She hadn't let Shi Jiahu know anything while he was alive, but now that he was dead, there were some things she could only keep to herself.

Xiao Wu's idea is great; it allows people to vent their frustrations at this time.

Whether it's good or bad, no one will know; Shi Jiahu's remains are the best listeners.

If he were alive, no one would dare to speak their mind, but now that he's dead, he can't react to anything, good or bad; he can only continue to endure whatever he likes or dislikes.

"Mom, let me get you some incense."

Shi and Huai immediately went to get the incense.

His cleverness warmed Jiang Yu's heart.

"Xiao Wu has grown up and can stand on his own now."

Jiang Yu's eyes were filled with relief and satisfaction.

Shi Hehuai was overjoyed, but dared not show it on his face. He could only suppress the urge to smile and said in a calm and composed manner, "Now that Dad is gone, I can no longer be a child. Of course, I have to be an adult. In the future, I will be like Dad and support Mom, so that she will not suffer any grievances and that she will always be happy and joyful."

Jiang Yu nodded: "Good child."

After praising Shi and Huai, Jiang Yu then praised the other four brothers: "You are all good children. Mom is proud of you."

"Don't worry, Mom, we won't let you down."

The Shi brothers immediately nodded in agreement.

Even though they were all dissatisfied with Shi and Huai's performance, they could only endure it for now.

Jiang Yu felt a surge of sweetness in her heart and took the incense sticks into the mourning hall.

With Jiang Yu entering the mourning hall, Su Tiantian and the others' plan was a complete success.

Bai Meng couldn't wait any longer.

"Sweetie, she's coming in, let's get moving."

Bai Meng's voice echoed in Su Tiantian's mind.

Su Tiantian was now possessing Shi Jiahu's body. She clearly heard footsteps and replied to Bai Meng, "Wait a moment."

Before she could make a move, Jiang Yu chuckled softly.

"Shijiahu, do you know how long I've been waiting for this day?"

"If it weren't for the children, I would have taken action long ago. I kept enduring and enduring until I couldn't take it anymore. My hair has turned white, my flesh has become loose, and my face is full of deep wrinkles..."

Jiang Yu's lips were turned up in a smile, but she still felt empty inside.

Now she has everything, but the past can never be turned back.

She's old; her teeth are loose and falling out, and she no longer has the vitality of youth. She can't run or jump anymore.

She spent her entire life on this.

"It seems like I've won, but in reality, I've also lost. I've lost my whole life..."

"For the rest of my life, I can only be your Mrs. Shi, and my five sons can only be your sons of the Shi family for the rest of their lives. They can never be recognized as members of the family..."

"So you deserve all of this, and you should suffer for me in the afterlife. You've already enjoyed enough good fortune in this life."

Jiang Yu's voice turned cold and sharp.

She exhaled, calming her surging anger, before speaking again.

“We were husband and wife, and you have children, Shi and Yue are your offspring. Her face looks so much like yours, it makes me want to vomit. But seeing how she used to fawn over me since she was little, like a dog wagging its tail and begging for my praise, I feel a little better. After all, you can’t fawn over me like she does.”

Jiang Yu's lips curled into a cold smile.

Past memories surfaced one by one in her mind, her expression shifting between smugness and mockery.

Su Tiantian was stunned by all of this.

She relayed all of this to Blind Lin and Bai Meng.

Lin the Blind sighed in silence.

Bai Meng smiled sarcastically and said...

"Isn't this just a human being?"

Bai Meng has a thousand years of cultivation, and the Ancient Jade Sect has gone through dozens of generations of changes, so she has seen all kinds of tricks.

There is absolutely no trust in human nature when it comes to Bai Meng.

In her view, she is not surprised by any behavior people do, because that is human nature, true human nature.

Jiang Yu was still recounting the past.

She reminisced about her youth.

She was only twenty years old at the time, and her family was so poor that they couldn't even get enough to eat.

But the person she loved was so poor; she could see the end of their impoverished life ahead of her.

"Do you know how much I love him? I've been waiting since I was sixteen, waiting for him to marry me, but I waited until I was twenty-six and he still couldn't marry me. If I had stayed with him like that, what kind of life would I have led? Can you imagine?"

"I will toil my whole life, facing the loess soil with my back to the sky, yet I will never have enough to eat or wear. My children will forever remain at the bottom of society, never seeing the vastness of the world..."

"Back then, I thought to myself, I definitely don't want to live like this. I want to live a good life. But no one thought I could have a good life. After all, I was a 26-year-old spinster. To think I could live a good life was just wishful thinking. But I did it..."

"I was so lucky to meet him, and my destiny changed forever. Do you know that? There really are gods in this world. They only need to raise their hands, and my fate can be completely transformed. Originally, you and I were from two different worlds and would never have intersected, but it was so magical. After you saw me for the first time, you became infatuated with me. All happiness was by my side, and I truly wanted to be with you. After our first child was born, my lover came to find me. He was all alone..."

"I found that I couldn't forget him. The love that had been dormant for so long burst forth and could no longer be contained. I thought to myself, why can't I have both a good life and a lover at the same time?"

"Heaven has been so kind to me. I was born to live a good life. It's not that I didn't have children for you, it's that you weren't blessed with that. Apart from the first child, all the others are Jiang Heng's. We are distant relatives, and the children's appearances are normal. I couldn't tell you these things when you were alive, so I can only tell you here."

“His five sons can never acknowledge him as their father; this is God's retribution for him. He has already sacrificed enough for me in his life, and now, in his twilight years, he has fallen seriously ill. If it weren't for the protection of the Dragon God, he wouldn't have been saved. So, in these last few decades, we will stay together until the very end. The only regret is that we are no longer young…”

After Jiang Yu finished her intermittent sighs, she placed the incense sticks in the incense burner, composed herself, and prepared to leave.

She had kept these words in her heart for decades, and she felt much better after saying them all at this moment; her body even felt lighter.

"Snap—"

Strange noises could be heard coming from the quiet mourning hall.

Jiang Yu frowned, feeling a chill run through her body.

The unclosed coffin cracked open, and 'Shijiahu's' body sat up, his eyes filled with bloody tears as he looked at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu was terrified by this scene.

"ah--"

The screams came out of her throat uncontrollably.

Jiang Yu's hands trembled as she groped in her bosom and pulled out a black jade pendant.

The jade plaque is carved with a lifelike black dragon.