Chapter 1 If This Is Your Will

  Long Bao fainted in front of the great sorrow, and when he woke up, he found himself lying on a hospital bed. His eyes were hollow and confused as he looked around.

  The rain outside the window is still falling, mixed with the howling sea wind, gently washing this city, as if to wash away its tempting and floating splendor; The rain threads outside the window are lines made of water, densely weaving a mysterious net, wrapping everything in this city tightly, as if to turn everything into a fair and chaotic whole, returning to the original primitive era; The raindrops outside the window are still the tears of the sky, falling one by one on Hong Kong, on the hospital, on Long Bao's eyes at this moment, forming a sorrowful river. This sorrowful river flows into the ocean of grief, and Long Bao floats in this ocean of grief...

  Jing'er stood guard in front of Long Bao's bed, gazing at him with a mixture of pity and sorrow. She sensed the deep-seated melancholy in his eyes that made her heart ache.

  Long Wan could clearly hear the mournful crying sounds coming from Qian Lao's sickroom next door, and he began to carefully distinguish whose cries they were, distinguishing between true and false in these crying sounds.

  Jing'er looked at Long Bao, who had not shed a tear or said a word for half an hour, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. With utmost gentleness, she comforted him: "Long Bao, if you're heartbroken, then cry it out. Bottling it up like this isn't good for your body."

  Long Bao nodded slightly, pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and said calmly, "They're all there, aren't they?"

  Jing'er knew that Long Bao was asking about Qian Lao's children and grandchildren, so she replied: "It seems like they've arrived, there are many people, and a lot of them I don't recognize."

  Long Bao nodded and continued smoking, after a long while he asked again: "What about your grandfather?"

  "Jing Er replied in a low voice: 'He went to Jiao Ying's residence, Grandfather said he wanted to meet this junior brother.'"

  Long Bao nodded slightly, still not looking at Jing Er's worried face. He gazed out the window, watching the rain, seemingly muttering to himself yet also seeming to speak to Jing Er: "This rain, from heaven to earth, is it dead or alive?"

  After Qian Lao and Jiao Rong Sen left, Jing Er Ye Ye was convinced by Jiao Rong Sen's subordinates in just a few words. One of the subordinates brought the old man to this villa, and the old man wanted to see this so-called high-ranking person, his audacious and rebellious junior brother.

  The old man stood at the door of Gao Ren's house, and the panting voice of the man and the painful moans of the girl came to his ears wave after wave, but the old man remained calm as if he didn't hear anything.

  The news that Boss Jiao Rongsen was scolded to death by Ke Xinglong has made his subordinates frightened and they all followed the old man from a distance, wanting to see how he would teach that old lecher a lesson. To be honest, they were also very dissatisfied with this old thing, even transferring their anger to him.

  Jing Er's grandfather stood at the door listening to this lewd sound for almost half an hour, yet he remained calm and composed. It was his subordinates who thought they should remind this half-crazy old man working hard that it was time to stop. One of them walked up, forced a smile on his face, raised his fist and pounded on the door, shouting: "Master! Master! Something's happened! Come out quickly, someone is looking for you!"

  The sound inside stopped, but suddenly a burst of maniacal laughter came out: "Something's happened? Something's happened! It's good that something's happened, it's good that something's happened! Hahahaha!" The lewd sounds grew louder, and the old man's maniacal laughter occasionally shouted out: "Hurry up and cry! Hurry up and cry!... Ah...... Oh...... Comfortable...... Hurry up and cry!...... Hahahaha......"

  The Buddha also loses his temper! Jing Er's grandfather finally frowned and said in a deep voice: "Break it open!"

  That subordinate hastily shouted "Ah!" and retreated several steps before using his shoulder to forcefully collide with the door!

  Bang! The door opened.

  Grandfather Jing walked in normally, and the two corpses were entwined on the large bed in the center of the room. The old man's body was still desperately clinging to the pure white woman's body.

