Chapter 186

Chapter 181On the river surface, six coffins emerged.They precisely surrounded the figure in red clothes in the center.The figure in red clothes was constantly changing, but once she was surrounded, she could no longer move out of the circle.On the outer periphery, a water curtain appeared.Inside the water curtain stood a woman wearing a white skirt.The last time Li Zhuiyuan saw her here, she was still wearing a wedding dress.After all that time, her identity was still the speaker of Bai family town;And after that one side, she became a pitiful person who had to endure humiliation and bear a heavy burden for the continuation of Bai family town, forced to give herself to Xue Lang.All of this was due to suffering under the 'Dragon King's oppression'.No longer in red, but with her hair in a bun, signifying she had positioned herself as a married woman.A yellow paper not only summoned six Bai family ladies to assist but also made her appear personally.Tan Wenbin was, of course, clear that this was not because of his status; however, as the boat head shouting, he originally represented the Dragon King's will.Little Yuan brother always disliked the people of the Bai family.The people of the Bai family were also very clear on this point.And precisely because of this, their appearance upon receiving the Dragon King's order was very timely.Perhaps when Tan Wenbin arrived at the river bank, that figure in red clothes was already planning to follow the river downstream and enter here, and the people of the Bai family were already prepared.They were very clear that they could not give that future Dragon King a formal reason to act against them.The Jianghu is very big, boundless horizontally.The Jianghu is also very small, so small that one Nantong is also a Jianghu.The one under the Peach Forest would no longer act against Li Zhuiyuan, even proactively helping to 'open the door' was no longer a premise.The young man could now establish rules here for Xuanmen people and evil spirits and ghosts.Either obey his will and together maintain these rules, or stand outside the rules and be eliminated.The young woman in the water curtain turned towards Tan Wenbin, performed a half ritual, and a cold voice transmitted across the river surface:"Bai family, receive the Dragon King's order!"Tan Wenbin flicked the cigarette ash. He knew his task for tonight was complete.He had actually just come to proclaim a decree.To a certain extent, was the most difficult and troublesome evil tonight truly that figure in red clothes on the river?No.Tonight, the most powerful and most necessary to suppress was Bai family town."Squeak...""Squeak..."The coffin lids all fell off.One by one, Bai family ladies of different ages, sat up from inside the coffins.Some were white-haired old grannies, some were female children not even ten years old.The figure in red emitted a scream.This time, it was no longer anger, but panic.She originally only thought of taking the opportunity to find a loophole and occupy a small territory, but she didn't expect to encounter such a situation as soon as she entered Nantong.She started to murmur again, but not launching a mental attack on Tan Wenbin, but towards those Bai family ladies.She hoped she could retreat.But it was very obvious that the Bai family lady did not agree. Her hand waved forward.All the Bai family ladies from inside the six coffins left their coffins and stood on the water surface.It's impossible to let you retreat. This is the first Dragon King's order received by the Bai family, no matter what, there is no room for negotiation.Only by thoroughly exterminating you can that young man see the attitude of the Bai family. And with this kind of thing, the most taboo thing is to cut corners.On the river surface, the fight began.The distance was a bit far, and waves also rose. Tan Wenbin deliberately clipped the cigarette with his fingers and went to watch using Walk Yin.He only saw that the figure in red clothes, facing the siege of the six Bai family ladies, quickly fell into a disadvantage.But even so, as her continuously injured red clothes gradually shattered, she also inflicted injuries on the six Bai family ladies.She was truly fierce.The cigarette burned to the end, burning Tan Wenbin's finger.Tan Wenbin immediately ended the Walk Yin state, took a fierce puff of the cigarette butt, then threw it to the ground and stepped on it with his shoe sole.He used Walk Yin to see, just to go through a process.This was the request of the Bai family people, equivalent to being a witness.Proclaiming the decree also required acting as a supervising army.Now that he had seen everything, it was time to wrap things up.Liang Sao made her move.She only saw her hand reach out from the water curtain and grab into the void.The figure in red clothes immediately became still.The six Bai family ladies rushed up.They only