Chapter 625 - Choosing Sides for a Successor (1/2)

Old Guan's sudden announcement made everyone silent. They looked at each other in surprise.

Matters of succession?!

Were they finally going to officially start choosing the heir?!

All eyes subtly glanced at the two contenders present.

Guan Gu Ri and Guan Gao Huan.

Why so suddenly....

The shareholders and the board of directors present had mixed feelings.

They were happy that the start of the succession was finally going to start after a long standstill, but Guan Gao Huan's appearance made them waver from their initial choice of whom to support.

If Guan Gao Huan was truly proven talented, with Old Guan's recent show of good favor on Guan Gao Huan, there was a big possibility that Guan Gao Huan could become the heir!

Should they abandon their current faction and join Guan Gao Huan's side?

However, they were all cautious and experienced people. They wanted to test the waters first before choosing sides.

The old man looked at everyone's faces.

”I know you are all surprised by this sudden news. However, it is time to choose an heir. I am not getting any younger and my three grandsons have all grown up. They are starting to show a lot of potential to become the future leader. I hope that everyone here will be wise on who among my grandsons you plan to support.”

The people inside the conference room looked at each other.

Guan Gu Ri subtly glanced at his grandfather. He expected that the old man would announce the matter of the heir succession after Guan Gao Huan showed his potential.

But this was so soon...

They have just recently taken over Univ One. Even if it was proven to be helpful to the Guan Empire, based on his understanding of their cold grandfather, it was not enough to move the old man's heart.

It was as if the old man was rushing into things.

Something... was off.

Guan Gu Ri stared at his grandfather.

His grandfather was surely hiding something.

”I am not telling you to decide for yourself now on which candidate to choose, but keep in mind that when you interact with my grandsons, look at them as the potential heir, as the future helm of the Guan Empire. You may discuss it among yourselves. My grandsons may also approach you and propose to you of any deals to rope you in to their sides. You can also withdraw from your previous choice of candidate, I will not condemn you for changing sides. I will not be a hindrance to this competition, nor I will show any favor to any of them.”

Everyone murmured amongst themselves.

Usually, the old man would cause trouble to test his grandsons. He would be merciless to the person whom he thought was not suitable for the position or made a mistake, and would help the person he favored.

This was why Old Guan's sudden statement of withdrawing from the succession trial shocked them a bit.

Guan Gu Ri's gaze on his grandfather deepened.

For the cold and ruthless elder to change the rules... It made his suspicions rise more.

”Headmaster, since we are on the topic of choosing the heir, are we only going to choose sides between First Young Master and Third Young Master?”

The person who asked was one of Guan Xixin's former supporters.

This question was also in everyone's minds as only the first and the third young masters were present here. They thought that the second young master who had previously declared his withdrawal from the succession trial years ago would also ignore this fight.

If that was the case, then they only needed to choose sides between the first young master and the third young master.

All eyes suddenly turned to the empty seat across Guan Gu Ri.

Old Guan sighed helplessly. ”I told him to come here if he is interested. However... I haven't heard of his reply yet.”

Guan Gu Ri frowned and also looked at the empty seat.

'Second brother...'

His brother might have withdrawn years ago, however, ever since Guan Gao Huan's appearance from five years ago, his second brother's stance started to change.

His second brother.... seemed to hate their third brother and made things hard for him for some reasons.

Based on his second brother's current behavior, he would definitely not let this pass.

So how come he did not come here?

Did he really withdraw?

Even though Guan Gu Ri supported Guan Gao Huan's ambition to fight for the heir position, he also wanted to support his second brother. He thought that this could make the two vent their hearts out in a proper way and would soon resolve their previous misunderstanding smoothly.

Guan Gu Ri wanted his two brothers to have a fair chance in this important event and also use this chance to have them solve their problems.

”Does that mean that Second Young Master Guan is not participating as the heir candidate?”

”Are we only going to divide into two factions then?”

The shareholders and the board of directors talked among themselves.