I had never looked at Chen Ruying's face so seriously, in the past, when I was still living a normal life, this girl was someone I tried to avoid. There wasn't a single trait about her that I liked in a woman. But now, I saw clearly, on that entire pointed face, only her eyes, exceptionally bright due to excitement. My heart couldn't help but feel a surge of guilt and pity, subconsciously reaching out to grab her arm. Her whole body trembled slightly, tears falling even harder, lowering her head as if to kiss me at this moment. I quickly turned my head to avoid it.

  She suddenly whispered in my ear, her voice low and husky. Gone was the sorrowful vulnerability of earlier, only the stubbornness remained. She said: "You're hiding from me again... you always hide from me... I know, you've never looked at me with any real interest... But once I kill them, I'll take you away. From then on, you can only be with me, nowhere else. When my family sees the state I'm in, they'll definitely disown me. But I don't want them anymore either. All I want is you. Ah Yu... those two nights we spent together, didn't you sleep so soundly and happily?

  Her words were somewhat jumbled and incoherent, but I was shocked to hear them, could it be...

  She put down my hand and stood up. It was only then that I realized that since the bandits broke in, this usually weak and delicate younger sister seemed to have lost her mind, and her expression wasn't quite right either.

  "The bangle is in my room, I'll take you there." She returned to her gentle and reserved demeanor, speaking softly.

  Su Yu coldly smiled and asked: "Where's the necklace?"

  "The necklace... Grandma said it was given to Aunt for safekeeping." She glanced at Chen Baozhu, who was dying on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Aunt, hand it over. I know you hid it. What's left to protect in this family?"

  Chen Baozhu looked at her with unclear eyes.

  Then Chen Baozhu was also picked up from the ground by someone. She coughed out a mouthful of blood and said palely, "It's in my room."

  Feng Yan stood up anxiously, her eyes burning with intensity: "Ru Ying?"

  Chen Ruying ignored her mother.

  Su and Wu took two thugs and Zheng Zhiwei upstairs with them. Only one person was left, standing guard over us on the spot.

  I lay on the ground, closed my eyes for a while, and then opened them again. Just in time to see Chen Ruying leading two bandits, Chen Baozhu leading Zheng Zhiwei and Su Wei, respectively entering their own rooms.

  Feng Yan remained seated on the sofa, her neck almost straight, looking up without any expression. Tang Lanlan was curled up on the living room floor and didn't care about the old lady anymore. The old lady, who had been in a coma for a long time due to a stroke, opened her eyes at this moment. And when she saw our bandit turn around, she immediately closed them again.

  Professor Chen was shivering alone in the corner.

  Later, when I thought back to this scene, it was as if it were a portrait of the Chen family. Each person's deeply hidden secrets, each person's pursuits, were finally all exposed without a doubt. Where was the dignified and respectable family we had once seen? Later, Tan Jiao also told me that in criminal psychology, "home" is considered to have a very special significance. Home can make people grow up, but it can also make some people sink. And what's most frightening is that there are homes that you can't escape from for your entire life.

  I looked up at the window of this house, the thick curtains had been pulled up, and nothing outside could be seen. I didn't even know what time it was. But I knew that someone would definitely come to rescue us.

  And after getting the final treasure, the bandits will also set off that devastating fire.

  I raised my head again, looking at the attic. On that unremarkable wall, there were several ventilation holes. Behind one of them, a pair of eyes was staring at me unwaveringly. I don't know how long they had been watching me. And as I wiped away the bloodstains from my eyes, I saw the tears welling up in hers, and her almost unblinking gaze.

  I gaze at her, and still gaze at her, body in prison, soul entwined with hers.