heard a shrill scream from the river surface, and a strip of broken red cloth floated up first, then slowly fell towards the river bank, where it was caught by Tan Wenbin's hand.This was a token, and also a head, and even more, it was the pledge of the Bai family.The six injured Bai family ladies sat back in their coffins, lay down, and then the coffins gradually sank, disappearing from sight.On the river surface, only the one inside the water curtain remained.Tan Wenbin looked carefully, but did not detect any bulge in the Bai family lady's abdomen.Was it covered by the effect of the water curtain?But it shouldn't be.Since they were showing their attitude and wanted to gain favor, what was more suitable than a big belly?So, was the Bai family lady's pregnancy special... or was Brother Liang Liang's seed special?Tan Wenbin was too lazy to think further.He waved his hand with the red cloth and shouted:"See you again, Liang Sao."Tan Wenbin turned and left.Returning to the taxi, through the car window, he saw the driver sitting in the driver's seat, eyes closed, seemingly asleep, face full of tear marks.People always say they must go to see the last side, but this last side actually has no fixed number, it's just a compromise in reality where they can no longer see each other.Tan Wenbin leaned against the car door, not in a hurry to wake the driver.Anyway, he would no longer be involved in what happened next. It was better to let the driver sleep a while longer in a dream with the taste of leaving his mother......."Hee hee hee!"In the grave mound, Benben laughed very happily.This child seemed more and more adapted to this kind of gloomy and ghostly environment.Fortunately, he was still young, and everything could still be corrected.Li Zhuiyuan looked at the child in his arms with some helplessness.He reached out and pinched the child's mouth, making it close.The child didn't laugh.But as soon as Li Zhuiyuan let go, the child laughed even more happily, as if he thought the young man was playing a game with him.Beside the young man, there were five human-shaped wet traces on the ground.This meant the young man had just suppressed and killed five evil spirits that had attempted to break out of the soil here.This was no difficulty for the young man.Compared to the evil things meticulously brewed in the river water, these random wild evil spirits were just snacks between meals, mainly for adjustment.This place originally had no problem with feng shui, it wasn't very good but at least not bad, but because they started building an industrial park nearby, breaking one river and changing the flow direction of another, it was considered a man-made change of ordinary feng shui land into Yin-imprisoning land.During this time, there also happened to be the change of Ding Dalin's group of water monkeys waking up the one in Peach Forest, which made the Peach Forest suppress the surroundings, continuously suppressing the contradictions that should have originally appeared.When the one in Peach Forest turned over to nap, the accumulated Yin energy surged into here like opening a gate to release a flood, causing the anomaly.The progress of industrial technology has made it easier and easier for manpower to transform nature. Projects that previously required a large amount of manpower and materials can now be handled by a construction team with enough machines.With the arrival of the era of large-scale infrastructure, anomalies caused by such sudden changes in feng shui are also inevitably not few.This was something Li Zhuiyuan had already foreseen.The young man continued to hold Benben with his left hand, extended his right hand forward, and after Karmic Fire appeared, it surged around.After the illusory roasting of Karmic Fire, the Yin energy in the grave mound here was dispelled, and the surroundings became extremely clean.Benben pouted his mouth, no longer hee-heeing.When the sky was almost bright, Li Zhuiyuan returned home.The others were not back.And they would not be back for the next two days.Because they knew the matter was resolved, but could not guarantee there wouldn't be follow-ups, everyone remained stationed in all directions, on standby.Three times a day, Li Zhuiyuan would put the compass on Benben's belly to measure and perceive.Every time he discovered some small fish trying to enter, or where some new thing was about to be born, he would page his partners and let the nearest one go and solve it.Initially, when Tan Yunlong rode his motorcycle to investigate a case and inquired at a foot therapy massage shop, Tan Yunlong just told himself that those discordant things in society would never disappear, and there was no true once and for all in this world, but one could not therefore deny the meaning of every cleansing strike.Dirty things are also the same. Even the cleanest place, if not cleaned often, will still accumulate