Chapter 80 Incident 1

"The Ye family seems to be taking action against Ye Heng. Do you need my help?"

"No need, Ye Heng knows what's going on."

"Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”

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In the Central Star, in a house deep within the Ye family’s old residence, the heavy mahogany door was locked tightly.

Ye Heng sat on the sofa by the window, his eyes looking through the carved window lattice onto the old ginkgo tree in the courtyard.

Since the day the funeral news was announced, he has been placed under house arrest here by his grandfather Ye Bingzong in the name of quiet reflection, cutting off all contact with the outside world.

There was a soft sound of a key turning outside the door, and then the study door was pushed open a crack. Ye Lang poked his head in with a food box in his hand, a smile on his face:

"Cousin, are you still in a daze?"

"It's time for dinner. I asked the kitchen to make some of your favorite dishes."

Ye Lang is the child of Ye Heng's second uncle. His second uncle and aunt are two research fanatics. Every day when they open their eyes, they are faced with information and data.

For this couple, having a child is like completing a mission. If Ye Bingzong had not forced them to have a child, there might not have been a Ye Lang!

So when Ye Lang was born, the couple threw him to Ye Bingzong to take care of him. The old man didn't have the energy to do that, so Ye Lang followed Ye Heng since he was a child.

It was Ye Heng who raised him, even though they were three years apart in age.

Ye Lang likes his cousin very much because Ye Heng makes him feel very safe, but he is also afraid of Ye Heng.

After all, she had been beaten with love countless times by Ye Heng when she was a child.

Now Ye Heng has made Ye Bingzong furious because of Lin Yao's matter.

Now, Ye Lang can only be allowed to approach this strictly guarded house under the pretext of delivering food.

Ye Heng looked back at him and said nothing.

Ye Lang walked in, put the food box on the table and opened it. Inside were several exquisite dishes and a bowl of steaming soup.

As he arranged the dishes, he spoke to himself, "Cousin, is Lin Yao really that good? Is it worth it for you and Grandpa to have such a fight?"

He smacked his lips, his tone filled with confusion:

"It's just about having a child with a woman, continuing the family line, it's only natural.

Look at the big families in Central Star, which one of them doesn’t do this?

Grandpa asked you to marry Lin Xue for the good of the Ye family.

The Lin family is now a royal family, and by establishing this relationship, the Ye family's position will be more secure."

Ye Heng finally responded, his voice low: "There are some things you don't understand."

"Why don't I understand?" Ye Lang retorted unconvincedly.

"I still remember that you took the initiative to admit your engagement with Lin Yao late at night, and what happened?

Not only was he punished by his grandfather, but he was also made to kneel in the ancestral hall until dawn.

I just couldn't understand at the time, is he just a man, is it worth all this trouble for you?"

Ye Heng's eyes darkened. He remembered clearly the cold stone slabs in the ancestral hall, the pain of being punished by family discipline, and his grandfather's extremely disappointed look.

But compared to all these, the moment he met Lin Yao in the counseling room of the White Pagoda was even more unforgettable for him.

"That's because you haven't met the right person yet." Ye Heng looked at Ye Lang with a serious tone.

“When you really meet that person, you will understand that there are some things that only that person can do; there are some positions that only that person can stand in.”

He paused, with a subtle tenderness in his voice:

"To me, Lin Yao is that person. No matter how good others are, they are not him."

Ye Lang was stunned by what he said and scratched his head: "Okay, your adult world is really complicated.

But since you said so, I will support you unconditionally.

What are you going to do now? Just stay locked up like this?

Grandpa said that he will let you go when you figure it out.

If you can't figure it out, then you'll have to stay here. I won't let you out until next year when you get married to Lin Xue."

Ye Heng stood up, walked to the window, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"I won't be locked up for long."

"But..." Ye Lang wanted to say something but was interrupted by Ye Heng.

"When the time comes, all accounts will be settled without fail."

Ye Lang looked at the gleam in his cousin's eyes and suddenly felt a chill on his back.

He knew that Ye Heng always kept his word. Since he said he would not be locked up for long, it meant he was sure to get out.

"Then... how can I help?" Ye Lang asked tentatively.

Ye Heng looked back at him and smiled: "No need, just live a good life, bring me food, and talk to me for a while."

"By the way, go tell grandpa that I want to see the family doctor and ask him to help me check my mental fluctuation value."

"I guarantee to complete the task!" Ye Lang said firmly.

Then he packed up the lunch box and tiptoed out of the room, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

Silence returned to the room.

Ye Heng didn't even look at the food, his eyes were always on the window. Instead of waiting for others to take advantage of some things, it is better to prepare for them in advance.

-

The next afternoon, the study door was opened again.

Zhang Cheng, the Ye family's family physician, walked in carrying a black leather medical kit. He was wearing a well-ironed gray suit and his hair was meticulously combed.

Following behind him was Qin Bo, the old butler who had served Ye Bingzong for decades.

