So satisfying! The Great Demon King wiped out everyone equally!

After listening to Shen Yue's words, Zhou Qiming hesitated for a moment and said, "But Yu Lan is a girl after all, and she will get married sooner or later. If we hand over this company to her, wouldn't we be giving it away for nothing?"

"Fool! Men can be found anytime, and so can children. But would my granddaughter, whom I've raised, be the kind of person who would easily hand over the company to someone else?"

Seeing that he couldn't win against his mother, Zhou Qiming sighed and said, "Mom, don't be angry, I know, I won't care anymore! There's something else I haven't told you. Dad's health has been very bad lately. The hospital said... he might not live much longer!"

"Hmm." Cang Lan's expression was indifferent, as if he had heard something trivial and he was not moved at all.

Seeing his mother's lukewarm reaction, Zhou Qiming swallowed back the words he was about to say, hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "Then, about Dad's funeral..."

Cang Lan picked up the exquisite silk handkerchief on the table and gently wiped the corner of her mouth with elegant and composed movements. Then she said, "You don't need to worry about it. I will find someone to take care of these things."

Seeing this, Zhou Qiming opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just said in a low voice, "Then I understand."

Once everyone had left, Canglan said to Xiaobai, "Prepare the car, let's go to the hospital."

Xiao Bai immediately responded and quickly went to prepare the car. Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of the private hospital.

When the hospital staff saw Cang Lan arrive, they all bowed respectfully and wanted to go forward to greet her, but Cang Lan simply raised her hand slightly, signaling them to disperse.

Cang Lan walked straight into the ward, and upon entering, she saw Qi Sheng lying on the bed, barely recognizable as a human.

He was emaciated, his skin clung loosely to his bones, his eyes were sunken and cloudy, and his whole being exuded a dullness and numbness.

The attending physician stepped forward cautiously and said, "Mr. Qi goes crazy every day. We really have no choice but to give him sedatives, but too many sedatives are bad for his health..."

Cang Lan interrupted the doctor, her expression unchanged, and simply said, "You may leave."

The doctor, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, quickly withdrew.

At this moment, although Qi Sheng's consciousness was somewhat blurred, in the instant he regained his senses, a trace of fear and anger flashed in his eyes when he saw Zhou Hanyi's face.

He said in a hoarse, weak voice, "You...you vicious woman, you know everything, yet you watched us fall into your trap step by step..."

"Humph!"

Cang Lan walked to the bedside, looked down at him, and curled a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth. "How is it? How does it feel to reap what you sow? You were the one who concocted this poison."

Qi Sheng was furious. His finger trembled as he pointed at Cang Lan and said, "You... how could you be so vicious? When Qi Ming comes, I will definitely expose you to him!"

Canglan smiled dismissively, "You haven't even seen a shadow of him these past few days, let alone in the future?"

Faced with the facts, Qi Sheng suddenly coughed violently, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the white sheets.

"Ugh!" Cang Lan took two steps back in disgust and said to Xiao Bai, "Quickly put him in the wheelchair."

Xiao Bai immediately stepped forward, pulled Qi Sheng off the bed, removed the IV, and threw him into the wheelchair.

Qi Sheng was furious, but Cang Lan's words cleared his eyes considerably. He asked in fear, "What... what are you going to do?"

Canglan ignored him, turned around and walked out of the ward, while Xiaobai followed behind, pushing the wheelchair.

They quickly got into the car. The car sped along and arrived at the largest prison in City A.

A short while later, Bai Zhilan was handcuffed and led out by the prison guards.

Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were tattered, and her face was covered with bruises and scars. Her former pampered appearance was nowhere to be seen.

Originally, he had a set of neat teeth, but because he was bullied by other prisoners in prison, several of his gold teeth were stolen, and the remaining teeth were uneven.

The moment Bai Zhilan saw Cang Lan, her eyes instantly filled with jealousy and resentment. Disregarding her image, she pointed at Cang Lan and yelled, "You bitch! It's all your fault that I've become like this!"

The prison guard immediately shouted, "Behave yourself!"

Cang Lan wasn't angry. He just looked her up and down and said indifferently, "Go ahead and curse! You'll get what's coming to you when you get back."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhilan naturally understood that these days she had been constantly harassed in prison, beaten up no matter what she did, and the prison guards acted as if they didn't see it.

