Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

Everyone in Jue Jing knew that Li Cenyuan was the father of their leader, so when they saw him coming, they let him pass respectfully.

Li Cenyuan was brought to the reception hall.

Hua Xi had received the news long ago and was waiting for him there.

Hearing the footsteps, Hua Xi raised her eyes slightly, glanced at her nominal biological father, and then calmly looked away.

She asked in a flat tone, "What's the matter?"

Li Cenyuan noticed the indifference and alienation emanating from Hua Xi, and couldn't help but frown.

"Bai Sheng, come back with me. Escape will not solve the problem. I believe that you blew up the forbidden area unintentionally. Go back and explain the situation and admit your mistake. Your grandfather will not embarrass you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was responded with a sarcastic sneer.

Hua Xi stood up, looked directly at Li Cenyuan, and said sarcastically: "Admit your mistakes? Why should I admit my mistakes? Li Qingchi took advantage of my injury and coma and took the initiative to erase my memory. Is it wrong for me to resist?"

Li Cenyuan was stunned for a moment, "What did you say? Father wants to erase your memory? Why would he do that?"

Hua Xi: "Because he found that he couldn't control me, he wanted me to become like you, erase my memory, and become a puppet who obeys his orders."

Li Cenyuan took two steps back. He seemed unable to accept it and murmured, "No, it's impossible. My father erased my memory in order to save me."

Li Cenyuan remembered that when he woke up, Li Qingchi told him that he had experienced an extremely painful event that caused him to fall into a long nightmare and refused to wake up.

The only way to wake him up is to erase his memory.

Hua Xi heard Li Qingchi's mumbling and was a little angry and laughed.

"So, you are willing to be a puppet without a past, at his mercy?"

Li Cenyuan's expression was painful, and his heart was in extreme contradiction: "I... I don't know, my father won't hurt me."

Hua Xi looked at her naive father and said coldly, "He can do anything for his own power and desire for control."

"No, it won't be like this." Li Cenyuan still didn't want to believe that the father he respected would be such a person.

Hua Xi looked at him like this, feeling angry and sad: "If you don't dare to face the reality, then continue to deceive yourself. But I will never be like you."

"Go away, I won't go back." Hua Xi turned around, her back full of indifference.

Li Cenyuan didn't say anything. He looked at Hua Xi's back deeply, then turned and left.

Now he just wanted to go back and figure everything out.

When Li Cenyuan returned to the Li family, Li Qingchi was no longer in the training ground, but in the study, chatting with Shen Kun about how to force Hua Xi back.

When they were in the middle of the conversation, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open and Li Cenyuan rushed in.

Li Qingchi looked at Li Cenyuan's reckless intrusion and said unhappily, "Where are your rules?"

Li Cenyuan walked closer to Li Qingchi and asked, "Father, Bai Sheng said you want to erase her memory. Is this... true?"

Li Qingchi frowned, "What nonsense! I have my reasons for doing this."

Shen Kun saw the tension between the father and son and felt nervous. He quickly persuaded them, "Cen Yuan, everything the clan leader did was for the Li family. Don't be impulsive."

Li Cenyuan was furious. He ignored his elders and glared at Shen Kun: "Shut up! You have no right to speak here!"

Li Qingchi was completely enraged by Li Cenyuan's attitude. He slammed the table hard, making a loud "bang" sound, and shouted loudly: "How dare you!"

Li Cenyuan was not afraid of Li Qingchi's anger at all, and said loudly: "Father, I have always respected you, but if you really treat Bai Sheng like this, then what you did is too chilling to my heart!"

Li Qingchi's eyes were like knives: "What do you know! Bai Sheng is too stubborn. If he is not restrained, he will become a big problem in the future!"

Li Cenyuan paused, lowered his tone, and said sadly: "Father, you will only make her stay further away from the Li family."

Li Qingchi snorted coldly: "It's not up to her whether she leaves the Li family or not!"

Li Cenyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Father, if you do this, you will be deserted by your friends sooner or later!"

Li Qingchi was completely enraged. He pointed at the door and shouted, "Get out! Now! Immediately!"

Li Cenyuan turned around without hesitation, slammed the door and walked out. The loud noise echoed in the study, as if declaring his resistance.

Li Qingchi was so angry that his face turned blue and his body was shaking slightly.

Shen Kun said cautiously, "Patriarch, Cen Yuan was just impulsive."

Li Qingchi said angrily: "Don't worry about him!"

After leaving the study, Li Cenyuan came under a big tree, took a deep breath, and punched hard into the tree trunk.

The leaves rustled and fell.

"Master Cen Yuan, you don't look very happy."

A soft voice suddenly came from behind Li Cenyuan.

Hua Chaochao's gaze shifted from the sunken tree trunk to Li Cenyuan's face.

"Are you worried about something? You can tell me about it. Maybe I can help you." Hua Chaochao's tone was gentle, like the breeze blowing across the lake, giving people a feeling of tranquility.

"Miss Ye."

Li Cenyuan retracted his fist. He was extremely upset and wanted to talk to someone, so he said to Hua Chaochao seriously, "Why is my father so paranoid?"

Li Cenyuan really couldn't understand why Li Qingchi was so afraid of a junior when he already had so much.

Hua Chaochao looked into the void, "Do you know about the past of Chief Li?"

Li Cenyuan shook his head.

No one had ever told him about his father's past, and he knew nothing about it.

Hua Chaochao: "If you knew about Chief Li's experience, maybe you would understand his actions."

Li Qingchi: "Do you know about my father's past?"

Hua Chaochao dutifully played the role of the assistant to the hidden network leader and nodded, "I know a little. The hidden network holds a lot of information. I also learned about it by chance."

Li Cenyuan's eyes flashed with urgency: "Please tell me, Miss Ye."

"Mr. Cen Yuan is too polite."

Then, Hua Chaochao slowly told the story of Li Qingchi's past.

In fact, the original candidate for the patriarch of the Li family was not Li Qingchi, but his elder brother, Li Qingyue.

Li Qingyue is a man of great talent and generosity, and is quite popular among the clan members.

However, fate played a trick on him. Just after the old patriarch announced who would be the next patriarch, Li Qingyue contracted a strange disease and passed away before he could succeed to the position of patriarch.

His departure put the Li family in a difficult situation. Among the remaining descendants, the old patriarch could not pick out a successor who could compare with Li Qingyue.

The strengths of those younger generations are almost the same, so it doesn't seem appropriate to choose anyone to be the clan leader.