The Legacy System

"Ahem…, Aheemm~! Sister-in-law, there is something that I would like to discuss with the family!"

It was Gao Jixie's oldest cousin! This guy was normally the biggest bootlicker and shame-eater when Gao Jixie was around, but right now the aura around him seemed to have changed.

It was just like suddenly he had grown wings on the back, and he didn't feel that he was a rat anymore but had become something more.

Furthermore, the way he directed his speech it was clear that he didn't see Madam Li at the top of the table anymore, but the family.

It was quite easy to understand that there was something wrong and weird with him since he dared to actually make such a remark when Madam Li was sitting at the helm of the table.

The lady beside Madam Li, who was most probably from the Li family seemed to have grown angry and displeased with the guy's attitude, but Madam Li was calm and collected, as she just said,

"The family, huh!? Very well, go on!"

"I don't want to look shameless Sister-in-law, but we all know what has happened these days, and the reason all these things happened.

Not to mention with the sudden disappearance of my dear cousin! Things are bound to be extremely difficult, not to say impossible for our family and businesses.

But no matter what, we shouldn't give in to the pressure and threats, and it's in times like this that we need to actually grow more united with a stronger rule, and leading.

Don't you think so!?"

"Yes, you are right! I think so too, but what about it?"

"Well since you are going to be extremely preoccupied at home with the condition of your son, and matters related to him, then I think…"

"You think!? You think what Gao Tianji? Stop beating around the bush and speak!"

It wasn't clear whether Madam Li was actually angered by the fact that she knew what this guy was going to propose, or rather from the fact that he actually had the audacity to say he was capable of thought.

Gao Tianji seemed to get a bit shaken by her deterrence and pressure, but he still seemed to resolve himself and actually express what he wanted to say.

"I think that I or someone else from the family should take care of the company outside in the name of the family, increasing each and everyone's authority in the company!"

"Audacious! Who do you think you are!?"

While Madam Li was capable of keeping her composure the lady beside her seemed clearly unable to do so, as she not only said that out loud but even hit the table they were eating.

Hearing the words of these scum and trash that Gao Jixie kept around only to humiliate she was unable to control herself and her emotions.

It wasn't like her Li family cared about the company and possessions of Gao Jixie, but no matter what if that bastard wasn't around, these things belonged to her sister and her nephew.

It was already a great boon to them that her sister hadn't thrown them out already, and yet these bastards actually dared to request something like that.

Before Madam Li could reproach her sister though, someone from Gao Tianji's side jumped and imitating her actions, actually said in an angry voice,

"Since when is your turn to raise your voice in the matters of the Gao family, when you are in our home and eat our food for free!?"

It wasn't only Gao Tianji it was clear that he had his own back up in the table but hearing those words and that standing Madam Li's face went black.

Understanding that this was a family discussion, young Chef Chen actually made a sign to the staff so they could smoothly and soundlessly leave the place.

He didn't need to be there to actually hear the contents of the conversation. It was better to go outside like that than ordered to leave.

Madam Li was about to actually tell the servants to leave the room, so she was actually surprised seeing them leave by themselves, but she could see who was at that lead and didn't say anything.

She still remembered the bet she had with the young Chef, and if she had to, she would better choose to give everything to him, than let these vultures touch it.

Clearing her head of those empty thoughts, she actually returned to the current topic, and the anger of hearing those words seemed to make her blood boil.

Looking at the one that had said those words, she asked in a dark and gloomy voice,

"What did you just say? Care to repeat what you said to my sister!?"

That voice and that expression on her face were enough to make the poor man stumble back and not dare to repeat it.

At this moment, Gao Tianji's voice resounded once again through the venue,

"Sister-in-law don't get angry, he is just extremely worried about the current situation, and the conditions of brother Gao Jixie. He had no intention of offending you!

Furthermore, we have more important things to discuss right now, rather than scream and humiliate each other don't you think?"

"It seems like you have prepared well for this Tianji, but do you think that you will be able to handle the consequences?"

"Consequences!? What consequences are we talking about sister-in-law?"

"Don't play dumb with me Tianji!"

"Is sister-in-law perhaps trying to intimidate us? You and the glorious Li Family of Wenzhou certainly wouldn't resort to pressuring and intimidating your poor in-laws would you?"

"So what if we do?"

"Then we would have to try our best to survive however we could! After all, survival is the most fearsome instinct in a human being.

We might even try to form an alliance with the infamous Ye family to protect ourselves!"

"You! Do you know what you are saying and doing?"

"Of course I do, I am saying just if sister-in-law! I am sure that things wouldn't proceed until that part, would they?"

"You ungrateful bastards! Do you have a Deathwish or something?"

As Madam Li and Gao Tianji were throwing threats towards each other, the lady beside Madam Li was unable to control herself once again.

Who didn't know that the Li and Ye families of Wenzhou were like fire and water, mortal enemies that couldn't live under the same sun?

They had tried so many times to uproot each other without having much success, which made the enmity between the two families even fiercer.

The only reason why these two families weren't going on a killing spree on a day-to-day basis was that their centers were actually in opposite areas of Wenzhou province.

Li family was based in Taishun County, while the Ye family was based in Yongjia County, and they were quite a bit far away from each other.

If suddenly word came out that the Li family was suppressing their in-laws the Gao family, who had gone to seek help and protection from the Ye family, then the Li family would suffer quite the blow.

Forget about the economic losses, just the blow to their reputation, and the opportunity for the Ye family to create a stronghold in Longgang City would be something unaffordable.

So how could the Li family's beauty actually hear and allow something like that to happen? It was clear that these bastards were just trying to blackmail her sister.

But while she was screaming like that, her big sister seemed to fall into deeper thoughts. It was impossible for these bastards to grow balls on their own.

Which meant that they had already been approached and bought from the Ye family. She could understand that she was fighting a losing battle from the beginning.

Since they had been harmless until now, she had actually disregarded them and lowered her security around them, only for them to grow wild and bite her hand.

Thinking like that, she couldn't help but have another deep look at the people sitting at the table, in order to understand just how many of them had actually changed sides.

"Sister-in-law, your little sister is a bit too much! We are just discussing matters of the family here, and she keeps offending and badmouthing us! Don't you think that you should teach her better?"

"You…"

"Ting'er back down and leave the room! You have already done enough!"

"But sister…"

"I said get out Li Ting!"

"Very well, I am leaving then!"

It was clear that she was dissatisfied with the treatment, and being thrown outside, and she was unable to understand that the more she talked like that the more disadvantageous the situation became for her sister.

On the other hand, Madam Li didn't seem to notice her reaction, as she said,

"She is yet to grow up and understand the filth of this world, so don't mind her! Right, where were we Tianji?"

Even though Madam Li seemed to be giving an explanation to everyone, she was clearly offending the people on the table, which made quite a few faces turn ugly and angry.

"Sister-in-law, don't you think you are being a bit too much?"

"I am being a bit too much? I don't understand Tianji what do you mean?"

"Well, not only are you offending us, but you aren't giving us even proper respect! Shouldn't you be calling me brother-in-law and not Tianji?"

"Wow! You seem to have truly grown a pair Tianji! Well, it's not me who needs to judge that anyway, so let me ask you this first.

Aren't you afraid of what Jixie will do or say when he turns back!?"