Chapter 115: Headless but the Body Lives on

Lin Suqing steadied his wildly pounding heart, licked his dried lips, and gingerly approached the bed as if walking on thin ice. When he was half a step away, he swallowed hard and stretched out his hand to lift the bed curtain that draped down.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the curtain, he abruptly pulled his hand back. He pursed his lips, swallowed again, then inched his right foot forward. With his left hand, he held the "barks-at-heaven dog" howling pen, using the end with the barks-at-heaven dog's bristle to lift the curtain.

Having only tried to open a small gap, he found the cautious approach too nerve-wracking. Steeling his resolve, he suddenly lifted the curtain all at once. And what he saw was a headless body seated on the edge of the bed!

The deep brown garments, those were exactly what Madam Xia was wearing earlier!