Drowned in the Sea of Sinful Love

Midnight cloaked the silent alley. A terrified woman ran, glancing frantically over her shoulder. Behind her, a man in a long trench coat pursued at an unhurried pace, the glint of a knife catching the faint light. He showed no fear of losing her—after all, this was a dead-end street. By the time she realized it, escape was already impossible. She stumbled backward, slipping on the damp ground. Ignoring the pain in her ankle, she struggled to crawl away, her trembling voice barely steady enough to ask, “Why?” A thousand questions flooded her mind, desperate and unanswered. “When you reach the underworld,” the man sneered, lips curling into a cruel smile, “you can ask again.” He raised the knife. The wail of police sirens shattered the morning stillness. Several patrol cars screeched to a halt, and a group of uniformed officers quickly set up barricades, sealing off the alley before splitting up to investigate. Moments later, a taxi stopped at the entrance. The first thing that emerged wasn’t a face, but a slender, fair leg stepping out of the car—its owner wearing crystal-thin, ten-centimeter stiletto heels. The driver swallowed hard at the sight of the scene. “Miss, the police have blocked the road. What are you doing here?” “*********，******？”******，****：“******——**********。” “**？”*********。******，*****************？ ******。*****，****************。 ******，******。*************。“***。” *********，**********。****——************——**，*******，*******。 **************？ **************，*****************——********。“*****？”**。 “****，”******。“**********。” ****，****，*******。*********，*************。*********，******：“***，***，***——” “********？” “*？**。。。***。” ***，********。***************;*************。 ***********。******，****，******。 ****，****************。*******。 **，*******。**********——*********。************。********，**********，****。 ******。***************。*************。***********。 *************。********，***********。*********。 ******，***********。*****——*****，******，******************。*********。 *************，*****，********。 *************。************************。******，*********——******************。 **************，********。********。 ***************。 *********。 “****，***？”****。 “***，”*****。 *****，**********，******。*********，*********，**，******。********，******：“********？**************？” *********，*****。*******，**********。********，*******：*****。 “*******？”****。 “***，”********。“************。” ******，***********，*****——********。