I have been to the Li family cemetery...
This sentence woke up Li Langhua and Li Yuanzhi like thunder on the ground, just like the broken porcelain in the bottle after the bullet was fired, flying all over the sky.
The people who exploded were frightened.
Li Yuanzhi ignored the painful wound on his forehead and suddenly turned to Wen Li opposite, with more surprise and inquiry in his eyes.
"So, you know everything?"
Some things can't be concealed just because you want to.
Li Ruobing saw the two people's expressions were a little strange. She looked at her father and then her grandma.
Wen Li has been to the Li family cemetery, so what's so surprising about this.
They accompany their grandma to visit the graves every Qingming Festival. The ancestors of the Li family are buried in the Li family cemetery for generations.
There is nothing surprising about this.
"So it's up to you to say it yourself, or should I do it?" Wen Li said these words expressionlessly.
From all the information they had, it was clear why all of this happened.
But what she wants to know most is whether Li Yuanzhi has other things besides being like this to Li Li.
Did the Wen family's affairs at that time have anything to do with him
After confirming this, she will have plans and reasons for everything she does in the future.
"You have been to the Li family cemetery, but it doesn't mean anything."
Li Langhua clasped his fingers hard, as if trying to comfort himself. The tombstone was so small that Wen Li couldn't possibly see it.
And in order to hide it, the name was even carved at the bottom of the stone slab. The font was almost no bigger than a fly, and the name was still written.
Such a complex font with such a small writing gauge.
There was no way the kid could see clearly.
And the cemetery is so big, she can't just go look for them one by one.
"Li Yuanzhi was born in August 2098 in the intercontinental Gregorian calendar and died in December 2102. The person who erected the monument was his mother Li Langhua."
Li Ruobing stood up immediately, "What did you say, Wen Li?"
This is clearly an inscription, an epitaph carved on a tombstone.
"I just want to know, if the tombstone hidden in the most hidden location in the Li family cemetery is Li Yuanzhi, then who is the person in front of me now?"
She glanced over and saw the pain in Li Langhua's eyes.
Once the secrets of many years were torn open, the scabbed wounds were violently torn open again, and the pain of tearing the flesh was excruciating.
"Wen Li, what are you talking about? When was there such a tombstone in the cemetery?" Li Ruobing's face was stiff.
This sounds like a ghost story.
She and Lili would accompany grandma to visit her grave every year during the Qingming Festival, and flowers would be laid on all the tombstones in the entire cemetery.
If there really was a tombstone with her father's name engraved on it, how could she not know about it.
"Haha..." Li Yuanzhi suddenly lowered his head and laughed.
The laughter contained more bitterness and helplessness.
"I didn't expect you to be able to find that tombstone. It's really you, completely different from Li Li." Li Yuanzhi admitted with a wry smile.
"I'm not Li Yuanzhi, I'm just a defective substitute." Li Yuanzhi looked at Wen Li, his eyes red under the lenses, "I can't hide it, you are more powerful than I thought."
After so many years, he never thought that one day he would take the time to explain this matter.
I originally thought that everything would disappear with the wind, letting this secret become the eternal secret of the Li family.
It's a pity that I can't get my wish.
"I am a child brought back by a branch of the Li family. I was only four years old when I was brought here. My original name was not Li Yuanzhi, but when I got here, my name was erased and all the previous information was correct. Erased, I left my biological parents and came to the Li family, just because the youngest son of the head of the Li family died in infancy, and I was chosen to be the substitute for the dead child."
After Wen Yanxing and Li Langhua divorced, their eldest son Wen Xuqian was taken away by Wen Yanxing, while Li Yuanzhi, who was less than three years old at the time, returned to Li Langhua.
Back then, a divorced woman lost her husband to rely on, so Li Langhua had to bite the bullet and take over as the head of the Li family.
While facing huge pressure from the Li family, his young son became Li Langhua's spiritual support.
She can do anything for her son.
Unfortunately, the young Li Yuanzhi did not live long. A sudden serious illness took him away.
In order to treat their son, the Li family sought diagnosis from all the famous doctors they could find, and famous doctors from the entire pharmaceutical world came to see him.
But doctors are only mortals after all, not gods.
