"The Lin Family's business will eventually be yours to manage. Let me teach you how to deal with businessmen first."

"You should rest well. I'll come to pick you up in the evening."

With those words, Murong Qingcheng turned and left with the other two women.

Lin Chen touched his nose, feeling that these three girls weren't interested in discussing feelings with him; it was more like they were completing a task.

He chatted with his grandfather about family matters, and before he knew it, evening had arrived.

Seeing that it was about time, Old Master Lin escorted Lin Chen to the manor's entrance, where Murong Qingcheng was already waiting.

"Stay well at home, Grandpa. I'll be back soon."

With that, Lin Chen got into the car.

As the car roared to life, Murong Qingcheng started the engine and drove off.

Inside the car, Murong Qingcheng kept her eyes on the road, occasionally glancing at Lin Chen.

From now on, Lin Chen would be her husband, and she would spend her life with him?

She had to admit, he was quite handsome, but unfortunately, he was a playboy who had once drunk-driven and hit someone.

She couldn't understand what her master saw in him.

But since it was her master's order, and considering the kindness her master had shown her, it was worth giving everything to repay it!

Well, since things had come to this, if it didn't work out, she could just treat him as a decorative vase. As long as the Lin Family's lineage continued, it would be a way to repay her master's kindness.

Thinking this, Murong Qingcheng softly reminded, "When we get to the banquet, follow my lead, observe more, and speak less."

"If you want to take on the Lin Family's responsibilities, you need to learn well and help the Lin Family rise again."

Lin Chen nodded lightly at her words, "Alright, Miss Murong, I'll listen to you."

Murong Qingcheng frowned slightly, pondered for a few seconds, and then said, "I'm your wife, there's no need to be so formal."

Lin Chen's heart stirred at her words, and he smiled, "Alright, big wife."

Murong Qingcheng was momentarily stunned, her face turning slightly red as she glanced at Lin Chen somewhat involuntarily.

Hearing Lin Chen call her his wife felt a bit strange to her.

For a moment, she opened her mouth but didn't say anything.

Seeing her remain silent, Lin Chen mischievously smiled and said, "So... Gu Ruohan is the second wife, and Ye Zining is the third wife."

Hearing this, Murong Qingcheng's heart fluttered slightly, and she said, "You need to pay more attention to Ruohan and Zining. After all, they're still young and have some fantasies about these things."

Lin Chen smiled at her words, turned his head with interest, and looked at Murong Qingcheng, "What about you?"

Murong Qingcheng bit her lip at his question, pondered for a while, and then said, "I, I will do what I should."

...

Murong Qingcheng parked the car outside a luxurious manor.

This manor was even more opulent than the Lin Family's, with just the facade appearing grand and magnificent.

"I'll go park the car first. Wait for me at the entrance and don't say anything unnecessary," Murong Qingcheng said as she parked the car at the entrance and looked at Lin Chen.

"Okay." Lin Chen nodded and got out of the car.

Watching Murong Qingcheng drive inside, Lin Chen touched his nose and walked toward the entrance.

Lin Chen naturally knew some things about aristocratic families, and now that Murong Qingcheng publicly announced her marriage to him, the price she had to pay was probably not small.

He needed to think of a way to help her.

"Yo! Isn't this the eldest young master of the Lin Family?"

At this moment, a disdainful voice reached Lin Chen's ears.

"What a rare guest. What brings you here?"

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A young man in a black suit with a protruding belly sneered as he walked over.

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the approaching fat man, and immediately recognized him as the third young master of the Liang Family.

"Liang Zhu?"

Lin Chen didn't expect to run into his former lackey here.

"Five years in prison, yet the eldest young master of the Lin Family still remembers my name." Liang Zhu sneered, continuing.

"Now that the Lin Family is almost extinct, how do you still have the mood to come to a banquet hosted by my Liang Family to eat, drink, and be merry?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, the Liu Family publicly broke off the engagement, and it was only thanks to Murong Qingcheng that the Lin Family retained some face. Now you're living off a woman."

"Murong Qingcheng brought you to this banquet, didn't she?"

Among the Four Great Families of Yan City, the Lin Family was the leader, and the other three families had always been suppressed by them.

The Liang Family was one of them, and Liang Zhu was a classmate of Lin Chen, also a lackey under him.

