Where's the cute girl we were promised? She's completely wiped out S-rank dungeons!

The online discussion surrounding this serial murder case remains high, with everyone condemning this inhuman beast and utterly cruel demon. It is hoped that the police will arrest him soon.

Xu Tai'an didn't think much of it. At that time, she was a normal person, just like other netizens, posting comments online and speaking out for the victims. But that was all.

The idea of ​​a serial killer is something that seems very distant, let alone to a young girl who has just finished her college entrance exams.

That same year, Xu Tai'an met Duan Fengye at university.

They were in the same class and the same major. Xu Tai'an was just a young girl in her early twenties at the time, and from the first moment she saw that man, she quickly fell in love.

Xu Tai'an wasn't someone who only cared about looks and ignored a partner's inner qualities. At that time, she liked Duan Fengye not only because he was young and handsome, but also because of his gentle and elegant demeanor, the accolades on his resume that most people could only dream of, and the smile he gave her whenever she secretly glanced at him and he noticed.

At that time, she did not know that beneath this man's refined and tolerant exterior lay unfathomable darkness and temptation.

They quickly exchanged names and QQ numbers and fell deeply in love. It was a particularly precious and blissful time in Xu Tai'an's otherwise happy twenty years of life; the sweetness of love was overwhelming her. Duan Fengye was practically flawless as a boyfriend, and their relationship progressed rapidly. From dating to living together, and from living together to meeting each other's parents, it only took a year. They were even getting engaged before graduating from university.

Just as that summer vacation came to an end, she saw the most terrifying sight she had ever seen in her life.

During the summer vacation, they stayed at Duan Fengye's private, classically styled villa in the suburbs. It was raining heavily that day, and Xu Tai'an had caught a slight heatstroke. After the family doctor examined her, Duan Fengye drove the doctor back to the city center.

After they left, Xu Tai'an felt much better. She got out of bed and suddenly had an idea: to bake a blueberry cake in the baking pan they had bought from the flea market last month, as a surprise for her boyfriend when he returned.

But when she went up to the attic to look for it, she couldn't find it.

Xu Tai'an descended from the attic, disheartened. He suddenly remembered a crime novel he had recently read: There was a scene in that novel...

The female police officer in charge of solving the case deduced that the murderer's house actually had a hidden basement by analyzing factors such as the "house structure", "drainage system", and "electrical and ventilation" of the house.

A basement? But Duan Fengye had never mentioned to her that there was such a place in the house.

But none of that mattered anymore. Xu Tai'an's detective urge kicked in, and she couldn't resist. She ran upstairs and into the master bedroom, where there was a life-size model of their villa, made by Duan Fengye himself.

She carefully measured the height of the first floor and the base of the house with a soft measuring tape, observed the drainage system, the wall thickness... and finally actually found several underfloor heating and dehumidification devices that shouldn't have been there.

Xu Tai'an was so excited she almost shouted. Making the blueberry cake was completely forgotten. Suddenly, her phone buzzed; it was a message from Duan Fengye asking her:

"Honey, I'm almost home. How are you feeling? Are you still feeling unwell?"

"I'm much better now," she replied sweetly with a smile in a voice message. "I have a surprise for you~ You'll see it when you get back."

"Tch... What surprise is it that's all so mysterious? Honey, you're still sick, so don't bother with all this. I feel worse than anyone else when you're sick."

"Oh, never mind that! Just drive slowly, I'll be ready soon!"

In Xu Tai'an's eyes, this basement was a mysterious place. Even Duan Fengye didn't know it existed. She felt that such a mysterious place must contain some kind of antique or treasure. So she returned to the first floor and began a thorough search, determined to find the entrance to the basement.

She searched for almost twenty minutes, and just as she was losing interest and about to give up, she discovered a hidden door behind the heavy shelving. The hidden door was covered in dust and looked like it hadn't been used in a long time.

Later, Xu Tai'an learned that the real entrance was under the lawn in the yard. But at that moment, she didn't have time to think about that; people aren't afraid of hardship when they're doing something bad. She, a patient, laboriously moved the shelves aside, shone her flashlight, and carefully shone it down from the doorway:

Inside was a descending staircase. The staircase was also covered with beautiful artistic tiles, which made Xu Tai'an even more certain that there were antiques or treasures hidden inside.

She lifted her nightgown, shone a flashlight, and cautiously descended the stairs. The smile on her lips froze the moment she saw what lay inside. Her blood ran cold, and a chilling dread slowly crept up her spine and down to the back of her neck.

It's a jar inside.

To be more specific, they are beautiful and exquisite glass jars of various sizes. Each jar contains a piece of human tissue.

Her legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground. In her dazed state, she seemed to catch a faint smell of meat. A violent wave of nausea surged up her throat, and Xu Tai'an vomited on the spot.

She vomited so badly that she felt dizzy and faint, tears and snot streaming down her face, and she even vomited bile.

How is this possible? What are these things? Why are they in my house? Why is this place so clean? Only Feng Ye and I live in this villa, so who usually cleans it?!

Yes, even at this point, Xu Tai'an didn't suspect Duan Fengye. News about the "perverted serial killer" flashed through her mind, making her hair stand on end and even causing her to break out in a cold sweat.

"Ahhh..."

Xu Tai'an groaned softly, desperately trying to crawl out of the room, but then he caught a glimpse of the large desk in the room:

The desk was exquisitely decorated, covered with many things resembling blueprints, and in the center stood a lifelike little rubber figure. At first glance, Xu Tai'an felt the figure looked familiar. Suppressing her fear, she trembled as she approached to examine it:

That little rubber figure, from its hair to its facial features, looked exactly like her.

There was also a sticky note under the little figure, on which a sentence was written in Duan Fengye's handwriting:

Darling, I can't wait to put you in the shop window!

"!!!"

Xu Tai'an completely broke down. She trembled and let out a desperate cry, frantically pulling out her phone to call the police. But just then, a familiar voice called out from the living room on the first floor:

"Honey~ I brought you a cake~"

Where are you?