"I always thought that only a madman would say what you just said," Ling Chen stared at her and said.
Li Xiao Xue curled her lips slightly and looked at him nonchalantly, "You can treat me as a madman."
"What makes you think that I will help you? What makes you think that I have the ability to help you fulfill your expectations? Just because I caused a huge mess in the Long Family? With your IQ, you should know that it's completely different from what you're hoping for. "Ling Chen said with a cold face.
"Oh?" Li Xiao Xue looked at him playfully and said faintly, "You don't think that I want to use your power and hatred towards the Long family to destroy the entire Long family, do you? Hehehehe … my man, your thoughts are so cute. A little girl like me really doesn't dare to have such crazy thoughts. The Long family is the political pillar of Hua Xia. As a citizen of Hua Xia, I can't wait for the Long family to become stronger. How could I have such crazy thoughts? "
Ling Chen was startled. Hearing Li Xiao Xue's description, Ling Chen thought that she wanted the Li family to replace the Long family's position. Only by standing at the peak of power would the Li family not be under anyone or any faction. From then on, the Li family would reach the peak of Hua Xia in terms of wealth and power. To achieve this goal, the first thing to do was to destroy the Long family, or suppress them to the greatest extent. Ling Chen hated the Long family to the bone, and he had single-handedly caused the Long family to suffer. Li Xiao Xue knew all of this. Thus, after Li Xiao Xue spoke of her deepest wish, he immediately thought that Li Xiao Xue wanted to use his power and hatred towards the Long family to target the Long family.
Thus, Li Xiao Xue's denial caught him off guard.
Li Xiao Xue said with a smile, "If we don't want to be under the Long family, then we have to replace them or suppress them? Not to mention how crazy this idea was, the Long family had been deeply rooted in Hua Xia for thousands of years. If it was so easily shaken, it would have been destroyed many years ago. After thousands of years of accumulation, the Long family's foundation was deep, and the number of trump cards they had was far beyond what outsiders could imagine. On the surface, the strongest guards of the Long Family were the Xuanyuan Family and the seven great secret forces. But … there are three other names that no more than ten people in the entire Hua Xia know. "
"What do you mean?" Ling Chen frowned.
"Dragon claws, dragon scales, and dragon blood." Li Xiao Xue stopped smiling and said solemnly.
"The Long Family's secret power hidden in the dark?"
"More accurately, it is the Long Family's true trump card. They could be three armies, three groups, three people, or even three weapons … As for what they were, I couldn't figure it out no matter how hard I tried. I only knew three names. Even in the Long family, only Long Zheng Yang knew about their existence. Long Tian Yun definitely didn't know. It was said that they were hidden at the side of the 'Dragon Vein' beneath the Long Family. Normally, they would not appear, but when the Dragon Vein cracked, it meant that the Long Family was in danger. Only then would they appear. Over the past thousands of years, countless families, big and small, have disappeared. Only the Long Family, despite having countless enemies, has never fallen. This is because not only did they have the protection of the Xuanyuan Family and the seven great secret forces, but they also have the Dragon Claws, Dragon Scales, and Dragon Blood. Our tiny Li Family, which has only developed for less than 100 years, wants to shake such a colossus. What's the difference between throwing an egg against a rock and digging our own graves? "
Dragon claws, dragon scales, dragon blood …
Although there were less than 100 Reapers, each of them was a Death God who had walked out of Hell. Their information gathering abilities were the best in the world. With just two or three of them, they could create a large city's information network. After returning to Hua Xia, they had investigated the Long Family's information thoroughly, but they had never heard of these three names.
Li Xiao Xue had said these three extremely secretive names not to refute him, but to remind him. She believed that if Ling Chen and the mysterious power behind him worked together, they might be able to force the Long Family into a corner. However, they had to be careful of the Long Family's three hidden trump cards.
Ling Chen understood that Li Xiao Xue was reminding him that the Li Family had taken a massive risk and paid a heavy price to obtain such secretive information. For her to tell him so generously meant that she owed him a huge favor. After memorizing these three names, Ling Chen's expression warmed up. "Thank you for telling me all this. Continue."
"I'm already yours. Do I still need to thank you?" Li Xiao Xue gave an enchanting smile, causing Ling Chen to stare in a daze. "We don't have the power to suppress them, nor do we have the power to replace them. However, there are better options, such as … a marriage alliance."
"Then you should look for Long Zheng Yang or Long Tian Yun, not me." Ling Chen said expressionlessly. "With the Li Family's wealth, your status as the sole successor, and your extraordinary looks, I'm sure the Long Family has no reason to refuse."
