A red carpet was stretched from the house’s entrance to the reception hall.Today marked the official announcement of Trent’s position as the patriarch of the Harmon


    family. It was previously acknowledged within the family but was now being publicly dered.The Harmon family extended invitations to many guests and organized a banquet.


    Anyone who had good rtions with the Harmon family or wished to gain favor with them madetheir way to congratte them.


    The change in leadership meant that other influential families or figures would need to realignthemselves with the Harmon family.


    Meanwhile,TrentandthecoremembersoftheHarmonfamilygatheredinsidetheconferenceroom.


    Comparedtobefore,thenumberofpeoplepresenthadsignificantlydecreased.


    Aftertherecentchange,nearlyhalf ofthecoremembershadbeenmarginalized.Mostpeoplein


    theroomwereTrent’strustedinnercircleandallies.


    “Trent,aftertoday,you’ll bewidelyrecognizedasthepatriarchoftheHarmonfamily.


    Congrattions!”Jacobofferedhiscongrattions.


    “Ourpatriarchiswise,formidable,andpossessesgreatstrategicvision.Youaretheoutstanding


    leaderoftheHarmonfamily!”


    “That’sright!I believethatunderyourleadership,theHarmonfamily willprosper evenmore!”


    “Ourpatriarchismighty!”


    ThemembersoftheHarmonfamilypraisedandshoweredTrentwithttery.


    Trentsmiledinresponse.Hewasfloatingoncloudnine.


    Hehadneverrealizedthatbeingthepatriarchmeantotherswouldtreathimasifhewere


    majestic andawe–inspiring


    Thefeelingofbeingrespectedbyeveryoneelsewaswonderful


    “Icouldonlytakeoverthepositionsmoothlybecauseofyouguys.Afterthis,Iwillrewardyou


    ordingly.Ipromisethatno onewillbeleftout!”Trentdered withaconfidentsmile.


    “Thank you,Mr.Harmon!”


    Thepeopleintheroomwereoverjoyed.They stoodupandppedtoshowtheirrespect.


    “UncleTrent,todayisthedayyouofficiallybetheHarmonfamily’spatriarch.AndKatewillbegettingmarriedinafewdays.It’strulyadoubleblessing!”Dnsaidwithasmile.


    “You’reabsolutelyright.”


    Jacobnoddedwithasmile.“TheGrantfamilyisoneofthetopthreeinfluentialfamilies.Tylerisararetalent.Withsuchanoutstandingson–inw,you’llsoonbeabletodominatetheprovince!”


    “Yes!Byjoiningforceswiththe Grantfamily,we’re undoubtedlyaformidablealliance.


    Dominatingtheprovincialcapitalisjustaroundthecorner!”Manyothersagreed.


    Indeed,thesetwofamiliescouldachievesomethinggreattogether.


    “Speakingofwhich,Idon’tunderstand whyUncleHectorrefusedtoallywiththeGrants.Isit


    reallyonlybecauseNatashadidn’tlikeTyler?”


    Dnsaidinamockingtone. “Ifthat’sthecase,it’strulyabsurd!”


    “That’swhyTrentisthebestcandidatetobethepatriarch.Hectoristooindecisive,”Jacob


    praisedTrentagain.


    “Speaking ofHector,Ijustrecalled something.”


    TrenttappedthetableandlookedatDn.“Dn,anyprogressinthetaskIassigned you?”


    “UncleHectorisstubborn.Idon’tthinkwe’llbeabletogetitthroughhim.”


    Dnsmirked,adding,“ButI’vefoundhisweakspot.Ibelievehe’llwillinglyhandoverthe


    treasuremapwithintwodays.”


    “Thetreasuremapisveryimportant.We mustgetitbeforethewedding!”Trent reminded sternly.


    Thetreasuremapwasmeanttobehisdaughter’sdowry.Withoutit,hedidn’tknowhowtoexin


    thingstotheGrantfamily.


    “UncleTrent,don’tworry.Iguaranteethattherewillbenomistakes!”Dnderedconfidently.


    “Great.”Trentnodded.


    “Alright,Trent,it’sabouttime.Let’sgotothereceptionhalltomeettheguests.There’saVIP


    “Oh?Really?Then I’lllookforwardtoit.”Trentgrinnedandleftthegroupwiththeothers.


    However,assoonastheysteppedout the door,aHarmonfamilybutlersuddenlyapproachedhim


    withagiftbox.


    “Mr.Harmon,there’saguest outsidewhoaskedmetodeliverthisgifttoyou,”thebutlersaid,This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    presentingthegiftboxwithbothhands.


    “Oh?They’resurelyeagertooffertheirrespects.”


    Trentchuckledandopenedthegiftbox.Buthewasshockedatwhathesawandthrewthebox


    away.


    Thegiftboxfelltotheground,andabloodyseveredheadrolledout.