Chapter 4: You Shameless Scoundrel

I followed her into the morgue. Inside was a small bed, completely covered from head to toe with a white sheet.

As Jiang Yue neared the doorway, her steps suddenly slowed, and her expression grew heavy.

She approached the small bed and was about to lift the sheet when a policeman beside her spoke up: “Miss Jiang, I must remind you again, Mr. Chu’s head and facial features are severely disfigured, and his limbs have all been reconstructed. Moreover, due to the hot weather, the body has been here for a full day and night. If you can’t bear it, I suggest you don’t look.”

Jiang Yue paused, letting out a cold snort. “Don’t worry. I’m not that fragile inside, and frankly, I don’t believe it’s him.”

With that, Jiang Yue reached out and pulled back the white cloth.

The face before her was completely distorted and twisted.

She stared blankly, her face devoid of any emotion, like a soulless machine.

But in the next instant,

her body convulsed. She quickly threw the sheet aside and dashed out of the morgue, violently retching.

“Miss Jiang, I warned you,” the policeman said as he approached.

After a long while, Jiang Yue regained her composure. She patted her chest and looked up at the officer. “This face is unrecognizable. How can I believe it’s Chu Jianghe?”

“We conducted DNA testing, and the results show it is your husband, Chu Jianghe,” he replied.

“Haha. Officer, it’s not that I don’t trust your technology, but Chu Jianghe is cunning. Could this have been fabricated by him?”

Despite this, Jiang Yue clearly didn’t believe it.

Perhaps, in her eyes, I was nothing but a sinister and cruel person.

Even the policeman was at a loss, shaking his head. “Miss Jiang, please face the facts. We also found your marriage certificate and his phone in Mr. Chu’s pants pocket. You can verify.”

An assistant handed over a transparent bag containing the evidence: a marriage certificate and a phone.

Both items were stained with blood.

The moment Jiang Yue saw these belongings, her body trembled slightly, and her chest heaved violently.

As she reached to take out the items, the policeman handed her a pair of white gloves. “Miss Jiang, please protect the evidence. Our investigation into this accident has uncovered many suspicious points.”

Jiang Yue donned the gloves, expressionless, took out the marriage certificate, glanced at it, and then threw it away.

No—more precisely, she dropped it in fright.

She then took out the phone, and the policeman asked, “Do you know your husband’s phone unlock code? We need to check some information.”

Jiang Yue instinctively shook her head.

At that moment, Liu Qing’s voice came from nearby: “0826.”

The phone unlocked.

Jiang Yue looked at Liu Qing, bewildered. “How do you know Chu Jianghe’s phone password?”

“How would I know?” Liu Qing sneered.

“Miss Jiang, haven’t you noticed how familiar this number is? The man you despise uses your birthday for all his passwords.”

Jiang Yue was stunned before asking again, “I meant, how do you know?”

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