Ji Dechun's face turned red under Ji Shigong's grip as he struggled with all his might.
He had never imagined that his younger son, who had always been respectful to him and closer to him than Ji Shiyou, would attack him.
His heart was filled with confusion. He had already lost hope and didn't want to struggle anymore.
But he couldn't just watch his mother be killed by those two wretches.
So he used all his strength to resist desperately, but Ji Shigong had turned into a beast.
His eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on his neck, and his hands were tightly strangling Ji Dechun's throat.
The feeling of suffocation grew stronger. Ji Dechun was like a fish pulled out of water.
His struggles weakened, and he was now out of strength, giving up his resistance.
He could only try to twist his neck to look in the direction of Old Madam Ji. He just wanted to say sorry to his mother.
From childhood to adulthood, he had been the useless one, unable to do anything right.
In the end, he couldn't even protect his own mother. He wasn't a good son.
Ji Dechun closed his eyes in despair, waiting for death to come, hoping to apologize to his mother after he died.
However, the feeling of suffocation disappeared. He felt Ji Shigong's hands leave his neck.
Fresh air entered his lungs again, and the turbid air in his body was expelled.
"Son, how are you?"
A familiar voice came to his ears. It was Old Madam Ji's call, filled with anxiety and heartache.
"Mom, Mom, are we all dead?
Your son is useless, I couldn't protect you, but on the road to the underworld, I will take care of you.
Shiyou! Are you here to pick up Grandma and me?"
Ji Dechun thought he was already dead. First, he hugged Old Madam Ji and kept apologizing.
Then he saw Ji Shiyou, who was covered in black and riddled with wounds.
He thought, that's good, at least the family is reunited.
He wondered how his father and wife were doing underground. If things weren't going well,
He still had Ji Shiyou. Otherwise, he couldn't support this whole family.
"Shiyou, let me tell you first, even in the underworld, you have to support me.
I am your father. You can't be heartless and disregard human relations like Xiaogong.
Our Ji family passes down filial piety and brotherhood. We don't have descendants like that."
Ji Dechun held his mother and chattered to Ji Shiyou.
He had no survival skills and feared suffering in the underworld.
He preemptively warned his son, meaning he was the father and Shiyou was the son.
From now on, he would be Shiyou's responsibility. If Shiyou didn't take care of him, he would be unfilial.
"Since you know that the Ji family doesn't have such descendants, why did you bring him back?
Don't you even know if he's your own flesh and blood? You let a wolf into the house and almost harmed Grandma.
If Grandma hadn't said that you desperately protected her just now, I would have crippled you.
You're not dead yet, but you'll wish you were dead in the future. You don't know anything, do you?
Then start learning from scratch. Go to the company and do odd jobs first. In the future, you'll have to support yourself with your own salary.
Forget about your monthly allowance. It's gone from now on."
Ji Shiyou's cold voice rang out, looking at Ji Dechun with disappointment.
However, he was still somewhat grateful that his father, who had been a playboy his whole life,
Still had some conscience and stood up to protect Old Madam Ji when she was in danger.
It was thanks to him buying time. Otherwise, by the time he rushed back, Old Madam Ji would have been dead.
Thinking of this, Ji Shiyou felt a lingering fear.
Therefore, since his mother's death, he had rarely spoken so much to Ji Dechun.
When the explosion occurred, the Moonlight on his body activated instantly.
And he immediately held Mingyue in his arms, transferring most of the Moonlight to her.
So Mingyue was unharmed. Although he survived, he still suffered external injuries.
When the fire broke out, Mingyue dragged Ji Shiyou out of the sea of fire.
She spotted the Audi car in the distance and immediately used an invisibility talisman to conceal their figures.
Because she knew that the explosion must have been deliberate, and that Audi car was suspicious.
However, she didn't have time to consider these things now, because her heart was entirely on Ji Shiyou.
Just now, Ji Shiyou had sacrificed himself to protect her, taking the full impact of the explosion. She hadn't even lost a single hair.
Ji Shiyou was in a terrible state, completely black, covered in small wounds.
His clothes were tattered, covered in dust and blood. His eyes were closed, and his life was uncertain.
"Ji Shiyou, how are you? Don't scare me, don't die!
Didn't you have something to tell me? Speak, I'm listening.
Please wake up, okay? I like you, I want to spend my life with you.
I'll never mention divorce again, and the hundred-day agreement is void. I'll never leave again!"
Watching the Audi car drive away, Mingyue looked at Ji Shiyou lying on the ground and shouted nervously.
Her heart was in a panic. The scene before her was all too familiar, as if she had experienced it before.
She was truly afraid that Ji Shiyou would lose his life protecting her, and she was at a loss.
"Really? Don't lie to me, you can't go back on your word."
As soon as Mingyue finished speaking, Ji Shiyou, who had been lying on the ground with his eyes closed, suddenly jumped up and said in surprise.
He had closed his eyes just now because he needed to calm down and heal his injuries.
He had transferred most of the Moonlight to Mingyue to resist the damage from the explosion.
Although he had no internal injuries, the flesh wounds were unavoidable.
This explosion was suspicious, and they should investigate immediately. He didn't have time to go to the hospital for treatment.
So he lay on the ground, calmed himself down, and used his innate healing ability to recover from his injuries.
He didn't expect such a pleasant surprise, which startled Mingyue into promising never to leave and voiding the hundred-day agreement.
"You lied to me? But considering you protected me just now, I'll forgive you.
But I have to say it again, next time something like this happens, don't do it like this.
I can protect myself. This worries me.
Also, this explosion is suspicious, and it should be investigated immediately.
How are you now? Do you need to go to the hospital?"
Mingyue already had a plan in mind, but she was worried about Ji Shiyou's body and said with concern.
"No problem. What's your plan? Do you have any suspects?"
Seeing Mingyue's expression, Ji Shiyou knew she had already made up her mind.
After a brief discussion, they decided to split up. Ji Shiyou went to Jiuyou first and called Junhui and Zhenlu.
He brought them back to the old Ji family mansion and happened to encounter Zhao Xinning and her two sons trying to kill Old Madam and Ji Dechun.
So they tied up the three of them and had Zhenlu escort them to the living room downstairs, to be dealt with later.
"Not dead? Not dead, that's great!
What? You want me to work at the company and cut off my allowance?
You unfilial son, Mom, you have to stand up for me."
Ji Dechun couldn't do anything about Ji Shiyou. At over forty years old, he turned to Old Madam and acted spoiled.
"Son, Mom suspects that they might have switched you when you were born.
Shiyou's words, didn't you hear clearly? Xiaogong is not your child."
Old Madam looked at her son with disdain. His focus was too strange.
He was completely brainless, only caring about his allowance.
"What do you mean? I wasn't paying attention earlier.
Mom, are you saying I was cuckolded?"
Ji Dechun recalled what Ji Shiyou had said earlier, scratched his head, and asked doubtfully.