Old Master Henry Zhang was truly desperate.
By rights, this secret was supposed to be passed down from one generation to the next, only revealed once the heir was chosen.
So the secret was always kept within the direct bloodline. The side branches only knew about the existence of the gold mine and the passage, but they had no idea about the details.
But now, the situation had gotten out of hand.
If they couldn’t handle those villagers outside, the Zhang Family would be completely destroyed by their fury.
At that point, no secret would be safe.
Might as well confess everything to the family, gain their support, unite against outsiders, solve the external crisis first, and then deal with succession within.
That’s how Cherry Miller managed to slip in and find out the location of the Secret Passage.
“Grandpa, that crowd won’t be easy to deal with. Just throwing money at them won’t calm their anger,” Edward Zhang said. “Since Third Brother’s already caused such a huge mess, we can’t just cover for him. It’s time to make the news public. Then Third Brother can resign and take responsibility, compensate those people, and help dig up the bodies. That’s the only way to appease their fury.”
Zachary Zhang, the third son, looked at his elder brother with a mocking smile, still saying nothing.
Even now, his dear big brother was still scheming for power.
Did he really think that position was so comfortable?
For these past twenty years, not a single day had gone by without him walking on thin ice, filled with anxiety.
The outside world was no longer what it used to be. It wasn’t something you could fool with a few words anymore.
The world outside was changing every day. If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn’t have believed how advanced technology had become!
Forget about smart AI—nobody here had even seen a car, a ship, or a plane.
He’d only bought a few bicycles, and everyone here was already amazed.
If they really saw how vast the outside world was, they’d probably be tricked out of everything they owned in less than three days.
If his big brother wanted that position so badly, then fine—let him have it!
After all, in these twenty years, he’d already gotten almost everything he could.