What a fool who values money over life.
Everyone present had almost the same idea about Xin Fan.
Xin Fan didn't notice a thing, and even if he did, he wouldn't have cared less. How could a stranger's thoughts compare to the Xin family's hundreds of millions of dollars in assets? By then, Fang Xiaoyun would be kicked out, Xin Zhou would be abandoned, and Xin Hang wouldn't be in the right position. What would the remaining illegitimate children have to fight him with?
At that time, he would be the next heir of the Xin family.
Xin Fan had thought about what Master Lu had said. Maybe Fang Xiaoyun wasn't the culprit, and the real perpetrator was Xin Huaiping. But what businessman didn't use some tricks? Anyway, the harm hadn't come to him. If it was really Xin Huaiping who did it, he could just be more obedient. With Xin Huaiping's leverage in his hand, what else was there to worry about?
Besides, Xin Huaiping has so many biological descendants, it would be better to kill all those illegitimate children so that they don’t have to share the family property with him.
After careful consideration, Xin Fan approached Xin Huaiping and told him about the haunting of Xin Hang in the middle of the night. Xin Huaiping was furious at first, but then, upon hearing that a certain Master Lu had saved them, his fury subsided, and he glanced at Xin Fan with a hint of gloom.
"Dad, I'm on your side. No matter what you do, it's all for the good of our company." Xin Fan immediately flattered him.
Xin Huaiping didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something, and then he took Xin Fan back to the old villa.
Now several people met at the door of the villa.
Fang Xiaoyun, who had a stomachache inside the door, had a pale face. The servants were frightened and at a loss. Xin Huaiping, who had previously acted mindlessly to protect his wife, was not in a hurry now. He stared at Lu Cijiu and his group at the door very calmly, and then smiled, but there was only coldness in his eyes.
"Ten million, is that enough?" Xin Huaiping asked.
The kind of probing question that wasn't spoken openly, but maintained a tacit understanding between them. Ten million, don't get involved in this, just leave and get out of Liucheng.
Lu Cijiu: If someone doesn’t know you, they would think you got the script of the vicious mother-in-law.
"Miss Fang has a stomachache. Mr. Xin, why don't you go and see her?" Lu Cijiu asked instead of answering.
Xin Huaiping put away the smile on his face and said coldly, "Xin Zhou, when a friend comes to your territory, you must treat him well. It would be bad if something fatal happened."
This is a threat.
The Xin family is a local tyrant in Liucheng, and Xin Huaiping is even known as the "local emperor".
But no matter how awesome he is, can he be as awesome as Mr. Diao?
"Don't worry, Mr. Xin. I have a long life. But Mr. Xin's face doesn't look good, and there are signs of death." Lu Cijiu said coldly.
Xin Huaiping's facial muscles tensed, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes. Xin Fan, who was standing beside him, started cursing, "What nonsense! My dad is in good health. I thought you were some kind of guru, but you're just a liar."
"Alright." Xin Huaiping interrupted, and was the first to step into the villa gate, saying, "Guard the door tightly, and don't let any swindlers or thieves in."
The security guard quickly said yes.
Xin Fan quickly followed, calling her "Dad" affectionately. Seeing Fang Xiaoyun's stomachache, fear and nausea flashed in his eyes, and he tentatively said, "Mom has a stomachache, Dad, do you want to take us to the hospital?"
"No need." Xin Huaiping supported Fang Xiaoyun with one hand, and touched Fang Xiaoyun's round belly lovingly with his big hand, saying, "Just take a rest, right, Xiaoyun?"
Fang Xiaoyun was sweating profusely from the pain, and could not hear what Xin Huaiping said. Xin Huaiping personally hugged Fang Xiaoyun and went into the villa. His sight was blocked and he could not see.
At the gate, the security guard stared at the group of people with a fierce look.
The third young master is really something. Instead of being a good young master, he hangs out with a liar.
"Master Lu, what should we do?"
"Let's go back." Lu Cijiu retracted his gaze, seeing Xin Zhou's anxiety, and said calmly: "Fang Xiaoyun's stomach can't wait any longer, it's just a matter of a few days."
They were just about to get in the car when Xin Hang arrived. Seeing Master Lu there, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had been feeling pessimistic about the villa and said, "I didn't have time to leave the talisman paper over there today."
"fine."
Xin Hang, who just rushed over:...Okay.
Wherever Master Lu was, there he was. He was driving his own car, holding a peace amulet, and still cursing Xin Fan, a bastard, saying he had never experienced death before and didn't know how powerful he was. Xin Hang followed Master Lu's car closely, and after a while, he realized that the route was wrong. It didn't seem like it was going back to the hotel. Could it be that Master Lu had been tricked?
