Chapter 218 Thinking of Someone
"Pfft... If I could drill out, I would have gotten out before Bai... died."
"Humph, with such good conditions, instead of nurturing your own offspring, you're eyeing others. To put it bluntly, it's all due to greed."
"You're quite insightful. Except for Huan Xu, almost everyone in their family follows their elders, but they don't have the ability of their elders."
"Yes, that's because the Lin family has good genes."
"Hey, that's a bit harsh. All children are the same. It's their fault for not educating them well."
"That's right. Growing up in a family like that, it would be strange if he wasn't greedy. Huan Xu has lived in the Lin family since he was a child, so naturally he won't be influenced by them."
"Speaking of this, I remember someone, Old Master Bai's nephew, his name... what was it? Oh, I can't remember.
It seems he has been adopted by his family. I met him once, and he was a very nice young man.
"You know someone's character after meeting him once?"
"He helped me."
"How did you help? Tell me about it."
"Wait, let me think about it. Oh, right," the man seemed to remember something, clapped his hands suddenly, stood up excitedly, and seeing everyone looking at him, he chuckled and sat down.
Everyone was thinking about this, and seeing him like this, they thought he must have something, so they tilted their heads and pricked up their ears to listen, but they couldn't hear anything. They stared at the screen and started to move the stool under them.
When others don't know.
The group got closer and closer, forming a group, and people in the distance were jealous.
Lin Ziyu looked relieved. Fortunately, they were sitting close to each other, otherwise she would not dare to move.
Everyone was ready and urged the man to speak quickly. The man didn't keep anyone in suspense and told the story slowly, "I was particularly obsessed with talismans at that time."
It’s the same now, everyone added in tacit understanding.
“That day I finally got the talisman I had always dreamed of. I was so excited that I took it out to look at it from time to time. As a result, I accidentally bumped into someone and the talisman flew out with it.
I was shocked at that time. The talisman almost emptied my family's savings. What if someone picked it up... What I feared came true. The talisman was caught by someone before it even hit the ground.
The talisman was caught by that young man. I was not much older than him at the time, and seeing that he was followed by several guards, I was timid for a moment, not knowing whether to go forward and ask for it.
As I was hesitating, the young man returned the talisman to me and told me that there was something wrong with it.
"Is there something wrong with the talisman?" Everyone looked surprised.
"Yeah, I was stunned when I heard that. I'd spent so much money, and if... Then I realized it, it was impossible. He must be talking nonsense. And the other party was an ordinary person, so I didn't believe it even more."
"Ordinary people?" Another exclamation.
"Yes, I didn't believe him, so I naturally wanted to expose him and let him tell me what was wrong. Oh, I remembered a detail."
"What's wrong?" Can you finish it at once? I'm so anxious.
"The young man was about to step forward when a guard behind him suddenly grabbed him and shook his head. The young man frowned, took away the guard's hand, and was about to step forward.
He was stopped by the guard again. The young man looked at the guard calmly, and somehow the guard retreated obediently.
"How dare you meddle in the master's business, so arrogant."
"I guess they don't want him to instruct other talisman makers."
"But he's an ordinary person!"
"Yes."
"Never mind that. What happened next?"
"The young man pointed out a few mistakes in the talisman and told me the correct pattern. I couldn't help but look up to him.
But I didn't care that much. I was already an intermediate talisman maker at that time. To be frank, it was not my turn to be guided by an ordinary person.
The young man finished speaking and left with his guards. I didn't dare to delay any longer on the road and hurried home to try making it.
"What happened next?" Oh my god, can you please stop talking and take a break?
Everyone was so anxious that they were extremely worried.
"certainly--"
Everyone took a breath.
"Of course I failed!"
Damn, this old man!
Wait, failure? Was what the young man said true? Everyone looked incredulous.
"I tried countless times, but it still didn't work. Then I suddenly remembered what that young man said, so I corrected the mistakes he pointed out one by one. Do you know the result?"
"Tsk, of course it was a success."
"Of course!" The man said with admiration, "I never thought an ordinary person could be so proficient in talismans. Since then, I have changed my mind and never dare to look down on anyone again."
"That's right. Did you look for that young man later?"
"Of course I did, but it's hard to ask. When I found out it was the Bai family, I went to visit them, thinking we could talk to each other and maybe become close friends."
Cheap for you!
“What a pity I didn’t see it!”
"How come I didn't see it?"
"The Bai family said he had gone to train with the family and wouldn't be back for an unknown period. I went back a few more times, but for various reasons, I never saw him.
I started to suspect they were just being perfunctory, and I thought they might look down on me, so I gradually gave up on it."
"Then what?"
"What then? That's it!"
"No more?"
"Hmph, what are you guys looking at? Do you think I should just beg them with all my might? If that young man had his way, it would be so embarrassing."
"That's unlikely!"
"I felt the same way, but I didn't dare to go to their house again, lest they think I was going to snoop through their things."
"That's right."
"I've also heard of that person, his name is... Bai Songting!"
"Ah, it's Bai Songting, that's right!"
"I heard he went missing on a mission."
"No, he seems dead!"
"Dead? That's a shame."
…
Everyone boasted that the wooden talisman manuscript had already been passed to them. After taking a closer look and exchanging opinions, they immediately understood that the Bai family had plagiarized the five-cent talisman.
A distinguished family of talisman makers actually did such a thing, which was a disgrace to the talisman makers.
Someone angrily said, "How shameless! He stole the talisman and brought it to the exchange conference so brazenly! He deserves to be caught!"
"Stealing talismans is nothing, robbing them is commonplace."
"The key is that he was so brutal that almost one in ten family members survived."
"Wow, so cruel!"
"What do you think? If he wasn't ruthless, how could he be where he is today? The Lin family was defeated by his family because they weren't ruthless."
"Oh..." No matter what this person does, he has to leave a way out for others, otherwise... look, retribution is coming.
"There was no evidence before, let's see how he can deny it this time."
"Yeah, do you think he copied just this one, or..." All of it? Although he didn't finish, his meaning was clear.
His guess was not unreasonable. After all, there were indeed no outstanding people in Mr. Bai's team.
Everyone automatically classified Lin Huanxu as belonging to the Lin family.
"…possibly—all."
"What are you guessing? Just wait and see. His family is not one to mess around."
"That's right." Everyone couldn't help but gloat over his misfortune!
Bai Songzhi's face was distorted with anger. He stared at Bai Yu with a sinister look, as if he wanted to poke a hole in him.
"Five cents is really a talent! He can come up with a piece of broken wood to cheat people."
"Everyone can tell whether it's fraudulent or not, unlike some people who pretend to be ignorant when they know the truth."
(End of this chapter)
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