After thinking it through, she trembled violently, and fear filled her face. Suddenly, she knelt down with a thud and pleaded, "Zhou Hanyi, please let me go! I'm over seventy years old and won't live much longer. What I did before was wrong. Please forgive me!"

Cang Lan sneered, "I thought you had some backbone!" With that, she kicked Qi Sheng and his wheelchair in front of Bai Zhilan.

Qi Sheng slumped in his wheelchair, looking at Bai Zhilan with heartache, "Zhilan, are you alright in there? I miss you so much!"

Bai Zhilan was startled by Qi Sheng's appearance. She shrank back and said, "You... how did you become like this?"

Then, seemingly impatient, she turned to look at Cang Lan and continued to plead, "Zhou Hanyi, please let me go! I'll never fight you for Qi Sheng again, I'll give him back to you!"

"you you you……"

Qi Sheng's eyes widened. He never expected that the woman he had loved his whole life, upon seeing his miserable state, would react with fear and disgust, without even a hint of concern.

His eyes were filled with disbelief as he asked, "Zhilan, how could you do this to me? It's because of you that I've become like this..."

Bai Zhilan no longer cared about Qi Sheng, who was completely useless at this moment. She said in a desperate manner:

"What more do you want from me! I'm already in jail, can you get me out? You can't!"

You're a piece of trash!

"If it weren't for Zhou Hanyi's money, do you think I would have even fallen for a gigolo like you? I've had enough of you!"

Qi Sheng was so angry by her words that he trembled all over and spat out another mouthful of blood, which landed directly on Bai Zhilan's face.

Bai Zhilan screamed in terror, "Ahhh! It's so filthy! So filthy!" She frantically wiped the blood from her face with her clothes, her eyes filled with disgust, as if the blood contained some kind of virus.

Cang Lan stood aside, arms crossed, watching them with amusement. She said sarcastically, "You two filthy things, you're really a perfect match! Secretly having a pure love affair behind my back, and you're already so easily defeated? It's hilarious!"

"Take her away!"

At Cang Lan's command, the prison guards immediately stepped forward, roughly grabbed Bai Zhilan's arm, and prepared to take her back to the prison.

Bai Zhilan stared wide-eyed in horror, struggling desperately to break free from the prison guards' restraints.

She cried out to Cang Lan, "Zhou Hanyi, please let me go! I was wrong, I was really wrong! I'll give Qi Sheng back to you, please forgive me this time for the sake of me raising Zhao Di!"

"Hmph!" Cang Lan ignored her, his eyes devoid of any pity, as if he were looking at an insignificant stranger.

Seeing that pleading for mercy was useless, Bai Zhilan became enraged. Her face contorted with rage as she cursed viciously, "Zhou Hanyi, you heartless woman! You'll get your comeuppance!"

But no matter how much she shouted and cursed, she couldn't change her fate of being taken away. Soon, her voice disappeared into the depths of the prison corridor.

Qi Sheng sat in a wheelchair, barely alive, his eyes revealing deep fear and despair.

Xiao Bai seized the opportunity, quickly stepped forward, a hint of cunning on his face, and whispered, "Host, this is the last pack."

Qi Sheng's gaze fell on the packet of poison, and he instantly recognized it. A look of extreme terror flashed in his eyes. His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he tried to speak, but could only utter weak sounds.

He glared fiercely at Canglan, his eyes seeming to want to devour Canglan alive, but his dying body was incapable of supporting any act of resistance.

Cang Lan's lips curled into a cold smile as he said mockingly, "What? Still not convinced? Still thinking of killing me?"

Xiao Bai understood immediately and raised his hand without hesitation, slapping Qi Sheng hard across the face with a loud "smack".

The slap was incredibly powerful, knocking Qi Sheng's face to one side and drawing blood from the corner of his mouth. He swayed and collapsed weakly into his wheelchair.

Immediately afterward, Cang Lan picked up the packet of slow-acting poison, deftly poured the powder into a glass of water, and then gave Xiao Bai a wink. Xiao Bai immediately stepped forward, forcefully pinching Qi Sheng's mouth shut with both hands, forcing him to open it.

Cang Lan forced the poison from the water glass into Qi Sheng's mouth. He tried to struggle and vomit, but he was too weak to do so and could only let the poison flow down his throat and into his stomach.

This time, after a course of the slow-acting poison was administered, Qi Sheng's body began to tremble violently, and his eyes were filled with fear of death.

Suddenly, a yellow liquid flowed from under his trouser leg, and he was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder.

