Ye Tian smiled and said, "Alright, you decide."
As the guests were enjoying themselves, loud firecrackers suddenly sounded from behind.
Zhou Jianrong's expression changed. "These scoundrels, they're never going to stop!"
Ye Tian asked, "Boss Zhou, what's going on?"
Zhou Jianrong invited Ye Tian into a small side hall. Through the window, they could see a group of people digging the ground on the clean grass not far away, with a coffin placed there.
Ye Tian's face darkened. "My brother is getting engaged, and someone brings a coffin. What does this mean?"
Zhou Jianrong was extremely embarrassed. "I thought this matter was settled, but I didn't expect this family to show up again."
He then briefly explained the whole story.
It turned out that Zhou Jianrong had bought this land and invested five billion yuan to build Yunlan Mountain Villa. After the villa opened, a group of people from the neighboring village suddenly appeared, claiming that this was their ancestral burial ground and they needed to visit their ancestors' graves annually.
Zhou Jianrong initially didn't pay much attention, thinking visiting graves was a minor matter. However, their subsequent actions greatly angered him. These people didn't just visit during Qingming Festival and Spring Festival; they came every week, causing a huge commotion each time.
Zhou Jianrong then inquired through an intermediary and learned that the family wanted a sum of money. In the spirit of resolving the issue peacefully, Zhou Jianrong gave them one million yuan, and they quieted down for a while. He didn't expect them to show up again today, and even with a coffin.
After finishing, Zhou Jianrong said apologetically, "Mr. Ye, I'm truly sorry. I'll go and talk to them immediately."
Ye Tian was annoyed, but he knew it wasn't Zhou Jianrong's fault. He said, "I'll go with you!"
The two of them arrived at the scene and saw the group playing music, carrying white banners, and setting off firecrackers while digging graves.
Zhou Jianrong, accompanied by security guards, arrived and angrily asked, "What are you doing?"
A middle-aged man with a round face and dark skin, wearing a mourning hat, stepped forward. "Boss Zhou, one of our elders has passed away, and we need to bury them in the ancestral grave."
Zhou Jianrong said, "I bought this land from the city. You have no right to dig graves and bury people here!"
The middle-aged man snorted, "This is our ancestral grave, why can't we bury people here?"
As they spoke, a group of elderly men and women, all in their eighties and nineties, walked over, looking ready to fight.
Zhou Jianrong was helpless. "Tell me, how much will it take for you to leave?"
The middle-aged man exchanged glances with the others and said, "Thirty million. Not a penny less, and we're burying this person!"
Zhou Jianrong, not wanting this incident to affect the Ye family's engagement banquet, hesitated for a moment and said, "Fine, but you must leave immediately."
The middle-aged man replied, "Once you give us the money, we'll leave right away."
As Zhou Jianrong was about to call his secretary, Ye Tian stepped forward and said calmly, "Does the deceased wish to be buried here? Did you ask for their opinion when you brought them here?"
The middle-aged man sized up Ye Tian. "Who are you?"
Ye Tian replied, "I am a geomancer. I can see that the person in this coffin harbors a great deal of resentment towards you."
The middle-aged man sneered, "What nonsense are you talking? Geomancer? I might as well be an immortal!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the coffin lid was suddenly kicked open with a "bang." A corpse sprang up from inside and then stood upright on the ground. Its eyes were still closed, its face was covered in lividity, and a strong smell of decay emanated from it.
This scene terrified everyone. With a scream of "Oh my god!", they scattered and fled.
Zhou Jianrong was also startled and turned to flee, but Ye Tian grabbed him. Ye Tian said calmly, "Don't be afraid."
The corpse suddenly spoke, its voice extremely strange, like the grating of metal. "I do not wish to be buried here. Take me back, or I will kill all of you tonight!"
The group was stunned. The middle-aged man was the first to react. He quickly said, "Second Uncle, we'll take you away immediately. We won't bury you here, we won't bury you here!"