100 ways to kill your husband

Chapter 8, The 5th Time Waiting for Me

Wen Xu understood what the discussions he heard before each rebirth were—the comments from reality show viewers.

"You all enjoy watching me kill Lu Heng."

"Not necessarily. You could also be killed by Lu Heng. But you are the protagonist of the story, so we are giving you a chance to be reborn. After being reborn, your abilities will become stronger and stronger, you will understand Lu Heng better and better, and it will be easier for you to kill Lu Heng. You are our superstar."

Wen Xu found out what Su Yi's attitude towards her was all about. On one hand, he looked down on her and only regarded her as a little toy for the amusement of the π time-space, but on the other hand, he could not ignore her because he needed to make money through her.

"I will not be reborn."

"This is not something you can decide."

"If I committed suicide immediately after being reborn, would you still enjoy watching it?"

Su Yi's previously flawless expression cracked slightly. Wen Xu knew she had made the right bet. Su Yi needed to constantly move around in the reality show to increase its appeal, rather than simply repeating the same routine like a fixed program.

"Give me back my friend immediately."

"I can't do it. The principle of spacetime is to maintain its stability. It is unchangeable; once it disappears, it disappears."

So, Su Yi did not appear in front of her the previous three times because she had not told anyone that she would be reborn.

"Rebirth is not something I crave, so why should I let you control me?"

"I can grant you immortality, something that others can only dream of. Do you know how many emperors in history have wasted their lives, squandered resources, built massive construction projects, and sought immortality through elixirs, turning themselves into a collection of radioactive elements before dying a painful death? What they all craved was your life."

"Wrong! They can't bear to give up the wonderful life of being in a high position, so they want to have more time. But you're just making me suffer in endless hell. Why should I accept this fate?"

As time went on, Wen Xu could clearly sense that Su Yi was getting impatient, and even her tone of voice had become higher, like a poorly acting musical actor.

"Don't be ungrateful! I can trap you here forever! So you won't even die!"

As Su Yi spoke, the shards of glass in Wen Xu's hand, the watch on her wrist, and the metal buckle on her belt instantly rose into the air, turning into powder and disappearing. The fabric of her clothes transformed into a smooth, luminous material, cool and clinging to her body, impossible to peel off or tear. She couldn't take off her clothes, wrap them into strips, and strangle herself; she couldn't die according to her own will.

Wen Xu really wanted to punch Su Yi in the face, and she also wanted to smash the screens of all the viewers of the reality show π Time and Space.

"Or, I'll make all the people you cherish disappear."

A screen reappeared beside Su Yi, and Wen Xu saw her mother, Su Yuelan, appear on the screen.

She knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, clutching a large black-and-white photograph of Wen Xu in her arms. The wrinkles on her forehead and around her eyes were as if carved by a knife. From her wailing mouth, only a few teeth remained. She wore a hat that was way too big for her head, and her back was bent over so badly that she was barely recognizable.

The previous four times, she died without ever seeing Su Yuelan's appearance after her death, but she knew how much Su Yuelan loved her.

At this moment, a man appeared behind Su Yuelan. He was a white-haired man who, like Su Yi, never blinked. He sat down next to Su Yuelan and reached out a pale hand to put it on her shoulder.

"I understand! Fine, I'll be reborn, okay?"

Seeing Wen Xu relent, Su Yi once again put on a fake smile.

"Of course, this is good for all of us."

"Even if I don't die, will reality TV necessarily be good?"

"Um?"

Wen Xu looked at him with anger and contempt, and her tone was so confident.

No one had ever spoken to Su Yi like that before. He was simply treating Wen Xu the way he had been taught, but he was genuinely worried about the reality show's declining popularity. Since Wen Xu's third rebirth, the show's popularity had plummeted from third to tenth on the channel. If this continued, the show would be off the charts in less than six months, and he absolutely wouldn't allow that to happen.

"I'll make the reality show more interesting, you have to help me."

"No, spoilers aren't allowed in reality shows."

"What do you mean by 'not allowed'? Does it mean it can't be violated like the principles of time and space? Or do you simply not want to help, and it's okay even if no one watches the reality show?"

Su Yi's lips twitched again. She was just a person, why was she questioning him? He didn't need to pay attention to her words at all. But if he could use her to make the reality show more interesting, that wouldn't be a bad idea. His teacher had once unintentionally revealed after drinking that some shows did just that.

"What do you want?"

"When you get back, tell me where Lu Heng is. I'll make the reality show even better."

"That's impossible. If I gave you a cheat code, you'd solve all the problems in advance. The tension and sense of imminence brought about by the unknown would also disappear."

"Then you have to answer one question about the reality show every day. You must answer, but you don't have to be very specific, and you absolutely cannot lie."

Su Yi thought it was too simple. He didn't bother lying to Wen Xu. He believed that people's words contained huge traps and he was confident that he could win against her.

I promise you.

Wen Xu was not satisfied with the result, but it was the best method she could think of at the moment. She knew too little about Su Yi and knew nothing about the π spacetime. She wanted to eliminate Su Yi's wariness of her, thoroughly understand the reason for the rebirth, and break this annoying cycle.

Finally, she wants to completely destroy this reality show that derives pleasure from the suffering of others.

Before waking up this time, she had a very long dream in which she was chasing a white light. The light trailed a long tail and moved faster and faster, and she ran faster and faster as well. She felt a lot of pain in her feet, and when she looked down, she found that she had been stepping on broken glass, and her feet were already a bloody mess and unrecognizable.

She suddenly woke up from her dream and found herself sitting in a chair. Her hand trembled, and she knocked over the coffee cup beside her. The warm brown latte spread across the table, and a few drops splashed onto her sleeve.

"Xuxu, are you alright?"

Wen Xu looked up and saw Tang Lin's face approaching. His concerned expression seemed genuine. Thinking of what Tang Lin had done to her, her stomach clenched. She subtly dodged Tang Lin's outstretched hand, grabbed a few tissues from the table, and pressed them against the edge of the coffee that had spilled onto the table.

"Excuse me, I need to use the restroom."

Wen Xu used hand sanitizer as soap, mechanically rubbing it on her soiled sleeves a few times. Just like her previous rebirths, the time she was in and what was about to happen instantly flashed through her mind.

In her first life, her best friend Tang Lin sat to her right, her friend Chen Lei sat to her left, and Qiao Shan should have sat opposite her, but now there was only a wooden chair left.