The Liu Family helped the Lin Family clear the backlog of a few states, and the next day, they sold them out at a very low price, almost as if they were free. It seemed to be more generous than the Lin Family's promotion a few days ago.
It showed that there were smart people in the Liu family.
In fact, for a large clan like the Liu Clan to be able to last for decades and even survive the change of dynasties, if they weren't smart enough, they would have long been swallowed up by others, not even their bones would be left.
The Liu family was different from the Lin family. The Lin family was a pure business family, while the Liu family only dabbled in business to accumulate wealth and support the family to do more important things. Business was not the foundation of their family. It was normal for a big family to hand over the family business to a younger generation who was not the eldest son of the legal wife.
This time, they lost some money, but they won back their credibility. The money was nothing for the Liu family.
The head of the Liu family came to the Lin Mansion to apologize in person today. He said that everything that happened these days was made by Liu Luo alone and it didn't represent the position of the Lin family. He had punished Liu Luo severely and hoped that the Lin family wouldn't take it to heart.
To show his sincerity, he also brought some expensive gifts. Li Yi estimated that the value of those gifts was several times the loss of the Liu family this time.
After the head of the Liu family left, Li Yi was wondering whether all the big families in the Qi Kingdom were so polite and kind. At this time, the provincial governor of Liuzhou came to visit.
Although the provincial governor didn't bring any gifts, his attitude was better than that of the head of the Liu family. He said that if the Lin family encountered any difficulties in Liuzhou, they could just ask him. As the governor of Liuzhou, he would never let the Lin family suffer.
Li Yi didn't believe that the head of the Liu family and the provincial governor came to show goodwill to the Lin family because they had nothing better to do. There must be some other reason.
Lin Wanru walked over and sat opposite him. She said, "These years, almost every time the Lin family went to a province, it was like this."
"Every time we go to a province to expand our business, the Third Prince will personally write a letter to the provincial governor of that province. Among these people, there are people who are originally on the Third Prince's side, and there are also people who are not willing to offend him for these things. Thus, in the past few years, we have traveled all over the Qi Kingdom without meeting any major obstacles." Lin Wanru looked at him and asked confusedly, "What did you say to the Third Prince when you left Fengzhou?"
"Nothing …" Li Yi said in surprise, "I just asked him to take care of the Lin family …"
These years, the Third Prince had done more than just "take care" of the Lin family. Lin Wanru stared at Li Yi. She didn't believe that the Third Prince would spare no effort to support the Lin family just because of what he said years ago …
"Maybe it's because I helped him before …"
Seeing that Lin Wanru was looking at him, Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Once, your First Prince sent an envoy to the Jing Kingdom, saying that he wanted to unite with our Princess Royal by marriage. The Princess Royal is very good at governing the country and is very important to the Jing Kingdom. Of course, I didn't agree …
"You also know that if Zhao Zheng marries the Jing Kingdom, the Third Prince will have no hope at all. I helped him indirectly that time. I think — maybe it's because of this reason."
In detail, Li Yi and Zhao Yi weren't considered friends. Back then, Zhao Yi brought a group of subordinates to humiliate the Jing Kingdom, but Li Yi returned the favor. However, not only did Li Yi not hate him, but he treated him with respect everywhere. This was a person who truly did great things.
Zhao Yi was really a person with charisma. Even though they were enemies, Lin Wanru couldn't feel any hatred toward him.
He had helped the Lin family so much, and he had helped himself so much, but Lin Wanru couldn't do anything for him. To be honest, Li Yi felt a little guilty.
Lin Wanru thought about what he said just now and suddenly asked, "Princess Royal is not only important to the Jing Kingdom, but also to you …"
"Ah?" Li Yi looked at him and was stunned for a moment. Then he said, "Yes, very important. We are — best friends."
Lin Wanru looked at him and suddenly asked, "Am I your friend?"
Lin Yong was originally passing by the two of them, but when he heard these words, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Then he turned around and looked at him with worried eyes.
Young Master Li's answer was simply … simply not using his brain!
If he answered "yes", then Miss Lin and the Princess Royal of the Jing Kingdom were both his friends. He just said that the Princess Royal was his best friend. Didn't it mean that in his heart, Miss Lin was not as good as the Princess Royal?
If Miss Lin was unhappy because of this, all the efforts he had made before would be in vain.
If he answered "no", it meant that he only regarded Miss Lin as a steward. Wouldn't Miss Lin be even angrier?
He showed an extremely worried expression on his face.
"No."
Li Yi shook his head decisively.
Lin Yong was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.
Lin Wanru's expression didn't change much. She looked at him and asked doubtfully, "Why?"
"If it's a friend, it's not easy to make a move …" Li Yi looked at him and thought for a moment. He asked, "If you can't get married in the future, will you really not consider living with me?"
Lin Yong sighed and shook his head. He turned around and left.
Brother Fang was right about one thing. It was something that was set in stone. He shouldn't worry about it.
The Young Miss never asked others if they were friends. Brother Li was also very skilled in dealing with her. There was really no need for her to worry about the matter between the two of them.
The only thing he was worried about was that although Li said it in a joking tone, Miss Ruyi was standing behind him. Would she be unhappy when she heard it?
In fact, as soon as Li said that, he realized that he had made a mistake.
He said that MIngzhu was his best friend. If Lin Wanru asked him if she was his friend, he wouldn't be able to answer this question.
He didn't expect that she would actually ask.
Fortunately, Li Xuan wasn't here. Otherwise, things would be more troublesome.
Fortunately, he was quick to react and used this half-joking, half-serious tone to resolve the awkwardness.
As expected, a smile appeared on Miss Lin's face. Li Yi once again felt that he was very quick-witted.
Lin Wanru looked behind Li Yi and smiled. "Ruyi …"
Li Yi's expression froze. He only felt a chill on his back.
There was no movement behind him for a long time. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that he was actually scared by such an old-fashioned trick. It was really …
A pair of hands were placed on his shoulders, followed by Ruyi's pleasant voice.
"Is it easy to lay hands on my wife's younger sister? If I can't get married in the future, should I consider sleeping with you?"
It had been a long time since Li Yi had flipped a car.
Since things had developed to this point, it was useless to be smart. He could only rely on his strong desire to survive.
He stood up and walked in the direction of Lin Yong. He asked, "What did you want to discuss with me just now? Let's talk inside …"
"Nothing …" Lin Yong looked at him and said, "I have something to discuss with Fang. I'll leave first …"
"…"
Lin Wanru stood up and walked over. She held Ruyi's arm and said, "I saw a set of clothes today. It suits you very well. I brought it back. Let's try it on in the room …"
Facts proved how important it was to have a qualified wingman in a battle.
Some seemed to be wingmen, but in fact, they were spies arranged by the opponent in their own camp. When you were up, down, left, right, left, and right, they would aim their machine guns at your engine.
Li Yi decided to entrust Fang to educate Lin Yong.
Fang had just pulled Lin Yong to sit down when someone walked in from outside and said loudly, "Lin Yong, where's Miss Lin?"
Lin Yong turned around and looked at the fat man who walked in. He said in surprise, "Fatty Qian, why are you here?"
"Don't mention it. My father asked me to come to Liuzhou to expand my business and learn more from Miss Lin …" The fat man said. He looked at Li Yi with a trace of doubt on his face. He suddenly asked, "Brother, have we met somewhere before?"
Li Yi turned to look at Lin Yong and asked, "Do you have a copper coin?"
Although Lin Yong was surprised, he still searched his body and found a copper coin.
Li Yi threw the copper coin to the fat man and said, "We're even."
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