  Jing Er's grandfather recognized the old man at a glance as his own junior fellow apprentice whom he had not seen for over fifty years. A flame of anger burst forth in his heart, and he could not help but shout: "Yang Xiu!"

  He was enjoying the woman's high-pitched voice when he suddenly heard his name being called, which gave him a fright. He remembered that he hadn't heard this name since he escaped from mainland China before liberation, more than 50 years ago. Who was calling him by this name he had used over 50 years ago?

  This sudden shock made him immediately sober, he suddenly remembered that he had fainted while performing the ritual, how did he end up on the bed with a woman now? And being watched by so many people naked?

  He instinctively pulled the bed sheet over himself and turned his head back to look at the person who made the sound.

  Isn't this Big Brother? Isn't this the very same Big Brother who forced himself to make a vow in front of Master's remains? Yes, it's him! Even after another twenty years, I can still recognize him at a glance! Those eyes of his are still so captivating!

  Gao Renyangxiu quickly pinched the palm of his right hand under the bed sheet, but found that he was so flustered that he couldn't calculate it. He strongly felt a spiritual pressure like Mount Tai from Jing'er's grandfather, and under the pressure, he gave up calculating, calmed his mind, and said viciously: "Su Xuan, fifty years have passed, I didn't expect you to find me!"

  Jing Er's grandfather's clear and transparent eyes shone with a piercing light, and he said in a low voice: "Yang Xiu, it has been fifty-four years."

  Gao Renyang felt his momentum was completely suppressed by Jing Er's grandfather, and he was uncomfortable all over. He tried to calm down his panicked mind and restrained the surging blood in his body, saying with hatred: "I've been searching for you for 54 years! Heaven is helping me, you're delivering yourself to my doorstep!"

  "Uncle Jing's voice was as steady as a rock, and he said in a low tone: 'No need to look for it, this is an unfinished bond between us.'"

  Gao Renyang sneered and said: "Is that so? For over 50 years, you're still like your master, always talking about fate, having no desires or demands. Aren't you tired?"

  "Your tone has become fainter," said Jing Er's grandfather. "You're still the same, deceiving your master and forgetting your ancestors, practicing those evil and perverse ways."

  Gao Renyang smiled and said, "Stop spouting these grand theories at me. I've been hearing you and our master drone on about them for fifty years now. What nonsense about heretical paths? I think it's you who's practicing a heretical path. This is the authentic Taoist way of cultivating truth!"

  Jing Er's grandfather seemed to be shrouded in an intangible aura, his faint voice piercing the air: "You've done so many things that defy heavenly justice for so long, aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

  Gao Yang Xiu laughed loudly at the sky: "Heaven's punishment? What a joke! I've never killed anyone or shed blood, at most I just taught some ordinary people a lesson, where did this heavenly punishment come from?"

  "Your face is calm, your eyes staring straight at Yang Xiu's eyes. You have been deceived by evil methods, absorbing the essence of yin. You repeatedly refuse to change and cling to Jiao Yingxian, indulging and assisting him in his wicked deeds. You are a accomplice to the tiger, attempting to use sorcery to curse Long Bao to death. Is your evil not enough?"

  Gao Yang's mind, which had just calmed down, became agitated again. He strongly argued: "No matter what you say, I have never killed anyone. You can't go against the sect's rules and execute me!"

  "Quietly, Grandfather Jing looked at him and said in a light tone: 'Yes, the sect had long since made its intentions clear. As long as the disciples did not commit murder, their descendants would not be subject to the Five Thunder Family Law for punishment. In those years, you deceived people outside and were punished by Master to reflect on your actions for three years. You also took advantage of Master's passing to commit adultery with your unconscious sister, and I could only expel you from the sect. You yourself knelt before Master's remains and made such a poisonous oath, never to set foot in the mainland again, nor to do evil again. But you have already betrayed your oath, you can't escape the backlash of the poisonous oath, Yang Xiu.'"