The direct heir of the Li family is gone. This is such a big news. Li Langhua also thought about bringing Wen Xuqian back.
But when they broke up, she said such harsh words, so deadly, she said she would never see her again.
She could only break her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.
In order to make up for the pain of losing his son, Li Langhua violated the ancestral precepts of the Li family and adopted a child from a collateral lineage who was about the same age as his own son and raised him by his side.
In her eyes, that child was Li Yuanzhi, and she naturally instilled as much love as Li Yuanzhi.
"So my dad is not grandma's biological child?" Li Ruobing fell down on the sofa.
She never thought that such a truth would be waiting for her.
So, she and Lili have no blood relationship. Isn't her grandma her biological grandma
What a mess this is.
"You heard it. This is the truth. I am not a direct child of the Li family. I am just a substitute for her to ease the pain of losing her son. I don't even have my own name. I will live my whole life with someone else's title."
When Li Yuanzhi said these words, he was filled with sadness.
The ancestors of the Li family once adopted a collateral son who had lost his parents, and as a result, the direct bloodline was almost wiped out.
Therefore, the Li family rules prohibit the adoption of children from collateral lines.
Li Langhua violated the ancestral precepts and the rules of the Li family.
"Second sir, you can't say that. The old lady has really raised you as her own son all these years. You can't kill all her good intentions with just one blow." Rachel stood for Li Lang. Hua Ming was unjust.
In any case, there is no doubt that he was raised by the Li family.
Li Langhua also devoted maternal love to him over the years, truly treating him as his own child.
Now that he said it, it seemed as if the old lady had given him a great deal of grievance.
That's not fair to say.
"So back then, there was a rumor that a child in the Li family died in infancy. This is true." Fu Yuxiu suddenly spoke.
However, it was a long time ago, and the Li family did emergency public relations at that time, and then adopted the current Li Yuanzhi from the sidelines.
That rumor was self-defeating, but most people believed that Li Langhua's son died in infancy, and it was his eldest son who died in infancy.
The secrets of wealthy families are always rumored to be more embellished, and no one can tell clearly what is going on.
Li Langhua sat in his original position, stunned, so many years had passed.
She never thought that what happened back then could cause such a big disturbance.
"Maybe the ancestral teachings are right. Being a descendant of a collateral lineage is like raising a wolf. As long as people have desires, they will always resort to any means. This is the reality." Li Yuanzhi seemed to be laughing at himself.
"dad."
Li Ruobing squatted on the ground and screamed. Her eyes were red, and she wanted to comfort her father, but she didn't know how to speak.
"I am a collateral child, destined not to inherit the Li family's business, so when I brought the infant Lili back, I knew at that time that the rest of my life was already doomed."
It was destined that no matter how much he did, he would never be able to become the head of the Li family.
It is destined that no matter how outstanding he is, he will lose to the bloodline.
It was also destined that he would be an outsider from now on.
He could know which was more serious between Li Li, who was connected by blood, and a person who was adopted as a remedy for the pain of losing a child.
"In your heart, is this how you think of me as your mother?"
Li Langhua, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke. When he looked at Li Yuanzhi again, his eyes were full of pain.
"Otherwise? I have been working hard in the Li family for twenty years, and there has never been a day when I didn't think about you and the entire Li family. But in the end, I just made wedding dresses for others. Even if you talked to me sincerely once, You told me that you wanted to hand over the Li family to Li Li, but I wouldn't do the same."
But never once, Li Langhua never even asked him for his opinions.
From the moment Li Langhua brought Li Li back, Li Yuanzhi knew that the end of his substitute had come.
"I have already violated the ancestral precepts and brought back the children of the collateral line. I cannot violate the ancestral precepts and leave the position of the head of the family in your hands."
Li Langhua suddenly spoke very seriously, but there was weakness in his tone.
She loved Li Yuanzhi as her own child back then, and she thought her life would just go by.
But unexpectedly, God showed mercy and gave her the opportunity to take back Wen Xuqian's child.
Li Li is the direct and orthodox bloodline of the Li family, so he will naturally inherit the position of head of the Li family.
This hope was brought to her by Li Li, so that she would not be ashamed of her ancestors.
