Chapter 176 Internal Dispute

The overall situation was very pessimistic. Even the Star Ring Forum, which was originally a place for communication, had now become an area for people of various countries to vent their anger.

Full of hostility!

Su Mo had been browsing posts on the forum recently. At least nine out of ten posts were denouncing the other side's barbaric acts and hateful remarks.

The hatred of war had spread from offline to online.

In this environment, every family and company was struggling, a bit precarious.

To make matters worse, the Federation was now at a critical juncture of leadership change, making the situation even more unsettling.

"It's okay, don't overthink it. It'll be alright after this period. Go and rest."

Seeing Su Mo not speaking for a long time, Qian Chengxue reached out and took Su Mo's hand, and said softly.

Su Mo nodded gently and replied, "Okay."

......

The next morning, Qian Chengxue was lying in bed, just resting for a while.

There was a knock on the door.

Knock, knock~

Qian Chengxue opened her eyes, got up in confusion, and opened the door.

"Miss, the master and the others are back and are holding a meeting in the ancestral hall."

The butler said respectfully.

"I see, I'll go over right away."

Qian Chengxue's expression was slightly surprised. Her father had returned, and he called a meeting as soon as he came back. She had a bad feeling.

A moment later, Qian Chengxue washed up briefly and rushed to the ancestral hall.

The entire ancestral hall was built of redwood and bluestone. Although it still looked magnificent on the surface, it was already hundreds of years old.

This was the place where the Lin family originated.

At this time, the entire conference hall was extremely lively. All the important members of the Lin family, both direct and collateral, had arrived.

They were arguing non-stop. The old patriarch of the Lin family, Lin Yuefeng, was sitting in the main seat with a cane in his hand, with his eyes closed, still ignoring everything.

Qian Chengxue walked in and saw Lin Hai at a glance, so she walked to Lin Hai's side.

"Second brother, you're back."

Lin Hai saw that it was Qian Chengxue, so he nodded and replied in a low voice.

"Just got back."

"What's going on?"

Qian Chengxue asked in a low voice.

"It's hard to explain in a moment, just listen."

Lin Hai replied with a bad expression.

Qian Chengxue looked over at this time and saw her father, Lin Yaotian, standing at the front, arguing with her uncle, Lin Zhou.

"My words are very clear. The front line is very tight now, and Lin Ming's situation is also very bad. There is an urgent need for a large amount of supplies. Although the Federation will prepare supplies, we cannot completely rely on the Federation. We also need to prepare a portion of supplies, and I hope everyone will contribute."

Lin Yaotian said in a cold voice.

"I said Yaotian, the matter of supplies is something the Federation needs to worry about, what does it have to do with us?"

Lin Zhou sneered and retorted.

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. The Federation's current situation needs our support."

"I don't think it's the Federation that needs support, but you want to support your son, Lin Ming, right? We have nothing to say if you want to support him. After all, Lin Ming is also your son and a part of the Lin family, but what's the situation now? We ourselves are barely surviving, how can we raise another batch of supplies? You can't push us into the fire pit for your son's promotion and fortune. The Lin family belongs to everyone, not just you, Lin Yaotian."

Lin Zhou pointed and accused him without politeness.

"Lin Zhou is right, we can hardly support ourselves, how can we have the ability to support others. Besides, even if we raise it, we can't transport it out. Once we force it out, wouldn't that be like throwing money into the water?"

"That's right."

......

For a time, many people present echoed.

Of course, some people retorted: "How can you say that? Aren't we all one family? Besides, Lin Ming is fighting desperately on the front line, isn't it for the Lin family? And Lin Ming is not entirely serving the military, he is also taking many of our family members with him."

"That's right, you can't look for Lin Ming when something happens, and when nothing happens, he becomes an outsider."

"You say such nice things, then you donate! Anyway, I don't have any supplies!"

......

The entire conference room was about to become a quarrel.

"I said Lin Yaotian, although you are the patriarch, you can't be autocratic! Don't just think about yourself, you also have to consider the survival of all of us. What you should be concerned about now is not Lin Ming, but how to lead the Lin family out of the predicament, otherwise you are a bit derelict as the patriarch."

Lin Zhou had a smug expression on his face. In the past, he definitely didn't have as much influence as Lin Yaotian. But now it was different. He wanted to cut everyone's flesh, and everyone might not stand on his side.

"I know very well what I'm doing, it's not your turn to point fingers!"

Lin Yaotian replied in a cold voice.

"Okay, then do whatever you want, I can't control you. But there are no supplies, and I believe everyone else doesn't have them either. You are rich and powerful, why don't you pay for it yourself."

Lin Zhou replied with a smile.

"Yes, we really don't have any."

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A crowd of people followed suit.

Lin Yaotian's entire face became more and more cold, and the anger in his eyes grew stronger. Those who were willing to donate had already donated, and they couldn't get any more out.

What he wanted now was to make those who were unwilling to donate spit it out.

As a result, Lin Zhou was acting as the leader to oppose it here. The problem was that he couldn't force everyone to donate.

After all, the Lin family's current situation was indeed not very good, and everyone's resistance was quite strong.

"Enough!"

Lin Yaotian shouted in a cold voice.

For a time, the entire conference hall fell silent.

Lin Yaotian said in a cold voice: "Those who are willing to donate, donate. Those who are unwilling to donate don't need to donate."

After saying that, Lin Yaotian flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

Qian Chengxue, Lin Hai and others quickly followed and left.

Soon after, Qian Chengxue, Lin Hai and other sisters came to their own living room. Lin Yaotian sat on the chair, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Then he slammed the teacup directly on the table, and the entire teacup cracked instantly.

"Humph!"

Lin Yuxin and the others saw this scene and didn't dare to say anything. They rarely saw their father so angry.

Lin Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Father, don't be angry."

Lin Yaotian scolded in a cold voice: "How can I not be angry? If you had half the ability of your eldest brother, I wouldn't have to worry about it here. I handed over the internal affairs of the Lin family to you, and look at how you managed it. Now everyone is enriching their own pockets and people's hearts are scattered!"

In fact, it's no wonder Lin Yaotian was angry. No matter how difficult the Lin family's situation was, it shouldn't be the case that even a batch of supplies couldn't be raised.

It was nothing more than a large part of it being eaten away.

Lin Hai explained tremblingly: "Father, I didn't do this well, but there are reasons for it. My uncle has always relied on the fact that he is the elder and has repeatedly crossed the line to interfere in internal affairs. I have negotiated with him many times, but he simply doesn't listen."