  Ko Wen-je nervously defended himself, "I have done no evil, I did not enter the mainland. Hong Kong is not part of the mainland, it and Taiwan are both free nations in the free world, not **'s territory!"

  Qing'er's grandfather smiled slightly and said, "I really don't know what you've learned in the past 50 years! You haven't made any progress at all! Fortunately, your master used to secretly praise you for having the highest understanding of our sect's numerology and divination among the seven of us siblings!"

  Gao Ren's face suddenly darkened, and his voice trembled as he said, "Master really said that?"

  "Grandfather Jing recalled his mentor and felt a pang of sadness, sighing softly: "That's right, Master said he was afraid you would take the wrong path in the future. He said you were born with a heavenly killing curse, and that your affinity with our sect is too shallow, while your worldly desires are too strong. If it weren't for your ancestors' kindness to our sect and your own high innate talent, he wouldn't have accepted you as his disciple. Master saw through your entire life more than 60 years ago! Yang Xiu, turn back now, while there's still time."

  Gao Ren Yangxiu stared blankly for a long time, as if he had been moved, but suddenly touched the woman under the quilt and immediately thought of something else. He burst out laughing and said: "Haha, turn back? I think you're afraid that I'll take revenge on you! You spout nonsense and even pretend to be the master's will! What a joke!"

  "Qing'er's grandfather said in a cold voice, 'Yang Xiū, it seems that you are indeed deeply trapped in the mud and cannot be saved. I'll ask you one thing, aren't you afraid of the Heavenly Slaughter Calamity?'"

  Yang Xiu burst out laughing: "What heavenly slaughter? My fate doesn't have that!"

  "Quiet boy, Grandfather shook his head and said: "Do you know how Third Master died? Do you know how Ancestor Five died?"

  Yang Xiu's evil voice laughed and said: "Are you preparing to fabricate another story?"

  "Grandpa Jing didn't respond to his words, and continued in a light tone: 'Do you know who you were planning to curse that day? I don't believe you saw this child and your heart wasn't racing.'"

  Yang Xiu's heart skipped a beat!

  "Did you know why you fainted at that time? Did you know that the heavens had already arranged a heavenly calamity star for us people who reveal heavenly secrets? There is someone in this world who is the natural nemesis of us fortune tellers!"

  Gao Renyang shuddered as he recalled last night's scene and said, "You're saying it was this Long Bao?"

  Jing Er's grandfather nodded and said, "Jiao Rong Sen had a heart attack while talking to him and left, Qian Zheng Sheng also went immediately after, leaving behind a will that all his assets be given to him to handle. Your assistance in Jiao Rong Sen's big battle ended up being a waste of effort, resulting in such a miserable defeat!"

  Yang Xiu was covered in cold sweat and said: "Really? Really?"

  Jing Er's grandfather smiled peacefully and said, "Since I can come here, you should already know that this is true. In fact, you already knew his abilities last night, I think you probably fainted when he read the Yi Jing loudly 'Ge Nang Zhong Hui, Er Lai He Wei?'! This was beyond my expectations, he could actually use Buddhist Zen language to counter your evil witchcraft!"

  Gao Renyuan's face turned ashen, and he muttered: "Heaven's will, heaven's will, the old sky's decree, the old sky's decree!"

  "This is not heaven wanting to destroy you, but heaven wants you to change your evil ways and return to the right path. Don't go against heaven's will again, it's also the intention of your master."

  Yang Xiu suddenly seemed to have aged ten years, and his eyes were filled with illusions. He shouted in terror: "That dragon, that blood dragon is coming to eat me again! Big Brother Master, quickly help me drive it away!"

  "Ah, brother, I'll call you that one more time. Considering our 60 years as fellow disciples, let me warn you as your senior: go to a mental hospital or an old folks' home and spend the rest of your days there." He then turned to his subordinates and said, "Wait for him to get dressed, then send him to that place. I'll take care of the expenses."

