Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten

Gong Ruini and Zhao Xuran walked to the living room and heard a commotion inside.

"It can’t be." Gong Ruini knew that this time, replacing Zhuge Zhi in distributing things, it shouldn’t tilt the balance, but it should be more restrained, or what if Zhuge Zhi found out and got angry?

But now it seems they really underestimated these people’s anger. They truly fit the description of young people—impulsive.

"Let’s hurry and take a look." Zhao Xuran also put away his relaxed expression. Since they were already arguing, it indicated the situation was somewhat out of control.

"Okay." Gong Ruini also panicked. Although this was Ban Xia’s home ground, they were outnumbered by the opponents.

Moreover, the Zhuge Family would also consider this the home of Zhuge Zhi, their territory.

Gong Ruini regretted a bit at this moment; she should have brought Zhao Guangran and Gong Ruwen. Even though they might still be outnumbered, more people meant more strength.

"No need to regret." Zhao Xuran was anxious inside but didn’t want to scare Gong Ruini, "They aren’t stupid. If Ban Xia and the others were really in trouble, Grandpa Zhuge wouldn’t let it slip easily."

Zhao Xuran was worried that the Zhuge Family might target Zhuge Hongjie, and then his two brothers might not stand by and would step up against the Zhuge Family members.

Just as Zhao Xuran and the others hurried over, Zhuge Zhi also arrived, with a face full of anger.

In fact, he hadn’t expected they would start arguing, but he thought maybe there would be mutual restraint, as everyone knew his temperament.

Unexpectedly, these people didn’t consider him at all and bullied his people on his own turf, which enraged Zhuge Zhi, "Is it because I’m old, so you think you can bully me?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. They quarreled earlier because Zhuge Zhi wasn’t there, and Ge Yunkui and Cai Xingjuan weren’t there either, otherwise, they wouldn’t have dared to act out.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Zhi did find out, and now it’s terrible. Everyone knew he was very protective, yet they still bullied his people.

"Uh, Third Granduncle, I..." Zhuge Mingshan didn’t want to come forward, but when no one else stood up, what could she do?

Seeing those two kids talking, she didn’t know how they would exaggerate things, so she could only stand up bravely, and Zhuge Mingshan hoped to let Zhuge Zhi know that although she was closer to the Zhuge Family, she would handle matters fairly.

"Don’t speak." Zhuge Zhi didn’t want to hear Zhuge Mingshan’s explanation, "I’m not stupid, I know the whole story."

"Was it wrong for me to let Ban Xia distribute gifts on my behalf?"

"Do you think that because I used to give things to the elders to send to you, and you didn’t have to do anything, that now making you clean the courtyard is a grievance?"

Zhuge Zhi was furious, "Although the things aren’t much, it’s significantly more than previous years."

Zhuge Mingshan realized the seriousness of it immediately. She was a bit stunned. Although the elders handled these matters, she wasn’t stupid and knew a thing or two. For example, the things Zhuge Zhi brought out each year were distributed internally without reaching the clan members.

Oh, not everything was handed out. Some were given to the clan members, but the things weren’t very good, and there wasn’t much quantity. How would the clan members react when they heard this?

Zhuge Mingshan dared not imagine what would happen afterward, there would certainly be an uproar.

"Ah, Third Granduncle, when did you give us New Year gifts?"

"Exactly, we never received anything."

"My family didn’t get any either."

"Yes, we didn’t receive anything."

Zhuge Zhi knew they hadn’t received the gifts, yet he still looked shocked, "That’s impossible, impossible. I give things every year, and there’s a signed record."

Zhuge Zhi was really grateful for his habit of making people sign for things. He never expected this would leave some people with no way to argue.

There were signed records. My god, how could there be such a thing, Zhuge Mingshan was dumbfounded. She had not expected the elders to do such a foolish thing. Now, no excuses would help.

There were also signing records of the clan elders. If before, someone suspected Zhuge Zhi of lying, now with signed records mentioned, who would question Zhuge Zhi’s words?

If this had nothing to do with Zhuge Zhi, it meant the clan elders had taken the items, "No, the stuff must be retrieved."

"That’s right, that’s right."

"They were gifts from Third Uncle to us, why should they swallow them?"

Previously, everyone was afraid to speak out, fearing to offend someone, but now that someone proposed this, they naturally agreed enthusiastically.

"Hmph, when there are benefits to be had, those people are quick, but when we need their help, they make excuses. Now they even embezzle this, why do we need these clan elders?"

"Exactly, if they don’t do anything, why listen to them?"

"That’s right, the clan elders and the direct descendants are colluding."

Everyone was already very dissatisfied with the clan elders, but out of respect for their status, they had put up with it. However, they didn’t want to endure it anymore.

Zhuge Zhi gestured for Ge Yunkui to invite people over, "Since I already know about this, and it involves me, I can’t just let it slide."

Even with ample mental preparation, seeing the clan members so agitated, and hearing some remarks about the clan elders, it’s impossible not to feel sad.

After hearing everyone’s complaints, Zhuge Zhi was truly angry, "I was busy with work, so I asked the clan elders to help, and they readily agreed. I never thought they would do this."

Zhuge Zhi fumed at the thought, "Every time a significant event happened in the clan, I would still have items delivered even if I wasn’t present."

Ah, no way, most of the people present were stunned. Some among them had weddings, births, and deaths, and there really were many, but no one had ever received anything from Zhuge Zhi.

The descendants of many clan elders turned extremely embarrassed; they wished they could just curse their family. The family had said they came here to ease relations with Zhuge Zhi, but it turned out to be the pace of directly tearing things apart.

But the fact is, Zhuge Zhi discovered all this, and so many clan members were excited, could this matter be settled amicably? Many were in a panic, just hoping their elders weren’t present so that the situation might ease slightly.

Would Zhuge Zhi do that? They had always been watching him meticulously, waiting to pounce once he did something that seemed to harm their interests. This time, if he didn’t make a show of it, he wouldn’t be Zhuge Zhi.