After Jean answered, Lilia saw Leonard returning to the banquet hall, and sighed. "He used to be a cop, and his style still brings about his past identity."
Glen took a step back. Walking three meters ahead, he lit a cigarette. "We have to commend him for not getting emotional. Someone like Leonard… I'm sure he actually wants to kill them. But killing them 'socially' befitted the quality of the next Patriarch."
...
When Leonard returned to the banquet hall, he looked up and saw Michelle who was already standing on the stage.
"All of us present here are members of the seven great families, and I believe that all of you can understand what has happened in tonight's event. Even though the Adler family is experiencing problems like this, I assure you that we remain strong. As the main wife of the Adler family, I'm sorry you all had to see what happened."
"Tonight's banquet was initially set to introduce brother Frans to all of you. Frans, since something happened tonight, I hope you are not offended. At the same time, I also want to apologize to you."
Michelle spoke sweet and comforting words on stage, but she still sounded in defense of Lockhart and Luke.
People in the audience were whispering and discussing, and many of their eyes were on Frans.
At this moment, Frans calmly stood still in his place, accompanied by four men in black.
He showed no displeasure, only his eyes were narrow and long, with a deep and incomprehensible dark light appearing.
The Adlers… They are truly interesting!
At this moment, as soon as Michelle finished speaking, her eyes flashed and she caught Leonard's figure.
She narrowed her brows slightly, and said into the microphone in a sharp voice, "Leonard, since you've returned, let's give everyone an explanation!"
She said this before leaving the stage.
She couldn't believe her son would do such a shameful thing at this banquet, and now she wondered how that boy could explain it to everyone!
Michelle spoke with ulterior motives, and immediately made everyone's eyes turn to Leonard.
At this moment, Leonard paused in the same place, and stepped onto the stage in an arrogant manner to meet everyone's gaze.
He stared at Michelle vaguely, his deep eyes filled with complexity.
After a while, he grabbed the microphone, and said, "My uncle did something wrong and embarrassed the entire Adler family. As the heir to this family, I have an obligation to explain."
"From now on, my uncle Lockhart and my brother Luke will be removed from the Adler family's tree and stripped off their legal name permanently. I hope that all members of the seven major families in Bandung will be witnesses. From now on, as the Adlers will no longer acknowledge their identities, if Lockhart and Luke do anything using our name in the future, all of their actions have nothing to do with the Adler family!"
After these strong words, Leonard's voice echoed in the hearts of the people present.
Someone put out a question. "Aren't you just a potential heir? You are yet to be acknowledged as the Patriarch, right? Why did you make such a unilateral decision without the approval of the Patriarch and the rest of the family?"
"Right! Such a big matter should be discussed by the whole family!"
In this situation, Michelle was standing not far from Leonard, watching everything with a cold gaze.
It was as if she had no intention of advancing to maintain order.
Leonard looked bitterly at the guests who were talking, they were from the Grahams.
In the face of doubt, Leonard was still calm and indifferent. Then with indifferent eyes, he said with a fierce expression, "I want to expel them, does anyone feel like they need to interfere in my family's affairs? Since the rule comes from the Adler family, then I will make it clear that any voice from members of the Adler family has absolutely no effect on my absolute decision!"
In the banquet hall, many people immediately breathed cold air.
This Leonard is too arrogant!
To put it simply, he hasn't truly inherited the Adler family but he immediately wants to abolish the rights of every member of his family to give their voice in certain matters.
"Leonard, don't joke around, you don't have the right to decide on family matters, you're not qualified ..."
Before the voice fell, Leonard averted his gaze carelessly, and his deep and dark gaze fell on his mother. "If I don't qualify, then who?"
Michelle took a deep breath, forced to ignore Leonard's oppressive words and firmly said, "Even your father couldn't erase the family rule that had brought the Adlers to the pinnacle of success."
"Is that true?" Leonard asked, then sneered with a smile. "Then, I will be the first to do it. We'll see if this deed of mine will count or not!"
A servant who was Leonard's subordinate came forward, held a tray in his hand, and put down a large brocade box. "Young Master, the genealogy documents are here!"
"Put out the names of Lockhart and Luke, the Adler Family will issue a notification soon. Starting tonight, the two of them are prohibited from entering the Adlers' home!"
"Yes!"
After the waiter answered, he moved the box to the table next to him. Inside the large and beautiful brocade box is a rich history of the Adler family tree.
Michelle saw this scene and forgot to react because she was so dazed.
Until she finally saw someone with a brush, Michelle said, "Leonard, you are too arrogant!"
"Mom, don't whine like a baby in front of seven big families! Or do you want to be the butt of their jokes? Haven't you always felt that I've been useless since I came back from Jakarta? Now let me do what I should have done a long time ago!"
Michelle felt that she couldn't possibly win an argument, so she intended to order the guards in the hall to stop him.
Leonard sighed with his hands. "It just so happens that since everyone is here tonight, I have one more mess that needs to be sorted out!"
The word get rid of the mess sounds serious!
Michelle looked at him stupidly, her heart suddenly sank and her intuition was not good.
"Leonard, you..."
Leonard raised his hand and cut Michelle.
He looked somewhere below the stage with a handsome face, and said patiently and seriously, "Five months ago, I wasn't in Bandung, but my family chose a fiancée for me without permission. She is Miss Lyn from the Graham family, I believe everyone has heard of this."
Everyone nodded, they obviously knew this news. If it weren't for Leonard's physical condition, the marriage of the two would not have been postponed until today.
Leonard looked at everyone's reaction with satisfaction, his thin lips slightly to the side as he looked at a certain place and said, "Lyn, come here!"
Lyn, who was directly called and hiding in the crowd, was forced to appear.
The guests made a way for her, and Lyn bit her mouth as she walked forward slowly.
Since she didn't know what was going to happen, she looked nervous.
At this moment, Leonard stared coldly at Lyn's approaching figure, then glanced at Michelle. "Mom, I heard that you are very satisfied with this future daughter-in-law. Is that true?"
Michelle nodded with a sullen expression. "Lyn is knowledgeable, well behaved and discreet. Everything about her meets the criteria of a future wife of the Adler family, so of course I am naturally satisfied."
Hearing this, Leonard chuckled. "Okay, the Adlers have chosen their future wife. If I'm not mistaken there are fifteen standards, but I just wanted to ask you one question."
He paused, and said modestly, "The last requirement of the standards, if I may ask Miss Lyn, are you a virgin?"
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