Chapter 82 Banquet 1
When the voice of "Ye Heng" fell into the ears, the person on the bed trembled all over, as if struck by thunder, and suddenly opened his eyes wide.
He stared blankly at the ice-blue mist covering his body, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
This breath, this subtle warmth, is it Lin Yao?
Before the shock could spread from the bottom of my heart, ecstasy had already surged up.
He almost wanted to laugh out loud, but his throat was blocked so badly that he could only tremble hoarsely:
"Mumu? You...you came to see me?"
But this joy did not last for a moment, and was seized by a chill.
Ye Heng glanced at the shadow where Mo Yun was hiding. The necklace that Shasha gave to Mo Yun was still there, proving that Lin Yao was also there.
After hearing the news of Lin Yao's accident, he has been relying on this to get by these days.
Knowing that the breath was not cut off, he felt at ease.
But looking at the ball of light mist in front of me, that sense of peace was disturbed again.
He looked at the scattered stars on the edge of the mist and couldn't help but think wildly:
What on earth happened to Lin Yao?
How could a good person become like this? Was he injured? Or was he trapped by something?
He looked at the ball of light mist that had no substance and could dissipate at the slightest touch, and recalled the ancient legend he had heard.
People have souls, and after death, the soul will follow its obsession and return to its loved one.
The eyes that were bright just now dimmed instantly, and even the voice trembled:
"You...are you..."
The word "dead" was stuck in my throat and I couldn't ask it out loud.
He stared at Guangwu, his knuckles turning white from clenching his fists tightly.
He was afraid of hearing a positive answer, but he was also afraid that the fog was just an illusion caused by his excessive longing for Lin Yao.
Guangwu seemed to sense his panic and gently touched his cheek. Lin Yao said anxiously:
"What are you thinking about? I'm doing fine, it's just... I'm feeling a little weird, I can't explain it right now."
Because he himself was still shocked by eating a piece of fruit, just like biting a piece of raw grass.
Ye Heng's stiff shoulders suddenly relaxed, his heart fell back to its original place with a "thump", but his eyes turned red.
He tilted his head, feeling the fog on his face, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's good to be alive."
Ye Heng's voice was as light as a feather, but it felt dull and muffled when it fell on Lin Yao's heart.
Lin Yao looked at him carefully, and just as he moved forward,
I caught a glimpse of a hideous wound on his shoulder blade. In the wound, where the skin and flesh were turned outward, there was a metal hook with a cold glow, which was firmly nailed to his scapula.
“!”
Lin Yao's light mist trembled violently, and the tail of light was shaking in disorder. He was anxious to touch the wound with his consciousness, but was afraid of hurting him, so he could only hang in the air and tremble.
"What's wrong with you? What's with this hook?!"
It was obvious that the hook was not ordinary. The edge was tempered with silver lines that suppressed mental power, and just looking at it made people's scalp tingle.
Lin Yao thought of what Ye Bingzong had just said and the layout of the prison cell, and his heart felt as if it was being gripped.
In order to force him to obey, Ye Bingzong actually treated him so cruelly?
Ye Heng noticed his panic, and the light mist dissipated a lot, and his voice became softer:
"It's okay. I just didn't listen to him and got punished."
He said it lightly, but Lin Yao could feel the tremor in his voice and saw his throat rolling before he swallowed back the pain.
Lin Yao was so anxious that the light mist almost dissipated.
He wanted to concentrate his mental strength to help him relieve the pain caused by the hook, but the light mist could only lightly brush past him without any energy at all.
He could only hang on Ye Heng's shoulder, looking at the hook embedded in his flesh, feeling anxious.
"Don't be anxious, Mumu." Ye Heng sensed his panic and spoke softly.
"This hook looks scary, but it doesn't hurt much, it's just a little heavy. I'll ask a doctor to remove it when I get out."
"I know you're worried," he added, and tried to move his fingertips closer to the light mist, but he didn't dare to really touch it.
"But if you're so anxious, I'm actually uneasy. Be good and don't panic."
