187: Chapter 187 Shi Lei's Sincerity

Yet, all these reversals happened so quickly that many people present were still in a state of shock, unable to react to what had just transpired.

"Why?"

Zeng An looked at Old Madam Zeng. At this moment, he wore a calm expression, his tone filled with questioning.

"Why?"

Old Madam Zeng also uttered these three words.

"Why?"

Zeng An laughed, his smile revealing a hint of madness.

"Ever since Big Brother died, have you ever looked at me properly, Mother?" Zeng An asked accusingly.

"The position of Family head should be mine right now." There was a hint of anger in Zeng An's words.

The position of the Zeng Family head had remained vacant ever since the previous head—who was Zeng Wanying's father and Old Madam Zeng's eldest son—and his wife passed away in an accident.

Furthermore, the previous Zeng Family head only had one child, Zeng Wanying, and her abilities were far from reaching the level required to be the head of the Family.

It was originally thought that Zeng An would succeed as the next Zeng Family head, but no one expected Old Madam Zeng to come out of retirement personally to take control of the Zeng Family. Until now.

"You are not suitable for this position," Old Madam Zeng said in a deep voice.

"I'm not suitable? If I'm not suitable, is that trash Zeng Rui suitable?" Zeng An glanced at Zeng Rui and said dismissively.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Rui looked dissatisfied, but seeing his second brother so enraged, he dared not retort.

"Or is it that you have always wanted to pass the position to Zeng Wanying, and have never truly seen me, your own biological son, in your eyes?" Zeng An continued.

A cliché internal Family power struggle. Lin Ming was immediately drawn in, settling in to watch the drama unfold.

As for Director Shi Lei, he was temporarily ignored; after all, the man couldn't run away, so there was no need to pay too much attention to him.

Director Shi Lei noticed Lin Ming's expression and guessed that his attention was on the Zeng Family, so he didn't say anything more.

"If you want to be the Family head, you must put the Family's interests first. When you made that deal with the Wu Family, did you ever think about the Family?" Old Madam Zeng asked.

"Everything I did was for the Family. As long as I become the Family head, this temporary loss will be nothing," Zeng An defended himself.

But it was useless to say anything now. If she hadn't clung to the position of Family head, he wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with them.

Although the Zeng Family would lose some wealth, as long as he could secure the position of Zeng Family head, all the losses would be worth it.

But then, Yuanxu Mountain had to appear. He had never expected the Zeng Family to have a connection with Yuanxu Mountain; she had kept everyone in the dark.

He knew he had lost everything. No. He hadn't lost yet. Zeng An immediately turned and rushed out.

But the moment he turned, the chains that had been binding Cen Ziqian detached from his body and, in the blink of an eye, bound Zeng An instead.

"Old Madam Zeng, it was I who foolishly believed their slander. You may handle this person as the Zeng Family sees fit," Director Shi Lei said to Old Madam Zeng with a hint of apology.

In the past, if he was wrong, so what? If he was wrong, he was wrong, and there would be no need to apologize. But now it was different; to ensure this Yuanxu Mountain Disciple wouldn't cause him trouble, Director Shi Lei felt he must take some remedial measures.

"Let him stay in the Zeng Family forever, never to step out of his room for the rest of his life," Old Madam Zeng said after a long silence.

After all, he was her own flesh and blood. Old Madam Zeng found it difficult to kill him, so she could only imprison him within the Zeng Family to live out the rest of his days.

"Hahaha..." Zeng An laughed, a crazed, manic laugh.

"Deal with all the forces that participated in this matter," Lin Ming said to Director Shi Lei, glancing at him.

"I understand," Director Shi Lei said hurriedly. A hint of joy surfaced in his heart; he could take this to mean that Lin Ming would not cause him any further trouble.

As for those few families, Director Shi Lei was determined to deal with them all. For his own sake, he certainly couldn't let them off the hook.

"Young Hero Lin, I have troubled you," Old Madam Zeng said, looking at Lin Ming gratefully.

If not for Lin Ming, the Zeng Family probably wouldn't exist anymore.

In fact, before Lin Ming, Old Madam Zeng had also spent a lot of money to hire several Immortal Masters of the Bitter Sea Realm.

Since the other party wanted to make a move against them, they certainly had to pay the price.

She naturally didn't want to use the promise from Yuanxu Mountain easily; it was the Zeng Family's protective amulet.

But not long after these Immortal Masters of the Bitter Sea Realm arrived in Dongchuan City, they left for various reasons.

Old Madam Zeng couldn't do anything about it, so she had no choice but to use the promise from Yuanxu Mountain.

"It's only right," Lin Ming said with a smile.

"I will definitely give you an explanation regarding this matter," Director Shi Lei said, looking at Lin Ming.

Afterwards, he left with Cen Ziqian and his group.

Upon seeing this, the people of the Zeng Family felt a sense of relief, followed immediately by an expression of wild joy on their faces.

Yuanxu Mountain. This was Yuanxu Mountain!

You have to know, they had previously scoffed at the information circulating within the Family, but they never expected it to be true, and to be Yuanxu Mountain at that.

This suddenly gave them the feeling of being hit by a massive stroke of good fortune.

However, many of them were also feeling a bit panicked in their hearts. Quite a few of them had been disrespectful to Lin Ming earlier, and they feared that Lin Ming would settle scores later.

Meanwhile, Lin Ming and the other two arrived in a study.

"Big Brother Lin, you are actually from Yuanxu Mountain!" Zeng Wanying said, shocked once again.

"What? Do I not look like it?" Lin Ming asked back with a smile.

Did he really look so unlike someone from Yuanxu Mountain? Besides, there were no appearance requirements for joining Yuanxu Mountain.

"No, it's just that I didn't expect it," Zeng Wanying quickly explained. She truly hadn't expected it.

"Now you know," Lin Ming said.

"I know," Zeng Wanying nodded.

"Young Hero Lin, I'm afraid I'll need to trouble you once more," Old Madam Zeng said.

"Leave it to me, I will handle it well," Lin Ming said. This matter was not over yet.

Before the Zeng Family's troubles were completely resolved, he would not leave the Zeng Family.

At this moment, Old Madam Zeng walked over to the bookshelf. She fumbled around on the shelf for a moment and took out a book.

As this book was removed from the shelf, a secret compartment appeared in their line of sight at the very bottom of the bookshelf.

"Ying'er, take out the thing inside the secret compartment," Old Madam Zeng said.

Upon hearing this, Zeng Wanying quickly walked to the secret compartment and took out the item inside.

It was a piece of animal hide, a tattered piece of animal hide, with some things drawn on it, appearing as if it were a map.

"This piece of animal hide was obtained inadvertently by the younger generation of the Family, and it is also one of their targets," Old Madam Zeng said to Lin Ming.

Everything that belonged to the Zeng Family was their target.