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

"Be careful... let's not make a sound..."

In the corridor, Xia Xiaoqin covered the rooster's beak, took deep breaths, and tried her best to keep up.

Along the way, Xia Xiaoqin's clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

A strong intuition told her that this "ghost bride" definitely wanted to find the eldest young master, Lu Yang, to take revenge.

After all, according to the previous clues, the brides who were forced to jump into the well were all harmed by Lu Yang.

"My husband, my love~ my love—"

Hearing the calling voice slowly recede into the distance, Xia Xiaoqin took the opportunity to carefully take out the clue that Qin Bufei had given her earlier and tentatively examined it again.

But the system's voice suddenly rang in her mind.

Main Quest: The Secret of the Lu Family Mansion

[Mission Background: Rumor has it that the eldest son of the Lu family, who is said to be cursed to bring misfortune to his wives, has recently gone mad. Some say he's possessed by his deceased wife, so laugh, today is your joyous day.]

[Do you want to examine Clue 1, "Brand Button"?]

Xia Xiaoqin was startled by the voice and immediately nodded.

Then the system's cold, mechanical voice sounded, devoid of any emotion.

Clue 1: Brass Button

[Clue Introduction: Have you heard? The eldest son of the heavily indebted Lu family got married! His wife is the only daughter of a wealthy merchant family! On the wedding day, the Lu family moved into a new house, and even the dogs ate from golden bowls. But strangely, on the day the eldest daughter-in-law was buried, the only valuable thing on her emaciated body was a single copper button.]

Xia Xiaoqin pursed her lips and quickly checked the remaining clues.

[Clue 2: A lighter with dried bloodstains]

[Clue Introduction: The day after the eldest daughter-in-law died, the new eldest daughter-in-law entered the house in a grand sedan chair carried by eight bearers. Shh! Don't tell anyone, the new eldest daughter-in-law was a singing girl often seen by the eldest son of the Lu family. She was beautiful, quick-witted, and loved to smoke. But some people said that a woman who smokes is not virtuous and cannot bear a son, so soon she could no longer smoke. A nosy servant secretly went to the well to check on her and found that her tongue had been cut off with a knife by someone.]

The system's cold, impersonal voice sent chills down Xia Xiaoqin's spine.

But she didn't hesitate and immediately went to look at the next clue.

Clue 3: Talisman

[Clue Introduction: Something bad has happened to the Lu family recently! According to the Taoist priest, it's the resentment of the third eldest daughter-in-law that caused the eldest son of the Lu family to go mad. He's been acting crazy every day, only knowing how to eat, drink, gamble, and whore! So the Lu family spent a lot of money to buy talismans and started looking for women to bring good luck to the eldest son.]

[However, according to the servants, the third eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family was an intellectual. She was not only educated but also studied abroad. It seems that she was tricked into marrying into the family in order to continue her studies. So when she was thrown into the well, she cursed for a long time, and the bottom of the well was covered with her fingernail marks and flying fingernails.]

The moment the system voice stopped, Xia Xiaoqin gripped the clue in her hand tightly, her fingertips trembling slightly.

Copper buttons, lighters, talismans, three women, three deaths, three wells.

It's all the fault of the eldest son of the Lu family!

"My husband~ my love~"

"My love—"

In the darkness, that call drifted over again.

Xia Xiaoqin quickly covered the rooster's beak and shrank into the shadow of the pillar.

A cold wind swept by, carrying the fishy smell of well water and an indescribable stench of decay.

The ghost bride floated past her, her soaked wedding dress brushing against the tips of her shoes, leaving a dark red water stain.

—They were definitely there for the eldest son of the Lu family.

Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoqin turned and ran.

After all, according to the rules, Lu Yang would be doomed if he met her.

"Rooster, please show me the way! I want to go back to our old bridal chamber!"

Holding the rooster tightly in one hand and feeling the wall of the corridor with the other, Xia Xiaoqin ran back as fast as she could along the path she had come from.

The rooster, being very perceptive, kept poking her shoulder with its wingtip, trying to remind her which way was left or right.

Turn left, turn right.

Running down the long corridor, Xia Xiaoqin caught a whiff of the scent of dead bodies.

The wedding room is just ahead.

"Coo coo coo!"

But suddenly the rooster spread its wings, lay horizontally in front of Xia Xiaoqin, and let out a rapid and suppressed crow.

Realizing something, Xia Xiaoqin suddenly stopped in her tracks.

"Is anyone there?"

The rooster tapped her wrist with the tip of its wing.

One, two, three—and it wasn't just one person.

Xia Xiaoqin's heart sank.

Instead of rushing into the room, she followed the rooster's guidance and crept along the wall to the window.

The sound came faintly from inside the house. Seeing the opportunity, the rooster poked a hole in the window paper with its beak and secretly peeked in.

And almost the instant it raised its head, it nearly let out a crowing.

In its chicken life, it never saw a man without a human face!

So the rooster turned its head tremblingly, looked at Xia Xiaoqin with its tiny, beady eyes, and made a very soft gurgling sound in its throat, as if it had been frightened by something and could no longer crow.

"What's wrong?" Xia Xiaoqin asked in a low voice.

The rooster didn't answer. It simply tucked its head under its wings, trembling all over.

Then Xia Xiaoqin heard a voice.

"Brother Feng, don't worry, Qin Bufei and that blind woman will be found sooner or later—they can't escape this house."

Upon hearing this sound, Xia Xiaoqin's fingers suddenly dug into the cracks in the window frame.

The voice was so familiar that she didn't even need to think; her body reacted instinctively, her heart racing.

It's Lu Yang's voice!

What's going on?

Xia Xiaoqin's lips twitched, and she almost called out his name.

But she still rationally covered her mouth.

And in the dim light of the oil lamp shining through the small hole in the window paper, the rooster saw it!

It saw a man standing in the center of the room, bowing and scraping to Zhao Dafeng, a high-level player with a scar on his face.

The bowing and scraping man had no face; his entire face looked as if it had been completely peeled off by something.

But his voice was surprisingly deep and magnetic, quite pleasant to hear.

"Brother Dafeng, you saved my life, I will definitely repay you! Really!"

"Repay?" Zhao Dafeng sat on the octagonal table, stubbed out his cigarette on the surface, and sneered, "What can you repay me for? You were shamelessly dragged into the world of ghost stories, and if it weren't for your good luck in encountering a high-level player like me as your first character, you wouldn't be alive now! Now that Qin Bufei can't be found, do you think I'll still keep you around?"

"Brother Feng, don't kill me! I can still be of use!"

In the darkness, Xia Xiaoqin heard that familiar voice ring out once again.

The shameless man was bent over, his bloodied face particularly horrifying, but his tone was humble and extremely earnest.

"Brother Feng, we managed to get information out of that woman named Liu Ruyan just now, didn't we? Trust me, I can definitely bring Xia Xiaoqin, who got the first lead, to you too!"

Zhao Dafeng snorted coldly, showing great disdain.

"You? You can't even find Qin Bufei, and you're bringing people with you?"

But the faceless man paused, his exposed jaw muscles twitched, and he spoke in a low voice.

"Brother Feng, you don't know, that woman named Xia Xiaoqin is my girlfriend. She listens to me the most. As long as I go to see her, she will definitely come with me!"