Jiang Chengli was silent for a moment, then finally nodded and said, "It's true, but you all don't remember. The system is right. This world was built to revolve around Xing Xiaoya. I've tried to kill her many times to end things once and for all."

"But whenever she actually breathed her last, everyone lost that memory and would rewind to before she was killed, as if they had cut that whole thing away with scissors."

Jiang Chengli felt utterly exhausted when the topic of "killing Xing Xiaoya" came up. No one could calmly recall such a thing after experiencing countless failures.

Whenever this thought popped into his mind, he felt like he was suffocating. Countless times, he felt the pain of having his spine broken and being unable to die.

He would never mention it before, because no one witnessed the scene where he killed Xing Xiaoya.

To everyone's surprise, Xu Wanying suddenly appeared. She was able to see it and even told the system directly.

Even though no one else could see it, and the entire plot had been rewound, and it seemed like nothing had happened to everyone else, Xu Wanying could see it clearly. Moreover, when she brought it up with the system, Cen Ying was able to have a normal conversation with it.

The mother and son exchanged a glance, and Cen Ying sighed softly, "Wan Ying is indeed the hope for rescuing the Marquis's mansion from its crisis."

"Third brother, I'm talking to you. When are you going to castrate yourself? I'm watching from the side. I don't believe such a bizarre thing can happen. If you're determined to become a eunuch, your second brother will definitely lend you a hand!" Jiang Chengxiao was still immersed in the conversation from earlier.

"Second brother, did you hear what Mother and I were saying just now?" Jiang Chengli frowned, feeling that something was amiss.

"What did you say to Mother? Did you say you wanted to become a eunuch?" Jiang Chengxiao retorted.

As soon as he said that, Cen Ying and Jiang Chengli met eyes again.

"Second brother, actually I killed Xing Xiaoya many times, but no one remembers it each time." Jiang Chengli brought the topic back to killing Xing Xiaoya.

But Jiang Chengxiao didn't react at all. He just stared at him blankly, as if he hadn't heard the words at all.

"Second brother, are you deaf?" he asked again.

"Third brother, did I offend you? Why are you cursing me right off the bat? Are you deaf? Not only are you deaf, you're stupid too, stupid enough to castrate yourself!" Jiang Chengxiao heard this and immediately turned hostile, his brows furrowed and his face dark, and he retorted directly.

“Chengxiao, Xing Xiaoya is absolutely a monster. She has been killed by Chengli many times but has not died.” Cen Ying also tried to speak.

But Jiang Chengxiao remained unresponsive. He didn't even look in Cen Ying's direction, but instead kept staring at Jiang Chengli, ready to jump up and duel with him at any moment.

It was obvious that he couldn't hear any news about "Jiang Chengli killing Xing Xiaoya," as if something was actively blocking out the information.

"Chengxiao, Ling'er seems a bit off today. Did you upset her?" Cen Ying changed the subject.

Jiang Chengxiao immediately turned his head to look at him, his anger subsiding and replaced by a hint of worry.

"Mother, before, you asked me to test whether my third sister-in-law had any effect on Xing Xiaoya. After I went to see Xing Xiaoya, I was like I was possessed. Although my third sister-in-law and the artifact could have some effect, it was very little. I still had to knock myself unconscious or tie myself up and control my body."

"Madam has seen all of this. It's understandable that she's uncomfortable that I'm so infatuated with a stranger. I've already tried to comfort her, but alas—"

At this point, Jiang Chengxiao couldn't help but sigh, clearly he had no other choice.

Cen Ying and her son exchanged another glance. After two tests, they were completely certain that Jiang Chengxiao simply couldn't hear anything related to "killing Xing Xiaoya".

"Then you should go and comfort her. Ling'er is a sensitive person. If she does something terrible because of a momentary lapse in judgment, you'll regret it." Cen Ying said directly to send him away.

Jiang Chengxiao was preoccupied with Lu Ling's matter, so he didn't bother Jiang Chengli any further. He bowed to Cen Ying and left in a hurry.

Only the mother and son remained in the hall, and they both sighed softly.

“It seems that the evil spirit surrounding Xing Xiaoya still exists. Fortunately, this time you are not the only one who knows about it. The key lies with Wanying. Because of what she said, I was also affected and was able to have a normal discussion about killing Xing Xiaoya. If others want to join in, they will definitely have to hear it from her.” Cen Ying analyzed slowly and methodically.

Jiang Chengli frowned: "The difficulty lies here. To this day, she still doesn't know that we can hear her conversation with the system. There's no way to make demands on her. No one can predict when she'll say this again, let alone force her, unless we bring it up with her directly."

"It's not feasible to confront her directly. I discussed this with your father from the beginning. Nobody knows if the artifact will still be there after we confront her. If it hides or disappears altogether, it would be a loss."

Cen Ying immediately rejected his suggestion, and the discussion immediately reached a dead end.

"It's good that you're going back to the manor. At least you can get along well with Wanying, improve your relationship as a couple, and make her happy." Cen Ying sighed and changed the subject.

Jiang Chengli frowned upon hearing these words.

“Mother, if the whole family has to coax Xu Wanying, isn’t that just following the same old pattern? It’s just that Xing Xiaoya has become Xu Wanying, and we still have to act as someone else’s grandson.” He immediately thought of the downsides.

Once bitten by a snake, twice shy.

He was fed up with a life of coaxing others, revolving around one person all the time, and giving up his own life and dignity; it was simply unbearable.

When Cen Ying heard his words, she was first taken aback, and then she couldn't help but laugh.

"If Wanying heard you say that, she probably wouldn't be happy. She'd probably look down on you. She wouldn't want such a good-for-nothing grandson like you, would she?" Cen Ying was absolutely right. She could already imagine the expression on Xu Wanying's face when she said those words.

Jiang Chengli blinked and coughed lightly: "She doesn't even deserve to be my grandmother. Mother, I'm not joking with you. Going from coaxing Xing Xiaoya to coaxing her is like jumping from one fire pit to another. What difference does it make? Can't our lives revolve around ourselves?"

“You’re right, you should be in charge of your own life. I’ve misunderstood. You don’t need to worry about Xing Xiaoya. Even if she enters the Marquis’s mansion, I have ways to make her get out. She can’t hurt any member of the Jiang family.”

When Cen Ying saw his disgusted expression, her heart skipped a beat.

She actually wanted to explain that Xu Wanying didn't force them to do anything like Xing Xiaoya; everything was voluntary, and she didn't even know why they were voluntarily coaxing her.

However, when she thought about the kind of life Jiang Chengli had lived over the years, she couldn't come up with a single explanation.

Jiang Chengli was fed up with being coaxed, so he was very resistant to this situation, and Cen Ying didn't want him to suffer any more.

As long as Xu Wanying is happy, it doesn't matter who is coaxing her.