Chapter 170: Another female heir

With this sudden sound, everyone at the door froze, but as Tang Yu and Tang Lin were very ambitious about fighting for the right of inheritance, of course they recognised the identity of the voice immediately.

Tang Yu said first, 'Uncle, I'm sorry. I didn't guard the door for you properly, and I disturbed your ancestral worship in the ancestral hall.'

Tang Lin followed suit, saying, 'Uncle, this is all my fault. I didn't handle the conflict with cousin Tang Yu properly, according to your way, and as a result, I disturbed your ancestral worship.'

As soon as they had finished speaking, the elderly men walked out of the ancestral hall. However, contrary to expectations, these elderly men were not all white-haired; they were They still had black hair, but it was already turning grey, and at most, it was just grey at the temples. It is thought that this is the result of a reasonable nutritional diet, coupled with cultivating one's character in the ancestral hall.

Seeing these elderly people, Zhou Ming and Tang Lin both recalled the introduction by Tang Lin along the way, and they thought that these people must be the elders of the ancestral hall clan association.

The clan association is a very special part of the Tang family. The family rules stipulated the age of the heir, and anyone over the age was unable to inherit the family property. This was to ensure that the family remains young forever, and also to guard against the monopolisation of a particular industry by any one lineage. This is to give the entire family business the opportunity to inject fresh blood and prevent it from decaying.

However, other elders who are unable to inherit the family can only enter the ancestral hall clan association to act as a supervisory and guiding role for the family. Put simply, they are responsible for overseeing the family's various businesses in peacetime, and when the clan chief makes a wrong decision or does something wrong, they can use their power to rectify the matter correct, and even abolish the clan leader; and when the clan leader suddenly passes away and fails to appoint an heir in time, the clan council will come forward to preside over the selection of a new heir.

It is precisely these powers that can be said to be the last safeguard of the Tang family!

'We old folks heard you talking at the door a while ago. It seems that the Tang family will not run out of successors when it comes to inheritance!'

The old man cracked a joke. He then looked up and down at Tang Ran and asked, 'You are the daughter, Tang Ran, that Jing Rong left behind in the country for 20 years?'

Faced with this question, Tang Ran looked at him with some confusion and did not speak at first. At this time, Tang Lin hurriedly explained to him: 'This is Uncle Tang Jingsheng. He is the eldest among all of us in the Tang family the eldest among all the elders, and also the head of the clan association. Not only does he oversee all matters related to ancestral worship, but he is also responsible for finding and appointing an heir in the event of the sudden death of the family head.'

After listening to Tang Ran nodded in understanding. Then he said to Tang Jingsheng, 'Hello, Uncle Tang. Although I never knew my real father, I know that my name is Tang Ran, and I have been called Tang Ran since I can remember.'

Tang Lin also followed up on Tang Ran's self-introduction, saying, 'Uncle Tang, cousin Tang Ran knows she has never been to San Francisco, so she made a special trip to say hello to you on her first day here...'

Tang Jingsheng reached out to stop Tang Lin from saying anything else, 'No need for greetings and whatnot, the Tang family doesn't care about those empty formalities.'

After saying that he then said to Tang Ran, 'Tang Lin already called me and I know all about you. After the DNA test, I can confirm that you are indeed Jingrong's daughter. You are welcome to return and inherit the family business. as the sole direct descendant of Jingrong, you are the first-in-line successor of the Tang family and are most qualified. However, in our Tang family, nothing is ever set in stone. If you really want to inherit the family business,

you must show us that you have the ability.'

'But how can I show you that we have the ability? We can't just tell you now, can we?' Zhou Ming interrupted.

At Zhou Ming's question, Tang Jingsheng first stunned, he looked up and down carefully looked at Zhou Ming twice, and said unceremoniously, 'I'm sorry, I don't know you. You don't have any qualifications to speak to me, but since you are helping Tang Ran I might as well tell you, I won't say it, because if you can't even guess this, then I don't think you need to fight over the inheritance.'

After saying this, Tang Jingsheng ignored everyone else and left the ancestral hall directly, leaving only Ming, Ran, Yu and Lin behind.

Yu looked at Zhou Ming and said with a smile, 'Shame on you.' Then he turned to Tang Ran and asked, 'Are you sure you don't want to marry me? You're number one, I'm number two. As long as we're together, no one can threaten our inheritance. That guy can only bring you endless shame.'

'I forbid You can't say that about Ming!' Tang Ran immediately shouted back at Tang Yu's insults, 'I'm telling you, Ming is the most amazing person in the world, he's countless times more amazing than a psychopath like you!'

Tang Yu very said Tang Yu with great regret, 'I really feel sorry for you, because that guy is an idiot. But never mind, at the family dinner meeting that will follow immediately, I think you will be able to see the idiot's true colours. We can get married again and you will still get your inheritance, so please trust me, I will forgive you and make you change your mind and marry me.'

Tang Yu pointed at Tang Ran and said that he also left the ancestral hall. Looking at his departing back, Tang Ran said inexplicably, 'Brother Ming, is this person sick? I don't even know him at all, and he just came over to tell me about getting married and all that, and he even had that kind of tone that I would definitely say yes to him.'

