The Ding family had no idea what this treasure was.
But their family has guarded the key for generations, and there's also a password.
However, as time goes by, passwords have evolved and are now just a string of numbers.
If history were to proceed sequentially, the Xu family could continue to support the Ding family, providing them with a continuous stream of wealth and resources. In return, the Ding family would continue to guard the key and the treasure, while secretly training guardians for the Xu family's treasure.
Unexpectedly, the Xu family chose the wrong side.
They fled the continent, and the roads became crooked.
Not many people knew about the Xu family's secret treasure.
The Xu family left, and the eldest branch sent a message to the Ding family that they would definitely return to the mainland in the near future to continue supporting the Ding family and to compensate them for all the outstanding supplies without any shortfall.
The Ding family kept their promise, found Yang Sujun, and nurtured him step by step, stimulating his bloodline, planning to retrieve supplies from the Xu family when he grew up.
But this wait lasted for one or two decades.
They invested a lot of resources in Yang Sujun, but never received any return. Soon, they fell out with Yang Sujun because of this unequal relationship of support.
Yang Sujun was unwilling to accept this.
He has been searching for the Xu family in various places.
Until he saw the person everyone was looking forward to... Xu Manzhi.
At that moment, his heart was filled with jealousy, hatred, and resentment at the injustice of fate.
Despite being a member of the Xu family, he was living in a cowshed.
Xu Manzhi lives a sunny and carefree life. Why? Why?
Unable to quell the hatred in his heart, his desire to destroy Xu Manzhi grew stronger day by day. So he secretly plotted many times to kill Xu Manzhi without getting his hands dirty.
At the same time, he had an evil thought.
Since the Xu family has never returned and has completely abandoned the treasure, why can't he keep it for himself?
Therefore, relying on Ling Junye's guilt towards Yang Lie, who shared the same mother but not the same father, he secretly obtained resources from the Ling family and used their network of connections to pave the way for himself.
However, a crucial step in obtaining the secret treasure is gaining the approval of the Ding family and handing the treasure over to them.
He then secretly became involved with Ding Xiaotong, the youngest son of the Ding family.
From a very young age, they constantly bewitched him, inducing him to seize opportunities for themselves, and gradually helped him rise to power, giving him all resources for free.
Ding Xiaotong appears to be a loud, foolish, and simple-minded person, but in reality, he is ruthless and extremely vicious.
In those years, in order to get promoted, he killed quite a few people every time he made a contribution, and would even raid entire families, leading his men to plunder their property.
He is a capable assistant.
But his ambitions were too great.
After obtaining the treasure from the Ding family, he gave the box to Yang Sujun, keeping the key and password for himself. He added, "If you open the box and get the treasure, we'll split the benefits 50/50. Otherwise, I won't do it, since the treasure is all in the hands of the Ding family."
As a descendant of the Ding family, he naturally knew that to unlock the secret treasure, one had to possess the Xu family bloodline; otherwise, even if he opened the box, he would obtain nothing.
This oppressive relationship, ironically, balanced his ambition.
The two have always been in a cooperative relationship.
Back then, it was he who stirred up Ling Junye's confidants, leaking all that information, directly betraying Ling Junye, and also severely harming Xu Manzhi.
I originally thought Xu Manzhi would perish.
Unexpectedly, she was incredibly lucky to survive.
Even though Ye Qiqi wanted her dead, and he wanted her dead, despite such a huge fire and so many people's suspicions, she still managed to survive until now, and even changed her face.
"How did you know I had my face changed?" Xu Manzhi sighed, rubbing her forehead.
She took the face-changing pill to fool the Xu family's spies, but Yang Sujun found out.
What a waste.
Yang Sujun sneered.
"That goes back to a few years ago, when Ling Junye was arrested. I went to Lin Garden to find you, saying I was going to Beijing to ask the Wen family for help. I saw you grinding herbs in the yard."
"You have a little habit when you grind herbs: you hook your little finger in a small arc. When you sweat on your forehead, you wipe it with your little finger. When the sweat drips onto the back of your hand, you wipe it on your clothes."
This little gesture is quite unique.
He has always remembered it.
Not long ago, I hadn't realized that Ye Qiqi was Xu Manzhi.
Until these last few days, she dried a lot of medicinal herbs in the yard and started grinding them, her little actions were exactly the same... He had a flash of inspiration and superimposed the two faces on each other.
At that time, his heart was filled with boundless hatred.
Five or six years have passed. Ding Xiaotong disappeared in that fire, along with all his brothers, who were all spies he planted around Ding Xiaotong, and their identities are all questionable.
He had been searching for their trail.
But it just vanished.
He gritted his teeth in hatred. The thought that all hope had been completely extinguished filled him with resentment, yet he was powerless to do anything about it, so he gave up.
For a moment, he even felt that, given Yang Sujun's identity, living on this land forever might not be such a bad thing...
Until he inadvertently discovered that someone was investigating the crabapple blossoms.
What horrified him even more was that he personally saw the begonia flower key in Zou Xiaozhou's hands.
At that moment, he was conflicted.
Is it better to be Yang Sujun or Xu Jin?
He was very conflicted.
At this critical juncture, someone made the decision for him.
Ling Junye would often stare blankly at a photograph.
Night had fallen.
Ye Jia Lao Ba.
His feelings for Yang Li'e were slowly shifting and fading away.
Once he falls completely in love with Ye Lan, with just a tiny bit of guilt, he'll have no affection left for the Yang family. He'll probably only feel disgust for his brother-in-law who has no status.
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