Wherever Lin Chen was, Liang Zhu would nod and bow, getting scolded and beaten without complaint.

Now that the Lin Family had fallen, and Lin Chen had been released from five years in prison, the tables had turned. The once high and mighty eldest young master of the Lin Family had become a stray dog at his mercy!

The resentment in his heart made him want to use every possible means to torment Lin Chen to death.

"I'm living off my wife, sure, but what the fuck does that have to do with a fat pig like you?"

Since Liang Zhu was looking for trouble, Lin Chen wasn't one to shy away from it.

Hearing this, Liang Zhu's face turned so dark it could drip water, and a surge of anger erupted like a volcano.

"Lin Chen! What skills do you have? Do you think you're still the eldest young master of the Lin Family? Do you even deserve to marry Murong Qingcheng?"

"What skills do I have?" Lin Chen smiled lightly, "I learned quite a few skills in prison. I'm really good at fortune-telling."

His Taoist master's feng shui and divination skills were top-notch, practically infallible.

However, such a waste wasn't worth his effort to divine.

Divining destiny harms one's virtue.

Every time a fortune is told, it incurs a karmic debt, and altering someone's fate naturally diminishes one's virtue.

"Oh, you learned fortune-telling in prison? Then tell me, when will I be able to marry Murong Qingcheng?" Liang Zhu raised his eyebrows, looking at Lin Chen with a mocking expression.

"Let me give you a reading, starting with your fortune today. Let's see if it's accurate." Lin Chen tapped his thumb on a few fingers, muttering to himself.

"Tsk tsk tsk, oh dear, not good, Liang Zhu, you're in for a bloody disaster!"

Lin Chen withdrew his hand, shaking his head repeatedly, "People have five elements, and the nose is fire. Your disaster is in your nose!"

Seeing Lin Chen's serious demeanor, Liang Zhu sneered, "You're talking nonsense!"

However, just as he finished speaking, he saw a large fist coming toward him.

"Bang!"

Before he could react, he felt a pain in his nose.

Immediately, blood started flowing from his nostrils.

"Ah!" Liang Zhu shrieked, clutching his nose. Glaring at Lin Chen with pure rage, he roared, "You fucking dare hit me?! Someone get over here! Beat him! Beat him to death!"

Lin Chen didn't even glance at the approaching bodyguards, instead grinning at the nose-clutching Liang Zhu, "See, wasn't my prediction accurate?"

Liang Zhu was trembling with rage, pointing at Lin Chen and shouting, "Kill him! Kill him for me!"

Just as the bodyguards were about to stop, a woman's voice rang out.

"Young Master Liang, give me some face and let this matter go."

Liu Ruyan swayed her hips, walking gracefully toward Lin Chen.

"After all, I just broke off the engagement with him. If I just stand by, people will say I'm heartless and ungrateful."

She looked down at Lin Chen with an air of superiority, enjoying the feeling of bestowing charity.

Especially since the recipient was the once unattainable eldest young master of the Lin Family.

Liang Zhu, clutching his neck, frowned slightly, about to speak when Lin Chen beat him to it.

"Who do you think you are?" Lin Chen looked at Liu Ruyan with disdain, "It's not your place to meddle in my affairs!"

Liu Ruyan's face turned sour. This useless young master was so ungrateful!

"Ruyan, there's no need to get angry with such a waste." Behind Liu Ruyan, a man in a white suit gently patted her shoulder.

Lin Chen recognized him too; he was Dou Qiankun, the eldest young master of the Dou Family, the second of the Four Great Families of Yan City.

Judging by his and Liu Ruyan's demeanor, it seemed they had been involved for a while.

"So the Dou Family likes picking up other people's discarded shoes!" Lin Chen said bluntly.

In Yan City's circles, Lin Chen and Dou Qiankun were the most at odds.

Five years later, meeting again, it seemed fate had brought them together once more.

Dou Qiankun's mother was a socialite with many men, eventually becoming someone else's discarded shoe, only to be picked up by the Dou Family's head.

This was Dou Qiankun's sore spot, an indelible stain.

"Lin Chen! Do you think you're still the eldest young master of the Lin Family?" Dou Qiankun's face was extremely dark.

"If you had said this five years ago, I would have had to swallow my anger! But now the Lin Family is destroyed, and you still dare to be so arrogant! Today I'll make you wake up, shattering your dream of being the top young master in Yan City!"