But Lin Yao was not listening at all. The light mist was shaking even more violently, and he was feeling a little aggrieved.
"How can I not be anxious..."
Ye Heng looked at him with an expression that was impossible to appease, and was silent for a moment. Suddenly, he chuckled softly, his voice hoarse but with a hint of soothing softness:
"How about... I tell you something else? Want to hear some gossip?"
Guangwu Lin Yao paused and said, "I won't listen!"
Ye Heng knew that he was wavering, so he tried to persuade him again:
"If you talk to me, I won't care about this wound, so Mumu, do you want to listen to gossip?"
The star in the mist swayed for a long time before it uttered a dull sentence: "Then tell me."
Then Lin Yao knew why Ye Heng moved in.
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Time goes back to the day when Ye Heng was placed under house arrest, which was also the day when the news of Lin Yao's accident came.
Ye Heng insisted on returning to the Sphenoid Bone Galaxy. He knew that Lin Yao was fine, but he wanted to see it with his own eyes.
The wind was very strong at the starport that day. As soon as Ye Heng stepped onto the starship ladder, he was stopped by several black-clad guards.
The leader was Qin, the steward beside Ye Bingzong. He bent over, but his tone was unyielding:
"Master, the master asks you to return home."
He knew that this was both a "please" and a "stop."
When he returned to the mansion, all the communicators were confiscated. The moment the door clicked and locked, Ye Heng knew that he was under house arrest.
A few days later, the door was pushed open and the person who came was Ye Bingzong.
The servants following behind him carried the tea sets and placed them on the table one by one.
He didn't mention the matter of Star Harbor. He just sat down and poured a cup of tea and pushed it over. His voice sounded quite calm:
"I heard you're going back?"
Ye Heng didn't take the tea. He leaned against the window without moving or answering.
Ye Bingzong picked up another teacup and took a sip, then said slowly,
"The news from the Central Star has spread. The command ship was shattered into pieces by the pirates' raid.
The search and rescue team only found three escape pods and the fragments of Lin Yao's escape pod."
He paused and said, "You are a soldier with experience. Tell me, what are the chances of his survival?"
Ye Heng glanced at him, without any sign of faith: "He's still here."
Ye Bingzong seemed to have expected him to do this, and he didn't get angry, but just waved his hand.
The servant beside him immediately stepped forward and tapped the light screen on the wall, and the light screen lit up.
In response to public outcry, the Empire hastily held a live broadcast of Lin Yao’s funeral.
"From a useless guide of the Delin family to a hero of the empire, Lin Yao's death was truly worthy."
Ye Bingzong's voice became deeper.
"He's been buried, and the Imperial Database has deleted his information. Ye Heng, it's time for you to wake up."
Faint crying sounds could be heard from the light screen.
Ye Heng, who had been silent at first, reacted instantly when he heard Ye Bingzong say that Lin Yao's information had been cancelled.
He quickly snatched the laptop from the servant's hand, turned off the damn funeral app, and searched for Lin Yao's information.
I entered the familiar personal information code, but it showed that no such person existed.
Ye Heng stared at the laptop intently, and suddenly laughed softly.
There was a hint of coldness and disdain in that laugh:
"The funeral was held in such a hurry, and the imperial family cooperated, but they cancelled Lin Yao's citizen information in such a hurry?
What? Are you afraid that if you're a step late, you'll be exposed? Or are you in a hurry to make room for someone else?
These words were like a needle, piercing Ye Bingzong's heart.
He slammed the table and stood up, splashing most of the water in the teacup, and shouted sharply:
"Ye Heng! Are you crazy? How dare you curse the royal family like that! There has to be a limit to your outspokenness!"
Ye Heng sneered and didn't respond to his words.
Ye Bingzong's chest heaved, as if he was irritated by his attitude. With anger surging in his eyes, he simply blurted out:
"Don't think the royal family is in a hurry. Not to mention his citizen information, I've even revoked your marriage registration in the White Tower in the name of the Ye family!"
"What did you say?" Ye Heng turned around abruptly, his face full of ferocity. The coldness in his eyes completely shattered, leaving only raging anger.
