The Man In Rage novel Chapter 1496

The meeting hall in the Chu family was one that was lavishly decorated. That evening, it was brightly lit, its lights driving away the darkness of the night.

Seated in the room were the upper echelons of the Chu family.

They currently had their heads buried in their documents and matching frowns on their faces. A certain kind of solemnity hung heavily in the room.

After a long while, an old man finally slammed his fist on the table. He glared at Chu Qi-Tian and thundered furiously at the young man. "What's going on? Seventy-two families that had sworn their allegiance to the Chu family were decimated over the course of a few days. They were massacred in a single night. Another fiftyeight families have disavowed themselves from us and declared their sovereignty. This is the first time something like this has happened since the founding of the Chu family. You've only taken over the management of the family business for a few months. How did you manage to make a mess out of everything so quickly? Chu

Qi-Tian, what did you do?"

The white-bearded old man wished he could smack Chu Qi-Tian on the head with his walking stick.

The other elders of the Chu family were equally shocked and angered when they found out about the dire state that the Chu family was in.

They had lost the allegiance of more than a hundred families and groups over the course of a few months.

That count exceeded the count that they had accumulated over the past hundred years.

"Grandfather, I...have no clue what's going on too," Chu Qi-Tian muttered meekly, his voice filled with terror and guilt and his head bowed.

The young master of the Chu family showed no hint of the arrogance and audacity that he had flaunted in front of Han earlier. Instead, he appeared meek and humbled before these elders, like a

child who had done something wrong.

"You don't know? How could you say that? Everything was fine while Han was managing the family clan's finances. But you've barely taken over before disaster struck. You're in charge. How could you tell us that you have no idea what's going on?"

The elders of the Chu family were infuriated when they heard what Chu Qi-Tian had said.

These family clans might not be the cornerstone of the Chu family's power but they had been the source of a good half of the Chu family's wealth.

Yet the Chu family had lost more than a hundred of them within days. This was a devastating blow that was going to seriously disrupt their businesses.

A stable source of income was required to sustain this vast empire.

The Chu family's operations were going to be severely affected now that they had lost

a huge chunk of their regular income.

Chu Qi-Tian was the person currently in charge of the family clan's finances. He naturally shouldered the blame.

Chu Zheng-Liang wanted to put in a few words for his son but he knew that wouldn't do either of them any good.

As the head of the Chu family, he couldn't be seen openly siding with his son.

He had no choice but to question Chu Qi-Tian himself.

"Tian, tell us honestly. What have you done? There must be a reason for why our allies are getting killed or disavowing themselves from us."

Chu Qi-Tian nearly broke down in tears.

"Dad, I didn't do anything. I assumed responsibility for the clan's finances only a few months ago. I have been trying to learn the ropes this whole time. I didn't do anything behind your backs. You have to believe me!"

Chu Qi-Tian felt terribly aggrieved.

When he had been given the responsibility to run the Chu family clan's finances, he had thought that this was the beginning of his rise to power. Sooner or later, he was going to run the entire clan.

He had not expected a crisis to strike when he had barely gotten familiar with his duties.

He swore to god that he hadn't done anything.

The meeting went on as everyone continued to question Chu Qi-Tian on what he had done. Then, someone barged into the room.