It Started With a Kiss: Leng Shao's Beloved Wife

Chapter 156: The Final Secret History: The Family's Peak

In the dim study, only the desk lamp emitted a soft light, shining on Wu Xinyan's slightly pale face.

Her slender fingers gently stroked the yellowed secret history. A line of small characters, almost erased by time, lingered in her mind like a curse: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. The calamity of the Gengzi Year is not over yet..."

She has locked herself here for several days, studying the secret history of her family day and night, trying to solve the final mystery.

Luo Yichen looked at her increasingly thin face with distress and brought her ginseng soup: "Xinyan, take a rest, your body..."

"No!" Wu Xinyan suddenly looked up, with a determined light flashing in her eyes, "I feel like I'm getting closer to the truth, I must find out what is hidden behind this!" Luo Yichen knew her character, and once she made a decision, she would never give up easily.

He could only sigh silently, sit down beside her, and accompany her to read the ancient texts.

In the family, some members who were skeptical about the family's secret history began to make moves.

They think Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen are wasting their time and focusing their energy on these illusory things instead of focusing on the development of the company.

"Now that the company has finally stabilized, they are wasting their time on these antiques. It's ridiculous!" Luo Zhenhai, the third uncle of the Luo family, said to the people around him dissatisfiedly.

His words resonated with some other family members, and they all agreed that Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen should be stopped from pursuing the matter further.

Luo Zhenhai brought a few people to the study room in a rage, pushed open the door, and yelled at Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen, "That's enough! Stop playing tricks! Focus on the company!"

Luo Yichen's eyes turned cold. He stood up, stood in front of Wu Xinyan, and said coldly: "Third Uncle, please be respectful! It's not your turn to tell us what to do!"

"Respect? You're making a joke of the Luo family's future!" Luo Zhenhai confronted him without showing any weakness. "As an elder of the Luo family, I have an obligation to stop your foolish behavior!"

The two sides were on the verge of a fight and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Wu Xinyan held the secret history tightly in her hand, her face pale, but she stood firmly beside Luo Yichen.

Suddenly, her eyes fell on a pattern on the last page of the secret history. It was a phoenix with its wings spread, ready to fly. Its claws seemed to be holding something...

"Wait..." Wu Xinyan said in a trembling voice, "I... I think I found something..." She pointed at the pattern, her eyes filled with disbelief, "This... could this be..."

Wu Xinyan pointed at the pattern under the phoenix's claws, her voice trembling but with a hint of excitement: "This... this looks like a key! A key to unlock the ultimate secret of the family!" Luo Yichen looked in the direction of her finger. The pattern really looked like a key of ancient style, hidden under the gorgeous wings of the phoenix. If you don't look carefully, it can be easily overlooked.

The atmosphere in the study froze instantly. Luo Zhenhai and others stopped arguing and their eyes all fell on the pattern.

Master Luo walked in slowly with a cane, a gleam of light flashing in his cloudy eyes: "Key? What key?"

Wu Xinyan took a deep breath and recounted the records in the secret history.

It turns out that the ancestor of the Luo family once predicted that the family would encounter a huge crisis in the Gengzi Year, and the key to resolving the crisis was hidden in a mysterious key.

This key can unlock the huge wealth hidden in the family treasury, which is enough for the Luo family to overcome difficulties and move to a higher level.

"Ridiculous! It's simply a fairy tale!" Luo Zhenhai sneered, "A key can save the family? It's simply a pipe dream!" Other family members also expressed doubts, thinking that this was just a legend and could not be believed.

Wu Xinyan ignored their doubts and looked at Luo Yichen firmly: "I believe that this key must exist!" Luo Yichen gently held her in his arms and whispered in her ear: "I believe you." His arms were warm and strong, giving Wu Xinyan's tired body and mind a moment of peace.

At this moment, Scholar Sun, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly exclaimed, "I remember it! I remember it!" He excitedly pointed at the pattern on the secret history and said, "I've seen this key in the secret room of the old house!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Scholar Sun continued, "That secret room contains many family antiques and documents. While sorting through the documents, I stumbled upon an ancient locked wooden box. The lock on that box was exactly this shape!"

Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen looked at each other, and a spark of hope ignited in their hearts.

If what Scholar Sun said is true, then the key is most likely hidden in the secret room of the old house!

They immediately decided to go to the old house to find the key to unlock the family's destiny.

Late at night, the old house was shrouded in silence.

Wu Xinyan, Luo Yichen and Sun Xuexue carefully sneaked into the secret room.

Under the dim light, the secret room was filled with long-dusty antiques and documents, and the air was filled with an ancient and mysterious atmosphere.

Scholar Sun pointed to a locked ancient wooden box in the corner and said in a trembling voice, "This is the box..."

Luo Yichen stepped forward and carefully observed the lock on the box. The shape of the keyhole was exactly the same as the pattern in the secret history!

He took a deep breath and turned to look at Wu Xinyan, his eyes full of anticipation: "Xinyan..."

Wu Xinyan took off the ancient jade she had been wearing from her neck. This piece of jade was the only relic her mother left her.

She never thought that this jade had any other meaning, she just treasured it.

An inexplicable intuition drove her to align the ancient jade with the keyhole.

An incredible scene happened. The ancient jade fit perfectly into the keyhole!

With a slight twist, the lock opened with a light "click".

In the box, there lay quietly an ancient parchment scroll and an ancient seal carved with intricate patterns.

Luo Yichen carefully unfolded the scroll, which recorded a shocking secret: When the Luo family's ancestors founded the family, they anticipated that their descendants might face difficulties, so they secretly planned and established a huge business empire overseas, and left the secret of controlling this empire in this scroll and ancient seal.

This secret is enough for the Luo family to monopolize the entire industry and become a true business giant!

Luo Zhenhai and others were stunned. All their previous doubts and ridicules turned into endless shock and regret.

They never imagined that Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen actually found the key to the family's rise!

Mr. Luo burst into tears and excitedly held Wu Xinyan's hand: "Child, you saved the Luo family! You are our Luo family's lucky star!"

When the news reached the family, all members were filled with admiration for Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen. The members who had previously obstructed them were even more ashamed and came forward to apologize.

Luo Zhenhai was filled with shame. He lowered his head and said to Wu Xinyan, "I was short-sighted before and wronged you. Please forgive me!"

Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen quickly used the information on the scrolls and ancient seals to plan the family business.

The wealth and resources of the overseas business empire continued to flow into the Luo family. The family business reached unprecedented heights in a short period of time and became a giant in the entire industry.

Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen have thus become absolute legends of the family and are worshipped by everyone.

Just when the family business was flourishing, a gold-stamped invitation letter was delivered to Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen - an invitation letter to the World Business Summit.

This business summit brings together business giants from all over the world and is a top global business event.

Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen are well aware that this is a new challenge and opportunity.

"Yichen, let's go." Wu Xinyan took Luo Yichen's arm and walked towards the door. After pausing for a moment, she gently pushed open the door to the future...