    Two months later.
The snow outside hadn’t melted yet, and the chill squeezed in through the corners and windows. The funeral parlor, which was already lifeless, seemed even colder and more lifeless.
Luo Lingsheng’s body was stiff and cold, and his bloodshot eyes stared at the four portraits without blinking. The pain in his body was numb, and his mind was shrouded in chaos.
Suddenly, someone covered him with a thick blanket.
“Who is it?!”
Luo Lingsheng instantly burst out a fierce murderous intent, and turned sideways to grab the wrist of the person who came. He was like a lion trapped in a desperate situation. Obviously, he was already scarred, but he still forced himself to maintain his energy and be vigilant of everything around him.
“Young master, it’s me.”
The butler, Uncle Qin, ignored the pain from his wrist and said with great distress, “You haven’t fully recovered, and you’ve been sitting here for a whole day. How can you bear it?”
“Just listen to Uncle Qin’s advice and go back to the hospital to recuperate. If …”
Uncle Qin looked at the portraits in the mourning hall, and his voice was much older and weaker, “If Sir and Madam were still alive, they definitely wouldn’t want you to be like this.”
Two months ago, Old Master Luo suddenly died of a heart attack. His descendants didn’t dare to breathe when he was alive, but after his death, they immediately turned into hungry and greedy wolves.
The huge Luo family property was a piece of delicious fat meat in their eyes, and they didn’t hesitate to fight for it to the point of killing each other.
Among them, the most ruthless was the first branch.
They relied on the ridiculous identity of the “eldest son’s grandson” and the absurd excuse that they had the most people, and they couldn’t wait to completely expel the other three branches from this power and wealth struggle.
Luo Lingsheng’s father, who was born in his old age, had always been favored by Old Master Luo, and Luo Lingsheng was also Old Master Luo’s favorite grandson.
Because of these two reasons, the first branch seemed to be “brothers and sisters” on the surface, but secretly hated each other to the bone.
Luo Lingsheng’s parents were smart people. They disdained this kind of property struggle, and announced their withdrawal from the Luo family’s competition early on.
However, they were not ruthless enough. They had never thought that ‘a person’s heart is unpredictable’. Their words of ‘withdrawing from the property competition’ were sincere, but in the eyes of the first branch and the others, it was just ‘retreating in order to advance’. They had other motives!
As a result, Luo Lingsheng’s family had a major ‘accident’ on their way to the airport after leaving the country to avoid the limelight. Four people died and one was injured.
Luo Lingsheng was seriously injured and unconscious for nearly half a month. When he woke up, his four closest relatives had passed away one after another. His legs were also seriously injured in the car accident.
“Uncle Qin.” Luo Lingsheng remained unmoved. He turned his gaze back to the mourning hall and asked, “Is no one coming?”
Uncle Qin’s expression grew increasingly solemn. “No. It’s already past visiting hours at the funeral parlor. Now that the first branch is in power, who in the Imperial Capital would dare to do anything openly?”
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The winner was the king, and the loser was the bandit. Flattering the strong and trampling on the weak had always been the rule.
Apart from the relatives of the Sheng family who were willing to come and offer their condolences, none of the other relatives from the extended family came.
“Where are the Sheng parents?”
“I’ve already asked someone to send them back.”
The Sheng couple only had one son, Sheng Zecheng. It was not easy for them to see their son’s career and marriage bliss. They even had a cute little grandson before the New Year.
And the result?
In the car accident, Sheng Zecheng died on the spot. His wife, Luo Lingsheng’s elder sister, Luo Yu, also died on the way to the hospital.
The Sheng couple had been mourning the death of their own child ever since.
“Is Jin Yu okay?”
“After the accident, Mrs. Sheng was worried about the confinement nanny, so she has been taking care of her personally. She said that the child has been crying badly …”
Uncle Qin was halfway through his words when he found it hard to continue.
He was about the same age as Luo Lingsheng’s father. It could be said that he had watched Luo Yu and Luo Lingsheng grow up.
Now, Luo Lingsheng was not the only one who had lost his parents’ protection. There was also the little goldfish who was still in its infancy.
It was a pity that the child had lost his parents when he was only four or five months old. Sheng Zecheng and Luo Yu, who loved their child, did not even hear the child call his parents when he grew up.
