Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Pei Du could probably understand why An Jia suddenly changed her mind. Ling Yu was still stuck in the Sheng family's quagmire, and he desperately needed Pei Du, his ATM, to fill the gaps in his finances.

Of course, this also requires An Jia and Pei Du to maintain their original marriage agreement.

Pei Du had not met An Jia since his rebirth, and most of his understanding of An Jia came from that black book.

In the Black Book, An Jia's attitude towards Pei Du wasn't exactly friendly; in fact, she seemed to dislike him. An Jia consistently described Pei Du as "arrogant" and "disdainful of others."

Pei Du recalled his time with An Jia. They only saw each other a few times a year. Even when they did meet, they would usually exchange some trivial words and then go their separate ways.

It wasn't until after An Jia's family fell on hard times that Pei Du and she started to have more contact. She was heavily in debt, and Pei Du, her ATM, came in handy.

But in their last meeting in their previous life, An Jia drugged Pei Du.

Pei Du tapped his finger on the table, then turned to look to the side. Sheng Shixian had other plans for the afternoon; the military region's requests had been arriving one after another, and Sheng Shixian was still learning how to assemble military machinery.

Pei Du did not disturb him, and got up to go to the study to study the black book.

He needs to finish the book by at least the weekend.

Pei Du unlocked the iron lock hanging on the cabinet, took out the book, and started reading.

Pei Du showed absolutely no interest in the dog's intimate interactions with its owner. This was less a story of An Jia and Ling Yu's romance and more a display of Ling Yu's dog-training skills.

An Jia's life took a turn for the worse after she went bankrupt. Overnight, she went from a rich heiress to a Cinderella burdened with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and her mental resilience plummeted.

Ling Yu seized this opportunity. He took the distressed An Jia home and pampered her, initially treating her like a baby and later like a puppy. Through the entire PUA process, An Jia completely lost her autonomy.

She became Ling Yu's dog.

I know my family background isn't as good as Pei Du's, but why does Pei Du keep humiliating me like this? I did work at the bar, but I didn't do anything shameless! Why does he call me lewd? What right does he have to call me a prostitute? Only my master knows my grievances...

Pei Du was taken aback.

I dared not answer Pei Du's calls again.

【I'm already with my master, and I don't want anything to do with Pei Du anymore. But my master says Pei Du isn't that kind of person and tells me not to break off our relationship so easily. But master, I want to be your wife.】

Pei Du called again after that, asking if I was having any trouble lately. Ha, what is he pretending for? Isn't he just trying to humiliate me?

[...I never expected Pei Du would actually help me pay off some of my debts. Perhaps he really did want to help me. That night, Pei Du called me again and said that the money was for his wife, and he wouldn't break off our engagement until I paid him back.]

What does he want? The engagement ring my mother gave him is an heirloom, and he has to give it back! We argued, and he called me a bitch and said he's the scumbag! Why is he doing this to me?

I hate him.

Pei Du was somewhat dazed. Almost all the descriptions of him in An Jia's book were concentrated here, and turning a few dozen pages further revealed the information about Pei Du's death that had been detected during his time of survival.

Pei Du was speechless. This "living in ignominy" thing was so unreliable. If it had told Pei Du about all the detected information in advance, Pei Du wouldn't have had to spend so much time looking for the dog outside.

After searching high and low, he ended up with the wrong person, Sheng Shixian. Pei Du felt depressed for a few seconds, but considering the current situation, he reluctantly forgave the idea of ​​living a life of ignominy.

Fortunately, Pei Du managed to bring Sheng Shixian back to safety.

It's always good to suffer less from the hardships of your past life.

Pei Du's eyes softened as he thought of Sheng Shixian, but as he looked at the contents of the book, a sense of incongruity kept welling up in his mind.

He had little contact with An Jia, but he did call her to ask if she needed any help.

This is the only thing Pei Du ever did.

As for the rest of what An Jia said in her book, such as Pei Du always calling An Jia to insult her, and the argument about the ring, Pei Du never did those things.

Pei Du paused, realizing that the person who had called An Jia was not him.

Someone is impersonating Pei Du and contacting An Jia.

Unable to obtain the engagement ring, An Jia was forced to resort to a desperate measure: drugging Pei Du and taking the ring after he fell unconscious.

But perhaps she also felt guilty, so she called Pei Du the next day.

Pei Du said that this was originally mine, and he was willing to return it to me... Hearing his voice made me feel even more guilty towards him.

The day after the call ended, Pei Du was found dead at home. I don't know the specifics, but those who know him say he suddenly fell ill while taking a bath and drowned in the tub.

The day after the call ended...

No, not at this time.

Pei Du had already died the day An Jia drugged him. After An Jia took the ring and left, someone else entered the room.

Pei Du was already unconscious at the time. The people who came in stripped Pei Du naked and froze him to death in the bathtub, and then staged it as an accident.

An Jia said she called Pei Du again the next day, and Pei Du said he didn't care that she had stolen the ring. However, the person An Jia spoke to at that time couldn't possibly be Pei Du himself, as he was already dead.

Pei Du still remembered the appearance of his body when it was discovered after he had survived by clinging to life; the lividity on his body was bright red and there were no signs of decomposition.

Because his body was not decomposed, the police determined that he died a day after he ended his phone call with An Jia.

In fact, that was the third day after Pei Du's death.

A body soaked in cold water will not decompose in a short time. Pei Du's body had bleached skin on his hands and feet from prolonged immersion.

The three-day timeframe was shortened, which also created an alibi for the murderer who entered later.

Pei Du gripped the paper in the black book tightly, his pupils fixed on the words, barely able to decipher the contents.

"Yan Xuwen is a deputy army commander and is skilled in various forms of disguise and voice manipulation..."

Pei Du suppressed the excitement in his heart. He skipped over the content he had already read and flipped through a few more pages. The thick black book, almost the size of a Xinhua Dictionary, was less than a tenth of the way through. Pei Du still went through all the contents as usual.

【My master and I are engaged! It's wonderful! We can finally walk down the aisle together! Everything is alright now. We'll have our own home, our own home… My master says he loves me so much, and I love you too. Master, I love you the most.】

Pei Du's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. The wedding built on his tomb was even white.

It looks like his funeral.