"You think I don't know that Lili has no ability and is not suitable for this position? No one knows this child better than me, what kind of temper she is, how she behaves, but what can I do? I can't go against the ancestral precepts again. Second times, so I tried my best to make up for it, but to no avail.”
As Li Li's grandmother, she knew how much her granddaughter weighed, so she tried her best.
Choosing Yunxiao as her husband was the biggest help.
After Wen Li appeared, Li Langhua reflected on himself all the time, whether the way he had been educated since childhood was wrong.
The same children, with the same blood, but not even remotely similar.
Wen Li can take on all responsibilities, and can even watch everyone fight without changing his expression, so calm and self-possessed.
But Lili was just a child who would hide when she was wronged, and didn't look like she would take on any big responsibilities.
Li Langhua thought, if she could be cruel to Li Li and train him from an early age, the child would be more sensible.
But there is no regret medicine in this world. If your natural conditions are no longer good, you can only make up for it the day after tomorrow.
This is why she wants to bring Li Li and Yun Xiao together.
"Whether you hate me or blame me, in short, the position of the head of the Li family is either Li Li or Wen Li, and it is impossible to change." Li Langhua said this with a strong voice.
Li Yuanzhi took a long breath, "I know it well, so I never questioned you or asked you what you wanted. Now I have lost, but I want to clarify the last point. Huang Ying's death has nothing to do with me. "
He didn't know what was wrong with him.
If he really wanted to make up his mind to compete for the position of the head of the family, Li Li would have had countless opportunities to kill people since he was a child.
But he never took action and watched the child grow from a little kid to what he is now.
What people fear most is not being cruel.
"I have a question to ask you, and it's also the most important question."
Wen Li looked at Li Yuanzhi as if he had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
The latter seemed to understand her problem and sat upright to wait.
"Does the Wen family's matter have anything to do with you?"
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
As soon as this question came out, Li Langhua and Rachel all looked at Li Yuanzhi.
They were afraid that if he nodded, they wouldn't be able to bear it.
"Will you believe me if I tell you?"
Wen Li nodded, "You have no way out now. As long as you say it, I will believe it."
Li Yuanzhi seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time, and the memories seemed to span many years, making his eyes red.
"I never thought about taking action against your father."
He will always remember the person who warmed his life back then.
"I know that when I was born, your father was the only one around me. He told me that the bond between people is not only the connection of blood, but more of the feelings between people day and night. The most sincere exchange.”
That sentence was also an important basis for his change of mentality. Unfortunately, he failed to implement that sentence.
"Your father has never been an obstacle to me."
Since it's not an obstacle, it doesn't matter whether he takes action or not. Wen Xuqian even came to see him before leaving the imperial capital and asked him sincerely to take good care of his daughter and mother.
Such unconditional trust is really like a brother.
The man who is extremely gentle and considerate of others no matter where he is.
I never thought about returning to the Li family and inheriting the family business.
"I believe you." Wen Li suddenly said.
Fu Yuxiu on the side raised his eyebrows and gently rubbed her hair, "How can you be sure that what he said is the truth."
"If he was really a cruel person, Li Li wouldn't be alive today."
Wen Li was not blind. He could see the whole story and felt that Li Yuanzhi was not obsessed with money and power. He was obsessed with something else.
"But I couldn't do what he said..."
Li Yuanzhi's words aroused doubts.
The girl sitting across from him didn't say a word from beginning to end, but she could see the source of Li Yuanzhi's pain.
"Wen Li, I'm sorry for you. When your grandfather took you to Li's house, I was the one who blocked you..."
This is the most important thing.
Li Langhua broke away from Rachel and ran over, glaring at him fiercely, "You mean, you were the one who blocked Yan Xing and Wen Li out back then?"
Is this why she failed to receive a message from Wen Yanxing asking for help after the Wen family was in trouble
"I blocked them." Li Yuanzhi closed his eyes with a calm attitude.
Li Ruobing stood up straight, still in disbelief.
"It was you who blocked Grandpa Wen's request for help and allowed him to take Wen Li back to Ningzhou. In the end, he died and Wen Li was wandering outside?"
Li Ruobing's tears fell like broken beads. She had felt sorry for Wen Li's wandering.
But she never thought that the initiator would be her father.
