Chapter 204: Mourning

Magic City to Jiangcheng City, there was quite a distance, a full five or six hours of time. Ye Xuan and Su Mengli, inside the coffin, could only exchange sweet words.

Of course, Su Mengli and the Empress took turns appearing. Ye Xuan could clearly perceive the differences between the two. The Empress thought she was disguising herself well.

In Su Mengli’s name, she asked Ye Xuan many questions and took advantage of him several times. Su Mengli wanted to explode a few times but held back because whenever she got angry, the Empress always had various reasons.

“I’m about to dissipate!”

“I’m the one who brought you two back to life!”

“You are me, I am you, are you jealous of yourself?”

Therefore, Su Mengli ultimately didn’t explode, watching helplessly as her parallel world self put a green hat on her current self.

And so, the car swayed and arrived in Jiangcheng City, the convoy directly reaching the entrance of Ye Xuan’s villa.

Although Ye Xue wanted to delay her parents knowing this news, now there was no way around it. They couldn’t wait until the burial to let Ye Chengzong and Lin Qiaozhu know, right?

Thus, the convoy stopped at the entrance of the Ye family villa. With red eyes, Ye Xue got out of the car and said, “Wait here, I’ll go in and talk to my parents, let them prepare themselves mentally.”

Saying this, Ye Xue entered the villa and pressed the doorbell.

After a while, the door opened, and Ye Chengzong saw Ye Xue, immediately saying, “Wife, our hedgehog armor is back, hurry and find a broom for me! A rolling pin will do too!”

Last time, Ye Xue really tricked her parents badly. Lin Qiaozhu was fine, just patiently picking out dragon fruit seeds for five or six hours.

But Ye Chengzong was different. He ate over ten kilograms of watermelon, skin and all, leaving him unable to move for a day. He had diarrhea for two days, went to the hospital, got some stomach medicine, and finally recovered.

Ye Xue tricked them like this, so of course, her parents were very angry.

Soon, Lin Qiaozhu came out with a rolling pin and broom, saying, “Where is she? Today, I must teach this dead girl a lesson!”

However, after Lin Qiaozhu rushed over, she saw Ye Xue with red eyes and her voice choked up, saying, “Dad, Mom…”

Lin Qiaozhu threw the rolling pin and broom aside, hugged her daughter, and said, “Girl, what’s wrong? We were just scaring you, not really going to hit you. Why are you crying?”

Beside them, Ye Chengzong said, “Alright, don’t ask for now. Let her cry for a while, let her vent before we talk.”

“Okay, I won’t ask. Daughter, just cry for a while.”

After sobbing for a while, Ye Xue gathered her courage and said, “Dad, Mom, what I’m about to say may hit you hard, so be prepared.”

Ye Chengzong said, “Don’t worry, your mom and I have lived most of our lives, we’ve been through everything, we can handle it!”

Lin Qiaozhu added, “That’s right, don’t think of us as fragile. Even if you commit murder, we can accept it. Even if the child’s father is irresponsible, we can still raise this grandchild. Just speak your mind!”

Lin Qiaozhu now guessed that Ye Xue was pregnant, and the man was unwilling to take responsibility, which made her cry like this. They never even thought about Ye Xuan.

Finally, Ye Xue said, “Okay, I’ll say it. My brother is gone.”

Lin Qiaozhu and Ye Chengzong’s faces changed drastically. Ye Chengzong exclaimed, “What are you saying? What do you mean by ‘gone’?”

Since she had already said it, Ye Xue didn’t need to beat around the bush. She straightforwardly said, “He’s dead.”

With these words, Lin Qiaozhu felt weak all over and collapsed into Ye Xue’s arms.

Ye Chengzong, relatively stronger, took several steps back, then sat down against the wall, unable to say a word.

Ye Xue looked at Lin Qiaozhu, who was already limp, pinched her acupoint, and said, “Mom, are you okay? You’ve been through everything, can’t you handle this?”

Lin Qiaozhu, with tears streaming down her face, weakly said, “How would Mom know that it would be your brother who had an accident? We’ve been through a lot, but we’ve never lost a son! What do we do now? How can I go on…”

Lin Qiaozhu was completely disoriented, losing her usual composure.

Seeing this, Ye Chengzong walked over to Ye Xue and said, “Where is your brother’s body? Can we see him again?”

Ye Chengzong was also very upset at the moment, the blow he received was no less than Lin Qiaozhu’s.

But as a man, a father, a husband, now that his wife had completely collapsed, he couldn’t fall down too. Otherwise, this family would completely collapse!

After hearing her father’s words, Ye Xue said, “He died fighting against the mutated beasts with Mengli, without any external injuries. The academy arranged for the body to be brought back. Also, before he died, Mengli instructed and held a simple wedding for her and Ye Xuan. Now Mengli is the official daughter-in-law of our Ye family. With Mengli by his side, my brother won’t be lonely under the nine springs.”

Su Mengli’s death was also a big deal, but for Ye Chengzong and Lin Qiaozhu, there was nothing more serious than losing a son. Therefore, upon hearing this news, they didn’t have much of a reaction.

Next, Ye Chengzong helped Lin Qiaozhu up and said, “Let’s go, let’s see our son one last time.”

The elderly couple stood up, Ye Chengzong helped Lin Qiaozhu, and they walked out step by step.

Just as they stepped out, they saw a row of people in military uniforms standing in the villa. They looked at Ye Chengzong and Lin Qiaozhu, saluted, then bowed and said in unison, “Your son and daughter-in-law are heroes, may the heroes rest in peace!”

“May the heroes rest in peace!”

Lin Qiaozhu supported Ye Chengzong, tears flowing even more, “What heroes, I’d rather he be a bear, be an ordinary person, as long as he can live well, that’s better than anything!”

Ye Chengzong gently patted Lin Qiaozhu’s back, comforting her.

The couple entered the golden car compartment and looked at their son.

To make it easier for Ye Chengzong and Lin Qiaozhu to visit their son and daughter-in-law, the coffin lid was not nailed shut. Before the elderly couple came out, the coffin had already been carried away, and now the lid was open.

The elderly couple got on the car, looking at the “bodies” of Ye Xuan and Su Mengli, and started crying.

Lin Qiaozhu reached out to touch her son’s face, crying, “My child, how could this happen? Mom can’t bear to part with you, I’d rather it was me who died…”

Lin Qiaozhu cried hard, tears and snot flowing.

Ye Chengzong, with red eyes, hugged Lin Qiaozhu’s body, looking at his son and daughter-in-law.

Su Mengli and Ye Xuan had their eyes tightly closed, pretending to be dead.

Su Mengli was also annoyed at this moment, saying, “Look at the mess you’ve caused, making Uncle and Aunt so sad. If this account is on me, I’m done for!”

The Empress also felt embarrassed, “It’s my fault, I only thought about eradicating the Yin Emperor, I didn’t consider much else. Look, since I’m about to dissipate, don’t hold it against me.”

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