Chapter 1068: It Is Destined That I Love You

"The police were also brought here by you; you are all in cahoots. You won't even let my mother rest in peace after her passing. You will face retribution; I am going to curse you all..."

This tactic was effective.

The onlookers began to side with Chen Ran one after another, saying he should be allowed to bury his mother first before discussing anything else.

"Fine, we will accompany you to your hometown to help you bury your mother, then we can discuss our own affairs," Wang Yingzhi declared.

The three children of the Chen family immediately chimed in: "Right, I'll go too."

"I'll go too."

"And me. No matter what, your mother was our stepmother, and a stepmother is still a mother. It is only right for us as children to fulfill our filial duties." The three of them spoke as if they had rehearsed it, their words airtight.

"I will help carry the coffin with Chen Ran." The eldest brother took the initiative and ran to the very front.

Chen Ran felt backed into a corner; these people were intentionally trying to prevent his mother from surviving!

"Get lost! I don't need your hypocrisy. My mother was forced to her death by you people. Who are you putting on this show for now? Do you take me for a fool?" Chen Ran shouted loudly, acting completely out of character.

He hated the Sheng Family to the core. Even though he had suffered losses at the hands of Wang Yingzhi repeatedly, he could distinguish which were her own ideas and which were ideas from Shi Youxuan.

But it was clearly a failure; the three Chen siblings and Wang Yingzhi would not budge. No matter what he said, it was useless; they insisted on following him to his hometown to "bury" his mother!

What should he do?

He was very conflicted.

Time waited for no one; there was no time left. He had to make his mother wake up right now, otherwise, she would never wake up again.

If his mother woke up now, everything he had done before would vanish into thin air and be completely wasted.

But if he did nothing, while his reputation might be saved, he would never have a mother again!

Although his own mother was unreliable and even coveted his brother.

She was truly good to him.

He remembered when he suggested the fake death, his mother swallowed the medicine without the slightest hesitation.

Before swallowing the medicine, his mother had said, never mind a fake death; for his sake, she would be willing even if it meant truly dying!

His mother was willing to sacrifice everything for him, so should he fulfill her wish?

In a flash, he thought of so many things.

He thought of how his father had raised him and his brother since they were young, teaching them that if one does not look out for oneself, heaven and earth will destroy them.

Interests were above all else. The Zhu Family had to be carried forward by their generation. For the prosperity and long-lasting success of the Zhu Family, there would inevitably be sacrifices—sacrificing others to fulfill oneself...

After an intense internal struggle, he finally decided—save his mother, let her come back to life!

Whatever this or that might be, it could all be left for later.

As long as the green hills remain, there is no need to worry about firewood.

Only with people is there everything; doing something one regrets once is enough.

After making up his mind, he suddenly threw himself onto the coffin and began to wail: "Mother, can you hear me? Your body is not yet cold, and your son is already being bullied by these people... Sob sob sob!"

"Let me go with you and Father. Is it only when I am dead that these people will be satisfied? Only then will I not be humiliated!"

He acted as if he had gone mad, slamming his head against the coffin.

Wang Yingzhi and the others knew he was acting, so naturally, they did not stop him.

If he wanted to act, let him act. Let's see how this brat intends to wrap this up in the end.

He slammed his head twice, then suddenly pushed open the coffin lid and started climbing inside...

The Chen family's servants and the butler could no longer just watch; they hurriedly rushed over to pull him out.

It was complete chaos.

Chen Ran was pulled out, but he continued to cry and shout: "Mother, take me with you, take me away with you! Don't leave me behind. You and Father are both gone, and now I am an orphan; no one will ever care for me again!"

Although it was an act, everything he displayed was genuine emotion.

His face was smeared with tears, and he was heartbroken.

The moment he pushed open the coffin lid earlier, Chen Ran had already stuffed the antidote into his mother's mouth.

The antidote dissolved upon contact, and she would definitely wake up within three minutes.

The rest depended on whether his mother was quick-witted enough.

As the butler and servants pulled Chen Ran away and were about to close the coffin lid, they suddenly noticed the Madam's fingers move.

The servant's eyes widened, a look of seeing a ghost on their face.

Their mouth hung wide open, too terrified to speak!

"Sigh—"

Madam Chen let out a faint sigh and opened her eyes at the same time.

"A ghost!"

"Don't talk nonsense, the Madam has woken up, the Madam has come back to life."

Madam Chen sat up and began to climb out of the coffin.

This time, no one dared to help her; most of the servants were terrified, not knowing if the Madam was a reanimated corpse or if she had never died.

Only Chen Ran rushed over, overjoyed: "Mother, you are alive? You are alright, aren't you? That's great, that's great, I am finally not an orphan anymore."

Madam Chen hugged her son and wept bitterly: "My good child, I couldn't stop worrying about you. I had already reached the Road to the Yellow Springs and was prepared to drink the Meng Po soup, but when I heard your crying, I knew I couldn't die; I had to come back to protect you..."

"Mother."

"Son."

"Sob sob sob..."

Both mother and son performed exceptionally well, cooperating seamlessly.

However, with Wang Yingzhi present, no matter how perfect the performance was, it was useless; she was a professional at ruining the show!

"Mr. Police Officer, look, I was right, wasn't I? I said she wasn't truly dead. You didn't believe me just now, but do you believe me now?"

"She's come back to life, huh! Who can't make up a story? And she made it sound so convincing, saying she came back from the road to the Yellow Springs, just about to drink Meng Po's soup... It's a waste that she didn't drink it; didn't you pack a portion to bring back?"

"Since you went to the Yellow Springs with such difficulty, didn't you take any photos for a souvenir..."

Wang Yingzhi's mouth was like a knife, chattering away incessantly, and Chen Ran really wanted to cover her mouth.

But Madam Chen could not keep her composure as well as he could, and she went straight over to slap her across the mouth!

"You old witch, you keep stirring up trouble, I'll tear your mouth apart..."

Chen Ran held his mother: "You should go back and rest first, don't pay any attention to her!"

He whispered into his mother's ear in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Don't get entangled, we must leave here quickly before they react."

Using the excuse that his mother had just come back to life and needed rest, Chen Ran helped Madam Chen back to the residence.

"Huh? It's out of power!"

Wang Yingzhi took off her Bluetooth headset, feeling that it had run out of power at a very bad time.

Most of the things she had just said were told to her by Shi Youxuan, and she was merely relaying them.

It was just that she felt the effect was better when she said it herself, and it was more infuriating.

Out of power is out of power; it wasn't needed right now anyway.

"Hello, hello! Can you hear me?"

There was no response from the other side; Shi Youxuan didn't know what had happened, but the connection was interrupted.

She wanted to go over and take a look, but her husband pondered for a moment: "Better not go; at the very least, there are four of them, so nothing major should go wrong."

Shi Youxuan thought about it and agreed, so she didn't send anyone else to check.

As it turned out, this slight negligence allowed Chen Ran and Madam Chen to escape.

Everyone waited outside for a long time, but when Chen Ran didn't come out, the eldest brother of the Chen family was the first to react: "They haven't run away, have they?"

"Oh no, it's possible, hurry back and check."

Everyone rushed into Madam Chen's room, only to see the room in a mess, as if it had been robbed.

The safe door was wide open, and all the valuable jewelry inside was gone.