Rules of the Unusual: My Yandere Husband Pretends to Be Innocent Online

"Sister-in-law, hurry up and take your clothes off! If you don't, how are we going to get money?"

"Exactly! Sister-in-law, you're blind, why don't you sacrifice yourself for everyone! Ghost tales are spreading throughout Jinghai City now!"

Inside the abandoned, dilapidated building, Xia Xiaoqin struggled hysterically.

Under the glaring camera lens, her screams were so shrill, her messy bangs stuck to her forehead, she was so frightened that she was pale, her eyes unfocused as she stared into the air, with a hazy white haze.

The blood-red paint meandered along the plaque hanging around her neck, forming two rows of bright red characters.

[Death Livestream]

[A scantily clad female college student is begging for death online! Donate 20 rockets, and she'll immediately break the rules and beg for death!]

"No... I don't want to die live on TV... I don't want to die like that! No!"

Xia Xiaoqin struggled desperately, but two hands still pressed her to the ground, tied her up with hemp rope, and then stuck three sticks of incense burned by the dead in front of her.

—A live broadcast of death, using incense as a catalyst; when the incense burns out, the person dies.

Since the arrival of the ghost story world, people in Jinghai City have been disappearing from reality every day to participate in terrifying dungeon games.

As the number of deaths in the game increased, the power of the game's supernatural rules began to affect reality.

If certain rules are violated in reality, the citizens of Jinghai City will be erased by the rules and suffer the most tragic death.

The most taboo rule is to livestream yourself offering incense.

As a result, live-streaming the deaths of Jinghai citizens became the most popular industry on the black market, with countless people using their cries and blood to create the bloodiest rewards.

"Help me, Lu Yang! Lu Yang!!!"

Thinking of those ways to die, Xia Xiaoqin's face turned deathly pale.

The rough hemp rope cut into her wrists, and she couldn't break free. She could only instinctively call out hoarsely to her lover whom she had loved for many years.

But the camera flash shone on her empty eyes.

"Sister-in-law, it breaks my heart to see you looking so silly."

"We were all personally ordered by Brother Lu Yang to force you to do this death livestream~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Ruyan, a female member of the team, curled her red lips and slowly placed her hands on the camera, wanting to carefully capture Xia Xiaoqin's panicked face.

In the darkness, the girl trembled violently, but she gritted her teeth and shook her head firmly.

"Impossible, Lu Yang isn't that kind of person."

Xia Xiaoqin will never forget the day the world of ghost stories descended upon her. She lay in a pool of blood, and it was Lu Yang who saved her, her head bleeding and her eyesight impaired.

They have been lovers since college, and they are... partners who will never abandon each other.

"You're making all this up, Liu Ruyan! What have you done to Lu Yang? Don't hurt him!"

Immediately, the laughter from all directions grew even more unrestrained.

Liu Ruyan laughed so hard that tears streamed down her face. She covered her lips with her fingers covered in scarlet nail polish, her body trembling with laughter.

"Sister-in-law~ Do you know why Brother Lu Yang made you do a death-themed livestream to make money?"

Liu Ruyan wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, her smile tinged with a twisted quality.

"Of course, it's because of me!"

"For just two million, the black market can get me and Brother Lu out of Jinghai City, that's why he came up with this plan! So, for the sake of my and Brother Lu's happiness, you'd better try to die a horrible death, sister-in-law~"

What?

Xia Xiaoqin's voice sounded as if something was choking her, her throat emitting a hoarse, hoarse sound as she frantically pulled at the hemp rope with her fingers.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Over the past year, Lu Yang has always protected her and responded to her at all times.

He won't be with Liu Ruyan! He won't destroy their five-year relationship for Liu Ruyan!

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, sister-in-law~" Liu Ruyan squinted her eyes, "Brother Lu Yang specifically told me to have you take off more clothes, since there are too many people doing death-themed live streams lately, and getting more traffic is better if you're naked! You're the type to have a smooth delivery, you know!"

The world is spinning.

Xia Xiaoqin screamed and pushed Liu Ruyan away violently. Her eyes were empty and terrifyingly desperate, as if she had completely shattered.

In the darkness, she wailed, her bound hands clenched into fists, pounding on the teammates who were pinning her down, as if her frail body could protect something.

"Let me go! I want to go home...you beasts!!!"

In a heart-wrenching struggle, several teammates slammed her to the ground, blood streaming from her bruised forehead, the metallic smell of metal spreading to her nose.

