Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1461 - 743: Breaking the Silence (Part 2)

The door curtain completely fell, Lady Chiang shifted her gaze elsewhere, as if she hadn’t seen anything just now.

"Father, what should we do now?" The room fell into silence again, after a long while, it was still Lian Shouren who mustered up the courage and cautiously asked Old Master Lian.

"What can we do? In this village, we’ve really lost face now." After a while, Old Master Lian had finally caught his breath, feeling an inexplicable fatigue all over, his heart was gray and lifeless.

"Didn’t they all say it would be okay when you went to invite them? Why is it that when the time comes, no one shows up?" Lian Shouren probed, "This, could this be..."

Lian Shouren glanced over at everyone’s faces in the room again, hesitating whether to speak his next words.

"Enough, don’t say it." Old Master Lian stopped Lian Shouren first. "Don’t say anything."

Seeing Old Master Lian like this, Lian Shouren’s face turned grim and defeated.

Old Master Lian wouldn’t let him speak because Old Master Lian had already thought of the reason himself. What else could it be? Many in the village treated them politely because of Lian Shouxin, and for the same reason, they wouldn’t anymore.

Old Master Lian knew that Lian Shouxin was very upset about him arranging a marriage for Lian Shouren, causing a huge uproar, something Lian Shouxin had hinted at before, but he ignored it. And he had used the Woo Family Brothers, whom Lian Shouxin disliked, as mediators, and even worse, it turned out this way in the end.

He invited everyone over, but Lian Shouxin never showed up, understandable that Lian Shouxin was really angry this time.

"He really means business this time! Giving me a lesson, huh!" Old Master Lian muttered to himself.

But he couldn’t blame Lian Shouxin because of this, could he say that Lian Shouxin didn’t allow people to come over? He couldn’t, regardless of how Lian Shouxin managed to handle this, he did it flawlessly.

Or perhaps, he didn’t need to do or say anything. Who in the village with sense doesn’t watch Lian Shouxin’s demeanor?

Old Master Lian could only swallow his bitterness.

Everyone in the room looked worried, waiting for Old Master Lian to make a decision.

"What decision should we make, we should just wait and see what they want us to do." Old Master Lian closed his eyes, weakly saying. "How did it come to this!"

With Old Master Lian having no idea, the others naturally had no idea too. But it was okay for others, because they still had Old Master Lian as their backbone. Only Lian Shouren was restless and on edge.

Lian Shouren was scared.

"Father," Lian Shouren didn’t care about his injuries, kneeling before Old Master Lian with a thud. "Father, I beg you, no matter what, you mustn’t let that crazy girl stay. If she stays, I won’t live long."

"Father, you know, Old Fourth and the others have a huge grudge against me because of the past. Originally, he didn’t want me to get married, but knowing she’s a crazy girl who would beat someone to death, it’s possible, possible they want... to have that crazy girl torment me to death, and then they’d have their revenge."

Lian Shouren feared that Lian Shouxin still bore grudges and would use Zhou Daniu to take his life.

Old Master Lian thought for a moment and gestured for Lian Shouren to get up.

"Don’t think nonsense, this is impossible." Even if he was unclear about Lian Shouren’s issue, Old Master Lian was somewhat clear about other matters. Over the years, he knew very well what the family was like. Honestly, there were really no such vicious people among Lian Shouxin’s group.

"If anyone really wanted to kill you, they wouldn’t have waited until now." Old Master Lian muttered softly, no one else heard him clearly. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

After who knows how long, footsteps and voices suddenly came from the courtyard, Wu Yugui and Wu Yuchang brothers, Lizheng, and neighbor Father Chunzhu arrived.

After welcoming them inside, naturally, there were pleasantries exchanged. The few of them said they were delayed by some things, that’s why they came late. Nobody questioned why it was just them now.

As for the matter at hand, Old Master Lian and Lian Shouli had already explained when they went to invite them, there was no need to repeat it. Without Old Master Lian suggesting, the four of them divided the tasks automatically.

Wu Yugui and Lizheng went to the east room to persuade the Zhou family father and daughter, while Father Chunzhu and Wu Yuchang stayed in the west room, having a heart-to-heart talk with Old Master Lian.

"I roughly know what’s going on with your family." Decades of being neighbors, Father Chunzhu and Old Master Lian had a good relationship. "Old brother, as people, we must cherish blessings. It’s not about balancing everything equally, but you must be careful not to spill all the water in the bowl. Otherwise, you’ll break the bowl, and wouldn’t that be a disaster?"

"The child who cries the loudest gets the candy, but we can’t always neglect the obedient, quiet child either."

"Old brother, we get along well, I wouldn’t hide the truth from you. Everyone has seen how your fourth son’s group treats you old couple. They also see the squabbles between the brothers. Your fourth son has been more than generous and righteous to you two."

"Old brother, think about it, what have you done for your fourth son’s family, and what has your family done to them? We must be conscientious and reasonable as people."

"Uncle," Wu Yuchang also advised Old Master Lian, "even the closest child, once too deeply hurt, can’t be healed."

"Old brother, we’re about the same age. Let me be blunt, how many more years do we have left? You’re being too biased now, not helping the eldest or anyone else. You’re harming them. When you’re gone, what will become of it then? Do you want them to be like enemies? Old brother, you must leave something for the children to remember you by, don’t sever all ties."

Father Chunzhu and Wu Yuchang spoke on point, in a short while, their words left Old Master Lian drenched in cold sweat. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation.)