Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 433 Oh, Life
At first, Xia Lin thought that he would get unprecedented pleasure from this kind of revenge, but when he saw the once arrogant and domineering man kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, he lost all interest.

He didn't even say anything, just drank some tea and ate two snacks and left.

When he walked out the door, the people inside were still in a state of panic, filled with worry and fear.

"Sir, what are you doing?"

"Oh." Xia Lin smiled, turned around and went back into the room, raised his hand and slapped Miss Chen: "We're even now."

After saying that, he left Gao Mansion again, and this time he didn't look back.

Miss Chen was unlucky. She hadn't done anything in the morning and had to eat two big cunts in a row. But after eating the last one, she felt extremely relieved.

At this moment, Xia Lin felt an unprecedented sense of relief. He walked on the street holding a fan, while Zhuo Heng behind him was puzzled.

"Sir, is this really the case?"

"Yeah, that's it." He stopped and looked back: "When it really came to this moment, I realized that it was actually not a big deal. Her house had already been raided by me. There was no point in going back to embarrass a poor family now."

"Yes, Mr. Gao Jie."

But that very night, a fire suddenly struck the Gao family, burning all their assets. Although no one was killed, the family business was completely ruined.

Xia Lin soon found out about this. He sat in front of the window with a cup of tea and drank it without saying a word.

"What's wrong? A disaster has come to you to help you solve your problem, but you are still so depressed?"

"Is that a disaster sent from heaven?" Xia Lin shook his head. "That was a disaster caused by power. Some people felt that it was inconvenient for me to do it but wanted to do it, so they took action on my behalf. But I felt that if it was too obvious, it would be a loss of my grace, so I spared their lives."

Xia Lin stood up and said, "At my stage, even a dream can come true. Come on, let me take a look."

"What's so good about that?"

"I'm not asking you to see them, but my predicament back then."

Upon hearing that he could see Xia Lin's predicament back then, Dugu Han walked out without saying a word, fanning himself with an expectant look on his face, really not like a human being.

The two came to the Gao Mansion which was on fire. At that moment, the Gao family members were frantically trying to rescue some valuables that could still be salvaged, but unfortunately even some gold and silver items were taken away by those who helped to put out the fire. Only a bracelet was held in Miss Chen's hand.

At this moment, Miss Chen looked desolate, sitting there with no tears to cry. She was once a famous beauty in Luoyang city, but now she sat on the roadside, looking haggard and expressionless.

The husband next to her kept cursing her, and even kicked her a few times when he got excited, but Miss Chen did not make any movement or expression from beginning to end. She just sat there holding her only bracelet with a smile on her face.

In fact, it is conceivable that her life is definitely ruined. As long as she continues to live with the Gao family, she will never have peace. If she leaves the protection of the Gao family and Wang Shichong's relationship, she will become the daughter of a fugitive whose property is confiscated. Apart from the two forks in the road, there is only one dead end.

Seeing Miss Chen's attitude, Xia Lin certainly wouldn't go up to laugh at her, but he didn't sympathize with her either. He just felt that the root of this matter was ultimately the sad family status concept of this era, as well as her arrogance and domineering behavior when she was young.

"After Lao Zhang and I were released, we sat in front of Xu's Baozi Shop in Luoyang City. It was snowing heavily that day and I couldn't find my shoes, so Lao Zhang held my feet in his arms."

"Why don't you leave?"

"Because we were waiting for someone to buy the buns and one of them dropped by mistake." Xia Lin turned his head to glance at Xiao Douya: "You know buns are easy to drop if you're not careful. Xuji buns are very famous in Luoyang. You're from Luoyang too, don't you know?"

"I don't eat food from inferior people."

"I'll beat you."

"I eat it occasionally...Xuji is delicious."

"In fact, we didn't pick up any buns that day, but we still had some to eat. I remember it was a boy about 14 or 15 years old, about my age. Seeing how miserable and pitiful we were, he bought us a bag of buns. Hey, I assure you, that was the second most delicious thing I have ever eaten in my life."

"What about number one?"

Xia Lin thought for a moment and said, "It was the meatball that Lao Zhang snatched from my bowl."

"Oh! What you don't have is always the best, right?" Little Bean Sprout hugged his knees and asked curiously, "Who was that boy? Didn't you look for him later?"

"Where can I find him? There are so many people, and it's been many years. It's been seven years since I left Luoyang, and this incident happened when Lao Zhang was implicated and lost his official title, which is exactly ten years ago. In ten years, I have worked my way up from a small book boy to a fourth-rank official."

"It's a fake fourth-rank. You have to return it after you're done."

"You don't want me to say anything, so you just poke me."

Xiao Douya pursed her lips and was silent for a moment: "Well, let me ask you. If you really meet this person, what should you give him back?" Her question made Xia Lin think. The two of them sat there for a long time without speaking. Even when the onlookers had dispersed, he still hadn't figured out what to do.