Just like last night.
Xin Hang was terrified, afraid to drive into the old villa. He drove cautiously, connecting to Bluetooth and calling Xin Zhou. His phone was a recent purchase. It took a while for the call to connect, perhaps due to the speakerphone being on. He could hear children laughing in the car.
No, it’s a Taoist boy.
He is so young, and I don’t know why Master Lu brought the child out. What can he do?
Xin Hang felt a little disdainful and asked, "Are you all okay? Where are you going?"
"Oh, Master Lu is going to the zoo with the Taoist boy and his assistant."
Xin Hang: ...Go, go to the zoo?
What zoo?! Could it be that the zoo has a way to restrain ghosts? Xin Zhou, too lazy to talk nonsense with Xin Hang, hung up the phone and drove all the way to the largest wildlife park in Liucheng.
After parking the car, I saw Xin Hang following me.
Lu Cijiu didn't care what these two seemingly brothers thought. He smiled and thanked Xin Zhou, saying, "I'm taking the kids out to play. Do you want to go too? I didn't realize you were so childlike."
"I haven't been to the zoo for a long time." Xin Zhou missed it very much. He remembered that he had been to the zoo since he was in elementary school. At that time, he had not yet been picked up by Xin Huaiping, and his mother liked to take him out to play on weekends.
He never came again after that.
Lin Xuan muttered: "What's so fun about the zoo?"
"That's fun, I'll go." Xin Hang's flatterer immediately stood in Master Lu's corner. "I've booked the tickets online. Master Lu, please come this way."
Lu Bijiu: ...
"I don't want to waste your money."
Gong Xichao reminded him, "I haven't asked him to pay for the peace amulet yet."
Late last night, Lu Cijiu was so sleepy after drawing the talisman that Gong Xichao didn't know what was going on in his mind but followed Lu Cijiu back to his room to sleep, forgetting about collecting the money.
Lu Bijiu: ...
Fortunately, Xin Hang was very tactful. He nodded and flattered, "Mr. Gong is right. This is nothing. Master Lu, don't be polite to me. I feel friendly and at ease the moment I see you..."
If they keep blowing, it will be too late and there will be no fun. Lu Cijiu immediately accepted Xin Hang's kindness and led the children into the garden. The six of them walked in front, while Lin Xuan and Xin Zhou were a step behind. Glancing at Xin Hang beside him, Lin Xuan whispered, "Did your eldest brother get to the top by flattering you?"
"..." Xin Zhou thought for a moment and gave an accurate label: "Flipping with the wind, stabbing people in the back. The means of stabbing people are all small tricks."
Xin Hang, who was standing next to him, was so angry that he wanted to retort, but later he endured it and decided not to argue with Xin Zhou.
He is quite generous.
Lin Xuan quietly approached Xin Zhou and whispered, "You two cheap brothers, you don't look smart."
"What about me?"
"You, you're the one who got the best out of a bad bamboo. Back in college, I often secretly pushed you down and compared you to myself," Lin Xuan said, rubbing his nose. Perhaps Xin Zhou had been sharing everything with him these past few days, spilling all the beans on his family's secrets, which had inadvertently brought them closer. Lin Xuan could finally air his innermost thoughts, feeling rather embarrassed. "Back then, we lived in the same dorm, and our personalities were so similar: both from wealthy families, tall, and handsome. Why were all the girls in class so attracted to you? You even had to outvote me for the department's most popular choice..."
Xin Zhou listened all the way, and his memories of college life had become vague. After graduation, there was no one to chat in the WeChat group. It was Lin Xuan who started the message in the group and cursed Lu Cijiu as a liar all day long. When Xin Zhou encountered this, the first person he thought of was Lu Cijiu, and then he contacted Lin Xuan.
He thought of the comments Lin Xuan made in the group while he was recovering from his injury.
"Maybe you are too naive." Xin Zhou said.
Lin Xuan:??? Then he put his arm around Xin Zhou’s neck, “What childish! What childish!”
This is not childish.
Xin Zhou thought about it, but didn't say it out loud. Instead, he looked at Lin Xuan's hand on his shoulder and thought, forget it.
The kids have been to the zoo before. They had been to the local zoo before on the show "Shock!", but that zoo was relatively small and did not have many species. The wildlife park in Liucheng is very large.
There is also an oceanarium.
Maybe there are not many people in the park during the week, so the kids carry small backpacks, and as usual, there is a balloon tied to each backpack, which is obviously not easy to lose.
Arrived at the Fox Garden.
