The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 36 The End of the Tanzhou Li Family
Two days later, in Changsha County, Tanzhou, the mansion compound of the main residence of the Li family.

"Mom, I still failed to bring dad back in the end."

Kneeling in front of the window of her critically ill mother, Li Yanran murmured with a gloomy expression.

"Ahem, it's God's will."

Li Lifu's wife, Li Yanran's mother, and the youngest daughter of the Lu family in Tanzhou——Lu Lan opened her eyes weakly, as if she wasn't surprised at all.

"Is he dead?"

As soon as these words came out, a surprised expression appeared on Li Yanran's face, and there seemed to be a trace of fear and trepidation vaguely.

"really."

Sighing lightly, how could the careful Lu Lan ignore the fleeting expression on her daughter's face?
Think about it, too, as the patriarch of the feudal family who supported the entire Li Mansion with his own strength, Lu Lan's courage and ability are beyond doubt.

"Since the night before, my eyelids have been twitching, as if something big is happening with me."

"I thought about it. Except for you and that old bastard, there seems to be nothing in this world worthy of my concern."

He clearly said "old bastard", but Lu Lan's face showed nostalgia and regret.

"In addition, the rosary that the old bastard gave me suddenly broke, and I already had a premonition in my heart."

Having been with the tiger day and night for so many years, Lu Lan is not a fool, so he naturally realized that her husband might be replaced by some unknown existence.

This intuition stems from Lu Lan's understanding of Li Lifu and human nature.

After all, the saying "The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change" has been passed down through the ages. Lu Lan didn't believe at all that the former dude would turn his back on the good because of a fall.

"Also, I probably won't live long now!"

Speaking the most shocking words in the calmest tone, Lu Lan seemed to be talking about what he should eat tomorrow, without showing the slightest expression of fear.

"mother?"

Opening her mouth involuntarily, Li Yanran seemed to want to say something, but in the end she just called mother sadly.

"I know my body, and it is already the limit to last until now."

Grinning softly, Lu Lan's cloudy eyes seemed to have penetrated the long river of time and returned to 20 years ago.

At that time, she was in the prime of life, youthful and beautiful, and well-read poetry and books, but she was forcibly betrothed by her parents to a well-known playboy in Tanzhou.

At that time, Lu Lan did not resist the arrangement of his parents.

Because she knew very well that the Lu family needed the help of the Li family at that time, and she was just a pawn in the transaction.

Deep down in his heart, Lu Lan is ready for everything.

As long as the Li family can keep their promises, let alone a second-generation ancestor or a dude, she will admit even marrying a fool.

However, I don't know whether it is luck or misfortune, Li Lifu is indeed a standard second-generation ancestor, but it is somewhat different from the second-generation ancestor she imagined.

Apart from liking male sex and the inherent habits of some dandies, Li Lifu has nothing to say about how kind he is to his family.

Even when dealing with his nominal wife, he never did anything against his will.

At certain times, the relationship between the two is so good that they can even be called "girlfriends".

"Li Lifu, I've been worthy of you all my life!"

"For you, I drove that old bastard out of the house for 16 years, and I never saw him again until my death."

Breathing weakly, Lu Lan seemed to see Li Lifu's relieved smile and the silent figure standing behind him as he was dying.

"Old bastard! Is this what you really look like?"

The light in his eyes bloomed again because of the backlight. After Lu Lan uttered the last sentence, he finally passed away amidst Li Yanran's cries.

"It seems...not as wise and powerful as I imagined..."

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Outside the courtyard of the Li Mansion.

"Namo Amitabha!"

Huiji couldn't help closing her eyes and reciting the Buddha's name. The old mistress seemed to know more than they imagined.

At least before that, Huiji had no idea that behind Tiger's 16 years of monkhood, there was such a secret.

"This is also a heroine..."

It was also unexpected that Lu Lan could welcome death so frankly, Pei Wende said enviously.

"No wonder the tiger becomes human because of her..."

"It's no wonder that even though Li Lifu turned into an evil ghost, he never hurt his family."

In contrast, the female ghost who led Pei Wende to Mulian Temple was not a "hero" in every way, at best she was a bloody butcher.

Pei Wende only wanted to understand the ins and outs of all this after he woke up.

At the beginning, the reason why the female ghost revealed the location of the eye-catching white-fronted giant tiger so readily, perhaps part of the reason was because of its resentment towards the tiger.

But what it doesn't explain is that Tiger has lost control of the ghosts as early as 20 years ago and has become an ordinary monk who considers himself a "mortal".

Coupled with the fact that the other party aided the evil spirits, helped Li Lifu collect blood food, and slaughtered human beings, it was obviously no different from a real demon after it escaped.

Pei Wende even had reason to suspect that the female ghost tricked him into going to Mulian Temple.

In addition to wanting revenge on the tiger, it is more likely that he wants Li Lifu to eat himself as a blood meal.

In this way, no matter from which angle you look at it, the female ghost will not lose anything, which can be called killing two birds with one stone.

Perhaps the only thing it didn't expect was that Li Lifu, who is fond of men, would fall in love with Pei Wende, and didn't choose to kill him immediately, which led to the series of events that followed.

"Let's go! It seems that we don't need to do anything here."

Gently patted the dust on her clothes, Hui Ji, who originally sent Li Yanran back to prevent any accidents along the way, said so.

"It does look like that..."

"But I found that girl Yanran seems to appreciate you a lot?"

"Anyway, you have already relapsed, so you really don't want to return to vulgarity?"

Hugging Pei Wende's neck directly, Hui Ji, who looked like an eminent monk just now, retorted angrily.

"You are dreaming, even if I have to return to vulgarity in the future, you are still my junior."

"If our speed is faster, we may be able to worship Zen Master Lingyou as our teacher today, and then I will be your senior brother for the rest of my life!"

"So! Junior brother, be good, call senior brother in advance to listen!"

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

(End of this chapter)