What age are you in, and you’re still a traditional villain?

Chapter 536: The Shen Family's Ambition (Seeking monthly tickets, reading and collection)
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Wan'er hesitated for a moment, and finally dialed the number she hadn't contacted for many years.

The sound of 'beep beep' echoed in the room.

Just when Zhang Wan'er thought no one answered and was about to hang up, the call was connected.

"Is that Wan'er?" A very old voice came from the other end, and it was very excited. It was obvious that he did not expect Zhang Wan'er to call him.

Zhang Wan'er was silent for a short time at first, then she said "hmm" softly.

The "hmm" sound was very light, but the old man on the other end of the phone heard it, and became even more agitated, causing him to cough violently.

Zhang Wan'er struggled but still asked, "Are you...are you okay?"

The old woman's voice was trembling, maybe because of the violent coughing or because of her emotional excitement: "It's okay, cough... cough cough, it's an old problem. I'm really glad that you called me. We haven't spoken to each other for more than ten years."

The old man is Zhang Wan'er's father and the current head of the reclusive Zhang family. He has two children, a daughter and a son. His son died in a Jedi and his daughter ran away from home.

The old man often thought that if he had been willing to go against the clan rules and take out the medicinal herb to save the woman, his son would not have to risk going to the remote place to collect the herb and would not have died in that remote place.

Does he regret it?

regrettable.

But... I don't regret it.

Because he is the clan leader. If even the clan leader takes the lead in violating clan rules, then in the future, any member of the Zhang family who violates the clan rules can say that "the clan leader also violated the clan rules."

As the patriarch, you have to consider the overall situation.

So, he refused.

So, the woman died, his son died, and his daughter turned against him and ran away from home.

Listening to the old man coughing on the other end of the phone, Zhang Wan'er would be lying if she said she was not worried. She was in her twenties at the time, and was at the age when she was jealous of the world and was indignant about it. She did not think too much and left the Zhang family in anger.

But now she is 32 years old and is no longer the girl who knew nothing. She also understands the difficulties the old man faces in that position and can understand his decision.

But...that's her biological brother!

When it comes to people who are important to them, people really do have double standards.

If it were any other member of the Zhang family, they would defend the clan rules to the death.

But if the one who violated the clan rules was his own brother, what were the clan rules? The old rules and dogmas should have been revised and abolished long ago.

She was really worried about the old man, but her brother's death was a thorn that had been stuck in her heart and she couldn't pull it out. She couldn't face the Zhang family, the old man, or her dead brother.

Zhang Wan'er said, "Don't get me wrong. I'm not calling you to say I forgive you. I have something to tell you."

The old man was silent for a moment: "What's the matter?"

It doesn’t matter if you don’t forgive me. The fact that I was called by you means that things can still turn around.

This is a good beginning.

The old man was still very happy.

He would be willing to live another 30 years just to hear his daughter's voice again!

Zhang Wan'er said in a deep voice: "The remnants of the Shen family are back."

Remnants of the Shen family?

The old man suddenly became serious: "Some of those evildoers are still alive. Twenty years have passed, and they dare to come back. Did they attack you?"

Zhang Wan'er shook her head: "They didn't attack me directly, but they attacked Qiqi at school, but they didn't succeed. They probably wanted to use Qiqi to threaten me, but I have sent Qiqi to a very safe place, so she won't be in danger." "What about you?"

"I'm not afraid of them."

The old man was very worried: "Go home, we don't know how many of those evil people are still alive. In the past twenty years, we don't know what they have become. We are in the light, and those evil people are in the dark. I can't let anything happen to you again."

Zhang Wan'er lowered her head and remained silent again. This time, the silence lasted longer. Her inner world experienced a great conflict. In the end, she shook her head and refused: "No, I'm safe. They dare not do anything to me openly."

The thorn is always there.

As long as the thorn is still there, she can't let go of her eldest brother's death.

Perhaps, if the person who poisoned my sister-in-law is found and revenge is taken for her and my elder brother, the thorn will no longer be there.

In fact, Zhang Wan'er had some guesses about who poisoned her, but she was not sure. She believed that the old man could also guess who poisoned her sister-in-law.

But... there is no evidence either.

Otherwise, the old man would not have been inactive all these years.

The person who poisoned him indirectly killed his only son and caused his daughter to turn against him. It would be strange if he didn't hate that person.

With his identity and status, he could probably determine who poisoned the person, but it was very difficult, extremely difficult to find evidence.

This is also the reason why Zhang Wan'er does not believe that the super detective agency can find out the truth. Even the head of the Zhang family cannot find it, so how can a small detective agency find it?

The old man sighed and said, "I will call a meeting with the other hidden families right away. If those evildoers come back for revenge, everyone should be worried. We cannot just let the Zhang family bear the responsibility."

It wasn't just the Zhang family that attacked the Shen family back then. There were more than a dozen families, big and small, totaling almost twenty.

There are only more than twenty hidden families in the entire world, and those that have taken action against the Shen family account for more than half of all the hidden families. The remaining families just stood by and watched, neither taking action nor leaking information to the Shen family.

Twenty years have passed, and of the few hidden families that stood by and watched back then, only one in ten remains, with only one still surviving.

It can be said that when the remnants of the Shen family came back for revenge, they faced all the hidden families.

Zhang Wan'er thought about it and suddenly asked, "Why did you attack the Shen family back then?"

It would be fine if only one family attacked the Shen family, but when more than ten families joined together to attack, there must be some unspeakable secrets.

The old man sighed: "The Shen family's ambitions are too great. If they are not destroyed, all the hidden families will face a catastrophe."

Otherwise, so many hidden families would not have united to attack the Shen family. Back then, the Shen family was the most powerful family among all the hidden families.

The strongest, and also the most likely to breed ambition.

Undue ambition.

Zhang Wan'er nodded: "The person who came back from the Shen family is called Shen Xin."

This was told to her by Cao Jinyan.

The old man said, "I will have someone investigate. Don't worry, I won't let those evildoers hurt you."

The son is dead.

He would never let anything happen to his daughter again.

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