Chapter 776 - Intruders (1/2)

The hall under the bright lights was lively. A somber yet elegant music was played in the background while Tang Yin was reciting the victory speech. She was standing on the small stage in place of her sister. She was very professional as she recited the script with a smile.

”The four families and the empires suffered greatly due to this conflict. We closed many subsidiaries and some of our partners who are directly involved have to close down their businesses. A great number of us have to make sacrifices and accept great losses. However, we persevere and toughened up. With four families together, the Xiong family, the Guan family, the Lu family, and my family united, no one could beat us or bring down our alliance-”

The lights suddenly died in the middle of her speech.

Tang Yin who was immersed in her inspirational speech: ”...”

She was angry for a moment. Who dared to interrupt her?!

But when she heard something from the backdoor, her face changed.

The room in this building was all soundproof. So it's very hard to distinguish the sound. Only martial artists like her could hear that faint sound. Even the butlers turned to look at the backdoor where the sound came from. Their hearts were on guard.

The guest's vision turned dark. For a moment, their hearts skipped a beat. It was very unusual for an important event like this to have a power shutdown.

”What happened?”

”Could it be a power outage?”

”This is the Tang's family establishment. There's no way they have that kind of faults.”

”Could it be someone cut down the power?”

This last question made the hearts of the guests tense.

Right, for a power outage to happen in the Tang family's building was unlikely. Their suspicious mind suddenly conjured up many unfortunate situations. If someone did this purposely, the reasons would not be good. Everyone here was a powerful figure who had offended many persons to get power as much as they can.

Just the thought of their own enemy who wanted them dead, they became terrified.

”Guards! Protect me!”

”Butler! Come here!”

”Ahh, where's the power getting back?!”

The hall was suddenly engulfed by terrified murmurs.

The butlers who were instructed to not move from their position followed their master's voices. In this situation, they have to stand aside beside their master in case the worst happened. Though, it was difficult to find their own master amidst to frantic calls of other people.

Tang Yin who was on the stage has a hard time adjusting in the dark. Like the others, she could not help but worry. She wanted to go to her grandmother. But she calmed her heart and loudly yelled to inform and instruct the guests,

”It's only a power outage. The lights will come back in a minute! Please calm down.”

However, her voice was swallowed by the panicked shouts of the guests.

Xiong Zhi's cold face broke. She frowned. Her first thought was this situation was not an accident. She looked at the main door. Why the security hasn't arrived yet?

If the guests here were panicking, the security would come in to pacify them. But none of them showed.

A wrinkled warm hand suddenly hold hers, ”Zhi'er, don't be afraid.” Old Xiong thought that Xiong Zhi was scared. Even he, an old experienced person felt that the situation was not simple.

Xiong Zhi turned stiff from the unexpected warmth that the usual cold and unloving old man send forth for her. A seep of warmth that only Linfeng could give entered her heart. She held her grandfather's hand and patted it in return. ”I am not afraid.”

It turned out that even her cold grandfather who was clearly unease would comfort her at a time like this.