Half of the Lin family's wealth is really tempting.
But what shocked Li Muchen even more was his own origin.
When he was a child, he followed his grandfather to pick up rags and had neither enough to eat nor warmth to wear.
Looking at those brightly dressed peers, Li Muchen fantasized more than once that his parents might be rich and one day they would drive to the garbage compound to pick him up and live a life without worries about food and clothing.
But reality is ruthless, and fantasy can never protect people from wind and rain.
He can only work hard to pick up rags, just to have a full meal, just to make his grandfather who is getting older and older not so hard.
Li Muchen never imagined that he actually came from a wealthy family.
Unfortunately, this home is long gone.
Some things are better known than not known.
He finally understood his grandfather's painstaking efforts.
At first, he asked his grandfather again and again why everyone else had parents but he didn't.
Grandpa is always silent.
Grandpa will also cry when there is no one around.
He thought about his grandfather's death again.
In the late autumn of that year, my grandfather, who had never left Hecheng, suddenly said that he wanted to take a long trip.
Before leaving, he took out the engagement contract and asked Li Muchen to keep it, and told him that when he grew up, he would become the son-in-law of the Lin family.
This lasted for several months.
When we came back, it was snowing heavily.
Grandpa was covered in wounds, and when he got home he breathed his last.
They say grandpa was hit by a car and the driver ran away.
Some old people also said based on experience that grandpa's injuries were not like being hit by a car, but like being beaten.
"How did my grandfather die?"
This is the question that Li Muchen has hidden in his heart for thirteen years.
"I only know that he returned to the capital." Lin Shangyi said, "Before leaving, he came to see me and said he had something very important to do. If he can't come back, he asked me to take care of you."
"He didn't say anything?"
"No, but I guess it has something to do with the destruction of the Li family. He must have found some clues."
Li Muchen felt something was wrong: "If he dies because of this, then when he comes back, his whereabouts will be exposed. How can those people let me go?"
"Brother Youquan is very thoughtful. If he hadn't escaped tracking, how could he have come back?" Lin Shangyi said.
Li Muchen clenched his fists, "Who is it that harmed him and the Li family?"
Lin Shangyi said: "I have also secretly investigated over the years, but I have no clue. The Li family in the capital has a prosperous population and numerous industries. It is not easy to eat up the Li family. There will always be traces. Logically speaking, who is
Whoever is the biggest beneficiary is the most suspicious. After the demise of the Li family, the Li family's property was gradually absorbed by several other major families. However, these families or forces that embezzled the Li family's wealth did not have the strength to destroy the Li family."
"What if they join forces?"
"It's impossible." Lin Shangyi shook his head and said, "You have to know that the Li family was wiped out almost overnight. How big was the Li family, how many people, how many properties, and how many connections with the outside world? Let such a family disappear overnight?
The capital has disappeared, as if it had never existed. I can't think of what kind of force can do it. Even if the other three major families in the capital join forces, they can't do it. I have thought about this problem for a long time and deduced it for a long time...
"
Li Muchen frowned: "Is there any conclusion?"
Lin Shangyi seemed to hesitate, pondered for a moment, and then said: "My conclusion is that such a force does not exist in the mortal world."
Li Muchen was shocked and instantly understood what Lin Shangyi meant.
The power to destroy the Li family cannot be found in the mortal world.
There are indeed many forces outside the mortal world, including immortals, witches, Buddhas, demons...
For example, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect of Tiandu Peak sits at the top of Kunlun and commands the immortal sects in the world.
Could it be that he has offended a witch?
If it were a large sect of witches and demons, it would indeed not be difficult to wipe out an aristocratic family in the capital overnight.
Lin Shangyi said: "I know there are many places in the world that us mortals don't know. You are also from those places, right?"
Li Muchen nodded.
Lin Shangyi added: "When you disappeared, I thought you were also murdered by your enemies. In those years, I blamed myself very much. If I had brought you into the Lin family earlier, maybe nothing would have happened and brother Youquan would not have died.
.But I am still timid and scared. The invisible enemy is too terrifying. It can wipe out the Li family overnight. To deal with my Lin family is like squeezing an ant to death. I can't help you and Brother Youquan.
"
"You don't have to blame yourself. I should be grateful to you for taking care of me all those years."
Li Muchen knew very well that without Lin Shangyi's secret care, he and his grandfather would not have been able to survive in Hecheng.
How terrifying is a power that can make the Li family in the capital disappear overnight.
Lin Shangyi looked at Li Muchen and said: "Fortunately, you are back and have learned a skill. It's time for your grandfather to smile and close his eyes under Jiuquan. That engagement is still valid. While I am still alive, I will marry you and Man in these few days."
Your marriage is done."
Li Muchen was stunned and said: "Grandpa Lin, let's talk about the engagement later."
"Oh?" Lin Shangyi was puzzled, "You don't like Man Qing?"
"That's not true. Miss Lin is impeccable in appearance and intelligence."
"Then because you know your background, you feel that my Lin family is not worthy of your Li family?"
"That's even worse."
"Why exactly?"
Li Muchen thought for a while and said: "Actually, it's nothing. I just think the engagement you made with my grandfather was too hasty and unfair to me and Miss Lin."
Lin Shangyi laughed and said: "Do you want to fall in love freely? That's okay. Don't get married first, get engaged first, you two can talk slowly, and it won't be too late to get married after Manqing graduates from university."
Li Muchen has a big head, why is this old man so stubborn?
"Grandpa Lin, I thank you for your kindness, but I have a blood feud and I really am not in the mood to think about it until the revenge is avenged."
This reason was so righteous that he thought the old man would never insist on it anymore.
Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly said: "You want revenge?"
"Of course I want to." Li Muchen said.
Not to mention the Li family in the capital, his parents whom he had never met, he just said that his grandfather Li Youquan died tragically in front of him, and he must avenge this.
"Then how do you plan to repay it?"
"I……"
Li Muchen was speechless for a moment.
There are no clues. We only know that the enemy involves non-mundane forces. There are three thousand side sects in the world, countless heretical ways, and the ancient witches and demon sects don’t know where they are hiding. Who should they seek revenge from?
Lin Shangyi smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I have already thought about it for you. It may be difficult to find the enemy. Why not let them come to you?"
"Let people come to me?"
"The Li family was wiped out, but there was no direct loss of property. It shows that they are not seeking wealth, but are afraid of something. These things are in the hands of your Li family. They will only feel relieved if the Li family is dead.
"
"what do you mean……?"
"Revitalize the Li family."
"Reviving the Li family?"
"That's right." Lin Shangyi said with some excitement, "Revitalize the Li family and let the Li family, which has disappeared for twenty years, return to the capital. Get back what your grandfather and your father lost. By then, they will naturally
If I’m afraid, I’ll come looking for you.”
Li Muchen kept nodding: "Grandpa Lin, what should I do?"
Lin Shangyi smiled and said: "Two things are needed to revive the Li family."
"What two?"
"The first is capital. Without capital, no matter how talented you are, you will not be able to recreate the glory of the Li family in a short period of time."
"What about the second one?"
"The second thing is to have a daughter-in-law who can help you have children and make your family prosperous."