Shingo Asaka went out in the heavy rain, but the people who stayed behind fell silent after the tableware was put away, and the previous conversation did not continue.
"It's half past ten."
Suddenly, Huo Yinglong stood up after looking at his watch and said in a somewhat stiff tone: "Usually at this time, my father would come out to take charge of the situation, right? Do you know your father's current physical condition?"
"Father's health is not very good, and he will probably be late. Is there anything to be anxious about?" Felicia said reproachfully, "We can just wait quietly for father."
"Yes, Huo Yinglong, you are a little impatient. We understand your desire to see your father, but right now, we children are not here yet." Lanewood chuckled, "Don't be anxious, sit down and rest for a while. A while. The weather is bad today, we have to give father some time."
At this moment, the hall door was pushed open forcefully, making a loud impact.
Standing outside the door was a woman with healthy brown skin. Her hair was covered with water drops, and half of her expensive clothes were soaked. The woman next to her who was slightly shorter but with a fit body was covered in sweat. There was barely any water to be seen.
"Looks like it's not too late."
"Cynthia, I'm so glad to see you so early today." Lanewood stood up and greeted him, "You're soaked. Didn't they provide a raincoat?"
"I don't like that stuff, it's boring." Cynthia scratched her wet hair casually, "Moli, find me a set of dry clothes and prepare a hair dryer. I'll tidy up a little. Besides, this is my woman, Dolores, I have officially met everyone today. Come to Enwood, you should be able to take care of her while I take care of myself."
"Of course, have you eaten?"
"have eaten."
Cynthia agreed casually and followed Jasmine into a nearby room.
Lu Ning has met this Cynthia before. As the sixth child of the Howard family, she has a straightforward personality and outstanding abilities. Although her brothers and sisters had already divided a large amount of property when she inherited the consortium, she quickly revitalized several companies in her hands and quickly established Several cross-trade routes were established. Except that Cynthia is a bit too "careful", there are no other serious negative comments about her from the outside world.
She has four girlfriends on the surface alone, and this Delores is not among them. However, Dolores is not an introverted person. People like Enwood are very good at talking. In a few words, Dolores became familiar with the environment here and mentioned a little bit about herself. She was a gymnast, and she was spotted by Cynthia who was there to watch the competition at a domestic grand prix competition. Then, due to Cynthia's pursuit, she quickly agreed to a relationship with the two - which sounded a bit outrageous.
"Don't worry, since Cynthia brought you here, you will be her companion this time. Each of us has only one quota. She values you very much."
"Really? I heard that the Howard family's tutoring is very strict, and I'm actually a little nervous about it." Delores soon began to talk enthusiastically, "I don't come from a rich family, and I'm also afraid that my manners will not be good. Meets the standard. But Cynthia told me that as long as we can be harmonious to others, that’s fine.”
"Of course, our family motto is to live in harmony among family members, and I don't want to have a quarrel with Cynthia." Lanewood said in a joking tone.
Lu Ning looked at the happy chat here and couldn't help but look up in the direction upstairs.
Why hasn't Rennix come down yet? It stands to reason that on today's occasion, he should also come forward, so it won't be delayed until the evening, right?
At this moment, a clang suddenly came from the corner.
Amidst Kanzaki Takaya's panicked shouts, Mayuri Daida suddenly fell to the ground, twitched all over, and began to spit out a small amount of foam from his mouth. The other people in the living room were also stunned for a moment, and then Felicia quickly came around, pressed her thumb on Mayuri Shirota's body, raised her head and shouted: "Doctor Lu Ning! Can you help me take a look at her? My old habit has happened again!"
"epilepsy?"
Lu Ning asked as she walked over, and the chaotic crowd immediately made way for her.
After a quick inspection and emergency treatment, Lu Ning asked the servants to help, and everyone moved Mayuri Daida to an empty guest room on the first floor to rest.
By the time everyone returned to the hall, it was already past eleven o'clock.
