Instantly.
Fang Xiu felt as if he were falling into an icy cave!
Can I see you!?
What would happen if I could see you!?
His mind was in a turmoil for a moment. He tried to think clearly, but his wife didn't give him the chance.
Crack.
The sound of shattering porcelain continued to emanate.
His wife's delicate, cool white skin began to crack continuously. In the blink of an eye, countless dense black cracks covered her body, making her look like shattered porcelain.
Within those black cracks, the sound of running water echoed, and crimson blood slithered out of the cracks like a wriggling worm.
His wife's long, silky hair began to move, like twisted black snakes, dancing wildly in the air. "You can see me!!" An inhuman roar emanated from his wife's mouth.
Her cherry-like mouth stretched to her ears, her smooth teeth jagged, and within her mouth was another mouth, as if another mouth had grown in her throat. Fear washed over Fang Xiu like a tide, instantly flooding his body.
His body inevitably stiffened, his mind frozen, a blank.
The next moment, the shadow of death descended as expected.
A bloody maw loomed over Fang Xiu's head.
Fang Xiu's vision went dark. A cold, slippery, suffocating sensation washed over him as his wife swallowed his head.
Then, an unimaginable pain ripped through his body...
Fang Xiu, dead!
For a moment, the scene looked horrifying.
A seemingly inhuman being bit off Fang Xiu's head with a single bite.
The headless corpse didn't fall immediately. Blood gushed from its neck like a fountain, soaking the bed sheets.
Then, the surrounding space and time began to shatter like glass, returning everything to nothingness.
Don't let them know you can see!
Don't let them know you can see!!!
The pristine white ceiling was covered in dense, bloody words, as if written by someone's bitten fingers. Fang Xiu, slumbering, suddenly jolted awake, sitting up in bed with a thud.
Cold sweat covered his forehead, and he gasped for breath, his eyes filled with fear.
What's going on! Wasn't I already dead? Was I just dreaming?
This was the first thought that came to Fang Xiu's mind. However, when he saw the bloody words on the ceiling, his body froze.
Don't let them know you can see!
Damn it! This wasn't a dream! Fang Xiu stared intently at the words on the ceiling. As he watched, the bloody words suddenly vanished, as if erased by something.
Disappeared again!
Was this a clue?
Pretending to be blind? No! No, the original owner of this body wasn't blind. He was just an ordinary person. He had no memory of ever seeing his wife.
He had always lived alone, a normal life, never seeing or hearing anyone else in his home. Perhaps it was precisely because of this normality that he wouldn't be murdered like himself. Then, you absolutely must not let them know what your ability to see means... You must not let your wife know you can see her. You must pretend she doesn't exist!
The only way to avoid being killed is to live a normal life, just like the original owner of this body, as if you were alone at home, blind and deaf, completely oblivious.
At this moment, a gentle, watery female voice rang out from outside the bedroom.
"Hubby, it's time for breakfast."
The voice was so gentle, tinged with a hint of affection, giving rise to endless reverie.
But all it brought to Fang Xiu was fear, endless fear.
The fear of having his head bitten off by a bloody mouth instantly filled his heart.
He instinctively wanted to escape, but he couldn't.
Because his wife had already entered the bedroom.
She was still wearing a white, strapless nightgown, her cool, pale skin a gentle smile that could soften the years.
"Hubby, you're awake. It's time for breakfast," his wife smiled gently.
The shadow of death loomed. He was just an ordinary man. When had he ever experienced such a bizarre thing, how could he have had his head bitten off by an inhuman being? But this time, he suppressed his fear and lowered his head to look at his quilt, attempting to follow the bloody instructions and pretend he couldn't see his wife.
But his wife didn't follow the usual pattern. She bent her slender waist directly towards Fang Xiu's pants. Just as her face was about to touch the quilt, she turned her head upwards and smiled gently at him.
For a moment, their eyes met, and the air froze.
Then, a terrifying look of surprise flashed in his wife's eyes, and the gentle smile on her face suddenly became ferocious.
"You can see me!"
Fang Xiu was once again reduced to a headless corpse.
...
Don't let them know you can see!
The bloody words pierced Fang Xiu's eyes again. THUMP!
Fang Xiu leaped off the bed again, gasping for air. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, this damn bitch!"
Another death filled him with fear, yet also a tinge of anger. I died and came back to life. Death rollback? Infinite loop? Return to the starting point after each death? Like a save game?
I had just looked down at her, but she'd moved closer, further confirming my suspicions. It meant she had to make sure I could see her before she took action.
Fang Xiu's mind raced.
At that moment, a gentle female voice reappeared.
"Honey, it's time for breakfast."
With a gentle smile, his wife slowly walked into the bedroom.
This time, Fang Xiu pulled out his phone and pretended to play with it, scrolling through short videos and watching a black-haired young lady. But the dances that used to be so borderline frivolous didn't pique his interest at all. Cold sweat already drenched his back.
"Honey, why are you looking at another woman in front of me? Don't you like me anymore?"
I like you! Fang Xiu cursed inwardly.
He continued scrolling through short videos, trying to distract himself. This time, having learned his lesson, he deliberately held his phone very close, almost to his face, to block his view. "Honey, I remember you weren't nearsighted. Why did you hold the phone so close? Can you see me?"
Fang Xiu was startled!
Is it even wrong to behave unusually?
However, his wife didn't move her mouth after she said this.
This made Fang Xiu breathe a sigh of relief.
However, when he flipped to the next video, his gaze suddenly froze.
Because the girl in the next video...was actually his wife!
The wife in the video was smiling like a flower, as gentle as water. "Honey, do I look good?"
Fang Xiu's pupils suddenly constricted, and his gaze uncontrollably fell on his wife's face.
"You can see me!!"
"Fuck you!"
Fang Xiu, in shock and anger, threw his phone out, where it hit the wall and shattered. But his wife leaned over, her face grim and her skin cracked, muttering repeatedly, "You can see me! You can see me!"
"I see you!" Fang Xiu roared, punching his wife's cracked face.
He had never imagined he would become a wife-beater, and he had always hated it.
But life is like that; people often end up becoming what they hate.
Fang Xiu cried out in pain as he threw a punch. His hand felt like it had hit a wall, breaking it.
But his wife remained unharmed. Her eyes, gleaming with frenzied greed, gave Fang Xiu no time to react as she opened her bloody mouth and bit off his arm.
"Ahhh!"
A shrill scream echoed through the room.
This time, Fang Xiu's death was horrible, far more tragic than his previous ones. At least in the previous instances, he was killed in a single blow, but this time, he was devoured bite by bite.
It's truly rare for a normal person to have this kind of experience: witnessing a monstrous being devour your body, bite by bite, until death.