Tail was very excited, scratching the cage with his hands, and said happily to the other three: "It's a fox."
"Little Funi." Dudu widened his eyes and nodded.
There are two little white foxes in the cage. It can be seen that they are well taken care of by the zoo. Their skin is smooth and shiny, and they are young. They are huddled together and basking in the sun lazily.
Visitors outside stopped to admire the fox, praising it one after another: "It's so beautiful.", "The little fox is so cute, Dad, I want to play with the little fox.", "The little fox is sleeping, so don't pat it."
Then everyone saw the two white foxes that were originally sleeping suddenly stood up, their eyes fixed on one place. The big one hesitated, and the small white-haired fox chirped twice and rushed towards that direction.
The small, dark eyes looked at each other in admiration, and the little paws were raised to touch the little palm outside the cage through the cage.
"Wow! Daddy, why is the little fox touching that child? I want it too, I want it too."
"The big fox is coming too."
"I guess he's trying to pull the little fox back. After all, it's not good to stick too close."
The child whose tail was touched: !!!
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the big fox came over, knelt in that direction, and bowed to the little boy.
Everyone: ???!!! What’s going on? Do foxes still bow to people now?
Lu Cijiu was also stunned. His tail was being watched by everyone, but he did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he liked the two little foxes very much. He even touched the little foxes' paws with his little hands and said happily: "It's nice to meet you, Nini. You must listen to your mother obediently."
The little fox chirped twice, nodded its head, retracted its paws and sat with its mother.
Lu Cijiu felt that some tourists took out their mobile phones to take pictures and were saying things like "the fox has become a spirit".
Tail squatted down and chatted with the little fox for a while, and finally said goodbye: "My home is in Yuncheng Shanhai. If I have the chance, I will come to visit you."
"This little boy is handsome and speaks like a grown-up. It's so cute."
"Yeah, the little fox even nodded along, which is really interesting."
Tourists said one after another.
Lu Cijiu wiped the sweat off his face and left the fox park with Tail. Dalong looked at him enviously all the way and asked, "Jiujiu, are there any dragons in the zoo?"
“…” Although Lu Cijiu couldn’t bear it, he still had to say: “There is no dragon.”
Dalong lowered his head in disappointment.
"But there are snakes. Let me tell you a story." Lu Cijiu told the folk legend of a snake turning into a dragon. Dalong quickly became interested and was eager to see the python.
Lin Xuan was afraid of this thing and stood three steps away. The python area was enclosed in a glass area. The python, which was thicker than the dragon boy, actually stretched half of its body out from under the branch, as if submitting, spitting out its tongue and hissing something.
It swam over very quickly, its strong golden body pressed against the glass.
The tourists standing close to it were almost scared to death.
The dragon stretched out its claws and touched the glass, and the golden python stretched out its head and hit the palm of the dragon's hand.
Lu Cijiu noticed that someone took out his mobile phone to take a short video and said he wanted to post it on WeChat Moments.
It was even more exaggerated when we got to the bird area. Thousands of birds came to pay homage to Dudu, and they were all bowing down to him a few meters away.
This time, not to mention the tourists, even Lin Xuan and the other two were curious and took out their phones to take a short video. "This is too awesome, he is worthy of being Master Lu's Taoist child."
Xin Hang had originally doubted the Daoist child's "skills," believing it was just Master Lu trying to show off, or perhaps his own child trying to make some extra money, since he still depended on Master Lu for survival, so he could just keep it up. But after spending an afternoon at the zoo, he saw for himself that not only was Master Lu capable, but his four Daoist children were also incredibly talented.
How old is he? Maybe less than four years old?
So awesome.
So one by one, they all looked at Master Lu with admiration. This was all because of Master Lu’s good teaching. Practicing with Master Lu, they became so special at such a young age.
The worshipped Lu Cijiu: ...I have mixed feelings.
"What's the big deal?" Gong Xichao snorted coldly.
The moment Lu Cijiu left, his hair stood on end!!!
Because he could hear that Diao Zong was jealous, felt that he had been neglected, and was about to make a big move. As expected, Diao Zong raised his hand, as if he was pointing fingers at the world. Lu Cijiu was very afraid that the fish in the aquarium would jump out and attack him, so he quickly pounced on him and pressed down Diao Zong's arm.
"Brother, you are the best in my heart, so there is no need to show off." Lu Cijiu said anxiously.
With so many people watching, Lu Cijiu threw himself into his arms! Gong Xichao suppressed the corners of his mouth that were raised, and said with a smug look on his face, "Since you said so, then let's not bother with them."
"Okay." Lu Cijiu wiped the sweat off his face and nodded.
