Chapter 88 Stopping Halfway
The old man was in poor health and only greeted the guests through the big screen. The person who was responsible for thanking the guests who came to congratulate him on his behalf was Hara Tomohisa.
This also made the guests almost tacitly agree that Hara Tomohito would take over the position of head of the Hara family. It was possible that after the speech was over, he would be directly announced as the head of the Hara family.
Lin Guantang listened to the whispers of the guests around him and found that many people were even ready to congratulate Yuan Zhiren on becoming the successor of the head of the family.
He moved closer to Huo Shizhen and asked in a low voice:
"When you met with Mr. Yuan before, were you sure he would take over the Yuan family?"
Huo Shizhen only felt a ball of hot air approaching him, and the breath passed through his hair, lingering around his neck in a hazy and stuffy air mass.
He glanced at the person who was almost at his shoulder, then looked away, as if he hadn't noticed anything and said:
"No one can be sure of the answer until the last moment."
Lin Guantang showed a suspicious look:
"That's not like you. Don't you hate unexpected situations during missions?"
No matter what, the Yuan family is a big family in Yuanshang District and is also his maternal grandfather's family. The matter of inheriting the head of the family is no trivial matter no matter how you look at it. If he is really asked to choose the heir, there will be no room for mistakes.
But Huo Shizhen curled the corners of his mouth, but seemed really not to care about this question.
"That's not my job."
The implication is that it is not within his scope of responsibility, so of course he doesn't care in which direction this matter will develop.
Lin Guantang's eyes turned into one of doubt, and he then deduced the truth based on what Huo Shizhen said.
Since Huo Shizhen is not sure about the final outcome of this matter, doesn't it mean that there is a high possibility that something unexpected will happen when Yuan Zhiren succeeds him as the head of the family?
Thinking back to the past when several members of the Yuan family took turns to find him to express their dissatisfaction with others, Lin Guantang actually felt that it would be impossible without an accident.
Several younger brothers and sisters have their own thoughts. If it is really announced at this banquet that Yuan Zhiren will inherit the position of head of the family, he might have to witness a scene of a wealthy family confronting each other in court and attacking each other.
For example, if Old Man Yuan announced that Yuan Zhiren would take over as the head of the family, others would come out and say that Yuan Zhiren had an unclear relationship with a gambler or something like that... Although Lin Guantang felt that this reason might be untenable, after all, Yuan Zhiren was not the one who was really addicted to gambling, and he had openly broken up with the gambler Beta. In this way, it was almost certain that he would inherit the Yuan family.
The reason I said "almost" is because I know that others will not be willing to accept their fate, but how can we turn the situation around?
Lin Guantang's eyes fell on the children of the Yuan family. They were still maintaining a superficial happy and harmonious appearance, with no signs of wanting to cause trouble.
He turned his gaze to look at Yuan Zhiren under the brilliant lights, who was holding up a wine glass and speaking passionately, his face radiant, as if he had already foreseen how he would be after he truly succeeded the position of head of the family and was full of vigor and vitality.
Hara Tomohito's speech was nearing its end, and at the last climax, the guests cooperated well and laughed and applauded together, which made the atmosphere of the thank-you speech more lively. Even the lights swayed, adding to the noisy atmosphere.
Lin Guantang looked at the light spots swaying back and forth on Yuan Zhiren's body, then looked up at the exaggerated chandelier above Yuan Zhiren's head, and couldn't help but think of a question -
When everyone was applauding earlier, did the chandelier shake?
Wasn’t the speech by Hara Tomohisa just now a very common link? It wasn’t so amazing that it required shaking the chandelier separately to increase the atmosphere.
So the reason why the chandelier is shaking is——
"Run! The lights are going to fall out!"
In an instant, Lin Guantang didn't care whether it was rude or not and shouted out loudly.
As Hara Zhiren and the other guests looked at him in confusion, Hara Zhili's scream echoed in the hall that had suddenly darkened:
"Brother, run!"
Superimposed on her voice was the sound of a huge decorative lamp falling off, causing the crystal to clatter against the bracket.
Countless loud shouting sounds rang out one after another, and countless figures ran back and forth. Some ran forward to find Young Master Yuan, and some ran backward to avoid the disaster.
Lin Guantang also wanted to see if Yuan Zhiren was hit, but when he raised his foot to leave, he was hit hard by someone and fell to the side uncontrollably. Huo Shizhen caught him in his arms.
It was only a few seconds. When the person who bumped into him wanted to speak, he looked up and was met with an expressionless and cold face and even more lifeless brown-red eyes.
As if being stared at by the god of death, the person who hit the person went blank in the head and even started to think about how to write a will.
After a few seconds, perhaps to confirm that he really just bumped into someone accidentally because he wanted to join in the fun, and not because he took advantage of the chaos and did it on purpose with other motives, Huo Shizhen withdrew his gaze as if nothing had happened and said lightly:
"Don't move."
Then, Lin Guantang heard a muffled sound beside him. He stood up straight and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a man with a pale face and cold sweat slumped on a stool, as if he had suffered some acute illness.
Could it be that he suddenly had a seizure and bumped into himself uncontrollably?
