In the room, Xu Wenqing's angry voice echoed.
This time, even Xu Lei's face turned a few shades uglier as a result.
"Second grandfather, I think you have misunderstood."
"No matter what achievements I have outside, the Xu family is still my home, and you and my uncles are all Xiaolei's elders."
"Over the years, I, Xu Lei, have asked myself that I have not neglected my uncles and elders. Why do you have to say that about me today?"
There was some aggravation in Xu Lei's heart.
In the past few years, for the sake of the family, she had worked diligently and conscientiously.
Under her leadership, the Xu family today could be considered to be in full springtime.
Last year the family's end-of-year dividends, whether collateral or direct, doubled compared to the past.
Xu Lei didn't think these uncles would remember her well, she just asked them not to cause any trouble for herself.
But Xu Lei never expected that Xu Wenqing, the oldest member of the Xu family, would say such a thing about herself just because of a few words from Xu Meifeng.
Even if Xu Lei's heart was strong, it would still be heartbreaking to face such accusations from people in her family.
"Hmph, it seems that you still know that you are a junior."
"Since that's the case, stay here properly and wait for the decision on your appointment by the family patriarch."
Xu Wenqing spoke in a stern voice.
"A decision on my appointment?"
Xu Wenqing's words caused Xu Lei to be somewhat puzzled, her brows frowning slightly.
But Xu Wenqing obviously had no intention of explaining to Xu Lei, and after finishing this, he took out a piece of paper from the table and handed it to Xu Meifeng who was at the side, "Meifeng, your father is not here, so this family decision, you will be the one to announce it."
"Okay, second grandfather."
Xu Meifeng said happily, smiling as she took the paperwork from Elder Xu's hand. And then, with a gloating gaze, she looked at Xu Lei.
That look was like a victor looking down on his defeated men.
However, Xu Meifeng only gave Xu Lei a glance and did not say anything.
After that, she walked up to the high place in the hall, facing the crowd, and her voice rang out loud and clear: "Xu Lei, the sinful daughter, colluded with foreigners, forced her uncles to abdicate by despicable means, excluded the clan's relatives, excluded dissidents, suppressed the clan's relatives, and placed a large number of foreigners in the family business, so that the hundred-year foundation of the Xu family will fall, and hundreds of billions of assets will fall to foreigners. "
"The actions of our sinful daughter Xu Lei are treacherous and contrary to our ancestral rites and laws."
"Today, after discussion in the family council, it has been unanimously decided that Xu Lei will be removed from all positions in the Xu family and relieved of all her powers."
"In addition, her name will be removed from the family tree and she will be expelled from the Xu family after today. All assets under her name will be reverted to the family."
"As for the position of Xu family head, it will continue to be held by Xu Fengliang."
"Until the new head of the family returns to the family, Xu Mei Feng, Xu Fengliang's daughter, will be in charge of all the affairs of the family. The authority will be transferred when his father returns to the throne."
In the middle of the room, Xu Meifeng's aloud voice echoed.
As for the other Xu family elders, they were all expressionless, listening quietly to Xu Meifeng's pronouncement. In their eyes, there was indifference, indifference towards Xu Lei.
It was obvious that before this meeting, everyone present had already passed gas.
It could be said that Xu Lei was the only one who had been kept in the dark about this so-called family meeting.
When she heard this decision, Xu Lei's entire body froze immediately.
There was surprise, trembling, disappointment and despondency in her pretty face.
In fact, from the moment she saw Xu Meifeng, Xu Lei knew that this family meeting today was feared to be a bad one.
However, Xu Lei had thought that even if these family elders did not like her, they would at most accuse her of her mistakes and faults, but Xu Lei never expected that they would be prepared to dismiss her directly, and that she would be expelled from the Xu family and removed from the family tree.
After a brief moment of panic, Xu Lei smiled.
It was a miserable smile, tinged with self-deprecation and ridicule.
"Are you all working together to force me to abdicate? You want to expel me from the Xu family?"
"Haha~"
"I still think of my uncles and uncles as elders and family."
"But you, all of you, are working together to bully me, a girl whose parents are dead."
"Very good, really good."
"Second grandfather, third uncle, fourth uncle, you guys are really nice."
Xu Lei shook her head and smiled, her beautiful eyes a little red.
However, she still faced the crowd and continued to speak.
"However, uncles, I really want to know what I, Xu Lei, have done wrong."
"So much so that you all hate me so much, dislike me so much and want to drive me away so much?"
"In these two years, have I not done enough?"
"It was me that allowed the Xu family to return to its heyday of glory back then."
"It was also me who made the treatment of the uncles and uncles multiply several times."
"To the family, to my loved ones, I, Xu Lei, have no shame in my heart!"
"But I really can't understand why you still ostracise me when I've worked so hard to make the family better and raise the standard of living of the clan?"
"Is it because I am alone and have no parents to lean on?"
"Perhaps because I am a weak woman and not worthy of running the clan?"
Xu Lei's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, her heart full of aggression and loss.
In a series of several words, she could not stop questioning the people in front of her.
Did Xu Lei really care about the position of family head?
Of course not!
She was just so disappointed and felt so aggrieved.
Why, despite all her hard work, was she still not recognised?
Why did all her pursuits end up being cheaper than others?
Why did God always take away everything that was good around her so cruelly?
She had lost her loving parents, her obsessed brother Fan, and now even the Zong clan was ganging up against her.
Sometimes, Xu Lei really felt so tired of life and felt so lonely.
Her uncles oppose her, her brothers and sisters ostracise her, and even her brother Fan, whom she sees as her support, does not visit her for a long time.
No one thought of her, no one cared for her.
There were many people living in this world, but Xu Lei often felt that she was actually alone.
"Xu Lei, you don't have to pretend to be miserable here."
"Who in Yanjing today doesn't know that you are that country boy's kept lover in Yanjing."
"You are sidelining the clansmen and supporting the people of Jiangdong. Isn't it just a plan to later, make my Xu family estate change its surname to Ye?"
"This alone makes you unworthy of being the Xu family head!"
"The foundation that our Xu family has built up over generations, how can you give it away to someone with a foreign surname?"
Xu Meifeng spoke in a cold voice, yet she did not have the slightest bit of pity for this cousin of hers.
When Xu Lei heard this, she instantly understood, "To put it plainly, you are still after my brother Xiaofan."
"What else? If you don't come after him, will you come after you? You don't even see if you have the qualifications. No one in the Yanjing business world knows that you, General Assembly President Xu, are only here today because of your little mistress. Are you worthy of being the head of the Xu family? Is she worthy of being the president of the Chamber of Commerce? Does she deserve to have so many business tycoons obeying you?" Xu Meifeng sneered and spoke in an extremely unpleasant manner.
Xu Lei wasn't angry at these words.
She didn't mind being treated like Ye Fan's lover that he kept in Yanjing.
As long as she could have some relationship with that teenager, there would be joy in Xu Lei's heart.
Therefore, in the face of Xu Meifeng's ridicule, Xu Lei smiled lightly and said back, "Since you know what my little brother Fan is capable of, then you should know that your so-called family decision will not shake my Xu Lei's position in the Yanjing business world."
"Because, a group of powerful people in Yanjing's business world only recognise my Little Fan brother. As I am the person of words that brother Xiaofan has left in Yanjing, they naturally recognise me as well."
"So what if you become the head of the Xu family?"
"It's just a false name."
"You don't have the prestige to control the Xu family's properties in Yanjing, let alone the prestige to control the situation in Yanjing."