This island is a private island, so the entire island is not too big. In addition to the castle, there are also wineries, golf courses, horse farms, and a place for snorkeling at the port.
It is said that this private vacation place for the Qi family overseas is where the Grandaunt and Qi Tianmin, Mr. Qi's cousin, got married and honeymooned.
According to the Grandaunt, her love began here, so in her old age, when she saw that her health was not doing well, she want to come back here and die here.
This Grandaunt doesn't suffer from any serious illness. At this age, all the organs in the body are almost aging.
Although the Qi family is not short of money now and has plenty of good medicines and supplements to support her, the overdraft of the body when she was young cannot be replenished when she was old.
So in the past few years, she had seen her health getting worse and worse, and the Grandaunt knew in her heart that the time was almost here.
Speaking of which, some of the younger generations of the Qi family have some complaints about the inheritance.
The Qi family of Qi Yunjing's Grandpa generation was a big family, and their ancestors were also very wealthy and had many high-ranking officials. But with the changes of the times, the old feudalism was overthrown, so two voices emerged in the Qi family.
One was pursuing reform and more accepting new foreign things, but looked down upon the Qi family, which at that time still had a deep mansion and a large number of slaves, so they started making trouble. They separated their families and took a lot of belongings with them to go overseas.
The remaining Qi family stayed in the country and almost spent all their wealth to help establish the new government.
By the time the turmoil of the war had passed, the Qi family, who had gone overseas, had already taken root.
At that time, the younger generation, who were full of new ideas before, were already old. Living in a foreign country, they had a taste of both warmth and coldness, but in the end, they were still in trouble.
They cling to the so-called family and rules that they despised back then and don't let go. Probably the less they have, the more they long for something.
The Qi family at home has been constantly reforming with the country and the times, while those who have gone overseas have begun to stick to the old ways and pay attention to things.
In order to allow the tribe to thrive in a strange land, Qi Tianmin's father abandoned literature and went into business and started a business with the money they brought from home.
It was Qi Tianmin after that who worked hard to develop the Qi family's business. In that era of gold nuggets, Qi Tianmin firmly seized the opportunity, and only then did the overseas Qi family grow.
But what people didn't expect was that after Qi Tianmin died, the will he made was to transfer all the Qi family's shares and money to his wife, this Grandaunt.
Obviously he had four sons and three daughters, and he even had grandchildren when he died, and it is really puzzling that his property was divided like this. However, he made the will in public on his hospital bed, so naturally no one can say a word.
Therefore, some of the younger generations of the Qi family often complain. Grandpa actually gave the entire Qi family to grandma. Even if they are worried about grandma's life in her later years, now they have to go through the will again. Who knows whether grandma will distributed the property randomly due to partiality.
Grandma is a woman who has never read any books. Even if the inheritance was distributed at that time, grandma never took care of the Qi family for a day. If there is a problem with the distribution of equity and let the incompetent get more, then the entire Qi family is probably falling apart.
But no matter how many complaints they have, they have to hold it back. After all, the property has not been distributed yet. If they please her more now, they may be able to get more.
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Wen Ran originally thought that the previous head of the Qi family had left his will in the hands of the Grandaunt before he died, so as to prevent too many children from becoming too selfish and depriving the Grandaunt of a stable old age, so as to protect his wife's life in her later years.
It occurred to him later that it turned out that it was not a divided will, but the entire estate was given to the wife, and not a single cent was given to the children. Even if he hope that his children can be filial to the old lady until her old age, it would be too strange to do so.
"You rich families, have any of you distributed inheritance like this before?"
Sons, daughters, grandchildren didn't get a penny, but all went to their wives.
If it hadn't been for the will that Mr. Qi Tianmin had drafted by a lawyer in front of everyone when he was sober, if it were in a TV series and novel, this outrageous will would definitely contain elements of tampering.
Qi Yunjing said: "No. No matter what, it is the children who take up the majority, especially when the children are already adults and have a large position in the company."
Wen Ran smacked his lips and said: "Why was he doing this? There is also the ghost in this old castle. His clothes are quite modern. He should not be a ghost from hundreds of years ago.
"He is full of grievance. I don't know if he was killed by someone in this house or died tragically. Tsk, the ghost following the young man is probably in danger."
There is also a status difference between ghosts. Usually new ghosts are afraid of old ghosts, because the old ghosts are mostly stronger than new ghosts. And ordinary ghosts are afraid of powerful ghosts, because there are many evil ghosts who are blinded by hatred and only want revenge.
If they want to be able to retaliate against the living, they must continue to strengthen their own strength. This power cannot be made stronger by the more hatred they have in their heart. They need external source to some extent, and these external sources are ghosts that are weaker than them. By swallowing these ghosts, they can strengthen themselves.
As far as the two ghosts currently known in the castle are concerned, it is obvious that the outsider one is much weaker. If they encounter each other, he will probably be eaten.
