Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

During this discussion, Li Qingchi said very few words from beginning to end. Most of the time, he just sat there quietly listening to them.

He was not in a good mood. After finding out last night that he was actually a part of Ye Xiao's game, he felt exhausted.

He couldn't spare any extra energy to think about other things. Now all he wanted was to be well and steadily wait for the experiment to succeed. As for Fu Lan, it would be best if he could catch him, but if not, it would be fine.

I don't think he can cause any trouble.

So many years have passed, and he has just plotted against Cen Yuan and the others, which is insignificant.

The family is huge, with deep roots, and it is not something he can easily shake.

Song Guwei was undoubtedly the person who spoke the most at the scene. He actively offered suggestions, but was always rejected by Qi Man or Shen Lingtan.

Said his idea was a bad one.

This made him very unhappy.

He wanted to curse, but when he turned around, he saw that Qi Man was his elder sister, Shen Lingtan... thought that he had lost his daughter and his wife, so he felt sorry for him and let him go, and Fu Weizhen was a junior...

So Song Guwei shifted his focus to the quiet Li Qingchi.

"Brother Li, what's wrong with you? Everyone is actively trying to find a solution, but you are just sitting there silently like a Buddha."

Song Guwei's mouth was like a machine gun, crackling with output, "I understand that you are old and a little incapable, so I suggest that you just abdicate and let someone else be the clan leader, so that you can enjoy a peaceful life instead of just occupying a position here and doing nothing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall suddenly became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.

Shen Lingtan and Qi Man looked at Song Guwei suddenly, with some shock in their eyes, as if they didn't expect his mouth to be so poisonous.

Song Guwei noticed the gazes of the two people and looked back at them calmly, with an expression that seemed to say: What, was I wrong?

Song Guwei didn't think that what he said was excessive at all. This was just the fact.

Li Qingchi is almost eighty years old, but he still clings to power tightly. If it were him, if there was a suitable successor among his children and grandchildren, he would have abdicated long ago.

He has even thought about his future retirement life, where he can drink tea and play with birds leisurely every day. He doesn't have to worry about the troubles in the tribe anymore. He is so happy.

It’s a pity that he can’t live such a life. None of the young people in the clan can take on the responsibility.

Thinking of this, Song Guwei couldn't help but start to reflect: Was it because he had allowed them to live too comfortably on a daily basis that now no one was able to take on the big responsibility?

The possibility is great.

In order to retire early, Song Guwei thought about sending them all out to gain some experience and live a hard life after he returned.

Just as Song Guwei was still immersed in his own thoughts, Li Qingchi finally couldn't stand it anymore and said:

"Song Guwei, you mocked me a few times before, and I thought you might have been unintentional, so I didn't argue with you. But you became more and more unscrupulous. Are you getting bolder, or do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Qi Man, who was standing next to him, heard this and felt that it made some sense.

She also discovered that Song Guwei seemed like a different person recently.

Although Song Guwei used to have a hot temper, in recent years, the Song family's strength has gradually declined, and his temper has therefore been restrained a lot. But now, not only has his temper returned to its previous state, but he is even more arrogant than before.

The Li family is the leader of the four great families after all. It is really too much to not give Li Qingchi face.

If Li Qingchi really gets angry about this, the Song family will probably have a hard time in the future.

What Qi Man least wanted to see was internal strife among the noble families, so she advised: "Gu Wei, speak nicely and apologize to Qing Chi." There was a warning in her tone.

However, Song Guwei did not listen to Qi Man's advice at all, and still said stubbornly: "What apology? What did I say wrongly about him?"

He thought arrogantly in his heart that he was not afraid of Li Qingchi because he had the support of the big boss.

Qi Man frowned even more tightly, and when she was about to open her mouth to persuade him again, a sneer suddenly came from her.

"Ah."

As if hearing a funny joke, Li Qingchi laughed a few more times, then pierced Song Guwei with a cold look in his eyes: "Song Guwei, I think I gave you face, you dare to shout in my territory."

"If you say a few more words, I promise that before I step down, your Song family will disappear from the ranks of this aristocratic family." Li Qingchi's tone was cold and threatening.

"How dare you!" Song Guwei slammed the table and yelled, "I'm telling you, I'm not that easy to mess with!"

Li Qingchi looked disdainful and said sarcastically, "Not easy to mess with? Just relying on those idiots from your Song family?"

As the conflict between the two escalated, the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

But in such a tense atmosphere, there was one person who was distracted.

This person is Ji Xianchen, and he is not interested in listening to the quarrels among the aristocratic families.

