Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things

The whole yard was plunged into a strange atmosphere.

Neither Xie Zhonghan nor Xie Hongjun spoke. Although Li Dayong did not faint, he did not dare to get up. He knew that he was no match for Lin Shaowen, and getting up would only add to the conflict.

"Go cook, it's okay." Lin Shaowen shouted.

"Hey."

Qin Jingru's figure appeared at the kitchen door, holding two kitchen knives in her hands.

"I am your grandpa." Xie Zhonghan said in a deep voice.

"So... Grandpa, do you have any advice?" Lin Shaowen smiled.

"Back then..."

"I don't want to know about what happened back then." Lin Shaowen smiled and waved his hand, "What grudges do you have with my mother? When you die in the future, you can tell her yourself."

"Lin Shaowen, you are so presumptuous..." Xie Hongjun scolded.

"Do you want to be thrown out by me?" Lin Shaowen raised his head and glanced at him.

"Back." Xie Zhonghan said unhappily.

"Yes, Grandpa."

Xie Hongjun stood behind him with a face full of unwillingness.

"I don't mean to have a conflict with you." Xie Zhonghan took out a cigarette and handed one to Lin Shaowen before he said softly, "I just came to see you. If possible... we are still relatives."

"Forget it." Lin Shaowen shrugged while holding a cigarette in his mouth, "Your Xie family is a wealthy family. We are from a small family and can't afford to marry you."

"I know you have resentment in your heart..."

"No, I don't." Lin Shaowen said with a smile, "You and I have never met, and my parents have never mentioned you. What do I blame you for?"

"We have met before." Xie Hongjun corrected.

"Just strangers." Lin Shaowen spread his hands and said, "If I remember correctly, when your parents came to my house, they arrogantly accused my father of being useless and not accepting your kindness. Is that right?"

Xie Zhonghan didn't say anything, just looked at him.

"Comrade Xie Hongjun, what is your rank?" Lin Shaowen asked.

"Deputy director level." Xie Hongjun gritted his teeth.

"That's right." Lin Shaowen said with a smile, "You wealthy families always think that you have countless resources. If you don't accept your kindness, you are ungrateful. But you are over 30 years old and still hanging around at the deputy director level. What's the point?"

Xie Hongjun's face turned red when he said that.

"You are lucky." Xie Zhonghan knocked on his cane.

"Aren't you lucky?" Lin Shaowen said disdainfully, "So many Chinese sons and daughters went to the battlefield, but you survived and stepped on their corpses to rise to power. Are you the most capable one among them?"

Xie Zhonghan remained silent.

"Old Xie, don't take yourself too seriously." Lin Shaowen sneered, "Each generation has talents, and each generation replaces the old. The current situation is unclear, and the highest level of your children is nothing more than a deputy ministerial official..."

"How do you know?" Xie Hongjun frowned.

"Because I have studied all the ministerial officials, and there is not a single one with the surname Xie." Lin Shaowen sneered, "Xie Hongjun, I know what the foreign affairs unit is like even if you don't tell me. There are many factions. Don't look at you as a group of people. Life in it is not easy, right?"

Xie Hongjun blushed, but could not refute.

"You are very good, much better than your group of brothers." Xie Zhonghan said.

"Brother, I really dare not climb high." Lin Shaowen waved his hand and said, "Old Jie, you go your Yangguan Road, I go my single-plank bridge, and we will never have any contact in the future, okay?"

"If you have my support, it will not be a problem to enter the hall before the age of 40." Xie Zhonghan said softly.

"You might as well support your Xie Hongjun and see if he can get up before the age of 40." Lin Shaowen curled his lips and said, "I will go further without your support."

"Lin Shaowen, I don't have such treatment, don't be too arrogant." Xie Hongjun said angrily.

"That's because you are incompetent." Lin Shaowen pointed at Xie Hongjun and said, "As a small leader in the foreign affairs department, I don't know how many eyes are staring at you. You still openly bring a group of children from the compound to high-end hotels. Do you really think the leader's eyes are blind?" Xie Hongjun's face changed drastically and he looked at him in horror. "You think your Xie family is so powerful that you can cover the sky with one hand, but in fact, families that are ten or a hundred times bigger than yours are all walking on thin ice and living in fear." Lin Shaowen snorted coldly, "You think you can rise steadily by relying on the momentum of the Xie family, comrade... you really don't take others seriously." Xie Hongjun's forehead was sweating, but Xie Zhonghan's eyes were full of brilliance. He had carefully investigated Lin Shaowen's resume before coming here, and finally came to only one conclusion, that is luck. Whether it is Bi Yanjun, Zhao Qingming, Zhang Yuyang, Qin Zhong... including Guan Qi and Song Xilian, if he didn't have the help of these people, he would have no chance at all.

But now it seems that luck is only part of it.

"Lin Shaowen, you have a lot of ideas. If you have my support and take over the political power of the Xie family, your future will be limitless." Xie Zhonghan said sincerely.

"I have nothing to do with your Xie family, so my future is limitless." Lin Shaowen sneered, "Once I am labeled as a member of the Xie family, I don't know how many enemies I will have in the future. Xie Lao, do you really think everyone is a fool? And, are you really supporting me?"

"Shao Wen, we are very sincere." Xie Hongjun said.

"I said you are stupid, and I really didn't wrong you." Lin Shaowen laughed, "Xie Zhonghan's meaning couldn't be more obvious. I am young and in a high position. He pulled me out as a target for everyone to attract everyone's attention, and then gave you time to breathe so that everyone would not stare at you."

"This..."

Xie Hongjun's face changed drastically, and he looked at Xie Zhonghan in disbelief.

"Early wisdom is easy to die." Xie Zhonghan murmured.

"Mr. Xie, I have a piece of advice for you..." Lin Shaowen said calmly.

Xie Zhonghan didn't say anything, just stared at him.

"I'm 27 years old this year. You can't live longer than me." Lin Shaowen lit a cigarette and sneered, "It's fine if we don't interfere with each other, but if you really make me angry. After you die, I will deal with you Xies one by one."

Xie Zhonghan's pupils shrank violently.

Xie Hongjun was even more panicked. If he had doubts just now, he didn't dare to doubt Lin Shaowen's methods now.

"It's better not to mess with me." Lin Shaowen stood up and said, "Two leaders, my family is small, and I don't have anything to prepare. I won't send you off."

Xie Zhonghan stood up and said, "Lin Shaowen, I'm not as bad as you think."

"The first book I read was "Xunzi"." Lin Shaowen smiled.

Xie Zhonghan didn't say anything else, just looked at him deeply, and then walked towards the door.

Xie Hongjun ran over to help Li Dayong up and hurriedly followed.

In the courtyard.

Everyone looked at the embarrassed Li Dayong and Xie Hongjun, with a look of astonishment.

Is this... a beating?

In the GAZ car.

Xie Hongjun hesitated to speak.

"Speak." Xie Zhonghan spat out a word.

"Grandpa, what does his last sentence mean?" Xie Hongjun said with a red face.

Bang!

Xie Hongjun was hit on the head by a cane, and he grimaced in pain.

"Lin Shaowen is right, you are not only stupid, but also unlearned." Xie Zhonghan said angrily, "The proposition of "Xunzi" is 'human nature is evil at the beginning'... In Lin Shaowen's eyes, we are all bad people."

Xie Hongjun couldn't help but be speechless, this kid is quite knowledgeable.