It's all just because of foolish fantasies, dreams made out of illusions.
Lian'er wasn't really old; she had just passed the most beautiful years of a woman's life.
Six months ago, on her thirty-fifth birthday, the man she had been in a relationship with for fifteen years left her.
When Lian'er was twenty, in the prime of her youth, when she was like a star surrounded by a crowd, she made a lifelong promise with that man.
After graduation, during the years when her boyfriend had no income from his business, Lian'er worked tirelessly to support both of them.
When her boyfriend's career began to take off, Lian'er decisively stopped her own work to handle all of the household matters, becoming the woman behind the man.
Even during the two years when her boyfriend's mother was bedridden and dying, Lian'er had served her by the bedside.
Yet on Lian'er's thirty-fifth birthday, her boyfriend looked at her with disdain, seeing her age and diminishing beauty, and resolutely broke up with her, taking another twenty-year-old girl away.
Lian'er couldn't understand why the man could be so heartless!
Fifteen years, fifteen years of love, and just like that, he could walk away?
Just as Lian'er was about to take medicine to end her life, her consciousness fading away, she unexpectedly entered a game and gained an extraordinary talent.
She once again saw the long-lost possessiveness in a man's eyes, and once again, she found herself in the spotlight, becoming the center of attention, a beauty adored by all.
Lian'er looked at the young and flawless Nangong Miaomiao, who was in the prime of her life, and coldly asked:
"Why can you say such vicious words?"
Nangong Miaomiao did not back down, her eyes full of disdain: "Is it really vicious to tell the truth?"
"You're still young, but you will age too!"
"But I'm still young now."
"I was once young too; I was once beautiful. When I was young, I was more beautiful than you!"
Nangong Miaomiao sneered, her tone full of mockery: "But now you're old and ugly. Since you're old and ugly, why don't you just die? Are you waiting to be abandoned?"
Lian'er looked at Nangong Miaomiao, who was full of contempt, and saw the same expression and the same age as the young girl who once took her boyfriend's arm.
Lian'er took out a crossbow, raised it, and yelled with all her heart, "We are both women; how can you be so vicious! Don't you fear retribution?"
Nangong Miaomiao showed no fear, raising her shotgun and charging at Lian'er: "Because I'm young and beautiful, you old woman!"
Lian'er's crossbow shot out, the arrow hitting Nangong Miaomiao's chest. Though it was blocked by soft armor, the impact still made Nangong Miaomiao stumble.
Nangong Miaomiao's shot was slower, and as a result, she was hit by the crossbow first, her balance thrown off.
The first shot missed, only grazing Lian'er's arm with some scattered pellets.
The pain in Lian'er's arm extinguished the fury in her heart. Fearing that Nangong Miaomiao's next shot might hit her, she quickly ducked behind a nearby bench.
Then, Lian'er saw Yu Tu anxiously rushing toward her, and she smiled faintly.
That anxious expression was familiar to her. When they were first dating, once when she had fallen, her boyfriend had rushed over with the same expression.
Lian'er smiled as she watched Yu Tu approach her, allowing him to embrace her.
A man's embrace was still so warm.
However, as she caught a fleeting glimpse of a white light, her neck suddenly felt sharp pain, and her vision turned red with blood.
Lian'er tried to use her remaining strength to speak, wanting to ask why, but her mouth was filled with blood, and she couldn't say a word.
Before her consciousness faded, she heard Yu Tu softly muttering, "It's okay, it's okay; a little pain is normal. A beautiful woman like you shouldn't die in my hands; that would be such a waste!"
In her final moments, Lian'er felt relieved:It's alright, it's alright. Since I'm going to die anyway, it's worth it if I die because of my beauty, killed by a man!At least it wasn't because I was ugly and abandoned!
Men, aren't they all like that?
Elsewhere, Nangong Miaomiao was still too preoccupied to worry about Lian'er's death.
Because the Banana Man in the front, seeing Nangong Miaomiao lose balance and thinking she was badly hurt, rushed toward her without hesitation with a knife.
Nangong Miaomiao's first shot was aimed at Lian'er, but before she could reload for a second shot, the Banana Man had already closed in.
Seeing the blade come down, Nangong Miaomiao rolled on the ground, dodging a fatal blow, but the knife still grazed her calf.
Fortunately, the blade wasn't sharp enough, leaving only a wound on her leg.
Seizing the moment, Nangong Miaomiao quickly loaded her second bullet.
With no time to aim properly, she rolled onto her back, facing the Banana Man, and fired!
"Bang!"
Seeing the barrel of Nangong Miaomiao's shotgun, the Banana Man quickly crouched and ran toward a distant pillar.
The angle of her shot from the ground was too steep, and her aim was off, so the shot missed.
However, the Banana Man was too scared to approach again.
"Hahaha, soft banana, you can't do it! Come on, I'm here waiting for you! Hahaha!"
Seeing the Banana Man hesitate, Nangong Miaomiao, struggling through the pain in her leg, limped toward Yu Tu's location.
She saw Yu Tu running toward Lian'er. Nangong Miaomiao didn't believe that this madman would let Lian'er go, because in her mind, she and Yu Tu were the same kind of person.
Sure enough, when Nangong Miaomiao saw Yu Tu, he was holding Lian'er's bloodied body.
Lian'er's neck was still bleeding, but Yu Tu had a crazed expression as he groped over her body!
"Damn it, Tie Zhu, she's already dead; what the hell are you still doing?!"
"Get lost; don't you dare meddle; I'm taking advantage of her while it's still fresh!"
At this moment, the thug on the second floor was furious!
He had been fighting with Wuxiang on the second floor, and although he had been losing, he was still hanging in there.
The thug had believed that Lian'er was safe, that nothing on the first floor would affect her.
But then, two gunshots rang out. The thug, glancing briefly, saw a scene that made his blood boil!
Lian'er, covered in blood, was lying in Yu Tu's arms, her hands limp by her side, and her neck still bleeding!
And that madman, Yu Tu, was molesting her body!
"Xiaoya!! Tie Zhu!!! You're asking for death!!"
The thug screamed in rage, then jumped down from the second floor, charging madly toward Yu Tu.
Xiaoya was the thug's wife.
In the thug's eyes, Lian'er looked just like his deceased wife!