  Yang Xiu shouted loudly at this time: "I won't go to that ghostly place! I won't go! Su Xuan, I won't go!"

  Jing Er's grandfather turned around and prepared to walk out, but not before saying to his subordinates: "Remember, don't do anything that goes against your conscience for the rest of your lives. It's never too late for a prodigal son to return."

  In extreme horror, Gao Yang's eyes saw the only savior, Master Brother, about to leave him. Suddenly, his last bit of clear consciousness made him produce an "if we die, let's die together, if something happens, let's happen together, and even in death, I'll pull someone down with me" evil thought. He jumped off the bed, hugged Jing Er's grandfather, and clearly whispered Long Bao's eight characters into his ear!

  Jing Er's grandfather suddenly felt a jolt throughout his body!

  Gao Renyang suddenly burst into a mad, wild laughter: "Heaven has its will, the sect has its will, my master has his will, Su Xuan, my senior brother, this is also my will! Hahahaha......"

  Jing Er's grandfather suppressed the shock in his heart, his expression unchanged, and walked out calmly.

  Although Qian Lao's will was to be officially announced after the funeral, its main content had already been spread among Qian's family members. It is unknown who leaked the information and it is not necessary to investigate further. When Qian Lao's body was still in the hospital morgue under special care, and the funeral parlor hall was being urgently arranged, Long Bao was taken by all of Qian Lao's descendants to Qian Lao's mansion to force him to reveal the contents of the will from start to finish. Almost everyone in the Qian family regarded Long Bao as a villain who had plotted to take over Qian Lao's property, including Qian Su Xue and even Qian Yu Hui, who was pregnant at the time, viewed Long Bao as a public enemy!

  The high-ranking officials of the group company could not withstand the reasonable attack of these people, nor did they dare to resist. Only Kangding Village and Jing'er disregarded everything and closely protected Longbiao, who was speechless with grief.

  On the night of Qian Lao's death, in the grand hall of the Qian family mansion.

  Da Sao Ah Ping jumped up and rushed to Long Bao's face, her well-manicured finger pointing at his face, scolding: "Speak! You mainland rascal! Did you drug the old master and cheat him into giving all the family property to an outsider like you? Speak! Bastard!"

  "Under the heavens, such a strange thing has happened! With sons and daughters, daughters-in-law and sons-in-law, grandsons and granddaughters, not a childless widow or widower without an heir, nor a kind philanthropist donating to society or the country for good deeds. Instead, they leave tens of billions in family property to this outsider with unknown origins! Is this person a bastard? Unlikely, at their age, still capable of such shameless and ugly behavior?"

  Ye Zi's eldest daughter, Ye He, immediately said: "Eldest aunt, second aunt, you probably don't know how bad this person is? My father was framed by him and reported to Grandfather, which led to his downfall! Even you two were removed from your positions because of his instigation and sabotage against Grandfather! This mainland scoundrel is ruthless and venomous!"

  Ye Zi's younger daughter, Ye Zhi, wiped away her tears and shouted: "And he was originally an undercover agent in his sister-in-law's shoe company, secretly searching for evidence against his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. As a result, Grandfather got angry and removed the position of president from his sister-in-law, and later his brother-in-law was also implicated, which is why he was so troubled in his heart that he got into trouble and was locked up!"

  Da Sao Ah Ping suddenly thought of her husband Qian Tonghua being in prison and got angry, stomping her feet and scolding: "So you're the root of all evil! I'll beat you to death!" She raised her hand to slap Long Bao's ear!

  Kang Ding Zhuang grasped her wrist, his voice low and serious: "You can say whatever you want about President Long, but if you take action, that's not allowed! This is what the Chairman entrusted to me! Not even the Emperor himself can defy this!" With that, Kang Ding Zhuang gave a slight push.

  Kang Ding Zhuang's powerful martial arts and cold demeanor made Ah Ping somewhat intimidated, but she refused to show weakness, scolding: "You're just a stinky bodyguard, how dare you point fingers at me? You're so bold! I'll get rid of you!"