Fu Yuxiu reached out and hugged the girl next to him tightly. As long as you are a human being, there will eventually be things that can arouse your emotions.
Wen Li may be open to these things, but some things, once they reach the critical point, can easily cause him to lose control of his emotions.
"I have checked all your information, but there is very little information that I can really find. I can guess and imagine what kind of life a five-year-old child will live wandering outside. I am sorry for you, and I am also sorry. Your father, if you didn’t have selfish thoughts, you wouldn’t have been living outside for so many years.”
This is the only thing Li Yuanzhi feels guilty about.
Lately he has been dreaming about the past.
At that time, he had a very good relationship with Wen Xuqian. They were like brothers. He also thought that he was Wen Xuqian's biological brother.
It wasn't until his biological parents came to visit him that they reminded him of his bloodline and told him very seriously.
Who snatched him away when he was young? The blood relationship became a critical point for him to collapse.
Wen Xuqian's comforting words at that time kept echoing in his head.
"No one asked me for my opinion, so I became Li Yuanzhi, and I will be buried with this identity until my death. But in her heart, I am always inferior to her biological son."
This may be the reason for Li Yuanzhi's psychological collapse.
"Maybe I'm sorry to many people, but I still want to solemnly say to you, I'm sorry."
When Li Yuanzhi bowed ninety degrees, she clearly saw the white hair on his head.
But these failed to cause Wen Li's mood swings.
If I don’t kill Boren, Boren will die because of me. In many cases, people may not be bothered by themselves.
"Everything I want to know is already clear." Wen Li stood up with a calm expression.
"Wen Li." Li Langhua called, "When I divorced your grandfather, I said that no matter what happens in the future, I will never see him again."
So she didn't know that Wen Yanxing was coming. Even if she knew, she probably wouldn't see him at that time.
She has lived with a little bit of pride in her life, that is her self-esteem.
That self-esteem did not allow her to bow her head or see that man again.
"You don't need to explain to me. I chose to return to the Wen family firstly to investigate the cause of my parents' death, and secondly for Li Li. Now that I know it has nothing to do with him, I won't do anything to him. As for what happened back then... "
Wen Li suddenly chuckled, "We can't hold him accountable even if he refuses to save him. Besides, you also said that it's hard to say whether you will see my grandfather or not."
The Li family's mess would not have been solved if it weren't for Wen Li's arrival.
All she wants to know is her parents' future and the past, and how to catch the person who killed her parents, that's all.
As for family ties and blood, she doesn't attach much importance to them.
"You wanted to keep Li Li, so you used Huang Ying. You wanted to destroy her. I only ask you one last question. You have to answer me honestly."
Li Yuanzhi waited for Wen Li's question, but he didn't care about anything anymore.
"If you took the position of head of the family, would Li Li die?"
Li Yuanzhi said without thinking, "No."
The answer was so quick that he even found it terrifying.
"You never wanted to kill Li Li, did you?"
Li Yuanzhi chuckled, "Even when I was most hopeless in competing for the position of head of the family, I never thought of killing her."
Wen Li nodded in agreement and left these words meaningfully.
"Yes, after all, her death is the most convenient and trouble-free solution for you."
But he just didn't do that.
Wen Li and Fu Yuxiu stood up. They had asked all the questions that should be asked, and the truth was known. She had nothing to say.
As for Li Li, that is her choice. Whether she can come back or not depends on her own decision.
The rest is up to them to solve.
Now that things have developed to this point, I'm afraid only they can straighten everything out.
The two of them stood by the car door. Fu Yuxiu pulled back the little girl who was about to bend in, and raised his hand to gently pinch her face.
"Didn't you agree to tell me if you are sad?"
Wen Li took off his erratic hand and said, "I'm not that fragile, so there's no need to worry so much."
There are two things that people in this world can never escape, one is blood and the other is emotion.
As long as you are not cold-hearted and cold-eyed, you will always be involved in these two things and you will be lost.
"Miss Wen Li."
The people who had been waiting next to the Li family finally saw Wen Li coming out.
He knew exactly what happened after Lieutenant Mo entered just now. The entire Li family was now surrounded by military personnel.
It was not a big fanfare to take care of the Li family's face, but it also successfully trapped Li Langhua.
He understood Jiang Yunhao's last look, so arrogant and disdainful.