I quickly took the kids back to eat and rest, since we had finished shopping anyway.
Lin Xuan's Moments were flooded with comments, with a short video captioned: "Master Lu's four Daoist disciples are truly remarkable." Lin Wan, who was in the front row, liked the post and laughed in the comments, saying, "Your face is swollen, isn't it? Master Lu should have left you half-dead before saving you."
So the two siblings started bickering again. Lin Xuan was a fan now, but that didn't mean he had to endure his sister's ridicule.
They played together for the whole afternoon, and Xin Hang also posted on WeChat Moments.
Xin Fan saw the old villa and found Xin Huaiping with his phone. He said, "Dad, Master Lu took people to the zoo for the whole afternoon. Look." He commented disdainfully, "Xin Hang is bragging about how awesome the Taoist child is. He's just a three-year-old kid, and he's dressed up in all sorts of fancy tricks. He can rely on four little brats to catch ghosts. I think Master Lu has some tricks up his sleeve, not any real skills. It's all just hype from the internet..."
Xin Fan found out the origin of Lu Cijiu on the Internet.
The experience in the second half of last night was very scary, but Xin Fan compared it with the benefits afterwards, and with Lu Cijiu reciting a spell, he broke through the ghost wall, and also had a talisman - I don’t know if this will be useful in the end.
Xin Fan desperately wanted to be the heir of the Xin family, so of course he was hinting in his heart that what Lu Cijiu said might not be true. If he could put on a coat of safety for himself, then why should he be so frightened?
So the more I think about it, the more I feel that Lu Cijiu probably doesn't have much ability. He can tell at a glance that it was his father's doing? He's just talking nonsense without any evidence. Let him see, or Fang Xiaoyun is almost the same.
Xin Huaiping glanced at it, thinking about something, when Fang Xiaoyun's voice came from above again. Xin Huaiping's face changed immediately, and he threw the phone to Xin Fan, and went straight up the stairs. He said to Xin Fan who followed him rudely: "Don't come up."
"Okay. Dad, I just care about my stepmother." Xin Fan said embarrassedly.
Fang Xiaoyun screamed so miserably, could she have miscarried the baby?
Young Master Xin Hang, with all his pomp and circumstance, announced that he would treat Master Lu to dinner and had booked a private room at a famous Liucheng restaurant. As soon as they sat down, Xin Hang offered Master Lu tea and asked, "Master, when can Fang Xiaoyun be eliminated? And is my father really the one behind this?"
He actually just wanted to drive Fang Xiaoyun away.
His father was the head of the company. If something happened to him, the rest of the world would be in chaos. He didn't even know if a will had been made. Xin Hang was full of thoughts.
Lu Cijiu told everyone what he had found out.
Xin Hang's hands trembled with fear, and the tea spilled out. Gong Xichao glared at him coldly, and he quickly wiped it away, saying, "No way... this is too..."
Then he sat down dejectedly.
After a while, the food arrived. Xin Hang perked up and asked, "Then why did he want to harm me? He has so many illegitimate children, and they are still young."
As soon as I heard it, I knew what Xin Hang was thinking. If there was no danger, he would go back to lick Xin Huaiping and continue to fight for the inheritance.
Lu Cijiu really doesn't like the two brothers Xin Hang and Xin Fan. Xin Hang is better, but his life has also been violated. In terms of safety, he is not much better than Xin Fan.
"Xin Huaiping must have some evil weapon in his hand to help him suppress the ghostly evil spirits in the house before, but now he is becoming more and more evil, so he must make up for it." Lu Cijiu speculated, looking Xin Hang up and down, and deliberately intimidating him, "You are so big, with plenty of blood and flesh, more than enough to eat."
Xin Hang was so scared that he lost all his ideas.
If he died, everything would be gone. It would be OK if Xin Huaiping died, as he was the first heir and would have his property.
"Do you have Fang Xiaoyun's phone number? Try calling her again." Lu Cijiu said.
Reminders are one thing, but it would be even better if we could coordinate internally and externally.
Xin Hang obediently dialed the number, but no one answered, so everyone continued to eat. After they finished eating, Xin Hang called again, and this time the call went through. He gestured to Master Lu.
"Open the voiceover," Lu Ci said.
Xin Hang turned on the speaker and said, "Fang Xiaoyun, Master Lu has something to tell you."
"Miss Fang, Xin Huaiping will be having a caesarian section soon. Your life is in danger."
"Fuck you, I don't believe this. Did that idiot Xin Zhou ask you to act here? Xin Huaiping has been so good to me. He even made a will. He gave me everything I wanted. Do you think I'm stupid and believe everything I say?"
