When I was about to let the middle-aged man come in to talk, the middle-aged man said that he wanted me to talk outside, and he said that the matter discussed this time was not only related to the safety of the Li family, but also related to my major affairs, and he wanted to find a quiet place to talk to me.

I know that the middle-aged man wants to say that there are other people in it who are inconvenient to say, originally I didn't care about this, after all, Sister Katsu is my woman, and she is not an outsider, even if Sister Katsu is there, I don't think it's anything.

But the middle-aged man insisted, and I couldn't help it.

And I also want to know what the middle-aged man wants to say to me.

Anyway, there is a small pavilion next to the community where I usually rest, so I asked the middle-aged man to go to that place with me to talk about things.

The middle-aged man had no opinion, and then I talked to Sister Shengnan, and I told Sister Shengnan's Li family that someone was looking for me, and I would come back as soon as I went out.

Sister Katsunan didn't say anything, just told me to be careful and pay attention to safety, and then asked me to come back early for dinner.

In fact, it is said that it is going out, but it is not going out, after all, the small pavilion is next to the house, and I can see the whole building when I sit in this place, so I can rest assured that I can come out with the middle-aged man.

It's also safe here, so don't worry about anything.

"Okay, what's there to say now." After I sat down with the middle-aged man, I looked at the middle-aged man calmly.

"Lin Xiao, what I want to talk about next is very important, related to the future of my Li family, and also related to your identity." The middle-aged man looked at me with a serious face.

I'm getting more and more curious, and I don't know what the middle-aged man wants to say: "Hehe...... Say whatever you want, I'm curious why you're looking for me, and you know that although I'm a successful person in the eyes of ordinary people, my identity isn't enough for people at your level, right? ”

I still remember the last time the middle-aged man came, he knew that I was the boss of Xishu Longbang, but he still disdained me, which showed that he didn't look down on my identity as the boss of Xishu at all, so I was even more curious about his change of attitude.

What made him take a 180-degree turn in his attitude towards me?

"Well, the boss of Xishu can be regarded as a big man in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of people of our class, he is almost a gangster, not worth mentioning." The middle-aged man was also sincere, and said directly: "So the last time I came, I didn't take you seriously at all." ”

"Then why are you looking for me to help you?" I said, "I don't have the ability to keep the status of your four families. ”

"Lin Xiao, if you are just the boss of Xishu, you definitely don't have that ability, but it's not just the boss of Xishu." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "Actually, since we took Mengge away, we have been paying attention to you, Zhou Jian led people to kill you in the Erli River, and when Lin Lewei came forward to save you, I knew that I was wrong about you." ”

Hearing the middle-aged man say this, a flash of realization suddenly rose in my heart, it turned out that the middle-aged man was looking for me because of Lin Lewei.

"Do you think I came to you because of Lin Lewei?" The middle-aged man asked with a slight smile as if he knew what I was thinking.

"Well, isn't it?" I asked rhetorically.

"Of course not, if it was because of Lin Lewei, we would have come to you as early as when Lin Lewei came to save you." The middle-aged man said: "We were also speculating at the time whether you were Lin Lewei's friend or not, so Lin Lewei would come to your rescue." ”

"But we thought it couldn't be that simple." The middle-aged man groaned, "Lin Xiao, do you know your current situation in the capital?" ”

"I know, do you want to say that the capital is now divided into two camps, one is the Wang family camp headed by the Wang family, and the other side is the Lin family camp headed by the Lin family?"

"Hmm." The middle-aged man nodded: "The situation is turbulent, and my fuse is the weakness of the Li family, as well as the expanding ambition of the Wang family, wanting to kick the Li family out of the four major families." The Lin family was aware of the crisis, so they secretly recruited some forces to follow them, and established a camp against the Wang family before the Wang family acted. ”

"Well, the Lin family is very smart and knows that if you are kicked out and let the Wang family support other families to enter the four major families, the Lin family will be threatened at that time, so the Lin family has been preparing early." I said.

"Yes, in fact, the Li family has been defeated since thirty years ago, but at that time, the old man's body was still very tough, and no one dared to touch the Li family with the old man." The middle-aged man said: "But twenty years ago, the old man got a serious illness and retired from the front line, and at that time, the Wang family wanted to put the Li family out of the four major families." ”

"And also created a series of events." The middle-aged man said: "The final result is that although the Li family has not been kicked out of the four major families, the Wang family has become the number one super family among the four major families. In the past twenty years, the Wang family has always wanted to do something to the Li family, but they haven't found an opportunity yet. ”

"If you can all drag it out for twenty years, why can't you keep it going? And it's been twenty years, hasn't your Li family's power recovered? Listening to the middle-aged man's words, I couldn't help asking.

"Huh...... In the past 20 years, the power of the Li family has not only not been restored, but has been continuously eroded by the Wang family, and the peripheral forces of the Li family have been harvested by the Wang family. Speaking of this question, the middle-aged man smiled a little bitterly.

"It's not easy for you to be bullied to this extent, and you can still hold on for twenty years." I couldn't help but say.

"We can persevere, not because of how strong we are, but because the old man is still there." The middle-aged man said: "Although the old man has retired, as long as he is still there, no one dares to really touch our Li family." But I received news today that the old man is critically ill, and it is estimated that he will not last long. ”

"Now that we have blocked the news, no one knows yet, but paper can't hold the fire, once the old man dies of illness, the Li family will really come to the time of storm." The middle-aged man said: "In our generation, no one has the right to speak on it, and it all depends on the old man to take care of the shadow, and the Li family has persevered over the years." ”

"But once the old man dies of illness, it is estimated that it will be time for the Wang family to attack us."

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, I finally understood the reason why the Li family had persisted for so many years, it turned out that it was because the previous generation was still alive, and the old man in his mouth was probably the person who really had real power above, otherwise he would not have such a big face if he retired.

"You've told me so much, but you haven't told me what you're looking for me for." I said: "And what does this have to do with me, this is your Li family's business, if your Li family wants to keep their status, it's very simple, you can go to the Lin family, don't you also know that the capital is now divided into two camps?" If you join the Lin family's camp, the Lin family will definitely welcome you. ”

"Huh...... That's why I'm looking for you. The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "If you really said it simply, we would have cooperated with the Lin family a long time ago, in fact, because of the reasons back then, the Lin family has cut off relations with us, and the Lin and Li families have not been in contact for twenty years." ”

"And the confrontation between the Lin family and the Wang family does not necessarily need the strength of our Li family, the Lin family is not like the Li family now, although the Lin family lost its eldest son twenty years ago, but the other descendants are very promising, and they are all characters who really have the right to speak, plus they have established contact with the rich Xia family, and they can completely compete with the Wang family in business."

"Uh...... If you cut off contact with the Lin family, it's useless to look for me. I said, "I just know Lin Lewei, and I don't have as good a relationship as you think, so even if you look for me, I can't say anything." "I thought about Lin Lewei with a cold face, and the relationship between us doesn't seem to be very good.

"No, you are not an ordinary person, your relationship with the Lin family is deeper than you imagined, otherwise why do you think Lin Lewei would save you?" The middle-aged man looked at me deeply: "Lin Xiao, you are twenty-one years old this year, right?" ”