Each Family's Candidates (Part One)

As Old Man Li had said, after the news came out, the heads of the major aristocratic families all sprang into action. Every one of them wanted to get their own children onto the list.

When Old Man Li returned, he found that a group of elderly men, all well into their seventies and eighties, had actually moved chairs to the entrances of their homes and blocked the way. He was instantly caught between laughter and tears!

"Old Li, not bad!" One of the men at the entrance was extremely tall, though his aging body had shrunk somewhat. He glared at Old Man Li unhappily. "So now that we old brothers have retired, you don't give us any face, huh? You don't even answer your phone anymore. What an impressive air you've put on!"

The speaker was Lei Jianzhong, who held an extremely high position in the military. He had once been Old Man Li's superior. Now eighty-two years old, he had retired long ago and no longer managed affairs. He was usually very low-key, but no one had expected this matter to force even this great Buddha out...

Old Man Li gave a bitter smile and thought, Sure enough, there's no one in this world without selfish motives. Old Lei was famous for being impartial and incorruptible, but at a critical moment like this, even he couldn't avoid trying to pull strings...

"What? You don't even want to answer this old man anymore?" Old Lei sneered.

"Old superior, please don't make things difficult for me..." Old Man Li said with a bitter smile. "Do you think I can handle so many calls by myself?"

"Heh, what a busy man. Your hand went numb from answering calls, so you don't want to answer anymore!"

Old Man Li rolled his eyes