Female Novel
Chapter 352 United To Rebel
“Patrick, as the head of the family, not only do you not lead by example and you even flout the family
rules, how will everyone accept this?” Archer objected as Jack pushed Patrick to the head of the table.
“Everyone accepts this?”
Patrick scoffed, “If you’re so concerned about everyone accepting my decision, you, Archer better
consider how to let everyone accept what you did?”
“What do you mean?” Archer was startled.
Patrick continued to dominate the event and maintain the pressure on Archer.
He was ruthless and direct, “Back then when you and I were heirs to this family and there were many
other potential heirs. But how did your status as an heir come about?”
“Ever since I took over as the head of the family, if it wasn’t for our brother Brown who didn’t want to be
involved with the family, could you even have such a high status in the family and sit next to Madam
Hughes?”
“Yes, you depend on our relationship as having the same father but different mother. When I became
the head of the family, you were like a turkey who managed to fly like an eagle. Now tell me, how did
you convince the people to accept your capabilities?”
The words were sharp and directed. Everyone’s expression changed drastically. But standing behind
Patrick, Jack could see that following what his father said, many people started to snigger and showed
their discontent. It was obvious that his father had touched on what they had always been thinking.
Smack!
Archer’s face turned blue and purplish as he smacked the table in anger, “Patrick, what nonsense are
you saying? You’re slandering me and comparing me to an animal. What are your intentions?”
Archer continued to yell, “A turkey which flies like an eagle? So what if you became the head of the
family? You can’t simply insult me!”
Words were flying at this family meeting before it even started.
Patrick looked at Archer with full of disdain, “You don’t even have the self-respect to control yourself
when you bark at me like a dog.”
“You…” Archer clenched his teeth not knowing how to respond. He unconsciously looked around the
meeting room and started to become flustered when he saw that no one spoke up for him. Indeed,
what Patrick said was the truth. But more importantly, didn’t everyone agree before the meeting started
to stand together against Patrick?
Knock knock! Madam knocked on the table and pulled Archer, “Sit down, Archer.”
Patrick laughed, “That’s right, Madam Hughes already gave you an opportunity to stand down. If you
don’t do that now, don’t regret that I take further actions against you, brother.”
“Patrick…” Archer’s face turned red with fury.
“Archer, Sit!” Madam Hughes raised her voice.
Archer’s expression changed, clenched his teeth in fury, and had no choice but to sit down.
Patrick laughed with disdain and arrogance as he looked at everyone, “Now, is there anyone else whonovelbin
objects to my son attending this meeting?”
It was dead silent in the meeting hall. All the senior executives of the Hughes family maintained their
silence. Anyone who spoke up would immediately be in Patrick’s crosshairs. Who knew what dark
secrets Patrick would expose of them and embarrass them in front of everyone? All of them were
trained to a high degree and would not do something so foolish.
After several seconds, Patrick knocked on the table and said, “Since no one objected, then can Madam
Hughes chair the meeting?”
“I chair the meeting?” Madam Hughes raised her eyebrows, “You must be kidding, Patrick. The family
meeting had always been chaired by the head of the family. If I were to chair the meeting, wouldn’t I be
taking exceeding my authority?”
“You had already exceeded your authority by calling for this family meeting. So what’s the big deal
chairing this meeting?” Patrick looked sharply at Madam Hughes, “Since you called for this meeting,
naturally you should chair the meeting.”
“You…” Madam Hughes looked at him with her eyes wide open and was stunned. She never expected
Patrick to resort to this. She was sullen in front of everyone and was deep in thoughts.
In all the time of the Hughes family, the family meeting was the heartbeat and soul of the family. So
naturally, it had to be chaired by the head of the family. When Madam Hughes called for this meeting,
she indeed had exceeded her authority. But now it was obvious that Patrick did not give Madam
Hughes any bit of concession!
Everyone present shared the same thought that the head of the family was extremely domineering
today! Those that agreed to side with Madam Hughes now started to falter.
Jack calmly observed what was in front of him. His father was indeed overbearing but with what he
experienced and this current situation, how could he control the situation if he wasn’t overbearing?
Everyone seated here was top executives of the Hughes family and wielded immense authority. Simply
put, all of them were titans of their fields. If his father didn’t control this now, it would be too difficult if it
descended into chaos. Furthermore, now his father had indirectly orchestrated the meeting.
The atmosphere was tensed.
Madam Hughes was unsettled as what Patrick said was as good as holding her feet to the fire.
Although she was Madam Hughes, she was married into the family.
The most sacred rule of the family was that the authority of the family must only be handed to a person
with the last name of Hughes. In other words, no matter how vicious the fight was among the potential
heirs of the family, it was always among the Hughes.
She as an old lady was given this high position entirely out of respect and filial piety. But if she were to
chair the family meeting, she would be usurping the authority and then flout the highest of the family
rules. Once this happened, it would be too easy for Patrick to deal with her.
“Patrick, this family meeting was called for the sake of your son, Jack.” Someone stood up and calmly
said.
Jack was astounded and looked at the middle-aged man. He wore a well-tailored business suit and not
a strain of hair was out of place. What was most eye-catching was his elegant appearance was
tarnished by his lifeless left eye. To be exact, his left eye was blind!
“Carter, you really know how to come to your mom’s rescue.” Patrick scoffed.
Mother and son? Jack was stunned. No wonder he stood and spoke up.
Carter rubbed his nose, “How you jest, Sir. How can I as a son not come to my mother’s aid when her
life is being threatened?”
As Carter said, his only eye lit up with ferocity, “Your son acted with wanton disregard and was rampant
and brutal. To think that he even dared to kill Madam Hughes. How can you as the head of the family
not even comment about this?”
“If it wasn’t for Killian and Felix, perhaps my mother’s lifeless body would be in a pool of blood!”
“I don’t object that Jack comes to the Hughes family. I don’t object that he injured Killian and George.
But never should he have raised the sword on my mother. Such a wild temper, how different is that to a
beast?”
His sentence was elegant, convincing, and touched the people present.
Jack narrowed his eyes as it started to twitch. This Carter was far more intelligent than Archer!
Almost without pausing, Carter turned and looked at everyone, “Respectfully, the Hughes family always
emphasized filial piety. Are all of you willing to accept the cover-up of the attempted murder by this
bloodthirsty thug?”
As he said this, everyone raised their heads and uttered,
“Sir…”
“Sir…”
“Sir…”
…
By simply saying ‘Sir’, they had already revealed their position on this matter.
Jack looked furiously as his heart panicked.
Were they uniting to rebel against his father?