Si Yanli and Wen Yan walked into the morgue.
Ji Yun had died with her eyes wide open. The forensic doctor had tried many ways but could not close her staring eyes.
"I heard that the deceased treated you like an older brother when she was alive and trusted you the most. See if you can get her to close her eyes," the forensic doctor said.
Aunt Ji didn't want Si Yanli to touch Ji Yun's body, but a policewoman stopped her.
"Si Yanli, if you had accepted Yunyun's confession back then, she wouldn't have suffered from depression. You killed her—" Aunt Ji cried bitterly.
The policewoman pulled Uncle Ji and Aunt Ji aside and showed them the video Ji Yun had recorded before she died.
Si Yanli raised his hand and tried to close Ji Yun's eyes.
But he still couldn't do it.
Wen Yan narrowed her beautiful eyes and glanced at Ji Yun's corpse. She suddenly noticed that Ji Yun's left hand was clenched tightly into a fist.
"Doctor, can't her clenched left hand be opened?"
The forensic doctor shook his head.
Although Ji Yun was dead, it seemed she still held onto a deep obsession.
Wen Yan flipped through her Gossip System.
[So she's tightly gripping a rusted bell in her left hand.]
A bell?
Si Yanli quickly remembered that Ji Yun had once posted a photo of herself and Blackie on her Moments.
Blackie wore a rusted bell around its neck.
Could her lingering obsession be Blackie?
Si Yanli strode over to Aunt Ji. With a cold and stern expression, he asked, "After you beat Blackie to death, where did you throw it?"
Aunt Ji had just finished watching the video Ji Yun recorded before she died, and she was still in a state of shock and disbelief.
Hearing Si Yanli's questioning, she muttered absentmindedly, "I threw Blackie on the barren mountain in the village."
Si Yanli immediately grabbed Wen Yan and walked out.
Wen Yan was speechless.
Didn't he hate her? Why was he dragging her everywhere with him now?
She was tired too after running around with him all day, okay?
If it weren't out of pity for Ji Yun, she wouldn't have bothered going with him to the barren mountain in Ji Yun's hometown.
After a great deal of effort, Si Yanli found Blackie's rotting corpse.
Si Yanli dug a hole and buried Blackie.
After doing all this, Si Yanli and Wen Yan returned to the morgue.
"Yunyun, my sister-in-law and I have buried Blackie's body in the ground. You don't need to worry about it anymore."
After saying this, Si Yanli reached out to touch Ji Yun's wide-open eyes again.
This time, her eyes slowly closed.
The forensic doctor, Aunt Ji, Uncle Ji, and the others couldn't help but tear up when they saw this.
Si Yanli then opened Ji Yun's clenched fist, and sure enough, there was a rusted bell inside.
Si Yanli felt a stinging in his nose, and his heart ached terribly.
"Once the family members sign the paperwork, you can claim the deceased's body."
The policewoman brought over a document. Just as Aunt Ji was about to sign it, Zhou Chongqian suddenly walked over. "Yunyun and I have already gotten our marriage certificate. She is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. Her body belongs to me."
Seeing Zhou Chongqian, Aunt Ji's eyes turned bloodshot, and she lunged at him. "My daughter was killed by you and your brother! You pretended to be so gentle and elegant in front of us, but in private, you're worse than a beast!"
Uncle Ji also came over and threw a punch at Zhou Chongqian's face.
Zhou Chongqian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He already knew about the video Ji Yun had recorded before she died.
There was no panic on his face; he even wore a provocative, fearless smile. "Your daughter was a loose woman who seduced my brother. I haven't even publicized her unfaithfulness yet!"
Zhou Chongqian's shameless behavior and skin thicker than a city wall were simply despicable.
The lines of Si Yanli's handsome face tightened, and his phoenix eyes behind his glasses were icy and sharp. He raised his long leg and kicked Zhou Chongqian hard in the abdomen.
Zhou Chongqian was kicked to the ground. He coughed, the despicable smile on his face deepening. "If you have the guts, cripple me! It'll give me the perfect excuse to sue you!"
Originally, with Ji Yun dead, Zhou Chongqian wanted to make Si Yanli feel guilty and blame himself, so he could extort a lot of benefits from Si Yanli.
But now that his plan had fallen through, he hatched another scheme.
If Si Yanli injured him, he could sue him and send him to prison.
Wen Yan held back Si Yanli, who was furious to the extreme and losing his reason and control.
"Fighting violence with violence will only play into his hands."
Thinking of Ji Yun's tragic death, Si Yanli really wished he could beat Zhou Chongqian to death with a few punches.
"People like you will get their retribution!" Uncle Ji pointed his finger at Zhou Chongqian's nose. "We won't let you take Yunyun's body. The fact that she hanged herself in the bridal chamber means she didn't want to be the daughter-in-law of your Zhou family. Get out!"
Zhou Chongqian glanced at Uncle Ji and Aunt Ji. "You were the ones who forced Yunyun to marry me, and you were the ones who beat Blackie to death. Why are you blaming me now? My brother has a mental illness. It was Yunyun who shamelessly seduced a mentally ill person. You should be compensating our Zhou family for our losses!"
Uncle Ji and Aunt Ji fainted from anger on the spot.
If Si Yanli hadn't been held back by Wen Yan, he might really have beaten Zhou Chongqian to death right then and there.
Even Wen Yan, who had never been very sympathetic, was infuriated by a scumbag like Zhou Chongqian.
Bah.
A dog worse than a beast; sooner or later, he would get his comeuppance!
...
After Ji Yun's funeral, Si Yanli became quite despondent.
He took a leave of absence from the translation institute to rest at home.
When Wen Yan returned to the Si family mansion to grab some clothes before heading to the hospital, she glanced at Si Yanli, who was sitting on the sofa drinking.
[He can't even handle this first trial. What is he going to do when he gets framed and sent to prison later?]
[Thinking about such a handsome guy getting his backdoor breached in prison in the end, it's really a pity.]
Si Yanli remembered how everything Wen Yan had said in her heart before had come true, and he couldn't help but feel a tightness in his backside.
With bloodshot eyes, he looked at Wen Yan. "Sister-in-law, Zhou Heran was sent to a mental hospital, but Zhou Chongqian hasn't been brought to justice. Tell me, why is this world so unfair?"
Wen Yan sighed.
[During the time you haven't been going to work, Zhou Chongqian even hooked up with that divorced female boss in your department. He's about to get promoted and become your superior. Isn't that infuriating?]
Si Yanli's large hand gripping the wine bottle suddenly tightened.
His jawline was taut, and his lungs felt like they were going to explode from anger.
[But there isn't exactly no way to deal with a scumbag like him.]
The dark phoenix eyes behind Si Yanli's glasses suddenly lit up.
"Sister-in-law, how do you think we can get Zhou Chongqian punished?"
Wen Yan looked at Si Yanli, who was staring blankly at her, and shrugged her shoulders. "How should I know?"
[After I married into the Si family, this cannon fodder third brother has never given me a good look. Why the hell should I help him?]
[Anyway, I've never been a sympathetic person.]
Without waiting for Si Yanli to say anything, Wen Yan left the Si residence.
Si Yanli snapped back to his senses and immediately returned to his room. He grabbed the property deed for an apartment and had the driver take him to the hospital.
He needed to bribe and curry favor with his sister-in-law!
Carrying a bag of clothes, Wen Yan arrived at the door of Si Moyan's hospital room. Just as she was about to enter, she suddenly saw a glamorously dressed young woman standing in front of Si Moyan's hospital bed. That woman was currently—
