused, looking around anxiously: "Who are you talking to? What's wrong?"

I suddenly understood the meaning of the incantation that appeared behind the mirror. This sinner could finally be punished. All of this was bought with my blood.

Wei Quan suddenly noticed the dagger I was holding, and his expression turned to terror. He shouted, "What is that? What is that?" Clearly, he couldn't see my body; he only saw the bizarre sight of a dagger flying through the air.

The woman suddenly clutched her head with both hands and screamed, "Ah! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!" Her expression was almost one of extreme madness.

When I saw her, I suddenly put down the dagger in my hand. She seemed to have been punished at this moment. Her appearance was more terrifying than death!

I sighed inwardly, stood still, and watched this crazy woman waving her hands incessantly, as if trying to stop me from hurting her.

Suddenly, she saw the dagger I had thrown on the ground, rushed over, picked it up, and charged towards where I was standing like a madwoman.

I watched as the dagger in her hand pierced through my body along with her own, and she fell behind me, followed by a painful cry.

As I turned around, Wei Quan's pained expression came into view. The dagger was deeply embedded in his abdomen, with only the hilt protruding.

Wei Quan pointed at the terrified woman, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, knelt down, and said in a broken voice, "You finally... finally... got what you wanted!" After saying that, his body went limp and he collapsed into a pool of blood.

The woman screamed in extreme terror; I will never forget that piercing scream.

"Don't do this! Do you know how much I love you? Everything I've done is just to get you to look at me! Ah!..." Her voice suddenly turned strange.

Fang Jian felt as if he were listening to a bizarre ghost story, except that the protagonist of this ghost story was actually the ghost itself. An indescribable, eerie feeling enveloped Fang Jian; he felt suffocated and even nauseous.

The woman's voice rang out again: "You find everything I'm saying very hard to understand now! But it's really true! I feel like I fell asleep, slept for a very, very long time, until one day, I was awakened by something!"

It was a loud bang, as if something had shattered. I woke up with a start, and suddenly a thick, blood-red color appeared before my eyes, like fresh blood.

I saw a woman's face in the blood, a broken woman's face, stained red with blood, her forehead cracked open. She was wearing a red dress, the style of which looked a lot like my wedding gown.

She closed her eyes tightly and collapsed, falling at my feet. I don't even know where I woke up from; the first thing I saw was this woman dead in front of me.

I was startled and involuntarily stepped back. Suddenly, something pierced through my body, and another person emerged from behind me—a man. He ran to the woman who had been lying on the ground and shouted, "Liu Fang! Liu Fang!"

So this woman's name is Liu Fang! A group of people, men and women, ran over and screamed in surprise, looking bewildered. Their clothes looked strange, which made me feel very uncomfortable.

I looked around the room, and it turned out to be the very cell I had first lived in! I was surprised; the decorations seemed to have changed, becoming somewhat strange, and there were some things I had never seen before.

Suddenly, my gaze fell upon a corner of the room where a very young woman was trembling against the wall. The moment I saw her, I was immediately reminded of the woman in white; like her, this young woman had eyes as sharp as an eagle's!

The woman with eagle-like eyes seemed to be looking at me, which surprised me. Could she see me?

But the woman's hawk-like eyes pierced through me and landed on someone else. I stared at him, almost suffocating. His face had changed drastically, but his demeanor and actions were exactly the same as the ghostly man who had hurt me years ago! He was the ugly man who had raped me!

"Chen Canyu!" That's what the eagle-eyed woman called him.

I remember Chen Canyu, who committed evil deeds back then. I think he will eventually fall into hell!

Sure enough, one day, Chen Canyu was tricked into a basement by the eagle-eyed woman and abandoned in that closed and despairing secret room. I watched their ugly behavior quietly from the side, sighed deeply, and terrified the eagle-eyed woman. She locked Chen Canyu in the basement and sealed the door from the outside.

The entire basement was plunged into endless darkness. I slowly emerged from the corner and walked towards the beast who had raped me years ago.

