Yin Shiqing took a deep breath and walked into Zheng Garden with Shi Haiyan. The Yin Mansion seed empty, but it only seed that way.
In the main hall of Zheng Garden, Su Xiaong was sitting on the sofa, while Shan Mingxu was pacing around the hall.
Yin Shiqing and Shi Haiyan hurriedly entered through the main door.
Besides Su Xiaong, who was sitting upright on the sofa, and Shan Mingxu, who was wandering idly in the hall, there was not another person.
This scene did not surprise Yin Shiqing...
But this was not what he wanted.
Seeing them arrive, Su Xiaong remained seated firmly on the sofa, only extending her slender hand,
"Sit."
Shi Haiyan glared with wide eyes at the thin, petite young woman before her, as if the composed Su Xiaong was filled with unknown danger.
Yin Shiqing walked expressionlessly to the edge of the large leather sofa, sitting opposite Su Xiaong.
Shi Haiyan followed suit.
On the glossy porcelain coffee table, which could reflect shadows, lay several items.
"Ivory rod, Yin Family Tree, foundation of the old mansion..."
Yin Shiqing’s gaze swept over the items on the coffee table one by one.
"The ivory rod symbolizes the rules and guidelines of the Yin Family. The Yin Family Tree carries the nas and bloodlines of generations. This is the foundation of the old mansion, and this is the transfer contract for the foundation of the old mansion."
"What do you an by this?"
Yin Shiqing looked at Su Xiaong coldly, with a flicker of concealed anger in his eyes.
Su Xiaong smiled slightly,
"Can’t see? Brother Yin Shiqing, congratulations, you finally got what you wished for. After enduring for so many years, wasn’t it just to one day beco the Family Head of the Yin Family?"
"Su Xiaong! Who do you think you are!"
Yin Shiqing slamd the table as he stood up!
Su Xiaong remained composed, her gaze calmly resting on the items on the coffee table, with the enraged Yin Shiqing towering above.
A middle-aged man more than twice her age.
"The old master wore his military uniform for half his life, protecting the ho and building the country amidst bullets and barrages, earning honor and fa through rits... and gains. This Yin Mansion was awarded to him by the nation."
Su Xiaong spoke slowly and deliberately,
"The old lady was the country’s first female diplomat. The couple did so much for the nation and the people, and even more for the Yin Family, which bears a history of hundreds of years..."
"Yet they ultimately raised a tiger that beca a problem, playing out a living farr and snake story."
Su Xiaong raised her eyes, her gaze clear, her dark pupils sparkled like obsidian,
"In the story, the farr who ward the snake ended up being bitten to death by it. No one sympathized with the foolish farr."
She stood up, her body length, emphasized by her high heels, was not much shorter than Yin Shiqing.
Their gazes aligned at eye level,
"Those greedy and vicious poisonous snakes began to mimic that snake from the story, acting ungrateful and unfaithful. After all... people would ultimately scorn the foolish farr, not condemn the snake’s greed and malice."
"But the one who wrote the story was too cunning..."
"They ended the story with the farr’s death, not ntioning the fate of the poisonous snake. People lant the poor farr who misused kindness, yet they forget that snake..."
Su Xiaong blinked, staring intently at Yin Shiqing,
"When the next winter arrives... the snake did not anticipate that this winter would be colder than the last, no matter how much it curled up in its hole to stay warm. The river froze, and it swam ashore, only to discover the ground and soil were frozen. The greedy snake once again turned numb from the cold."
"Passersby saw it and gave it a wide berth. As soon as they saw the snake, they imdiately rembered the poor farr bitten to death by it, and no one wished to et the sa fate as the poor farr..."
"The snake waited and waited... finally, it saw soone approaching; it eagerly awaited another foolhardy farr. It even thought disdainfully, "These people never learn!"
"But instead of a trembling, feeble farr’s embrace, it t the cold blade of a hoe, which sliced off its head."
"..."
Shi Haiyan shivered at the chilling story she heard.
"People scorn the farr’s misfortune, as did the cold-blooded snake, yet the snake forgets that the world might not face challenges needing the farr’s help again, but it might. And in this world, fools like the farr are too few..."
Su Xiaong narrated the story in the echoing emptiness of the Yin Mansion in a calm, gentle voice.
After finishing, her clear and vibrant gaze remained fixed on Yin Shiqing.
"You think I’m like that snake? You think I climbed to where I am today, only to eventually face downfall and helplessness again?"
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