The police only escorted me to the downstairs of my apartment and did not come up.

Just as I was opening the car door, Officer Tang called out to me:

"Dr. Wang, we'll wait here for you. If you encounter any difficulties, remember to tell the police. Don't hesitate."

I nodded and entered the elevator.

I unlocked the door with the password and stepped into my home, where the temperature was very low.

The air conditioner hadn't been turned off.

Yet, there was still a faint but unpleasant smell in the air.

I stood at the entrance for a few seconds and then walked into the bathroom.

That was where the smell was coming from.

Click—

I pulled open the bathroom door and walked to the bathtub, but not to take a bath.

In the bathtub lay a corpse, already beginning to decompose.

However, it was still possible to tell that the face bore a sixty to seventy percent resemblance to "me".