Female Novel
Chapter 517 Death Approaching and the Final Decision
The intention to kill was agitated.
The voice was like the thunder.
He was enraged.
Patrick held on tightly the memorial tablet which had no words on it and stood tall, his figure was like a
mountain, it was so outstanding that nobody dare to challenge his domineering aura.
Everyone could see Patrick’s determination and resoluteness.
There were a few others who had also competed for the heir of the family head back then.
Everyone knew just how ruthless Patrick was.
Even if it had been more than two decades now, no one could predict that Patrick’s decisiveness had
faded away, but with time passed, he has become more fierce and ruthless.
“Are you finished?”
Mr. Ward and Brent both had their fists clenched.
With that being said, if they continued to force Jack, then the blood would certainly be spilt at the family
dinner tonight.
Patrick’s attitude was evident to all since he came back with fight jet.
The empty memorial tablet was like a sword, it pieced into everyone’s heart.
Those who see blood must be engraved on the tablet!
Only Jack was staring deeply and solemnly at Madam Hughes.
His father’s iron blooded dominance was able to overwhelm his peers and juniors.
However although Madam Hughes was just an elder of the family, Jack wasn’t sure if his father could
win her over or not.
As expected!
Madam Hughes trembled, staggered and then fell onto the chair crying.
“The successive generation of ancestors and all of our ancestors who are dead, today will really feel so
ashamed …”
Her crying burst into a rage of tears, and she was devastated.
Everyone immediately started to panic.
Carter’s expression changed and he hurriedly went to comfort her.
Some others who stood by their side also stepped forward to offer some comfort.
However, when they went to comfort her, instead of calming down she started to cry even more.
“Patrick… as the head of the family, you are in charge of the whole family. Why can you not see what I
am doing for the family, and why do you treat me at an evil?”
“I’ve been a member of the Hughes family for your whole life, ever since I was born and even still when
I die. However, how you are now, how can I even face the ancestors of this family after I die?”
“The Hughes family is now in full control of the world’s wealth, possessing a top position in the world,
overlooking all living beings. But if people were to find out that a crippled member of the family is to
become the head of the Hughes family, then everyone will start to wonder lowly our heir is.”
The crying was extremely sad and it pierced people’s hearts.
The tears were pouring down Madam Hughes’s face, there was even a point where she was struggling
to breath, as if she was about to faint to death.
Her old and fragile body, if it were not for Carter’s support then she would have been lying limp on the
ground already.
Mr. Ward and Brent were taken aback by what they were witnessing.
The dignified Madam Hughes whose existence was worshipped by all, in order to take away the status
of heir from the young master, she had really reached the point of blatant disrespect and
shamelessness.
This was what Jack had expected.
He felt quite funny as he watched her howl and cry.
“I, Jack have been a blessing to the Hughes family, cultivated my whole life for this position, yet even
when the high ranked old fool of the family is about to die, she could act so shameless. Such honour,
who could have ?”
Among the crowd, only Patrick was able to maintain his composure.
As he watched Madam Hughes’s crying.
Patrick then smiled and said, “Madam, do you really think that I, as the head of the family for the last
twenty years, enjoying a wealthy and leisurely lifestyle, and now, I am joking with you?”
Although he was smiling, his vicious expression caused a chill down everyone’s spine.
Madam Hughes whose eyes were already filled with tears. She looked frightened.
With red eyes and tears on her face, she tried hard to finally get up.
She then grabbed Patrick’s hand and said, “Don’t you just want to kill me? You threaten me if I don’t
give up, you want to kill me? Patrick, although I am your elder, I am still an ancestor to everyone in the
Hughes family. If you could just do your last bit of effort for the Hughes family, even if I die in your hand
today, then I will not feel shameful to the family, and I will be able to face your ancestors with dignity.”
Hearing the word ancestors over and over again was beginning to irritate Patrick.
The rich and powerful family always cared about their bloodline.
In this way, his ancestors will regard him with greater significance.
Because this is... the root!
And this is applied to the Hughes family as well.
The Hughes family’s existence today was inseparable to the hard work of his ancestors from the past.
“Master, do you really plan to let my mother die today?” Carter glared at him, his face distorted.
Once this was said, everyone else started to persuade him too.
“Master, please stop this, Madam Hughes is too old and fragile now, she can’t stand this mental
suffering, the crying is harming her body!”
“We must look out for every member of the Hughes, which includes you looking out for Madam
Hughes!”
“Madam Hughes is an ancestor to our family, and if she were to suffer from a sudden death, then our
family will be losing a very important part of the family.”
As Patrick listened to everyone’s attempts of persuasion, he then said softly, “Everyone wants me to
stop what I’m doing. But if I step back, you treat my son as a bastard, you want to take over his
heirship, if I cannot ensure the bottom line, then I deserve a death and that will be the time for me to
meet the ancestors of the Hughes family in the underworld.”
He suddenly raised his head and glanced at the crowd with a grin.
“Even if you want to take away my son’s chances of becoming the next head of the family, you can’t do
it now for there is still more one year before the next head of the family will be decided, we have the
deal.”
In one year, after Patrick’s birthday the next head of the family will be determined finally.
A gleam of light flashed within Madam Hughes’s eyes.
She cried and yelled out, “One year? What are the chances that he will have in one year? He is already
crippled. Are you hoping that some miracle will occur and he will be able to stand again?”
“This is my final decision.”
Patrick narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, “Regardless of whether my son will be able to
stand again, he will be eligible to claim the head of the family position until one year anyways. He is
only disabled, not dead, and I will ensure that he will be treated by all of the most respected doctors
around the world.”
Slap
Once he had finished talking, he slammed the memorial tablet he was holding in his hand onto the
dining table.
The memorial tablet then broke into two pieces.
“Alright!”
Madam Hughes suppressed her tears and said, “Patrick, what you said tonight was heard by everyone.
You don’t forget it. When your birthday arrives, if your son still cannot stand then he will not be eligible
to become the next head of the family. And once this happens, he will no longer be able to become the
head of the family ever again!”
“Alright.”
Patrick’s expression was extremely solemn when he heard this.
“I wish to see whether by the time your birthday arrives, that a miracle will have somehow occurred and
he is healed by then.”
Once this was said, with the support of Carter, Madam Hughes turned around and left.
Changes on her face occurred very fast, so fast that sometimes people didn’t even have time to react
to it.
“Everyone please leave now.”
Patrick looked sullen and waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.
After everyone had left.
Patrick slowly walked over to Jack, his expression both lonely and sad, no longer the domineering and
contemptuous face that he had put on just now in front of the Hughes family.
“I’m sorry; this is the best I can do you for.”novelbin
Patrick squatted down in front of Jack and said this feeling rather guilty.
“I know, you have done all you can. With one step back, and one step forward, this is the best and fast
way to solve the problem now. You delay the time until your next birthday, then all hope is not lost and I
still have another chance to fight for the position!”
A smile appeared on Jack’s cold face.
His right hand pressed onto his right leg…