Qin Bo had his usual gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were like a sophisticated scanner, silently scanning every corner of the study, finally landing on Ye Heng:

"Master, the old man heard that you wanted to have your mental strength checked, so he specially asked Doctor Zhang to come here. You've been cooped up in the house these days, so it's time for a good checkup."

Ye Heng turned from the window, his eyes swept over the two of them calmly, his tone devoid of emotion: "Thank you, Doctor Zhang."

Zhang Cheng pushed up his glasses, motioned Ye Heng to sit on the sofa, opened the medical kit and took out the mental power detector:

"How's your sleep lately, Master? I heard from Young Master Lang that you haven't had much rest these past few days."

He has been in the Ye family for many years. He is not only a doctor, but also half a family member.

"Not bad." Ye Heng closed his eyes and let the cold probe touch his temples.

Qin Bo stood three meters away from the sofa, with his hands behind his back, like a silent stone statue.

His ears moved slightly, obviously listening carefully to the conversation between the two to prevent any inappropriate information from being transmitted.

The detector made a slight humming sound, and a complex waveform graph danced on the screen.

Zhang Cheng stared at the screen, tapped the operation panel a few times, and muttered to himself:

"The mental threshold is relatively stable, but the fluctuation frequency is a bit high. It seems that the pressure is really too great."

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Heng out of the corner of his eye and tapped the detector cable three times with his fingertips.

That was their agreed-upon code, meaning "What do you need me to do?"

Ye Heng's eyelashes trembled, and an almost invisible curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Do you need some tranquilizer?" Zhang Cheng asked in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.

"Open it," Ye Heng opened his eyes, looked directly at Zhang Cheng, and tapped his face a few times with his fingers: "It just so happens that I also want to have a good sleep."

This sentence sounds like a normal sentence, but it also seems to be conveying some kind of hint.

Zhang Cheng nodded and put away the tester. "Okay, I'll prescribe the medicine and have Uncle Qin bring it over."

Uncle Qin spoke at the right moment: "Thank you, Doctor Zhang, for your hard work. Now that the examination is complete, we won't disturb the young master's rest."

Zhang Cheng packed up the medical kit, nodded slightly to Ye Heng, and left the study with Qin Bo.

The moment the door closed, the calmness on Ye Heng's face finally cracked.

He raised his hand and touched his temples, where the temperature of the detector seemed to still remain.

The appearance of Qin Bo just proved Ye Bingzong's vigilance. This old housekeeper seemed harmless.

In fact, he was monitoring Ye Heng's every move on behalf of Ye Bingzong, and every step that followed had to be more cautious.

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Arrived at the Lin family banquet that day.

That evening, in the central hall of the Star-Eating Cave, the pirates were killing time around the holographic screen.

Lin Yao was now being well-served. He sat on a chair in the corner, his head down, wiping a short blade borrowed from the armory. The blade shone coldly in the dim light.

Suddenly, the entertainment program on the holographic screen was overwritten by an urgent news item, and the host's serious voice echoed in the hall:

"Emergency notice, a major incident has occurred on Central Star. The current head of the Ye family, Ye Heng, lost control of his mental power today and accidentally killed a Lin family servant at the Lin family banquet.

The Imperial White Tower has received the Ye family's application and will forcibly imprison Ye Heng to prevent him from harming others again."

The scene switched to the outskirts of the Lin family's old house. The figure of the Baita law enforcement officer in a silver-white uniform flashed by and then froze on the closed door.

The pirates gathered in front of the screen were immediately in an uproar.

"Damn, what happened to Ye Heng? He lost control just like that?" Someone, smoking a cigarette, knocked on the table in disbelief.

"Not necessarily. Ye Heng's mental power fluctuations should be very high! He has been fighting for more than ten years, so the value must be around 80 or 90."

"Who knows? Maybe he was driven crazy by the family marriage?" Another pirate rubbed his chin and speculated.

A one-eyed pirate was very sure of his companion's words:

"You're right! Isn't it true that his originally registered partner died, and he was forced to marry someone else right after his partner died? Anyone would go crazy, right?"

There were discussions one after another, and someone suddenly noticed Lin Yao in the corner and nudged the person next to him with his elbow: "Hey, look at him."

Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Yao.

He still kept his eyes down, slowly wiping the short blade with a flannel.

It was as if the shocking news just now had nothing to do with him. He didn't even raise his eyelids, and his face was as calm as a pool of deep water.

"No way?" someone clicked their tongue. "We were together after all, and you don't even react to this kind of news?"

"Cold-blooded." The pirate next to him sneered.

"Do you really believe that those big families have any real feelings? Besides,"

He deliberately raised his voice, as if speaking to Lin Yao.

"This Major General Lin has long been considered dead in the Empire. All his identifying information is gone. He's even more of an illegal immigrant than us. He has no connection to Ye Heng at all."

"That's right," another person said.

"Marriages between large families are all about profit, not love. Ye Heng is struggling right now, so what's the point of him being sad?

Maybe he's secretly happy because there's one less person who abandoned him."

