The letter recorded Xu Nian's identity and what he had done since starting university, up to his third year. Zhu Ying naturally trusted her lover and wouldn't believe a letter from a stranger.
However, Zhu Ying couldn't help but become suspicious because Xu Nian had indeed been spending less time with her lately.
Despite her suspicions, Zhu Ying didn't show them. She loved Xu Nian very much. Xu Nian was obedient, like a puppy, yet also like a wolf. Holding him made her feel very safe.
Xu Nian also loves Zhu Ying very much. He can always find warmth in the girl, not in a cheesy way, but in the warmth between lovers.
Recently, in order to expand his influence, Xu Nian has become very busy. When he doesn't have classes, he is at the company handling affairs and arranging manpower. He has been so busy that he hasn't been able to visit Zhu Ying.
He finished his business early today and bought a bouquet of lilies that Zhu Ying liked to see her. Knowing that Xu Nian was on his way to see her, Zhu Ying dressed up specially and wore her favorite white dress. It was summer, so the dress was naturally a summer style.
Zhu Ying was wearing a white dress, her hair tied in a simple ponytail, and a pair of trendy sandals. When she saw Xu Nian walking towards her with flowers, Zhu Ying's heart fluttered.
The two embraced, but Zhu Ying smelled a cigarette. Xu Nian never smoked, but this was just Zhu Ying's inference based on Xu Nian's behavior in front of her.
Xu Nian was careless today because he was going to see his lover and didn't tidy himself up. When he noticed Zhu Ying sniffing him, Xu Nian realized something was wrong. He had been so engrossed in his thoughts that he had smoked and forgotten to clean himself off.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Ying didn't say much. In Zhu Ying's memory, her father would smoke when he was upset, and Xu Nian was probably the same way.
Xu Nian held Zhu Ying's hand and walked with her. Zhu Ying turned her head to look at him and asked, "Nian, is there something you're hiding from me?"
Zhu Ying's sudden question did not fluster Xu Nian. He adjusted his glasses and smiled, "How could that be? I wouldn't hide anything from you, Xiao Ying."
Zhu Ying chose to believe that Xu Nian, with whom she had been in a relationship for almost three years, had never lied to her, and she still trusted her lover.
Soon after graduating from university, Xu Nian, in his early twenties, had already conquered the three provinces of Longnan, and his relationship with Zhu Ying was growing stronger. However, this expansion of his business also sowed the seeds for his eventual downfall and return to his hometown.
After taking over the underground industries in the three southern provinces, Xu Nian did not intend to stop. He led his trusted subordinates to continue their advance into the central Henan province.
Henan Province has always been a strategic location fought over by military strategists. Xu Nian mobilized the resources of three provinces to try and take it over. Once he took Henan Province, everything he did would be much more convenient.
Taking over Henan Province won't be easy. The old leader of Henan Province won't let Xu Nian run wild on his territory like this, but he didn't expect Xu Nian to be such a ruthless character.
The old leader, who had been in the underworld for many years, suffered a setback at Xu Nian's hands. Xu Nian first obtained evidence of the old leader's bad deeds, and then spent a high price to bribe Bai Fang, causing the old leader to lose many men.
However, Xu Nian's methods this time aroused the wrath of the old leader. The old leader gathered all the resources at his disposal to suppress Xu Nian at any cost. Xu Nian was not afraid at all and had long been prepared to fight the old leader and his gang.
Old Dragon Head was a seasoned veteran; he had survived for so many years thanks to his ruthlessness. He secretly sent men to Guangdong Province to capture Zhu Ying.
Even after his defeat, Xu Nian never imagined that Zhu Ying would be captured. He had clearly left people in Guangdong Province to protect Zhu Ying at the university, but when he saw that Zhu Ying had been captured, he immediately calmed down.
The old leader made a condition: with the crackdown in full swing, he couldn't do anything outrageous. He would release Zhu Ying if Xu Nian withdrew and gave up half of his assets and territory.
