Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?

"Dad."

Lin Libo answered the phone, called out once, and then didn't continue to speak.

After all this time, Lin Jianming still hadn't given him a clear answer, so he could easily guess his father's thoughts.

He's almost in his forties, no longer a young man, and he can actually understand his father's actions.

But he really doesn't want to divorce his wife.

Their relationship has always been good over the years. Although they bicker and have friction, it's just small issues in life, far from reaching the point of divorce.

But what is this now, clearly a stroke of luck, yet it's brought his marriage to this point, indeed blessings and misfortunes are intertwined.

Sometimes he thinks, that night, if he hadn't been so eager to swallow the Elixir Pill.

His wife doesn't know about this, but if she did, she'd probably still complain about why he didn't think of her during such a fortunate event.

He was too excited at the time and indeed didn't think about his wife.

But—

Anyway, saying anything now is useless.

Lin Jianming saw that Lin Libo didn't speak after calling out once, so he knew what he was thinking, and he couldn't help but get angry.

Was he forcing him to make a statement?

But just then, Lin Libo suddenly spoke.

"Dad, forget it." After saying that, he sighed heavily.

Hearing him say this, Lin Jianming felt a sense of relief in his old heart. This son wasn't a fool.

"Don't sigh. Xiao Shen agreed." Lin Jianming didn't keep him in suspense anymore and said directly.

"Really?" Lin Libo was overjoyed, the huge weight on his mind these days finally lifted, and he immediately felt refreshed and relaxed.

"Would I lie to you?"

"Thank you... Dad, thank you..." Lin Libo was so excited he could barely speak coherently.

"Don't thank me, if you want to thank someone, thank Duoduo. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been able to bring this up with Xiao Shen..."

"I will, I will..." Lin Libo quickly said.

Then he finally reacted.

"Wasn't it you guys? Did Duoduo help me ask Mr. Shen?"

"How could I bring it up? If I said something, it would make us look greedy and would leave a bad impression on Xiao Shen. How would we maintain relations in the future? Wouldn't it be difficult for Duoduo? Don't you understand all this?" Lin Jianming became more and more emotional as he spoke.

Lin Libo listened and fell silent, finally saying after a long pause, "Dad, I'm sorry for making things difficult for you."

"Sigh, it's all in the past. But Mr. Shen has conditions, and there's only this one chance. Make sure you explain everything clearly to your wife. This is impossible because of this case her in-laws decide to come knocking again in the future..." Lin Jianming sternly warned over the phone.

"Dad, don't worry. I'll explain it clearly to Jiayan. But what were Mr. Shen's conditions?"

And standing at the doorway, Huang Jiayan heard Lin Libo mention her name and couldn't hold back anymore. She turned around and walked out of the room, standing at the door, quietly watching Lin Libo on the phone, waiting for him to finish.

"Yes... alright, I understand. This thing isn't too difficult to handle. Rest assured, I will certainly do it with care. How could I dare to be careless..."

"Okay, that's it for now, you guys go rest early."

Lin Libo hung up the phone, breathed a long sigh of relief, and when he turned around, he found his wife, Huang Jiayan, standing at the doorway, staring fixedly at him.

Lin Libo immediately showed a smile and walked over.

Seeing this, Huang Jiayan immediately turned around and wanted to return to the room.

Lin Libo quickly said, "Haven't you been wanting to know? I'll tell you everything now, but you need to prepare yourself mentally..."

Huang Jiayan immediately turned her head and looked at him, saying, "Really?"

"Of course it's true."

"You're not just making up an excuse to fool me?"

"Am I that kind of person?"

"Have you lied to me any less?"

Lin Libo: ...

This time I'm really not lying to you, the call was from Dad. If you think I'm lying, you can call Dad yourself and ask him. He couldn't possibly lie to you," Lin Libo said.

Huang Jiayan nodded at his words. She understood her father-in-law's character: he would either say nothing at all or never lie.

Seeing her expression relax a bit, Lin Libo quickly took her arm and sat down with her on the sofa.

Lin Libo quietly walked to the doorway, looked into the living room, saw his parents shoulder to shoulder as if whispering secrets, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief before turning back to continue with his homework.

"Don't lean so close to me; if you have something to say, get it out." Huang Jiayan said disdainfully, but her body didn't move.

Lin Libo took out a cigarette, lit it, and Huang Jiayan immediately frowned, but when she saw his expression, she held back.

If he doesn't give her a satisfactory answer today, she'll settle accounts with him later.

Lin Libo took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and then started to speak. "You know I have a sister, right?"

"Yes, her name is—Duoduo, right?"

Huang Jiayan thought for a moment and recalled it because she'd heard her mother-in-law mention her before.

"Her name is Lin Yunduo, very cute, she loved to follow me around as a child, a little shadow. Back then, our family lived in Bin Hai, my dad was a police officer..."

Huang Jiayan only knew Lin Libo had a sister, who was kidnapped when she was young, but she wasn't clear on the details.

This seems to be a taboo topic for the Lin family, rarely mentioned by anyone.

"The culprit was extremely cruel and chopped her head off with an axe..."

As Lin Libo spoke, tears began to fall, his heart seemingly being clenched painfully.

Hearing his account, Huang Jiayan's eyes also reddened.

But as she listened, something suddenly felt off. How could there be ghosts and gods in this ordinary world...

"You better believe it. Remember the other day, when there was a rainbow arching across the sky at night, and all those strange phenomena?"

Huang Jiayan nodded. How could anyone forget that? There were all sorts of rumors at the time, causing panic. Some said Xiajing was going to have an earthquake due to geomagnetic changes, and many people even thought of fleeing to another place for a while.

"That was Mr. Shen's doing. During those days, Mr. Shen brought Duoduo back..."

Lin Libo continued to explain, until he mentioned how their father gifted Shen Siyuan a large flat to show gratitude.

And for a return gift, Mr. Shen gave Duoduo three Divine Pills, which Duoduo then gave to them. After taking it, they instantly became decades younger.

"Now you know why I suddenly look so much younger? It's not that I didn't want to tell you, but I couldn't just reveal it without Mr. Shen's permission..."

"Did you think of me at all when you took the Divine Pill?" Huang Jiayan asked, staring at him.

Lin Libo: ...

It was just as he guessed.

"No..."

Seeing her face filled with sadness and disappointment, he quickly explained, "At that time, we didn't know the Divine Pill's miraculous effect. When Duoduo gave it to me, I just thought it was a piece of candy, so I didn't hesitate and ate it, not expecting such effects."

"Really?" Huang Jiayan looked skeptical.

"May lightning strike me if I am lying," Lin Libo immediately raised his hand, swearing.

Huang Jiayan really wanted to say, if there was divine retribution, you'd have been reduced to ashes long ago, but remembering the existence of ghost gods in this world, and Lin Libo daring to swear like that, it might be true.

"Alright, I'll believe you this time."

Hearing her words, Lin Libo breathed a long sigh of relief.

He dared not let Huang Jiayan know that Duoduo didn't initially give him the Divine Pill, but to their parents. And after seeing his parents get younger, he shamelessly coaxed one from Duoduo and swallowed it without thinking.

If he had told her, this marriage would probably be doomed sooner or later.