Winner Takes All novel Chapter 440

It was a stone cold night.

But it was bright as day in the hall of the Hunter family’s mansion.

It was so quiet one could hear their own heartbeat.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely depressing.

Jeweshine and the trio were kneeling in the middle of the hall with dead pale face and empty eyes.

They were still at a loss with what happened in the day.

Especially Jeweshine.

Losing everything he had been building for the past twenty years, this was torturing him harder than a murder!

“Old master, isn’t this a bit too harsh?”

An elderly stepped forward and broke the silence, “Jeweshine was your favored heir of the family after all. Isn’t this punishment too much for what happened in the day? We’re literally sealing our own asset by doing this!”

The person pleading for leniency was none other than Paul.

Everyone else in the hall was important members of the Hunter family.

Paul obviously was the eldest among them all.

A light of hope emerged in Jeweshine’s eyes, as if his savior had arrived.

The crowd echoed along after Paul’s remark.

“What Paul said was right, old master. We all know what Jeweshine is capable of. This punishment is none other than destroying him.”

“Please think twice about this. It’ll be a huge loss to the Hunter family if we lose Jeweshine.”

“Jeweshine and the trio had contributed a lot to the family. We can give him another form of punishment rather than destroying him like this.”

……

Upon hearing the crowd’s remarks.

Kneeling in the floor, Jeweshine’s eyes came to live and his hands clenched into fists.

There must still be a chance. There must be!

Everyone was pleading leniency for him. The old master would definitely change his mind on this!

The gaze in the trio’s eyes lit up too.

Even though they had made a grave mistake today, with the pleading from the family members and the contribution they had brought unto the family, the old master would have to reconsider this.

Standing behind the old master, grievance emerged on Jeweline’s childish-looking face.

Lowering his head, he clenched his fists with veins popping in his arms and his knuckles crackling.

He had seen this scenery one too many times!

Because of the difference in their capabilities.

Since knee-high, no matter what, the family members always sided with Jeweshine. And he was always the one being criticized.

As the biological son of the head of the family, he knew his father will listen to the crowd when such incident came up.

Jeweline looked at Gilbert’s back with grievance.

At this moment, he wouldn’t be surprised if his father changed his mind and revoke the punishment on Jeweshine and the trio.

Because he had been dealing with this for more than twenty years now!

However.

Bam!

Gilbert slammed his open palm on the table.

The thunderous sound shocked everyone in the hall.

Trembling, Jeweline looked at Gilbert in disbelief.

The next second.

Gilbert said coldly, “You’re right, Paul. I can admit it in front of everyone in this hall that Jeweshine was my favored candidate as the heir of the family.”

The tone in his voice was menacing as a dagger.

While in shock, everyone kept their mouth shut waiting for the following remark.

“But that was in the past! Don’t forget that the Hunter family reaches where it is today because of me. I’m the one who’s in charge of the rules in choosing the next heir.”

With his brows furrowed deeply, Gilbert gave off a menacing authoritative aura, “But let me tell you guys this. Jeweshine and the trio were being too arrogant. I told him beforehand that there’s an important guest coming today and asked him to appreciate the opportunity in getting the network. I didn’t even tell my own son Jeweline about this.