Chapter 171

As the door slowly creaked open from my push, the sound reached the ears of the two inside. Kexin, who had just been laughing and getting up, seemed to be startled by something, falling back onto the man’s body. Her face twitched slightly as if she was enduring some kind of pain. Then, she stiffly turned her head to look behind her, her eyes filled with both terror and a faint glimmer of hope—hoping it was just her imagination. Because Kexin knew that direction was where the memorial tablets of her parents-in-law were placed. And now, with the sound of the door opening, it was possible that her husband had returned. Her husband always had a habit of spending some time there when he came home. If… if her husband had really returned, did he see everything? Kexin’s mind was now overwhelmed with fear and panic.…