Everyone widened their eyes, looking toward Xu Chang, whose face was turning a sickly shade of blue from holding in his anger.
Everyone had thought the Xu Family had developed to its current state by relying on the political connections in the capital, but who could possibly have imagined that the once renowned Ouyang Family's decline was actually due to Xu Chang's machinations?
Furthermore, by swallowing up the Ouyang Family, Xu Chang had managed to build up his commerce empire.
If it had just been that, it wouldn't have been so bad; after all, the business world is akin to a battlefield, and if the Ouyang Family couldn't hold up, they only had themselves to blame for being too careless. Xu Chang, using whatever means necessary to achieve his ends, could at most be accused of being despicable.
