Chapter 1028: Chapter 1028

"Of course, compared to Cheng Hui of the Cheng Family, Li Changrui is inferior, but Li Changrui is younger after all."

"In the Ancient Martial World, age is an advantage!"

"Cheng Hui is three or four years older than Li Changrui. Who knows if Li Changrui could catch up or even surpass Cheng Hui in the future!"

"Li Chengzhi had Li Changlin enter directly into the high ranks of the family, meaning to prevent Li Changlin from progressing further."

"Li Chengde was well aware of Li Chengzhi’s intentions. Indeed, he felt a great deal of guilt towards his second son, Li Changlin, but he also knew that having drifted outside for twenty years, Li Changlin had little support within the family."

"Li Changlin’s entry into the family’s upper echelons was actually a face-saving gesture from Li Chengzhi."

"If Li Changlin had returned and proven himself utterly incapable, he might not even have had the chance to enter the family’s upper echelons."

"Li Chengzhi spoke first, partly because he did indeed want to position his son higher up the ranks, which is only human nature, but also he extended an olive branch to the senior branch of the family."

"After all, unless something unexpected happens, the next Family Head will be Li Chengde. Even if Li Chengzhi is unwilling in his heart, he would not dare to defy the ancestral laws established by the forefathers."

"After thinking it over, Li Chengde decided to accept his younger brother’s suggestion; after all, as far as he knew, Li Changlin was just an online streamer. Although Li Changlin seemed to be living well, who knew whether it was earned by himself or if it was thanks to his current family!"

"This was all unknown to everyone since they had not yet made contact with Li Changlin; for Li Changlin’s future, Li Chengde had to make a compromise."

"Of course, had Li Chengde known about Li Changlin’s true strength at this time, he probably wouldn’t have handled it the way he was now."

"Overall, Li Chengde bore no ill will towards Li Changlin; he was a father eager to make amends to his son."

"’I think letting Changlin directly enter the high level is somewhat inappropriate,’ unlike Li Chengzhi’s thought, the third son, Li Chengyang, sang a different tune. ’After Xiaoya found our nephew Changlin, I specifically looked up information about Changlin online. Now everyone knows that Changlin is a streamer on a minor platform, but what you don’t know is that the nephew really tends to attract trouble. He’s only been a streamer for a few months, yet he has already offended countless other streamers and powers on that platform. If Changlin enters the high level of the Family Head, with his personality, I really am a bit worried!’"

"Li Chengyang’s concerns were not directly stated."

"However, everyone being intelligent, naturally understood what he meant."

"Li Chengde, listening, couldn’t help but twitch his face, ’Third brother, Changlin is after all your nephew, there’s no need for you to smear him !’"

"’This isn’t about smearing. I am speaking from the standpoint of the family’s interests. Elder brother, you are to be the Family Head, you can’t just act on your own preferences; you have to think about the bigger picture!’ Well, this Li Chengyang was really not a simple person; he actually opposed Li Changlin entering the upper echelons because he had seen through Li Chengzhi’s suggestion, which was simply currying favor with the eldest."

"Damn, his son was also one of the three successors; if the eldest and the second formed an alliance, there would be no chance for his branch!"

"Stirring things up meant preventing the eldest and the second from joining forces—this was Li Chengyang’s plan."

"’I think the third brother makes sense.’ At this point, another successor’s father had also reacted."

"Anyone who could enter the family’s high levels was not a simple character."

"This Li Cheng’an was Li Guorui’s sixth son; his son was the youngest, only twenty years old, but he had already reached the Late Stage of Dark Energy, a remarkable talent indeed."

"Seeing the first and second plotting to ally, and the third coming out to oppose, he naturally wanted to support him."

"If the second and the first got together, then he and the third’s sons would be entirely out of the game."

"Actually, this was also the purpose of Li Guorui holding this meeting; he wanted to see what thoughts the three successors had in their minds, and he wanted to see how the family’s high-level officials would react."

"’Let’s first bring Changlin back.’"

"’Yes, the child has been wandering outside for too long.’"

"’These matters can actually be discussed later, since we haven’t seen Changlin himself yet. What if Changlin has also practiced ancient martial arts, or if Changlin is an ancient martial arts genius!’"

"’I think we should first contact Changlin, inform him of his status, and then seek his opinion.’"

"’Right, I think so too.’ Soon, one after another, the high-level officials made their positions known; there was no sign of taking sides."

"This finally put Li Guorui’s mind at ease; in fact, this had been his most worrying concern."

"If just to reintegrate a grandson who had been missing for twenty years into the family meant that each high-level member had to pick sides, then the Li Family was truly finished—division in the ranks!"

"With no issues among the high-level officials, Li Guorui turned to look at the old ancestor Li Haoge, who was sitting beside him, completely composed, ’Old ancestor, what do you think?’"

"Toward his elders, Li Guorui behaved differently; after all, he was to become a person like the old ancestor in the future. How he treated his elders now was, in fact, setting an example."

"’I have no objections; just arrange it yourselves.’ Li Haoge yawned and then added leisurely, ’However, I think all three children are quite good. After Chengde, the position of the Family Head should come from among these three!’"

"This remark meant that Li Changlin was decisively excluded."

"Li Haoge was also a stubborn old man with a bit of a self-righteous streak, yet he didn’t know that if he knew of Li Changlin’s strengths, he really wouldn’t be below him, and wondered what kind of expression this old fellow would have then."

"’Alright, let’s first bring Changlin back and then decide,’ Li Guorui concluded without choosing any of the three successors’ representatives’ suggestions, but handling it according to the overwhelming majority of the high-level officials."

"’Yes!’ Li Chengde quickly responded, and with that, the family meeting came to an end."

"Li Changlin had no idea that he was actually a member of the Capital Li Family. At that moment, he had just returned to the hotel and finished dinner with Ye Xiyao, preparing to start broadcasting."

"Tonight was the last day of the month, and Li Changlin was indeed very curious whether Zhong Kaiyu would accept the challenge from Yi Wang and his group!"