Madam’s Identities Shocks the Entire City Again

Chapter 3437: Both Sides Have Fallen Out

Editor: Atlas Studios

The gunshots outside alarmed the people in the old residence.

Everyone in the Righteousness Hall had their own thoughts.

Ji Lingfeng sat in his seat and looked around. “Elders, have you figured it out?”

Silence.

Second Elder and Fourth Elder exchanged glances but didn’t say anything.

Ji Lingfeng’s lips were pale. It was as if he knew that they wouldn’t compromise so easily. His gaze landed on the people at the entrance.

“What about you guys?”

Silence.

Everyone lowered their heads to avoid his gaze.

Silence was the answer.

The entire Righteousness Hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

“Heh.” Ji Lingfeng’s complexion was visibly terrible and his lips were pale. Anyone could tell he was seriously ill. This was also the first time he had revealed an obvious illness in the past two days.

Everyone knew that.

Previously, Ji Lingfeng had forced himself not to give himself away because he was afraid they would notice. Since he wasn’t in hiding now, he couldn’t keep it under wraps anymore.

“Do you think I won’t do it?”

The surroundings were quiet. Anyone could tell he wanted to kill.

Xie Yun frowned and looked straight at him. “Lingfeng, don’t be rash.”

She knew very well what Ji Lingfeng would do if he reached the last step.

However, if he did that, he would be nailed to the pillar of shame after his death and be seen as a lunatic and a laughingstock in everyone’s eyes.

They had lived together for decades as husband and wife.

Xie Yun couldn’t bear to see him lose his reputation.

Ji Lingfeng glanced at her and pursed his pale lips into a straight line. He was extremely forbearing.

Xie Yun took a deep breath and spoke to the elders on his behalf, “Second Elder, Fourth Elder. You should know what will happen next. Do you really want to bet with him?”

The elders led by Second Elder and Fourth Elder did not speak. They only looked at each other and relaxed.

Xie Yun grabbed onto the loose thread. “I can tell everyone in advance that you will definitely lose. He’s not joking with you! Everyone is doing this for the good of the Ji family. There’s no need to make it to the point where both sides suffer. Everyone, please sign!”

Second Elder saw her sincerity and said hesitantly, “But Madam, this is not a small matter. We will never agree to hand the family to someone who hasn’t even entered the family tree.

“She has to, at least, pass our assessments before we do it.”

The so-called assessments were just agreements with the new Patriarch on how to distribute the benefits and seek a balanced point of interest.

The Ji family seemed filled with flowers, but in reality, they were already boiling oil.

After Ji Wusun’s death, Ji Lingfeng was pushed to take over as Patriarch, but he wasn’t the legitimate direct descendant.

To manage the family, Ji Lingfeng agreed on a division of interests with the elders and the main hall. In other words, he had weakened his power as Patriarch and allowed those below to have a certain say.

Now that Ji Lingfeng was at the end of his rope, if they wanted to replace him, from their standpoint, they naturally had to overturn the previous agreement and redistribute the benefits.

They had to take the lion’s share of the redistributed benefits.

The Patriarch was going to be made into a mascot.

This was also something they had discussed in private before.

That was why they refused to sign the document.

“So, Patriarch, we can’t sign it.”