I Became the Rich Second-Generation Villain

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The midnight moonlight shone on the thin metal page, revealing the fine writings on it, which were shocking to see…

Over seven years, under Lin Xiaoyu's management, Golden Sparrow Manor became better and better, even surpassing its former state. Lin Shuang, under his daughter's care, was also living well.

However, the Scholar and Xue Sha, who were outside, were caught in a scheme. In just a few years, they wasted all the gold, silver, and jewels they had taken. Not only that, they also owed countless debts.

Upon accidentally learning that Golden Sparrow Manor had prospered again, Xue Sha and the Scholar discussed and decided to return to the manor.

The Scholar stayed outside, while Xue Sha disguised herself as a pitiful and down-on-her-luck figure and entered the manor.

Lin Xiaoyu, after all, cared for her mother and let her stay.

Then, the debt-collecting gangs followed.

Lin Xiaoyu helped her mother pay off the debts, but this greatly weakened her.

The two plotted again, deciding to go all the way and seize Golden Sparrow Manor.

This way, with a golden-egg-laying chicken, they would not have to worry about money again.

And the heart of this manor was Lin Xiaoyu.

With Lin Xiaoyu present, the manor could operate smoothly. Without Lin Xiaoyu… the manor would fail.

Both understood this.

Xue Sha tried to get Lin Xiaoyu to accept the Scholar as her father, but Lin Xiaoyu firmly refused.

After this matter dragged on for a while,

Xue Sha and the Scholar could not stand this passive situation and made another plan.

Xue Sha would administer "Spring Heart Powder," and then the Scholar would take Lin Xiaoyu's body.

They thought that if the rice was cooked, Lin Xiaoyu would naturally become obedient.

At first, Xue Sha was somewhat unwilling, but after the Scholar persuaded her, she went ahead and did it.

The fine powder was poured into the rice porridge that was cooked late at night.

Xue Sha looked at Lin Xiaoyu, who was in the study, carried the meal tray, and knocked on the door.

The Scholar hid in the shadows nearby, waiting for Lin Xiaoyu to drink the porridge and for the drug to take effect before rushing into the room.

In the golden cage hanging from a branch, a little golden sparrow noticed the Scholar.

This golden sparrow was a birthday gift Lin Shuang gave to Lin Xiaoyu when the manor was first built.

At this moment… the golden sparrow seemed to sense danger and began chirping loudly, trying to alert its master in the study.

The chirping was urgent, but after just a few sounds, a hand reached into the cage and twisted the golden sparrow's neck.

The dead golden sparrow, the misty late night, greedy eyes…

The candlelight illuminated two shadows on the oilpaper window.

The sitting shadow drank the porridge, while the other shadow stood by, watching.

The Scholar outside the door grew restless, then pulled up his pants and burst into the room. He had long coveted Lin Xiaoyu's beauty.

No! He had long wanted Lin Xiaoyu to have a good life.

What was a good life? Being cherished by him in his bed was a good life; otherwise, it was all suffering.

Originally, that would have been the end of it.

But, in fact, Lin Shuang had always been conscious. He saw everything in the manor clearly, including tonight's events.

He acted with loyalty toward his brother, but was repaid with betrayal.

He gave his heart to his wife, but was betrayed like this.

He was generous to outsiders, but ended up like this.

Goodness received no good reward.

Evil roamed free and unrestrained.

All of this, when he first became a vegetable, had already turned into boiling resentment in his heart.

Over the years, Lin Xiaoyu's filial piety redeemed him, slowly fading the resentment in his heart.

He thought it was fine just watching his daughter grow up well.

However, at this moment…

The resentment reignited, turning into an unprecedented, intense curse that seemed about to break free from his body. It squeezed and churned from the depths of his soul, becoming thick, scorching curse magma.

Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate!!!!!!

If he were an ordinary person, he could vent it, but he was just a vegetable…

All this hatred had no outlet at all, so within this completely closed-off spirit, it formed the deepest, most malicious curse.

That night, a great fire suddenly broke out, and Golden Sparrow Manor was bathed in flames.

Xue Sha and the Scholar were burned alive in the fire.

Lin Shuang, who had been unable to move for seven years, walked out of the fire. The flames seemed unable to harm him or Lin Xiaoyu.

Lin Xiaoyu threw herself into her father's arms and wept bitterly.

Lin Shuang comforted her.

Then, in the flames, Lin Shuang slowly melted, turning into a small wax figure.

