Xia Qiuzhi's eyes widened in disbelief.
She... she actually saw Xia Zhi's dead father!
His face was deathly pale, blood trickling from the corners of his eyes. He looked incredibly terrifying with a chilling, ghostly aura.
Terrified, Xia Qiuzhi fell back onto the ground, her hands flailing wildly.
"Evil spirit, go away! Go away!"
She pulled out a consecrated amulet, trying to drive the evil spirit away, but the figure suddenly lunged right in front of her.
"Xia Qiuzhi, you killed me, and now you want to harm my daughter. Pay with your life—"
Xia Qiuzhi let out a series of terrified screams. Her legs felt like jelly as she scrambled up to find Old Madam Xia, but her neck was quickly seized by a pair of cold, large hands.
Xia Qiuzhi's scalp went numb with fear, her hands and feet turning ice-cold. "Big Brother, I didn't mean to kill you. I was just afraid you would tell someone about how I tried to seduce you that night..."
"Big Brother, I truly loved you once, but you only had eyes for Xia Zhi's mother. I didn't want to kick your medicine away, I was just too scared at the time. Big Brother, please spare my life! Mom still needs me to take care of her—"
Before Xia Qiuzhi could finish her sentence, the large hands around her neck vanished.
She looked up, but Xia Zhi's father was nowhere to be seen.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, a flash of lightning illuminated the room as bright as day.
Suddenly, a ghostly figure with long disheveled hair and a long white dress, looking just like Sadako, appeared behind her.
Xia Qiuzhi was so frightened that she collapsed to the floor once again.
"What about me? Why did you kill me?"
The female ghost slowly raised her head, revealing a gruesome, terrifying face bleeding from all seven orifices.
Xia Qiuzhi's heart instantly leaped into her throat, and the blood in her veins seemed to freeze into ice.
Her mind was buzzing.
She never expected that tonight, she would not only see Xia Zhi's father, but also Xia Zhi's mother.
They had both come back to haunt her!
The female ghost cast a glance at her, then suddenly stuck out a long tongue—
Xia Qiuzhi slumped back onto the ground in absolute terror. A puddle of liquid formed beneath her.
She had wet herself.
"I was afraid you would fight me for the family inheritance. I had no choice but to spread dirty rumors to smear your name and frame you for smuggling jewelry!"
Tears streamed down Xia Qiuzhi's face, her lips trembling violently. "You've both been dead for so many years, please don't come looking for me anymore, okay? I will treat your daughter well from now on. I beg you, rest in peace!"
Once she survived tonight, she would definitely find a Taoist priest to suppress their spirits and prevent them from ever reincarnating!
Click.
All the lights in the living room suddenly turned on.
Before Xia Qiuzhi could process what was happening, several police officers in uniform walked over.
"Ms. Xia Qiuzhi, you are suspected of murder, planting evidence, and framing. We are arresting you now!"
Xia Qiuzhi looked around.
The female ghost who had just scared her into wetting herself suddenly pulled off her long wig and peeled off the disguise mask on her face, revealing a bright and beautiful face.
It was actually Wen Yan!
Xia Qiuzhi then looked at the male ghost. The man also tore off his disguise mask, revealing a handsome, cold, and noble face.
It was Si Moyan!
The two of them had actually disguised themselves as Xia Zhi's parents to scare her!
"I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't frame anyone! I was just terrified by them, so I was speaking nonsense. It can't be used as evidence!"
Old Madam Xia had been restrained by the Si family earlier. Now, the Si family members brought Old Madam Xia out.
Old Madam Xia had naturally heard everything Xia Qiuzhi said when she was frightened.
It was obviously the truth.
But Old Madam Xia only had this one daughter, Xia Qiuzhi, left. Even if she was vicious, Old Madam Xia had to do her best to protect her.
"Qiuzhi, don't worry. Mom won't let you go to jail." Old Madam Xia glared at the Si family. "As for you people, trespassing on private property and unlawfully detaining me, I am going to sue you!"
Wen Yan sneered. "Old lady, even now, you still want to defend this venomous woman?"
Old Madam Xia glared fiercely at Wen Yan. "Since when is it an outsider's place to interfere in our family's affairs?"
"Then do you even know that this venomous woman murdered your biological daughter?"
As soon as Wen Yan said this, the living room fell into a dead silence for several seconds.
Old Madam Xia's face turned livid, her eyes bulging. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xia Qiuzhi's pupils contracted, a flash of panic crossing her eyes.
She was clearly terrified by Wen Yan's words.
She couldn't understand how Wen Yan knew such a deeply hidden secret.
Wen Yan curled her lips. "Old lady, Xia Zhi's mother was your biological daughter, while Xia Qiuzhi is the biological daughter of the nanny who has served you for decades, the very one standing behind you."
"Back then, the nanny's husband became addicted to gambling and fell deep into debt. She asked to borrow money from you, but you refused, so she harbored a grudge."
"She happened to give birth on the exact same day as you. After you gave birth, you were weak and in a coma for a few days. She took the opportunity to switch your daughters."
"She placed her own daughter under your name to be raised by you, and sold your biological daughter to human traffickers, using the money to pay off her husband's debts."
"For all these years, you've treated her daughter as the apple of your eye, and treated her like a lifelong best friend, planning to have her keep you company in your old age."
"Heh, who knows how many times they've mocked you behind your back. When you die, she and her daughter will inherit your fortune, while your own biological granddaughter is out there suffering and being bullied. Oh my, you really are a living saint!"
Old Madam Xia's eyes were bloodshot, her chest heaving violently. She was clearly furious.
"Old Man Si, your eldest grandson's wife is speaking absolute nonsense! I'm going to sue her for slander!"
Xia Qiuzhi and the nanny standing behind Old Madam Xia were both shocked and terrified, clearly not expecting Wen Yan to dig up a secret from so many years ago.
How on earth did she know?
Wen Yan looked at Old Madam Xia, who was so angry she was about to pass out. Crossing her arms over her chest, she said breezily, "Back then, Xia Qiuzhi discovered the secret that Xia Zhi's mother was your biological daughter. After doing a DNA test, she spread dirty rumors about her and framed her, sending her to prison."
"Those two DNA test reports are still hidden in her safe to this day. If you don't believe me, open the safe and the truth will be revealed."
Old Madam Xia clenched her teeth. "Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"
Seeing that Old Madam Xia trusted her, Xia Qiuzhi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
As long as she didn't tell them the safe's password, absolutely no one would be able to open it.
But in the next second—
"Husband, why don't you go upstairs and get them? The password is 97563987."
Xia Qiuzhi's eyes went wide.
The look she gave Wen Yan was even more horrified than when she had seen the ghosts.
How... how did she even know the password to her safe?
Si Moyan soon came downstairs holding the two DNA test reports.
Xia Qiuzhi's body swayed, and she instinctively lunged forward to snatch the reports from Si Moyan's hands.
But how could Si Moyan give her the chance? He simply kicked the venomous woman to the ground.
Si Moyan handed the test reports to Old Madam Xia.
Old Madam Xia glanced at the results. Her vision instantly went dark, and her body began to tremble violently like a leaf in the wind.