“Young Master, you must take good care of yourself. I think the first family will not make trouble for you anymore. The most important thing is that you …”
“Will not make trouble for me anymore?”
Luo Lingsheng sneered. He lowered his eyes and stared at his numb legs. “I’m a cripple. Of course, they won’t find me troublesome. They will only think that I’m not completely dead yet.”
“Lingsheng! You must not give up on yourself. “Uncle Qin was so anxious that he called him by his name. He reminded him earnestly as an elder.
“The doctor said that as long as you rest well and cooperate with the rehabilitation, there is still a great chance that you can stand up again in the future.”
“…”
Luo Lingsheng silently moved his wheelchair a few steps forward. His eyes swept across the four familiar faces that had become black and white forever. An emotion called ‘hatred’ finally broke through the wall of numbness in his heart and quickly spread to his internal organs.
“Uncle Qin, I won’t let them go.”
The uncontrollable tremor in his voice was extremely obvious.
“What?”
“I won’t let them go!”
Luo Lingsheng held back the tears of pain and hatred in his eyes. The blue veins on his forehead and the back of his hands bulged like winding hills. “I want them to pay for what they have done!”
Even if he was smashed to pieces and his soul scattered, he would drag the first family’s group of evil ghosts in human skin down to hell forever!
“Lingsheng …”
Uncle Qin hurriedly came up. He wanted to persuade him, but there was nothing he could do.
Luo Lingsheng had been forced into a desperate situation by the first family. Now, no one could lightly ask him to ‘do good’.
Uncle Qin understood this. After a long silence, he couldn’t help but worry. “What are you going to do?”
“Before, the first family united to deal with the other three families for their own interests. Now that they have the upper hand, it’s time for an internal struggle.”
Luo Lingsheng’s eyes grew darker and darker. He pointed out the core of the matter. “There is only one position of the family head. They still have to fight for it.”
Since that was the case, he would take advantage of the situation and turn them into sharp blades that could stab each other. In the end, he would come down and pay with his life.
Luo Lingsheng suppressed his temples, which were about to explode. He tried to find reason in the monstrous hatred. “Uncle Qin, I used to have an assistant in the company called Qin Jian. Ask him to come to me.”
“Also, my leg … my leg is inconvenient. You have to help me find some bodyguards as soon as possible.”
“Don’t be too shrewd. It’s best if they are honest.”
He couldn’t move freely now. What he needed was a loyal gentleman who could protect his master, not a villain who would betray him for money.
Uncle Qin knew that the only person Luo Lingsheng could rely on now was himself. “Okay, I’ll do it.”
Luo Lingsheng said again, “Uncle Qin, you have to be careful.”
“Okay. At my age, I don’t have a wife or children. I don’t have so many worries. Now, my heart is naturally with you, my child.”
Uncle Qin came forward and pushed the wheelchair out. “Lingsheng, Uncle Qin knows that you are suffering in your heart, but you have to take care of your health.”
Otherwise, how could he take revenge even if he was full of hatred?
Luo Lingsheng supported his stiff body and got into the car with Uncle Qin’s help. He saw the charging cell phone in the front seat.
Uncle Qin handed it over. “Oh yes, the screen of this cell phone is broken. I’ve asked someone to fix it and send it back.”
Luo Lingsheng took it. When he opened the lock screen, he saw the photo on the desktop.
“… …”
For a moment, the sour feeling in his chest came back.
Uncle Qin sensed his mood and reverted to his original form of address. “Young Master, what’s wrong?”
“Uncle Qin, I have one more favor to ask of you.” Luo Lingsheng’s voice had a trace of powerlessness and affection.
He was afraid that he would not be able to take care of this matter, but he did not want to unilaterally break the promise.
“What?”
“Help me to order a birthday cake for Shih Yunnan from Ridakar University in the United States on May 5th this year.”
Uncle Qin was half a beat slower. He muttered this relatively unfamiliar name. “Shih Yunnan? He’s … “
“Someone I used to like.”
Luo Lingsheng resolutely and simply said this sentence. He returned the picture on the desktop to its original state. He sealed the surging emotions, along with the photos in the album.
Fortunately, he never said it out loud.
Fortunately, Shi Yunnan had long forgotten about that fateful meeting and treated him as a stranger he had never met before.
He was a person who had fallen into hell. He should not try to provoke the moon in the sky.
