Manhattan, New York, is a popular area for the wealthy. Along the world's most famous Central Park, north to east, is the famous Upper East Side of New York. It is home to wealthy people from finance and investment banks.

It has been said that here on the Upper East Side, you can see the moment when wisdom turns into wealth, and you can also see the ashes that fall overnight, and this is true.

Many of the surnames that live here come and go, and come and go, and can only be called momentary prominence. Among them, there are several surnames that are synonymous with longevity, they are mysterious, long-lasting, ancient, and hold monstrous wealth in their hands.

Tang Jingyun squinted at the roads she passed, from 59th Street in New York in the south, to 96th Street in the north, from Fifth Avenue in the west, to the East River in the east, and the place described by these streets is the so-called Upper East Side.

She was invited by Catherine to be a guest of the Totas family today. The Totas family, one of the most enduring families on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a huge fortune in the Upper East Side.

Maybe someone said hello in advance, Tang Jingyun's car was not intercepted at the gate, but drove in with Mei Si and went directly inside.

"Oh, Tang Jingyun, I'm so glad you were able to agree to my invitation!"

As soon as Tang Jingyun got out of the car, she heard Catherine's happy voice sound, a sincere smile appeared on her face, she looked extremely enthusiastic, and her golden hair exuded golden glow in the sun, making her already bright facial features look even more beautiful.

Tang Jingyun raised her eyebrows and smiled at the woman who came over, and that smile made Catherine lose her mind for a moment, "Thank you, it's my honor to receive your invitation, how can I not come?" ”

Catherine came back to her senses and exclaimed, "Tang Jingyun, you should smile more, your smile is so beautiful, do you know?" It made me feel like I had seen the illusion of an angel! ”

Tang Jingyun didn't reply, in fact, she has always been a little overwhelmed by the enthusiastic praise of foreigners.

"Let's go! Tang Jingyun, I specially instructed the cook to cook Chinese food today! ”

Catherine took Tang Jingyun's hand and walked in.

To say that when Catherine knew that Tang Jingyun was also surnamed Tang, her first reaction in her heart was that it turned out to be like this. She also knows something about Oriental culture, and knows that she and Tang Lingzheng's surname are the same, which may not be accidental. This can also explain why these two people have similar temperaments from time to time.

As for why the relationship between the two is very delicate, Catherine guessed that the Tang family is also a big family, and she has a bad relationship with the relatives in the family.

Sure enough, what Catherine entertained Tang Jingyun today was indeed a table of authentic Chinese food, although she hadn't tasted it yet, but just looking at the "color", "fragrance" and "shape" were all excellent, and Catherine did bother to come.

When Catherine was about to get closer to Tang Jingyun after a meal, an uninvited guest arrived, breaking Catherine's original plan.

"Grandpa, why are you here?" Catherine smiled in surprise and ran over to support an old man in an affectionate gesture.

"I heard that my little Catherine was entertaining friends, so I naturally wanted to come and have a look." The old man smiled at Catherine, his expression gentle, but that didn't hide his strong momentum.

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Tang Jingyun, her rich emerald green eyes made her heart tremble. Of course, this does not include Tang Jingyun.

Tang Jingyun just stood up and greeted gently, "Hello, Mr. Totas." ”

If you want to talk about the man in front of you, it is a legendary existence in the Totas family. A hundred years ago, the Totas family was just a second-rate family, but it was precisely because of the existence of the old man in front of him that this family has prospered for sixty years, and there is a tendency to continue to prosper.

"Hello, little one. You don't seem to be afraid of me. The old man was helped to the throne by Catherine, and said with a smile.

"No, you have the qualities of the people of the Mississippi Valley, bravery, fearlessness, determination, and adventurous spirit, of course, you have inherited the excellent qualities of so many ancestors, brutality is also engraved in your bones, and ferocity is your normal, I think, there are probably few people who stand in front of you and are not afraid at all."

Tang Jingyun stood up and said respectfully to the old man, speaking indifferently in a way that did not match the semantics.

She had respect for him, but she had no fear, it was true.

The old man in front of him, once considered the most prominent man in the Mississippi Valley, led the rise of the Totas family, and was the object of pride of the entire Mississippian people.

