We demand an audit!

Zhou Yuanbo listened to Zhou Yuanwen's words with a tight frown; he was a bookworm and, at the same time, extremely traditional and conservative.

Therefore, he felt that what Zhou Yuanwen said was very serious, even thinking that banning Zhou Cheng from the ancestral hall was equivalent to expelling him from the family genealogy.

How could that be allowed?

However, Zhou Yuanwen's words had no impact on Zhou Cheng's mind whatsoever.

What 'not allowed in the ancestral hall'? Whether he would even come back after his grandfather's birthday was over was another question entirely.

What did entering or not entering the ancestral hall have to do with him?

Besides, his own family had spent a fortune to build this ancestral hall! Who had the right to ban him from entering?

Furthermore, he was only of the same clan; who even wanted to be part of his Zhou Family?

Zhou Cheng gave a contemptuous smile.

He spoke up directly, "Kowtow and apologize? Old man, are you trying to make me laugh?"

"The entire ancestral hall was built with a fortune spent by my family, and you're telling me not to come back? When the hall was being built, was it your money being spent?"

"Furthermore, you and I just happen to share the surname Zhou, so there's a slight connection. Who wants to be part of your Zhou Family?"

"I, Zhou Cheng, wasn't raised in this village. I haven't eaten a single grain of your rice, nor have I used a single cent of your money. You can't even be called my elder, so stop putting on airs and acting like a big shot in front of me!"

Zhou Cheng's words were incredibly sharp; it could be said he didn't give Zhou Yuanwen any Face at all.

[Host suppressed Zhou Yuanwen, Reward: police force value +500]

As soon as these words were spoken, many young people at the scene were shocked.

After a moment of daze, they cheered in their hearts, thinking it was incredibly satisfying.

This Zhou Yuanwen had long enjoyed wandering around the village and putting on an act in front of the youth; now there was finally someone who could put him in his place!

"You! You little brat!!!" Listening to Zhou Cheng's words, Zhou Yuanwen's blood pressure surged rapidly to his head. In a fit of rage, he raised his hand to slap Zhou Cheng's Face.

But in an instant, Zhou Cheng raised his hand to catch it, then firmly gripped his hand!

"What? Old thing, I gave you Face but you didn't want it, and now you want to get physical?" Zhou Cheng scolded.

Zhou Yuanwen tried to pull his hand back, but Zhou Cheng held on so tight that he couldn't pull it out at all!

Even using all his strength, it was the same!

This moment truly caused his old Face to be completely disgraced!

"Zhou Yuanbo! Is this the unfilial son you raised?! Hurry up and tell him to let go of me!" Zhou Yuanwen shouted helplessly at Zhou Yuanbo.

But hearing this, Zhou Yuanbo just looked over, then remained silent, acting as if he were a mute.

Never mind you; back in Shanghai, he didn't even respect me, his own father.

You provoked him yourself, so deal with it yourself. My words can't change his mind!

"Zhou Cheng, do you want to be expelled from the family genealogy!" Having received no response from Zhou Yuanbo, Zhou Yuanwen immediately shouted at Zhou Cheng again.

*Hiss!*

Everyone present gasped at Zhou Yuanwen's words.

As a clan administrator, although Zhou Yuanwen wasn't the Clan Chief, he still held a certain amount of small power. No one expected him to actually say such a thing.

He actually wanted to expel Zhou Cheng from the family genealogy.

However, as the words landed, Zhou Cheng remained indifferent, feeling nothing at all.

"No, old man, what makes you think I care about that thing? And what makes you think you can call the shots for the entire Zhou Family?"

Zhou Cheng said calmly.

Some people would care a lot about this, but Zhou Cheng didn't care!

To be realistic, for him, whether in his past life or this one, he had never even seen the family genealogy.

So why would he care about such a thing?

Of course, it couldn't be said that he completely didn't care.

For him, or for all men, what they cared about more were the achievements made to have a separate page in the genealogy, rather than simply having a name recorded on it—what use was that?

Zhou Cheng held Zhou Yuanwen's hand, speaking freely!

Zhou Yuanwen's sons finally couldn't take it anymore. They surrounded Zhou Cheng and shouted at him!

"Zhou Cheng, let go of my dad right now! Do you think you're so great just because your family has money!"

"That's right, your family is rich and can look down on us poor relatives, but we have backbone too! If your family doesn't want to give money, you don't have to give any at all!"

"Isn't it just having a bit of filthy money? Since you don't even care about the repairs of the ancestral hall or the genealogy, then why did you even come back!"

Zhou Yuanwen's sons were all quite a bit older than Zhou Cheng. They surrounded him, acting all high and mighty!

They gave off the vibe of village bullies.

Listening to their words, Zhou Cheng just felt: (O_O)?

The one who first said his family should give fifty million was him; the one who said it was a joke was him; the one who told him to kowtow and apologize was him; the one who tried to slap him was him! And the one who said he'd be expelled from the genealogy was also him!

He had only questioned the fifty million he mentioned, caught his hand when he tried to hit him, and retorted a few sentences in passing.

How did it turn back into his family being rich and thinking they were great? Although they were a bit great, he had never shown it off!

Also, did he say he wouldn't give money? Why wasn't five thousand okay?

As expected, this world had never been kind to him. This time he was brought back to be the protagonist, yet he was still treated like this!

Zhou Cheng was too lazy to think more and directly activated the Heavenly Eye!

He swept a glance over Zhou Yuanwen and his sons!

He briefly scanned their evidence of crimes and then directly exchanged for them.

He clicked them open and took a rough look.

Once he had a general idea, he immediately flung Zhou Yuanwen's hand away.

He turned to look at Zhou Yuanbo.

"Old man, who was responsible for building this ancestral hall back then? How much money did we invest?" Zhou Cheng asked.

Zhou Yuanbo was puzzled by the question but still replied.

"It was Zhou Yuanwen right in front of you who was responsible for the construction. It cost about fifty million!"

Fifty million. Back then, the construction only cost fifty million, and Zhou Yuanwen had embezzled quite a bit of that!

From this, it was evident how greedy Zhou Yuanwen was to propose another fifty million for repairs this time.

Even though prices had risen and the purchasing power of fifty million now was far less than it was over ten years ago, it was still enough to build a brand-new ancestral hall!

"Is that so? I just took a rough look, and this ancestral hall's construction is very crude. It doesn't feel like it cost fifty million at all."

"I think we can definitely check if the money we provided back then was actually spent where it was supposed to be. We can check if someone embezzled public funds!"

Zhou Cheng directly demanded an audit!

This might be from a long time ago and hard to investigate, but Zhou Cheng had the evidence ready in his hands!