Chapter 373: Even as a ghost, I won

In the early morning, the sun gradually rose, and most of the Zhang Family Members were startled awake from deep sleep.

"Thud!", "Thud!", "Thud!"

A series of urgent knocking sounds woke Zhang Guilian from deep sleep, her face full of anger; she hated being disturbed while sleeping, and just as she was about to yell, she remembered her purpose for coming here, swallowed the words on her lips, and quickly changed to ask:

"Who?"

"Second Aunt, it's me!"

Zhang Chengze replied.

"It's Chengze, what's the matter? Your mother is still sleeping, possibly still talking in her dreams with your father; if it's not something urgent, come back later!"

Zhang Guilian responded.

Yesterday.

After her shameless coaxing and pleading, her relationship with Li Ping gradually improved; after her bitter begging, Li Ping reluctantly agreed, and they slept together.

She did this not to seize the chance to get closer to Li Ping, did she?

"Second Aunt, I'm not looking for my mother; I came to find you!"

Zhang Chengze said.

"Looking for me?"

Zhang Guilian asked doubtfully: "Chengze, what do you need from me?"

"Second Aunt, have you seen Second Uncle and Wenxuan?"

Zhang Chengze inquired.

"Them? They aren't supposed to be keeping vigil for my elder brother? Shouldn't they be in the main hall?"

Zhang Guilian's face showed even more doubt; she hastily put on her clothes, got out of bed, went to the door, opened it, and saw Zhang Chengze at the doorway, speaking in panic:

"Chengze, you're looking for them—could there be something wrong?"

She clearly knew that Du Guan and Du Wenxuan, in order to break the ice between their family and the Zhang Family, had both begun to make an effort, keeping vigil for his elder brother, which was just a start.

At this time it was impossible to slack off; even if they did, they would certainly let the Zhang Family Members see their performance when Zhang Chengze woke up.

Zhang Chengze could not possibly have failed to find them in the main hall!

"Second Aunt, they weren't in the main hall, and I didn't see them in the rooms I arranged for them!"

Zhang Chengze's face instantly turned extremely complex, his tone slightly angry: "Even the cart you tied to our family's gate is gone!"

Over the years, he has seen all the Du Family Members' actions, angry that they look down on people, despise the poor and fawn over the rich; now the Du Family is openly trying to curry favor in front of his family—what's the reason, and how could he possibly not notice?

It's not because they see his father appointed as the Lion Ridge Mountain God, and the Du Family Members want to take advantage of him.

"Otherwise."

Just the Du Family father and son—no, we also have to factor in his second aunt's temperament; let alone trying to curry favor with their family, not even snide remarks would be bad.

He hasn't forgotten that not long ago, his younger brother personally said that his second aunt, upon hearing the news of his father's death, actually uttered those ungrateful words.

Actually, not a single person in his family likes the Du Family Members; even if the Du Family Members now put on an act in front of his family, trying to curry favor, if he didn't know his father valued familial ties, he would have long since driven the Du Family away, and one would expect the Zhang Family Members of Zhang Family Village not to say anything strange.

Who let the Zhang Family Members all have grievances against the Du Family Members!

"Not long ago."

Under the hoarse pleas of the Du Family father and son, and with Zhang Guilian's agreement, he reluctantly consented to let the Du Family father and son keep vigil.

Who made his father value familial ties? Never mind……

When he woke up early this morning, preparing to take over the watch from the Du Family father and son, he didn't see their figures in the main hall, and though he was angry inside,

"After all."

"Keeping vigil" was something the Du Family father and son begged for, yet they didn't take it seriously.

"But he didn't pay much attention to it!"

"What kind of people are the Du Family father and son? He knows them inside out; even if they did something more outrageous, he wouldn't be surprised—over such a small matter, how could she possibly be disappointed?"

"Just treat the Du Family father and son as slacking off to rest!"

"Merely in the rooms arranged for the Du Family father and son, he didn't see their figures, and even the cart tied to the gate by Du Guan was missing, which finally stirred a sense of unease in his heart."

"Impossible!"

"Before Zhang Guilian could finish speaking, she heard Li Ping's angry voice from the room: "Chengze, it's terrible—your father's Mountain God Token in the coffin is missing!""

"What?"

Zhang Chengze's pupils contracted; looking at his mother, who had rushed out wearing a coat, her face drastically changed, her voice trembling, she spoke in panic:

This novel you have arrived at

"Mother, what are you saying? I placed the Mountain God Token in my father's coffin, and it's missing!"

"Mountain God Token!"

This was the first time he had seen or heard of it, but from his younger brother's account—learned from Yu Die—he clearly understood that for his father to become the Lion Ridge Mountain God, besides the Underworld's divine edict, he also needed the Lion Ridge Mountain God Token as proof.

His father must refine the Mountain God Token to truly be considered the Lion Ridge Mountain God!

Li Ping urged anxiously: "Chengze, what are you staring at? Hurry up and find someone to retrieve your father's Mountain God Token!"

"Last night."

She endured Zhang Guilian's endless flattery, fell asleep with difficulty, not long after, De Ben appeared again in her dream; in the dream she conversed with De Ben about their longing, speaking many words, until the sky gradually lightened, De Ben prepared to return to rest, she also prepared to rest a bit longer, and then woke up.

She should quickly arrange her husband's funeral, lay him to rest, so he can peacefully assume the role of Lion Ridge Mountain God.

"How could she know?"

Not long after, her husband appeared again in her dream, looking anxious, and told her that his Mountain God Token in the coffin was missing.

"Mother, no need to look—our father's Mountain God Token has probably already flown away!"

Zhang Chengze glared with a ferocious face, snorted coldly; only then did he fully understand why he couldn't see the Du Family father and son, and even the cart tied to the gate was missing; he glared angrily at Zhang Guilian and said:

"Second Aunt, your family's good deed—stealing my father's Mountain God Token—if he can't become our Lion Ridge Mountain God, he'll likely lose his soul and spirit, with no chance of reincarnation; are you people even human?"

"What did you say?"

Li Ping exclaimed in astonishment.

Without waiting for Zhang Chengze to speak, Zhang Guilian hurriedly said, "Chengze, perhaps you've misunderstood; how could your second aunt's husband and your cousin possibly steal the elder brother's Mountain God Token?"

"Mother, you don't know, right? Earlier I wasn't in the main hall; I saw the second aunt's husband who was keeping vigil for my father and my cousin. I looked in the room I had arranged for them, but saw nothing, and even the carriage tied at our house's gate was gone!"

Zhang Chengze shouted angrily, "They must have been faking the vigil for my father, but stealing my father's Mountain God Token is real; my father's Mountain God Token was stolen by them!"

"Impossible…"

Zhang Guilian was still about to argue, but before the words could finish, "Smack!"—Li Ping's palm sent her sprawling to the ground, her face twisted ferociously, like a tiger that selects its prey and devours, and she roared in anger:

"Zhang Guilian, Zhang Guilian, the mischief you've done—such despicable acts, your family does, and if De Ben's family suffers any mishap, even if I become a ghost, I will never let your family get away!"

(End of chapter)