Chapter 211: Settling Old Scores

At this moment, Lin Qiaozhu said, “Oh right, there’s one more thing, Mengli, you and Ye Xuan are already married, so you should start calling me mom officially! Come on, say it for me to hear.”

Su Mengli felt a bit shy and couldn’t say it. Suddenly, the Empress said, “Let me try, let me try!”

Immediately, the Empress stood up, looked at Lin Qiaozhu and Ye Chengzong, and said in a sweet voice, “Mom! Dad!”

Lin Qiaozhu joyfully exclaimed, “From now on, you are the daughter-in-law of our Ye family. We will treat you like our own daughter!”

Beside them, Ye Xue teased, “Treat me like your own daughter? You guys haven’t treated me like that at all! Just treat Mengli as your daughter-in-law instead!”

The group returned to the villa, truly becoming a family. Lin Qiaozhu busied herself with cooking, while Ye Xuan and Su Mengli sat together affectionately.

On the side, Ye Chengzong said, “Little Xue, you should learn from your younger brother. He’s only in his first year of college and he’s already brought his wife home. You’re in your twenties, where’s your husband?”

Ye Xue, feeling helpless, said, “Dad, are you and mom picking on me for no reason? Can I just leave? Seriously!”

Hearing the conversation between father and daughter, Lin Qiaozhu interjected, “Leave? Where can you go? You have a husband, if you have a conflict with your family, you go to your in-laws, if you have a conflict with them, you come back to your parents. Where else can you go?”

Ye Xue, annoyed, said, “If you keep this up, I’ll really leave! Why are you targeting me for no reason, without any grudges or grievances?”

At that moment, Lin Qiaozhu walked out of the kitchen with a large watermelon in one hand and a few dragon fruits in the other. She placed them on the dining table and looked at Ye Xue.

“Without any grudges or grievances? Daughter, say that again.”

Ye Xue looked at the watermelon and dragon fruits, her expression changing. “Mom, that’s all in the past. Why are you still holding onto it? Aren’t you supposed to be my biological parents?”

Lin Qiaozhu said firmly, “There may be no grudges between father and daughter overnight, but there can be between mother and daughter, right? I’m quite petty, spoiled by your father. Pick out the seeds from a few dragon fruits for me. I had seedless dragon fruit last time, it was so delicious. From now on, I’ll only eat seedless dragon fruit. But I’m getting old, my eyesight is failing, picking out dragon fruit seeds is too much trouble. You’re my daughter, will you help me?”

Ye Xue looked at Ye Chengzong and coquettishly said, “Dad…”

Lin Qiaozhu used the same tone and said, “Honey…”

Ye Chengzong directly said, “Little Xue, just honestly pick out the seeds, otherwise this won’t pass.”

Ye Xue pouted, seeing her parents united, she couldn’t resist and obediently picked a dragon fruit, starting to remove the seeds.

Su Mengli, at this moment, took charge. After all, it was the first time eating with Ye Xuan’s family, she couldn’t let the Empress do all the work.

However, she didn’t dare to interfere in the matters between the elder sister-in-law and the parents-in-law, so she sat quietly next to Ye Xuan without saying a word.

After Ye Xue started picking out the dragon fruit seeds, Lin Qiaozhu continued to be busy in the kitchen.

Su Mengli whispered, “Should I go to the kitchen to help?”

Ye Xuan said directly, “No need, my mom loves cooking. Don’t deprive her of her hobby.”

“Alright.”

Ye Xuan wasn’t being polite with Su Mengli. Lin Qiaozhu indeed loved cooking. With a wealthy and leisurely life, she enjoyed researching recipes in her spare time.

Whether it flew in the sky or swam in the water, as long as it was edible, Lin Qiaozhu could turn them into a dish, and her skills were quite impressive.

Of course, there were things Lin Qiaozhu didn’t like. She didn’t like washing pots or sweeping the floor. These simple missions were left to the housekeeper. The life of the wealthy was simple and unadorned…

In a secret base in China, a man in a white robe sat there, with a traditional character on the back of his clothes, exuding a domineering aura.

He was the leader of the Heavenly Sacred Sect, Zhao Tiansheng.

At this moment, Zhao Tiansheng’s face was very ugly because he had received news that on the same day, the sect had lost two important figures.

One of them was the Yin Emperor, who could remotely control corpses, and the other was their undercover agent in the enemy camp, Qian Li.

These two individuals were of great significance to the Heavenly Sacred Sect.

The Yin Emperor could control corpses, and some awakened corpses could unleash powerful abilities.

If the Yin Emperor could control enough awakened corpses, he alone could form an army. Zhao Tiansheng was prepared to let the Yin Emperor inherit his position as the next sect leader.

As for Qian Li, his ability was to release sonic attacks. His attacks could be highly penetrating ultrasonic waves or wide-ranging, terrifying subsonic waves with lethal power against ordinary people.

Qian Li’s subsonic waves could easily cause mass casualties among ordinary people. Although not as ruthless as the Yin Emperor, it was still a strategic weapon.

Moreover, he had infiltrated the enemy camp, providing intelligence to the Heavenly Sacred Sect, from time to time, allowing them to thrive.

Previously, the Yin Emperor had obtained nine emperor zombie corpses, greatly enhancing his strength, all thanks to Qian Li.

But now, the Yin Emperor and Qian Li, the two middle-class members of the Tian Sheng Sect, were eliminated on the same day. How could Zhao Tiansheng not be angry?

His face darkened as he paced back and forth in the room, contemplating how to respond.

After hesitating for a while, he suddenly slammed the table and said coldly, “It’s all you bastards forcing my hand. It seems I have to cooperate with the mutated beasts!”

On the other side, the family enjoyed a meal, and Su Mengli praised Lin Qiaozhu’s cooking skills.

As a daughter-in-law of the Ye family, even if Lin Qiaozhu’s food tasted terrible, Su Mengli had to praise it. However, Lin Qiaozhu’s culinary skills were exquisite, offering a wide variety of delicious dishes.

Su Mengli used all the praising words she could think of on Lin Qiaozhu, making Lin Qiaozhu feel elated from the flattery.

Beside them, Ye Xuan looked at his beloved Mengli in surprise, never expecting her to be so good at flattery!

After the meal, the housekeeper began cleaning up, and Ye Xuan and Su Mengli returned to their room, chatting.

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