Chapter 205: The Scapegoat

This matter, if planned earlier, could have been notified to Ye Chengzong and Lin Qiaozhu in advance, and then they could have staged a play when the time comes.

The key to feigning death to deal with the Yin Emperor, this was proposed by the Empress at the last minute.

At that time, Ye Xuan and Su Mengli were both inside the coffin, they couldn’t do anything, nor could they inform anyone.

If the two had broken out of the coffin at that time, the Yin Emperor, who was observing in the dark, would definitely not show up again, wouldn’t that be a missed opportunity?

Ye Xuan didn’t want to see his parents so heartbroken, but his parents’ sorrow could eradicate a calamity to the human race, avoiding the deaths of at least millions in the future.

This was actually a quite profitable deal! So, he could only endure the suffering of his parents.

Fortunately, both parents had taken the Awakening Fruit, their physique was much stronger than ordinary people, even if they were sad for a while, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

And at this moment, Lin Qiaozhu’s crying became more and more intense, a long string of clear mucus hanging down from her nostrils, slowly sliding down under the influence of gravity, the target was Ye Xuan’s face.

Although Ye Xuan was pretending to be dead, his perception ability was still there, feeling a long string of mucus about to touch his face, Ye Xuan’s body immediately tensed up.

At this moment, he was a corpse, unable to hide, if accidentally making a sound and being seen by his parents, if they shouted and screamed, it would definitely be a problem, the Yin Emperor would definitely not show up.

Therefore, although Ye Xuan felt disgusted, he couldn’t hide, he could only endure it…

Fortunately, this matter did not happen in the end, Ye Chengzong used his sleeve to help Lin Qiaozhu wipe off that long string of mucus.

Then he said, “Alright, you’re not paying attention, almost dirtying your son’s corpse, let’s end it here today, let’s go back.”

Lin Qiaozhu’s face changed, “No, I want to cry a little longer!”

Ye Chengzong interrupted, “Cry? Even if you cry for seven days and seven nights, can our son come back to life? Stop crying, let’s go, he is a hero, let him rest in peace.”

Saying that, Ye Chengzong directly carried the reluctant Lin Qiaozhu out of the Golden Cup Car and walked back.

Ye Xue saw this and said, “I’ll leave my brother and sister-in-law’s funeral to you, I’ll go back to comfort my parents.”

“Don’t worry, we will make sure everything is done properly!”

Ye Chengzong supported Lin Qiaozhu back to the bedroom, then closed the door with a bang.

Lin Qiaozhu, with tears in her eyes, said, “Ye Chengzong, what’s going on? I want to look at our son a little longer, what’s wrong? Do you not want to live anymore? Do you want a divorce?”

Ye Chengzong slapped his forehead, “Look at our son a little longer? If you look longer, something will happen!”

Lin Qiaozhu angrily said, “What could happen? Our son is already dead, what could be worse?”

Ye Chengzong looked at his wife and said, “What if our son didn’t die?”

Lin Qiaozhu was stunned, “What do you mean by that?”

Ye Chengzong calmly said, “Stop crying?”

Lin Qiaozhu anxiously said, “Just say it, stop beating around the bush!”

Seeing his wife getting impatient, Ye Chengzong hurriedly said, “When your mucus was about to flow onto our son’s face just now, I saw it, our son’s body moved slightly.”

Lin Qiaozhu was dumbfounded, “What does that mean? Did our son really fake his death?”

Ye Chengzong tapped Lin Qiaozhu’s forehead and said, “He was quite clever when playing mahjong, why is he so stupid now? Our son and daughter-in-law probably didn’t die, they were pretending to be dead, maybe for some purpose!”

Lin Qiaozhu stared straight at Ye Chengzong and said, “Are you serious? But why didn’t our son tell us about this big matter?”

Ye Chengzong explained, “It might be a mission from above, they used a fake death to complete a certain plan, achieve a certain goal. Not telling us might be to make it more realistic, after all, if we knew the truth, the performance might not be as convincing.”

After hearing Ye Chengzong’s words, Lin Qiaozhu clenched her right hand into a fist, “Why are we so unlucky? We had a daughter, almost gave you gastritis, had a son, scared us by faking death, I was really on the verge of a breakdown just now!”

Ye Chengzong shrugged, “I told you long ago, we’re both useless at this game!”

Just as Lin Qiaozhu was about to say something, Ye Xue walked in, her eyes red, “Dad, Mom, what are you talking about?”

Lin Qiaozhu looked at her daughter and asked, “Is there anyone outside?”

Ye Xue explained, “No one, they’ve taken my brother and sister-in-law to the cemetery.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiaozhu said, “Good, there’s no one, Xue, go and close the door to the bedroom.”

Ye Xue was a bit puzzled, but seeing how sad her parents were, how could she refuse? So, she went to close the door.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Qiaozhu and Ye Chengzong rushed forward.

“Ice Palm!”

“Fire Palm!”

Under the combination of ice and fire, Ye Xue was subdued by her parents, pressed onto the bed, and Lin Qiaozhu gave Ye Xue a slap on her buttocks.

Ye Xue was stunned, she angrily said, “Mom, what are you doing? My brother is dead, what are you playing at? Are you crazy?”

Lin Qiaozhu angrily said, “You’re the crazy one! You, this deceitful armor, black-hearted cotton, you tricked me and your father before, and now you’re teaming up to deceive us, saying your brother is dead, I have to give you a beating!”

Ye Xue immediately said, “My brother is really dead, he’s really dead, Dad, why are you also messing around with Mom? Are you both crazy? Are you both crazy? Sob… my brother is dead, my parents are crazy, what am I going to do…”

Lin Qiaozhu became even angrier, she gave Ye Xue another slap on the buttocks, saying, “Are you pretending to be stupid? Tell me, how can a dead person move? Your father saw it with his own eyes, your brother’s body moved slightly.”

Ye Xue insisted, “You must be too overwhelmed with grief, having hallucinations! It can’t be true.”

At this moment, Ye Chengzong said, “Alright, it seems like you, this daughter, are very obedient to the rules above, not letting anything be said, even if beaten to death, you won’t say. Ah, this daughter, raised her for so long for nothing! This family doesn’t welcome you, go stay in a hotel by yourself!”

Lin Qiaozhu also said, “That’s right, get out of here quickly, unfilial daughter!”

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