"Big Brother!"
After the meeting ended, the Fifth Elder followed Gang Shi all the way to the storerooms. Once they had gone far enough, he finally could not hold back any longer. "What on earth is wrong with Third Elder? Why is he so firmly standing on Second Branch's side? What can that good-for-nothing possibly give him?"
"That's not something we can know. Second Branch has his own charms..." Gang Shi smiled. "But Third Elder is usually quiet and reserved. When it matters, though, he can hold his ground. Without him, we probably could have taken even more people with us..."
"Hmph!" The Fifth Elder snorted coldly. "Those ingrates will regret it sooner or later!"
After Third Elder's persuasion, some people indeed chose not to board Gang Shi's ship in the end. The one the Fifth Elder cared about most was Mira's father. He and his elder brother had treated the man quite well...
"Everyone has their own ambitions..." Gang Na narrowed his eyes slightly. His expression remained calm as ever, but a trace of coldness flashed through his eyes.
"But it's no big deal..." Gang Shi said with a smile. "We never expected everyone to choose our side. If that really happened, Grandpa might even have had to forcibly keep some people behind. Besides, as Third Elder said, those Branch Families with fewer descendants really aren't much help to us..."
"That's true..." The Fifth Elder narrowed his eyes. "But it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth to watch Second Branch pick up all these benefits!"
A family's having few descendants did not mean it was weak. On the contrary, families with fewer descendants were usually better off. Only with sufficient resources would they have the courage to implement an elite-training policy. Those Branch Families with many descendants,