He was clearly terrified by me and started screaming. I told him in a very slow tone about the bad things he had done in the past, but he didn't seem to know any of it. He struggled almost frantically, as if he thought I wanted to hurt him.

Actually, I didn't want to hurt him at all. After all, he was no longer the person who hurt me back then. I just quietly watched him from the side. He seemed to be trapped in immense fear, and not long after, he bit off his own tongue and committed suicide.

I sighed heavily and left the basement. This wicked man was finally suffering in hell.

When I went outside, I found that everyone, including the hawk-eyed woman, had vanished. I wandered the entire manor and discovered that its name was 'Qilin Pavilion'. I noticed a strange phenomenon: I couldn't get out of 'Qilin Pavilion' no matter what I did!

I recognized her voice; this little girl was Liu Fang's biological daughter. She was only seven years old at the time and seemed to know nothing, simply standing there quietly listening to the couple who had brought her there.

For some reason, I felt like the little girl saw me in the room, because she was smiling at me. I felt a warmth, and my hand unconsciously reached out and merged into her body. The feeling was very strange, as if I had turned into a gentle breeze and entered her body...

Strangely enough, my body actually left the "Qilin Pavilion" along with the little girl and came to this world.

"I've been living inside this little girl's body, studying and growing up alongside her. That's how I've acquired all sorts of knowledge about this era. As the girl grew older, one day I suddenly discovered that I could become an independent self when she was mentally unstable. I could use her body to act like a normal person in this world." The woman sighed deeply as she finished speaking.

Fang Jian seemed to understand something. He stared wide-eyed at the dark figure on the TV screen, then looked at Ning Xia, who had been silent beside him, and could hardly believe his ears.

"So, I took advantage of this girl and did a lot of things she had no idea about! I feel very sorry!"

I found our Ji family's box and butterfly bracelet in the old house in Black Town and brought them back. The girl didn't know where the box came from, and for some reason, she came up with an amazing lie.

However, only one person knew this lie was false, and that was her classmate Su Yun, that unfortunate woman! Su Yun had been deceived by a man all along, who not only deceived her body but also her feelings, until she learned that she had a terminal illness and finally chose to leave this world voluntarily.

Now you should understand everything! I am you! Ningxia!

The woman's words on the television were like a bomb, leaving Fang Jian completely devastated and incredulous!

"Later, another unfortunate woman I helped died unexpectedly. She was your sister-in-law, Janna. I accidentally received a call from her from a mental hospital in Shanghai. She mistook me for you on the phone. Her voice was helpless, and she cried and confessed that her selfishness had caused the accident that happened to your adoptive parents! I was moved by her story on the phone, and I decided to help her get out of her predicament. So, I flew to Shanghai, found the mental hospital, and talked with the director for almost a whole day. The director finally agreed to let Janna go home."

Before I left, I gave her a sachet as encouragement to cheer her up. But I never expected that after your brother re-entered the mental hospital, Jenna would have an accident while trying to pick up that sachet! A woman's sobs drifted out softly.

Fang Jian's mouth was agape, wide enough to swallow an egg. His reaction to what the woman on TV was saying was even more bizarre and unbelievable than hearing a fairy tale!

"I feel so sorry! I took advantage of your body! But I must send those evil people who hurt me to hell!"

So I started searching everywhere for that eagle-eyed woman! She seemed to be looking for you too, and wanted to hurt you again and again! But strangely, I couldn't do anything to harm her. I was very puzzled. I could only leave my mark on her body—the shape of my butterfly bracelet. But what's appalling is that she actually cut off a piece of skin from her wrist. I don't know if this woman is human or a ghost!

Furthermore, this hawk-eyed woman has done many things to harm you. She hired a young man at her club to run you over with his car, but he accidentally killed your classmate instead. You feel extremely guilty about this, but please don't blame yourself; it has nothing to do with you! The culprit is that hawk-eyed woman, Lin Qian!

Later, the greedy professor wanted to keep the box for himself, so I had to take this extremely greedy old man to the "Qilin Pavilion" in Black Town and tell him about what had happened to me before my death. I didn't mean to harm him; I just wanted to remind him that he couldn't control that thing. As a result, the professor couldn't withstand the shock and died of fright a few days later. I think this might be retribution for his greed!