dust.However, news came.The honest second son of the Wu family, Wu Yougen, came here to ask Li Sanjiang to perform a ritual.Li Zhuiyuan finally heard the final whistle.He could even say that he was actually waiting for this plate of vinegar-dipped dumplings.Only at the beginning, he was just waiting to pour the vinegar.However, to Li Zhuiyuan's surprise, the way the Wu family members died was somewhat different from what he had foreseen.The police received the report and conducted an investigation into the Wu family.There were no human witnesses or material evidence, and the reporting person also had to maintain confidentiality. The investigation was initially very awkward.Without accident, Luo Jinhua and Wu Changshun strongly denied such a matter, and swore to the heavens one by one that if they had truly done such a heartless thing, they would not have a good death.They thought someone in the village was deliberately spreading rumors and specifically making things difficult for their family and wanting to see them make a fool of themselves. So Luo Jinhua brought people to the homes of villagers with grudges in the village and started shouting curses at their doors. Although they didn't know specifically who it was, scolding everyone over wouldn't miss anyone.Even more absurd and hateful was that Wu Youhou, as the husband and father of those three children, also did not acknowledge this 'catching wind and shadows' matter. He even proactively stood out to help his family members explain and vouch for them to the police.That day, great-grandfather sat on the rattan chair on the second floor and scolded him for a good while. This was because great-grandfather had eaten more salt than most people had eaten rice. He was very clear about how spineless and hateful a person like Wu Youhou was.The key point of blind filial piety is not in 'filial', but in 'blind'. Only true fools, when faced with this kind of unfair life treatment, as long as they haven't separated from the family, will continue to willingly let those two half-brothers suck their blood, even bringing their own wives and children to suffer together.When Tan Yunlong received Tan Wenbin's alarm call, he initially said this matter was very difficult to handle, because he also had experience. Some cases could be exact, but some cases were not that the police wanted to muddy things up, but that they were originally a pool of rotten mud.The police were very responsible, even digging up the corpse of the child who had just died for forensic appraisal. There were no traces of poison, and indeed, the child had died from illness.But a child like this, who was not well-developed from the womb, in daily life, only needed to be deliberately targeted, deliberately neglected, and malnourished. Even man-made emotional stimulation was enough to cause this originally fragile small life to die prematurely.The investigation ended without illness.But Luo Jinhua and the others were indeed guilty and had a ghost in their hearts, so on the second day after the investigation ended, they let their biological fourth son borrow a tractor from the factory to carry their old companion Wu Changshun, their third son, and herself, a total of four people, to Lang Mountain to burn incense.Their family might not have gone to burn incense for years, but this time they were in a hurry.On the road, there was an accident.The tractor first reversed into a truck by itself, then flipped into a river ditch. The four people on the vehicle were smashed to bloody flesh and all died, no one survived.What made Li Zhuiyuan feel strange was that the way these four people died was too straightforward and too neat, actually being able to be disguised as an accident.This was absolutely not something those three formed little guys could do.And it was indeed so. When Li Zhuiyuan again accompanied great-grandfather to the Wu family to perform the ritual and handle the funeral, while great-grandfather was performing the ceremony, he saw three small figures standing beside the offering table.The three of them were already formed, but their bodies only contained resentment and not much malevolent qi, meaning they had not yet stained their hands with human life and blood.Therefore, the deaths of Luo Jinhua and those four people were truly just an accident.An extremely coincidental accident.Li Zhuiyuan looked towards his great-grandfather's back.He had to be suspicious because he himself had once had a similar experience.He still remembered the time when he received his great-grandfather's fortune and won money playing cards, then immediately felt a sense of alarm and unease.If Shan Daye hadn't taken half the money to help him lose it back, the next thing he encountered that time would have been truly difficult to cope with.After all, Luo Jinhua and the others still owed great-grandfather money for his work.This matter