Wen Ran chatted with Qi Yunjing for a while, and then fell asleep holding the pillow. Qi Yunjing leaned on the bed, holding the laptop to handle official duties. Even if he didn't turn his head to look, the light breathing in his ears made him feel extremely reassured.
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After a comfortable sleep, when Wen Ran woke up, it was almost time for dinner.
When he followed Qi Yunjing downstairs, the long banquet table in the hall had been replaced by round wooden tables. The servants were serving hot Chinese food.
Grandma and Grandaunt were sitting on the sofa. They were accompanied by young men and women, as well as a few new faces that they had never seen before.
As soon as she saw them coming down, the Grandaunt quickly waved to them: "How was your rest?"
Qi Yunjing held Wen Ran's hand and walked up, "Very good."
The Grandaunt said with a smile: "Now that we have rested, we will have dinner."
Everyone else stood up when they heard this, and two smart young people stepped forward quickly. Each one of them helped an old lady to the dining table.
As he walked, Qi Yunjing was also surrounded by a few people he should call uncle. Although these people were considered his elders, none of them dared to act like their elders. The Qi family in China is no worse than the Qi family overseas, and the domestic Qi Group has long been only Qi Yunjing's voice.
Unlike them, although they are the leaders of the group and seem to have the right to speak, they do not have any real shares. In comparison, they are far behind Qi Yunjing. If they really meet in the business world, they have to call him Mr. Qi.
Wen Ran didn't like this kind of situation. He was too tired to talk. He had to go through what to say three times in his head before he could say it. Compared with directly tearing the ghost apart with his hands, this way of speaking was more brain-destroying.
If Qi Yunjing hadn't been holding his hand, he would have wanted to squeeze into the children's table to share their table.
Among a group of strangers, Wen Ran saw Qi Wenhan, who had come to pick them up before and the person he had chatted with along the way.
Seeing that he was alone, Wen Ran asked, "Where is your friend? Why didn't he come to have dinner with us?" Although that person was a very arrogant young man, but he wanted to see what happened to the ghost who followed him.
Qi Wenhan didn't expect Wen Ran to ask about Yan Qing. He was stunned for a while and then said: "He's feeling a little uncomfortable, so he won't come down to eat."
Wen Ran let out groan: "It was a miscalculation. I should have found an excuse to hide."
Qi Wenhan smiled and said: "That's not possible. You are honored guests, You can't hide."
After Wen Ran chatted with him, he pretended to be curious and said: "This castle must be quite old. I heard that some strange things happen in this kind of castle. Are there any scary legends about your castle?"
Wen Ran is not very old, and he looks young. It's normal for people of this age to be curious about such things. Qi Wenhan didn't think much about it and said with a smile: "Listening to ghost stories in the middle of the night in a castle like this, aren't you afraid of going to the bathroom alone at night?"
Wen Ran smiled and said: "What are you afraid of? I don't sleep alone. So there are really ghost stories here?"
Qi Wenhan said: "There are no ghost stories. After all, I don't come here very often. Even if I want to take a vacation, I won't come here."
Wen Ran's face was full of doubts: "You won't come here? Why? The environment here is very good and private. It's just right for a vacation and no one will disturb you."
Qi Wenhan whispered to Wen Ran: "It's too remote here. The island is not too big. If there is some stormy weather, there is nothing you can do about it. And it is precisely because the environment here is good, so..."
Qi Wenhan stop what he said in the middle. He probably thought of that family scandals should not be made public, so he paused.
Wen Ran curiously asked: "So what?"
Qi Wenhan glanced at him, then looked at the uncles who were chatting around Qi Yunjing. Thinking that there was nothing he couldn't say, he said: "So if anyone in the family needs to rest, only few choose to come to this island, such as grandma.
"Grandma is not in good health now and does not want to live in a nursing home. She said she wanted to find a quiet place to live peacefully, so she chose to come here.
"Before, the Eldest Uncle's first wife seemed to suffer from some kind of depression. Anyway, her mental state was not very good and she couldn't stand stimulation. She was sent here to rest at that time.
"So this castle was not a suitable place for vacation. Only those who are sick will come here if they need a quiet rest."
This castle has been home to several patients. Anyone who has nothing to do will not come here for a vacation. Living here alone, even if there are servants, will still make people nervous and panic.
They had just finished talking here and were almost seated at the table when Qi Yunjing came over and said, "What are we talking about?"
Wen Ran said with a smile, "We are talking about ghost stories in the castle."
Qi Yunjing smiled: "It's time to eat. Let's talk later." After that, he brought Wen Ran to the main table.
As soon as Wen Ran sat down, he felt something then raised his head.
He saw a little boy wearing a small suit squatting on the railing on the second floor. He was looking down with his head lowered. When Wen Ran raise his head, his eyes subconsciously lock with the other pair.
A dark pupils with gloomy and hollow eyes, and seemed to have a trace of bloodthirst. They were not the eyes of an ordinary child at all, but a fierce ghost.
Wen Ran withdrew his gaze. The castle now has three, and with one more, they could have a mahjong table!