Lu Cijiu was speechless. "You will die soon. It doesn't matter what will Xin Huaiping makes. If you trust me, I will save your life——"
"I don't believe you. Tell Xin Zhou and Xin Hang that I'm determined to get everything in the Xin family. They're useless, they don't stand a chance. Everything belongs to my son." Fang Xiaoyun said this, still feeling unsatisfied. Her stomachache had finally stopped, and she was just about to vent her frustrations. She said, "I'm warning you, if you dare to talk nonsense and harass me again, I guarantee you won't be able to go back alive. You'll die here. I want to see who dies first, bah."
Lu Cijiu: "I recorded it on my phone. Anyway, it wasn't me."
It didn't make sense, so I ended the call.
Fang Xiaoyun said to the hung-up phone: ...I was so angry that my stomach started to hurt.
At the old villa, Fang Xiaoyun's stomach ached again, howling and smashing things. The servants in the villa all hid, muttering to themselves, "Madam is in so much pain, why hasn't Mr. Xin taken her to the hospital yet? Is there anything wrong?"
Xin Fan heard the screams and felt terrified for some reason.
He was a little hesitant, but when he thought about how he was the only recognized son of the old house, he decided to endure it. Fang Xiaoyun's screams were so miserable, and she kept shouting, "I'm coming out!" and "Save me!" Xin Fan stood on the second floor and glanced up at the third floor. Seeing no one there, he curiously went up the stairs, but as soon as he got there, he saw something staring at him.
"What are you doing up here?"
Xin Huaiping's voice suddenly appeared. Xin Fan was startled and said hurriedly: "I see stepmother is crying in pain. Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"No. Get out of here."
Xin Fan hurried downstairs and recalled Xin Huaiping's face, which seemed very gloomy.
Seeing that everyone had left, Xin Huaiping returned to Fang Xiaoyun's bedroom. After a while, the miserable screams stopped. The servants had prepared dinner, but they didn't dare rush her. Xin Huaiping came down and said, "Xiaoyun just went to bed. She doesn't like people walking around in the room. You don't need to keep watch tonight."
The servants and security guards live in the servants' room at the back, and there is usually someone on guard at night in the old villa.
Xin Huaiping ordered, and the servants agreed. After dinner, they cleaned up and went to the small building early. Only three people were left in the villa. Xin Huaiping glanced at Xin Fan, and after a long while, as if he had made a decision, he said, "Xin Fan, do you want to take over the Xin Group?"
"Dad!" Xin Fan's face was filled with joy. He didn't expect the good news to come so soon.
Xin Huaiping: "It's time to tell you the secret of our family. If you are afraid and unwilling, forget it. I will choose someone else."
Xin Fan struggled for two seconds and said decisively: "No, I do, Dad." The wealth was right in front of him, so of course he didn't want to give it up.
"Come up with me." Xin Huaiping nodded with satisfaction.
Xin Fan followed Xin Huaiping up to the third floor, which was his father's study. The door was always locked, and Xin Huaiping never let any of them in. When he was a child, he played with Xin Hang and deliberately lured Xin Zhou upstairs, hoping to shift the blame to Xin Zhou.
There was nothing special in the study. But my father had scolded me severely and had lost his temper.
After so many years, the study door opened.
Xin Fan held his breath, very afraid of seeing something strange and eerie, but the furnishings in the room were the same as when he was a child, with no difference, except that they were older.
"Xin Fan, I will tell you all the secrets of how I make a lot of money in business and how to make money no matter what I do. The Xin family will depend on you in the future." Xin Huaiping said.
Xin Fan was delighted, nodded obediently and listened attentively.
"Thirty years ago, I was a farmer in the village, working as a miner for a boss. One day, the mine collapsed, and my coworkers and I were buried inside. We were trapped for two days. Everyone thought we were dead, but I didn't want to die, so I led others to dig, and finally escaped, carrying a seriously injured coworker on my back."
"That coworker's grandfather passed me a treasure to thank me, saying it was a gift of sincerity. I will make a fortune in whatever I do in the future..."
Xin Fan was fascinated by what he heard. He had never known there was such a part. He swallowed and said, "Dad, what treasure?"
"This is the treasure of the Xin family. Only the head of the family can take it. Xin Fan, if you want it, then show me your courage." Xin Huaiping took out a sharp knife from the drawer and handed it to Xin Fan.
"Here."
Xin Fan's hands trembled, but he took the knife reluctantly.
Could it be that Master Lu was right and Xin Huaiping really wanted him to kill Fang Xiaoyun and take the baby in her belly?
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