… …
Even though Grandfather Luo’s death was sudden, to a certain extent, he was shrewd and strong all his life.
Grandfather Luo had said more than once when he was alive — —
“Among all the current descendants of the Luo family, only Luo Lingsheng resembles him the most when he was young.”
It was precisely because of this sentence that Luo Lingsheng became the most sought after young master in the Imperial Capital circle.
It was also because of this sentence that Luo Lingsheng became a thorn in the side of the other Luo family members.
After Luo Lingsheng’s accident, he became a ‘cripple’ who could not move his legs. This news was deliberately publicized by the first branch and quickly spread throughout the Imperial Capital circle, making him a laughingstock overnight.
But no one would have thought that Luo Lingsheng was not a sick cat who was powerless to resist, but a lion who wholeheartedly lay dormant — —
He sat on top of the mountain and watched the tigers fight. He secretly set up a trap. In the end, with swift and decisive means, he reshuffled the Luo family’s cards and turned the entire Imperial Capital circle upside down.
It was not until Luo Lingsheng sat firmly in the position of the Luo family’s head that everyone realized how accurate Grandfather Luo’s vision was back then!
After the former Luo family’s manor was expanded and renovated, it welcomed its new owner.
When Luo Lingsheng finished his work and returned home, Uncle Qin immediately greeted him, “Master, you’re back? Have you eaten? “
“I’m not hungry.” Luo Lingsheng concealed the tiredness between his eyebrows and talked about business, “Where’s the child?”
“I brought him back in the evening. The confinement nanny is now accompanying him in the bedroom.”
After receiving the butler’s reply, Luo Lingsheng immediately took the elevator to the second floor. The door of the child’s bedroom was ajar, and he could faintly hear soft coaxing coming from inside.
Luo Lingsheng tried hard to restrain the cold aura that had formed over a long period of time and slowly pushed the door open.
In the considerately prepared child’s bed, the little goldfish was walking. The confinement nanny carefully guarded him, afraid that he would accidentally fall.
The confinement nanny was the first to notice Luo Lingsheng’s figure. She quickly picked up the little goldfish, “Young master, look who’s here? It’s uncle. “
The shy little goldfish pursed his lips and looked away in fear.
“…”
Luo Lingsheng stopped the wheelchair and didn’t dare to take half a step closer.
The confinement nanny gently patted the little goldfish’s back and coaxed him, “Oh, oh, don’t be afraid, little goldfish.”
“Our little goldfish doesn’t know uncle yet. It’s okay. We’ll get to know each other in two days, right?”
These words were not only to comfort the little goldfish, but also for Luo Lingsheng to hear.
Ever since Luo Yu and Sheng Zecheng passed away, the little goldfish had been raised by the Sheng couple. Now that Luo Lingsheng was sitting firmly in the position of the head of the Luo family, he naturally had the ability to protect the little goldfish better.
So, after a short discussion, the Sheng family agreed to send the little goldfish back to the Luo family.
Luo Lingsheng stayed where he was and didn’t dare to approach. He only slowly moved to the bedside when the confinement nanny coaxed the little goldfish to sleep.
The confinement nanny stood at the side and took the initiative to speak, “Master, the young master has always been very obedient and smart. He even learned to walk faster than ordinary children.”
“Now he can say some simple words and short sentences. Don’t worry, he’ll definitely get to know you very quickly.”
Luo Lingsheng quietly looked at the little goldfish’s sleeping face. “Got it.”
Seeing this, the housekeeper signaled the confinement nanny to leave for the time being.
“Uncle Qin.”
“Yes?”
“Look at Jin Yu. He learned all the advantages of my sister and brother-in-law’s looks. If they were still alive …”
Luo Lingsheng wanted to say something but stopped. He seemed to feel that he had started a very bad topic.
As an elder, Uncle Qin had other concerns. “Master, it’s good to raise the young master by your side, but you have to form your own family in the future. I’m afraid …”
“My own family?” Luo Lingsheng softly interrupted. His attitude was unusually firm. “I don’t plan to do that.”
Luo Lingsheng looked down on those who deliberately clung to him for money and status. Even if there were people who were with him for ‘true love,’ Luo Lingsheng didn’t want to be a burden to them.
The most important thing was that from the beginning to the end, there was a shadow hidden in his heart that couldn’t be erased or extinguished.
