Chapter 307: Chapter 0307: The Will Unveiled (2) Chapter 307: Chapter 0307: The Will Unveiled (2) “Should you finally give up? Since you repeatedly claim it’s all for true love, then show some real action. Don’t play both sides. You’ve already done shameless deeds and now you want to walk away with a good reputation. There are not so many good things in this world. Haven’t you learned that you can’t have your cake and eat it too?”

With these words from Mu Lan, Xian Yaping’s face turned shades of green and white. Huo Tingyang, despite his affection for Mu Lan, couldn’t tolerate his mother being vilified like this.

“Don’t go too far, these are matters between elders. You have no right to point fingers.”

Rights? Mu Lan laughed at that.

“You don’t even have the right to stand here, and you’re talking to me about rights? The person who has the least right to speak here is you.

Huo Tingyang, why cover up? Just admit it’s all for money, and at least you’d appear honest.”

Huo Tingyang looked at Mu Lan angrily, wanting to rebuke her but helplessly unable to, because he knew she was right.

A bastard has always been looked down upon, enduring the odd glances of others.

“If we don’t want the money, will they think we are better than them?”

Mu Lan watched him, speaking lightly.

“At least you could retain a shread of dignity.”

Huo Tingyang was stunned and looked away.

“Dignity? It’s all lies. Since I’m here to fight, I never thought about backing down.

I know you all look down on me, the bastard, thinking I’m incapable of great things; but I’ll make you all regret underestimating me.

Huo Tingxiao, this world isn’t just about you being talented. I also have the Huo Family’s blood running through my veins. Whatever you can do, I can do too.”

With a rush of impassioned words from Huo Tingyang, Huo Tingxiao burst out laughing coldly.

“Really? Are you sure you carry the Huo Family’s blood?”

Xian Yaping retorted fiercely:
“Huo Tingxiao, what are you implying? Are you doubting Tingyang’s identity? You can insult me, but you can’t insult my son, nor can you insult your father!”

Mu Lan was stunned, her gaze towards Huo Tingxiao now filled with inquiry. Could it be that he already had some evidence with such a statement?

Outside, the sound of car engines shutting off resounded; the wake had ended, and the Huo Family had returned to the ancestral home.

The last time the Huo Family had been this bustling was at the old man’s birthday banquet. Now, things were different.

Huo Qidong walked in, frowning at the scene before him. Xian Yaping was the first to speak.

“Qidong, you’ve come at just the right time. If you didn’t appear, our mother and son would have been bullied to death.

Now they want to question Tingyang’s identity. How can I face anyone after this? Whatever others say about me, I’ll accept, but whether Tingyang is your child, nobody knows better than you!”

Stepping swiftly to Huo Qidong’s side, Xian Yaping grasped his arm, her tone was full of grievance, as if she had suffered the greatest injustice.

Her eyes stared fixedly at Huo Qidong, emotions swirling in their depths.

Huo Qidong frowned, then suddenly looked towards Huo Tingxiao.

“What’s all this about?”

Mu Lan turned towards Huo Qidong. He was asking Huo Tingxiao to explain, without distinguishing right from wrong? Just because Xian Yaping had cried?

“Dad, the ones causing a scene are them, not Huo Tingxiao.”

Her tone was neither servile nor overbearing, yet it revealed her displeasure, and her protective intentions toward Huo Tingxiao were very clear.

“If there’s any issue, Brother, let’s talk it out.”

Huo Qitang saw the opportunity. Soon the lawyer would come to announce the will, and the results would be self-evident. There was no need to waste time on this kind of argument.

But little did she know that Xian Yaping had no such intention at all.

The matter of the old master’s will was a fait accompli; did she think causing a scene would change anything? She was making a fuss over Huo Qidong, and the fact that the old master had left something just for him, which was something Xian Yaping was well aware of, and the implication behind this move was more than obvious.

Even if father and son had once been estranged, they were still blood relatives. Reconciliation on one’s deathbed is not unthinkable, and if everything of Huo Qidong’s was left to her son, it might not be impossible to compete with Huo Tingxiao.

So she had to make a scene, she must do so, for herself and for her son.

“Today, we were humiliated in front of the mourning hall. As for me, I could let it go, but it’s different for Tingyang. He still has a marriage arrangement with the Sheng Family.”

A marriage arrangement? Hearing this, Mu Lan couldn’t help but laugh.

“You all know exactly what’s going on with this marriage arrangement. Did anyone from the Sheng Family speak up for you today?”

Each word was a slap in Xian Yaping’s face.

The Huo Family members looked at each other, clearly unaware of what this “well aware” matter was supposed to mean.

“How dare a junior speak when the elders are talking? You are really overstepping!”

Huo Qitang assumed the posture of an aunt, speaking in a lecturing tone.

Mu Lan glanced at her coolly and, before she could open her mouth, Huo Tingxiao retorted:
“So what if she’s overstepping? Does aunt have a problem with that?”

“You… what you said…”

Huo Qitang stared at Huo Tingxiao in disbelief, not expecting him to put her on the spot in front of so many people.

She turned pale, her face flushing then going white.

“If the great aunt keeps saying she’s an elder, then do something an elder should do.

My mother-in-law begged me several times for your son, and I agreed to let him off the hook only because of her. Now, you show such ingratitude, taking sides and supporting others, which is really unacceptable.”

In fact, Mu Lan didn’t remember any of these events, they were all recounted to her by Gu Xiaoman, but at this moment, she only wanted to silence Huo Qitang, so she made her words sharper.

“That was what you brought on yourself. My son was just too upset about the bullying you were suffering at the time to be caught out by you.”

He Mingxu’s sudden transfer to Africa was known to the family as a result of offending Huo Tingxiao, but no one knew the specific reason, and today’s exchange implied there was more to the story.

“I have been married into the Huo Family for seven years and consider myself to have always been well-behaved. What kind of person my cousin is, everyone can see for themselves.

If the great aunt insists on clarifying this now, then I am not afraid to ask her just one question, are you sure you want to stand on their side and speak for them?”

Huo Qitang hesitated for a moment, then thought better of it; it wasn’t wise to stir up trouble now that someone had a hold on her weaknesses, and she couldn’t afford to lose face.

“When did I say which side I was on? I was just…”

“If that is not the case, then aunt might as well rest her case.”

After Mu Lan said these words, Huo Qitang finally stopped talking and became quiet.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s make the grandfather’s will public first. We can discuss other matters at length later.”

Huo Tingxiao looked at Xian Yaping with a chilly look in his eyes.

Soon, the old master’s personal lawyer arrived with a stack of documents and sat down in front of the living room sofa.

“I am the attorney representing Mr. Huo Shiwen; here is the power of attorney document, you may all have a look at it.”

As he spoke, he placed a power of attorney document on the coffee table. No one showed any intention of checking it, all waiting for the will’s contents to be disclosed.

“Firstly, regarding the distribution of Mr. Huo Shiwen’s real estate, there are 16 properties domestically and 17 properties abroad…”