could be big or small.But that afternoon, after burying that pitiful child, he heard the words spoken by Luo Jinhua and the others only because of his good hearing.Great-grandfather didn't have such good hearing, but the wind could also carry these words to him.The one under the Peach Forest, in order to prevent himself from damaging his merit in such matters, proactively used the peach blossom covering map to help him bear the backlash.And great-grandfather simply didn't want him to get his hands dirty.Although great-grandfather himself didn't even know about this matter.He, the originator, was actually kept clean.What was more interesting was that the dumplings were already cooked and served on the table, only to discover there was no vinegar in the vinegar bottle.After standing beside great-grandfather for a while, the three children left. They didn't dissipate but went to their father, Wu Youhou.Wu Youhou, as a filial son, was kneeling there in mourning. The three children all crawled onto his body and viciously tore and bit at him.The dead were already dead. Even if it was an accident, they had received retribution and paid with their lives.But besides that, the three children also harbored a lot of resentment towards their father.Some things, Wu Youhou might not have suspected, but he simply deliberately chose not to believe.If Luo Jinhua and the others were the direct murderers, then Wu Youhou was actually an accomplice in another sense.Wu Youhou, kneeling there, had bloodshot eyes and a dark complexion between his eyebrows.He hadn't slept for several days because as long as he closed his eyes, he would first hear the children crying beside his ears, and scenes from daily life would float through his mind.Many details that he was originally unwilling to face or would even proactively ignore and blur out were stirred open and forcibly reflected in front of him.Even if he was emotionally unwilling, he had to admit a fact: the deaths of his three children were not an accident, and it was not that his wife was unable to bear it.Li Zhuiyuan was busy during the day only helping his great-grandfather and didn't interfere with the three children, just letting them haunt their father's body.Because four people had died suddenly at once, a night watch for the spirits had to be added.Great-grandfather held a peach wood sword and sat behind a pile of Buddhist and Daoist curtains, reciting scriptures.While reciting, great-grandfather fell asleep, but the rhythm of his snoring was somehow like the cadence of his murmuring when reciting scriptures, anyway, it was all vaguely unclear.It was the same last time when watching the spirits at the Niu family's house. Liu Jinxia and Shan Daye were almost tormented to pieces by the corpse demon, but great-grandfather could still sleep soundly as if nothing had happened.Second brother Wu Yougen knelt in front of the brazier in the spirit hall, ensuring the fire inside did not extinguish.Li Zhuiyuan walked over, grabbed a large handful of gold and silver ingots, threw them into the brazier, and then put a large stack of yellow paper, stuffing it inside.Wu Yougen had an honest temperament, and was that kind of honest person with no ulterior motives.Normally speaking, when burning paper, you shouldn't throw too much at once, not only is it easy not to burn through, but it will also smoke.But Wu Yougen only smiled at Li Zhuiyuan, then picked up a wooden stick and stirred open the gold and silver ingots and yellow paper that the young man had just thrown in, letting them burn thoroughly."Bang." "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"Inside the spirit hall, within the four rented crystal coffins, there were collective explosion sounds.The Dragon King burning paper offerings could only be enjoyed by close people and those with great virtue.Were those four inside also worthy?Just like adding to the virtual, under strong force and killing, the severe case would be soul dispersion, and the light case would also cut off the qualification to be reborn as a human in the next life.They had not done any virtuous deeds in this life and had accumulated a pile of sins and debts. Who knows how many lives as pigs and dogs they would need to repay this kind of 'fortune'.Wu Yougen looked up in surprise. When he found that the young man beside him was unmoved, he began to suspect that the previous sounds were from his own hallucinations.Li Zhuiyuan waited a while longer before leaving.In the corner of the tent, he saw Wu Youhou curled up, covering his head.The three children were viciously lying on their 'father's' body, beginning to tear and bite.Luo Jinhua and the others died too quickly and too straightforwardly. According to reason, after these three had completed their revenge on Luo Jinhua and the others, the malevolent qi plus resentment would make them gradually evolve into evil