Chapter 314 - The Result of the Retrial, Old Xiong and Xiong Min (2/2)
”A great person would know when to move forward and when to take a step back! If you can't even do that, then you are not suitable to be my granddaughter's aide! What a fool! You're wasting everyone's expectations on you!”
Old Xiong could not contain the anger in his heart and his roar filled the confines of the hall.
Everyone lowered their heads at his might, except for a handful of people. Xiong Zhi, Linfeng, and...
”Oh my, brother. You are losing your composure to a child who was fifty years younger than you. What a shame, what a shame,” Xiong Min chuckled as he shook his head. He gestured to his butler and his butler obediently pushed his wheelchair to the front.
Old Xiong's angry eyes turned to his brother.
He said coldly, ”Go back to United States, your use is over here. Be careful, your lungs always collapse in my house, you might suddenly roll over and die.”
”…” Xiong Min was ruthlessly talked back by Old Xiong.
His old face flushed red, then a dark smile flashed. He schooled his face back to normal as he turned to Linfeng and appraised him.
”Aiya. No wonder, you are so upset. This young man here was very much like you, more than forty years ago,” the aged Xiong Min said in a schadenfreude tone. ”There was a difference though, this young man was so brave and stubborn to fight for his principles and love. While I seem to remember that you, my brother, cowardly accepted the elders' decision and sent your heartbroken lover away. What was her name again? Priscil—?”
Old Xiong's murderous eyes flashed. His old arm quickly moved, his cane pointing straight at Xiong Min's mouth, shutting him up.
Xiong Min: ”…” That was so dangerous.
The old man who stood on the top helm of the Xiong family gave a cold and ruthless look at the other old man, whom he considered as a loser.
”If you are here to just blabber at how great the past was, then don't bother. I don't care about the past. All I care as the Head Master is the future of the Xiong Empire. Unlike you, who was such a cancer in our family.”
”...”
The two stared darkly at each other.
”Go back to where you came from. Your voting is very helpful. Zhou Min, kindly lead Xiong Min out.”
”Yes, Master.” Butler Zhou wanted to witness everything that Linfeng had prepared, but with a dejected heart, he went to lead Xiong Min away.
”This way, Master Min.”
”...” Xiong Min gave one dark look at Old Xiong and then signaled at his butler.
When his wheelchair was turned by his butler and pushed towards the exit leading outside of the Xiong Mansion, he left some words full of sarcasm.
”Brother, seeing how you seem to be doing the same thing as the elders had done before, won't you thank me for letting you walk in the right path? After all, you don't regret your decision one bit, right?”
Truly ironic. Before, his brother hated him so much for informing the elders about his lover, yet now, what was the difference between them?
”…” Old Xiong did not answer, but the tight grip on his cane showed how those words affected him.
The people below dared not to say a word. Some of them knew the history of Old Xiong when he was still at a young age and fell in love. That was a tragic past.
Old Xiong turned around. Memories he did not want to remember were appearing in his mind again.
”Zhou Min—” He called out but stopped half way when he remembered that Zhou Min was not here.
He sighed. Now, he just felt tired. He did not even have the appetite to be angry now.
Without looking back, he spoke to Linfeng. His tired voice sounded inside the room. ”Pack your things. By daylight tomorrow, I don't want to see your name in the Zhou family registry, nor do I want to see you in the Xiong family's territory.”
Xiong Zhi could no longer hold herself back. She stood up with a pale face. She could not let her grandfather do that.
”Grandfather—”
”Not now,” Old Xiong firmly said as he started to head to the doors on the other side of the room leading deep into the Xiong Mansion's premises.
Unexpectedly, there was another voice that followed after, surprising everyone in the room.
Linfeng took a step to block his way.
”Master Xiong, I have something more to say.”