At the end of the winter of the beginning of the 741st year of the Great Qianli calendar, for the vast majority of the people of Qingyang City, except that the day of spring was a little later than in previous years, there was no other special significance.

Although it is still a cold and steep weather, you can finally feel the warmth gradually coming, and this whole winter, the mood of being frozen in ice will gradually melt away, and you will begin to enjoy the joy and enthusiasm of spring.

Even if it is as cold as ice, it will eventually slowly melt into water, as gentle as water, as splendid as water.

For others, however, the winter seems to be never going away.

Their lives end there, and there is no further continuity.

For this world, they came and went in a hurry, like maggots, leaving not too many traces, until they died...... And no one can remember their names anymore.

Every winter in Qingyang City, some people freeze to death.

The homeless, young and old who live begging for food in the city, may appear in the lively markets or the streets of the city every day, but every winter, the faces that always appear in those places on weekdays disappear or are replaced by new ones.

The scene of Zhumen's wine and meat smelling and frozen bones on the road, no matter how peaceful the prosperous world is, they can always coexist with each other in great harmony, as if this kind of thing is for this world...... That's how it should be.

We can't always see what we have, and it is not until we lose it that we realize how precious it is.

It's just that this kind of realization always comes too late, at least in the eyes of the Liu family, when they want to cherish it, those precious things have already hurried away, like a frightened thief, and in an instant, they disappeared where they could touch.

That's right, at the end of the winter at the beginning of the 741st year of the Great Qianli calendar, for Qingyang City, not only some homeless people froze to death, but also a huge family that had been entrenched in Qingyang City for nearly a hundred years.

When the vast majority of people were still a little unable to react, for all walks of life in Qingyang City, large and small, the Liu family, which existed like giants, collapsed with a bang.

Except for the two parties involved, almost no one could have imagined that the Liu family, which seemed to be powerful and could not be shaken at all in Qingyang City, would be so strong and powerful.

Xia Ya and Liu Badao's judgment did not make any mistakes, the patriarchs of the two major families showed strong enough sensitivity in this kind of matter, and in just one week, the Liu family was completely destroyed by the Xia family.

In this process, there were not too many waves.

When Liu Badao found out that they had placed all their hopes on it, and it turned out to be just a conspiracy of Xia Fan, the head of the Liu family, who had been ambitious and wanted to monopolize all the businesses in the entire Qingyang City, lost his soul, like a walking meat, and lived as if he had died......

The despair naturally spread up and down the Liu family, and although it lasted for another week, in fact, on the day the new drug was sold, the Liu family was already finished.

The stubborn resistance of the last week is more like a hysterical vent, the century-old foundation is ruined, some people in the Liu family go crazy because they can't bear such a blow, but more people are beginning to prepare for themselves during this time, in order to be able to continue to live well......

At all costs...... Being able to continue to live is always the most important thing.

And for these things, Liu Badao turned a blind eye.

The head of the Liu family, for the last week, kept himself in his study, and never gave any orders to anyone in the family.

Even when the entire family completely collapsed and there was no trace of flowing silver, other industries could not continue to maintain their operations, Liu Badao never gave any instructions.

After a week passed, the entire Liu family had completely fallen apart.

When Lin Rong pushed open the door of Liu's domineering study, the first thing that came out was a strong smell.

For a week, Liu Badao never left the study after eating, drinking, and sleeping, and always closed himself in this study, except for the servants who brought food every day, he didn't even open the window once, so you can imagine how bad the smell in this study will be.

However, Lin Rong seemed to be completely unable to smell the smell, took a few steps forward, and walked to the opposite side of Liu Badao.

At this time, the study was in a mess, in stark contrast to the neat appearance it had been a week ago.

Liu Badao was sitting on his chair, his eyes were bloodshot, although it was only a week, but compared to a week ago, Liu Badao's whole person was much thinner, and his black hair was originally full of snow.

"Father-in-law, I'm leaving, I'm coming here today to say goodbye to you."

Looking at Liu Badao's appearance of not being a ghost or a ghost, Lin Rong's heart twitched, and then said as calmly as possible.

Liu Badao raised his head slowly, and his empty eyes began to refocus after seeing clearly that the person who came in was Lin Rong.

"You're going to leave with the Shen family?"

A hoarse voice rang out.

Lin Rong pursed her lips and nodded, "So you guessed it." ”

"Hehe, you were raised by me, how can I not understand your character. My family and I ...... It has disappointed you, and it has also made your previous sacrifices meaningless, speaking of which, it is also me and my family who are sorry for you. This last bit of value can help you catch the line of the Shen family, and I can also be regarded as letting go of a worry. ”

Liu overbearing hoarsely said with an extremely ugly smile.

"Father-in-law...... I ......"

Looking at Liu's domineering appearance, Lin Rong was a little speechless, as if she wanted to persuade something, but she didn't know how to speak.

"Needless to say, I understand that the family has become what it is now, mostly because of me. So I'm not leaving. The family came to my hands, but because of my stupidity and ashes, I really have no idea of continuing to live, someone must be responsible for this, someone must be buried for the family, this candidate, naturally I am the most suitable. But you're different, you're still young, and your future has infinite possibilities. Be careful with yourself, and in the future, you will have to rely on yourself. ”

Although Liu's domineering voice was hoarse, his tone was full of determination.

"I know, don't worry, if there is anything that needs help from Brother Yinglong in the future, I will help him as much as possible."

Lin Rong nodded and gave up the idea of persuasion.

Liu Badao stiffened when he listened, and after the corners of his mouth twitched, he didn't say anything more, but waved his hand with some difficulty.

Lin Rong bowed slightly, turned around and left the study.

Just when she closed the door of the study again, she heard a muffled sound in the study, and Lin Rong, who knew what was happening, quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and left the house with a resolute face.