"But the thing I love most is you!"
"You can also satisfy me. Can you burn it for me?"
Min Ziqiong's mother let out a chilling sound.
As for Min Ziqiong's father, he was instantly scared to the point of incontinence!
Fortunately, he had already gone to the bathroom to relieve himself earlier, otherwise, his entire pants would have been soaked!
"I... I... I'm not worthy of your love!"
"I'm old and ugly, and my back is bad. Even if I'm burned for you, it's no use! Why don't I burn more paper money for you? Buy whatever you like down there. Even if you see young lads... little ghosts, you can buy them to accompany you with money!"
"If there are no young and strong little ghosts down there, I'll burn two for you from up here! What kind do you like? Are you looking for tall and slender 'little dogs' or strong and muscular 'fierce bulls'?"
Min Ziqiong's father kept kowtowing and said.
Upon hearing this, Min Ziqiong's mother revealed a sinister smile: "Do you think I'm like you? After your wife dies, you immediately start thinking about marrying an eighteen-year-old girl?"
"Don't worry, even if I turn into a ghost, I'll be loyal to you! Three lives and three worlds, ten miles of peach blossoms, I'll only love you!"
If this were any other time, Min Ziqiong's father would have been overjoyed to hear such a confession.
But at this moment, Min Ziqiong's father only felt goosebumps all over!
He could already imagine the scene: when he successfully married an eighteen-year-old girl, just as he was about to consummate the marriage, a female ghost would appear at the head of the bed!
And the most crucial part was that the female ghost was an old woman!
It would be as chilling as it gets!
"No, no, old woman. I know your feelings for me, and I feel the same way about you. But humans and ghosts cannot cross paths, and we are destined not to be together!"
"Why don't you let me go, give me freedom, and give yourself freedom, wouldn't that be good?"
Upon hearing Min Ziqiong's father's words, Min Ziqiong's mother could no longer hold back and pretend.
She angrily raised her arm.
*Slap!*
She slapped Min Ziqiong's father hard.
"You scoundrel! You still want freedom?"
"You can forget about it! Let me tell you: you will never escape my grasp in this lifetime! Alive, you are mine; dead, you are my ghost!"
"Freedom? Save it! These two words are destined to have nothing to do with you!"
Min Ziqiong's father, still unaware of the truth, thought that Min Ziqiong's mother was a vengeful spirit come back to claim his life.
He covered his reddened cheek and said in a low, subservient voice, "Hit me, slap me a few more times! If this can dissipate your resentment, if this can give you peace and allow you to reincarnate, I'm willing to bear all the pain!"
*Slap!*
Min Ziqiong's mother raised her hand and delivered another slap.
"Are you putting on a melodrama here?"
"Do you think I don't know your little schemes? You just want to fool me into leaving so you can continue your dreams of promotion, wealth, and a dead wife, don't you?"
"Let me tell you, Min Daqiang! I'm not leaving! This is my home. If anyone is to leave, it's you!"
Min Ziqiong's father's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
He could finally leave!
So, he suddenly mustered up a surge of strength from somewhere, stood up from the ground, and bolted for the door.
However, after only two steps, he was grabbed by Min Ziqiong's mother from behind.
"You can go, but leave the Mirage Realm behind!"
"And the formula too!"
"Leave these two things, and you can go wherever you want, and I won't bother you at all."
Hearing Min Ziqiong's mother's words, Min Ziqiong's father finally sensed something was amiss.
What would a ghost want with the Mirage Realm?
Could the Mirage Realm still work on ghosts?
If that were the case, the Mirage Realm wouldn't be Yuan Liquid, but divine water!
His suspicion aroused, Min Ziqiong's father subconsciously looked at the hand Min Ziqiong's mother was holding him with.
Although pale, it seemed to have some color.
Then he looked at Min Ziqiong's mother's face.
It didn't have the corpse-like coldness of death, but the complexion of a living person.
Then he looked at her eyes.
Now Min Ziqiong's father was certain—with all that vitality, how could she look like a dead person?
She was clearly alive!
So, Min Ziqiong's mother was pretending to be a ghost to scare him!
So, Min Ziqiong's mother wasn't dead at all!
Upon realizing this, Min Ziqiong's father was no longer afraid and instantly gained courage.
He smacked Min Ziqiong's mother's hand away and said sternly, "I brought the Mirage Realm back, why should I give it to you?"
"If you were really a ghost, I would truly be afraid of you."
"But you're not a ghost at all! You're just pretending!"
"You're a perfectly alive person, why should I be afraid of you? I'm not afraid of you at all!"
Min Ziqiong's mother, her secret exposed, was not flustered. She merely looked at Min Ziqiong's father with a mocking expression.
She retorted, "That's right, I'm not dead! I've disappointed you, haven't I!"
"But are you sure that now that you know I'm alive, you don't have to be afraid of me?"
Her words instantly stunned Min Ziqiong's father.
It took him a long time to react.
Then, like a leaf in the wind, he trembled uncontrollably!
Min Ziqiong's mother turning into a ghost after death was certainly terrifying, but compared to her not being dead, it was not on the same level at all!
Some people are more terrifying alive than dead, and Min Ziqiong's mother was exactly that type of person!
Especially after Min Ziqiong's father had said so many foolish things and done so many wrong things!
Min Ziqiong's father felt a chill run through his entire body, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
He backed away step by step, forcing a smile onto his face, "Old... old woman... what are you talking about?"
"You're not dead, I'm overjoyed! How could I be disappointed?"
"And even less likely to be afraid!"
"Uh, I'll go get you the Mirage Realm Yuan Liquid and the formula. You wait here... I'll be back in a jiffy..."
With that, Min Ziqiong's father bolted towards the outside.
Once outside, he quickly retrieved the Mirage Realm Yuan Liquid and the formula from the safe.
Without looking back, he was about to dash out of the house!
"It's over, it's completely over now!"
"The old woman isn't dead! Then I'm definitely finished!"
"No, the best strategy is to flee. Rather than wait to die at home, I'd rather run away from home! With the Mirage Realm Yuan Liquid and the formula, I'm essentially sitting on billions. There's nothing in this home worth regretting or yearning for!"
However, what Min Ziqiong's father didn't expect was that as he reached the main entrance, he found that the door had already been locked!
Then, someone walked out from the side.
Min Ziqiong's father shivered, almost dropping the Mirage Realm Yuan Liquid in his hand!
"Old... old woman!"
"Heh heh, Min Daqiang, after being married and living together for so many years, do you think I don't understand you? You're like a little sparrow on a tree; if I see where you perch, I know where you'll defecate!"
"Trying to abscond to avoid punishment? Did you even ask if I would agree!"
"Hand it over!"
After speaking, Min Ziqiong's mother suddenly stepped forward and snatched the Mirage Realm Yuan Liquid from Min Ziqiong's father's hand!