Two Stories, Told in Parallel

"Brother Ye, don't be rash! That's the You Family of Qingcheng! One of Qingcheng's Four Great Families!"

"Exactly! Qingcheng is right under the emperor's nose! It's one thing if we're going to rescue someone, but if we get into a conflict with the You Family, a hundred of us wouldn't stand a chance!"

"Little Ye, I've never been to Qingcheng, but I've heard of the Four Great Families. A family like that must have at least a Cloud-level expert guarding it. They might even have a... Rain-level ancestor! We're no match for them!"

Fang Yue's breathing was rapid, his expression shifting with uncertainty.

Of course he knew how dangerous the You Family of Qingcheng was.

But what they were doing was simply too much! They actually planned to use You Sisi's corpse to carry out a ghost marriage!

The dead could not come back to life!

You Sisi had died horribly right before his eyes. Fang Yue had witnessed it himself.

She was already dead, and they were still going to dig her up and take her back to get married. If that wasn't a ghost marriage, what was?

"What a bunch of freaks! The whole family's full of freaks!"

Jing Yan and the other two exchanged glances.

"Well... maybe her grandfather didn't mean it that way..."

"Then what did he mean?" Fang Yue turned his cold gaze on Jing Yan, who immediately stiffened and shot Qing Chen a pleading look for help.

"Brother Ye, calm down!"

Qing Chen hesitated. "The You Family's old master said, 'Even if she's dead, she must be brought back to life.' Maybe the You Family has some special way to revive You Sisi?"

Fang Yue froze. Even his breathing stopped for a moment. Then he hurriedly turned to Qing Chen, his eyes alight with