Lin Xiaoyu knelt before the wax figure and cried loudly. Then… she noticed the wax figure was smiling at her, as if to comfort her.

Lin Xiaoyu picked up the wax figure, stood in the sea of flames, feeling lost and empty.

The next day…

Lin Xiaoyu woke up and found that no great fire had actually happened at Golden Sparrow Manor.

However, a sudden fire had broken out in the woods not far away.

In the fire, many bodies were found: the Scholar, Xue Sha, Lin Shuang, and several servants from the manor…

Lin Xiaoyu looked at her arms; the wax figure was still smiling at her, as if reassuring her, "It's okay, I'm by your side."

Afterwards, Lin Xiaoyu often dreamed of her father, and her father would ask her to do some strange things.

For example… offering Incense and Fire to "him."

Lin Xiaoyu followed these instructions one by one.

Subsequently, because of this "arson murder case," Zhengqi Pavilion began investigating the matter. Lin Xiaoyu, as the most motivated suspect, was put under various investigations.

The person in charge of the case at that time was Han Celi, then the chief constable of the Crane Family…

Han Celi was extremely capable. After entering official service at thirty, he rose rapidly due to his terrifying abilities. After his investigation into this "arson murder case," he directly closed the case files.

The files he closed were the truth.

Lin Shuang committed arson, killing many people. Lin Xiaoyu was innocent.

However, many things were not mentioned in his files, and many questions remained, as if he deliberately dug holes, waiting for later people to step into them.

Sure enough, Geshu Yun stepped in, and then he failed and died.

Thus, this case became an "unfinished finished case" that no one dared to touch.

Afterwards, Han Celi rose even higher, achieving the title of Grand Scholar, was transferred away from Zhengqi Pavilion, and then became the Crown Prince's Tutor.

Originally, things would have ended there.

Lin Xiaoyu continued to worship the "Wax Figure Father," following the "Wax Figure Father's" instructions to do certain things.

For some reason, her reputation spread outside. Many villains admired her greatly, even visiting the manor to pay respects.

She also followed the "Wax Figure Father's" instructions, dealing with them one by one, turning the villains into pawns in her hands. However… this process left no traces.

Gradually… she was revered by the villains as the "Flame Princess."

But Lin Xiaoyu felt more and more that something was wrong. She felt that the wax figure she worshipped might not be her father, but a strange, unknown being.

Her real father… had been burned to death that night.

She grew increasingly tense. After verifying some things, she chose to commit suicide.

Before her suicide, she recorded everything she knew on all the "Mustard Seed Paper" in the Southern Kingdom.

"Mustard Seed Paper" was a kind of metal paper that could change size as desired. You could enlarge it to write on it, then shrink it to hide it.

Besides "Mustard Seed Paper," the most famous objects in the Southern Kingdom were the legendary "Mustard Seed Celestial Dragon Temple" and "Mustard Seed Jade Tiger Snow Mountain."

Both this temple and this mountain were extremely large, but they could be shrined to the size of a palm like "mustard seeds," along with the people inside, which was extremely strange.

Some said these were ancient civilization artifacts obtained from the Eternal Sea of Consciousness, while others said they were the creations of gods and demons…

But undoubtedly, the Southern Kingdom was inseparable from the term "mustard seed."

This deepened the atmosphere of the "Buddha Land" in the Southern Kingdom.

Yes.

Buddha Land was in the Southern Kingdom.

And the "Mustard Seed Paper" Lin Xiaoyu used was bought at a high price from the Southern Kingdom.

Now, the thin metal page Bai Yuan was looking at was Mustard Seed Paper.

All the writings on the paper were written by Lin Xiaoyu.

He stared at the last two words, looking quietly.

Those two words were… Final Words.

Bai Yuan put away the thin page.

He closed his eyes for a long time, and an empathy-like hatred unconsciously welled up in his heart.

Yes.

Just thinking about this hatred slightly made one feel overwhelming resentment.

"I never thought the charred giant in the Forbidden Land had such a past… and the evil woman known as the Flame Princess hid such secrets…" Some sympathy surfaced in Bai Yuan's heart.

He continued pondering:

"But…"

"If Lin Xiaoyu is already dead, then who is in Golden Sparrow Manor now?"

…

"If Lin Xiaoyu committed suicide out of fear of the unknown wax figure, then… why do her belongings contain deep longing? Not deep fear?"

Bai Yuan felt this matter was not over.

But for him, it was already an important piece of evidence. This evidence… might allow Wuxiang to continue investigating.

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