Two days later, in the courtyard of the main residence of the Li family in Changsha County, Tan.
"Mom, I finally failed to bring dad back."
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 Tanzhou Lu family - Lu Lan opened her eyes weakly, seemingly not surprised at all.
"Is he dead?"
As soon as he said this, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on Li Yanran's face, and there seemed to be a hint of fear and panic.
"really."
Sighing softly, how could the attentive Lu Lan ignore the fleeting expression on her daughter's face?
Thinking about it, as a feudal patriarch who single-handedly supported the entire Li Mansion, Lu Lan's courage and ability were unquestionable.
"My eyelids have been twitching since the night before, as if something big was happening related to me."
"I thought about it, except for you and that old bastard, there seems to be nothing in this world that I care about so much."
He was clearly saying "old bastard", but Lu Lan's face showed a look of nostalgia and regret.
"In addition, the rosary that the old bastard gave me suddenly broke, and I already had a premonition in my heart."
After spending so many years with the tiger, Lu Lan was not a fool. Naturally, she had long realized that her husband might have been replaced by some unknown entity.
This intuition stems from Lu Lan's understanding of Li Lifu and human nature.
After all, the saying "A country is easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to change" has been passed down through the ages. Lu Lan didn't believe that the former playboy would change his ways just because of a fall.
"Also, I probably won't live long now!"
Lu Lan said the most shocking words in the calmest tone, as if she was talking about what she should eat tomorrow, without showing any fear.
"mother?"
Li Yanran opened her mouth involuntarily, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just cried out sadly.
"I know my body is at its limit."
Grinning softly, Lu Lan's cloudy eyes seemed to have penetrated the long river of time and returned to twenty years ago.
At that time, she was in her prime, young and beautiful, and well-read poetry, but she was forcibly betrothed to a well-known playboy in Tanzhou by her parents.
Lu Lan did not resist his parents' arrangements at that time.
Because she knew very well that the Lu family needed help from the Li family at that time, and she was just a weight used in the transaction.
Deep down, Lu Lan was ready for anything.
As long as the Li family can keep their promise, let alone a second-generation ancestor and a playboy, she will accept it even if she marries a fool.
However, she didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune. Li Lifu was indeed a standard second-generation ancestor, but it was somewhat different from the second-generation ancestor she imagined.
Apart from his fondness for male sex and the inherent habits of certain playboys, Li Lifu had nothing to say about how good his family was.
Even when it comes to treating his wife in name only, he has never done anything against his will.
At certain times, the relationship between the two is so good that they can even be called "best friends".
"Li Lifu, I can be considered worthy of you in this life!"
"For you, I kicked that old bastard out of my house for sixteen years, and I never saw him again until my death."
Whispering weakly, Lu Lan, who was on his deathbed, seemed to see Li Lifu's relieved smile and the figure standing silently behind him without saying a word.
"Old bastard! Is this what you really look like?"
The light in her eyes bloomed again because of the reflection. After Lu Lan said the last words, she finally passed away amidst Li Yanran's cries.
"It seems...there is no wise warrior like I imagined..."
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Outside the Li Mansion's residence.
"Namo Amitabha!"
Huiji couldn't help but close her eyes and recite the Buddha's name. The old mistress seemed to know more than they imagined.
At least before this, Huiji had no idea that there was such a hidden story behind Tiger's sixteen years as a monk.
"This is also a heroic girl..."
I also didn't expect Lu Lan to be able to welcome death so openly, Pei Wende said with some envy.
"No wonder the tiger became human because of her..."
"It's no wonder that even though Li Lifu turned into a devil, he never harmed his family."
In comparison, the female ghost who guided Pei Wende to Mulian Temple before could not be called a "hero" in all aspects, and was at best a bloody butcher.
Pei Wende only figured out the ins and outs of all this after he woke up.
Thinking back to the beginning, the reason why the female demon so readily revealed the location of the eye-catching white-breasted giant tiger may indeed be partly due to its resentment against the tiger.
But what it does not explain is that the tiger had lost control of the demons twenty years ago and became an ordinary monk who considered himself a "mortal".
Coupled with the fact that the other party helped Li Lifu collect blood and slaughter humans, it was obvious that it was no different from a real demon after it escaped from trouble.
Pei Wende even had reason to suspect that the female ghost had tricked him into going to Mulian Temple.
In addition to wanting to take revenge on the tiger, it is more likely that he wanted Li Lifu to eat him as blood food.
In this way, no matter which angle you look at it, the female ghost has nothing to lose. It can be called a plan that kills two birds with one stone.
Perhaps the only thing he didn't expect was that Li Lifu, who liked men, would fall in love with Pei Wende and did not choose to kill him immediately, which led to the subsequent series of events.
"Let's go! It seems that we don't need to do anything more here."
Gently patting the dust on her clothes, Hui Ji, who originally sent Li Yanran back to prevent her from having any accidents along the way, said this.
"It does seem like this..."
"But I found that girl Yanran seems to like you very much?"
"You've already broken the precepts anyway, do you really not want to consider returning to secular life?"
He immediately hugged Pei Wende's neck, and Huiji, who had just looked like an eminent monk, immediately retorted angrily.
"You are dreaming. Even if I have to return to secular life in the future, you will still be my junior brother."
"If we move faster, we will probably be able to worship Zen Master Lingyou as our teacher today. Then I will be your senior brother for the rest of my life!"
"So! Junior Brother, be good and call Senior Brother in advance to come and listen!"
—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—
