Yun Chen glanced at Yun Jinnian and then strode inside.
Yun Jinnian wanted to follow, but Liao Shijie extended his hand to stop him and slightly shook his head.
Yun Jinnian pursed his lips and stayed where he was.
Yun Zihan held the body of Auntie Cui, and after her initial sorrow, she became exceptionally alert and rational. Although Auntie Cui’s final words were disjointed, she understood them clearly.
The poison wasn’t self-administered by Auntie Cui, and the decision to keep it a secret wasn’t hers either.
Without control over her body or fate!
Hearing footsteps, Yun Zihan looked up to see Yun Chen entering, and suddenly laughed coldly, "You’re back!"
Yun Chen frowned slightly.
Yun Zihan scoffed with a cold laugh and gazed at Yun Chen, asking chillily, "Father, let me ask you, where did the poison that struck down my aunt come from? Did she take it willingly? Or did you threaten her to take it? What exactly did my aunt know about you? You’re so ruthless that you took her life with a mere flick of your wrist!"
"I don’t know what you’re talking about!" Yun Chen said sternly.
He was very uncomfortable, feeling the embarrassment of being seen through.
"Since father claims to not understand what I’m talking about, then let it be so. However, I intend to take my aunt with me today. Do you consent or not?" Yun Zihan spoke lightly.
Her poor aunt plotted for her whole life, and yet, departed without enjoying a single blessing.
"In life, she belonged to the Yun Family, and in death, she will be the Yun Family’s spirit. You, a daughter who is married off, what right do you have to take her away?" Yun Chen retorted.
He was somewhat angry.
The once absolutely obedient daughter now dared to outright defy him.
"Hearing the tone of father, it seems you don’t consent. Very well, then I will go to Jingzhao Prefecture’s main gate and beat the grievance drum. My aunt would never poison herself intentionally; she was murdered because she learned a huge secret—a secret you surely know, father!"
As Yun Zihan spoke, her tears flowed fiercely.
"You, you, you..." Yun Chen pointed at Yun Zihan, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Would this commotion look good?
"Father, I remember, last year a thief entered my younger sister’s Niannian Garden, and that thief was later..."
"Shut up!" Yun Chen shouted furiously, trembling with rage, "Have you set your heart on taking your aunt’s body out of here?"
"Yes, if father does not grant my wish, I am willing to perish alongside!"
While living, my aunt couldn’t leave the Yun Residence; in death, she must be taken out.
"Fine, very well. I, Yun Chen, have actually raised such a rebellious daughter. Since you’ve set your heart on taking away your aunt’s body, from the moment you step out of the Yun Residence with her, the Yun Family will no longer have a daughter like you. And from then on, you’d better keep your mouth shut. If I can let you take the body out, I have ways to unearth her from her grave and expose her corpse to the wilderness!"
Hearing this, Yun Zihan slowly stood up.
She knelt before Yun Chen, and with utmost solemnity, she kowtowed three times, "Thank you, Lord Yun, for granting my wish. Once I step out of this door, I will never speak another word of the Yun Family."
Yun Chen watched her and stumbled several steps backward, staring at Yun Zihan for a long while, as if he no longer recognized her.
"You’re not allowed to leave through the front door of Yun Residence!"
He turned around and left brusquely.
After stepping outside, Yun Chen looked at Liao Shijie and snorted coldly, "Don’t come to the Yun Residence anymore. From this moment on, there’s no Second Miss in the Yun Residence, nor will there be a son-in-law like you. I want to see just what you, Liao Shijie, amount to without the backing of the Yun Family!"