Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. It's truly hard to predict how things will change.
Just a mont ago, I was nearly taken away by the Execution Team. I was so grateful to Mu Ping'an for coming to my rescue. But who would have thought he'd be killed by the Dragon King? I was sure I wouldn't survive this ordeal, yet under the Dragon King's strange influence, I sohow muddled through. Not only that, the divine threat lurking within Lin Tang's body was also eliminated. And Lin Tang, who should have been in prison, remained free. So... I should actually be laughing right now? Shen Youling thought to herself.
After work, as she and Lin Tang were heading ho, she noticed Zhu Yingning following them.
"Boss, what are you up to?"
"Oh, I need to ask your husband for a favor, and I was hoping to join you for dinner. I hope you don't mind?"
"You're my boss, how could I not welco you?"
"Does that an you don't consider a friend?"
"Ah? No..."
Lin Tang glanced at Zhu Yingning. "Friend? Are you worthy?"
"Hey, that's going too far!" Zhu Yingning retorted, annoyed. "How am I not worthy? I've risked life and limb for Youling, you know!"
Shen Youling gave Lin Tang a shove. "Can you not be so nasty?"
Lin Tang scoffed, curling his lip. Shen Youling really never learns. Or maybe she just forgets the pain as soon as the wound heals. Is she just going to ignore all of Zhu Yingning's past misdeeds?
When they were still a good distance from their residential complex, Lin Tang casually swept the area with his Divine Sense. He spotted the three of them—Dong Mingfeng and her family—skulking about, having already arrived at his ho.
"Why have these three clowns popped up again?" Lin Tang murmured to himself. "And with their bellies all round... looks like they haven't starved enough yet."
"What did you say?" Shen Youling hadn't heard him clearly.
Lin Tang just shrugged. "It's nothing. You'll see in a bit."
He then sent a telepathic ssage to Zhu Yingning, who paused for a mont before nodding in understanding. She told Shen Youling that she suddenly had an errand to run but would co over to hang out later. Then, under Shen Youling's slightly surprised gaze, she hurried away.
「Inside the apartnt.」
Shen Qiushi's expression darkened the mont he saw Dong Mingfeng and her family.
"Who let you in here? Get out, you're not welco!"
"Oh, co on, Dad, don't be so angry. Haven't you seen the news? Sothing big happened..."
They forcefully squeezed in, babbling incessantly.
Shen Qiushi had just grabbed a broom, ready to give them a harsh lesson, when he heard that Lin Tang had sent a divine incarnation to kill Yan Qinghe and the others.
"My foolish son-in-law, how could you be so impulsive?!"
CLANG!
The broom fell to the floor. Shen Qiushi, his face a mask of anxiety, imdiately rushed to turn on the television.
Seeing this, Dong Mingfeng smugly sat down and crossed her legs arrogantly. "The news broadcast is already over. It's probably for the best that you didn't see it yourself, Dad. You might have gotten too agitated and fallen ill again, and then we'd have the trouble of taking you to the hospital."
"Honey, don't jinx Dad!" Shen Xin said, feigning disapproval.
"I'm just showing my concern!" Dong Mingfeng snorted before breaking into a smile. "Dad, listen to your daughter-in-law. Lin Tang is finished, completely finished. The deity he relied on—the so-called alien in the news—has been destroyed by the great Dragon King. Not only will Old Yan and his people not let him go, but Young Master Huang won't let him off the hook either! In fact, Young Master Huang just went to settle the score with him personally. By now, that little bastard Lin Tang is probably already in hell!"
"Shut your mouth! Nothing will happen to Lin Tang! This has nothing to do with you!" Shen Qiushi shouted angrily.
"You're right, it has nothing to do with us. We can't possibly be associated with him now. Otherwise, once he's executed along with his entire clan, wouldn't we be implicated too?" Dong Mingfeng said with a look of disdain.
"Exactly, Dad! If anyone asks you in the future, don't say the wrong thing. You and Youling have nothing to do with him either, understand?" Shen Xin added, his tone grave and urgent.
"Grandpa, don't you worry about Youling's future," Shen Jiayue said with a jealous tone. "That Young Master Huang doesn't mind that she's been married before. He's more than willing to take her."
"Are you finished?" Shen Qiushi picked up the broom again and roared, "If you're finished, then get out! No matter what happens to Lin Tang, Youling and I will stand by him! You already cut ties with us, so you don't have to worry about being implicated!"
"Hmph, you stubborn old man. Why are you still so obstinate?" Dong Mingfeng rolled her eyes.
If she had money, did they really think she'd bother risking coming here? Although Mu Ping'an had withdrawn all his n and stopped preventing them from eating, he had been in a hurry to settle accounts with Lin Tang and hadn't left them a single penny. They'd eaten their fill for this al, but what about the next? Their only option was to shalessly latch onto Shen Youling and help bring her and Young Master Huang together. Only then could they feast on delicacies!
「Outside the door.」
Shen Youling was mortified. Every ti I survive a disaster and finally get a chance to breathe, why do my parents and sister always have to show up and be so annoying? It's like they were born to clash with Lin Tang...
Hearing Shen Qiushi's words, however, ward Lin Tang's heart. Grandpa Shen's attitude toward has always been unwavering. He's really got my back. I'll put together a set of health-cultivation exercises for Grandpa Shen later. It seems like the less he does all day, the worse his health gets...
