My indifferent appearance made Dai Qingshu panic.

He continued to mumble, repeating the story he just told over and over, constantly adding details, trying hard to prove that what he said was true, wanting me to believe him.

I felt conflicted inside, wavering over my previous decision.

I originally planned that after clarifying the course of events, I would smash the vase, arrange the fragments on the floor, then push Dai Qingshu onto the fragments, letting them pierce his body, causing him to slowly bleed to death.

At the same time, I would hold his hand, wielding a fruit knife, and stab myself twice.

Make the whole scene look like a struggle, disguising my act of killing him as self-defense.

These were just my thoughts, not yet put into action.

What prompted me to make a decision was deep fear; I was afraid of becoming Dai Qingshu's accomplice in the murder of Gu Qingyu.

If Dai Qingshu left alive, I had no confidence about what direction this matter would take.

But I believed that this matter would definitely become something Dai Qingshu could use to manipulate me.

I was fed up with being manipulated, so I had to kill Dai Qingshu to be free.

However, when the fear subsided, with the opportunity to kill right in front of me, I hesitated.

Suddenly, it seemed that Dai Qingshu was not so fearful after all.

Since he had an agenda, conversely, I had the opportunity to use it to manipulate him.

Having been played by others all this time, it was about time it became my turn to play others, hehe.