Bengtie, I'm really not a villain!

At this moment of unparalleled enjoyment, Estelle's parents suddenly yelled angrily at the "relative" who had made the suggestion!

"shut up!"

"You want to kill my daughter, kill her so she can inherit the family fortune, and then try every means to seize the Interstellar Peace Company!"

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Tragic Death

Jing Ye greatly appreciated this grand drama among the upper class. Although he had never watched soap operas before, he still found it quite entertaining when it was actually presented to him.

After all, the person they were discussing was being treated like a puppet in his arms.

How ridiculous! To outsiders, Estella is a pampered young lady, but within her family, she is treated as a worthless piece of trash who can be discarded. She is even willing to sacrifice her life to save face for her family and company.

It would have been so simple—just answering a few questions about Estella's preferences—that I could have avoided this embarrassing situation.

However, due to years of neglect and indifference, Estella's parents could only watch helplessly as she was publicly humiliated by him.

They might even be abandoned as pawns.

"Oh, poor Estella, you've been bullied again, haven't you? Only I love you."

"I love you, I'm sorry, I love you, I'm sorry~"

Jingye couldn't tell if he was expressing his love or apologizing, but in any case, he never stopped punishing the villains who were targeting Estella.

Estella, who had been abandoned, endured the villains' brutal beatings and cried out in despair once again.

Interestingly, Estelle's parents, as the heads of the Interstellar Peace Corporation, angrily rebuked that relative.

This was something Jing Ye hadn't expected, and it also slowed down Estella's movements as she was collapsing and needed to replenish her fluids.

A glimmer of light gradually appeared in Estella's eyes.

It seemed that Estella was somewhat surprised by her parents' resolute refusal to abandon her.

Both Estád and Jingye knew that, and Estád's parents knew even more, that what that relative said was clearly correct in terms of rationality and self-interest.

The best course of action for Estella's family and company is to end this farce as soon as possible to minimize losses.

For Estelle's parents, who were in power enough to transform the Interstellar Peace Corporation into a cosmic-level force, this was something they could naturally think of and were determined to implement.

However, despite the fact that all they needed to do was make a painful decision to abandon Estella to salvage the company's interests and the family's dignity, Estella's parents refused to agree.

"When did it become your place to dictate my daughter's life?!"

"You heartless bastard, you just want to kill my daughter and steal my family's inheritance!"

Estella, nestled in Jing Ye's arms, suddenly seemed like a puppet with its strings connected. Although she was still being manipulated, her eyes held a slightly brighter look.

Estella was clearly taken aback by the fact that her parents would say such things and be so resolute.

Although Estella's current predicament is entirely due to her parents' inability to answer questions, it seems... there's a possibility they might change their minds?

Jing Ye glanced at the entry "Regretful", and saw that Aista's parents' anger had reached an unprecedented peak.

It's fair to say there's not much more to improve in terms of provoking them; the real challenge now lies in other areas, such as the most important one...

regret.

At this point, the entry shows that Estella's parents feel a great deal of regret, probably regretting not being able to answer the question, and probably regretting not remembering why they didn't remember the reason that made Estella fall in love with the stars.

But that's not enough; we need to add fuel to the fire...

Only the anger and regret that had almost consumed their very being could have transformed Estád into the most delicious doll...

Just as Jing Ye was pondering how to manipulate Estella to bring their regret to its peak, something unexpected happened.

As the saying goes, "a pillow is delivered to someone who's sleepy," and just as Jing Ye was about to do something more to Estella, Estella's relative who had suggested killing her suddenly received a communication:

"Hello? What?"

"My son is gone?!"

"And she brought her daughter along?!"

At that moment, the relative was still feeling guilty in the face of Estella's parents' angry reprimands when this phone call suddenly rescued him from the embarrassment of being scolded by the head of the family.

Then he was plunged into another bottomless abyss.

Compared to openly revealing his desire to fight for the family fortune, it seemed that the grief of suddenly losing his children was more devastating for him.

Not only that guy, but all the people from the Interstellar Peace Corporation present stared wide-eyed, especially Estádio's parents!

Everyone's attention shifted from Estella, who was being manipulated by Jingye with candles on the communicator, to the relative.

At this moment, the shock and grief on the man's face were almost palpable, and he angrily shouted at the person on the other end of the phone in disbelief:

"How did he die?! He hadn't been home for three days, and when they found him, he was already at the crematorium!?"

"The cause of death wasn't an autopsy, was it?!"

"Speeding and drunk driving?!"

When the man cried out in disbelief the reason for his children's tragic deaths, the undeniable truth caused him to collapse to the ground with a thud.

"You bastard! Why did you harm my child instead of killing Estádio?!"

Suddenly, the man flew into a rage at Jing Ye on the communicator, seemingly blaming Jing Ye for the deaths of his children.

After all, it's hard to believe that Jingye wasn't behind Estelle's kidnapping and public humiliation.

As for wanting Estelle dead, that guy simply stopped pretending.

After all, his children are now dead, and there are no suitable heirs who could compete with Estelle for the inheritance, so he might as well give up and do whatever he wants.

At this moment, everyone's gaze was also strangely fixed on Jing Ye on the other end of the communicator, as if they all believed that the tragic deaths of that guy's children were inextricably linked to Jing Ye.

Many of Aista's relatives felt a sense of lingering fear and guilt, and they all lowered their heads to contact their families to confirm their safety and avoid being harmed by Jing Ye, the main culprit.