"Look, you copied the people who bullied you, but what did you give to the people who helped you? They say revenge is a must, but what about kindness? Will you repay it?"

"I can't report it." Xia Lin suddenly smiled shyly.

"Can't repay? Why can't I repay a favor?"

Xia Lin sighed helplessly, "I said, even if I have a dream now, it may be realized by others. If I intend to repay a favor, then I have a weakness. Sometimes a favor can lead to endless things. Mu Qiu, you know that 90% of young men think about how to serve the country when they first enter the officialdom, but if you take a wrong step here, you will only make mistakes step by step in the future."

"What's so hard about that?"

"What's the problem?" Xia Lin raised his head and sighed, "Suppose Brother Dugu is a newly appointed official of the Ministry of Revenue. One day, someone from your hometown comes to visit you. He is none other than the old man from the same village who raised you and paid for your education after your parents died. You regard him as your parents. After he comes, he tells you that his son, the brother whose leg was trampled by a village cow to save you when you were seven years old, is still unemployed. He wants you to help him find a light job as a warehouse keeper. What do you think?"

Dugu Han was stunned and was speechless.

"Promise it, then if you agree to him today, do you have to agree to someone else tomorrow? Today he's a warehouse keeper, tomorrow he'll be the county magistrate? Over time, all the dogs in your village will be brought to the capital to be police dogs. After all, that dog has been with you for eight years and has driven away wolves for you. If you don't help, wouldn't you be ungrateful, unkind, disloyal and unfilial?" Xia Lin patted her head: "It's hard to be an official, the difficulty lies in the dilemma. Revenge can be avenged, but kindness must be repaid three or four times."

Xia Lin sighed and lay down on the grass behind him: "It's so hard to be a human being..."

"What will you do with the people who have been kind to you before?"

"I have done everything I should do to help their descendants study and learn skills. The rest is up to their fate."

As they were talking, the people from the Gao family in front also dispersed one after another. The servants were dismissed and the retainers also left one after another. Only the Gao couple were left sitting at the door with deathly pale faces.

"It's boring, really boring. Just like masturbating in winter, taking off your pants with great effort, and then shivering and then it's just boring."

Xia Lin stood up and was about to leave with his hands behind his back. Dugu Han caught up with him and said, "Then why don't you find something interesting to do?"

Xia Lin lowered his eyelids: "Right now, there is something that I find very interesting."

"what's up?"

Xia Lin leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Teach a boy how to betray his class."

"Ah?" Dugu Han was stunned for a moment: "Who?"

"Zhuo Heng." Xia Lin smiled and said, "He is a very talented child."

"So what are you going to do?"

"Just wait and see."

Xia Lin found Wang Shichong the next day and mainly talked about the issue of Zhuo Heng. Xia Lin said that he came from a family of diplomats and now seeing that Zhuo Heng was very talented, he wanted to take him as his disciple. Wang Shichong was so happy after hearing this that he wanted to agree that same day.

"But Lord Wang, please don't misunderstand me. I don't have the ability to teach apprentices. I am just accepting apprentices on behalf of the master. Accepting apprentices on behalf of the master..."

Wang Shichong didn't care about whether he was a substitute teacher or not.

Who was Xia Lin? He was a man who was given a rank of fourth-rank official by the emperor, but no one in the court complained. Even those who disagreed with him and disliked him never thought that he had gotten a big advantage by being given this rank.

In ancient times, Sun Ce founded the Jiangdong empire at the age of 22. Today, Xia Lin is a famous figure at the age of 22. In Wang Shichong's eyes, 22-year-old Xia Lin is no worse than 22-year-old Sun Ce. He is an old warlord who has worked hard for half his life. If he is asked to work alone with Xia Lin now, he cannot beat him.

Just look at the rebellion of Duke Dingguo. It was a classic blitzkrieg. Duke Dingguo's 50,000 troops were not bad, but they were defeated by Xia Lin in just three days. Even 50,000 wild boars could not be killed in three days.

Another thing is his talent, which is even more impeccable. Wang Shichong is not a completely rough man, and he knows that Xia Lin's literary talent and strategic proposals are rare in the world. In comparison, Li Yuan's son is somewhat inferior. But you must know that Li Yuan's son is praised as the destiny of the dragon.

What does it mean when a person like this says that he has fallen in love with his own son?
"For the apprenticeship banquet, how many tables will Master Xia set up?"

Xia Lin was stunned and turned his head to look at Wang Shichong: "Ah? Apprenticeship banquet?"

"Yes, there is a ceremony required to accept a disciple on behalf of a master. Sir Xia said so, and I will go and prepare it."

This made Xia Lin silent for a while: "No need for the apprenticeship banquet, but could you please customize a badge for me, Lord Wang?"

"Okay, okay. Whatever style you want? I'll ask someone to prepare it right away."

(End of this chapter)