"You've rescinded it? Ye Bingzong, what gives you the right?! That's between him and me, why would you interfere?!"
Ye Heng rushed to Ye Bingzong in a few steps, his eyes bloodshot.
If I hadn't retained that last bit of rationality, I would have almost reached out to grab his collar.
He had been looking forward to that registration with great difficulty, and he would always remember how he felt that day.
Sweetness mixed with contentment, it was an emotion he would remember for the rest of his life.
Ye Bingzong actually retreated just like that! ?
Ye Bingzong was frightened by his action of rushing in front of him, and after the shock, he became furious.
He slammed the table so hard that it creaked. “What are you doing like this?!”
He pointed at Ye Heng's nose, his voice trembling with anger.
"Just because I withdrew my registration, are you going to rebel? Are you planning to kill me, your grandfather, to avenge that dead man?!"
Ye Heng just stared at him intently, but the coldness in his eyes became even stronger.
Seeing him like this, Ye Bingzong's anger burned even more fiercely. He simply threw in the towel and said harshly:
"I'm telling you, Ye Heng, don't argue with me! Dead people should be moved!
Are you going to waste lives by holding on to this title?
Lin Xue is waiting to marry in, and the Ye family is waiting for greater benefits. He should make it easier for the living to live well! "
These words were like an ice-hardened knife, piercing Ye Heng's heart.
His dark green eyes were tinged with scarlet, and his voice was hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper: "Move? For your convenience?"
He chuckled softly, his laughter filled with hostility, "What a good move, it's convenient!"
"What else?" Ye Bingzong stiffened his neck, with a kind of almost cruel stubbornness in his eyes.
"Do you really want the Ye family to accompany you and waste time with the reputation of a dead man? I tell you, it's impossible!"
So when Ye Bingzong locked him up completely, he said he was crazy and that he had ignored the Ye family for a "dead man".
On the day he met the family doctor, Ye Heng frowned as he watched Uncle Qin leaving with Zhang Cheng.
It's not like he has no say in the Ye family.
Whether it is industrial decision-making or family affairs, as long as they do not cross Ye Bingzong's line, what he says is always effective and most of his subordinates obey him.
Even he himself has his own supporters in the Ye family.
But this power is like a string, with the other end in Ye Bingzong's hand. Once he wants to step out of the string.
For example, if he insisted on protecting Lin Yao, or refused to marry Lin Xue, the string would suddenly tighten.
Just like now, even visiting the family doctor is monitored.
Fortunately, Doctor Zhang Cheng was his man, and he also conveyed what he was going to do.
Ye Heng looked at the door that was gradually closing, and recalled the several times he had tried to take power completely in previous years.
The first time was to donate the Ye family's several mines on the edge star to a welfare organization, as a way to do something good for the society.
As a result, the night before the transfer agreement was signed, the person in charge of the connection "accidentally" fell from a building, and the matter was left unresolved.
The second time was to replace some old people in the industry, but they were just transferred to marginal positions, and the treatment was still the same.
But before he could do anything, Qin Bo warned him that those people were the master's right-hand men when he was in power, and the master was very relieved to have them help him.
After a few times, Ye Heng couldn't guess it anymore.
Ye Bingzong did not give up his power at all. The former head of the Ye family had a group of shady people hidden in his hands.
They are like shadows, invisible at ordinary times, but able to accurately nip in the bud all signs of his "disobedience".
Monitor who he meets, what he says, and even...create those "accidents."
The same is true this time.
He refused to marry Lin Xue. Ye Bingzong openly imprisoned and scolded him, but who knows what else he was planning in secret.
Ye Heng opened his eyes, a cold light in his eyes.
He could feel that the presence of those people had been hanging around him more frequently recently.
I'm afraid they are not just monitoring, but waiting for Ye Bingzong's order and ready to take action at any time.
He couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
Not just for myself, but also for Lin Yao.
He had to find the whereabouts of those people as soon as possible, clean them out, and take power completely into his own hands.
