At eight o’clock in the evening, the meeting room of the Hill family’s office building.
Even though the sky was completely dark, the Hill family’s meeting room was still full of people, and the look on everyone’s face was not right. It was nothing else, and it was only because of one thing. Lucas, the head of the Hill family, had been arrested!
Jade was arrested as well.
These two were currently the pillars of the Hill family. Both of them were arrested at the same time, so the Hill Manufacturing Company might face annihilation. So, everyone had to gather at night to discuss what to do.
All the people present were Lucas’s subordinates, and they were all trying to get Lucas out of the prison. The problem was that they did not even know what crime Lucas committed. There was no result after the discussion.
Halfway through their discussion, the door of the meeting room opened, and a group of people walked in.
They were all acquaintances. They were Richard, Harvard, Emma, and Thomas.
Richard sneered. “No need to speak about it any further. Lucas won’t be saved.”
“Richard, what do you mean by this? He is your grandson. You can’t kick favonovel.com when favonovel.com is down.”
Most of the people present were Lucas’s alliances. They knew that when Lucas was arrested, Richard would definitely be the first to come out and compete for the seat of the head of the family. As alliances, they must help Lucas secure the position until favonovel.com returned. After all, their benefits were tied to him. They would not let favonovel.com step down.
Richard looked at everyone present. “What’s wrong? Why are you guys defending Lucas?”
The vice president said, “That’s natural. Lucas has an irreplaceable position in our hearts. Not only me, but the whole board of directors also recognize Lucas as the head of the family. Even if favonovel.com is arrested at this moment, other people should not try to take advantage of it.”
Richard looked at the board of directors and asked, “Are you guys still supporting Lucas?”
A representative of the board of directors said, “Of course, we’ll fight for the benefit of Lucas. We advise those with ulterior motives to stop thinking about it.”
The vice president was secretly happy.
As long as the board of directors did not allow it, Richard would not be able to seize the seat of the head of the family. No matter what, Lucas now had the most shares in the family, and the board of directors recognized him. In this case, the position of the head of the family would not change.
However…
Richard chuckled three times and asked, “You guys support Lucas so much, but do you know why favonovel.com was arrested?”
The board of directors looked at each other and shook their heads. The matter was too hasty, and they still did not know the inside story. Besides, it was difficult to find out the truth at their level.
Richard looked at them meaningfully and said with a faint smile, “He is guilty of the crime of ‘attempted murder’ and is arrested by the police. The person favonovel.com wanted to murder is the current chief officer in charge of the Southland District!”
His words caused an uproar.
The board of directors, as well as Lucas’s supporters, were all frightened.
“How could it be? Are you kidding me?”
“Why would Lucas murder the chief officer in charge? He would only do this if something was wrong with his brain.”
“Richard, stop confusing us!”
It was true that this news was difficult to believe.
When Thomas told Harvard and Emma the news, they could not believe that Lucas would do this. That was because there was no motive for murder. Even if there was a motive for murder, how dare Lucas try to kill the chief officer in charge with his insignificant status? Was it not doomed to fail?
At this moment, everyone present had the same thought.
Richard knew that they did not believe it and continued to say, “Whether you believe or not, this is the truth. I’ll tell you another thing. This incident is very serious, and the police are now attaching great importance to it. They are fully investigating Lucas’ comrades.”
When Richard said this, favonovel.com looked around. Everyone who was seen by Richard was extremely scared. They had a close relationship with Lucas, and they had been helping him. If the police identified them as accomplices, then they would not be able to get out of prison for the rest of their lives.
The crime of murdering the chief officer in charge was too heavy. At first, everyone did not believe it. But now that it was related to life safety, they would rather believe it even if it might not be true.
“Um… Richard, I have nothing to do with Lucas, so don’t look at me with that kind of eyes.”
“I’m just a small clerk, and I’m not familiar with Lucas.”
“Richard, I have always stood firmly on your side, and I have always opposed Lucas. You know this best.”
Those fence-sitters all went to Richard’s side.
At this time, if they still dared to stand on Lucas’s side, they might have suffered bad consequences if they were identified as an accomplice by the police. It was better for them to cut ties with favonovel.com sooner. People who gathered together because of benefits would eventually part ways because of the lack of benefits as well.