Zhou Ming laughed and took Tang Ran's hand, saying, 'There's nothing I can do. Some people are just like that. They put on airs so much that they forget they're putting on airs, and in the end they make a fool of themselves.'

Then Zhou Ming then said to Tang Lin, 'Since the elders of the ancestral hall have already left, there is no need for us to be here, so let's go first.'

Tang Lin had no objection, and they then went to the Tang family's old residence, which was the real castle of the Tang family.

The dinner was held was held in the hall of the castle. When Zhou Ming and the others arrived, there were already quite a few people sitting here. Of course, the situation here was the same as on the ship. Everyone sat together in their own small groups, and people in different groups hardly interacted with each other. Since Zhou Ming and Tang Ran had just arrived and didn't know anyone, they could only sit at Tang Lin's table.

However, this arrangement arrangement made Tang Ran feel very uncomfortable. Suddenly she gave her back a pat, and Zhou Ming asked her curiously what was wrong.

Tang Ran answered, embarrassed, 'Everyone around us is looking at us strangely, as if someone had put a note on my back.'

Zhou Ming laughed . Of course, Ming Zhou had long since noticed the situation that Tang Ran described. It could be said that almost from the moment they sat down, everyone in the room had been pointing and talking about him.

'Of course not no one is that boring, and if something is stuck behind your back, I will tear it off immediately, so you don't need to worry about it. As for the current situation, it's just because we are the focus of the whole dinner, it's impossible not to be watched and discussed. Don't forget that you are the first-in-line successor of the Tang family,' Zhou Ming said.

'But does the whole Tang family know now? Tang

Lin said he would keep it a secret for us, didn't he? He betrayed us, what a piece of rubbish!' Tang Ran said angrily.

In response to Tang Ran speculation, Tang Lin defended himself innocently with the words 'I didn't.' Zhou Ming laughed and told him to calm down: 'I don't think this has anything to do with Mr. Tang Lin, because because what happened on the ship was so loud, and these people share any information about their respective bosses' inheritance rights, so it's not surprising that everyone knows now.'

Just as Zhou Ming was talking to Tang Lin, he heard a sudden gasp of surprise around him.

This made Zhou Ming and Tang Lin felt a little strange. They turned around and saw an old man being helped by a young girl to come to their side. 'Looks like you're having a lively time here!'

A sentence that Tang Lin's heart sank. He immediately stood up and said hello, 'Hello, Auntie Tang, and hello, cousin Tang Yao.'

Following words, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran immediately knew the identity of the person. According to the information that Tang Lin had told them beforehand, she was one of the elders in the ancestral hall clan association, Tang Huiyin, who was Tang Ran's great-aunt and the one who had proposed that there was also Tang Ran, the first-in-line successor, at the last family meeting. And next to her Tang Wan'er, who is the fourth in line to inherit the Tang family, is also the only other woman in the top ten in line to inherit, apart from Tang Ran.

It is precisely this that makes everyone so surprised. Obviously, in the current situation where everyone wants to inherit the Tang family fortune, the sudden appearance of the first-in-line heir has made everyone very sensitive. Now that the fourth-in-line heir has taken the initiative to visit the first-in-line heir, everyone can't help but wonder.

Could it be that Tang was brought to San Francisco by Tang Huiyin and Tang Wan'er? The reason is to give them an even greater share of the family fortune. But if that's the case, why is Tang Ran sitting at the same table as Tang Lin? Or maybe was brought by Tang Lin, and Tang Huining did this to make Tang Lin suspicious of Tang Ran, or perhaps they have all put aside their differences in order to fight for the inheritance rights together...

However, for Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, however, did not think about it that much. Zhou Ming just felt that since he had learned their identities, he would let Tang Ran get up first and greet Tang Lin like him.

Tang Huiyin and nodded with satisfaction, 'You are worthy to be cousin Jingrong's daughter, you really look like him. I'm sorry that I left you behind in the country for 20 years and made you suffer But don't blame your father. He came back alone to inherit the family business, and I don't know how many people wanted to get him killed. Besides, there were many unavoidable hardships.'

Tang Ran smiled and said, 'Thank you very much, Auntie Tang, for telling me all this, but actually I had a very good time in the mainland, and I don't blame my real father.'

Tang Huizhen raised brow and said, 'That's good. I know you're here to inherit the family fortune, and you were also proposed by me at the last family meeting, so in principle I still hope that you can inherit your father's position.'

Tang Huining then said, 'But I believe you have also seen that the current situation may not be that simple, so I won't dwell on it here, lest others get any unnecessary illusions. I will talk to you more about your father in the future when I have time.'

After saying this, Tang Huiyin left, but Tang Wan'er did not immediately follow suit, but instead took the initiative to reach out to Tang Ran and say, 'I am very happy to meet you, cousin Tang Ran. I really didn't expect that in addition to me, there is also such a first-in-line successor. This is incredible, but when it comes to inheritance, we are always in a very weak position, so I hope we will have the opportunity to chat more in the future.'

With these words, Tang Wan'er also left with Tang Huiyin.