Tonight, She Had Murderous Intent!

10:00 PM.

Li Ran gently closed the door to his son's room.

After spending the evening together, he discovered an issue that could not be ignored.

His son was being bullied and subjected to corporal punishment at school!

A disharmonious home life combined with school bullying and physical abuse had only worsened the boy's already fragile and twisted psyche.

He noticed that while Li Ziyang still listened to him, the boy's behavior became extremely bizarre whenever he was left alone.

He would run to the edge of the rooftop to play a game of walking the tightrope with "little friends."

Late at night, he would crawl along the wall into the hallway outside to talk to himself and dance about.

When bullied, he would bury himself in the dirt until he couldn't breathe...

There were many such strange behaviors.

His classmates and teachers all had serious problems.

Li Ran had seen all of this in his son's artwork.

In one painting titled "Home," the figures of his parents were depicted as two terrifying monsters tearing each other apart.

He could not believe that this was a reflection of a child's inner world.

It seemed the cracks in his son's heart were far deeper than those visible on his face!

"Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Li Ran walked into the living room and found Su Bingyao sitting quietly on the sofa, admiring the night view outside the window.

"Waiting for you," Su Bingyao said indifferently.

Li Ran understood immediately. He pointed toward his son's room and asked, "Did you hear everything just now?"

"Mm," Su Bingyao replied.

Li Ran moved closer, wearing a shameless grin. "Does that mean you're agreeing to let me sleep in the bedroom tonight?"

Su Bingyao slowly turned around, her clear, beautiful eyes fixed on him.

"Do you dare?"

The voice of the Ice Queen drifted from her cherry lips.

Li Ran's heart skipped a beat.

He feigned composure, though the image of the terrifying monster reflected in the pressure cooker flashed through his mind. "Why wouldn't I dare?"

He was terrified on the inside, but he couldn't afford to back down on the outside.

"Is that so?"

Su Bingyao leaned in close to Li Ran, her stunning face devoid of any flaws.

The breath from her lips, mere inches away, carried a faint, delicate fragrance that made Li Ran's heart race.

Su Bingyao stared intently at Li Ran, a flash of killing intent crossing her frosty eyes as her cold voice emerged:

"What do you think is the most disgusting thing a husband and wife can do to each other?"

The sudden shift in the conversation caught Li Ran completely off guard.

At the same time, he felt a chill permeate the air around him!

He didn't know why Su Bingyao was asking such a question, but...

This was a damn death trap of a question.

Was this even a question a man could answer?

Could it be that the original host had done something that disgusted her?

(Warning: She is recalling everything you did to her; those painful memories are like countless bayonets piercing her heart.)

(Hint: She has developed an intent to kill you. Do not mention anything from the past, or you will suffer a miserable death.)

(Hint: This question is beyond your pay grade. May you find your own salvation.)

Li Ran: "..."

There wasn't a single person in this house who didn't cause trouble!

What is this, did I owe you and your son in my past life?

The original host abused his wife, and now it's a "crematorium" of trying to win her back for me.

A woman's heart is truly terrifying; even my Golden Finger has failed me.

The temperature in the living room plummeted rapidly, as if they were standing in a freezing ice cave.

He did not avoid Su Bingyao's gaze, which was cold to the extreme.

He could already foresee himself dying a miserable death depending on his answer.

But, nothing is absolute; he had to take a gamble.

As someone who knows everything from astronomy and geography to the most trivial of domestic trifles, and possessing a perfect score in theoretical knowledge, Li Ran felt this question did not touch upon any blind spots in marital life...

This question... is solvable!

Li Ran gave a disdainful laugh: "Heh, woman, is this how you test your husband?"

He steadied his nerves, cleared his throat, and gazed at Su Bingyao with eyes full of tenderness and sincerity:

"Bingyao, I think the most disgusting thing a married couple can do..."

"Is nothing more than... hiding one's gender!"

Su Bingyao was puzzled, and she repeated in a low voice: "Hiding... gender?"

But the next second, as if she understood, she let out a "pfft" and laughed until her waist trembled.

The temperature in the living room seemed to turn into the warm sun of early winter with Su Bingyao's captivating smile—warm and comforting.

She laughed without a care for her image.

Su Bingyao laughed for quite a while.

The emotions suppressed deep in her heart for years unexpectedly found a vent at this very moment.

After marriage, her life had plummeted from heaven to hell, a massive disparity that had several times made her want to end her own life.

But she couldn't let go of her child; as a mother, she didn't want her child to grow up in an unhealthy family.

Just endure it, perhaps it will pass.

She often comforted herself with these words in her heart.

Yet, in the end, all she received were cold shackles and disgusting betrayals.

