Zhong Cheng left.
My gaze fell on the Liu Family's returned Old Patriarch. "Patriarch Liu, what about you? Don't tell me you want to leave too."
This Liu Family patriarch had white hair and beard, yet his complexion was ruddy and he looked full of vigor.
"My Liu Family is not the Zhong Family, and I am not Zhong Cheng. I can handle the Liu Family's affairs myself. However, I heard that Mr. Jiang thinks highly of Liu Rui?"
This old bastard was truly rotten, digging a trap for me.
Who didn't know that Liu Rui had obtained the position of patriarch dishonorably? If I admitted that I thought highly of Liu Rui, would he then claim that Liu Rui's murder of the former patriarch had been at my instigation?
I sighed. "Patriarch Liu, you're truly wronging me by saying that. If I really thought highly of Liu Rui, I wouldn't have blown up the Liu Family's gold mine and ancestral hall. Because of that, I know many people in the Liu Family hold deep resentment toward me and even wish they could kill me. Liu Rui later compromised because of those matters as well. As for me thinking highly of him, that isn't the case. I merely dealt with him more often because he was the Liu Family patriarch at the time. Now that you have replaced him as patriarch, we will naturally have plenty of dealings in the future too. Will you then think that I think highly of you as well?"
My words immediately displeased one of the Liu Family elders. "Mr. Jiang, how can you speak to our ancestor like that?"
I said calmly, "He is your ancestor, not mine. In this council hall, there are no ancestors—only the island lord, the patriarchs, and the elders