"A countryside louse from a tiny city dared to injure my younger brother and insult the Xue family! If we don't make him pay dearly, then all of Yanjing will laugh at the Xue family!" Xue Ming-Zhi clutched his palms tightly as he spoke coldly and murderously.
"But Ming-Zhi, don't you think you should let Old Master Xue know about this? After all, he said that the Xue family should remain low profile during this time, and we should watch our temper so that we don't act rashly," Xue Ming-Xin continued to advise Xue Ming-Zhi.
Old Master Xue was referring to Xue Ming-Hua and Xue Ming-Zhi's father.
Even though the current head of the family was Xue Ming-Zhi, there were still important matters that had to go through Xue Ren-Yang first, since he was the one who was truly controlling the family.
During this time, the Xue family had run into a fair bit of problems, and many of their business had been attacked by rivals.
Everyone else thought that the Xue family was advancing well and becoming wealthy, but they didn't know that the Xue family was actually facing a crisis internally.
But of course, nobody knew that a storm was already brewing beneath the calm looking surface of Yanjing!
"He's right.”
"There is a fierce undercurrent in Yanjing right now, so we should be careful because anything could happen."
"Making any large or sudden moves is certainly unwise!"
Many family members started to advise Xue Ming-Zhi against doing this and hoped that he could think through things more carefully first.
But Xue Ming-Zhi just waved his hands about and bellowed, "There are other things that we can suffer silently about, but I will not take this lying down, and neither should the Xue family!"
"An arranged daughter-in-law of the Xue family has been taken away by someone else, and my own brother's legs have been broken. What is this? This is a slap in the Xue family's face! If we just remain silent about something like this, how are we going to stand tall in Yanjing?"
"But..." Someone tried to persuade him again, but Xue Ming-Zhi cut him off fiercely.
Tve already decided on this matter, so all of you can stop trying to persuade me otherwise. There's no need to check with Old Master Xue, I'll report this matter to him after I return tomorrow. Don't worry, I know what to do and I will not let this matter get out of hand." Xue Ming-Zhi had already made a decision.
Since the head of the family had already said so, everyone else decided not to persuade him further. But they all still felt uneasy inside.
Xue Ming-Zhi's phone suddenly started ringing.
It was a call from the Xu family. Xue Ming-Zhi quickly picked it up.
"Mr Xue, you already know about what happened during my daughter's birthday celebration, right?" came a low and grim male voice over the phone.
The person on the other side was the head of the Xu family, Xu Lei's second uncle, Xu Feng-Liang.
"Yes," Xue Ming-Zhi nodded.
"I'm calling to ask what you're going to do tomorrow. The Xue family is the leader of the three new up and coming families in Yanjing, and the whole city has their eye on both our families now. If we don't deal with this matter properly, both our families will become the laughingstock of Yanjing," continued Xu Feng-Liang.
Xue Ming-Zhi replied, "Mr Xu, you don't have to worry about this. I already have a plan for tomorrow." "That's good to hear." Xu Feng-Liang's tone of voice calmed down and he continued, "Mr Xue, I'm not in Yanjing now, and I will have to count on you about tomorrow. I hope that you will be able to get my niece, Lei, back from that crazy man.”
"You don't have to worry about that. Miss Xu Lei has not married into the Xue family yet, but she's considered half a family member already. Our family has failed in protecting her well, and that's how she ended up getting snatched away by someone else. I promise you that I will bring Miss Xu back safely, and the wedding will proceed as planned next month," said Xue Ming-Zhi confidently.
He wasn't sure if his own younger brother could recover from his two broken legs. So Xue Ming-Zhi quickly did his best to assure the Xu family so that they wouldn't go back on their word and not let Xu Lei marry his brother.
"Excellent! I will wish Mr Xue success tomorrow! When I come back, we can sit together and attend Ming-Hua and Lei's wedding banquet," laughed Xu Feng-Liang heartily. Xue Ming-Zhi also laughed in reply and agreed to go for a drink once Xu Feng-
Liang returned.
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