In the bridal chamber.

I fell into a deep sleep, holding the recovered Li Yao.

In a daze, I heard someone knocking on the door.

"Li Yao, someone's knocking on the door."

"Ignore it! Let's keep sleeping."

But the knocking grew louder.

"You sleep a little longer, I'll go and see."

I got out of bed and went to open the door.

As I expected, it was Auntie.

She was probably afraid that I would drain her son's energy, so she came knocking early in the morning.

"Li Ai, Fang Tian hasn't fully recovered yet. You need to restrain yourself."

Just as I suspected.

"Auntie, is Fang Tian the one sleeping in the room?"

Auntie paused for a moment:

"Since you know, I'll just tell you. Li Yao spent three years at the bottom of the icy pool, and he needs time to adjust. Don't cling to him all day long."

I sneered in my heart.

Before the wedding, I overheard a conversation between Auntie and Li Yao.

Auntie said, "Li Yao, three years ago, Li Ai caused your drowning. I wanted to kill her immediately. But I had to keep her alive because I needed her to lure men back to the village. Now that you're back, after the wedding, I'll be Fang Tian's mother-in-law. Li Ai has no more value to us."

"Our daughter is dead, and it's reasonable for our son-in-law to take care of his mother-in-law. We can live together openly and honestly."

"The people from the Fang family are a nuisance. I'll find a way to get rid of them, and then all the Fang family's property will be ours. We'll never live in poverty again, my son and I."

Li Yao said, "Auntie, you gave me a second life, and I'll do whatever you say. But as for Li Ai, I want to play with her a little longer."

Auntie said, "Are you reluctant to part with that withered flower? She's slept with at least three men. Aren't you disgusted? With your current status and position, what kind of woman do you want?"

Li Yao said, "Give me a month. When I get tired of playing with her, you can do whatever you want with her."

At that moment, I was filled with terror.

Auntie had always been harsh on me, so her desire to get rid of me didn't surprise me.

But why did Li Yao, the one I wholeheartedly loved, want me dead too?

Why?

I killed three innocent lives for him, so why would he treat me like this?

I hate him so much!

Don't they want me dead?

Then let's see who dies first!