Chapter 1778 - 1773: Turning the Tables

"You’re still asking us what’s going on? Do you not know what you’ve done yourself?"

The six or seven elders present were infuriated upon hearing Cao Meng’s inquiry...

They had considered various scenarios beforehand, but never expected Cao Meng to turn the question back on them so directly!

They believed that Cao Meng had done wrong and would surely feel guilty, but instead, he appeared completely unperturbed...

Cao Meng glanced at them, and in a seemingly innocent whisper said, "Oh! I don’t know! If I did, I wouldn’t be asking you, right!"

The Third Elder sneered repeatedly at Cao Meng’s words, "Stop talking nonsense. Explain why you suddenly transferred sixty million before. Even though you’re the family head, you have no authority to move such a large sum."

The Third Elder had never liked Cao Meng, so today, he was determined to utterly ruin him.

Within the Elder Council, he had enough influence, so as long as he could take down Cao Meng, he would have a chance to control the entire family from the shadows.

Upon hearing such a straightforward question, Cao Meng was shocked, "Third Elder, you can’t make wild accusations! When did I ever transfer sixty million? You can’t just throw dirt on me!"

"Oh, coming back so late, I thought you had some strategy in mind. Turns out you’re just denying recklessly? That’s hilarious, utterly hilarious!"

Detecting the sarcasm in his words, Cao Meng laughed coldly, "Joke’s on you! What do you mean by reckless denial? I’m telling the truth!"

"Truth, my ass! I checked the accounts before! Need me to verify it again?"

"Go ahead and check!"

"Since you won’t shed tears until you see the coffin, I’ll place the coffin right in front of you. Let’s see what you can do!"

Sneering coldly, he began checking again in front of everyone.

The other elders were somewhat surprised, frowning...

They knew the Third Elder wasn’t one to speak carelessly; if he dared to summon them all, he must have ample evidence.

Precisely because they understood this, they frowned, as Cao Meng seemed far too composed now...

As if nothing was happening...

They exchanged a glance, huddling together.

"What’s going on? Could the Third Elder really be mistaken this time?"

"I think it’s impossible! The Third Elder isn’t someone disorderly."

"I think so too, but Cao Meng seems too calm!"

"Let’s keep watching!"

"Indeed!"

After a brief exchange of glances, they remained silent, observing Cao Meng and the Third Elder with stony faces.

They knew everything would soon become clear.

As they murmured, the Third Elder flipped through quickly, feeling exhilarated.

Honestly, he initially only intended to force him out, not to expose everything he did.

But now, he didn’t appreciate it at all.

So there was no need to hold back.

"Hmm? Found it!"

After speaking quickly, he prepared to show the records to everyone, suddenly noticing another transaction record at the back.

The sixty million returned untouched.

"What’s going on? What the hell is this about?"

He was dumbfounded, utterly dumbfounded!

He had checked many times before, and it wasn’t there at all.

But now, it suddenly appeared.

Seeing the stunned look on the Third Elder’s face, Cao Meng knew he must have seen the latest transaction entry.

"You’re still far from defeating me!"

With a scornful laugh, he calmly spoke, "Well? Everyone’s waiting. Did you find any useful information?"

Upon Cao Meng’s inquiry, everyone looked at him...

Everyone felt something was off!

He seemed to be taking a long time to find the information...

Upon hearing Cao Meng’s sarcasm, he snapped back to reality.

Seeing everyone watching him, he coldly said, "Explain to everyone why you transferred sixty million before?"

Cao Meng picked up his teacup, took a sip, then calmly said, "Are you joking! Did I transfer it? They’re still in the account, aren’t they?"

After hearing Cao Meng’s words, he twitched his eye twitch, "Indeed! They were transferred back, but they were transferred out before. You’ll need to explain that."

"Explain? Explain what the hell! I was just testing if I could transfer such a large amount, to see if I truly was the family head. Is that not allowed?"

"You..."

The Third Elder’s eye twitched...

All the arguments he prepared earlier became unspeakable...

Because the money was in the account...

Although it was transferred out midway, it was returned in the end, so really there was nothing to say.

"All my preparations were for nothing, completely for nothing!"

Annoyed, he took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice, "Alright, nothing more. Everyone can disperse!"

Upon hearing such a low remark, the elders knew he had failed again...

Instantly, they felt somewhat dissatisfied with him.

"Summon us next time after you have evidence!"

"Yes, we’re all very busy!"

After saying this, they all stood up indifferently.

They had long known there was discord between the Third Elder and Cao Meng...

In such battles, they always remained spectators, not helping either side.

They felt it didn’t matter who won...

But now the fight was becoming absurd. Like now, he had no evidence yet gathered everyone to impeach Cao Meng.

The Third Elder felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing their angry remarks!

He realized this incident really affected his authority.

Thinking this way, he suddenly came to a conclusion that the whole thing might have been a trap set by Cao Meng from the beginning.

"Cao Meng, it seems I underestimated you earlier! But the battle between us is far from over!"

Muttering to himself, he glanced at Cao Meng, suddenly noting Cao Meng also looking at him...

Just about to shift his gaze, he heard Cao Meng lazily speak...

"Don’t be in such a hurry to leave! We haven’t settled this yet!"

"What else do you plan to say?"

The Third Elder’s eye twitched, and he looked at Cao Meng, quickly growing a dark face.

Glancing at his unpleasant expression, Cao Meng’s face was full of sneers, "What do I plan to say? Of course, I want to ask the other elders, is it really okay for you to slander me like this? I am also the family head, and without clearing everything up first, you gathered all the elders, and made me come back. Do you think we can just let it slide?"