The male supporting character was actually myself.

You wouldn't be thinking of taking the guard team exam too, would you?

To be honest, I'm seventy years old this year, so calling you a young man isn't an exaggeration. But all the other test takers are strong young men in their twenties, so I'm afraid you won't make it!"

Oliver sat down next to him and made up a random excuse, "I'm not taking the guard exam."

Actually, I'm not a very good writer.

I've heard about the Irving brothers' amazing feat and would like to find out more about it so I can include it in my book.

"Ah, you've come to the right person!" the old man said with a smile. "My family is just like Owen's; our ancestors have lived here for generations."

When it comes to their family's past, not many people can still tell the story clearly now.

When I was little, the Owen family was the largest in the area along the river. They were a large and well-established family, and they made their living by blacksmithing.

Later, the world fell into chaos.

Robberies and murders were rampant, and the neighbors were terrified and wanted to band together for self-protection. As a result, the large, strong, and combative Owen family was chosen.

Everyone chipped in some money to give them as protection money.

People would ask them for help whenever they encountered trouble. Over time, they stopped blacksmithing and started collecting protection money and taking on jobs such as escorting goods and protecting ships.

Then things got increasingly chaotic.

Those police officers just ride around on tall horses with whips, making a show of it. Who can rely on them? We'd be better off asking the Irving family for help!

This is a consensus among everyone!

At that time, the old madman Owen was still alive; he was the Owen brothers' grandfather. To protect the neighbor's daughter from being kidnapped by bandits, the brothers led their entire family in a fierce resistance, ultimately achieving a pyrrhic victory.

The old madman, Owen, was shot twelve times and fell on the dividing line he himself had drawn, his blood flowing everywhere.

'Unless every member of the Owen family is wiped out, no one should cross this line to cause harm!'

These are the exact words of the old madman, Kyrie Irving.

Even on his deathbed, he pointed to that line and told his people, "We've held it!"

The fishing rod twitched a few times, creating ripples on the river surface.

Chapter Forty-One: The Final Chapter

The old man wiped his slightly red, cloudy eyes and pointed in the direction of the street, continuing, "If you come from the city center, you can see a red line at the intersection of Old Mad Street."

That was Joyce's deliberate depiction.

The line drawn by the old madman Irving has never been stepped on, and it was even left out when the street was renovated. That's the spirit of the Irving family!

But from that time onward, the Owen family began to dwindle. Like the cruel hand of fate, bullets seemed to have no eyes, and fewer and fewer people were protecting this place.

Until only the two daughters of the old madman Owen and a distant nephew remained in the entire family.

April, Melissa, and Henry.

In order to continue the Owen family's mission, the two girls made it clear when they were looking for boyfriends that their future children would take their mother's surname.

April always played the role of the eldest daughter, and she married relatively late.

Melissa's first boyfriend was named Luke.

He's a nice guy. He usually helps with things like managing internal accounts. He's smart and capable, but a bit timid.

When the third son, Daniel, was five or six years old, Luke contracted an illness that quickly took hold and he died.

Melissa remarried, to a young man named Cam. She was on good terms with Luke, and after Luke's death, Cam and his brother Benson often helped her.

The couple had a son and a daughter, but Cam was unwilling to let the children take Irving's surname and didn't want to stay in this small town guarding the neighborhood, so the two often argued about it.

After their last argument, Kem stole a large sum of money and ran away. It's said he's doing very well in the capital and came back twice to snatch the children.

During their first altercation, Cam accidentally injured Melissa, who died a few days later. He returned with reinforcements, and Benson and April fought a battle with them.

Ultimately, they must have taken the two children away.

I never saw them again at the Owen family home. It's so pitiful. Their father killed their mother and took them away. I guess they were instilled with evil ideas from a young age and would never recognize their older brothers and sisters again.

His brother Benson felt guilty towards the Owen family and did his best to help the children, probably to atone for his brother's sins.

April married and then divorced, and had two daughters, Susanna and Lucy; Henry was married but had no children, and never remarried after his wife died of illness.

He's a good person too!

She is a little younger than Melissa.

When the war began, all the men of the Owen family went to the battlefield. That period was very difficult, and April and her daughters held on together.

Henry was unlucky; it is said that on his way to provide support, he set up camp, only to have a single cannonball drop that instantly reduced the entire camp to scorched earth.

The children built a cenotaph for him.

Speaking of which, you really should visit the Irving family cemetery. Each epitaph clearly states that the entire family were respectable and good people!

Every year when we sweep the tombs, there's an unwritten rule here: each family has to send someone to the cemetery with a bouquet of flowers to pay tribute to those who bravely sacrificed their lives.

Before the weather warmed up, the children renovated the family cemetery and hired people to help look after it.

However, it won't affect the memorial service. If you want to go and see it, just tell the gatekeeper..."

The old man's mouth, missing a few teeth, was somewhat sunken, and when he spoke, it sounded like he was chewing something he couldn't digest no matter how hard he tried. Following the direction of his finger, Oliver's expression gradually darkened.