"Mayuri's illness hasn't relapsed for a long time, right?" Yin Tengjun asked.
"There have been very few since she became an adult. Judging from the appearance of Kanzaki Takaya... I probably haven't seen it before." Felicia shook her head gently, "But this is difficult to cure. Fortunately, the doctor treated it in time. "
"It can't be called treatment, it can only be said to be temporary relief. I have never seen this kind of condition. Although the symptoms are similar to epilepsy, I can't make a judgment without detailed examination." Lu Ning said.
"That……"
"Don't worry about that."
Just as Lanewood was about to speak, his words were interrupted by a voice from upstairs.
And hearing this voice, everyone raised their heads.
The host of the party this time, Rennix, the patriarch of the Howard family, finally appeared at the top of the stairs.
Wearing a black cloak with a dark blue dress underneath, he walked down the stairs smoothly. Compared to his weak appearance a few days ago, Rennix seemed to have regained his original demeanor. He glanced around the downstairs before speaking slowly.
"Mayuri's condition has relapsed. Let her rest first. Where is Dimitri? He's not here yet?"
"Master Dimitri received some large pieces of meat and some barbecue seasonings from the kitchen yesterday. He seems to have plans to barbecue his own meat." Escher bowed and said.
"It's okay, not everyone needs to be here at noon."
After Rennix walked downstairs, he stood at the bottom of the stairs and raised his hand slightly: "Everyone, please take your seats first. No matter who it is, I will always give you some instructions for this party. Escher, Invite all the main hotel guests who have not come out yet, and leave the others alone."
"yes."
Following the actions of the housekeeper, the remaining guests who were still in the room were also invited out, including Heizhen Heizhen, Han Xizhe, Orlando and other employed people.
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After everyone gathered in the living room, Escher locked the foyer.
"Renix?" Gustav raised his brows slightly. One of his hands was gently playing rhythm on his knees, and the other hand was always on a bulging part of his waist.
"I think I don't need to hide the fact from you, that is, I don't have much time left." Rennix calmly said the words that made many people's hearts tighten.
"Don't say that, you can at least live for a few more years." Justina smiled.
"There is no need to comfort me, Justina. I know my physical condition, and the doctors and nutritionists probably know it too. I don't want you to talk about it as the focus - I know more or less what you are here for, and I don't To some extent, it has my personal arrangements involved. I think most of you here are thinking about one thing, and that is Rennix’s legacy.”
Everyone's expressions didn't change much, but they were almost all suppressed.
"Then I will now explain this matter to everyone here. It just so happens that Mr. Han Xizhe is a professional lawyer and he is qualified to notarize my words here."
The corners of Rennix's lips were slightly raised, and this smile made some people who were familiar with him feel a little panicked.
"Escher, bring the stuff over here."
Following Rennix's instructions, the old butler used a cart to push a gold-plated stone tablet out of the back of the house.
"Perhaps everyone has some understanding of the family precepts that the Howard family needs to follow these days, but these precepts are not as simple as you understand. And these precepts are not used to regulate family members. Its original intention is to There are regulations regarding inheritance and the position of clan leader. Now, you can view this rule in detail here."
For a moment, everyone unconsciously looked at the inscription. Even Lanewood and others who had already known the content wanted to check whether the things on it were the same as what they knew.
1. Only people recognized by the clan leader, and this person’s partner, and children are family members, and only family members are subject to this rule.
2. When any outsiders (i.e. non-family members) are present, family members must maintain harmony and avoid quarrels, fights and other negative events.
3. If more than five (excluding five) family members agree to meet each other, it will become a family gathering. Any family gathering must jointly decide on etiquette rules by the gathering members and strictly implement them.
4. At family gatherings, with the patriarch as the leader, the other members have priority to speak in accordance with the order of succession of the patriarch. At the same time, when they want to speak, they must give way to the first in order.
5. Under any circumstances, if a family member directly or indirectly causes the death of another family member, he or she will be removed.