Old Totas's eyes flashed with surprise, he stroked his beard, and couldn't help but shake his head, "No one has mentioned my past for many years," he stared at Tang Jingyun and said with emotion, "I almost forgot about it, I used to be a man from the Mississippi River." ”

"Yes, I thought that a person like you would never forget his origins." Tang Jingyun smiled, "After all, the identity can be forgotten and the surname can be changed, but the character and the galloping blood that are integrated into the bones can never be changed." ”

Old Totas looked at Tang Jingyun, trying to see something in her eyes, but unfortunately, he couldn't see what he wanted to see, and then smiled on his old face, "Has anyone ever sued you, in fact, you are a very strange little girl?" ”

Tang Jingyun bent her eyes, "Yes, it's just that I'm such a person, isn't it?" ”

Old Totas's rich emerald green eyes flashed with wisdom, and he said, "People are always changing, just as the value of things does not change forever, it is always appreciating or depreciating." Young people, the things that you thought would never change, maybe after you have experienced more things, will start to see through them. You see, just like the land under your feet, a hundred years ago, it was possible to buy a huge piece of land for tens of thousands of dollars, and in the decades since, tens of thousands of dollars have not even been able to afford a toilet here! But who would have thought that it would one day depreciate? ”

East from Fifth Avenue and west of Lexington Avenue is the most expensive and popular residential area in New York, known as the "Gold Coast" of New York, which is home to some of New York's wealthiest people and is truly wealthy.

It was only later that the area was threatened by the prestige of the rising Tribeca and West Village districts of Manhattan, and the sudden rise in prices fell like a bird choking its throat, and that time, I don't know how many Manhattan billionaires who invested in real estate were distressed. Even if the price of housing continued to rise in the future, it was still a lesson that the older generation in Manhattan mentioned when they taught the younger generation.

Tang Jingyun naturally knew this story, and she also heard what old Totas meant, she just smiled faintly, "There is a sentence I have said many times, when people are young, no one can beat her. You see, I'm so young, and I still have a lot of time to squander, and to put it mildly, people like you, who are half buried in the loess, always act more than we do when we are younger, just like the environment of the Upper East Side, and tend to be conservative. ”

Manhattan's Upper East Affluent District is not only home to New York's wealthiest people, but it also smells of money and conservative values in the air. Of course, this does not mean that Manhattan is bad, but it has an old-fashioned charm tempered by capital and time.

Old Totas naturally understood the meaning of Tang Jingyun's words, and couldn't help but feel that the oriental woman in front of him was interesting. Using the Manhattan area as an analogy, she also rebelled against her own army, but she had a pair of sharp teeth.

The two of you come and go, and Catherine, who is sitting on the side, must be fake if she wants to say that she is not shocked.

She was deeply loved by old Totas, which allowed her to sit in her current position, but it was because of this that she understood the horror of this old man better than anyone else. Before this, she had never thought that someone would talk to the old man like this, and the needle between the two casual words made her feel a sense of slaughter.

Looking at Tang Jingyun like this, a kind of jealousy rose in her heart for the first time, which was similar to why she could be like this and I couldn't. It's just that soon this love dissipated, because she knew that this oriental woman was too powerful.

She fears the strong, and she will not be jealous of the strong.

"Very well, little girl from the East, please tell me what is the purpose of your coming here?" Old Totas stared at Tang Jingyun's eyes, as if he wanted to see her through.

But Tang Jingyun's eyes were not happy, like a vast pool of water, which could not stir up ripples.

"I thought I had made it clear, but it was actually quite simple, I just wanted to destroy the Lawrence family, that's all." Tang Jingyun narrowed her eyes and said lightly, but under that flat tone, there was a stormy prelude.

Hiss-Catherine gasped silently in her heart, she never thought that Tang Jingyun would actually say such an unexpected purpose!

Although Lawrence is not a century-old family, she is also the top force among the rising upstarts, how confident does she feel that she can fight against a family? Not to mention destroying it?!

It's just that to Catherine's expectation, her grandfather didn't say "arrogant", and then threw up his sleeves and left, but pondered with interest.

Such an expression made Catherine can't help but silently sneer, God, why did she see a feeling of excitement in her grandfather's eyes? Glancing at Tang Jingyun, who was smiling and sly, she suddenly remembered that her grandfather had a fatal death hole, and suddenly a very bad premonition rose!

"Mr. Totas, I just made a move to get out of the bad breath, I don't have deep roots in the United States, and I still need your protection, and when the time comes, the Lawrence family's property can be divided into sixty percent for you."

Sure enough, Tang Jingyun's words made Catherine can't help but cover her forehead and let out a painful moan, damn it, she doesn't trust Orientals anymore, it's too cunning!

Old Totas's most fatal weakness - love of money like life!

He famously theorized, "Give me 300 percent profit and I can kill the earth!" ”

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