Seeing this, Xiaobai's face showed disgust, and he covered his nose, saying, "Host, he peed! How are we going to get on the bus?"

Cang Lan frowned and said with disgust, "If you peed, you peed. Just throw it in the trunk. Let's go back to the hospital!"

Xiao Bai reluctantly agreed, lifted Qi Sheng and his wheelchair into the trunk, and then drove back to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Cang Lan went straight to the cremation room and said to the medical staff following behind her, "Push him in for cremation, I'm in a hurry."

When Qi Sheng woke up, he was already in the crematorium. When he heard the word "cremation," a look of extreme terror flashed in his eyes. He wanted to struggle and shout, but his body was tightly wrapped and he could not move at all.

Canglan urged impatiently, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and start burning!"

The medical staff dared not disobey and pushed Qi Sheng into the crematorium, lighting the flames. Instantly, a piercing scream echoed from inside the crematorium, a sound filled with despair and pain that reverberated throughout the cremation chamber.

Not long after, Qi Sheng was reduced to ashes.

The medical staff put the ashes into a box, intending to hand it to Canglan.

But Canglan didn't even glance at it, and said indifferently, "Give it to him."

Xiao Bai immediately stepped forward and took the urn containing the ashes.

After the two left the hospital, Cang Lan glanced around, his gaze settling on a flowerbed bursting with vibrant blooms and lush greenery. An idea struck him, and he immediately gave Xiao Bai a meaningful smile, saying:

"Scatter the ashes in there, consider it fertilizer for these flowers and plants, and it will be his last 'use'."

Xiao Bai: "Okay, host."

As he spoke, he strode to the edge of the flower bed and, with swift and efficient movements, quickly and evenly scattered the ashes into the flower bed.

Then, he clapped his hands and casually tossed the urn in his hand into the nearby trash can.

After wiping his hands clean, he drove quickly towards the Zhou family's old house.

By the time the car came to a smooth stop in front of the Zhou family's old house, it was already noon. She went straight into the house, and as soon as she entered, she remembered that leaving Qi Sheng's room there was bad luck, so she directly instructed Xiao Bai:

"Throw everything out of Qi Sheng's room, then thoroughly disinfect it, and then turn it into..." Cang Lan thought for a moment and said, "Turn it into a mahjong parlor!"

Xiao Bai responded and immediately contacted the relevant personnel to begin preparations.

The old house was bustling with activity all afternoon, with workers coming and going, carrying furniture and renovation materials.

Meanwhile, Canglan sat in the living room, eating snacks and drinking tea, and the afternoon passed by in a flash.

Just as Zhou Qiming returned, Cang Lan remembered that it was her father who had died, and she should at least give a shout. She immediately put down her teacup, raised her head, and calmly said:

"Qi Sheng is dead. In accordance with his wishes, I have cremated him and arranged for his ashes to be disposed of in a good place!"

Zhou Qiming's body jolted. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he only sighed slightly and muttered softly, "This is acceptable... at least he has a whole body."

This caused Wang Manyun, who was eavesdropping in the corner, to widen her eyes in horror. She never expected that Qi Sheng would die so quickly.

She instinctively recalled that night, and thinking about it, she felt that Qi Sheng's death was definitely Zhou Hanyi's doing. A sudden chill rose up her spine, and fear clung to her like vines.

What to do? Now that the only person who could help her is gone, how could she possibly fight against Zhou Hanyi?

So, her gaze unconsciously fell on Zhou Yulan, who had been immersed in intense studying every day since then.

Her skin, which was originally dark and rough from living in the countryside, has now become much fairer, and her overall demeanor has become more elegant and noble. She is increasingly showing the style of the Zhou family in her every move.

If things continue like this, it won't be long before Zhou Yulan completely replaces her in the Zhou family. After all, she has the blood of the Zhou family flowing in her veins, and now that she has returned to the Zhou family and is receiving a good education and upbringing, the refinement and manners that a young lady should have are becoming increasingly apparent in her.

On the other hand, she herself has been facing a very difficult time lately. Previously, the Zhou family's focus in cultivating her talents was mainly on studying abroad and developing her skills in piano, dance, and other arts.

But now, the Zhou family has cut off all the resources they have for her to develop in this area overnight.

She only had studying left to do, but the knowledge in those books was like a foreign language to her, and she couldn't understand it at all. Getting into university was even more difficult!