C275 The Quiet Assassin

Patriarch Xiong recognized an opportunity and began to court the favor of the deacon elder, who had loyally served the family for over a decade. As a result, the elder's strength had surged rapidly.

The Xiong family as a whole was feeling the pinch of a financial shortfall, but Patriarch Xiong managed to keep the issue under wraps, leaving everyone in the dark about the true situation