The resentment and humiliation suppressed in her heart were like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.

Tonight, she had intended to kill!

She was going to kill her ex-husband!

To completely eradicate the source of her pain.

Just as she was about to strike, her ex-husband's various behaviors caught her off guard.

Her ex-husband seemed like a completely different person.

He had actually brought her warmth and laughter.

(A role model for our kind!)

(Crisis averted.)

Two lines of prompts floated above Su Bingyao's head.

The chill in the surroundings receded like a receding tide in an instant.

Li Ran picked up the cup on the coffee table and gulped it down in one go.

Even so, his heart was still pounding uncontrollably.

Every question was a death trap, and every one was different!

This dungeon is too difficult.

This life is impossible to live.

The way Su Bingyao looked when she laughed was beautiful and moving.

If this weren't a dungeon, Li Ran would truly want to freeze this moment in time.

After a long while, Perhaps she was tired from laughing.

She stood up and walked toward the bedroom, leaving a faint, lingering fragrance in her wake.

Li Ran followed curiously, only to find Su Bingyao's bedroom door left slightly ajar.

He arrived at the doorway and was about to push it open when his hand stopped.

Wait, Li Ran, what are you thinking?

She is a B-rank monster with 100 Mysterious Power.

Sleeping in the same bed as a monster?

Are you tired of living?

His current Mysterious Power is only 10; he has no weapons and no skills.

Fighting Su Bingyao in bed? The probability of winning is almost zero!

Even if there were no danger, a hero with a cooldown can never defeat a hero without one.

Just as Li Ran was mentally retreating, his peripheral vision caught the door behind him gently creaking open a crack.

"Little Bastard, were you waiting for this moment instead of sleeping?"

Li Ran was speechless.

Now that he was riding a tiger, he couldn't get off—he had to go in, whether he wanted to or not.

"Wife, I'm coming in."

Li Ran shouted, pushed the door open, and closed it behind him with a flick of his wrist.

At the same time, in the room behind him, the cracks on Li Ziyang's head slowly healed as the door clicked shut.

Li Ran had never imagined he would get married, and even if he had, it certainly wouldn't have been now.

He had once secretly sworn to himself that if he ever married, he would make his married life as colorful and wild as possible.

In the bedroom, he would be as wicked as he could be, using everything he could think of, indulging freely, and unleashing his true nature.

Once they stepped out the front door, they would display nothing but dignity, elegance, and nobility.

Life is but a few short decades; one should make the most of their youth and enjoy married life to the fullest, rather than waiting until they couldn't even stand straight, when regret would be useless.

However, looking at Su Bingyao, who was lying on her side on the bed feigning sleep, Li Ran felt the urge to temporarily avoid marital intimacy for the first time.

Su Bingyao was beautiful and sexy, like a rose made of ice crystals—a feast for the eyes.

But this rose came with ice spikes.

Li Ran didn't want to die that quickly.

Even though he had managed to make Su Bingyao laugh just now, did that mean she had already forgiven her "heinous" ex-husband?

Li Ran knew very well that he couldn't rush this.

Even though he was eager to let his life bloom, he understood the difference between a moment of pleasure and long-term satisfaction.

On the tatami mat by the bed lay a pillow and a blanket, clearly prepared by Su Bingyao.

Li Ran obediently walked over to the tatami and lay down.

The night passed in silence.

Early morning.

Taking advantage of the fact that the mother and son hadn't woken up yet, Li Ran prepared breakfast and set it on the table.

He also left a sticky note for Su Bingyao.

"I have some business to attend to, so I'm heading out. I'll be back tonight to cook for my dear (heart emoji)."

Su Bingyao opened the insulated food container to find a steaming bowl of Eight-Treasure Porridge and a fried egg decorated with a smiley face.

"Boring."

Though she called it boring, an irrepressible smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

Li Ran took the elevator down to the ground floor.

He felt like he would lose his life if he stayed in that house for even one more second.

That was why he had slipped out so early.

Just as he stepped out of the elevator, a man and a woman walked in, arms draped over each other.

As the elevator doors were about to close, Li Ran stopped in his tracks and looked back at the pair.

Inside the elevator, the man held the petite girl tightly in his arms, his eyes filled with aggression and his face twisted into a wanton grin.

The man was tall and broad-shouldered, wearing a black tank top that revealed two muscular, powerful arms; the devil tattoos on both sides of his arms were particularly striking, giving him a fierce, thuggish aura.

In contrast, the petite woman was forcing a smile, her body slightly resistant as she cooperated with the man with extreme reluctance.

The elevator doors slowly closed.

Li Ran saw the woman's pleading gaze!

The elevator ascended.

Li Ran's expression changed drastically.

He knew that girl!