How Did I End Up Taking the Blame?

Zhu Wuneng looked at Ye Fan with an eager expression. “How is it?”

His voice trembled. Whether he would become famous overnight all depended on this moment!

The Black Crow leader and his lesser demons kneeling on the ground also stared expectantly at the storage bag in Ye Fan's hand.

If only it were this pig-head, everyone would be happy, and they could continue their construction work...

At the same time, they prayed silently in their hearts.

Ye Fan looked at the storage bag in his hand, then at Zhu Wuneng.

He felt almost afraid to look.

He was worried he wouldn't see the result he wanted...

“How is it? Is there anything?” At that moment, the Demon Emperor's impatient voice rang out.

Ye Fan took a deep breath. No longer wasting any time, he swept his divine sense over it. Instantly, his expression changed.

“Nothing...”

Hearing Ye Fan say there was nothing, Zhu Wuneng looked thoroughly disappointed.

“How could there be nothing? Look again! I really feel like I was the one who did it!”

The Black Crow leader and his lesser demons also looked at Ye Fan with deep disappointment.

Lu Ming, Huang Tianbao, and the others twitched their lips at this sight.

To think a demon would actively try to claim they stole it. If the items weren't currently inside the Equality Secret Realm, Lu Ming would have actually suspected Zhu Wuneng.

Ye Fan was also extremely irritated. Dammit, I wish it were you even more than you do!

“Woof woof!!”

Big Yellow looked at Ye Fan and barked.

Hearing Big Yellow's words, Ye Fan's expression grew even uglier.

Dammit, he had been played by these guys.

He swore he would kill these guys the moment he got the chance.

Suddenly, his gaze narrowed. He remembered that Lu Ming and his group were humans.

He could completely expose them!

No, these guys dared to appear in the demon race territory like this.

They must have made flawless preparations.

If his attempt to expose them failed, the Demon Emperor would only dislike him even more.

“Enough!”

The Demon Emperor looked at the silent, sulking Ye Fan and grew furious.

“If you're wrong, you're wrong. What is the meaning of staying silent!”

Ye Fan suddenly felt the Demon Emperor's chilling pressure wash over his entire body.

A cold sweat broke out on his back...

The Demon Emperor didn't feel like wasting any more words. He circulated his spiritual energy.

The storage bag at Ye Fan's waist flew directly into his hand...

“Come, tell me what this is!”

As he spoke, the Demon Emperor pulled out a portion of the supplies Ye Fan had confiscated and kept for himself, questioning him.

“I'm sorry, Father. This is my fault. Since your wedding anniversary with Mother is coming up soon...

“I... I didn't have enough spirit stones to buy a gift for you both... so I held back a portion of the supplies to resell them...”

Seeing the items the Demon Emperor pulled out, Ye Fan immediately apologized with utmost sincerity.

“But I really didn't steal from the Duke's residence! I swear to the Heavenly Dao...”

At the same time, he felt extremely relieved. The items he had obtained from the princes he recently killed had already been converted into spirit stones.

Otherwise, if the Demon Emperor discovered those, he would be in deep trouble.

Hearing Ye Fan's words, the Demon Emperor was stunned. He did it to buy a gift for him and the Empress?

Although he didn't support this behavior, he could understand it.

After all, it was to please his own wife.

The chilling aura around him suddenly retracted.

“Sigh... If you wanted to buy us a gift but lacked spirit stones, you could have just told me! There was no need to steal, let alone dig up the Duke's residence like this!”

“Yes, yes... I know... Huh?”

Ye Fan was originally going along with the Demon Emperor's words to admit his mistake, but he suddenly realized something was wrong.

“Father, I did not steal from the Duke's residence...”

Ye Fan spoke up again, feeling completely helpless.

The Demon Emperor rolled his eyes at him. You were just about to admit it, and now you're going back on your word!

Ye Fan was completely speechless. He couldn't understand how this blame had ended up on his head.

Lu Ming and his group watched this dumbfounded. Just like that, he's forgiven? Just like that, it's over?

Meanwhile, the Black Crow leader and his lesser demons kneeling on the ground stared at Ye Fan in utter confusion.

Hearing the Demon Emperor's words, the lesser demons all assumed that Ye Fan was indeed the thief.

It had to be him. After all, the Demon Emperor had already checked Ye Fan's storage bag.

It definitely wasn't just 'holding back a portion of the supplies' like he claimed. Everything must have been stolen by him.

The Emperor was just saving his face and chose not to expose him.

“If it wasn't you, and it wasn't us, then who stole it?”

Zhu Wuneng muttered as he looked at Ye Fan.

Hearing Zhu Wuneng's words, the Demon Emperor also felt a bit embarrassed.

His own child had acted so dishonorably!

Stealing was one thing, but crying thief to catch a thief was another!

The Demon Emperor was convinced that Ye Fan had led the lesser demons to steal the Duke's residence's possessions.

The reason there wasn't much in his storage bag was probably because he had already disposed of the rest.

After all, he had been away from the Duke's residence for quite some time.

Furthermore, he had found a large number of spirit stones in Ye Fan's storage bag, which must have been obtained from selling the stolen goods.

The supplies currently left in his storage bag were just the unsold leftovers.

The reason he didn't bring it up explicitly was because the Empress knew he was handling this matter.

If he punished Ye Fan, he was afraid the Empress would worry.

But if he didn't punish Ye Fan, he would still be angry.

With that, the Demon Emperor's gaze shifted to the lesser demons.

Seeing the Demon Emperor's gaze, the lesser demons were startled, not knowing what he wanted to do.

The Black Crow leader's eyes flashed as a bad feeling arose in his heart:

Just as he was worrying, the Demon Emperor reached out and pulled their storage bags over.

Seeing the Demon Emperor's action, the lesser demons' expressions changed drastically, and they quickly begged for mercy:

“Have mercy, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor...”

...

After all, their storage bags also contained some shady things.

They had secretly held back a tiny bit of materials during the construction.

Seeing a small amount of materials inside the lesser demons' storage bags, the Demon Emperor looked at the lesser demons, then at Ye Fan.

He looked at Big Yellow once more, then sighed softly:

“Sigh... compensate our Little Ancestor with all the resources in your storage bags...”

He planned to give the storage bags of Ye Fan and the lesser demons to Big Yellow as compensation.

This would serve as compensation for Ye Fan falsely accusing the Little Ancestor and his companions.

Hearing the Demon Emperor's words, Lu Ming and Big Yellow were both delighted. There's actually such a good thing?

This was a total windfall!

The lesser demons, on the other hand, had looks of extreme anguish, their hearts bleeding.

But they guessed it was fine. At least the Demon Emperor didn't silence them permanently.

Hearing that the Demon Emperor wanted to give his storage bag to Big Yellow, Ye Fan was stunned. Give my storage bag to them?

One had to know that inside his storage bag were all the spirit stones he had recently earned and plundered...

And now, they were to be given to that damned dog!

At this thought, Ye Fan's eyes practically spewed fire.

He wished he could rush forward right now and strangle Lu Ming to death.

He glared at Lu Ming with a freezing gaze.