The harsh words were like a stone thrown into a lake, but they failed to cause even a ripple on Lin Yao's face.

He sheathed the polished short blade with smooth movements, then stood up and left.

There was no movement in his figure, as if all the discussions and news just now were just wind in his ears.

On the other hand, Delinwei, who was on the Central Star, confirmed with the maid beside her that Ye Heng was locked up in the White Tower. She touched her gradually growing belly, feeling as if something had been resolved in her heart.

Delinwei was born in the interstellar year 351 and died in the year 372 at the age of 21.

This is the story of her previous life. Ever since she could remember, De Linwei in her previous life has always had a shadow, and that is Lin Yao.

As the eldest grandson of the De Lin family, Lin Yao has attracted much attention because he carries plant genes.

Even though it was uncertain whether he could actually awaken the plant spirit body, he had already captured the attention of everyone in the family.

De Linwei was very unwilling, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, part of the welfare resources her family enjoyed came from Lin Yao.

Perhaps her unwillingness to give up moved a god, and when she was twelve years old, she awakened her herbal spirit body.

After awakening, Delinwei deeply understood what it meant to turn things around and what it meant to have a smooth road ahead.

Not only did she preserve the prosperity of the De Lin family and lead them to a higher level, she also gained the support of the old Lin family.

Her mother, who had been worried about her marriage, could now rest assured.

Because there were so many outstanding young men from big families waiting to be selected, the one who was finally chosen was 19-year-old Ye Heng.

Ye Heng, the head of the Ye family, the commander of the Red Shadow Legion, and one of the ten marshals of the empire, what a noble identity.

From the moment the marriage was decided, De Linwei dreamed of becoming the marshal's wife. The wedding was scheduled to take place when she was 22 years old.

Ever since Delinwei awakened her spiritual body, she has been the center of attention for nine years.

Even though her cousin Lin Yao awakened and became a plant guide at the age of sixteen, it did not shake her position in the De Lin family in the slightest.

But everything collapsed at the Lin family's banquet.

Ye Heng, who came to attend the banquet, had his mental image collapsed, and his spirit body escaped out of control, killing a guide from a branch of the Lin family.

Even if it was unintentional, it still aroused panic among the public. They knew how powerful Ye Heng was, so they were more aware of the extent of the destruction that an out-of-control Ye Heng would bring.

Although the Ye family readily paid a huge amount of compensation to the Lin family and quickly issued a notice,

Ye Heng was still imprisoned in the White Tower because of this incident, his position as marshal was removed, and the Red Shadow Legion was disbanded.

In order to show its concern for Ye Heng, the empire personally sent her, the guide that the Ye family had long appointed, to the road of destruction.

What the imperial high command said at the time was:

"You are the guide he chose, you will surely be able to appease him!"

'If he is truly appeased, all the glorious empire he has lost will be returned!'

At that time, the naive Delinwei believed it and thought she could save the favored child of heaven, but the fact was that the matching degree was 10.1%, and at most they would not fall out on the spot.

The pain brought by the spirit named Mo Yun that entangled and crushed her lily was Delinwei's nightmare, a pain she dared not think about.

But she couldn't escape and could only be tortured like this day after day. Two years passed like this.

De Linwei will never forget that when she closed her eyes and died in pain, she heard the news about Lin Yao.

The two guards were discussing there, talking about De Linwei, who thought that marrying the marshal would bring her immediate success, but who knew it would lead to hell.

Another person asked if there was a guide named Lin in the De Lin family. After getting confirmation from his companion, the man continued.

It is said that although the guide surnamed Lin married a military commander, they lived a good life and respected each other.

Recently, the commander was promoted to deputy commander. From now on, he will be the real partner of the White Tiger Army commander.

They also said that the blue necklace worn by Guide Lin was said to be very valuable.

It was because the necklace saved Cangye's mother that after they got married, not only did they have a good relationship between husband and wife, but they also had a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The laughter was very soft, but it sounded very loud in De Linwei's ears. If she had to say who she hated the most, besides Ye Heng, it would be Lin Yao.

So when she opened her eyes again and found herself unmarried.

The first thing he did was to go find trouble with Lin Yao and push him down the stairs, thinking that this would get rid of this shadow.

Since the necklace was the reason why Lin Yao was treated so well when he entered the Cang family, she took it away as well.

Who knew that Lin Yao was lucky enough to survive? So don't blame her for being rude.

Since Lin Yao didn't want to die so easily, she could only taste the pain she had experienced in her previous life.

During the days when Lin Yao was in a coma, De Linwei arranged their marriage without saying a word.

There was no way the De Lin family would go against her opinion, and the Cang family was happy to take over a guide with stronger mental power. The two families hit it off and decided on it.

Although what happened afterwards was different from what Delinwei had expected, it seemed that they all led to the same conclusion, and now it was she who married Cangye.

Ye Heng was still imprisoned in the White Tower, and Lin Yao died at the hands of the star pirates.

"I, Delinwei, can now be considered truly reborn."

De Linwei repeated these words over and over in her heart.