Beauty is captivating, and this kind of beauty, however, is utterly enchanting.

Eric Carter's eyes gradually revealed a look of intoxication, and he didn't even realize that he had already started walking forward, unable to control himself.

First his feet,

then his knees,

then his waist,

until finally,

the water reached his neck,

and eventually, his whole body was submerged in the pool.

The water wasn't cold; in fact, it was quite warm. The surface was clear, with high visibility. Once you entered, you didn't even feel the pain of suffocation.

Eric Carter saw that group of women holding paper umbrellas from before; beneath the water, they were still graceful and alluring, continuing to walk forward.

And the one closest to him

was a woman dressed in red, standing underwater, but her hands were dancing gracefully above the surface.

Eric Carter began to approach this woman in red,

not because of her beauty,

nor because of any other illusory influence,

but because there seemed to be an indescribable, mysterious power about her, drawing him closer, making him want to get near, making him unable to resist.

Finally,

Eric Carter got close to her,

and her hands slowly lowered from above the water.

The woman's hair was long and thick, swirling and floating in the ripples, making it impossible to see her face clearly.

"Finally... I've waited for... someone like this again..."

Her voice was crisp, sweet, and soft,

utterly enchanting.

The woman's beautiful hands reached out and rested on Eric Carter's shoulders, an intimate gesture.

"You... come keep me company..."

The next moment,

the woman's hair began to spread out, strands of black silk brushing against Eric Carter's face;

A beauty's hair brushing your face—this should be a romantic thing, but next, her hair turned into the toughest steel cables in the world, starting to bind Eric Carter's neck.

"Come... keep me company..."

Her hair fell loose, no longer hiding her face,

and at last, the woman's face was revealed.

She had no face.

Her face was flat, without any features or wrinkles, so smooth that countless girls would envy and covet it,

but she had no nose, no mouth, no eyes, and no ears,

the faceless... woman.

Eric Carter realized he couldn't breathe, his chest was about to explode, and at the same time, his body felt like it was about to collapse.

The Faceless Woman's laughter was still crisp and ethereal, but to Eric Carter's ears now, it sounded like a demonic melody piercing his mind.

Eric Carter had sobered up.

He didn't know what it meant to be entangled in this way in this place,

but in any case,

it wouldn't end well.

"Stay here... with me...!"

The Faceless Woman kept laughing, her hair wildly swirling.

Eric Carter instinctively reached out to grab the hair wrapped around his neck, trying desperately to break free.

The Faceless Woman found his futile struggle amusing,

"You can't break free, stop struggling. Anyone who can make it here has a soul. Once I've devoured enough souls, I'll have a chance to return!

You are destined

to become

my sacrifice!"

But just as she finished speaking,

The Faceless Woman let out a startled cry: "How is this possible... Impossible..."

Eric Carter's fingernails began to slowly grow longer, their pitch-black, translucent color shining with a strange luster in the water. The color of these nails was exactly the same as those of the old man Eric Carter had tried to save before his death.

"Zzzzzzz... zzzzzzz..."

The sound of hot oil sizzling under boiling water rang out,

and the hair entangling Eric Carter instantly melted and snapped when it touched his nails, while Eric Carter's body began to slowly retreat, breaking free from The Faceless Woman's restraint.

"Impossible... Impossible... This can't be... Why! Why can you leave too!

Why can you leave when I can't!

Why!

Why!

It's not fair!

Not fair!"

The Faceless Woman tried to block Eric Carter with her hand,

but when Eric Carter tried to shake her off, the moment his nails touched her faceless hand, The Faceless Woman's once flawless jade hand was instantly burned through with a hole.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The Faceless Woman let out a miserable scream,

her figure retreating, and from then on, she lost all control over Eric Carter.

Eric Carter's body began to float upward,

about to break the surface.

"You can't escape... you will be... you will be dragged back!

This place

is the true resting place of the dead!

You, you and the others, even if you leave, will eventually be dragged back!"

The Faceless Woman screamed and howled hysterically from below,

She was jealous,

She was envious,

She was mad!!!

And as Eric Carter kept rising,

he slowly lost consciousness,

the dim path of the underworld,

the dazzling blossoms of the other shore,

The Faceless Woman's roar,

the cheongsam woman's grace,

everything,

seemed to be slowly drifting away from him...

Chapter Three: The Live-in Son-in-law

At midnight on the street,

the streetlights glowed yellow,

and people were anxious and uneasy,