Blocking out the sounds outside, Ji Xianchen was thinking about one thing... no, many things.

Thinking about how to rescue Chao Chao from the Li family, and thinking about what he should do if it was really his father who killed Uncle Qiu and the other three...

Ji Xianchen felt unprecedented panic, as if he could not see the direction ahead and the future was in confusion.

But he knew that he couldn't just stay depressed like this, he had to cheer up.

He secretly made a decision that after returning to Xuan Palace, he would meet Fu Lan no matter what and ask him face to face whether the matter was true or not.

If it was really Fu Lan who did it, he would do his best to make it up to Uncle Qiu and the others.

If not, he would also get to the bottom of it, find out the murderer who really hurt Uncle Qiu and the others, and make him accept punishment.

Just as Ji Xianchen was lost in thought, the quarrel between Song Guwei and Li Qingchi had further escalated. Not feeling satisfied with just sitting down and quarreling, the two men stood up directly and even showed signs of starting a fight.

Qi Man on the side just watched them quarreling with a cold expression. She didn't want to care anymore, or rather, she couldn't care.

Who would have thought that the two patriarchs of the aristocratic families who seemed so majestic and awe-inspiring outside would actually act like two impulsive boys when they quarreled. It was really speechless.

In the new round of verbal battle, Li Qingchi was so angry that he couldn't help but raise his hand, as if he was going to hit someone, but Song Guwei was not afraid at all. He even leaned forward and said provocatively: "If you have the guts, hit me. If you don't, I will look down on you!"

"you--"

"You two!" Shen Lingtan rushed over and pulled the two apart, "Calm down and sit back down."

"I won't! Ling Tan, please go away. This is a grudge between him and me, and it must be settled today!" Song Guwei was in the middle of a quarrel at the moment, and was determined to see off the winner with Li Qingchi.

"enough!"

The veins on Shen Lingtan's forehead popped up one by one, and he became angry. He reached out and snatched the crutch from Song Guwei's hand, pushed him back to the chair with the bottom of the crutch, and then pressed him down so that he could not get up.

"You can quarrel in private if you want. I will not care. But if you delay the arrest of Fu Lan today, I—"

Shen Lingtan’s face was extremely gloomy, “I won’t let you go, you can try.”

If we were to say who hates Fu Lan the most, it would definitely be Shen Lingtan.

Every second Fu Lan lives longer, the more torment he suffers.

Song Guwei was obedient now, because he felt a strong hatred from Shen Lingtan.

He curled his lips and said, "Okay, then let's not argue."

Song Guwei compromised not because he was afraid of Shen Lingtan, but because he understood Shen Lingtan's desire to avenge his daughter.

In fact, Song Guwei was also very sorry about Shen Lanyi's death.

What a smart and beautiful little girl she was. Even more than 20 years ago, when Shen Lanyi had not yet been expelled from the Shen family and left Xuanzhou, there was a saying circulating in Xuanzhou that was only about her. It said that if you have a daughter, you should give birth to one like Shen Lanyi, who is not only talented, but also has a good personality and a first-class beautiful appearance. She is absolutely the perfect daughter in people's minds.

Song Guwei still remembered that when Shen Lanyi was just born, he held her in his arms. The child was pink and tender, and smiled at him, which made him extremely envious. His desire to have a daughter reached its peak.

Unfortunately, he was only in his twenties at that time and had not yet married.

Later, after he got married, he didn't know what happened, but he only gave birth to sons. When he had four, he finally had a daughter. But this daughter was not as well-behaved and intelligent as Shen Lanyi. He was not satisfied, so he had another one, who was also the last one, his youngest daughter, Song Kongmiao.

As a result, this daughter made him even more upset.

She was the one with the worst aptitude for martial arts among his children, and she was unwilling to work hard. When he asked her to practice, she was inconsistent and would slack off whenever she got the chance, which made him very angry.

Later, they planned to let her marry Qi Xuan to help the gradually declining Song family, but she ran away from home and escaped from the marriage.

It was a good thing that she ran away. If she hadn't run away from the marriage, he would have never had the chance to meet the boss.

Thinking about it this way, it can be considered as making up for the mistake.

Back to the point, if he had such a good daughter who was killed, he might be even more devastated than Shen Lingtan.

……

"I'll listen to you and be quiet." Song Guwei took back the crutch that was against his shoulder and sat very obediently.

Seeing this, Li Qingchi snorted and sat back.

He was giving face to Ling Tan, otherwise he would have to teach the arrogant Song Guwei a lesson today.