What happened after that? The protagonist of the novel was surnamed Lin. Which one of the Four Great Families in Yanjing was he a useless son of the Ye Family? Initially, he was there to pay respects to his father's grave. What happened after that?

There was a novel where the main character was surnamed Lin. He was the abandoned son of the Ye family, one of the four great families in Yanjing. At first, he skipped class to pay his respects to his mother. Later, he saved a fat man on a long-distance bus and went into the forest. After that, many changes happened. He also remembered that he was an assassin called Ying. Later, he was trapped in the forest as a bodyguard for the mayor's daughter.

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I don't think it will necessarily satisfy your needs, but I'll try my best to recommend a novel that is most relevant to your description of your needs." Abandoned Son-in-law " is a novel about urban life written by the author, One Sword The World. The general plot of this novel is:

In order to have money for his younger brother's marriage, his adoptive father sent Ye Lai to the Lin family as a live-in son-in-law. He did not care about the Lin family's true goal. It was not for the sake of a live-in son-in-law, but to use Ye Lai's life in exchange for his daughter's life.
Unexpectedly, by chance, not only did Ye Lai not die, but he also obtained Qi Tiandi's inheritance.
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My Servant is the Emperor was a fantasy novel written by the author, San Yan Dao. The general plot of this novel was:

A hundred years ago, the Ye Family, a top family in the Spiritual Realm, was destroyed, and blood stained the sky. A hundred years later, the descendants of the Ye Family, who bore a deep hatred, would go where they were going…
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The young master of the Occult Sect, Ye Tianxuan, broke off relations with his family and lived in the small Chu Prefecture under a different name. He married the most beautiful woman in Chu Prefecture, Lin Qing Yin, and had a daughter. Because of this, Lin Qing Yin was removed from the Lin family's name and became a laughing stock. The family led an extremely difficult life and often suffered from being rolled their eyes and humiliated. Four years later, Ye Tianxuan had no choice but to contact his family for his daughter Ye Xiaoqi's illness, requesting for his identity and authority to be restored. " Your Tian Zi has returned!"
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Five years ago, Lin Bei's parents went missing, and the family business was taken over by evil people. In order to survive, Lin Bei became the son-in-law of the Ye family. However, five years later, because he was poisoned by a villain, he awakened the Myriad World Treasury System and used Wuxia martial arts to fight against the Eight Desolates. Step by step, he walked on the road of sweeping the world.
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Lin Qingyi, who had been the matriarch of a noble family for her entire life, did not expect that after her death, she would transmigrate into a novel and become the biological mother of the three villains in the novel. After her husband fell into a coma, she abandoned her three children and immediately turned around to find a rich family to marry into. In the end, the husband was angered to death, and the three children became pitiful creatures without parents. When the three children grew up, the first thing they did was to take revenge on their mother. In the end, their original bodies died tragically at the hands of their sons. Lin Qingyi, who would die tragically in the future, was speechless. At that moment, she looked at her unconscious husband and her three caring children. Lin Qingyi pinched the corners of her eyebrows. There was only one thought in her mind, and that was to refuse to remarry!
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" The Marquisdom's Lost Pearl " was an ancient romance novel written by the author, Juan Yezi. The general plot of this novel was:

When she woke up from her dream, Lin Wan realized that she had become a child who had been separated from her family and lost her memory. Several years later, Lin Wan found out that she was actually the beloved daughter of the Zhennan Marquis's second branch.
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The Heir of the Chief Wealthy Class was a novel about urban life written by the author with a dream in mind. The general plot of the novel was:

His mother-in-law's relatives rolled their eyes at him, his wife was helpless and disappointed, and his daughter was bullied. Faced with all this, Lin Tianyu made a difficult choice. "Alright, I'll lay my cards on the table. I won't pretend anymore. I admit defeat." If he lost, he would have to obediently go home and inherit the trillions of assets, becoming the chief heir of the Lin family. However, it was time for Lin Tianyu's " performance ".
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" The Unparalleled Son-in-law " was a novel about urban life written by the author, Bai Yi Youyou. The general plot of this novel was:

Six years ago, a proverb broke his sweet family and he had no choice but to go overseas. Six years later, his only daughter was about to be thrown into a fire and burned alive. Ye Feng returned with great momentum, he would definitely make the enemies kneel before him.
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When he was 15, an old man observed the celestial phenomena at night. He was sure that Ye Qingtian was a peerless general star and took him away. Five years to guard the border and confer the title of God of Generals! Originally, he wanted to return home to fulfill his filial piety, but his foster father and lover were harmed. Ye Qingtian returned to the city with the power of lightning, and he was bound to make the four great families pay with blood!