Chapter 108

The footage continued to play. It was a rare occasion for me to see my own figure in the surveillance feed. Everything on screen was a replay of that night; I was merely watching a repeated recording. The difference was that the first time, I had witnessed it all firsthand, while this time, I was reviewing it through the surveillance footage. When the scene reached the point where Kexin and Sijian were engaged in their frenzied, carnal act, I saw my own image on the screen—not filled with rage, but only despair and sorrow. Seeing myself from that moment, I couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion. That version of me was truly pitiable. Now, I struggled to suppress my feelings, as watching that night’s events again in the surveillance footage was undoubtedly like rubbing salt into my wounds.…