Chapter 601 The Defiant Patrick
His cold and stern voice resounded within the Meeting Hall.
It terrified everyone.
Patrick’s questions had left everyone speechless.
Thest attack was directed at Patrick, but everyone’s reaction were different to how they were before.
The heir was one of the candidates to be the next head of The Hughes Family.
But the head of the family was the person who had the final saying regarding The Hughes Family.
It was very obvious which was more important.
It was impossible for anyone to argue back against what Patrick had said.
“Let, Let go of me!”
Archer’s head was being pressed down by Patrick and he was feeling very humiliated.
The severe pain from his head being hit had made him dizzy, but once the pain had subsided slightly
he was able to yell out savagely.
“Fuck, can you just shut up!”
Patrick did not loosen his grip and continued to hold him down so that Archer couldn’t say anything
else.
Patrick’s overbearing force began to frighten Archer which made him finally shut his mouth.
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“Patrick…”
Madam Hughes who was looking at Archer on the table spoke suddenly.
However, without waiting for Madam Hughes to finish speaking, Patrick turned his head abruptly and
shot her an aggressive look.
“Was what I just said wrong?”
Madam Hughes’s expression changed, her lips trembled.
Madam Hughes wanted to say something but his question made Madam Hughes swallow back down
what she wanted to say.
Patrick then sneered coldly, “If you feel what I said was wrong then I will immediately send someone to
take off the decaying head on The Hughes Family memorial arch used to caution people, and
personally bring it over here and hold it in front of you.”
Madam Hughes was clenching her teeth, clearly angry but remained silent.
Everyone else looked solemn and shocked, but did not dare to get involved.
The head of The Hughes Family had been attacked but never called for a family meeting.
However when the heir had been attacked, a family meeting was called, and the head of the family was
even forced toe.
Now that Patrick had gained the upper hand, everyone else inside including Madam Hughes were
silent and could say nothing else.
Inside the quiet Meeting Hall.
The atmosphere was very tense.
Patrick however stood tall and his eyes swept across everyone in the room.
“Why did all of you hold a family meeting without my authorization, force me toe, but now you all
have nothing to say?”
His words were stern but he stood tall and majestic, which made everyone feel anxious and unable to
say anything.
Finally.
Madam Hughes took a deep breath and with a softened tone said, “Patrick, we didn’t want to force you,
however with the many attacks against Georgest few days, we thought that you as the head of The
Hughes Family would be trying to find out what exactly is going on. However it seems that you are
unconcerned about what’s been going on, in fact he was even shot at today and almost died.”
“But you’ve never seemed to care, isn’t this something the elders are meant to get involved with? If this
situation doesn’t get under control, and others hear about it then wouldn’t this be telling the world that
our family is weak and anyone can walk all over us?” Madam Hughes was starting to get emotional as
she spoke.
She raised her frail hand and pped her own face.
“We all have an image to maintain!”
Her tone was both sad and moving.
However.
Patrick showed a sidelong nce at her and said, “So your words meant that I, Patrick, as head of The
Hughes Family don’t care about the image of myself?”
Madam Hughes started to feel a little flustered and helpless.
She had been thinking of the right words to say for a long time, and even ensured her tone was
cautious enough, but he was still able to find faults in what she said?
Everyone else in the room was also all surprised and astonished.
“Heh”
Patrick sneered, “Well, Madam Hughes you are also an elder and you have held this family meeting
without my permission and forced me toe here, but now you have the audacity to call me
shameless, what else can I say?”
“Patrick, this was not my intention or what I meant.” Madam Hughes’s face was flushed as she tried to
exin.
“You used me of not caring about the image of myself, how can I not understand? The heir was
attacked, the whole family wants to protect their reputation, and now say that I don’t care, well you are
right, and what you said is reasonable.” Patrick sighed, pretending to be sad.
Madam Hughes was speechless.
He was really acting defiant.
All of the people present were high ranking members of The Hughes Family, they were all very
sophisticated people, so how they were not able to see Patrick’s defiant attitude.
Everyone had a strange expression on their face.
The family meeting was to discuss the reasons behind the attack.
Why had the topic shifted to whether Patrick valued his image or not?
However.
This was something that everyone understood except one person.
Archer who was still being pressed onto the table by Patrick suddenly screamed out, “Patrick, even you
know that you have no self-respect, all of us here are for the sake of The Hughes Family, should you
quickly start to care about the image of yourself?”
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this.
For an instant, a group of astonished eyes looked at Archer in surprise.
Even Madam Hughes and Carter were shocked when they heard this.
The mother and son both looked at the expression on Patrick’s face that bing yful and he was
trying to hold back a smile.
“Archer…”
Patrick smiled and then slowly pulled away his right hand that was pressed onto Archer’s head.
As he felt the pressure on his head disappear, Archer finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly got up,
moved his neck a few times and then eximed, “Patrick, we are all doing this for the sake of…”
He hadn’t finished speaking when Patrick’srge hand pressed on top of Archer’s head again.
There was then a loud noise.
It was like a hammer that hit on everyone’s heart.
At the same time, the noise was apanied by a scream from Archer.
Such a monster.
He really was going too far.
Everyone all turned their heads towards Patrick, with the same thoughts in their minds.
Anger, horror, resentment…
However everyone was still left speechless, and didn’t know what to do.
A secondter, Patrick looked down at Archer and said, “Archer, I Patrick, the head of The Hughes
Family is in charge of matters rted to our family. The image of The Hughes Family is my image,
which means that my image is also the image of the Hughes family!”
As he said this, Patrick raised his left hand and pointed to everyone in the Meeting Hall.
“Do you really think that I’m not afraid of having the image of The Hughes Family destroyed? Do you
really think that I haven’t been concerned about what’s been happeningst two days?”
“You are all waiting for me to sort out the problem, then you enjoy the privileges granted by The
Hughes Family and you just do nothing? When all of you have not been doing anything. I’ve been
utilizing all of the resources that The Hughes Family has to thoroughly investigate this matter!”
The look on everyone’s faces changed as they heard this.
Madam Hughes who was shocked, hurriedly asked, “Patrick, have you really been investigating this
matter? It’s been two days already, is there any news to report?”
“None.”
Patrick responded swiftly and straightforwardly, “Compared to Madam Hughes who has spent thest
two days inside the Buddhist hall reciting scriptures, I have been dispatching my intelligence forces to
investigate the situation, and the image of The Hughes Family must be cared.”
What?!
Madam Hughes was truly stupefied.
Everyone else in the room was also shocked.
Even after two days and mobilizing all the intelligence forces of The Hughes Family, was there still no
news?
The room was silent.
Patrick then slowly lowered his head and gave Madam Hughes a cold look, “You won’t be able to find
out anything if you spend all your time reciting scriptures.”
The sarcasm in his voice was obvious.
Madam Hughes was stunned to the spot.
Patrick then let go of Archer and prepared to leave the Meeting Hall.
“You forced me to hold this family meeting and it won’t be able to find out anything too .”
“As the head of this family, I am taking responsibility for this matter, but don’t expect any results if you
all just sit around and do nothing.”
His words were cold and harsh which made everyone too afraid to respond or say anything.