Chapter 137 The two ingrates started fighting amongst themselves.

They continued on to Xue Dao's maternal grandfather's house.

On the way there, Director Xue told Yun Shu about some things about his maternal grandfather's family. "My maternal grandfather's family is in the countryside and has a very serious preference for sons over daughters. They used to want to sell my mother to a cripple as his wife and give the money to my uncle to get married. Later, my mother ran away and never contacted her family again."

My dad started his business from scratch in Beijing. When he met my mom, he wasn't very rich either. Later, the two of them supported each other and built up their business.

Their business gradually grew. One year, my mother met a fellow villager who had gone out to work in Beijing. News of her success in Beijing spread back, and my maternal grandfather and uncle went to Beijing to visit my mother several times.

At first, they got along quite well, since my mother hadn't seen her relatives for a long time. But later, my maternal grandfather and uncle kept asking my mother for money and even stole valuables from the house. My mother couldn't stand it anymore, so she kicked them out. My mother cut off all ties with them from then on and hasn't had any contact with them for over thirty years.

Until recently, my aunt came to Beijing. She initially said that my grandfather seemed to be dying and was very worried about my mother, so she asked my aunt to come and visit her. After my mother fell ill, my aunt even helped take care of her at the hospital for a while.

At this point, Director Xue's expression became somewhat complicated. "Last time my aunt came to take care of my mother, I thought she was different from my grandfather and uncle, that she was a good person. When she left, I even gave her a big red envelope to express my gratitude. I never expected that she came with an ulterior motive."

Director Xue's tough personality in the entertainment industry stems from his privileged background; his family is wealthy, and his parents are self-made entrepreneurs.

His mother had been incredibly kind to the family. When his maternal grandfather and uncle came to the capital, they took almost all of his mother's savings and stole valuables from the house.

His parents almost divorced because of this incident. His uncle was able to build a mansion and buy luxury cars in his hometown, and all the money for that was taken from his mother.

"Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

Yun Shu sighed, "That old man is so wicked. He got money from your mother and is living a good life now. He probably doesn't want to die and wants to continue enjoying his life."

They hadn't been chatting for long when they arrived at the village where Director Xue's maternal grandfather lived. According to Director Xue, the huge, luxurious villa at the entrance of the village was his uncle's house.

Although he had never been here before, his uncle had sent his mother photos of the house after it was built, and he had seen them from the side.

"We've arrived."

The car was parked nearby.

Yun Shu then said to Director Xue, "You have to find out the location of the cenotaph. Only by finding the cenotaph can we break the 'living tomb' and change your and your grandfather's fates back."

"Let me think about how to ask."

Director Xue sat in the car for a while, and finally got out with Yun Shu to go to his uncle's house. Lu Shijing sat in the car waiting for them.

They had come all the way from the capital, traveling all day. Now it was getting dark, and as they approached the villa, they could smell the aroma of food.

A noisy chatter could be heard coming from inside the villa. From a distance, through the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could see a large round table in the living room, around which many people were eating.

Besides Director Xue's uncle's family, his maternal grandfather was also there, sitting in the main seat. The others were probably other relatives from his maternal grandfather's side, but Director Xue didn't recognize them.

The door was wide open, and everyone's attention was on the dining table, so no one noticed that someone was coming in from outside.

A young man raised his glass and said, "Great-Grandpa, we were all worried about you when you weren't feeling well. Now that you're better, we're all relieved. This glass is to wish you a long and healthy life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the woman next to him glared at him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Your great-grandfather will be ninety years old next year."

The young man noticed the old man's displeasure and quickly corrected himself, "Great-Grandpa, I misspoke earlier. May you live as long as the Southern Mountains and reach two hundred years of age!"

After he finished speaking, a smile appeared on the old man's face, but he said, "What nonsense are you talking about, child? Who can live to be two hundred years old? No one in this world can live that long; they would all become immortals."

"Dad, are you trying to become an immortal?"

At this moment, a sour voice came from Wu Jiaming, Director Xue's uncle.

He took a sip of his drink and continued, "After that master helped you with the 'living tomb' ritual, I won't even outlive you. You'll be able to see me off when I die!"

His aunt tugged at him, "Jiaming, everyone's here, what nonsense are you spouting! Stop drinking, you always act crazy when you're drunk!"

"I'm not drunk!"

Wu Jiaming flung his wife's hand away and glared at the old man resentfully. "Dad, you're so old. What use are you in the future? Even if you live another thirty or forty years, what's the point of your life? Why won't you give me this opportunity?"

I want to do big business. Maybe if I succeed, I'll be richer than that Xue guy, and then we'll see if his family still dares to look down on me!

The old man glanced at him, his face grim, and said, "You're not cut out for business. You've lost millions in business over the years!"

"You old fool, you look down on me too?"

Wu Jiaming slammed his fist on the table and stood up. "Then tell me, what's the point of you being alive? Are you cut out for business?! Even if you live another thirty or forty years, you'll still have to spend money, and our family doesn't have much money left! Unless you go ask your heartless daughter for some more money!"

Upon hearing this, Director Xue was furious. He thought to himself, "How can you call his mother heartless? They ran off with tens of millions of dollars from his family back then!"

These people are the real ingrates!

He was about to rush in, but Yun Shu, who was beside him, pulled him back and hid by the door.

Yun Shu whispered to him, "Those two are selfish and want to benefit themselves. It's good that they're arguing now; maybe we can hear some useful information."

"All right."

Director Xue then suppressed his anger and continued to eavesdrop outside with Yun Shu.

"a shame!"

The old man's angry shouts came from inside the villa, while Wu Jiaming was still drunk and cursing his father as a greedy old geezer.

His aunt tried to persuade him, but to no avail. He even slapped her, accusing her of siding with an old hag. Feeling embarrassed, the aunt could only let the other relatives leave first to avoid being laughed at further.

The relatives all came out, discussing Wu Jiaming's affairs as they walked, without noticing Yun Shu and the others hiding in the corner by the door.

Seeing that his relatives had all left, Wu Jiaming, who was inside the house, became even more outrageous, slamming his fist on the table and saying, "I don't care, you have to get me one too! If you can change your fate, why can't I?"

"Give me Xue Yilin's father's life, and I'll be a big entrepreneur with billions in assets. I'll give you, you old codger, a good retirement!"

Xue Yilin is the director's name.