Jin Guangyao felt nauseous at the sight in front of him.
He couldn't look away from the monster that kept stomping on the dead body of his stepmother, he feared that he would face the same fate if did look away.
Jin Guangyao felt himself trembling, feeling helpless before an abomination like this.
"Guang...Yao..."
He could only curse to himself when its attention was finally on him.
"...Yes?" He couldn't help but speak, since remaining silent wouldn't help him get out of his current situation.
"...Need...more...limbs...head..."
Jin Guangyao could only lower his own head at such a ridiculous request.
Unluckily enough, the monster took offense in his miniscule gesture before Jin Guangyao was thrown across the room.
He couldn't help himself but cough out blood from the impact, the wall behind leaving a rater behind due to the strong force.
Jin Guangyao could feel his bones turn into smithereens, making him grunt to himself as he stopped the tears from falling.
It hurts.
"Defy...me...?"
Jin Guangyao just wanted to kill himself right then and there.
Before he could get thrown again, he spoke even though his lungs burn.
"No...! I don't dare...I was just thinking of whose head I will offer to you!"
Damn it, goddammit all.
"Heh...hehehe...heh!"
Jin Guangyao didn't dare move, he didn't dare look up to see a headless body talking to him.
He then swallows the taste of iron in his mouth before speaking again.
"How about...Nie Mingjue?"
Jin Guangyao felt something claw in his chest before the sensation of being elevated dawned on him.
The monster carried him by his collar, making the crushed bones inside him pierce his flesh.
It was too painful that Jin Guangyao wants to faint right then.
The head of the monster that was being carried by the body grinned menacingly that Jin Guangyao is sure that he will have nightmares about it.
"...Genius...Meng...Yao..."
Jin Guangyao stops himself from scowling when the monster called him by his birth name.
"Give...him...by...this...week...yes...?"
'That is unless you want your head to be used instead.' Was what went unsaid.
"...Yes..." Jin Guangyao says weakly, his consciousness slowly slipping away.
The monster let go of him then, making him crash on the floor with a groan as his broken bones were pushed together again.
It was enough to make Jin Guangyao wake up from his trance.
He was thankful enough that the monster went on its way and left him all alone.
When he sees the dismantled body of Madam Jin, he couldn't help but wretch the blood he's been swallowing the whole time.
It's too disgusting to look at.
Jin Guangyao curls into a ball as he whimpered to himself, his mental state further deteriorating as the reality is slowly sinking in.
He wonders how it came to this.
It took a long time before Jin Guangyao calmed his trembling figure down, it took a long while to make his thoughts go blank in order for him to not think anything at the moment. He does not want to think, nor does he want to get up from the cold ground.
The moment he moves, he need to act again.
"...A-niang..."
He wished he didn't made his way to Lanling Jin and claim a right as an heir if this is the ending for him.
Gods know how much he regret everything.
At some point, Jin Guangyao started to move involuntarily albeit heavily limping. He drags the body of Madam Jin and cradled it in his arms.
It's disgusting, but he needs to do it if he wants to live.
Tears started to gather in his eyes before he sniffed, the doors in the room slammed open, revealing various different Elder Of Lanling Jin as they stared in shock at the current scene.
The scene of a son hugging his stepmother is a sight to behold. And Jin Guangyao succeeded in gaining their empathies in just a simple act of showing grief.
He is indeed grieving, but not for the woman in his arms who kept abusing him in every possible way when she was still alive.
Jin Guangyao does not feel anything for Madam Jin, even for former Sect Leader Jin Guangshan when he died.
He feels numb.
"...Prepare for...three funerals."
Madam Jin is dead, and so are her biological son and grandson.
They needed to be dead for Jin GuangㅡMeng Yao to carry out his plan.
He hopes that Jiangshuai-zun knows what to do for declaring something like this.
He needs the redhead to hide his brother and his nephew for them not to be included in his grand scheme.
Jin Guangyao is a bad and an apathetic person, but Meng Yao still has his humanity.
Maybe that is enough, maybe it was Meng Yao who drove the elders to hold a funeral for his abusive stepmother and acted like a mourning son, maybe it was Meng Yao who reluctantly took over the position of a Sect Leader because he was one of the only known heir left.
Maybe it was Meng Yao who stands before three graves and is currently kneeling to pay his respects to the deceased.
"...Jiang Cheng..."
Perhaps it was Meng Yao who was grieving heavily over the death of someone he considered a dear friend.
Meng Yao is a good person, but Jin Guangyao is not.
"Watch over me...wherever you are..."
It was Meng Yao who seeks solace over the cold presence of the dead.
It will be Meng Yao who will cry for the last time because he felt all alone in such a spacious world.
"May the God of this world forgive me."
When Jin Guangyao stood up, he dashed forward and jumped in one of the branches in a secluded tree. Soon enough, he sees the figure of a redhead and his half-brother beside him.
This is for the best. Jin Guangyao will thank Wei Xianghuan for keeping Jin Zixuan safe if he ever got the chance.
It has been several days since the monster had invaded Lanling, and Jin Guangyao is running out of time.
From afar, Jin Guangyao could see the redhead doing signs with his hands and Jin Zixuan seemingly doing his best to understand him.
Soon enough, Jin Zixuan nods as he did his best to mimic the redhead's actions even when he was clumsy about it.
When Jin Guangyao looks closely, he could see the bruised neck of his half-brother while the man was having a hard time making a sound.
...
...Oh.
As he came into a realization, it didn't even took a minute before he decided to flee.
Jin Zixuan have a high chance of becoming mute due to his damaged vocal chords.
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𝐷𝑒́𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡「LCF x MDZS」
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