Chapter 63

"What? You really have a wife?"

Yun Shuo was shocked. No wonder Xu Tian wasn't moved by An Rongxuan's confession or Tang Xin's advances; it turned out he already had a wife.

"Who is your wife? Can you bring her out for me to meet sometime?"

"We'll see if there's a chance later." Xu Tian said vaguely. He knew Tang Bingyan didn't like messy gatherings; the last time she was able to go meet An Rongxuan with him was already giving him a lot of face.

"I'm heading home first. If anything comes up, contact me by phone."

Tang Bingyan had been very busy these past two days, working overtime every day and getting home even later than him, so Xu Tian planned to leave work early today to go to the supermarket and buy some ingredients to cook dinner for Tang Bingyan himself.

Xu Tian bought a lot of fresh ingredients from the supermarket and also went to a famous internet-famous pastry shop in Jiang City to buy a box of osmanthus cakes.

The rose cakes from last time seemed a bit too sweet, so this time Xu Tian switched to a slightly lighter flavor.

Just as he parked the car and walked into the villa carrying bags of ingredients, he discovered that the villa was quiet, without a single sound.

Usually, even if Tang Bingyan didn't come home, there would be security guards and servants on duty in the villa, but since Xu Tian returned, he hadn't seen a single shadow.

Could it be that Bingyan gave the servants in the house a day off?

Xu Tian put the ingredients in the kitchen first, thought for a moment, and then picked out the box of osmanthus cakes.

He took out his phone, intending to ask Tang Bingyan if she knew what was going on.

However, after he dialed Tang Bingyan's number, he heard a cold electronic voice: "Hello, the user you dialed is temporarily unavailable, please try again later..."

"Is it my phone that has no signal, or is the signal on Bingyan's end bad?"

Xu Tian frowned and wanted to go to the living room to make another call, but just as he came out of the kitchen and was about to go to the living room, he suddenly smelled a faint scent of blood in the air.

Because of his experiences in his previous life, Xu Tian's alertness was extremely high.

Intuition told him that this heavy, bloody scent only occurred after someone had lost a large amount of blood.

Xu Tian's heart sank abruptly.

Could it be that robbers had broken into the villa?

He held his breath, kept his footsteps very light, and tried hard to find the source of the bloody scent.

Finally, he discovered that this bloody scent was coming from the basement.

Xu Tian had always known there was a basement in the villa, but in his previous life, Tang Bingyan had strictly forbidden him from going down there.

At that time, he and Tang Bingyan were like fire and water, so naturally, he wouldn't be curious about what secrets that mysterious basement held.

However, now that he was standing at the entrance of the basement stairs, facing the oncoming bloody scent and the chilling breeze, his heart beat faster and faster uncontrollably, as if it were about to burst through his throat.

Something really must have happened...

The first thought that popped into Xu Tian's mind was that Tang Bingyan had stored a large amount of cash and jewelry in the basement, and the servants in the villa had led the robbers to the basement under their coercion and inducement.

If Tang Bingyan had returned, she might also be...

After the robbers got the money, they would naturally think of killing to silence the witnesses, which was why such a heavy, bloody scent was drifting up.

Xu Tian glanced at the pitch-black entrance, took a deep breath, turned back to the kitchen to grab a kitchen knife, and then walked back silently.

He wasn't sure what the situation was below, and he didn't dare to call the police rashly.

His worry for Tang Bingyan made him forget the danger for a moment, and he walked down the stairs on tiptoe.

The further down Xu Tian went, the heavier the bloody scent became.

Until later, that thick, nauseating bloody scent made Xu Tian have to cover his mouth and nose tightly; otherwise, he was really afraid he would vomit directly if he wasn't careful.

After he walked down the stairs, he heard bursts of sounds coming from the basement at the end of the corridor; it was the sound of a leather whip lashing.

Could it be that those robbers hadn't left yet?

Xu Tian heightened his vigilance and quietly leaned over. However, when he approached the tightly closed door of the basement, he saw the scene inside through the glass window.

Xu Tian gasped; even though he was mentally prepared, seeing the scene inside the room still made his scalp tingle.

Suddenly, a sharp, miserable scream came from inside.

"Ah!"

"Tang Bingyan, you won't die a good death!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

This voice was so miserable that it sounded like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, making one's heart tremble with fear.

Xu Tian's footsteps paused, and deep shock and astonishment appeared in his eyes.

Through the glass window, he could see blood everywhere in the room. Tang Bingyan was sitting on the sofa in the room with an indifferent expression, and A Wei and the long-unseen Chen Xiaoxiao were standing beside her.

And kneeling in front of her was a figure so bloody and mangled that she was unrecognizable. Xu Tian could only distinguish from her screams that she was a woman.

Besides that, this woman was covered in blood from head to toe, and she was convulsing all over, clearly suffering from immense torment.

Xu Tian even saw the ghastly white bones exposed on the woman's arm as she struggled, and at the same time, pieces of flesh and skin were scattered on the floor beside her.

Such a visual impact made Xu Tian feel his limbs go cold. Although his endurance was already very strong, seeing such a tragic scene still made his scalp tingle a bit.

"Continue."

The next second, Tang Bingyan's cold voice sounded. At this moment, the person in front of her seemed like an object without any life, which could be disposed of by her at will.

After Tang Bingyan gave the order, Chen Xiaoxiao raised her hand and swung the whip, lashing it fiercely onto the woman's body.

"Ah!"

The woman let out another series of screams, rolling and struggling on the ground, while at the same time, she didn't stop cursing: "Tang Bingyan, those things should have had a share for me, that's what I deserve! I am your sister, you will face retribution for doing this to me!"

Sister?

Xu Tian looked at the bloody and mangled woman, his pupils shrinking suddenly. It seemed this woman should be a member of the Tang family.

However, the Tang family had many members in the younger generation, not to mention the collateral branches.

He didn't know who this woman was either, but judging from her voice, it definitely wasn't Tang Xin.

"Tang Bingyan, if Grandpa finds out you are harming your own kin, you will definitely be kicked out of the family! I'm going to tell Grandpa about your crimes. Grandpa loves me so much, he will absolutely not allow you to treat me like this!"

The woman struggled with difficulty, her body slowly retreating, trying to crawl to the door.

But her injuries were too severe and she had lost too much blood; this attempt to escape was nothing more than a death struggle in the eyes of Tang Bingyan and the others.

Tang Bingyan just sat there calmly, looking at the screaming and shouting woman with an indifferent expression.

And at this moment, the woman who had used her last bit of strength to crawl to the door had already raised her arm high and gripped the doorknob.

However, just at this moment, Chen Xiaoxiao suddenly flashed in front of the young woman, reached out and grabbed the woman's neck, easily lifting her up.

The woman was choked by the neck and had difficulty breathing, only able to make a hoarse roar like a broken bellows. She struggled incessantly, her limbs flailing, but she was completely unable to break free.

This sudden change made Xu Tian subconsciously take two steps back, and the keen-smelling Chen Xiaoxiao immediately realized there was movement outside the door.

"Who's outside?"