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

These words were like a bolt from the blue for the rooster.

It flapped its wings frantically, turned its neck towards Xia Xiaoqin, and let out a series of heart-wrenching cries. Its beady eyes were filled with terror, just like a human's.

"Don't eat it, it's my pet!" Xia Xiaoqin exclaimed in fright, quickly reaching out to snatch the rooster back from Qin Bufei's hands and hugging it tightly again. "It's very perceptive; it doesn't crow for no reason. It must have sensed something. Please take a look..."

Qin Bufei rubbed the back of his hand, which had been slapped red by the chicken wing, but he wasn't angry.

He walked back to the well, bent down, and carefully looked at the spot where the rooster had been staring.

—There is a dense patch of tiny scratches on the inside of the well rim.

These scratches are strange; they don't resemble the natural patterns of the stone itself. Instead, they are individual lines of varying depths.

"There really is something, sister. Your rooster is so powerful, does it have a name? How about calling it 'Stir-fried Chicken'?"

Qin Bufei spoke in a cynical manner.

But his hands were not idle; he carefully gripped the edge of the well and peered into its depths.

Upon closer inspection, the boy discovered that the scratches deep inside the well were so deep that they left blood-stained marks on the blue bricks, while some were very shallow.

But regardless of the depth, all the scratches are in the same direction—from the bottom of the well upwards.

So Qin Bufei used his fingers to measure the spacing of the scratches and got the answer.

It's a scratch from a fingernail.

A woman's.

"Sister, there are many women's fingerprints in the well. Do you have any clues?"

Xia Xiaoqin clenched her fists and slowly nodded.

she has.

Last night, on her wedding night, she almost became a well. She also remembered that a paper figure told her that all the wives who came to the Lu family for good luck were thrown into this well, and that crying could always be heard from the well at night.

"We'll come back tonight to check on Qin Bufei."

Xia Xiaoqin's voice was soft, yet very firm.

"The clues didn't point here for no reason. There's nothing during the day, so let's wait until night—this place will definitely be different at night."

Qin Bufei glanced at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Sister, you're really smart for a newcomer. I have a feeling you might outlive me."

After saying that, the boy took the butterfly knife out of his pocket, twirled it between his fingers, and then sat down against the edge of the well, his long legs crossed and stretched out, his open, wide school uniform resting on his calves.

Time passed by, second by second.

The sun moved slowly across the sky.

Unexpectedly, the Lu residence was unusually quiet during this period, as if the entire house was holding its breath, waiting for something to wake up.

And then, finally, darkness fell.

Just like before, it didn't gradually darken; it happened suddenly, as if someone had draped a black cloth over the sky, swallowing the sun up in seconds.

As the last ray of light disappeared below the horizon, the entire Lu residence was plunged back into cold darkness.

"They're here."

Qin Bufei stood up and took out a lighter.

As the lighter flicked between his fingers, a small cluster of orange light illuminated half of his face.

In the darkness, Xia Xiaoqin heard a voice.

The sound came from the bottom of the well; it was very soft and faint, like something scratching the well wall with its fingernails.

"Is something... trying to climb out of the well?"

Xia Xiaoqin's face turned deathly pale as she clutched the rooster tightly in her arms.

The rooster was clearly more frightened than she was, and immediately covered its eyes with its wings.

After all, this situation really resembles a classic horror movie.

I really can't bear to look.

"Whoa!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out.

Xia Xiaoqin was so frightened that she stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

But at that moment, a boy's clear laughter rang in her ears like a melodious silver bell.

"Surprise~"

Seeing that Xia Xiaoqin was genuinely frightened, Qin Bufei burst into laughter, looking like he had successfully pulled off a prank. His voice was cheerful: "Sister, were you scared by me? This well is over ten meters deep, who could possibly climb out?"

But at that moment, Qin Bufei's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw it.

A pale hand reached up from the inside of the well.

The hand, with all five fingernails broken, had skin that was swollen and transparent from being soaked in water for too long. It looked like a thin film wrapped around bone, and it would break open with the slightest touch, revealing some unknown liquid underneath.

"...They actually managed to climb out."

The boy said quietly.

Upon hearing this, Xia Xiaoqin almost couldn't catch her breath.

She can't see anything.

But her instincts told her to run!

But just then, the other end of the rolling pin scooted forward a few steps.

Qin Bufei moved closer to the hand and observed it carefully.

"It's a woman's hand."

At this moment, Xia Xiaoqin was truly terrified.

"What are you still studying! Run!"