The housekeeper carefully asked, “Master, are you still thinking about Second Young Master Shi?”
Luo Lingsheng’s gaze froze. He didn’t say anything.
Yes, he was still thinking about him.
Shih Yunnan was the only love that Luo Lingsheng had left in his complete hatred. The longer he stayed with her, the deeper it became. The deeper it was, the harder it was to cut it off.
But so what?
He couldn’t let his own wishful thinking disturb the other party’s peaceful life with his broken body and soul.
“… Uncle Qin, is he going to graduate?”
“Yes.”
The housekeeper, Uncle Qin, answered.
Because of Luo Lingsheng’s special instructions, he was especially concerned about Shih Yunnan, which was far away overseas. He would always inquire about some relevant information that didn’t involve personal information —
For example, the time of Shih Yunnan’s graduation ceremony.
Luo Lingsheng didn’t continue to ask. He just asked Uncle Qin to leave the room temporarily.
There was a soft sound of the door closing.
Luo Lingsheng looked at the sleeping face of the little goldfish under the dim light. Unknowingly, he was pulled into the abyss by loneliness.
Since he dealt with the Luo family, his heart, which had been living on ‘hatred’ for a long time, had completely cooled down. He even impulsively wanted to leave this huge family business behind and leave.
There was a fence around the child’s bed.
Luo Lingsheng half leaned on the fence. His straight body finally collapsed.
So tired.
The forbidden words that he couldn’t say in front of outsiders were finally reduced to a trembling sigh in a corner that no one paid attention to.
Overnight, his family was ruined, he had no one to rely on in a high position, and he even had to rely on a wheelchair for the rest of his life. What could be more ridiculous and powerless than this?
Luo Lingsheng’s eyes turned sour. Just as he was about to suppress it, there was a slight movement on the bed.
The sleepy little goldfish suddenly woke up. He didn’t cry or make a fuss. After confirming that it was Luo Lingsheng who was sitting in front of the bed, he carefully and staggeringly climbed to the front of the fence.
“Uncle … Uncle …” The little goldfish said the address that he wasn’t very familiar with, but he intimately stretched out his hands, “Hug.”
Luo Lingsheng couldn’t bear it and lowered his head. He quickly wiped away the disappointing mist and learned the posture that his sister had taught him. He carefully and securely held his little nephew in his arms.
“Jin Yu? Who am I? “
He didn’t have the toughness and ruthlessness that he showed in front of outsiders. It seemed that he was just connecting with the only person he could rely on in the world.
The little goldfish adapted to Luo Lingsheng’s embrace and breath. His little hands grabbed his sleeves, and he slowly and painstakingly said, “Uncle … Uncle …”
Luo Lingsheng clumsily but gently patted his little nephew’s back, as if he was grabbing onto the only life-saving straw.
“Jin Yu, from now on, we can only rely on each other.”
The young little goldfish didn’t understand his words. He just drilled into Luo Lingsheng’s arms.
His cold heart recovered a little bit of warmth. Luo Lingsheng hugged the person in his arms and found a little bit of direction again.
“Jin Yu, uncle will support you until you grow up.”
…
One month later.
Luo Lingsheng looked at the two steps in front of him that were harder than climbing to the sky. He silently stopped in front of the flower shop.
The owner of the flower shop stopped his busy work and took the initiative to open the door, “Hello, sir. How can I help you?”
“Hello, I want to buy a bouquet of flowers.” Luo Lingsheng’s voice was very calm. He added, “It’s for a college student who is about to graduate.”
The owner of the flower shop replied, “Of course. This is the graduation season. Our flower shop sells a lot of bouquets every day to the graduating students.”
“Sir, what kind of flowers do you want? Or rather, who do you want to give it to? “
“Friends, family, or lovers?”
Her eyes stopped on Luo Lingsheng’s face, and she said in a friendly manner, “I can arrange it for you according to your needs.”
“…”
Luo Lingsheng hesitated for three seconds and said bluntly, “Do you have sunflowers?”
The owner of the flower shop had the ability to read people’s expressions, “Sunflowers? Sir, if you want to give it to someone you like, I think roses are the most suitable. “
“How about the sunflower? Do you have any? “
Compared to roses, which had a strong sense of love, Luo Lingsheng felt that sunflowers had a more hidden meaning in their language of flowers.