That Lin Wei! Yes, the Lin Wei you loved deep down. I want to tell you that he is Wei Quan from many years ago! His life should have been ended by the Eagle Eye woman; he was destined to suffer that blow. They are repeating the scene from years ago, and this has nothing to do with you.

After committing so many evil deeds, Lin Qian actually tried to strangle you in a frenzy. The reason was that she recalled me from many years ago, but her memories were fleeting; she was constantly haunted by nightmares from those years. Finally, at the last moment before she could harm you, I appeared! She was stunned by my appearance. She finally remembered all the evil things she had done years ago. I think she saw scenes from hundreds of years ago, and was terrified by everything she had done, ultimately dying of fear!

I think everything that happened is a replay of what happened years ago. The wicked will ultimately be punished! After Hawkeye ended her life, I suddenly felt a sense of relief. I realized that I no longer belonged to this world; I was about to leave this place, and I was about to leave your body. I would no longer use your body because the curse of my family had been fully fulfilled! I had completed my mission, and from now on, I would not appear by your side again! Therefore, I recorded everything that happened. By the time you see this record, I will have gone to where I belong! I hope you will cherish your life in the future. I think that one day, you and I will meet again somewhere! Take care! Farewell!

The woman on the television finally finished speaking. She slowly stood up and walked to the camera. Ningxia's familiar face appeared on the screen with a smile. Gradually, the smile faded, becoming semi-transparent. As time passed, Ningxia's face finally disappeared completely, as if melting into the air, vanishing without a trace.

Suddenly, static appeared on the TV screen, and the video finally ended.

"What... what's going on?" Fang Jian was shocked, looking at Ning Xia who had remained silent.

"I don't know!" Ningxia glanced at him indifferently. "I don't think I created this video myself, right?"

"Unbelievable!" Fang Jian kept scratching his head, as if he had received some information from it.

"I think I need to take this footage to a place tomorrow!" Ningxia put the camera away and placed it in a box.

"Where?"

"The place I stayed five years ago!" Ningxia glanced at Fang Jian, a cryptic smile playing on her lips. "A mental hospital!"

end

Wu Linshan's office at the Municipal Public Security Bureau.

"Oh! Really? You didn't make up a story?" Wu Linshan raised an eyebrow after listening to Fang Jian's account, seemingly not believing it at all.

"Of course not! Later, I accompanied Ningxia to the mental hospital with that camera!" Fang Jian said, somewhat annoyed.

"So! What about the camera?"

"The strangest thing is that the camera was broken and couldn't be turned on in the hospital. The contents were also destroyed! Ningxia had no choice but to tell the doctors everything that happened on the camera. Even the hospital director seemed to find Ningxia and my description unbelievable and couldn't quite believe it. At Ningxia's insistence, the hospital conducted various tests on her. The preliminary diagnosis was that Ningxia's symptoms resembled schizophrenia! She suffered severe psychological trauma in her early years, and the accident involving her adoptive parents had left a lingering shadow in her heart! Ever since she learned about her biological mother, Liu Fang, she has experienced unusual sensory experiences, such as transient illusions, hallucinations, and seeing people or things that don't exist. The doctors said that this condition is relatively rare, but there are ways to alleviate the symptoms. So, after conducting various examinations on Ningxia, the hospital decided to have her stay in the hospital for observation for a period of time!" Fang Jian's eyes revealed a sense of helplessness.

"So, do you believe this unbelievable story from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio?" Wu Linshan smiled.

"I don't know! I know too little about this world! I have to go, I'm going to see Ningxia today!" Fang Jian stood up, smiled, left the office, walked through the long corridor, and came to the street outside.

The warm sunlight shone on the entire street, and Fang Jian's figure blended into the endless stream of people, disappearing into that busy world.

Ningxia sat upright at the window of her room in the mental hospital, watching the petals slowly fall from the trees...

-The End-