Lin Guantang cast a concerned look at him:
"Are you okay?"
The other party shook his head and waved his hands frantically, signaling him not to go over.
Although Lin Guantang still felt that something was wrong with him, this man seemed to be very strong and should not be in any danger of death.
In comparison, the situation of the original eldest son is more critical.
But it should be just a false alarm. Lin Guantang recalled everything that happened just now. It seemed that after he opened his mouth, Yuan Zhiren hesitated for a moment, then immediately dodged to the side, and other guards nearby also ran over to protect him.
So, theoretically speaking, Yuan Zhiren should be fine. At most, he might be hit in the shoulder or arm because he couldn't dodge in time, but it should only be a little painful for a while and nothing serious will happen.
He looked in the direction of a group of people gathered in front of him.
As Huo Shizhen said, you can see everything clearly without moving.
The front was completely cleared, and from the gaps in the crowd, I saw that Yuan Zhiren was also helped up, but Yuan Zhiren's screams did not completely stop. Instead, they became louder, mixed with the anxious voices of others, and the situation seemed to be more critical.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
"Brother's gland... call an ambulance!"
"Poisoned, someone poisoned me!"
…
Through the gaps in the panicked crowd, I saw Yuan Zhiren's purple lips, pale face, clothes soaked with wine, and... the fragrance of plum blossoms that suddenly burst out in the air.
It was an uncontrolled pheromone explosion.
Then, beeping alarms sounded continuously, and wisps of suppressive mist automatically sprayed out from the gaps in the ceiling, diluting the severely excessive pheromone smell in the air.
This sudden pheromone accident caught the guests off guard and they dodged and shouted everywhere. In this chaotic scene, Huo Shizhen was completely out of it.
"It seems that this birthday party has come to an end."
After casually announcing the result, he planned to turn around and leave, with no intention of getting involved in this farce.
Lin Guantang was worried about the condition of Mr. Yuan and wanted to go and see him, but he knew nothing about medicine and was not a member of the Yuan family, so going there would only cause trouble.
So he just stood there and thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be better to follow Huo Shizhen out to avoid the chaos of the banquet. It would not be too late to ask after the situation stabilized a little.
But some people don't want them to leave so quietly.
"Huo Shizhen, don't you have anything to say?"
Before he had taken a few steps, Yuan Zhiyi's voice sounded behind him.
Lin Guantang hesitated for a moment, then stopped and looked back.
It wasn't just Yuan Zhiyi, but several other people were looking in their direction with suspicious and shocked eyes.
Yuan Zhili then spoke, but he looked at Lin Guantang in disbelief. After a moment's hesitation, he turned to Yuan Zhiyi and spoke:
"I thought it would be the eldest sister who should say something at a time like this. Big sister and big brother have the same blood type and pheromones. Aren't you going to comfort your younger siblings by saying you're always ready to help?"
Yuan Zhiyi looked at her with disappointment in his eyes. He couldn't believe that she was helping outsiders to attack him at this time.
Yuan Zhizhi just laughed and said:
"The purpose is so obvious, some people are really hopelessly stupid."
"Hara Chichi! What are you implying?"
Yuan Zhili glared at him and gritted his teeth.
"Don't think I don't know, you also..."
What she wanted to say got stuck in the middle of her speech, but as twins, their connection resonated with each other at that moment. Even if she didn't say it out loud, she was sure that Yuan Zhizhi accepted her meaning.
You also made a deal with him.
This is something that must never be told in public, otherwise it would be a real scandal.
Yuan Zhixin, the youngest in the family, was crying his heart out while holding his unconscious eldest brother. He was also shocked by the abnormal behavior of his older brothers and sisters. He didn't understand what was happening. He just instinctively felt that the atmosphere seemed to have become very tense, so that he didn't even dare to cry out loud. He could only sob cautiously, holding his eldest brother's arm, and watching the changes in front of him with red eyes.
As for the other guests, even though their original focus was on Yuan Zhiren, at this moment, because of Miss Yuan's questioning, their gazes kept shifting to both ends of the hall, whispering to each other, trying to guess the meaning of their words and what role Huo Shizhen played in it.
We will have to wait and see what the situation is with Yuan Zhiren, but from listening to their conversation, a struggle is about to unfold before our eyes, and no one wants to miss it.
Lin Guantang also fully understood that Miss Yuan was planning to put the blame of murdering Young Master Yuan on Huo Shizhen.
Of course, he didn't believe that Huo Shizhen had murdered Yuan Zhiren, because there was no motive and no time.
He didn't know about other people, but Huo Shizhen spent almost all his time with him, so how could he possibly attack Young Master Yuan.
But it's no wonder that others have such doubts.
Regardless of their purpose, everyone else took action, but Huo Shizhen stayed where he was without moving, as if he had already anticipated the accident.
The person who could foresee everything is obviously the instigator, isn't it?
As the onlookers looked at him with their own thoughts, Huo Shizhen also turned around. After looking at the onlookers expressionlessly, his eyes finally fell on the Yuan family members in front of him and he smiled.
But that smile could not make people feel happy. Instead, it was like looking into the eyes of a poisonous snake, making people feel a chill down their spine, shivering, and even facing a life-threatening crisis.
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