"Son of a bitch."
Hao Ming was furious. Not only did Zhao Zhengyi refuse to help him, but he even kicked him while he was down. He threw an enraged punch.
"Ah!"
Zhao Zhengyi took the blow to his face, and his left eye swelled shut completely.
With a calm and serene expression, Wu Tian walked over to Zhao Zhengyi. After glancing at his face, he smiled slightly. "You have a sickness."
"What?" Zhao Zhengyi was stunned, his heart pounding. He hurriedly said, "Mr. Wu Tian, you... you can’t joke about something like that."
"Is that so? From your face, I can see you made your fortune at twenty-three and married at twenty-six. Your wife is three years your senior, and your union was brought about by flowers. But at thirty-five, your face shows the signs of tawdry affairs. It seems that after that age, you had numerous lovers. By the time you were forty, your vigor had faded, leaving you unable to perform a man’s duties." Wu Tian’s eyes remained tranquil. An expert in medicine, divination, and astrology, he spoke these words after only a simple glance at Zhao Zhengyi.
"What... what?" Zhao Zhengyi stumbled back in panic, staring at Wu Tian in disbelief, as if he were a Ghost God instead of a man.
Zhao Zhengyi couldn’t believe Wu Tian had been so accurate. If he’s not a Ghost God, how could he know everything?
The others were also amazed. Seeing the change in Zhao Zhengyi’s expression, they knew Wu Tian had spoken the truth.
Wu Tian ignored the crowd’s fearful gazes. He continued to look at Zhao Zhengyi and smiled. "I got everything right, didn’t I?"
"No... not at all," Zhao Zhengyi hastily denied, shaking his head. "I’m very loyal to my wife. I’ve never betrayed her, and I don’t have any mistresses! I..."
Wu Tian chuckled.
Zhao Zhengyi took a deep, uneasy breath, but he consoled himself with the knowledge that without evidence, no one could do anything to him.
"You might as well confess everything you’ve done," Wu Tian suddenly added.
Everyone was taken aback again. How is that possible? Who would willingly confess their own shameful deeds?
Many thought Wu Tian was being delusional. But no one noticed that his gaze was fixed on Zhao Zhengyi’s eyes, and deep within them shimmered an unusual gleam.
Finally, he gave a single command: "Speak!"
The crowd didn’t understand what Wu Tian was doing. But Zhao Zhengyi suddenly stood ramrod straight, his eyes dull, and said, "Yes."
Seeing this, everyone was horrified.
"Actually, my name isn’t Zhao Zhengyi. It’s Zhao Ergou. ’Zhao Zhengyi’ is a name I adopted later on, thanks to my wife’s family connections.
"I’m not human. For years, I’ve secretly been drugging the milk my wife drinks every night, a little more each time. One day, she will die.
"Furthermore, I also..."
With a deadpan expression, Zhao Zhengyi confessed every despicable thing he had ever done, as if he were recounting someone else’s story. His face showed no trace of shame or any other emotion.
"I..." Zhao Zhengyi was panic-stricken. No, I can’t die! I can escape to the remote mountains or join one of the martial arts sects. That way, I can survive!
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