Chapter 21: A Cold Glance, Vanishing into Thin Air

Wen Changjing's face grew dark.

Today was the 80th birthday of the old matriarch, and guests from all directions had gathered. The entire city of Guangling, both inside and outside the city walls, was paying attention to this event.

At a time like this, any incident would spread to the outside world in the shortest possible time.

And Li Tianhan's arrival, ostensibly to offer birthday wishes, was actually harboring ulterior motives!

Old Lady Wen, Second Elder Wen Changqing, and other prominent figures from the Wen family also realized the seriousness of the situation, and their expressions became increasingly grim.

Li Tianhan seemed quite satisfied with the effect and calmly said, "Rest assured, once these two minor matters are resolved, I will immediately take my leave. I will not disturb your enjoyment."

Without giving Wen Changjing and the others a chance to speak, Li Tianhan continued:

"The first matter, as I have mentioned before, given the current strength of the Wen family, it is incapable of monopolizing half of the medicinal herb business in Guangling City. Therefore, today, you must surrender half of your shares!"

"Half of the shares? Li Tianhan, you must be out of your mind!"

Veins bulged on Wen Changjing's forehead, and he was so enraged that he almost jumped up.

The other prominent figures of the Wen family were also filled with anger.

The biggest source of wealth for their family lay in the medicinal herb business, which was the foundation of their clan.

Li Tianhan made an audacious demand, wanting to swallow up half of their medicinal herb business in one fell swoop. This was tantamount to taking the lives of the Wen family members!

The dignitaries in the room gasped in shock, trembling with fear, realizing how ruthless the Li family truly was!

Li Tianhan's expression remained indifferent as he continued, "Brother Wen, you have misunderstood. I have already discussed this matter with Brother Huang Yunchong. The Wen family will relinquish half of the medicinal herb business, with the Li family taking 30% and the Huang family taking 20%. If the Wen family disagrees, then don't blame our two families for being impolite."

As the crowd gradually realized what was happening, they couldn't help but feel apprehensive, understanding that Li Tianhan was using the combined influence of the Li and Huang families to force the Wen family to submit!

In such a situation, once the Wen family refused, it would inevitably face endless troubles.

After all, based on the Wen family's current strength and influence, they were simply unable to contend with the other two families.

Wen Changjing and Wen Changqing also realized this, feeling a chill in their hearts and a sense of helplessness.

"Huang Brother is also present. If any of you don't believe me, you can ask Huang Brother directly."

Li Tianhan spoke and turned his gaze toward Huang Yunchong, who was sitting nearby.

"Huang Brother, is this true?"

Wen Changjing spoke in a low voice.

The gazes of everyone in the room turned towards Huang Yunchong.

They saw Huang Yunchong's face go through various changes before finally making a decisive move. He suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice, "I have no idea what you're talking about. It doesn't exist!"

Three consecutive denials.

The entire room was stunned and confused. What...what was happening?

Wen Changjing and the others, on the other hand, looked pleased. It seemed that Li Tianhan had not truly formed an alliance with Huang Yunchong!

"Huang Brother, what do you mean? Have you forgotten our previous agreement?" Li Tianhan's face changed slightly, caught off guard.

"What agreement? It was just a joke. Who would have thought you took it seriously?" Huang Yunchong took a deep breath and spoke expressionlessly, "Li Brother, I would advise you to restrain yourself on this day of Old Lady Wen's birthday celebration."

"You..." Li Tianhan's face darkened.

However, after experiencing many storms, he keenly sensed that something was amiss. This old man Huang Yunchong actually betrayed him at this critical moment. Could there have been an unexpected incident that made the Huang family reluctant to get involved?

"Li Brother, do you have anything else to say now?" Wen Changjing snorted coldly, feeling somewhat relieved. With the Huang family out of the picture, they only had to contend with the Li family, and he had a bit of confidence in that.

Li Tianhan quickly regained his composure and spoke expressionlessly, "Fine, let's not discuss this matter for now. Let's move on to the second matter."

The hearts of the people in the hall tensed up again. The first matter had already created such a tense atmosphere, so how much more frightening could the second matter be?

Li Tianhan turned to Li Moyun beside him and said, "Moyun, it's your turn."

Li Moyun took a step forward, surveyed the surroundings, and said loudly, "I have heard that Su Yi and Miss Lingzhao are only nominally married, and Miss Lingzhao despises Su Yi deeply. Therefore, I hope the elders of the Wen family can annul this marriage and set Lingzhao free!"

The room erupted in uproar.

Wen Changjing, Wen Changqing, and other prominent figures of the Wen family were also dumbfounded.

Who could have imagined that Li Tianhan's second matter would involve interfering in the marriage of Su Yi and Lingzhao?

"This..."

Not far away, Wen Changtai and Qin Jing exchanged glances, feeling a bit dazed and a sense of familiarity.

Because seven days ago, Wei Zhengyang from the Wei family in Yunhe County had said similar things, also targeting their daughter!

However, they never could have imagined that their daughter was already married and still in such high demand...