Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

Chapter 456: Ending Like This - Next Task - Dumb Stepfather

Chapter 456: Ending Like This - Next Mission - Dumb Stepfather

The disappearance of the players left the Mermaid Continent empty, and the Sky City was completely sealed off, waiting for a hundred years for familiar people to come again.

The former secret village has now been renamed Taoyuan Town, a name that seems to indicate that new vitality and prosperity will come here.

People live in this vast land, although the population is sparse, they have endless space and resources. This seems to be a compensation for them being imprisoned in the secret realm, allowing them to enjoy freedom and the vast world.

The beautiful mermaids returned to the embrace of the ocean.

The tranquility and depth of the ocean complement the agility and elegance of the mermaids, and everything returns to its original peaceful state.

Zhou Leng and Xiao Xing held a simple wedding under the sea. They will stay together and never leave each other in the days to come.

Twenty years later, time flies. Li Qi finally met the player Guardian Angel 4028 again. Unlike other summoned humans, Guardian Angel 4028 did not have any special skills. This was Zhou Leng's way of fulfilling their mother-daughter relationship.

Players such as Brother Sheep Dung, Xiong Shiqi, Xiong Da, the Well Digger, etc. also came here after death, and their bodies that had been sealed for decades were awakened.

When these acquaintances met again in the sky city, the shock in their hearts surged like a tide. Their eyes gradually became moist, tears rolled in their eyes, and finally slid down their cheeks.

What is different from before is that they are no longer players. The resurrection and thrilling adventures they once had are all in the past. Now, they will start another life in this place.

There was no sign of Fitch in the crowd. He was relatively ordinary, without any impressive talents. And what Zhou Leng needed were these real talents.

Zhou Leng spent a long time in this plane. During these hundreds of years, she and Xiaoxing snuggled up to each other and accompanied each other. They had no children, but they loved each other all their lives and lived a free and happy life.

When Zhou Leng was 320 years old, Xiaoxing passed away. At the moment Xiaoxing left, Zhou Leng left the plane without hesitation. She felt that as long as she left quickly enough, the sadness would not catch up with her, and her tears would remain in the past.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Leng finally returned to the workshop. When her memory was compressed and her emotions were withdrawn, the pain of losing her beloved also disappeared without a trace. She had been in this plane for too long, so long that her emotions had accumulated to the point where they were almost fading from where she came from.

At this moment, she became the tasker Zhou Leng again. She thought that she had lived for more than 300 years, which was worthy of the 20 points she spent. She turned her head and looked at the next task.

Name of client: Wang Shancheng.

Client's gender: Male.

Occupation before death: Chef.

Cause of death: suicide.

Age at death: 50.

The client’s wish: not to marry Zhou Juan, to see what happens to her, and to enjoy life.

Wang Shancheng's path to becoming a chef was not paved by traditional school education. Born into a poor family, he had a miserable life and was mute. Even learning to read and write was a luxury, let alone going to a chef school to learn professional skills.

After years of struggling at the bottom of society, Wang Shancheng started doing odd jobs and running around to make a living when he was young. When he was nearly 40 years old, a kind old chef felt pity for Wang Shancheng. Seeing his unfortunate experience and the fact that no one in his family could inherit his cooking skills, the old chef took Wang Shancheng as his apprentice and taught him all his cooking skills.

From then on, Wang Shancheng finally mastered a craft that could support himself. As he reached middle age and had the ability to make money, he naturally began to consider starting a family. However, due to his own conditions, he did not have many choices. In the end, he got together with a woman with a child.

The woman's name is Zhou Juan. She has a pretty face and you can't tell at all that she is already the mother of a seven-year-old child.

Zhou Juan not only had an outstanding appearance, but also showed a gentle, considerate and empathetic character. She did not despise Wang Shancheng because of his plain appearance and muteness, but instead took great care of him.

In Wang Shancheng's memory, the days he spent with Zhou Juan were ordinary but full of endless warmth and happiness. However, when Zhou Juan's son finished the college entrance examination, she suddenly proposed a divorce. This decision was like a bolt from the blue, hitting Wang Shancheng hard and catching him off guard.

Wang Shancheng looked at Zhou Juan in astonishment, unable to believe his ears. He could never have imagined that the good times they had spent together would be torn apart so easily. Over the years, all his hard-earned savings had been spent on his stepson's studies and daily living expenses, and Zhou Juan had always controlled the family's finances.

When the topic of divorce was brought up, Wang Shancheng realized that he had nothing. The common property of the couple had long been squandered, and the house he lived in was registered in the name of his mother-in-law and had nothing to do with him. The sweet words Zhou Juan had said to him, and the promise made by his stepson that he would treat him as his biological father and take care of him until his death, all disappeared like passing clouds, leaving only desolation and endless pain.

Wang Shancheng had repeatedly asked Zhou Juan to have a child of their own. The two had also gone to the hospital for a checkup, but the result was heartbreaking - Wang Shancheng suffered from asthenospermia and was infertile. This cruel fact made him feel guilty towards his wife, and his stepson became more and more open-hearted, pouring all his fatherly love on this child.

Wang Shancheng thought Zhou Juan also wanted to have another child, but he didn't know that Zhou Juan was secretly so happy that she didn't want to have another child and was even afraid of giving birth to a little mute.

Stepson Li Jie never regarded Wang Shancheng as his father. He believed he had his own father, so he supported his mother and stepfather's divorce. He even felt that his stepfather was not worthy of his mother. As for the years of support, he chose to ignore it, thinking that it was the price the other party should pay. After all, his mother had always taken care of him.

Wang Shancheng, who had nothing, was filled with hatred. He found the mother and son with a sharp knife, but was killed by his stepson.

Although Wang Shancheng's younger brother Wang Shancai and his family lived in the countryside and were not wealthy, after Wang Shancheng's death, his brother's family paid for his burial. Not only that, his nephew also hired a lawyer to sue him, and Wang Shancheng was completely unaware of all this.

Wang Shancheng was filled with remorse and resentment when he thought that his savings of many years had been squandered by his stepson, an ungrateful man. He felt that after his death, the mother and son would still be able to live a happy life, but this happiness was built on his pain.

Wang Shancheng made a deal with the Security Bureau, hoping that time would go back and he would no longer be a victim. He would rather give up the chance of reincarnation than stop the other party from stepping on his shoulders to move up.

When Zhou Leng arrived, he was sweating profusely in the kitchen.