In the underground Secret Chamber, Yin Wan'er's piercing scream made Ren Ye's head spin. The scenes around him began to twist, blur, and change rapidly.
A moment later, the images gradually reassembled. Ren Ye's vacant eyes came into focus, and he looked up to see a plaque above a wealthy family's grand residence bearing the words "Shen Estate."
Beneath a pitch-black sky and torrential rain, the Shen Estate stood imposing and magnificent. Ren Ye instantly realized that, like Old Liu, he had returned twenty years into the past in the form of consciousness.
Not daring to waste time, he followed the guidance of his consciousness and floated into the Shen Estate.
Soon, he saw two people sitting in the inner hall and one person standing.
The two seated figures were Shen Jishi and Yin Wan'er.
The man standing wore a black satin robe. He was a thin, middle-aged man with gaunt cheeks.
Inside the hall, the three faced one another in silence for a long while before Shen Jishi spoke. "If she hadn't died, we could have worked something out. But now she's dead. How am I supposed to answer to Jiansheng?"
His expression remained composed and his voice steady, but he could not conceal the weariness that flashed through his eyes.
Across from him, the middle-aged man in black gritted his teeth, then suddenly bent his knees and dropped to the floor with a thud. Cupping his hands, he said, "Big Brother, we've been brothers for so many years. Have I, Guo Litao, ever failed to follow a single instruction of yours?"
Shen Jishi frowned in silence.
"...You and I both know what Gao Jiansheng is like. After this, he's bound to demand my daughter's life, and I cannot allow that." Guo Litao knelt bolt upright, his voice