"Long Tian Yun? He's said to be the most outstanding person in Hua Xia's younger generation, but in my eyes, he's just a big bug in a fancy suit. " Li Xiao Xue curled her lips in disdain. "Everyone says that he's incredibly cunning and unfathomable … after fighting with him a few times, I'm sure you'll just treat that as a joke. His so-called cunning and unfathomable is just his bright and kind appearance, but his heart is insidious and vicious. Everyone praised him for being able to single-handedly support the Yan Huang Alliance … with the Long family's foundation, as well as the Xuanyuan family's secret forces' support, supporting the Yan Huang Alliance would have been incredibly easy. Long Tian Yun didn't even do a fart, and instead provoked you, a great calamity. If the Yan Huang Alliance is destroyed in the future, he'll be the cause. Everyone praises him for being able to dominate any situation at such a young age … that's even more of a joke. Coming from the Long Family and being the future successor, how could he not be high and mighty and look down on everyone? His confidence and sense of superiority were the strongest in Hua Xia. Who would he fear? What kind of situation would he fear? The only thing that Long Tian Yun can be praised for is his family background and appearance. "
"With Long Tian Yun's status, as well as the fact that he's under the control of the government, it's only natural that the next successor of the Long Family would be praised to the heavens. If he really was that outstanding, and had a peerless family background, why would such an intelligent girl like Yun Meng Xin be so resolute in opposing the marriage with the Long Family? The Long Tian Yun I knew was nothing but a cunning, vicious, good-for-nothing, two-faced man with countless bad habits. Even if you hate him to the bones, he doesn't have the right to be your enemy. Even if I, Li Xiao Xue, die, I won't marry such a person. "
Long Tian Yun, who was publicly acknowledged as the most outstanding person in the younger generation in Hua Xia, was being criticized by Li Xiao Xue to be worthless. There weren't many people in Hua Xia who would dare to criticize Long Tian Yun like this. Ling Chen's interest was piqued, and he glanced at Li Xiao Xue as he said, "You want to marry the Long Family, but you reject Long Tian Yun. Could it be that you're thinking about Long Zheng Yang?"
"Although Long Zheng Yang is single, and he's in his prime, I'm not stupid enough to marry someone who's old enough to be my father." Li Xiao Xue snorted.
"Then how do you plan to make this' marriage 'happen? Don't tell me …" As Ling Chen spoke, he suddenly thought of something and stopped. He raised his head, and his gaze towards Li Xiao Xue became sharper.
"Have you finally thought of something?" His reaction didn't cause Li Xiao Xue to feel afraid. Instead, she started to laugh, "In this world, Long Tian Yun isn't the only young man with the Long Family's bloodline!"
"What … are you trying to say?" Ling Chen's body stiffened as he expressionlessly asked.
Li Xiao Xue's expression didn't change, and she straightened her clothes as she softly said, "Ling Chen, that was your previous name. Ling Tian, Tian Ya. That's your new identity. As for the name 'World's Edge', did you also use it earlier? "
Ling Chen fell silent, and his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"How do you know?" Ling Chen coldly asked.
"I guessed." Li Xiao Xue smiled, "After putting together all of the information I had on you, as well as my speculations about the enmity between you and the Long Family, as well as some coincidental timing, as well as some special reasons that ordinary people don't understand, I came up with an interesting and wonderful idea about you. After putting these ideas into my mind, I found that many things were surprisingly similar. However, in the end, it was just an idea. Before yesterday, I only had less than 10% confidence, but after seeing you yesterday, I was 90% confident. And your reaction made me unable to even find a reason to doubt you … am I right? The little Tian Ya who ran away because he was infected with the Isloka virus, and his whereabouts were unknown … Oh, that's not right. The real reason why Tian Ya disappeared back then wasn't like what the Long Family said at all. "
Ling Chen, "…"
Ling Chen had long since decided to give up on what had happened in the past, and he would not even bring up his identity from back then. He had originally thought that the unknown little boy in the Long Family who wasn't valued by anyone had long been completely forgotten, and that no one would know of his existence. However, the young miss of the Li Family had called out his name in front of him, and also hinted at his identity back then. He couldn't understand how this woman knew about these things that no one else should know!
"I can clearly tell you that your guess is correct. But I want to know, how did you know all of this!? "Ling Chen's eyebrows were deeply furrowed, showing the extreme unrest in his heart.
"For a large family to survive for a long time, one of the most important things is a sufficiently large information network. If one doesn't have eyes and ears that can see through certain things, sooner or later, someone will secretly stab them in the back. And my grandfather and father attach more importance to the construction of an information network than anything else. Since it's an information network, it can't be covered without the Long Family. Even now, there are still many people in the Long Family who were planted by our Li Family. However, there are less than five people in the entire Hua Xia who have the ability and courage to extend their information network into the Long Family. Therefore, we will more or less know some of the internal affairs of the Long Family, including the secrets of the Long Family. Among them is the second son of the Long Family who shouldn't have been born back then. "
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