6. For the death of a family member, all family members are eligible for unlimited revenge against the real murderer. Revenge is justice, and harm does not harm the innocent.
7. If the clan leader dies, the temporary clan leader will succeed according to the succession order of the clan leader. The official clan leader is the person who finds the "legacy" designated by the previous clan leader, whether a family member or an outsider.
8. Based on the seventh rule, if the clan leader has appointed a temporary clan leader in the presence of two outsiders, that person will become the temporary clan leader. This designation does not need to be made public.
9. Family members must try to cover up the crimes committed by family members from outsiders and must not intentionally expose them.
10. When the clan leader dies, if there is only one family member left nearby, that family member will directly become the clan leader.
The rules are not very strict, and some of the descriptions are even quite vague. But the more this happens, the less we can ignore it. If strict regulations are made like legal provisions, it will make people look down upon - because on such a closed island, laws without real enforcers are not a threat at all.
The provisions of Mohu mean that there is corresponding ruling ability. It can be seen from the words that Enwood and other members have been talking about before that these family members really strictly abide by this rule.
"Everyone should have read it by now. Please rest assured that all the rules are only valid for members of the family. For people on the island now..." Rennix's eyes swept over several people one by one.
Of course Lanewood and Milia were on the list, as was Dimitri who hadn't arrived. Felicia and Subobia are only engaged but not married. Subobia should be within the scope of the disaster, and Into Junfu and Into Arisa meet the requirements. The remaining three people are Huo Yinglong, Cynthia and Mayuri Daida. The people brought by the three people are either friends or have no real confirmed kinship relationship, so they do not meet the requirements.
From this point of view, there are actually not many people who qualify as members of the Howard family. People like Butler Escher will definitely not be counted among the family members.
But...the first one.
Lu Ning raised his head and glanced at the gold-plated stone slab.
The clan leader can designate family members, which means this number may increase at any time.
"With your intelligence, you must have understood the rules to a certain extent now, so I can now explain to you the situation of coming to the island."
Rennix spread his arms and raised his voice.
"Except for my children and my friends who would have come to the island originally, the rest of you are able to appear here at this time precisely because of my arrangement."
Now even Lu Ning and others looked a little uncertain.
"Everyone knows that I run a huge business empire. Although this is what outsiders call me, I am also proud of it. By forming such a consortium, I have made countless friends and enemies throughout my life. At the same time, those Naturally, the people who were influenced by me were also involved in this whirlpool. Now, most of them have settled the matter. As I gradually delegate power to my children, many things have also been changed. One by one. Now, there are only some of the most troublesome remaining issues. I hope to see the grudges resolved before I die."
"Grudges..." Psychic Markailov repeated this word while secretly pinching his knuckles.
"Maybe you think you are accidental? Innocent? No, you just know nothing, and other interested people have already targeted you, and they are by your side. If you can detect it early, you will have a chance to resolve the hatred. , and if the opportunity is missed...believe me, there are many people among you who are motivated enough to commit murder."
"Wait a minute, Mr. Rennix!" Schlit couldn't help shouting, "I just drifted to the island in an accident! I only stayed because I liked the scenery on the island..."
Rennix did not answer Schlitt's words, but just glanced at him. That look seemed to say again - "Do you believe it?"
"I hope everyone can end everything here so that my last wish can be realized. You can use any means you can think of - even death, there is enough room to cover it up on this island." Come to the Knicks He laughed and said, "As for Lanewood, don't think that you have nothing to do with this matter. Don't forget that you are my children and the ones who are the deepest in this whirlpool."
"What you said just now, do you want us to fulfill our wishes here? Father?" Lenwood put his hand on his chest and asked respectfully.
"That's right! Let me see what you can do after I carefully trained you." Rennix nodded, "Well, see you tonight."
After saying that, the old man turned around and returned upstairs, leaving behind a whole hall of people who were meditating.
