Chapter 1

The day my sister committed suicide, my husband locked me, three months pregnant, in a large sterilization chamber.

"You filthy-minded woman, purify your dirty, ugly soul in here!" Jack shouted.

"You killed Rose! Not making you die with her is already the greatest mercy!"

"You're morally corrupt and unfaithful. This will disinfect you and treat those shameful gynecological infections of yours!"

Rose was his first love, his ideal. I was just leftover rice gone bad.

Rose's depression was fake. My claustrophobia was real.

I struggled desperately in the sterilization chamber, finally dying from ozone poisoning.

Ironically, it turned out my sister's suicide was also fake.

She came back to life with a radiant smile.

My husband embraced Rose passionately, leaving my corpse to rot in the cramped sterilization chamber.

A week later, he opened the chamber door with Rose by his side.

"Lily, have you repented yet?"

Only in death can one truly find liberation.

My soul floated out of the sterilization chamber, drifting to Jack's side.

He was crying.

In the eyes of the world, Jack was a cold and dignified man, always composed and never losing his poise.

He was also a germaphobe, never allowing even a speck of dust on himself.

But now he was crying uncontrollably, snot running down his face, sobbing over Rose's photo on his phone.

"Rose, I miss you so much!"

"Why did you do something so foolish? What am I supposed to do without you? The world has lost all its color without you... wah wah wah..."

He was inconsolable, just like the passionate male lead in a romance movie.

I laughed mockingly.

Romance movie?

More like an illicit affair movie!

Rose was my sister, and I was Jack's lawful wife.

So Rose was Jack's sister-in-law.

What right did he have to cry?

The one who should be crying is me!

I floated in the air, tears streaming down my face, my hand caressing my now-flat belly.

Not just crying for my own death, but for the loss of my innocent child.

"Baby, Mommy is so sorry."

"Mommy was blind, marrying such a heartless scumbag. Because of that, you didn't even get a chance to see this world before tragically departing."

"If there's a next life, please be born into a family where the parents truly love each other, okay?"

"Even if it's poor, at least it will be warm."

"Wah wah..."

My soul trembled with grief. The door opened, and the housekeeper walked in.

"Sir, the madam has been locked in the sterilization chamber for three days and nights. Please let her out! I'm really worried something might happen to her. Madam is very timid, she even has claustrophobia and is afraid to ride in elevators alone—"

The housekeeper's words enraged Jack.

"Shut up!"

"Three days without food or water won't kill her!"

"It's not a gas chamber! Ozone isn't toxic, it can even disinfect and reduce inflammation! It's perfect for purifying Lily's dirty, ugly soul!"

"What's claustrophobia compared to this? My Rose has already committed suicide because of depression! Lily is just afraid of the dark, what's there to fuss about? Let her stay in there and atone for her sins!"

"She killed her own sister. I'm already being merciful by not drowning this vicious woman in a pig cage!"

Jack was so agitated that snot ran into his mouth without him noticing.

I felt disgusted watching.

It seems people only truly understand everything after death.

I regretted why I ever fell in love with such a heartless beast like Jack.

Even though I was already dead, just thinking about the torture and abuse I suffered before dying still left my soul restless.

Three days ago, I had begged Jack not to lock me in the sterilization chamber.

"My sister committed suicide. Her death had nothing to do with me!"