  "Sorry, you don't have the right to do this!" said Kang Ding Zhuang coldly.

  "Kang Dingzhuang, don't be so self-assured. Who gave you the nerve to speak to my family like that? You're just an employee, I'm the deputy chairman of the group, and I don't believe I can't fire you!"

  Kang Dingzhuang showed no fear, staring straight at Qian Suxue and saying in a low voice: "My confidence was given by the chairman, my courage was also given by the chairman before his death. As for why the chairman gave me these things, I will explain it to the high-level executives of the group in the future. Please forgive me for not being able to tell you now."

  Qian Yu Hui was heartbroken over her father's sudden death, but she couldn't understand why he had left his will to Long Bao. It hadn't even been a year since his passing! Had Long Bao already surpassed all of their family members in their father's eyes? How could their father be so reckless and ignore the feelings of his own children, leaving almost all of his assets to him and not allowing them to be divided among themselves? Was this possible? Father, you would rather leave your assets to an outsider than to your own descendants, this is so unfair to us!

  The hall was in an uproar, with countless hands and mouths pointing and cursing at Long Bao. Long Bao sat expressionless on the sofa, his body stiff, while Jing Er clutched his icy arm tightly, fearing that he would lose control of his temper and say something inappropriate or wrong.

  Ye Zi Hen paced back and forth in the hall, suddenly raised his hands and pressed down, saying loudly: "Don't make noise, this is our common big matter! Listen to me! Although we haven't seen the original of Father's will yet, now it's just a copy, but I'm sure this will must be fake!"

  The scene suddenly fell silent, and Ye Ziheng glared at Long Bao with a venomous gaze, his voice filled with anger: "Before Father passed away, he told us that he would only entrust all the family property to 'the most trustworthy and capable person who can manage it well and make it prosper', do you dare say you are the heir of our Qian family?!"

  Jing'er felt the dragon scales beside her trembling, and her heart ached. She opened her mouth and said: "I'm telling you, Grandfather Qian..."

  Just as she was about to reveal that Qian Lao had already accepted Longbiao as his adopted grandson, Longbiao, in a fit of grief and indignation, hastily pinched Jing'er's hand. Jing'er suddenly remembered the words Longbiao had repeatedly pleaded with her at her old home, and she stopped herself, shaking her head helplessly, unable to bring unnecessary worry to Longbiao.

  Ye Zi Hen burst out laughing, his sharp voice saying: "Nothing to say now! Come on, since you're not a descendant of the Qian family, what right do you have to inherit this family property? Don't you think all of this is suspicious? Answer me!"

  Long Bao finally spoke, his face pale and stern, saying word by word: "I, Long Bao, now, will not answer any of your questions! Everything will wait until the chairman's funeral is over, the lawyer reads and announces the will, then I'll make a statement!"

  Ye Zi Hen was completely enraged by Long Bao's iron words, and he furiously shouted: "You must answer now! That will is invalid! He was confused by your hypnotic medicine and wrote nonsense! It wasn't his true intention! No! He wanted to leave it to me! Father repeatedly tested my ability, repeatedly entrusted me to take care of the family, father wanted to leave it to me! You forged his true meaning!"

  Seeing Ye Ziheng's frantic expression, Long Biao suppressed the tears that were welling up in his eyes and said coldly: "You're so angry, so impatient, isn't it because you didn't get the material wealth you've been trying every means to get? I'll tell you, Ye Ziheng! You've long since died completely in the chairman's heart!"

  Long Bao gazed steadily at Qian Lao's descendants, his voice firm: "I've never seen a will, nor do I know its contents! However, if Chairman Qian's will has any instructions regarding me, Long Bao, I'll take it as his final wish! If this is indeed Qian Lao's intention, no matter how treacherous the road ahead may be, whether it's a minefield or an abyss, I'll resolutely press on, never retreating, never fearing, never looking back!"