Inside the luxurious meeting hall of the powerful Jin clan of Red Tiger City, a meeting was taking place.
Red Tiger City is the provincial capital of Cold Lake province.
Sitting inside the hall was 11 men. Some are old, some are young, but most of them were in middle age.
At the end of the long table, sat a man, exuding a powerful momentum. On the side of the long table sat 5 men on each side.
Looking at the man sitting in the middle, one of the men with an old face said. "Patriarch, I think it will be better to just let him go. He can live a better life outside the clan."
Silence filled the room, no one added anything or replied any words to it. They all looked at the man sitting in the middle.
His name is Jin Hai. And he is the golden patriarch of the powerful Jin Clan.
He let out a sigh."Huh..." Then he looked at all the elders present in the hall and said. "Since all of you agree to this, I will also agree to it."
Hearing that words, all the elders showed a smile on their faces.
Even though Jin Hai said the words, he himself did not showed any sadness nor any smile, just a neutral face.
But inside, he himself was also feeling a sense of relief.
"The meeting will end here, for today." With those words, all the elders stood up from their seats and left the meeting hall.
However, among the elders that are leaving the hall, one was still in his seat. He is the oldest of the elders and also one of the strongest pillar of Jin clan, Jin Wushang.
No one bothered to speak to him to leave.
Seeing him still sitting in his seat, Jin Hai also sat there in his too.
They both waited for all the elders to leave the room.
When the hall became empty, except for the two of them, Jin Wushang finally spoke. "That was Yan Ying's idea right?" He simply asked the question, without beating around the bush.
Jin Hai did not respond for a second.
After a moment, he spoke. "I was having the same thought about it. So don't blame it on her."
"I just don't understand why you want to kick him out of the clan so much. He can just simply live here inside the clan. And you don't have to do anything besides giving him just some mortal needs." Jin Wushang presented his thought with a puzzled tone.
Without any delay, Jin Hai replied. "It will be much better for him to live a normal life outside the clan. If he continues to live here, he will just suffer."
"That is just your selfish excuse. Humph." Jin Wushang said a little bit loud. But this time his voice was mixed with anger and disappointment.
"Humph." He slammed the table with his side fist.
Boom.....
The sound echoed inside the hall.
Jin Hai did not talked back this time. He turned his head facing the ground.
Jin Wushang took a deep breath and calmed himself. Then without another word, he stood up and left the hall too.
Alone inside the hall, Jin Hai also took a deep breath and stood up to leave the room.
With one last look at the table, he also left the hall.
After a while, inside the hall, the table crumbled into pieces. That was due to Jin Wushang's fist.
It simply stood still because Jin Hai held it together with his Qi. Now without the support, it fell into pieces, unable to withstand itself.
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In a quiet courtyard of a corner house inside the Jin clan, two young men, one in a wheel chair and one standing, were talking peacefully.
The young man in the wheel chair spoke softly in a calm voice. "Say ...Yu Zhe. Do you think life is fair to us. I mean to all of us living."
The young man, Yu Zhe, replied in a complaining tone. "Of course not. If life were fair to all of us. Then why are some of living like shitss. So yeah, it's not fair."
Hearing the response, the young man in the wheel chair put on a light smile.
"Why are you smiling, young master. I mean it's all for me that life is not fair. But it should not be that cruel to you." Yu Zhe said the last sentence with a sadness on his face.
The young master tried to correct his words, but he ultimately stopped himself.
"Don't worry, maybe one day I will be cured by some miracle. Who can say for sure life will be always bad." He looked down to his both disabled legs and said without looking at Yu Zhe.
"Miracle...huh? Like that will ever come to us." Yu Zhe murmured to himself.
At this time, a servant standing outside the courtyard announced the arrival of patriarch of Jin clan.
"The patriarch of the Jin clan is here..."
Kae.....
The sound of the door being pushed opened was heard.
The two young men turned to look at the doorway. There stood a man with a perfect build and a powerful momentum.
That was the Jin Hai.
Without a word, he came inside the courtyard, where the two young men was chatting.
Seeing him, both the young men bowed to him with their hands making a fist. Like greeting in martial world. "Greetings to the patriarch."
Jin Hai nodded. Then he signaled to Yu Zhe to leave.
Yu Zhe wisely left the courtyard. Before he went out of the door, he looked back at the young man in the wheel chair with some encouragement.
But the young men did not respond to him.
After Yu Zhe left, Jin Hai spoke. "How are you doing these days?" Just a simple question.
"Good as usual." The young man replied plainly but also with respect.
"Jin An, a meeting was held today. And in the meeting, the elders came to a decision to let you leave the clan and settle outside. What is your thoughts on it?" Jin Hai spoke with any emotion on his face.
Hearing the decision, Jin Hai neither did not feel any remorse nor showed any on his face.
He simply nodded to and agreed to it. "Since it was the decision of the elders, I will follow it."
Jin Hai looked at his own, Jin An, and simply nodded. "Someone will come here in the afternoon. They will take you and Yu Zhe to your new place."
Without any further, Jin Hai left decisively, leaving Jin An alone in the courtyard.