Otherwise, even his confidence in protecting Lin Yao would be taken away bit by bit by Ye Bingzong.
Ye Heng thought he would be locked up like this forever, after all, Ye Lang had told him about this before.
Who would have thought that while he was considering his next move, Butler Qin came back with a respectful but unquestionable instruction:
"Master, the master said that you must attend the Lin family's banquet tomorrow."
Ye Heng frowned slightly and was about to say no, but suddenly realized that this was an opportunity that he could control.
He knew the reason why Ye Bingzong asked him to attend was simply to announce the marriage, and both parties had to be present.
It was all because of the joke that the Cang and Delin families made before. Ye Bingzong would not let the Ye family make such a joke.
Ye Heng pulled the corners of his lips, revealing an almost cruel smile.
Rather than being locked in this "exquisite cage" by Ye Bingzong, it would be better to stay in the prison cell in the White Tower.
Although the White Tower is a place where those with out-of-control mental powers are imprisoned and has strict rules, it is, after all, the territory of the empire. No matter how long Ye Bingzong's arm is, it cannot reach the core area of the White Tower.
More importantly, the White Tower's medical system is directly connected to the central star network. Although it is heavily guarded, it is easier to find loopholes than in the Ye family, where there are spies everywhere.
At least he could try to contact the outside world under the pretext of "treatment", even if it was just to find some fragmentary information.
As for Ye Bingzong...
Since he was so afraid of "losing control" and bringing shame to the Ye family, he would "lose control" in front of him.
Once he moves into the White Tower, it won't be that easy for Ye Bingzong to keep him in his hands like he does now.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the Lin family banquet.
The crystal chandelier hung on the dome, filling the entire hall with colorful lights. There were smiles among the elegantly dressed people, and even the air was filled with a relaxed warmth.
Everyone knows that this is a "double happiness".
The birth of the youngest daughter of the Lin family was a great help to the Third Prince in ascending the throne. The Third Prince, who had been living a life of debauchery, also became much more restrained.
The Ye family and the Lin family are about to announce their marriage.
These two things finally dispelled the depressing atmosphere brought about by Lin Yao’s hasty funeral a few days ago.
When Ye Heng followed Ye Bingzong into the banquet hall, almost everyone's eyes were focused on them.
Lin Zhixiong, the head of the Lin family, was holding a glass of wine and chatting with people. When he saw them come in, he immediately came forward with a smile, and the corners of his eyes were wrinkled:
"Brother Ye, Patriarch Ye, we've finally got you here!"
As he spoke, he quietly nudged Lin Xue beside him.
Lin Xue was wearing a light blue dress, her face flushed with embarrassment. When Lin Zhixiong pushed her, she followed his gaze and looked at Ye Heng. She timidly took two steps forward, wanting to say something.
But before she could take a firm step, Ye Heng's voice fell first.
The voice was as cold as ice, without any emotion, just one word:
"roll."
The blush on Lin Xue's face faded away completely in an instant, and she froze in place, as if frozen, with her mouth open, and half of the greeting stuck in her throat.
The laughter around suddenly stopped, and several inquiring eyes quickly swept over, fell on Lin Xue's pale face, and then glanced at Ye Heng quietly.
Lin Zhixiong's smile froze, his face turning pale and blue, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only laugh dryly to smooth things over:
"Is Patriarch Ye...tired from the journey? She's just a child, so don't bother with her."
Ye Heng didn't look at him, nor did he even glance at Lin Xue again. He only fixed his gaze on Ye Bingzong, with a cold smile on the corner of his lips.
Ye Bingzong clenched his fists, his nails almost digging into his palms.
He knew that this kid would never be content.
But at this moment, in front of everyone, he could only suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Ye Heng, don't be rude."
"I'm just telling the truth." Ye Heng spoke softly, his voice not loud but loud enough for the people around him to hear clearly.
"Some people are an eyesore just standing here. It's better for them to just get out of the way."
Ye Heng's eyes swept across Lin Zhixiong and Lin Xue, and finally fell on Lin Zhixiong.
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