ghosts.Now, they had only just gained a little ferocity.Li Zhuiyuan's gaze slightly condensed. He beckoned to them. On his fingertips, there was a faint black qi flowing, bringing a pressure that ordinary ghosts would find difficult to resist.Just by learning the twelve laws of Fengdu, and being the only contemporary 'successor' of the Fengdu Emperor, the young man had a natural suppression over ordinary ghosts in this world.It was a pity that the Fengdu Emperor was still angry with him due to some small misunderstanding.The three children left their 'father's' body, followed Li Zhuiyuan, and returned to the front of the spirit hall.Li Zhuiyuan patted Wu Yougen's shoulder and told him that his brother was hiding there alone and looked very unwell.Wu Yougen saw that the paper money in the brazier could still burn for a long time, so he stood up and went to find his elder brother.Li Zhuiyuan sat down on a small stool.He had no intention of stopping the three from continuing their revenge, but their most direct enemies were after all already dead, and although these three children were formed, their hands and feet were currently still clean.Truly staining human life and blood would mean there would be no way to reincarnate.Unless the three of them could also encounter someone like Tan Wenbin again, someone truly willing to share enough merit with them.But this was almost impossible.So, taking advantage of the fact that they were still clean, they should stop when they should stop.Li Zhuiyuan picked up the yellow paper at the edge of his foot and folded three small boats.Their mother had given him a red envelope the first time they met, and that was the crumpled money.Just take it and buy these three paper boats to carry you to reincarnation.The three children should know what this meant, and when they were beside Li Zhuiyuan, the ferocity on their faces would be restrained, becoming calmer.Seeing that they were not in a hurry to take the paper boats, they all looked towards the room inside.That was the room where their mother was located. She had drunk pesticide and was rescued, but her body had collapsed and she needed a very long time to recover.Li Zhuiyuan nodded and said, "Go."The three children ran into the room.After a while, they ran back out.Seeing that they were ready, Li Zhuiyuan threw the three small boats he had folded, one by one, into the brazier.Accompanying the burning of the paper boats, in each of the three children's hands, a paper boat appeared.The Dragon King personally folded the crossing Yin boats, carrying blessings bestowed by the Dragon King, which could protect them and help them be reborn in a good womb in the next life.This was actually a form of consumption of his own merit.But before, that kind of nature was fine, now it was proactive donation.Compared to the merit he obtained from establishing a dojo in Nantong and his team exterminating demons and ghosts, this loss now was like a drop in the ocean.The three children and the paper boats in their hands began to dissipate together.They were too young to bow or say thank you. Only in the process of dissipation, they showed a smile towards the elder brother in front of them.There was not the slightest hint of malevolent qi, but full of childlike innocence.Li Zhuiyuan turned his head away and did not look at them. Even now, he still didn't like the pure smile of a child.He only told himself in his heart that this was a very cost-effective deal.Incidentally, let the Heavenly Dao see again: Look, I am truly different from Wei Zhengdao.However, Li Zhuiyuan himself had also overlooked something, or rather, deliberately blurred it out.If he was truly unaffected and treated it as just a business transaction, he wouldn't need to proactively find so many reasons."Children, my children, children!"The woman's figure appeared at the doorway of the room.Her originally pale face was now flushed, and she seemed much more spirited than before.Li Zhuiyuan only glanced at her and knew that when the three children went back to the room to see their mother, they had left something for her.Her body had gradually deteriorated because of giving birth to them, and she had drunk pesticide because of her heart-wrenching grief after losing them.Compared to their resentment towards their 'father', these three children had always retained their attachment to their mother. Otherwise, they wouldn't have generated such strong resentment after 'witnessing' their mother drink pesticide.Wu Yougen returned, looking somewhat bewildered because he couldn't find his elder brother.Seeing his sister-in-law come out, wearing thin clothes, he immediately walked over, keeping a distance, not daring to reach out and touch her, just repeatedly saying, "Wear more clothes, wear more clothes."Li Sanjiang woke up, yawning, and walked out from behind the curtain.Four people from the Wu family died