Reborn as a Fake Heiress Marrying the Tycoon novel Chapter 1140

Chapter 1140: Smokescreen

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The young officers nearly stumbled backward in horror. The moment they had lifted the lid of the so-called "pickle jar", all hell broke loose.

Hidden beneath a thin layer of pickled vegetables was not some forgotten preserve, but a barely-breathing human being.

Gasps rippled through the crowd as the police hauled the frail figure out of the jar.

Gu Zi, standing at the very front, had the misfortune of seeing it all too clearly—the man’s scalp was split open, and writhing maggots were crawling out of the gaping wound. Overwhelmed, Gu Zi turned pale and retched violently on the spot.

And then it hit them—this so-called piece of "evidence" Lin Miao had been shouting about wasn’t some inanimate object; it was a person. A person so brutally tortured he was clinging to the last threads of life.

If their guesses were correct, this must have been the madman Jiang Yao once discovered in the infamous haunted house. And going a step further—it seemed likely that this unfortunate soul was none other than Jiang Nan’s long-missing husband.

Their suspicions were confirmed just moments later when someone cried out in shock, "Isn’t that Jiang Yi—Jiang Nan’s husband? Oh my God, look at that head wound—it’s like someone hacked at him with an axe! This is monstrous! What the hell happened here?"

The revelation shattered any last semblance of order. Jiang Nan crumpled to the ground like a puppet whose strings had been cut, but instead of despair, a look of blissful relief unfurled across her face.

She threw her head back and laughed—a wild, chilling laugh that echoed off the courtyard walls.

"It’s not my fault!" she shrieked, her voice sharp as broken glass. "It was you—you betrayed me first! You and your whole filthy family—bullying me, beating me, hurling insults, forcing me to raise a bastard that wasn’t even mine! I wanted you all dead! Dead, dead, dead! Hahahaha!"

There was no need for further explanation—the grisly truth hung in the air, undeniable and suffocating.

Meanwhile, at the Su family residence, Su Shen had just returned home when he heard the commotion from the neighboring household. The minute he learned that Gu Zi was involved, unease gripped him, and he rushed over without a second thought.

When he arrived, he found Jiang Nan’s courtyard jammed with villagers, a chaotic, stinking mass. And there, near the center of it all, was Gu Zi—ashen-faced and trembling on the verge of collapse.

Su Shen didn’t hesitate. He barreled through the crowd, scooped Gu Zi into his arms, and immediately caught a glimpse of the nauseating scene near the jar. It didn’t take long to figure out why Gu Zi was in such a state.

Without wasting another second, he carried her away, running all the way back to their home.

Cradled against the strong, familiar chest she knew so well, Gu Zi finally allowed herself to surrender to unconsciousness, her body going limp with relief.

Their loyal dog Big Yellow, sensing that its work was done and its humans had departed, quickly turned tail and trotted back to the Su residence as well.

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