It was mystifying how Lin Songhao had achieved his current social status. Was it because he was stupid, self-righteous, or his face had been bunged up that he had chosen to attack Qin Sheng's group? Since Lin Songhao had been existing in Ningbo for many years, he must have suffered many hardships and the times when he had acted in a low-profile, patient, and flexible manner must be countless. Why did he fail miserably in an easy task this time?
There were three main reasons as follows. First, it was true that Lin Songhao did hold high social status in Ningbo, making the Lin Family succumb to him. The number of the ones who were far more amazing than Lin Songhao in Ningbo was countable. Of course, Lin Songhao knew how he should get along with these influential figures well. Second, Lin Songhao knew Qin Sheng's background quite well, who had been chased out of Hangzhou by three coordinated parties, making him doubt how powerful Qin Sheng could be now. Even if the three co
The Lin Family had been rooted in Ningbo for hundreds of years. As generations and generations of the descendants of the Lin Family took root in this land, no matter how many collateral relatives of the Lin Family had left Ningbo gradually and gone to a more faraway and vaster world, the direct line of the Lin Family stayed here all the time. Consequently, the Lin Family knew various forces interconnecting in this land better than anybody else, including which family looked glorious yet fallible and which one was patient, understated, and yet powerful. After all, ever since the beginning of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Chinese history, the financial magnates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces had been acting actively in various fields, including the economy, politics, culture, and so on, which happened because the literati and officialdom had migrated southward on a large scale several times in Chinese history.Although as the Lin Family evolved to the current generati
Mount Xiang was a town in Ningbo. It took Qin Sheng an hour and a half to get there from the downtown area of Ningbo by driving. However, compared with the downtown area, which was noisy, the seaside of Mount Xiang was comparatively quiet. Unlike those cities standing close to the sea in the downtown area, which had been overdeveloped, the seaside of Mount Xiang was more natural.The most well-known delicacy brand in Mount Xiang was Mount Xiang Seafood, whose signs were hung everywhere in the downtown area of Ningbo. The seafood delicacies in Mount Xiang had different flavors from those of other cities. Whether it was on the weekend or during a holiday, the citizens from the downtown area of Ningbo and the surrounding cities would hang around in Mount Xiang along with their family members.Qin Sheng stayed in the villa housing estate of Rose Garden, White Sand Bay, which was by the seaside in Mount Xiang. It was a villa where the Qu Family members would enj
When it came to some things, Qin Sheng neither cared about them nor did he take pains to deal with them. However, on the contrary, both Qin Ran and Qin Changan paid more attention to these things, especially Qin Changan, who was far more concerned.Back when Qin Sheng had gone back to Xi'an, the Qin Family had known everything about him. However, they had not interfered in his life on purpose in the early days. It was not until Qin Sheng had met with a mishap on Mount Jiuhua that Qin Changan had turned around his life's journey, as he was unwilling to let Qin Sheng go on with his old life path. That was because Qin Changan knew that only one or two out of the tens of millions of people who took that life path might be successful, let alone the fact that they had to suffer many setbacks and hardships. Most importantly, the Qin Family could not afford to wait a long time for Qin Sheng.Since the Qin Family knew everything that had happened to Qin Sheng in the
Though the Lin Family had taken a step back and apologized to Qin Sheng, he remained still and pretended that he had nothing to do with the game. Lin Changhe was out of patience and annoyed, but he couldn't avoid doing whatever Qin Sheng wanted him to do and saying whatever Qin Sheng wanted him to say. The Lin Family couldn't afford another round of fighting.Qin Sheng didn't mean to be cruel and cold, but he had been insulted too much by the Lin Family, who didn't feel guilty at all about their shameful behaviors. Simply apologizing by no means made up for any hurt the Lins had imposed on Qin Sheng. And the Lin Family didn't do it out of honesty; it was no more than a temporary compromise due to the predicament they were in and the power that Qin Sheng had newly gained.This would never, ever be a deal. Assassination required no apology, but just severe punishment by law. What Qin Sheng wanted was to make the Lin Family suffered a great loss and pay the pr
Lin Su and Lin Yue were chatting away in the bedroom of the suite, temporarily forgetting about what was happening outside between those men. Though Lin Su could have said something, she'd rather allow Qin Sheng to make the decision, and she knew he could handle this.Lin Yue still had a couple of questions about Qin Sheng's incredible changes, but hesitated to ask. "Sister, on our way here, Dad said he would always leave it to me to decide my relationship and marriage and I can marry whoever I want. Maybe it's due to Qin Sheng, I think."Lin Su flashed a small smile. "Lin Yue, no, he is not that influential. Second Uncle has always been open-minded about your matters. I think he's worried about you, lest there be a repeat of what happened to me."Lin Yue shook her head and said, "Sister, to be honest, I'm not as brave as you, who confronted the whole Lin Family. If I were you, I might have given in to the family very early on, and I might not
Qin Sheng finally won in the game with Lin Changting, who used to be dominant but then lost all his dignity and position in the family. He was the root of all the losses the Lin Family had suffered. More importantly, Lin Changting's aggressiveness and ambition faded away.He was not a man of flesh and blood anymore, but a walking dead to be buried in the graveyard. Had no more driving force in his career and became indifferent to everything. Lin Changting gave the authority of the Lin Family to Lin Changhe, and would retire from all the family's business.Why?Lin Changting had always been arrogant and overconfident, and nobody was going to shake his position a bit in the Lin Family. He believed that what he had done was absolutely good for the family, pushing it forward, only to find failures one after another. The Lin Family had lost its past honor and was hit with such big trouble. He knew that he had to take that responsibility and reflect
It was the most depressing moment the Lin Family had ever had in recent years. Other than Lin Changhe and his wife, most of the other people even tried to hide the sound of their breathing. Lin Changting was also tense, since he saw how arrogant and assertive Qin Sheng could be and had experienced so much in the span of only two days. He could barely imagine the powerful family and the mysterious background behind Qin Sheng.Qin Sheng's first condition was to ask everyone who was present when he went to the Lins' house for the first time to come here now. Lin Changting even ordered those who were not in Ningbo to take a flight and get back overnight.The Lins had no idea of what happened in the beginning and thought they were asked back to discuss the solution to that incident in the daytime, until they arrived and were informed of the whole story.No one had imagined that the backstage manipulator was the young man whom they had always looked
Qin Sheng finally took his revenge on the Lin Family and ended his story with the Lins. The Lin Family had lost its past honor and really declined. What Qin Sheng did this day was almost a monodrama, where no one dared to start any conversation with him, and either begged for mercy, or kept silence. He felt dull.Before he came to Ningbo, Qin Sheng thought it would have been an intense fight with a couple of rounds, and never imagined that the Lin Family had declined so much that they couldn't afford any strikes. It only took him three days to let the Lins surrender, which disappointed him a lot.The good news was that he didn't waste quite a few time or energy to handle these and could leave Ningbo for Shanghai, where he had piles of business to deal with, earlier than he expected.Qin Sheng and Lin Su left the living room and ignored the Lins. They had done and gained what they wanted. These people would behave themselves and stay away from Q