At the same time, in the outside world, the current development of events was completely different from what Gao Qi had expected. The situation at home began to go downhill, mainly because everyone thought Gao Qi was dead.
When Gao Qi was around, no one dared to move. Now that Gao Qi is gone, all the evil spirits have come out.
Among them, the Lie family was the leader. They brought out a lot of good things from the Shennong ruins, especially precious things like Yin-Yang Water. They trained a group of masters in a short period of time. The Yang family only brought back some immortality medicine and other items. The good things were still in Yang Yulin's possession, so they were immediately at a disadvantage.
How could the Lie family miss such an opportunity and directly snatch away the "Prince Party" established by Yang Yulin, and the Yang family was unable to resist under pressure.
Before Yang Yuling left, she told Li Peiyun to take on the duties of chairman concurrently. However, the situation changed suddenly, and the entire princeling leadership had to either surrender and stay or leave.
The essence of the princelings are businessmen who put profit above all else. It doesn't matter who is the boss, as long as they can provide benefits.
So Li Peiyun was voted out of office. This was also because the great god Wang Hai was watching over this family and making it prosperous. Otherwise, the family would probably be overturned.
Now that the Lie family has the Princelings as a money-making tool, they immediately go to discuss cooperation with several major chaebols.
The Li family and the Song family were not within their consideration because of Gao Qi. As for the Xia family, they once again acted like fence-sitters and said that Gao Qi had nothing to do with their family. If it weren't for Wang Hai, Xia Yu would probably have been taken back home.
In the Chen family, Chen Bingheng was originally the heir, but because Gao Qi disappeared, the title of heir was taken away and he was even demoted to a fourth-tier city as a department manager, which is similar to Ye Yang back then.
Ye Yang's situation was not much better. All his industries in Jingzhou were destroyed, and he had to retreat back to Shanpu City.
Zhang Biao and others were of course also "taken care of". Fortunately, Zhang Biao still had some strength, at least he could protect Wei Sheng, Tang Long and Jiu Ye from harm.
In Lizhou, several families also began to distance themselves from Gao Qi. The Wei family was even forbidden to mention Gao Qi anymore. Wei Yueyue was given to Gao Qi as a wife, and she got married three months after Gao Qi disappeared. Lu Yi was of course also under pressure from her family, but Lu Yi might not need Wei Yueyue. After graduation, she would stay in Linhai to work. Gao Qi would definitely come back.
Obviously, no one dares to have anything to do with Gao Qi now, as anyone who does will be targeted by the Lie family.
The relationship between the chaebols might have been good before because of Gao Qi, but the incident with Song Yiyi was like adding fuel to the fire. After all, the Xia family and the Song family had originally planned to form a marriage, but they never expected Song Yiyi to directly reveal her relationship with Gao Qi.
The scene was so embarrassing that the Xia family members' faces turned green and they had a falling out.
Upon seeing this, the Yu family immediately negotiated with the Xia family again. Yu Yu still had feelings for Xia Yu and didn't even mind that Xia Yu had a child. The Xia family also said that if the Yu family could kidnap Xia Yu back, the child would belong to them.
But with the pervert Wang Hai in charge of Linhai, even the Lie family didn't dare to advance, let alone the Yu family.
Although they dare not go to Linhai, the Chen, Xia and Yu families are now joining forces to deal with the Song and Li families, plus a prince's gang. This puts a lot of pressure on the Li and Song families. Gao Qing and Sun Ailin are the reinforcements in this regard, which makes the situation less serious.
For Li Peiyun, in addition to the pressure from outsiders, there is also the pressure from within the Li family. They are so keen on the opportunity to bring Li Peiyun down and regain the right to speak for the Li family.
Song Shishi's career also suffered a devastating blow. She had no resources left and had even been banned from the entertainment industry. All those who had flattered her back then were now in trouble.
Xia Yu was directly expelled by her own teacher, who was also a leader in the piano world. This meant that Xia Yu had been expelled from the piano association, which was a further blow to Xia Yu, who had just "lost her husband".
Sun Ailin was not very optimistic either. It was a foreign-funded enterprise, and they came to inspect it every now and then. If it weren't for Gao Qi's grandfather's intervention, she would have been kicked out long ago.
So when Gao Qi was around, he could suppress these evil spirits, at least they didn't dare to act recklessly. Now that Gao Qi is gone, all those who had suffered at his hands in the past have come out.
This night was the second anniversary of Gao Qi's "death".
A black and white photo was placed on the shrine, which Gao Qi thought was the most handsome photo of himself.
The incense and candles burned slowly, and Gao Qi in the black and white photo had a bright smile.
As the doorbell rang, Li Lin, who was already five years old, ran to open the door. He looked more handsome now than when he was three years old, but Li Lin rarely smiled anymore. He was like a little adult, eager to help his mother share the trouble and hoping to grow up quickly.
"Mom, Qing's mom." Looking at the door, Li Lin called out obediently.
Li Peiyun and Gao Qing, who rushed back, looked a little tired.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you not to come back?" Sun Ailin brought the food to the table and said in surprise.
Li Peiyun glanced at the shrine and whispered, "No matter how busy you are, you have to come back today."
"The situation in Jingzhou is not good, this guy can understand." Song Shishi filled a bowl of rice and placed the chopstick holder on the main seat.
Xia Yu untied her apron and walked to the shrine to replace the candles with new ones: "Pray once and then eat."
Without Gao Qi, the atmosphere at home is indeed a little less lively. It was a huge blow to the children. Although two years have passed, the sad atmosphere still hasn't dissipated.
"Gao Gao, let's go pay our respects to daddy." Song Yiyi, who was accompanying the children, said softly, it would be great if she could get pregnant.
Not only Song Yiyi didn't get pregnant, Gao Qing didn't get pregnant either. Maybe there was something wrong with the accuracy of Gao Qing's pregnancy that night.
"Mom, Gao Gao had a dream yesterday. Dad said he would be back soon." Song Gao Gao's innocent words made the adults' hearts tremble. The child's words hurt the woman's unwillingness to face the fact.
Sun Tian stood up and said tenaciously, "When Dad comes back, we'll beat away those bad guys who bullied us!"
Sun Ailin patted her son's head and said, "If Daddy really comes back, he'll beat you first. You didn't eat on time and you even got into a fight in the kindergarten."
"He called me fatherless, so he deserved to be beaten by me!"
"Enough!" Sun Ailin growled. Sun Tian felt aggrieved and hid behind Li Peiyun with red eyes and didn't say a word.
Li Peiyun comforted Sun Tian and reminded him: "Ailin." The children are already very sad without their father, so you can't say this to them.
Sun Ailin took a deep breath to calm down: "Xiaotian, Mom is wrong. I shouldn't lose my temper with you. Please forgive Mom."
Seeing his mother's slightly sad tone, Sun Tian couldn't help but rush into her arms: "Mom, I miss Dad."
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