Today's scene in the Li family is more or less related to him.
But he was not sympathetic. If he didn't have evil intentions, there would be no loopholes for others to exploit.
"Have you finished your work?" Wen Li glanced at the person in front of him.
Xiao Yan was a little wrong, but he quickly realized that the person in front of him was someone who even Jiang Yunhao was afraid of.
I'm afraid I've already noticed his identity from the beginning.
"I want to ask you if you know the whereabouts of Li Li?"
Li Li was on the run on suspicion of murder. He had just escaped from his own game of chess and wanted to see how she was doing.
"If you can find her, it will be your fate and your fate."
After Wen Li got into the car, Fu Yuxiu went over and fastened her seat belt.
"When have you ever been able to say such emotional things?"
"Su Jingjing taught me."
When Su Jingjing faced her fate with Fu Yuxiu, that's what she said.
Fu Yuxiu started the car and left from Li's house, leaving Xiao Yan standing alone.
He glanced down at the message flashing on his phone.
The message urging him to leave the imperial capital came again.
The other party is purgatory. Even if Jiang Yunhao is caught, he cannot completely relax his vigilance. He, the undercover agent, must evacuate the imperial capital immediately.
Xiao Yan held the phone, but he was still worried about the little girl who smiled with stars in her eyes.
In the Li family's living room, Wen Li had left, and they were the only ones left.
Li Langhua heard Li Yuanzhi's answer clearly just now.
Yes, it would be easier to solve it if all Li Yuanzhi cared about was the position of the head of the family.
If he had been more ruthless and killed Li Li directly, all problems would have been solved.
But he didn't, which already explains the problem.
Emotions are what bind him.
"Polygala..."
Li Langhua wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Li Yuanzhi.
"Don't look at me like this, as if I didn't do anything wrong." Li Yuanzhi stood up, looked at each other, and faced Li Langhua in a confrontational manner.
"I did think about raising Li Li to be a useless person. If she can't become the head of the Li family, all problems will be solved, and I will raise her and take care of her for the rest of her life. I can always be her uncle as long as she wants, but Wen Li's It scared me to show up, and things started to deviate from the path I expected.”
"I forgot about your perseverance. As long as she lives for one day, even if she is really a useless person, you will still give her the position of head of the Li family. This determination is already clear to me."
Yunxiao is the best supporter Li Langhua has found.
"But you have forgotten that back then you also wanted to rely on Wen Yanxing to support the entire Li family, but in the end it failed and you could only grit your teeth and swallow all the bitterness. Now, you still want to pass on this pain to Lili. ?"
After saying this, he didn't want to say anything more.
Now, he can no longer figure out why he wants to compete for the position of the head of the family.
"As a substitute, if you can see Li Yuanzhi getting married and having children through me, that will be my value. As for the rest, I don't want to say anything."
After Li Yuanzhi finished speaking, he went upstairs exhausted.
In fact, he has just been unwilling to do so for so many years.
The unreconciled relationship that had been with each other day and night for so many years had turned into a joke that was lost to blood.
But what's the use? It's useless. In the end, he is still a joke.
Li Ruobing sat opposite Li Langhua, sobbing, "Grandma, how could it be like this..."
It was obviously fine a few days ago, but why did everything change so quickly? What happened.
"Rachel, do you think what he said is true?" Li Langhua suddenly spoke.
Rachel waited beside her for a long time, thinking that she was asking about Huang Ying. After thinking about it, she comforted the old lady.
"I think it's true. Mr. Second's love for Miss Second is not fake. His eyes can't deceive. After all, he is the child he watched grow up. He can't be so cruel no matter what. Besides, Miss Wen Li also believes it. Isn’t it?”
When he said just now that Huang Ying's death had nothing to do with him, didn't Miss Wen Li believe it
"That's not what I'm talking about..."
Li Langhua didn't speak again. Maybe Li Yuanzhi's change was something she didn't expect.
Everything happened so suddenly that she had no time to react.
Did she do something wrong? Was it wrong from beginning to end for so many years
Li Langhua suddenly thought of what Wen Xuqian said when he brought Li Li back.
If relationships are not carefully managed, they will eventually be lost to time and unreasonable suspicion...
(End of chapter)