If You Could Hear My Heart

"Hmm, I like them all," Shen Chi said.

Bai Man shouted, threatening, "Shen Chi, tell her! Right now! Immediately!"

Xu Chaomu jumped in first, "Who's talking in there? Is there another woman?"

"Shen Chi!" Bai Man shouted again. Clearly, she was angry. She wasn't here to listen to their dithering and cooing at each other!

"Bai Man, is that you? I can tell it's your voice. Why are you together with my husband?" Xu Chaomu deliberately struck first, "And you're being so rude to my husband!"

Bai Man was indeed thoroughly infuriated, "Xu Chaomu, you shameless woman, that's right! I'm with your husband. Go ahead, guess what we're doing?"

"What could you possibly be doing? My husband doesn't have the peculiar fetish of romancing female prisoners! So don't you dare say you're flirting with him."

"Xu Chaomu…"

"Bai Man, listen up, you're nothing but a bitch! All the way through! You're disgusting from head to toe!" Xu Chaomu had never cursed anyone before, but today she went all in, "Do you even know how slutty you were when you tried to seduce my husband before? Don't know? Well, let me tell you what slutty looks like—it's stripping naked and rubbing yourself on my husband!"

Shen Chi's lips twitched; that was a fierce insult.

He couldn't imagine that the formerly timid Xu Chaomu could have such a sharp tongue.

"Too bad. Even if you stripped naked and stood in front of my husband, he still wouldn't have the slightest interest in you. In the end, you'd have to shamefully put your clothes back on. But you weren't willing to give up, were you? So what to do? You just climbed into a couple more men's beds to satisfy your physical urges. But even after all that, you kept clinging to my husband, claiming to love him." Xu Chaomu continued her tirade.

Xiao Mo froze for a moment; this wasn't the Xu Chaomu he knew.

Shen Chi and Xiao Mo were both shocked by these words, let alone Bai Man.

Bai Man's eyes widened. Listening to the string of insults coming through the phone made her so furious, her face contorted with anger. She quickly rushed over and snatched the phone out of Shen Chi's hand!

Shen Chi didn't fight her over it; he simply gave Xiao Mo a meaningful look.

Bai Man shouted into the phone at Xu Chaomu, "Who the hell do you think you are to judge me? You crawled into Shen Chi's bed when you were eighteen. Don't think I don't know about it. You even shamelessly wrote it in your diary! The whole Shen Family knows about it! Fox spirit! Slut!"

"So what? I'm my husband's wife. We've been playfully flirting with each other since we were kids. Is there a problem with that?" Xu Chaomu refused to back down.

She was actually getting into the swing of it, as if all the grievances she'd endured from Bai Man over the years were finally bursting out!

Meanwhile, Shen Chi sighed and rubbed his forehead. He felt like he'd taken hit after hit.

Xiao Mo took this opportunity to glance quickly at the text message in his pocket and swiftly forwarded it to the police waiting at the foot of the mountain!

He had been unable to locate the perfect "spot" for some time now. As it turned out, the angle had been wrong all along. Xu Chaomu, however, had lucked into pinpointing the ideal sniping position.

This spot was neither too close nor too far, and as long as the police had a decent sharpshooter, they could definitely take out Bai Man and Jiang Zhilan with one shot!

Xiao Mo's lips curled into an almost imperceptible smile. This time, Xu Chaomu had actually gotten smarter.

It seemed that if the plan succeeded this time, the credit would go entirely to Xu Chaomu.

The officer at the foot of the mountain received the text and immediately dispatched a sniper.

"Can the job be done in one attempt?" the officer asked the sniper.

The sniper didn't say a word, simply gestured an "OK" sign, and swiftly took his gun up the trail.

The officer trusted the sniper's skill completely. Judging by the distance, it shouldn't pose much difficulty.

Halfway up the mountain, Xu Chaomu and Bai Man were still locked in a fierce argument. Bai Man was trembling with rage and was momentarily at a loss for words to hurl back.

Xu Chaomu, on the other hand, was just hitting her stride. All these years, she'd been holding back her anger!

"Shen Chi!" Bai Man suddenly roared, pressing the play button on the device in her hand, "I've changed my mind. I want you to curse that bitch Xu Chaomu! Otherwise, I'll let everyone hear just how sluttish this woman is in bed!"

With one hand holding the device and the other pointing the phone at Shen Chi, Bai Man glared forcefully.

Shen Chi was speechless. Was this desperate woman really only after a bit of psychological satisfaction?

At that moment, he noticed a tree sway slightly in the forest.

But with Bai Man's current fury, she didn't notice it.

Shen Chi smiled faintly, "Curse my wife? How could I bear to do that?"

"Shen Chi, you're pushing me!" Bai Man's face went white and red in turns, her hand poised over the play button.

Just as she pressed the play button, Shen Chi swiftly picked up the handgun from the ground. "Bang!" He fired directly at Bai Man's right hand.

Simultaneously, another gunshot rang out—the sniper had hit Jiang Zhilan square in the head inside the car!

"Ah!" Bai Man let out a blood-curdling scream, her eyes widened in shock and agony.

Jiang Zhilan, on the other hand, was shot straight through the head and didn't even have time to make a sound.

Nearby, a young boy was terrified, screaming uncontrollably, clutching his head and babbling, "Don't kill me, don't kill me…"

Shen Chi took a step forward and crushed the playback device under his shoe heel.

Xu Chaomu shouted through the phone, "Hey, Shen Chi! Don't smash it!"

She still needed that video!

Several police officers quickly surrounded Bai Man while others rescued the young boy from the car.

Xiao Mo stepped up to Shen Chi and asked in a low voice, "President Shen, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

"Never thought Mrs. Shen could curse like that," Xiao Mo chuckled, clearly impressed.

"Even the gentlest rabbit will bite when pushed too far," Shen Chi responded with a faint smile.

Bai Man, shot in her arm, knew that this time, she had no way out.

She couldn't believe how stupid she was. She wasn't even afraid of dying, so why let herself get worked up over Xu Chaomu's insults? If she hadn't lost control of her emotions, she surely would have noticed the sniper…

Heh, how pathetic.

"Shen Chi, you win. I've been a fool to the end," Bai Man remarked coldly at Shen Chi, the corners of her mouth twisting into a tragic smile. "Xu Chaomu, even as a ghost, I won't let you go!"

With that, Bai Man hurled herself into the crowd, leaping into the gorge.

"Bang bang!" The police fired several shots, afraid she might escape!

"Search down there!" The chief commanded, wide-eyed.

Xu Chaomu witnessed everything.

She murmured, "It's terrifying to have someone zero in on your psyche."

She had figured out Bai Man's psychological weak spot. Bai Man wasn't afraid of death, but she was competitive, unable to tolerate insults, and obsessed with psychological satisfaction. Otherwise, she wouldn't have demanded Shen Chi say he "loved her" or curse others on her behalf.

The police quickly began searching the valley for Bai Man's body.

Jiang Zhilan's remains were taken away in the police car, while the young boy continued crying inconsolably, clearly deeply traumatized.

Fortunately, he was young enough to likely forget the ordeal after crying it out.

Xu Chaomu felt a pang of pity and decided to talk to Shen Chi. She dialed his number.

Shen Chi picked up his phone from the ground, a small smirk tugging at his lips.