The Li Family's Secret

When the two of them pushed open the gate of the courtyard house,

what greeted them was a clean, tidy yard.

Several birds were singing merrily in the poplar tree in the corner.

It was clear that someone usually cleaned the place, or the yard would not have been so spotless.

Ye Yuan drove the car straight into the yard.

After searching through the car for quite some time, Li Shiyun finally found several leather-bound notebooks amid a stack of old books.

Even Ye Yuan was somewhat surprised when he saw the notebooks.

What era was this? How many people still kept handwritten diaries?

Judging by the number of notebooks, they probably contained all of Li Shiyun's second uncle's diaries from over the years.

The two placed the notebooks on the stone table in the middle of the yard, and Li Shiyun began flipping through them page by page.

July 15, 2000, sunny

Today, I finally graduated. This also means I must officially begin taking over the Li family's affairs. I am unwilling. I still have so many dreams left unfulfilled, I still have...

The diary began on her second uncle's first day after graduation.

His resistance toward this family was obvious between the lines.

But what had later made him remain in that courtyard for over twenty years, willingly living as an ordinary man?

The two leaned against each other and began reading Li Yaoming's diaries.

Li Shiyun did not treat Ye Yuan as an outsider, so she was not afraid of letting him learn about the Li family's affairs.

They spent an entire afternoon before finally finishing all of Li Yaoming's diaries.

At this moment, aside from the grief of Old Master Li's death, Li Shiyun felt even more disbelief.

Seeing the pain and helplessness on his girlfriend's