It was Ying Chen!
Ying Chen had transformed into an internet-addicted youth for the past two days, picking up quite a few internet slang terms.
This sentence, for instance, was one Ying Chen had just learned.
He immediately put it to use.
It had to be said that both the scenario and the target were perfectly suited.
It flawlessly depicted the current expressions of Min Ziqiong's parents.
"Who... are you calling names?"
"If you've got the guts, open the door! Believe it or not, I'll rip your mouth apart!"
Min Ziqiong's parents were furious, pointing at Ying Chen.
Ying Chen, however, looked at them with a half-smile and slowly stepped forward, opening the villa door.
Min Ziqiong's parents, who had been clamoring to rip Ying Chen's mouth apart moments before, were stunned into silence at this sight.
They were just like that famous internet GIF, two dogs, held by their owner, barking and provoking each other furiously, as if they could devour the other.
But the moment the owner let go of the leash, both dogs deflated.
Not only did they stop barking, but they cowered, shrinking towards their owner's feet in fear.
When the owner held them again, they resumed their barking.
Min Ziqiong's parents were clearly those two dogs.
Through the closed door, they had confidently threatened to rip Ying Chen's mouth apart.
But with the door opened, they seemed to have forgotten what they had just said, and instead said, "Ying, this is our family matter! You, an outsider, shouldn't interfere! If you're really that bored, go for a walk!"
After speaking, they hurried into the villa, their steps quickening.
They grabbed Min Ziqiong's arm, "Xiao Qiong, are you really this heartless towards us?"
"We are family!"
"Even if you don't forgive us, at least give us a chance to see Nannan! Our grievances shouldn't affect Nannan, should they?"
Min Ziqiong's parents used Nannan as a breakthrough to pry open Min Ziqiong's defenses.
However, Min Ziqiong responded with a mocking smile, "Our grievances should not affect Nannan, which is why I told Nannan a few days ago that she no longer has grandparents. Her grandparents are dead."
Whoosh!
Min Ziqiong's parents' faces changed drastically.
They looked at Min Ziqiong with wide eyes, as if meeting her for the first time.
After a long while, Min Ziqiong's mother let out a wail and slumped to the ground.
She beat her own legs while wiping away tears, "How could I have given birth to such a heartless daughter! It's bad enough she doesn't acknowledge her own mother, but she even curses her mother to death!"
"I carried you for ten months, suffered and toiled to raise you, and this is how you repay me?"
"I don't want to live anymore! What's the point of living with such a daughter!"
She had once again employed a folk intangible cultural heritage skill.
Min Ziqiong's eyelids twitched; she seemed to falter.
But just as Min Ziqiong was about to relent, she saw Ying Chen walk up to her mother.
He looked down at Min Ziqiong's mother.
With a casual wave of his hand, a sword landed with a clatter in front of Min Ziqiong's mother.
"You don't want to live?"
"No problem, I'll help you."
"This sword contains the energy of thunder, fire, and scorching sun. As soon as you pick it up and aim it at your heart and gently stab, the blade will release lightning and flames to engulf you."
"The entire process is safe and painless. The power of lightning will numb your body, so you won't feel much pain; the power of fire will ensure your suicide is successful, guaranteeing you die a complete death."
"Double guarantee, foolproof. So, what are you hesitating for?"
Min Ziqiong's mother's wails instantly stopped.
The muscles in her cheeks began to tremble uncontrollably.
Her gaze towards the sword was filled with terror.
Her body recoiled incessantly, as if afraid the sword would come alive and pierce her heart on its own.
"Oh, why are you backing away? Didn't you say you didn't want to live anymore?"
"Oh, I see. You don't dare to do it yourself!"
"Never mind, I'll be a good person to the end. I'll help you one more time!"
Saying this, Ying Chen flicked his toe.
The sword was now in Ying Chen's hand.
As Ying Chen swung it slightly, a surge of thunderous and fiery energy instantly erupted from the blade.
The flashing arcs of electricity and the leaping flames made Min Ziqiong's mother tremble all over.
"You... you... don't..."
Min Ziqiong's mother meant to say "don't do anything rash," but Ying Chen interrupted her before she could finish.
"Don't mess it up, right?"
"Understood! Don't worry, I've been killing fish at the street stall for ten years. My heart is as cold as a fish-killing knife, absolutely without any mercy or tremor!"
Ying Chen perfectly "learned and applied" everything he had picked up from his time navigating the ocean of the internet.
With that, Ying Chen suddenly swung his hand!
A sword light, mixed with thunder and flames, instantly whistled towards Min Ziqiong's mother!
"No!"
Min Ziqiong's mother screamed in utter terror.
"Stop!"
Min Ziqiong's father also turned pale with shock, attempting to stop Ying Chen.
However, his old back was already weak, and he had climbed a mountain path for half the day. How could he possibly match Ying Chen's speed?
Before he could touch Ying Chen's wrist, the sword tip had already struck out, reaching Min Ziqiong's mother.
Just as Min Ziqiong's mother was about to fall by the sword.
"It's over..."
Min Ziqiong's mother's face lost all color. Her eyes rolled back, but before the sword tip even touched her, she fainted dead away!
Seeing this, Min Ziqiong's father thought his wife had already kicked the bucket.
He was instantly stunned into a stupor.
Then, with a thud, he knelt on the ground, crawling to his wife's "corpse."
He scooped up Min Ziqiong's mother, "Wife, you died so tragically! How could you leave me?"
"Have you forgotten the vows we made on our wedding day? We promised to grow old together and die together!"
"You're gone, how am I supposed to live! I might as well... follow you to the grave!"
With that, Min Ziqiong's father turned abruptly and, like a valiant warrior in a tragic love story, charged towards the sword tip in Ying Chen's hand!
However, just as he was about to collide with the sword tip, he heard Ying Chen's voice leisurely utter a sentence.
This sentence instantly stunned Min Ziqiong's father, making him stop his suicidal act.
"A promotion, wealth, and a dead wife – isn't that what men your age love most?"
"Now that your wife is dead, I'll impart the formula and technology of the Mirage Realm to you as compensation. Wouldn't that make you an instant billionaire, possessing immense wealth while also being able to marry an 18-year-old girl as your new bride?"
"Don't tell me you don't like this kind of life."
"If you don't like it, then I'll have to reluctantly send you to be reunited with your wife in the underworld."
Saying this, Ying Chen made a gesture as if to swing his sword, ready to send Min Ziqiong's father on his way.
After a brief struggle flashed in Min Ziqiong's father's eyes, he immediately blurted out, "I like it!"
"Who says I don't like it?"