suddenly. At the funeral, the fourth son's wife showed up briefly and left. The third son's pregnant wife didn't come at all and was taken to the hospital for an abortion by her parents.But Wu Youhou, as the eldest brother, was the host of this funeral. Anyone could drop out, but he couldn't.Li Sanjiang and Wu Yougen searched together for a long time and finally found Wu Youhou hanging from a tree in a secluded part of the village.He had hanged himself.He was taken down and sent to the township health center. The doctor examined him and directly said he was beyond saving.His death had nothing to do with the three children. When he decided to die, the three children had already been sent for reincarnation by Li Zhuiyuan.When those things could no longer be avoided or ignored and became bloody facts, he lost the courage to live out of shame.He didn't dare to face his wife again, and even less did he dare to face himself.However, this father was indeed very unreliable, both in life and even more so in death.If Li Zhuiyuan hadn't sent the three children away in advance and let Wu Youhou die first, the three children would have definitely stained themselves with human life and blood.Wu Youhou's wife seemed very calm after learning of her husband's suicide. Her tears had already dried, and her emotions were exhausted.Given that Wu Youhou committed suicide and also died a violent death, at Li Sanjiang's suggestion, they would not hold a separate funeral for him.Anyway, they were already holding funerals for four people, so adding one more didn't matter.There were no more banquets, nor were there any more hired musicians to play. Only Li Sanjiang stayed there, letting the spirit remain for one more day.On the day they were sent to the crematorium, because five people had to be cremated at once, the crematorium's hearses were not enough, so they had to be transported in two batches.As soon as the bodies were cremated, the wives of the third and fourth sons returned to divide the family property.This was a normal action. Originally, a large family, having suddenly died off in such a fragmented manner, would inevitably disperse, especially since the wives of the third and fourth sons were still very young and had no children.Li Zhuiyuan accompanied great-grandfather in packing things up and witnessed the process of dividing the property.The Wu family's affairs caused a big stir. After all, it's rare for an ordinary family to have five people going to the crematorium to queue up for cremation at once.Coupled with the fact that Luo Jinhua had previously cursed out all her enemies in the village and sworn and swore to the police, since she had made her move first, it was no wonder the villagers retaliated.There were many onlookers, not only the village head but also people from the township and the police.The Wu family had never divided their property. Apart from using some of their income to subsidize the third and fourth sons' marriages and work, the rest was all held by Luo Jinhua.This time, the division of property allowed the eldest and second sons to 'gain an advantage'.The parents and relatives of the third and fourth sons' wives came to pressure the situation, wanting to divide most of the family property.It was only because the official figures were present that they didn't dare to be too presumptuous. Otherwise, it would likely have been a confrontation between the third and fourth sons' wives' families, leading to an equal fifty-fifty split.Wu Youhou's wife, the eldest daughter-in-law of the family, sat there expressionlessly.She had lost her children and her husband, and her own parents had also passed away. She had no support or reliance.The scene before her was merely a re-enactment of the family dynamics over the past many years, where the eldest and second sons contributed the most, but the good things always went to the third and fourth sons.She didn't care, but someone did.The most taciturn second son, Wu Yougen, took out a chopping knife from the woodshed, his eyes red.The police and village head went up to persuade him, but were forcefully pushed aside by him.He swung the chopping knife in the air, pointing at the relatives of the third and fourth sons' families, roaring like a leopard:"I can do without it, but my sister-in-law cannot. Otherwise, she won't be able to live alone with this body. She must get at least a third share!Otherwise, I'll kill your whole family!"When an honest person goes mad, that is truly frightening.That expression, that tone, those eyes, made everyone present believe that he was capable of doing such a thing.The situation remained deadlocked.Until the police and some young men from the village cooperated to disarm Wu Yougen, and then Wu Yougen was taken to the police station.This kind of armed threat in front of the police could not go unpunished, but considering the practical factors, he