He then said, "Youling, why don't you go in first? I want to listen a little longer and see what else they say."
Shen Youling was speechless. Isn't it the sa old stuff? Telling to cancel our marriage and marry soone else. They repeat it so often my ears are about to fall off!
"Aren't you bored of this?" she said, pouting. "Later, don't you yell at them or hit them. I'll be the one to talk to them."
She pouted, deliberately taking his hand and putting on an intimate display as she strode inside.
"Youling, you're finally back... huh?"
When the three of them saw their "cash cow" appear, they were just about to greet her happily when they noticed Lin Tang was with her. They froze, dumbfounded.
What's going on? Didn't Young Master Huang go to deal with him? Given Young Master Huang's thods, he has a hundred ways to make a person wish they were dead. How is he still alive and kicking?
"It must be that Young Master Huang is looking all over for him and just hasn't found him yet! Yes, that's it!"
"And Young Master Huang didn't even leave us a phone number. Now we want to tell him Lin Tang is here, and we can't even reach him!"
"Youling, have you seen the news..."
"I saw. I know everything," Shen Youling replied.
"If you know everything, then why did you bring this damned nace back here with you? You should have..."
"Don't get it wrong. This has always been Lin Tang's ho. His house!" Shen Youling interrupted them again.
"This... it's just a dump, isn't it? We don't want it! Young Master Huang already arranged a mansion for us, and it's so comfortable! He even said that after you two get married, he'll give us a whole street so we can collect rent until our hands cramp from counting all the money... Oh, stop beating around the bush! Hurry up, Youling, pack your things and co with Mom!"
Dong Mingfeng stepped forward to grab Shen Youling, glaring fiercely at Lin Tang. If she didn't know for a fact that she couldn't beat him, and if she weren't terrified of his poisoning thods, she would have already served him her signature combo of pinching, scratching, and clawing.
In the past, Shen Youling had been ek, and Dong Mingfeng could mold her however she pleased. But now, even though she was using all her strength, she couldn't budge her daughter an inch!
"Hmm?"
She was just suspecting Lin Tang was up to his tricks again when Shen Youling easily broke free, then placed a hand on her mother's shoulder and gave a gentle push.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa?"
Dong Mingfeng stumbled back several steps, sliding right out the door. Before she could react, Shen Xin and Shen Jiayue crashed into her from behind.
BANG!
Shen Youling slamd the door shut.
Her voice ca from behind it, "Mom, Dad, Sister, don't say I didn't warn you. The infamous Execution Team was chasing us for a long ti just now. We only just managed to lose them. They might be back any minute. If you keep wasting ti out here, you might not get away."
"I was actually forced out of the house by my own daughter? That heartless, unfilial child!"
Dong Mingfeng's anger flared, and her hand was just about to slam against the door. But upon hearing those words, she was shocked all over again.
"The... the... Execution Team? You an the one with the authority to kill first and report later? My god, why aren't you panicking? Why aren't you running with us? Youling? Say sothing! Hello?"
She called out a few more tis, but there was no response from Shen Youling. Her panic grew.
"What do we do?" Shen Xin and Shen Jiayue were terrified too.
"Forget it, we run now! We'll co back after the Execution Team gets rid of Lin Tang and leaves!"
"But what if they kill Youling and Grandpa too?"
"If they insist on sticking with that nace Lin Tang, there's nothing we can do if they get killed! Co on, let's go, or we really won't get away! Hurry, hurry!"
The three of them practically scrambled and tumbled down the stairs in their haste to run outside. Anyone watching might have thought the building was on fire. They ran out of the residential complex and didn't stop for another thousand ters. Only when they were far away did they stop, panting for breath.
"The Execution Team is on official business! All bystanders, clear the way!"
Suddenly, a cold voice shouted from ahead.
They saw a large, intimidating group of people in Execution Team uniforms marching toward them. The leader was none other than Zhu Yingning, though she had deliberately covered most of her face. Dong Mingfeng and her family didn't know her well, so they didn't recognize her.
At the re ntion of the Execution Team, the three of them froze like terrified quails, standing motionless by the side of the road.
Please don't grab us, please don't grab us...
As they watched Zhu Yingning's team swiftly march past them, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Looks like they're not after us!"
"Thank goodness!"
"Maybe they didn't recognize us as Youling's family?"
"Maybe... Argh, we have to keep running! It's still not safe here..."
Ignoring their exhaustion, they were about to break into another frantic sprint.
"Flee?" Zhu Yingning's voice echoed again. "In this entire land, everything belongs to the ruler. Where could rebels like you possibly run?"
"AAAAH!"
"They're coming back for us!"
"We're innocent..."
Dong Mingfeng and her family were scared out of their wits. They shrieked in terror, and once surrounded, they shalessly dropped to their knees, begging for rcy.
Zhu Yingning's gaze was mocking. "Innocent? Go on, tell how you're innocent. Don't tell you don't even know Shen Youling? Hmph! Anyone associated with Shen Youling must die!"
"No!"
"I don't want to die!"
"We're willing to cut all ties with Shen Youling! We'll even report all of her cris! We're willing to send her to be shot!"
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