Sheng Huanan... Could Sheng Huanan say that he didn't know what it was about?
He just received a call from his younger sister, who said that there was something important to announce and asked him to call all the important people in the family over.
Good man, then we must call everyone who can be called!
His little sister has been on the verge of death for so many years. She has seen Chinese medicine doctors, Western medicine doctors, and psychologists, but they all have the same answer: there is no hope, just let nature take its course.
He even prepared the coffin, burial plot, and burial objects for her, but suddenly, he didn't know what happened. His little sister figured it out, came back to life, and seemed to be more energetic day by day.
As a well-known sister-loving maniac in Kyoto, Sheng Huanan breathed a sigh of relief, but continued to dote on his sister to the end.
If my younger sister said to go east, he would never go west. If my younger sister said to go up, he would never go down. If my younger sister said to call all the important people over, he would call all the direct and collateral branches of the Sheng family in Kyoto.
So when Xie Xihe and the other two arrived at the Sheng family's old house, they saw a yard full of people.
There were more than a hundred people, including men and women, young and old, from an old man in his eighties to a baby still in arms.
Three people: "..."
Just two words: convinced!
None of the three of them liked being in a crowd. They walked through the crowd with cold expressions and finally entered the main reception room where Mr. Sheng was.
Fortunately, there were not many people in the reception room. Apart from a few people from the main family of the Sheng family, there were also several heads of the side branches of the Sheng family and six elders from the Sheng family elders council.
There were about sixteen or seventeen people in total, sitting on both sides of the reception room.
Hearing the noise, everyone immediately turned their heads to look over. When they saw three people coming, one in front and two behind, their brows immediately frowned.
Especially when he saw Xie Xihe, his face darkened.
Someone immediately got angry, turned around and looked at Sheng Huanan, and said dissatisfiedly, "Patriarch, don't tell me you called everyone from the Sheng family over and waited here for nearly an hour just for these three people."
"The eldest lady and the third master are fine, since they are from the main family of the Sheng family. But what's the matter with this Miss Xie? How could our Sheng family clan association let outsiders in?" said Sheng Huarong, the head of a branch of Sheng Huanan.
"Third brother is right. Even if Miss Xie is Third Master's girlfriend, she is still an outsider. The children of our Sheng family are still waiting outside. But you let her in. Isn't this inappropriate?" Sheng Huafu said.
The elder of the Shengda clan also raised his eyelids and glanced at Xie Xihe. He casually placed the teacup in his hand on the rosewood tea table beside him with a crisp "clang" sound and directly ordered: "Come here, please ask Miss Xie to leave."
"Bang!"
A crisp sound suddenly rang out from the reception room, and a fine teacup fell to the ground, porcelain pieces splattered everywhere, and brown tea spilled all over the floor.
Sheng Huanan's face was even darker than the tea-soaked carpet. He glanced at them coldly and said in a deep voice, "I don't know when it will be your turn to give orders in my master's territory."
"Do you think I'm dead or that there's no one left in my master's family?!"
The elder of the Shengda clan frowned slightly: "Master, that's not what we meant..."
"If that's not what you meant, then shut up! I asked you to come here to be witnesses. You have no right to speak here!" Sheng Huanan interrupted harshly.
The elder of the Shengda clan's face darkened. After all, it was not appropriate to confront Sheng Huanan in public, so he could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
He just stopped talking, but some people were unwilling to give up.
Sheng Shaoqiong pulled Xie Xihe to sit on the chair that the servants had just brought up, and then he lit a cigarette for himself. He said in a lazy voice, "Come to think of it, it seems like I haven't seen the elder for many years. How old is he this year?"
The elder of the clan was furious when he saw her, but he had to answer her for the sake of face, saying, "Sixty or seventy-two."
Sheng Shaoqiong hummed, exhaled a puff of white smoke in his direction, and said with narrowed eyes: "He is four years older than my eldest brother."
The elder of the clan had no idea what she was up to, and frowned tightly. He couldn't help but scold her, "A woman should behave like a woman. How can you behave like this in front of all the brothers and juniors? Sheng Shaoqiong, please be careful!"
"Tsk, after meddling in my master's family's affairs, you're now lecturing me again. Great elder, those who know would at most say you're relying on your age and seniority to bully others. Those who don't would think you're the master of the master family and can give orders and make decisions at will."
"Or," Sheng Shaoqiong said with a smile, as white smoke surrounded her, blurring her appearance, "you really have this idea in mind, and have already begun to experience the feeling of being the head of the Sheng family in advance?"
The elder of the Sheng family's face suddenly changed. In shock and anger, he accidentally knocked the teacup beside him to the ground and shouted angrily: "Sheng Shaoqiong, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Sheng Shaoqiong chuckled: "It was just a joke. Why did the elder react so strongly? If someone didn't know, they would think you were guilty because your thoughts were exposed."
The elder of the Shengda clan: "!!!"
He was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot, but he could only sit back in his original seat without saying a word, for fear that Sheng Shaoqiong would say something that he coveted the position of the head of the Sheng family.
Sheng Shijing's expression was also indifferent. He ordered, "Bring the elder a new cup of tea. Hmm, the elder seems quite angry and his eyesight is not very good. Let's serve the Gaolu tea that Yunzhou brought back some time ago. It dispels wind and heat, brightens the eyes and promotes salivation. It's just right."
He nodded his chin in the direction of Sheng Huarong and Sheng Huafu and said, "By the way, let's serve a drink to these two as well."
Sheng Yunzhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he volunteered, "I'll go get it, I know where it is!"
But before he could stand up, Sheng Shijing stopped him with a cold look, saying, "Be mindful of your status."
Sheng Huanan also joined in, saying earnestly, "Yunzhou, your uncle is right. You are the eldest son of the Sheng family's main branch, and your status is noble. How can you personally make tea for someone from the side branch?"
He glanced at the elders and the others, a cold look flashing in his eyes: "You just think it's fun, but can they afford it?"
Sheng Yunzhou's eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a very submissive manner: "Grandpa, uncle is right."
The already gloomy faces of the clan elders and others became even darker, almost as if water was dripping from them.
The others looked at each other and lowered their heads, not daring to say a single word, for fear of being caught in the crossfire.
Sheng Huanan snorted in his heart, deliberately waited for a few seconds before smiling at Xie Xihe and said with a smile: "Xiao Xi, it's been almost a month since you last came to see Uncle Sheng. Come, sit next to your uncle and let him take a good look at you."
That enthusiastic attitude clearly showed that they were supporting Xie Xihe, and it was also a disguised slap in their faces. The elders and others felt a heart attack again.
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