would at most be kept at the police station for education.The village head made the decision to divide the Wu family's property into four equal parts, with each of the four branches getting one share.Regarding this, the relatives of the third and fourth sons' families did not dare to express any more dissatisfaction, and even tacitly agreed to leave a share for Wu Yougen. There was nothing they could do, as the old Wu family was quite wicked, with only one male descendant left after everyone in the family died at once. If he said he didn't want it, would you really dare not give it to him?Who knows, one day he might drink too much, suddenly remember this matter, and in a fit of pique, come to your house with a knife to talk about it again.The new brick and tile houses of the third and fourth sons were appraised and bought by the eldest and second sons.Signing, fingerprinting, and notarizing kept them busy until the afternoon, when the family was finally divided.The relatives of the third and fourth sons' families left directly.As soon as they left, Wu Yougen, who had been educated at the police station, was released.Upon learning that he had also been given a share, he proactively approached his sister-in-law and said that he had hands and feet and would give his share to her.Some villagers who were still watching the commotion were already discussing having Wu Yougen marry his sister-in-law.Anyway, the sister-in-law couldn't go back to her maiden home and still had to live here. It would be problematic for the younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law to live here together, whether or not something happened.These suggestions were genuine and not much in the way of teasing, because the sister-in-law had lost three children and had also drunk pesticide. She was older and in poor health, so it was almost impossible for her to remarry. Only the second son, who had never married, might not mind and might be willing.She was a person with a difficult life. It would be best if she could find someone to rely on at this time.But it was just talk. After holding so many funerals, it was not appropriate to promote this further. Some things could only be brought together by time.Li Sanjiang rode the tricycle, carrying Little Yuanhou back home.On the way, Li Sanjiang sighed at the sudden change in the second son, Wu Yougen.Li Sanjiang said that some people in this world are late bloomers, especially men.Before getting married and taking responsibility, they are either unreliable or introverted, just living their lives in a daze, like the second Wu brother.It wasn't that the second Wu brother had been coveting his sister-in-law for a long time. From a man's perspective, there was really nothing to covet about his sister-in-law. It was purely that after his father and elder brother left, he knew he had to step up.It was also because Luo Jinhua had been suppressing the second Wu brother and hadn't let him get married. If he had married earlier, the old Wu family would have probably divided their property long ago."A man is truly a man only when he takes responsibility and has a sense of responsibility."Li Zhuiyuan, sitting in the back, listened to his great-grandfather rambling. He was very curious why his great-grandfather, who had been unmarried all his life, spoke so eloquently about these matters.But this question, he could not ask."Little Yuanhou.""Yes, Great-grandfather.""Although you are still young now, when you grow up, you must also learn to take responsibility.The burden that falls on your shoulders, no matter how hard, how tired, or how unwilling you are, you must grit your teeth and bear it."Perhaps stimulated by the Wu family's affairs, great-grandfather, who had always advocated for happy education, rarely embarked on an education about responsibility."I know, Great-grandfather."Li Zhuiyuan responded while silently lowering his head.In fact, he had already faced this situation.And the Wu family's incident was a cautionary tale, a negative example from which he could learn.When it's your turn to step up, you must step up. Avoiding, hesitating, and agonizing will only make the situation worse.Smart people just learn things quickly, they aren't born knowing great truths. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to beat Ali in chess, because he had only learned Go and had not deeply studied it.For example, Xue Liangliang, Professor Zhu, and even his great-grandfather, all had lessons worth learning and understanding from them.However, Li Zhuiyuan obviously misunderstood his great-grandfather's intention."So, Little Yuanhou, although you are still young, you and Ali have been playing together for so long. What do storytellers call this relationship? Golden spear and iron horse?""Great-grandfather, it's childhood sweethearts.""Well, anyway, it's that 'horse'. That girl didn't go to school and is a bit cold-natured, but I can see, Little Yuanhou, that her eyes are all on you.As the saying goes, 'three years old determine eighty', especially with a girl like Ali. I think, Little Yuanhou, even when she grows up, she probably won't change much.That's good, really, Little Yuanhou."Li Sanjiang held the tricycle handlebar with one hand and scratched his head with the other.His great-grandson was still young, and he felt somewhat inappropriate telling him these things, but he could sense that his great-grandson was smart and could understand. What needed to be said, still had to be said."So, Little Yuanhou, no matter what, don't hold her back, and don't let her down.I see that worldly old lady has also accepted her fate now and no longer puts on airs like before.Don't mind the faces she used to show. Forget what should be forgotten. After all, raising such a granddaughter was not easy either.""I understand, Great-grandfather.""In short, I, your great-grandfather, am someone who has lived a long time. I think Ali is a good girl, and when you are both adults, I would be happy to see her as my great-granddaughter-in-law.She has also grown up under my watchful eye. She is one of our own children, one of our own.""Great-grandfather?""Hmm?""Where did you come from?"Li Sanjiang's old face turned red, and he pedaled the tricycle hard, letting the whooshing wind blow away the query from the young man behind him.Upon returning home, Li Zhuiyuan first went to Aunt Zhang's convenience store and called Lu Yi, asking him to page his four companions and tell them they could return to base.Afterward, the young man went to Da Hu's house and entered the peach forest.It was time to remind it that its nap was over.The wind started blowing again, and just like last time, it was very hard and painful.Clearly, it was still angry.However, this time, Li Zhuiyuan did not lower his head to avoid it. He stood straight, letting the cold wind repeatedly cut his face.It was certainly painful, but this just-right pain made him think and reflect on the events of the past few days better.Although he would still feel pain when making decisions in the future when facing personal interests and so-called responsibilities, this was also a kind of preparation to resist this torment.When contemplating and thinking about responsibility, a person's temperament will also undergo some subtle changes.Being in the peach forest, any subtle change could not escape its eyes.The wind gradually subsided.Petals fell, lightly covering the wounds on the young man's face. After they fell off, the fine cuts made by the wind had almost healed.Li Zhuiyuan felt his face itching slightly and reached out to touch it. Upon finding that the wounds had disappeared, he suddenly felt a little amused.He had just been standing there lost in thought, contemplating things, but he didn't expect that even doing this, the one in the peach forest could carry out a 'hundred turns and a thousand twists'.Perhaps it had once again compared him to Wei Zhengdao and might have found that it couldn't see through him again.It really was a sentimental person."I'm increasingly... unable to see through you..."Upon hearing this, Li Zhuiyuan sighed and said:"How outstanding were you back then to make Wei Zhengdao reluctantly accept you as a member of the team?"This was not a compliment, but a kind of helplessness, even a mockery.Anyway, even the current Li Zhuiyuan could not tolerate having a member in his team who had such a rich inner world and was so sensitive every day.And Wei Zhengdao's condition at that time was much more serious than his own."Hahahahahahaha..."But this kind of compliment, which wasn't really a compliment, was the most enjoyable.The one under the peach forest laughed very happily, so much so that the petals here spiraled a few extra times as they fell.Its emotions were somewhat infectious to Li Zhuiyuan.Without any pretense, the corner of Li Zhuiyuan's mouth also slightly curved.Now, he somewhat understood why Wei Zhengdao would keep it in the team.Perhaps many times in the past, when Wei Zhengdao looked at it, he would also be rendered speechless and amused, just like he was now.However, the Wei Zhengdao of that time could not bring things to a proper conclusion. He failed himself and his companions, and ultimately left behind sighs and regrets in this world.He could not make the same mistakes.Li Zhuiyuan's gaze became firm.The laughter in the peach forest also subsided immediately."It seems... my nap... is about to end... It was truly a rare good sleep...""If you want to sleep, you can continue to close your eyes and sleep.""Who in this world is better at talking nicely... than the two of you... Heh heh... Are you really not afraid that I might take advantage of the situation... and close my eyes?""Not afraid.""Why...""Because from today onwards, I will keep my eyes open."()