Walking along the riverbank, you'll reach a desolate riverbank where you can see a large cemetery in the distance.

Various tombstones stand silently.

Further away, there was a small wooden house, where the caretaker was tending the land and planting flowers in the open space behind the house.

“Right next to the riverbank; rarely visited; a cenotaph; a renovated cemetery and a newly assigned gatekeeper.” A smile appeared on Oliver’s face. “Joyce, I know where you hid the gun!”

The days that followed the janitor's report that someone resembling Oliver had been loitering near the cemetery were peaceful.

That night, Shengdis, who had reformed, fell into a warm sleep. When the streets and alleys were quiet, Jiang Chen was gently awakened by Joyce.

“Hey, a fish has taken the bait!” He winked and a sly smile appeared on his face. “Oliver has got some help; they’re digging up graves like crazy in the cemetery right now.”

Jiang Chen jumped out of bed and replied while getting dressed, "How can we let worldly matters disturb those who are sleeping in the ground? Daring to dig up someone else's family cemetery, even Eric himself would be in the wrong!"

"Hurry! Hurry up!" Oliver urged anxiously in a low voice under the flickering torchlight. "It must be here. Look at this freshly turned earth! Hurry!"

The gatekeeper has been knocked unconscious and is now under guard.

A dozen strong men took turns digging with shovels into the soil, which was clearly a mixture of old and new soil, and they were all working with great enthusiasm.

The bounty will be substantial if that batch of weapons can be found!

"They dug out a coffin!"

Persistence pays off; a black wooden coffin lay quietly in the deep pit that had been dug out.

Some people instinctively wanted to salute and observe a moment of silence;

The others, however, shouted impatiently, "Bring it out quickly! God help us, keep the torches low so the passing boats on the river don't see it! This is like digging up the Owen family's grave!"

Soon, someone jumped down and quickly lifted the coffin out and placed it aside, then continued digging.

Oliver had the coffin opened and took a look inside. Inside were only the deceased's clothes and a few favorite small items.

"Boom!"

The shovel suddenly struck a wooden plank, making a hollow sound.

"This is it! Give it your all!" Oliver shouted, unable to contain his excitement. "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Just as a group of people were busily working in the cemetery late at night, the group that had been lying in ambush for a long time quickly surrounded them in the darkness.

"Don't move, put your hands up!" Joyce's voice suddenly rang out, startling Oliver.

"Mr. Roland, it's been a long time." Jiang Chen walked up to him with his hands in his pockets, staring at the scars on his face and laughing, "You've forgotten the pain once the wound healed, haven't you? You even dared to dig up the Owen family's cemetery!"

After a brief moment of shock, Oliver quickly regained his composure, took the pickaxe from the burly man beside him, and smashed it with all his might against the wooden plank he had dug out.

No one moved or spoke; the only sound in the cemetery was the sound of him carving wood.

“You dared to rob Mr. Taylor’s arms! Even if you kill us all today, you won’t be able to wash away this crime,” Oliver said breathlessly. “Just wait and see, Mr. Taylor’s iron cavalry will raze Shengtis to the ground!”

Unless... you obediently submit, perhaps out of consideration for the Irving brothers' abilities, I might plead with him to spare your lives.

Jiang Chen looked at him like he was an idiot, "You're dreaming."

“I have a backup plan, Mr. Owen!” Oliver continued smashing the glass. “Even if you silence him, Mr. Taylor will still find out what happened here…”

Before he could finish speaking, his smug face suddenly twitched.

There was a large hole under the wooden plank that had been smashed open, and it was completely empty!

"Give up now?" Joyce asked with a smile, puffing on his cigarette, then waved casually.

After the sudden gunshot, a row of people lay dead in the Irving family cemetery.

"Clean it up." He waved his hand again, "Take Mr. Roland back; we need to discuss a deal with Mr. Taylor."

The midnight grave-digging incident ended with Eric sending his secretary to negotiate several profitable deals, after which Oliver was replaced.

Even as he was leaving Sentis by train, he still couldn't figure out where the hell that batch of weapons was!

"Host, haven't we finished the whole storyline?" The little white cat flipped through the script, stroking its ear with its paw, and asked in confusion, "Why is the storyline exploration progress only 98%?"

Jiang Chen sat quietly in the bar, drinking. "After tonight, the progress bar will be full."

The little white kitten tilts its head, eh?

A cool breeze was blowing at the station at midnight.

Before the train arrived, a tall, thin figure stood on the platform with a suitcase at his feet.

Under the dim yellow light, it appeared lonely and desolate.

"You've made enough money, and now you want to run away?"

Daniel's voice suddenly rang out in the quiet night. The person on the platform took a step back in fright and stammered, "S-Sir, I just wanted to go somewhere else to clear my head..."

The other person walked up the steps one by one.

Wearing a white shirt and wide-leg pants, and an octagonal hat, the newcomer was indeed the third son of the Irving family!

“You were Oliver’s mole.” Jiang Chen said casually, one hand in his pocket, as he smoked a cigarette. “The first time he tried to kidnap Joyce by bypassing the sentry post, it was you who told him about that hidden route.”