In the pitch-black world, the sounds of donations in the live stream grew louder and louder, and Liu Ruyan's voice became increasingly frantic.

"People are coming to the live stream! Another rocket! And another one! That's twenty! My brother Lu Yang and I will be able to escape this awful place soon! I have to tell him!"

Liu Ruyan excitedly picked up her phone and dialed Lu Yang's number, urging him to come back from outside as soon as possible.

The incense smoke from the dead rose gently.

Xia Xiaoqin lay on the ground, her tears mingling with the blood on her head, staining her body and eyes red, a redness that seemed to engulf her.

She didn't want to die.

Why can't she go home! Why does she have to die here! Why?!

"We won't let you get away with this..."

The girl slowly raised her head, her voice hoarse as if it had been sanded, utterly stern.

"Even if I die in the most tragic way, I will never let you go... You will all suffer a terrible death, a terrible death!!!"

Three sticks of incense were stuck in the ground, their white smoke curling upwards.

The laughter of the henchmen around her grew louder, and Liu Ruyan was amused as well.

What can a blind man waiting to die do?

But in an instant, the incense ash fell.

call--

The incense has gone out.

All three went out at the same time.

"What happened...?"

Liu Ruyan's smile froze on her face.

The camera feed started flickering, with white light crackling and jumping around, as if something was interfering with the signal.

Liu Ruyan looked at the camera in panic, but one hand pressed down on it.

Pale, broad, with distinct joints.

But it wasn't the hand of anyone present.

"ah!!!"

Liu Ruyan's expression changed, and she was so frightened that she dropped the camera to the ground.

But another scream rang out from behind her.

The male companion who had previously tied Xia Xiaoqin was now suspended in mid-air, kicking wildly, his feet off the ground and his neck seemingly being strangled by something unseen.

At this moment, the man who had been so arrogant before was so frightened that his eyes bulged out. He desperately grabbed his throat with both hands, his fingernails flying off and blood flowing freely.

Xia Xiaoqin's mournful roar continued to echo.

"I won't let you get away with this! My life has only just begun, you bunch of beasts!!!"

With her eyes glazed over, the girl's face was streaked with tears, blood, and crimson paint, making her look as if she had returned from a sea of ​​blood.

Liu Ruyan's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.

Screams echoed one after another as people around them collapsed, their chests no longer rising and falling.

"No way, no way... A death livestream! The rules clearly state that only the person who has been offered incense will die! I don't want to die! Spare me! Spare me, sister-in-law!"

Muttering incoherently, Liu Ruyan, tears streaming down her face, frantically kowtowed to Xia Xiaoqin, her face contorted with fear.

At that moment, Xia Xiaoqin followed the sound and looked over at her.

In an instant, all was silent.

Liu Ruyan trembled, her mouth agape, so frightened she was incoherent and even urinated.

Not far away, an extremely tall figure stood silently behind Xia Xiaoqin.

His tall figure was like a dark abyss, his features indistinct in the shadows.

But he seemed to laugh, raising a pale, almost transparent finger and covering his mouth.

——Shh

Liu Ruyan stared wide-eyed in a fierce expression, her throat too sore to utter a sound.

It's the rules!

It is the rule that erases humanity!

But why is that face Lu Yang's face?!

"Lu Yang, is that you?"

Blood slowly trickled down the figure's face. Liu Ruyan shakily dialed a number, but Lu Yang's phone rang in the corner, unanswered...

Just then, a drop of blood fell onto Liu Ruyan's face.

Liu Ruyan looked tremblingly toward the source of the dripping water.

A blood-soaked, faceless man, like a puppet on strings, was seen stuck to the ceiling in a way that defied physics.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Liu Ruyan screamed wildly, completely terrified, and ran out howling in agony, her heart breaking.

Fresh blood continued to drip.

Xia Xiaoqin stood still, her unfocused eyes staring blankly ahead.

In the eerie silence, a long, broad hand gently brushed aside her hair, like a chilling breeze.

"Liu Ruyan... what are you calling for? What happened?! Where is she?"

Clenching her fists, Xia Xiaoqin tentatively called out a few times.

"Here."

Lu Yang's voice rang out like a thunderclap in Xia Xiaoqin's ears.

In the darkness, the tall figure bent down, casting a shadow that seemed to imprison the girl within its shadow.

Every hair on Xia Xiaoqin's body stood on end, as if an animal were instinctively revealing its most primal fear.

But Lu Yang's voice still rang out behind her, slowly and steadily.

"Xiaoqin, it's me, Lu Yang. I've come to save you."