Bai Yifan silently stepped back, standing behind Leng Yebai, and slowly revealed a head with a barely-there smile.

"Don’t worry, she will forever live in our hearts. May the deceased rest in peace!"

After speaking, Bai Yifan decisively pulled his head back in.

He said his piece; the rest, he’d leave to his brother-in-law.

As a member of the "eating family" army, he leeches off his sister, parents, grandparents, and his brother-in-law can’t be spared either.

Leeching boldly and confidently.

He is weak, so he leeches.

If anyone is unsatisfied, they can come and fight him, with the precondition that they must first defeat his dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, and sister.

Oh, and there’s a potential brother-in-law too.

The reason it’s potential is to see if he helps him out this time; if not, Bai Yifan will choose another for the role.

"Is what he said true?"

Wang Ge’s hostility suddenly disappeared, and he became extremely calm, so calm that no one could discern his current emotions.

His slender fingers slightly spread open, and Wang Ge looked inexplicably at his own slender fingers.

Like the calm before a storm.

Before Leng Yebai could answer, Bai Yifan secretly tugged at Leng Yebai’s clothes from behind.

"Brother Leng, explain to him properly." Bai Yifan lowered his voice.

This was life-threatening; why was Wang Ge so eager to expose his identity as a crossdresser?

Could it be just to mock him ruthlessly?

Bai Yifan clasped his hands together, hoping the heavens would protect him, terrified of losing his manly dignity in public.

...Besides his manly dignity, he wasn’t sure what else he had left!

After all, he lacked masculine boldness and steadiness; all he had was empty dignity.

Leng Yebai glanced at Bai Yifan, eyebrows furrowed.

Lying wasn’t something he was very good at.

The skill of talking to people appropriately and saying the right things to ghosts was something he hadn’t mastered either.

The truth wasn’t so important to him; at the worst, they’d just have a fight!

He had some suspicions about Wang Ge; a fight could better help to figure him out.

Compared to a fight, Leng Yebai was quite curious to see Bai Yifan humiliated.

Maybe it’s a matter of loving one’s house and its crow. Leng Yebai always felt Bai Yifan was like his own little brother.

Little brothers are meant to be embarrassed; Leng Yebai thought watching him fail was more entertaining.

No doubt Xiao Niu would love seeing her brother embarrassed too.

In this post-apocalyptic world, everyone’s struggling, and it’s rare to find something funny to enjoy. If they successfully got away with it, it would indeed be a pity.

Leng Yebai moved his mouth, about to speak, when Bai Yifan seemed to sense something.

"Brother-in-law, quickly explain to Wang Ge. He doesn’t believe what I said; you have to ’truthfully’ say it!" Bai Yifan hurriedly tugged at Leng Yebai’s clothes, clearly enunciating as he shouted, "Brother-in-law, speak! Let him know this bad news sooner."

The word brother-in-law wasn’t called without reason.

Whether he continued to call him that depended on if Leng Yebai helped him.

"...Ahem."

Just about to speak, Leng Yebai lightly coughed, swallowing his words.

His body shifted slightly, calmly shielding Bai Yifan behind him, ensuring he protected him well before letting out a sigh of relief.

Little brothers-in-law, and such, need protection.

Isn’t it just telling a lie!

This use of brother-in-law wasn’t in vain; Leng Yebai immediately decided to follow Bai Yifan’s words.

He could fabricate lies too.

Starting from the very tragic death and working forward.

"Xiao Fan’s right, that... girl is indeed dead. She died miserably; her eyes were plucked and eaten by zombies. You know zombies aren’t picky eaters; they swallow everything without care if it’s tasty. The zombie that ate her finished quickly, and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t find her eyes, so in the end, she was cremated with the zombie."

Leng Yebai spun an earnest tale of nonsense.

"But that’s not even the worst part. The worst was that, coming to cremation, a strong wind blew, scattering much of her ashes. But we persisted in burying the remaining bit of ashes into a prepared hole, lest they fertilize the surrounding plants and flowers."

"Regrettably, a sudden heavy rain fell last night before we could fill the grave, filling it with water, washing away her ashes. No matter how hard we tried to gather them, we couldn’t, so we had to bury half water and half soil."

"Water, soil, ashes, and rainwater mixed together, it almost became a non-Newtonian fluid, looking quite fun. Yiyi, this girl, was very considerate, even in death letting us relive our childhood joy of playing with mud."

"But out of respect for her body, we only played for two hours before stopping, topping it with some soil again. But the rain was too heavy, and by the next morning, the tomb had vanished."

"Alas! What a pity!" Leng Yebai sighed expressionlessly, "Xiao Fan cried and shouted to place a tombstone but couldn’t find the grave."

Bai Yifan: ...

Bai Family: ...

Who said Leng Yebai couldn’t lie?

Their words were so affecting, causing grief among those who heard, and tears among those who saw!

Bai Yifan stood silently behind Leng Yebai, covering one eye with one hand and hugging himself with the other.

In such a cold world, with Leng Yebai’s crafty storytelling skills, he felt he could only give himself a shred of warmth.

The Bai Family glanced at the very much alive Bai Yifan, then at the earnestly lying Leng Yebai, their mouths twitching hard.

Could it be that Leng Yebai had spent too long among their family, becoming increasingly nonsensical?

It shouldn’t be!

They vaguely remembered Leng Yebai’s initial overbearing CEO image.

Now... his appearance remained as cold as ever, but his actions... growing more and more irreverent.

Deep down, a herd of alpacas ran through the Bai Family’s minds, as only Wang Ge remained enveloped in a low-pressure zone.

"You guys aren’t sad at all."

Wang Ge expressionlessly raised his hand above his head, looking past his fingers at the blue sky, eyelashes blinking gently, calm as still water.

His voice was devoid of inflection, simply a very calm statement.

The Bai Family could tell his mood but could only sense a deep pressure emanating from him.

Bai Yifan inwardly grumbled, they certainly weren’t sad; he was the only one who was!

Hearing Leng Yebai’s tragic tale, he immersed himself so much he felt he was already buried.

"Heh heh."

Wang Ge let out a cool chuckle, from his fingertips suddenly emanating an eerie green glow.

This green was different from when Bai Xiqin first saw him; although both were Wood Abilities, she couldn’t feel the vitality emanating from them.

Clearly, there was last time; now it seemed only pure green glow remained, lacking life force, only hostility.

This Wood Ability tinged with hostility, Bai Xiqin saw for the first time.

The quickest to react was Leng Yebai. His powers had quietly remained in their most active state for a while.

He and Xiao Niu had been somewhat suspicious of Wang Ge from the moment he appeared.

The nonsense earlier was all to provoke Wang Ge, and clearly, it worked well.

His only regret was not revealing that Bai Yifan was a cross-dresser.

For that "brother-in-law," he would definitely shield Bai Yifan!

Purple lightning clashed with the lifeless green power, forming a small energy storm.

"The person who led the zombie attack on us last time, it was you."

At the center of the energy storm, Leng Yebai sharply eyed Wang Ge, speaking with a tone of certainty.