Chapter 385 How did things change so quickly?
Old Master Tian was speechless. Seizing someone else's property and then acting so aggrieved. "You...you're shameless!"
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Chief Xie slammed his teacup down on the table. "I respect you as a guest, but don't be ungrateful. When your two nephews return, have them come see me. I'll ask them how they have the nerve to ask the clan for anything! Guards, show them out!"
Old Master Tian wanted to say a few more words of cursing, but then the servants of Chief Xie's family came out from behind.
Grandpa Tian was so angry that he said "Fine" three times in a row. "You just wait! My nephew will be back soon!"
Clan Chief Xie got up and left without even glancing at Old Master Tian.
Old Master Tian was nearly driven mad with anger. "Let's go!"
After leaving the Xie family, the three Tian brothers spent a long time trying to calm Old Master Tian down.
Seeing that his father's anger had subsided, Tian Lao Er asked, "Dad, do you think my second aunt had already guessed that the Xie family would do this, which is why she said she wanted to bring my cousins to live with us?"
"Probably. Your second aunt has been married into the Xie family for so many years, she must know what kind of people the Xie clan are."
"What can we do? They were affected after my second aunt's family left, but it wasn't as serious as they said. I've inquired around, and the government just went to their house to ask if they knew where my second aunt's family had gone. If my second aunt's family contacted them, they would persuade them to come back."
Upon hearing this, Tian Laosan immediately said, "Isn't that just like our family?" The government officials had also visited the Tian family and said the same thing.
Tian Lao Er: "Yes."
Old Master Tian couldn't help but curse a few more times. "The Xie family is utterly shameless."
"Yes, Dad, what do we do next? We can't just let them take over my cousin's entire business, can we?"
"Of course not. If all else fails, we'll have to report it to the authorities."
Old Tian felt that reporting it to the authorities was a bad idea. "How about you discuss it with my second aunt and two cousins and give them 30%?"
Grandpa Tian felt that the Xie family was not so easily satisfied. "I think the Xie family is not only not going to return your second aunt's family's property, but they will also ask your second aunt's family for money."
After thinking about what Chief Xie said, Tian Lao Er realized it wasn't impossible. "If that's the case, we'll have to report it to the authorities."
Grandpa Tian nodded. "Go and greet your second aunt when she arrives, so she can be prepared."
"good."
On the other side, as soon as Chief Xie returned to the house, his wife, Madam Sun, came to greet him: "Has the Tian family father and son left?"
"Um."
What are they doing here?
"Seventh Brother's wife and his two sons are coming back." Xie Fugui is the seventh son in the clan. His real name is Xie Jinpeng, but Xie Fugui is a pseudonym he adopted when he was on the run.
"What?!" Sun's eyes widened instantly. "Seventh Brother's family is coming back?"
Clan Chief Xie glanced at Sun. "Why are you so surprised? When that Tian family came last time to ask us to send money to the Seventh Brother's family, I knew they would come back sooner or later."
"I...I...I was just afraid that Zhi'er's wife would get angry with us. When we were discussing marriage, Zhi'er's wife said that only the seventh son's family's house was worthy of her."
The seventh son used to be the most successful person in their Xie family, so naturally his house was the best.
"If we make her move out now... how about we talk to Seventh Brother's wife and buy that house?"
"Buy?" Chief Xie sneered. "Not only do we not have to buy a house from the Seventh Family, the Seventh Family will also have to pay us."
"What?!" Mrs. Sun could hardly believe her ears.
Chief Xie went to his study and retrieved an account book. "Here you go."
Sun opened it and looked inside. It contained records of all the money the clan had spent on Xie Fugui's family. Each transaction had the signatures of the clan elders on the back.
What kind of officials came to extort money from Xie Fugui's family by taking advantage of their escape?
What? Xie Fugui's house collapsed and he hired people to repair it?
What? Someone came to the door saying they saw Xie Fugui's family. Did the clan give them hush money?
What clan sent people to find them and paid for their travel and lodging expenses?
What expenses were incurred by the clan in honoring Xie Fugui's family during their ancestral worship?
...
In the end, even if all of Xie Fugui's family's assets were given to the clan, it wouldn't be enough.
Sun looked at the signatures, somewhat bewildered. "These... are the clan elders?"
Chief Xie smiled. "The Seventh Brother's family fortune isn't all mine alone."
Will this work?
"Why not? There are so many of us. Even if the seventh brother's family doesn't want to acknowledge it, they have no choice but to."
"What if we push Lao Qi's family too far, and they go to the authorities to report us?"
Chief Xie smiled. "You women are just too timid. We have evidence and witnesses, so we're not afraid even if we take it to the authorities."
Mrs. Sun was still a little uneasy. "How about we give them some back? After all, they all share the same surname, Xie."
"Return it? Who would willingly spit out what they've already swallowed?" Chief Xie pointed to the account book in Sun's hand. "If they were willing to return it, they wouldn't have signed the account book."
Sun fell silent.
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Grandma Tian and her party are almost in Beijing.
Grandma Tian was quite happy to see her nephew come all this way to pick her up. Little did she expect that her nephew would come to tell her that the Xie family was going to swallow up all of their family's business.
Tian Lao Er looked at Tian Lao Tai and said, "My father's idea is that if all else fails, we should report it to the authorities. What do you think?"
Grandma Tian thought for a moment. "Forget it, let them take it if they want."
Tian Lao Er was surprised to hear this. "Second Aunt, are you worried that we're outnumbered?"
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