Even if others had not heard of sunflowers, at least it would not be like roses, which could cause misunderstandings and bring unnecessary trouble to Shih Yunnan just by looking at the bouquet.
“Yes, I’ll wrap it for you now. Sir, please wait a moment.”
“Thank you.”
Luo Lingsheng sat at the entrance of the flower shop, patiently waiting for the owner to wrap it. He looked at his still weak legs, and a trace of self-mockery flashed through his eyes — —
Actually, he should not have come here.
But when he thought that graduation could be regarded as a crucial and important day in Shih Yunnan’s life, he could not control the impulse in his heart.
“Sir, here are the sunflowers you asked for. There’s also a handwritten greeting card and a pen.”
Luo Lingsheng took the sunflowers from the shop owner, “Thank you, I don’t need a greeting card.”
He just wanted to send a bouquet of flowers quietly, and did not want Shih Yunnan to know of his existence.
When Luo Lingsheng arrived at the auditorium of Ridakar University, the formal graduation ceremony had already ended. Thousands of students gathered in the auditorium, sharing the joy of the moment with their families, friends, and even their lovers.
Luo Lingsheng, who could not move freely, searched for a long time before he found the long-lost figure in the corner of the seats — —
Shih Yunnan, who was wearing a scholar’s uniform, was sitting alone, adding a trace of loneliness to the grand and splendid venue.
There were more than a dozen steps between the two of them. Ordinary people could easily reach it in less than ten seconds.
But for Luo Lingsheng, these steps were like a rift valley, completely blocking the possibility of him getting close to Shih Yunnan.
“Mr. Luo, I’m sorry, your legs have missed the best time for rehabilitation … …”
Luo Lingsheng thought of the treatment results that kept hitting the wall in the past few days. In the end, he gave up the unrealistic hope.
He asked someone to hand over the sunflowers, which contained his secret love, to Shih Yunnan. He did not wait for the other party to notice and left through the side door of the auditorium.
… …
In the following three years, Luo Lingsheng never thought of giving up this secret love.
He still paid attention to Shih Yunnan’s social media platforms, even if the other party became more and more reluctant to share their status as they grew older.
He still paid attention to Shih Yunnan’s new identity in the jewelry design circle. He even impulsively submitted a design order anonymously to him, customizing a pair of wedding rings that was almost an extravagant wish.
Even so, Luo Lingsheng was never willing to take the initiative to provoke Shih Yunnan. He had persuaded himself countless times — —
One day, Shih Yunnan would fall in love, get married, have their own family, and even have children. Perhaps at the end of his life, his fate with Shih Yunnan was limited to the first encounter that had been forgotten by the other party.
Luo Lingsheng felt that he had mentally prepared himself in all aspects, but when he heard the news of the ‘marriage’ between Luo Yanchuan and Shih Yunnan, he could not bear it and went to the Shi family.
He selfishly wanted to destroy this bullsh * t marriage, and he even deliberately used his identity as the head of the family to secretly suppress it.
For this reason, he was prepared to be hated by Shih Yunnan.
But Luo Lingsheng did not expect that Shih Yunnan’s attitude towards the ‘marriage’ was far beyond his imagination. It was to the extent that the other party jokingly asked those two sentences — —
“Mr. Luo, are you proposing on behalf of Young Master Luo? Or are you proposing on behalf of yourself? “
“Mr. Luo’s answer is different, and the result of my consideration is also different.”
With these two simple probing questions, Luo Lingsheng’s years of restraint were completely disrupted.
In the eyes of outsiders, he controlled the propriety of the head of the Luo family. In his heart, he had already uncontrollably crossed the line.
“Second Young Master Shi, you haven’t answered me yet. If I propose on my own, am I worthy?”
“Worthy, of course you’re worthy. Has the wedding banquet been set? Hubby ~ “
In front of him, Shih Yunnan said those words with a clear teasing smile on his face. In a trance, Luo Lingsheng saw the little liar at his birthday banquet that year — —
“Luo Lingsheng, can I pursue you?”
The moonlight shone into hell, unexpectedly bringing warmth. At that moment, Luo Lingsheng finally faced the deep desire in his heart — —
Shi Yunnan.
As long as you’re willing, I’ll listen to you.
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#The head of the family’s secret love chapter, completed!
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