Zhu Ying was Xu Nian's weakness, and he agreed without hesitation.
After returning safely to Guangzhou, Zhu Ying and Xu Yang sat together. Looking at Xu Nian, who still had a gentle expression, Zhu Ying didn't say much, but just kissed Xu Nian. She was both touched and angry.
She was touched because of Xu Nian's sacrifices for her, but angry because Xu Nian had indeed kept things from her.
No matter what, Zhu Ying loved Xu Nian very much and she would not leave him. She was about to graduate from university, so Zhu Ying said, "Nian, I want to marry you."
Xu Nian calmly let go of everything he once possessed; he was already quite remarkable to have recovered the three provinces of Longnan in just two or three years.
Compared to money, Zhu Ying became his new motivation to live.
Xu Nian disbanded his forces, gave his trusted subordinates a sum of money so they could make a living on their own, kept some money for himself to live on, and donated the rest to welfare organizations as atonement for the mistakes he had made.
Is such an action really effective?
After graduating from university, Xu Nian, accompanied by Zhu Ying, met Zhu Ying's parents. The couple were quite satisfied with Xu Nian; he was handsome, a recent college graduate, and, according to Zhu Ying, quite capable.
Zhu Ying naturally returned to Lancheng with Xu Nian, and Yan Wuxie also returned shortly afterward.
Xu Nian used his savings and his brothers to start a new journey. For him, these were all trivial matters. This time, he dared not mess around. He walked the right path, made a lot of money to build new houses and get married for himself and his brothers, and donated money to impoverished areas every year to accumulate good karma in advance.
Strangely enough, after the three brothers got married, they went to a temple in Lancheng to draw lots.
First, there were Yan Wuxie and Nangong Wenqing. The divination slips predicted that Nangong Wenqing would not live past twenty-five, and Yan Wuxie would not live past fifty. It was indeed very accurate. Even more accurate was Xu Nian. The monk who interpreted the divination slips told him that he would die at the age of thirty-five.
Xu Nianzhen passed away at the age of thirty-five, ten years after Nangong Wenqing's death. He died without pain, only holding his wife's hand and saying that this was his retribution, for he had not hesitated to venture into the dark and forbidden zone to amass wealth for money.
Everything is cause and effect. If one sows a seed of karma over many years, the resulting karma, burning like fire, will naturally not let him go.
Yan Wuxie did the same. He used an extremely insidious method to turn Nangong Wenqing into a corpse ghost. As for what method he used, he did not specify it in the letter, but Yan Wuxie said that he was cursed, which proves that he did not use any honorable method.
With tears streaming down his face, Chu Ying finished telling Yan Luo and the others Xu Nian's story while drinking wine. The old man then emotionally grasped Yan Luo's hand.
"Xiao Luo, I have no other wish in this life but that you three brothers never go astray. The power of cause and effect is too heavy for anyone to bear."
Yanluo held Chu Ying's hands and channeled some chaotic energy to help Chu Ying calm down. Soon, Chu Ying fell asleep in Yanluo's arms. With the help of Xu Yang and Chu Hang, Yanluo carried Chu Ying on his back and carried him into the house to settle him in.
Father Xu wiped his moist eyes and continued to invite everyone to eat. The atmosphere became lively again thanks to the two cheerful people, Tu Keke and Man Sui. This meal was to pay homage to Xu Nian, so it should be a joyful occasion.
Yanlu covered Master Chu with a blanket and then used her chaotic energy to help him counteract the effects of the alcohol, so that the sleeping Chu Ying wouldn't feel so uncomfortable.
Chu Ying was talking in his sleep, his voice hoarse, but it reached the ears of the three Yanluo brothers very clearly.
"Brothers, wait for me a little longer, I haven't seen those three rascals get married yet."
These words left Yanluo and the other two stunned, unable to calm down for a long time.
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