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

The rustling sound of clothes echoed in the darkness.

In the flickering candlelight, Xia Xiaoqin's fingers traced along the man's strong, narrow waist, around his broad shoulders, and fumbled for the buttons on his wedding dress, slowly unbuttoning them.

In front of the large wedding bed, they truly resembled a newlywed couple about to enter their bridal chamber, undressing their beloved.

But Xia Xiaoqin's slender white fingers trembled uncontrollably.

—In the darkness, only her breathing could be heard.

Even though she had serious doubts about the man's identity, various details kept reminding her like alarm bells.

Run!

It is not him.

Thinking of the real Lu Yang, whose whereabouts are unknown, the girl lowered her eyes and her expression became firm.

"My lady, raise your arm, okay? There's still a button here."

A chilly wind was blowing.

The red silk felt ticklish on Xia Xiaoqin's cheeks, as if she could just reach out and lift it off immediately.

Feeling the silk sliding through her fingertips, Xia Xiaoqin slowly approached the other person and suddenly reached out.

She won!

But the next second, Xia Xiaoqin froze, her face turning deathly pale.

A large, pale hand easily restrained her wrist.

"Husband, what do you want to do?"

At that moment, Xia Xiaoqin's heart pounded like thunder, all the blood in her body rushed to the top of her head, and her eardrums felt as if they were about to be shattered by the man's seemingly casual words.

It was discovered!

"I didn't do anything... I just dusted off my wife."

A deathly silence permeated the bridal chamber.

In the darkness, "Lu Yang" slowly released his grip on her large hand.

A low, hoarse warning sounded softly.

"We must follow the rules of the game, my husband~"

A cold wind blew by, and the candlelight flickered in the room.

The tall man slowly raised her hand and, as if punishing her, gently bit her tiger's mouth.

Xia Xiaoqin winced in pain and abruptly withdrew her hand.

A burning pain spread from the tiger's mouth—her intuition told her that the "Lu Yang" in front of her was angry.

And sure enough, the man's melodious whistling echoed once again in the dimly lit room without warning.

Without giving them any time to prepare, the game started again!

Xia Xiaoqin took a deep breath, slowly clenched her fists, and, pale-faced, chose to hide in a corner where she could maneuver.

Outside the window, paper figures clung to the window frame, their eyes fixed on the scene, their bodies trembling and emitting soft, rustling laughter like the wind.

"♪♫♬~"♪♫♬~"

The whistling stopped.

The footsteps moved precisely toward Xia Xiaoqin's location.

"Damn it, how did he know I was here! The quality of that red veil couldn't possibly have allowed him to see where I was!"

Xia Xiaoqin gritted her teeth and could only continue moving.

Strangely, wherever Xia Xiaoqin went, a chilling wind would blow, and the sound of her footsteps would turn and get closer as she moved.

"No! This wind is strange!"

Suddenly, Xia Xiaoqin heard the rustling sound of paper figures fluttering in the cold wind.

The girl's breathing became rapid, and she realized what was happening in a flash.

It's a paper figure!

The paper figure is tipping off "Lu Yang"! That's why wherever she goes, trouble follows!

Click!

Just as the footsteps drew closer, Xia Xiaoqin suddenly grabbed the candle on the octagonal table and extinguished it.

The world was plunged into darkness in an instant.

The paper figures pasted on the windows and roof had their eyes darting around, but they couldn't see what was in the darkness, so they stopped trembling.

And the sound of the wind stopped at that moment.

—She guessed right!

Xia Xiaoqin felt a renewed sense of confidence.

She's used to the dark, and naturally thrives in it. If she's careful and evasive, she might actually win!

Xia Xiaoqin carefully avoided the sound of Lu Yang's footsteps approaching her, like a nimble mouse, unable to let him get any closer.

On the Eight Immortals table, the scent of incense for the dead grew fainter and fainter.

Time is almost up, she's about to win!

A sense of joy welled up in Xia Xiaoqin's heart.

Chi Chi!

On the octagonal table, the soft sound of incense ash falling like a low laugh.

Outside, hurried footsteps could be heard, as if a large group of people were approaching.

"Grandma Lu, come quick! The eldest young mistress is absolutely refusing to let the eldest young master touch her; her red veil hasn't been removed yet!"

"This is outrageous! This is the bride we paid for to bring good luck! She doesn't even know how to properly consummate the marriage! What was the point of my son marrying her?! Open the door and let that little slut be punished according to family rules! Throw her straight into the well outside the yard and drown her!"

The sound coming from outside the door made Xia Xiaoqin abruptly stop hiding.

Is the bride going to be thrown into a well?

Xia Xiaoqin froze, her unseen eyes slowly lifting, staring blankly in the direction of the monster.

Behind the wooden door, Old Madam Lu's shrill voice continued to shout, mixed with the rustling sound of paper figures shaking and the sounds of maids frantically prying open the door bolt.

In the darkness, the man in a phoenix coronet and wedding robes stood there casually and languidly.

He didn't continue pursuing Xia Xiaoqin, and didn't even make a move at all, not even after some time.

A red veil covered his entire face, and he stood there quietly, as if he had been waiting for this moment from the very beginning.

"Why...why won't you let me remove my red veil?"

"Aren't you afraid of dying?"

Xia Xiaoqin stood there, stunned, unable to understand what the other person wanted to do.

But suddenly, the man in the phoenix coronet and wedding robes seemed to smile.

A familiar voice echoed faintly in the darkness.

"Xiaoqin, it's me, Lu Yang."

Are you going to let my body die?

Xia Xiaoqin's hands began to tremble, from her fingertips all the way to her shoulders.

Fear and anger engulfed her like a tsunami.

The rules she had seen before came to mind.

[Lu Family Rules]

The eldest son of the Lu family, rumored 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 big day!

"This is your plan, isn't it! You're the one who died, the eldest young mistress!"

At that moment, Xia Xiaoqin lost control of her emotions and almost shouted.

"Your goal from the very beginning was to sink my lover's body into the well! Wasn't that right! All the games and hide-and-seek were just a pretense! You just wanted to buy time and use my lover's body to die!"

But in the darkness, "Lu Yang" raised a finger and held it in front of the red veil.

"Shhh."

Instantly, Xia Xiaoqin's face turned deathly pale, and her chest felt as if something was blocking it.

She acted impulsively and shouldn't have spoken up.

The game isn't over yet!

In an instant, a cold wind blew by, and a large, pale hand wrapped around Xia Xiaoqin's waist, pulling the girl into his arms.

The red silk, like damp well water, flowed from the man's body onto Xia Xiaoqin's face.

"Got you?"

In the darkness, Lu Yang's magnetic and deep voice rang in the girl's ear.