Chapter 172: Farming: Saving the Substitute Bridegroom 15

【Host! The villagers have all come!】

Jin Chen hummed, then leaned close to Yelin's ear.

"Yelin, later you have to act very frightened and sad."

Hearing the footsteps, Yelin nodded in understanding, "Okay, I know."

He shifted his posture in Jin Chen's embrace, rubbed his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly downturned, instantly looking like a startled rabbit, his shoulders still trembling.

Meanwhile, Jin Chen held his husband tightly, glaring fiercely at the already insane Jinbei, his face full of anger and bewilderment.

Ye Yun was slapped hard by Jinbei, fell to the ground, her wedding dress stained with filth, the bright red unable to withstand the dirt.

The corpses in the room were a shocking sight.

When the villagers arrived with torches, this was what they saw.

"Save me! Save me——"

Seeing people come, Ye Yun crawled toward the door while crying, the makeup on her face blurred by tears; she had thought marrying in would bring happiness, but who would have expected it to be a prison, a hellish prison.

"Heavens!! What happened!!"

Feng Dazhuang at the front was filled with shock, shouting out loud, and upon seeing Jinbei pick up a knife, an unimaginable thought rose in his mind.

The other villagers who followed were also scared half to death, trembling as they helped Ye Yun up, then raised the torches originally used for lighting toward Jinbei.

"Jinbei!! What are you doing! Have you gone mad!"

"Did you possibly kill your parents!"

"Beast! Today is supposed to be your joyous day!"

The flickering firelight illuminated Jinbei's face, already plunged into extreme emotion; the bloodstains on his face had dried, he wore a mad grin, his eyes empty and dim.

Just looking at him made one feel creeped out.

For a moment, neither side moved.

Jin Chen was the first to break the stalemate.

He fiercely smashed his fist into Jinbei's face, his voice cold and harsh with anger.

"Beast! You actually killed my uncle and aunt!"

"... That's right, how could you, how could you do this!"

Yelin also accused with a trembling voice, almost writing fear on her face.

【...】What a pair of drama queens.

0731 sighed in admiration, even letting out two howls along with them.

"Quick! Quickly go find the village chief!"

Someone shouted a sentence; right now this matter is truly beyond their ability to resolve.

Feng Dazhuang wiped his face, seeing that Jin Chen had already restrained Jinbei, he also breathed a sigh of relief, called two bold young men, and had them move the bodies to a proper place for handling.

He also called an elderly grandmother named Shuang'er to comfort Ye Yun.

"What's going on here!" the grandmother asked.

Ye Yun choked, unable to utter even half a word.

Yelin said: "My husband and I were originally outside eating some snacks, when I heard my sister shout loudly from inside; I came over and saw... it turned out like this."

He patted his chest, "It's really too frightening."

"What do you know! They are obstacles to me; they deserve to die; useless things!"

Jinbei, after being beaten and coughing up blood, still stubbornly glared at the villagers, "Do you also want to stop me! Do you also want to oppose me!"

With his back to the crowd, Jin Chen gave Jinbei a slight smirk, a flash of mockery flickering in his eyes.

The extent to which this person has been affected exceeds my expectations; one can only say he's not a good person at heart.

"With a blackened heart, what karma has Old Third Jin brought upon himself, producing such a heartless creature..."

The grandmother spat, then stepped back a bit.

"This couple really are ruthless together." He muttered.

Earlier, the commotion over Ye Yun's affair had been a huge uproar; now Jinbei killing his own parents makes this marriage even more ominous than just unlucky.

The village chief hurried over, his outer clothes not yet properly on, haphazardly thrown on; seeing the scene inside the house, his vision went black, and he shouted about sin.

"Tie up this beast Jinbei! Early tomorrow we'll take him to the authorities!"

"Dazhuang and the Chen family kid! Quickly get someone to wash the corpses clean and bury them!"

Although the village chief has lived for several decades, he barely managed to calm himself to handle the matter; he never imagined that he, with one foot already in the coffin, would have to deal with something like this.

He sighed repeatedly.

Upon hearing this, Jin Chen raised his eyebrows; handing him over to the officials would just be beheading, recalling the original plot where Jinbei tormented Yelin, this death would be too lenient for him.

He flicked his fingers, withdrawing the spiritual power sealing spell.

Jinbei shuddered all over, collapsed to the ground and passed out.

Jin Chen threw him to the ground, then turned to the village chief and said.

"No need to trouble you, uncle; I'll personally take him tomorrow, also so I can serve as a witness; I still need you to handle the aftermath for my uncle and aunt; my marriage with my husband hasn't even been a month yet, so I can't attend the funeral."

He gave the village chief some silver, "Thank you for the trouble, uncle."

"Hey! That's good; then tonight you must watch him well! Don't let him go mad again!"

The village chief nodded in agreement, put the silver away, prepared to use it for the funeral, and also went along to handle the corpses.

Over the years in the village, he has also served as a pallbearer, carrying many people into graves; never before has it been as creepy as today, even Old Third Jin's eyes couldn't be shut no matter how you covered them.

Dazhuang, a rough fellow, was literally scared into a cold sweat.

"Dad! Third Uncle Jin can't close his eyes—what do we do!"

The village chief directed him to the kitchen, "Go, go make two rice balls, with white rice!"

"Ah, good!"

Dazhuang quickly pinched together two rice balls the size of buns; the village head took them, trembling hands pressed them onto Jinlaosan's two hands, and then pressed the remaining bits onto his eyes, so that his eyeballs were no longer visible.

Ah, old brother! Don't hold a grudge either—rest easy and go be reborn! This beast, I'll see justice done for you!

Quick, carry him away! Tonight we'll first place him in the ancestral hall for a night to dispel the resentment.

The village head stood up, already drenched in sweat, and left with the few people carrying the corpse; after such a big incident, he still had plenty to attend to.

The other aunts and grandmothers, disliking the ill omen of this place, casually offered a few words of comfort to Yeyun, then hurriedly left.

Yeyun gradually stopped crying, their cheek stinging from where Jinbei had slapped it, as they watched Yelin being soothed in Jin Chen's arms—the younger brother who, aside from looks, had always fallen short of them in every way, and they couldn't understand how things had come to this.

Now the marriage contract is finalized; I'm officially registered, and there's no way to escape it anymore.

The more Yeyun thought about it, the more despairing they felt, and they flung themselves onto the table, weeping.

Yelin gave them a cold glance, showing not the slightest pity.

Memories of childhood surfaced one after another in their mind; though so much time has passed, this elder sister who had taken pleasure in bullying them since childhood has also gotten her comeuppance.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -20, total 20!】

Jin Chen glanced at the moonlight outside.

"Yelin, we're home."

He rubbed the top of his husband's head, his tone gentle.

"Okay, home." Yelin came to, smiling at Jin Chen, joy hidden in their almond eyes.

【0731, drag Jinbei to the pigsty mentioned in the original plot.】

【Wow! Got it!】

0731 rubbed its claws on the ground; its link with Jin Chen is now strong enough that they can sense each other even when not near the phantom entity.