Estella's parents became even more anxious. Didn't this mean that if they couldn't rescue Estella, they would lose her just like that relative?!

At the moment of losing her children, Estella's relative finally lost his mind in grief and stopped pretending to have his true intentions, cursing loudly in front of Estella's parents!

"That damned Estelle! Why did you kill my children?!"

Besides that guy, there were others who were also glaring anxiously and angrily at Jing Ye, clearly worried and angry because they hadn't been able to contact their families.

However, faced with the many gazes from within the Interstellar Peace Company, Jing Ye could only offer one answer—

This caused Estella, nestled in his arms, to tremble and break down once more, unleashing a torrential downpour within the ship.

"Unfortunately, I was the only one who kidnapped Estádio from beginning to end; there was no gang involved."

Jing Ye shook his head regretfully, indicating that although he really wanted to do something for the family members present, he was simply unable to do so.

"If I had to put it in perspective, Estella, who provided me with the ship and willingly boarded it herself and let me tie her up, could be considered an accomplice."

"And the other accomplices are you, Estella's parents, who argued with her and caused her to come to me on her own."

When Jing Ye suddenly mentioned Aista's parents, she was unexpectedly stung by this, and her face immediately showed a mixture of shame and anger.

Immediately afterward, Jing Ye mocked Estella's relative, who had collapsed into hysteria:

Instead of wasting time rambling on here, you should think more about what you did to make your child run off and cause trouble.

Did you say or do anything that was very offensive to them?

Have you ever cared about them?

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Starting now, for every 50 monthly votes, 500 blades, and 5000 cat cookies, I will provide a 2-word update chapter. There is no limit. The deadline is February 2.10th.

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I'll try my best to update more frequently for the sake of rice, meow!

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Finale

When Estella's relative wailed in grief and collapsed to the ground, looking utterly devastated and hopeless, Jingye couldn't help but hum softly.

The ugly behavior of Estella's relatives in front of him was the perfect stepping stone for him to provoke Estella's parents.

Faced with that guy's breakdown and questioning, Jing Ye simply threw a question back at him:

Instead of blaming me, why don't you think about what you've done to your children?

"Think about it, why would your children become alcoholics, and why would they speed?"

"What troubles and worries are they having that lead them to drink alcohol, and what emotions are they trying to express by speeding?"

As Está's relative broke down in tears, Jing Ye's questions were like knives piercing his heart, briefly silencing his sobs.

"Drunkenness...speeding..."

"Is it because I said a couple of things to them at Estella's birthday party a few days ago?"

Under Jing Ye's questioning, the guy seemed to suddenly remember something, muttering in confusion and disbelief, in a volume everyone could hear:

"I was just saying they're utterly useless compared to Estella, they can't compare to her at all. Even if Estella were kidnapped right now, she'd still be more valuable than them..."

"Isn't what I'm saying is that they only know how to spend money and enjoy themselves, have no ambition at all, and regret having two useless sons?"

"It's just this little bit, is it really worth them doing something like this???"

Listening to the relative's mutterings, everyone present probably had an answer.

The answer was right there in front of them, but the relative still refused to admit it.

He probably doesn't want to admit that it was his own fault, his own indifference and comparison, that killed his own child.

Everyone else present fell silent.

Although such words are undoubtedly extremely harmful to children, they are not unfamiliar or uncommon to them.

After all, how many of Estella's family members present hadn't said such things to their children?

When Jing Ye saw that everyone present looked guilty, he realized that probably none of them hadn't said something like that before.

However, they usually don't feel anything is wrong when they say such things, until now, when they hear that someone's child has died because of such words, they finally realize that something is vaguely wrong.

Even with real-life examples of human deaths in front of him, Jing Ye still saw a hint of relief on some people's faces, probably because they thought that such a statement was unlikely to drive a child to their death.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is the tragedy of rich kids."

Jing Ye mocked everyone present, finding the behavior of this group of "rich people" lost in thought laughable.

"Despite already having more than enough resources, they still turn their backs on their own children, hurting them with the coldest words and extinguishing all the flames and hopes in their hearts."

"They never care about their children's preferences, they never see their achievements and efforts, they only know how to compare them with others."

"You probably never cared about your own children, just like Estella's parents."

"So this is you lot? A bunch of self-centered idiots."

Although Estella's relative was reluctant to admit it, Jing Ye's blunt revelation tore open his wounds, leaving them raw and bleeding.

It was precisely because these parents, who never cared about their children and only knew how to "hope their children would become dragons," that their child died tragically!

It wasn't just Estella's relative; Estella's parents were the same, which led to Estella's current miserable state!

When the person who upheld "the dignity of being a parent" and "the dignity of being one of the six noble families" was exposed by Jing Ye, he had no choice but to admit his mistake and instantly collapsed to the ground, wailing!

But what good is it for him to cry out in regret now? His children are now completely dead.

The taboo of reversing life and death is impossible to break; he has completely lost his child.

Because of his indifference towards children.

Jingye watched the person wail and couldn't help but lick his lips. He felt even more energetic when punishing Aisda, and beat the young lady until she whimpered and cried!

It's so delicious! This is exactly what he wanted to see!

It's like this: only realizing your regret and cherishing something after you've lost it, but it's already too late!

Jingye loves to enjoy this kind of regretful state the most!