"Don’t listen to her bewitching words!" Shi Yihui’s youngest son stood up and spoke, "The Shi Family’s status today is the result of years of unity among us. Now she has seized all the power, intending to erase the contributions of all Shi Family members, and destroy the efforts of respected elders in an instant." Unity? Hearing this word, Shi Lan couldn’t help but burst into laughter; these two beasts of Shi Yihui really knew how to distort the truth and make up false stories. It seemed these two beasts had promised these relatives some benefits, making them not so easy to dismiss. "Contributions? Efforts?" After laughing enough, Shi Lan pointed at the crowd and said, "The Shi Family has indeed relied on many people over the years. So today, let’s settle the accounts properly. Perhaps you are not aware, but each inheritor of the Shi Family receives a box containing secrets only known to the inheritor. I received this box a while ago and upon opening it, found many IOUs, large and small amounts alike. Now that the Shi Family has fallen on hard times, I think it’s time those named in these IOUs settle their debts." "Stop scaring us! What box?" Shi Zheyan shouted. "Do the people present not understand better?" Shi Lan scanned the crowd, then continued, "Since we’re all relatives, I won’t charge interest. Just return exactly what’s written on the IOUs—plain and simple, with fingerprints as proof; there couldn’t possibly be a mistake, right?" After hearing Shi Lan’s words, several people present couldn’t stand still, their faces turning deathly pale, looking like they might need ICU the next second. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel※fire.net "Sorry, I have an emergency at home, I need to leave first." "Me too, my wife just called, my child is injured, I have to go back and handle it." "I’ll be leaving too." Several of them began making excuses to leave the Shi Family. Their soles greased as if, without waiting for others to speak, they had already moved to the doorway of the Shi house, and soon after, seven or eight people slipped away amidst the chaos, vividly illustrating guilty consciences. Now fewer than ten Shi Family relatives were left, presumably those who had little to do with the accounts, so different strategies had to be employed. "Are these the hardworking relatives you talked about?" Shi Lan scoffed, as if she had watched a monkey show. "What inheritor’s box? We don’t know about that. But we are members of the Shi Family. You, an outsider, are trying to take away all the Shi Family’s property—a bit too shameless, don’t you think? We are our grandfather’s own grandsons. If he knew from beyond the grave that a woman was controlling the Shi Family, he would turn in his grave. Even if you want to be the chairman of the Shi Family, you must divide some shares and let us brothers establish ourselves." "Alright, since you want to settle accounts with me, let’s properly do so today," Shi Lan responded graciously, continuing to contend with the two beasts. "Initially, I wanted to save you some face, but since you don’t need it, I’ll help you out." "Let’s not mention Shi Guangxuan, whose identity was exposed and who voluntarily left the Shi Family, giving up everything; there is no argument there. As for you two, your parents’ shares should rightfully be managed by you. It’s less than it might have been, but it’s better than nothing; yet you don’t appreciate it." "As a victim’s family member, your parents murdered my daughter. Do I have the right to demand a substantial compensation? Your parents have been handed over to the prosecutors, and their trial will start soon. Instead of earning my forgiveness to spare your parents, you exert all your energy fighting for inheritance? Do you two have any misunderstanding of the word ’murder’? The principal offender gets the death penalty and the accessory life imprisonment, and here you are still joking around?" "Secondly, how many crimes your parents actually committed will be determined by the police investigation. As to where the properties will ultimately go, it remains uncertain, but I assure you, if you two keep causing trouble, the shares they hold will definitely not belong to you." "Thirdly, what if you are the old man’s own grandsons? To him, grandsons who are of no use are no different from strangers. Otherwise, why would he prefer to entrust everything to me over the years and not let you hold a minor position in the Shi Family company? In the Shi Family, there is no such thing as kinship. Your parents murdered for power; do you think I, holding great power, must be humane?" "Finally, I don’t know where you found these so-called Shi Family relatives, but Butler..." Shi Lan said, turning her head to instruct the butler, "later, have these ’relatives’ register their identities one by one, thoroughly check the Shi Family for three generations to see if their names appear anywhere. If so, take good care of them, if not... call the police for impersonation and trespassing into a private property. At that time, you can explain it to the police yourselves!" Having said that, Shi Lan raised her hand to check her watch. "It’s also getting late, and I have a pile of things to do tomorrow. I’m also giving you two beasts a day to pack up, then be quick to scram. If not... the bodyguard won’t be polite. After all, this property doesn’t bear your names in big letters, not just this one—all the immovable properties of the Shi Family have nothing to do with you." As she got up, Shi Lan seemed to remember something, turned around, and said to the two men, "Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, the footage of you two assaulting me the other day has been recorded. I had the medical examination report completed that night. If you don’t want to end up like your parents, uniting in prison, I’d advise both of you to stop messing around. After all, I can hand this video not only to the police but also to your schools and workplaces." The two beasts had not anticipated that Shi Lan would still have a card up her sleeve. They hadn’t expected that, with so many people making trouble, she could still neutralize the situation. Could it be that Shi Lan was possessed by another realm? The two brothers were now completely at this woman’s mercy. Getting their hands on the Shi Family’s property was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. "Madam, well done," the butler praised as he saw Shi Lan off. "Those with divided hearts at the company can pack up and leave as well," Shi Lan scoffed coldly. "What I said earlier about auctioning this place wasn’t a joke. So many have failed here; it’s hardly a Feng Shui treasure. Butler, would you like to move to a new house with me?" "I said, I serve the inheritor of the Shi Family," the butler had no objections. "Besides, I’m getting on in years; I have nowhere else to go but to serve you." "Keep an eye on those two beasts; I see they are not giving up yet," Shi Lan warned.