Of course, everyone knew it was impossible, so they were only joking.
"How was that, cutie? Feel good?"
Wang Lin draped an arm around Lin Ke's shoulders, casually-or perhaps deliberately-copping a feel of his chest muscles.
Lin Ke could not shake her off. Wang Lin's hand was as hard as steel rebar, so he could only say helplessly, "You beat up my old man. Even if it felt great, I couldn't say that out loud, could I?"
They landed on the ground, then looked up at the grand, classically built Lin Residence.
The Lin Residence was as grand and classical as ever, but its inhabitants no longer wore that lofty air. Instead, they scurried about like homeless dogs, ducking into hiding wherever they could.
"What will become of the Lin Residence now?"
Looking at the residence before him, Lin Ke felt a swell of emotion.
This enormous residence had depended entirely on one man: Lin Xuanji.
Once Lin Xuanji fell, the entire Lin Residence crumbled apart.
A world where one person's strength determined everything had its good and bad sides.
The good was that one person's strength could raise an entire power to prominence.
The bad was that when that person fell, the entire power fell with him.
There was no avoiding it.
"Why don't we buy it?" Shopkeeper Tong rubbed his hands together and looked around, his eyes shining. "This location is fantastic! It's practically a blessed plot for opening a milk tea shop!"
Shopkeeper Tong was now interested in many things, but money interested him most.
As a follower of the Buddhist Path, he had defected from the Bodhi Temple years ago, only to become someone registered under Pardon.
That alone was nothing much. More importantly, Shopkeeper Tong also cultivated the Eclectic School and loved money as dearly