1224 It“s Not For You To Elect The Master
at the gu residence.
the clan relatives were still waiting in the central room.
at the mont, the room was full of noise. gu xiande was not around, nor was gu jingze. even mu wanqing was not around. everyone was currently talking amongst themselves. it was so noisy that it was like they were at a market.
right now, these wealthy people who were accustod to this, nevertheless, seed like uncles and aunts talking in a disorderly manner about the gossip that they knew.
“i heard that he’s already dead.”
“how can he possibly be dead? they haven’t even found his corpse. they say that he went to a secret factory outside and is being controlled by soone using a chemical weapon. otherwise, how could those personal guards have died so quickly? but gu jingze is intelligent after all. he soon noticed that sothing was wrong and escaped.”
“does that an he’s fine?”
“sothing may have happened to him too. but he’s missing right now. who knows what could be wrong with him?”
“in that case, who’s in charge of the gu family right now? no one’s here to take charge either.”
by then, inside the room, xue ngqi could no longer hold herself back.
she looked in front and saw that no one was going up to speak. the entire room was a complete ss.
at the side, the maids had already gone out of control and started to talk amongst themselves.
xue ngqi murmured, “the master isn’t here and neither is the mistress. what should we do now?”
“precisely. mr. president didn’t co either?”
“even if he’s here, he’s not the master. he can’t take charge of many things. furthermore, if he gets involved, it will affect him quite greatly. if others found out, it may affect his position as the president, so he has to think about this carefully.”
on the surface, xue ngqi appeared to hesitate for a mont. then, as if she had no other choice, she drew in a breath and stood up all of a sudden.
everyone was sitting there and chatting when they suddenly saw soone stand up and walk towards the carved wooden chair in front, which the master usually sat on.
everyone’s gazes shifted there.
xue ngqi stood there and faced the people below. seeing that it was her, everyone gradually seed to consciously turn silent.
xue ngqi cleared her throat before saying, “the gu family has not been faced with such chaos for many years. this may be a heaven’s test for the gu family. it’s a test to see if we can stay united right now and survive during these difficulties. perhaps all of you have never experienced such a thing. but many years ago, there was imnse unrest in the xue family. i know that if everyone can unite at such a ti, our relationship will be even better in the future. because we’ve experienced sothing like this, we’ll be able to get closer to one another. thus, i hope that everyone can face this together instead of having mutual misgivings.”
everyone looked at each other. slight expressions of approval appeared on their faces.
xue ngqi said, “now that the master and mistress are both not around at the mont, we must remain calm nonetheless. we should find a way to help ourselves. i think...”
she spoke slowly. as she stood there and looked at all the clan relatives of the family gazing at herself, she thought of how she felt standing at the place where only the master and mistress used to stand. the passion and vigor she felt truly made her heart swell.
the feeling of everyone treating her as their only guide was way too enjoyable.
she felt like a king towering above everyone else. this feeling was so great.
however, at this mont...
all of a sudden, a commotion could be heard outside.
soon after, the crowd saw a row of security guards imdiately fill the area outside the courtyard.
soone saw the security guards standing uniformly and cried out in surprise, “aren’t those gu jingze’s guards?”
“what? has he returned?”
“really?”
everyone imdiately looked outside, leaving xue ngqi up there when she had not finished speaking.
xue ngqi deflated. she glared outside furiously.
only to see that many people had indeed gathered outside. they were currently filling up defensive positions in the gu family’s old residence in an orderly fashion.
while everyone was confused, lin che slowly walked out from behind.
she imdiately stared at everyone. she did not bother about whether their gazes were disappointed or indignant or simply furious. she walked into the hall and imdiately stood at the very front.
all the personal guards who had followed her also stood behind her, trailing behind her at an appropriate distance.
lin che swept her eyes across the people below and said to everyone, “everyone, no need to worry. even if gu jingze isn’t here right now, we won’t collapse either. everything he left behind is still here. the rules that he set are still in force. right now, all of you can pretty much continue to do what you’ve been doing. i’ve already arranged for soone to take over the headquarters. there’s no need for all of you to worry. you can just go about your lives as usual. you don’t have to gather here. anxiety will only cause us to make more mistakes. everyone can make their own way ho now. if there’s anything you want to know, you can co to the headquarters and ask .”
after coming in, lin che started instructing them very efficiently. the mont she finished speaking, everyone started discussing even more.
“why is she here?”
“exactly. what does she an by this? is she going to take charge now?”
“why do we need her here? even if sothing happened to jingze, she shouldn’t be the one to take over.”
“precisely. her surna isn’t gu either. she’s an outsider but still wants to be in charge of us.”
xue ngqi was at the side. she had not enjoyed herself enough when she saw lin che unexpectedly arrive so swiftly. she imdiately got so angry that she felt incredibly suffocated.
lin che could understand everyone’s skepticism. she waited for them to discuss for so ti before she slowly smiled. “if sothing is the matter, all of you can tell directly.”
hearing this, soone down below asked bluntly, “why should you be the one taking over the headquarters?”
lin che said, “gu jingze is my husband. he has gone missing and his whereabouts are unknown. is there anything wrong with taking over?”
“do you know what’s in the headquarters? how can you take over?”
lin che said, “the headquarters contain everything that gu jingze left behind. this includes his trusted aides and subordinates. i trust that the gu family has gathered together all the capable people. it has never kept idle people around. even if gu jingze isn’t around, it’s not as if they won’t be able to support the gu family.”
“ha. what a joke. so, do you an that you won’t do anything at all? that it’s enough for you to just go over and oversee things?”
“that’s right.”
“hahahaha. you’re really so naive.”
“oh? if i’m naive, then tell . if i can’t take over, are you going to take over?”
“we... we will nominate soone ourselves to take over.”
“ha. historically, the mistress has been elected, so i won’t say anything about that. but when did the master have to be chosen by all of you?”
lin che’s gaze imdiately turned sharp. it was so piercing that the person imdiately seed to suffer an electric shock. her complexion went slightly pale and her voice instinctively turned weak as well.
“it’s not as if the gu family doesn’t have descendants, such that we need you to find us a master. it’s not as if my husband doesn’t have children either, such that we need you to find us a child. forget about my husband. even without him, there’s still his older brother and gu jingyu too. they’re both still around. when was it ever your turn to nominate the master of the gu family?”
the position of the head of the gu family had always been inherited. the father would pass it on to his son and the son would pass it on to his grandson. the last master would decide to whom he would pass the position. it was definitely not sothing they could decide by an election just because they wanted to.
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