Cao Pu took a step back and let Murong Lian into the room, then closed the door suddenly, and he followed Murong Lian into the bedroom.

He's still the same big businessman - unshaved, bearded, dirty clothes, even the socks he wears are tattered, and there is a hole in the front of his slippers.

Murong Lian sat down on the sofa and glanced at the house.

There was a wine glass on every table in the room, and every ashtray was stuffed with cigarette butts. Since Murong Lian left, Cao Pu hadn't cleaned the room.

"Husband, why are you in a bad mood?"

Cao Pu shuffled his heavy steps to the chair he liked to sit on, sat down, and looked up at his wife carefully, as if he were reproaching the stranger who had trespassed into his house.

"Who's to say bad? I'm in a good mood...... Says who? ”

"I listen to what other people say......."

"Who?"

"It was a neighbor who told me...... They're worried about you. Don't worry, they're all neighbors. ”

"I'm fine!"

"Why don't you shave your face now?"

"I just don't like to shave, don't be nosy?"

"I'm still your wife after all, so I have to take care of you. Even if you make even a little concession, I can live with you. ”

Before the accident, Murong Lian could still tolerate Cao Pu's complacent, arrogant and unhandsome appearance.

However, now Cao Pu is not a person.

Cao Pu leaned over to Murong Lian and said:

"Don't think that your return is a gift to me, no, no, no, yes, I don't want your gift...... Do you hear that? Never think about it!"

Murong Lian pointed to the ashtray, wine glass, newspapers on the ground, dust, dirt, and even the dead cockroaches lying straight on the dirty carpet.

"Husband, if you want to get rid of this situation in front of you, there is only one way now......"

"You say."

"I've told you again and again that you don't have to admit it to anyone, you don't even have to say it to me, you just need to wipe it out of your heart."

"Fuck off! Is this the way? Not really! ”

Murong Lian involuntarily used her previous tone of reprimand again and said:

"You have to know, it's really your fault!"

However, this tone never convinced Cao Pu, but only made him even more disgusted, so they always quarreled.

She added: "You know, you're cutting corners, and you know best in your heart that sooner or later government investigators will find out." It is better to ...... before your conscience finds out"

"Shh......h Don't talk, listen to ......"

Cao Pu interrupted her words without question, and at the same time no longer looked at Murong Lian, but raised his head and stared at the ceiling with wide eyes.

"You...... Did you hear that? It's true. ”

There was dead silence in the room, neither of them squeaked, except for a breeze from the lake that blew in through the open glass and hallway.

At this time, Murong Lian also stared at the ceiling and asked, "What do you want me to listen to?"

"Listen...... For God's sake, didn't you hear that? There were footsteps and voices of people on it! ”

However, Murong Lian barely heard anything, except for her heartbeat.

"Husband, aren't we already at the top? How could there be footsteps and voices of conversation coming from above? There weren't any people living up there, it was our rooftop garden. ”

"But, but...... But I heard. It's so clear,......" Cao Pu said, "I can hear it every day, especially in the middle of the night, and I can hear it more clearly...... From above came the sound of footsteps and talking......"

Voice...... Footsteps......

That's what it is...... Did the female neighbor say the weird behavior?

"What? How long has it been? Murong Lian asked rhetorically. She frowned, taken aback. She didn't believe it at all, but now she almost did.

Murong Lian noticed that Cao Pu had a scruffy beard and his face was as pale as the ceiling, like a ghost.

"It's been about ten days!"

"Ten days ago was the third anniversary." Murong Lian repeated what she had said to her female neighbor.

Cao Pu looked at Murong Lian and began to reminisce.

His mouth was wide open, and his eyes seemed to roll out of their sockets...... The body began to shake violently.

He had to hold the armrests of the chair with both hands so that he could keep himself from shaking.

Murong Lian had been persuading Cao Pu to do that, and now Murong Lian felt that this was a good time.

Murong Lian leaned over to Cao Pu, determined to pierce this layer of window paper.

"Husband, think about it again, you were building a building in this community three years ago. The building suddenly collapsed into a pile of reinforced concrete, and six construction workers were killed by the fall......"

"You never use smart people but honest people, so these six workers may not see your deception. But...... All six of them have wives and children! ”

"That building collapsed because you cut corners. Husband, you know. Even if it were someone else, they wouldn't do that. Are you amazed to hear their footsteps and talk now?"

Murong Lian said vigorously, messing up Cao Pu's thoughts.

Cao Pu's eyes widened and he stared at the ceiling in fear.

"Husband, tell me about it."

"Say what?"

"Say what to do, don't drag it like this, otherwise you won't be able to pass this hurdle in your heart...... As long as you are willing, as long as you admit that it is your fault, you will feel peace of mind inside. ’

"No, no! Damn, I won't say it, I won't admit it. ”

"If you don't admit it, you can't do it, husband!"

"I'm not going to say it for you, or anyone else!" Cao Pu jumped up from his chair, still shaking his head and shouting stubbornly.

"Why don't you say it, it's all because of you, our child Cao Jing, who died......"

"Ah, don't say it, I can't stand it!" Cao Pu was grief-stricken.

"Why don't you say it, if you hadn't done these immoral things, my son wouldn't have died. But you still don't admit it...... This is retribution! ”

Cao Pu staggered a few steps, then stood still, his eyes firmly fixed on the ceiling.

"Ah...... Wife, I'm about to collapse! Listen to them, listen, my God!"

"Husband, I don't listen...... I don't want to hear it...... They didn't talk to me. ”

"Listen! Listen ...... If you don't listen, you can't do it...... I can't stand it......"

"What are they talking about?"

Cao Pu knelt down and covered his ears with his hands.

"They said I killed them, that I was of the same kind as them, why did they do that? Yes...... Wife, what should I do! Oh my goodness!"

"Husband, be quiet, don't get excited, do what I say."

Murong Lian jumped up from the couch.

Cao Pu began to whimper.

"Don't you see that? I can't...... I can't do it...... I can't tell anyone!"

"Then I won't talk to you here, I'll go back to my house." Murong Lian turned around to leave, "Husband, only in this way can you feel at ease, otherwise you will ......"

"I ......" Cao Pu was in pain.

"Admit it! Speak out, confess to the government that you killed these six people out of greed, you admit that you regret it, and beg them for leniency. Murong Lian persuaded again as she walked.