"Tongxin, you have been surrounded by us. Come out."

It was Lin Qin's voice, but this time he didn't call me Zhang Jiayi, but... Tongxin...

"From the moment I first saw you, I felt a strange sense of familiarity... Later, when I returned to the police station and saw the portraits of those missing girls...

"Your face... it's like their features pieced together...

"Although I was shocked, I started getting close to you since then."

Blood streamed from the arm pierced by a bullet, but it seemed like my heart was in even greater pain. The anger of being deceived fiercely intertwined with an unknown affection, constantly flipping and surging into my eyes, falling with each teardrop.

"Later, I took one of your hairs, and after DNA comparison, your true identity is... Tongxin.

"I've been watching you for a long time. Song Ke is just a trap, but I didn't expect you to take the bait so quickly.

"What exactly... are you?"

More than ten fully armed police officers gradually approached, and Song Ke also displayed astonishing strength, knocking me down to the ground.

At the critical moment between life and death, I don't know where the burst of strength came from, as I fiercely swung my fist and struck Song Ke's temple.

The woman writhed in pain, her hands clutching her head as she collapsed to the ground.

"Bang, bang!" Two more gunshots.

Seemingly afraid of accidentally injuring Song Ke, those two shots missed.

"Tongxin, you still have a chance to turn back now. Don't persist in your delusion."

As soon as the words fell, perhaps seeing that I had no intention of surrendering, they changed their strategy and prepared to rush up and capture me directly.

At the same time, I turned and ran up the stairs, one floor, two floors, three floors... faster.

Insert the key, open the door, faster.

Finally, just as they caught up, I entered the room.

"Bang, bang, bang!" In just a second, the door resounded with a series of knocks.

"Give up struggling, we won't harm you!"

Lin Qin...

I slumped against the door.

The first time we met, it seemed like I fell in love with him...

At that time, I was being harassed by a greasy middle-aged man, forcing me to drink. It was Lin Qin who walked over and slapped the man's filthy hands away.

Now, thinking back, everything was just part of his plan.

I looked at the doll on the bedside table, still wearing a bloodthirsty smile, so eerie, yet like an outsider mocking my foolishness.

I walked in front of the mirror, and the "me" inside had lost all human form. My whole body was melting like a candle, with blood and fragments of skin flowing on the ground.

Ding dong.

The phone lit up.

【You need to change your appearance quickly... Otherwise, there's only one path to death!

Change...

Where should I go to change?

Bang... bang... bang...

The knocking on the door grew louder, and Lin Qin also grew more excited, saying, "If you don't open the door soon, we'll force our way in!"

Force their way in!

No!

No! I can't let him see me like this...

In his heart, I must always be beautiful!

I'm not an ugly woman... not someone who only looks presentable with beauty filters... I'm not... not...

I'm a wealthy beauty, the most noble and elegant woman in the world.

Bang... bang... bang...

I heard them smashing the door. Will they see my current state... No... absolutely not...

In despair, I walked into the kitchen and took out a kitchen knife...