Wizard Earl

Having received the document bag, Butler Martinez nodded to the middle-aged man, who then bowed to him before walking out of the conference room as if no one else was there.

"Smack!"

After the middle-aged man left, Butler Martinez didn't open the file bag he had just received to see what was inside. Instead, in front of everyone, he simply tossed the file bag onto the table in front of Jack Ferguson and then said calmly to the silent Jack Ferguson;

"Jack, if I remember correctly, your birthday is in five days. This was originally a birthday present I prepared for you, but since you've convened a meeting of the family elders, I'll give it to you early while everyone's here!"

"Jack, you can choose to take this gift home now, or you can stay here and take it out so everyone can see it. I'll give you one minute. I hope you can make a choice that won't disappoint me or yourself!"

Before Butler Martinez could finish speaking, Jack Ferguson's expression suddenly changed. Although Butler Martinez hadn't explicitly stated what the birthday gift in the file folder was, everyone, including Jack Ferguson, who was a senior member of the Ferguson family, was shrewd enough to understand what Butler Martinez was trying to reveal in this situation.

Without a doubt, what's in this file folder is definitely something that's incriminating against Jack Ferguson!

Butler Martinez had long anticipated that at today's family elders' meeting, Jack Ferguson would press Connor on the issue of succeeding as head of the family, so he had made preparations. Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "Old foxes are indeed cunning." The family elders' meeting that Jack Ferguson had painstakingly prepared for had instead become a trap he had set for himself.

The situation is now quite simple. Since Butler Martinez didn't show the contents, it means he's willing to give Jack Ferguson a chance. If Jack Ferguson is willing to back down, the contents of this file folder in front of him will probably be his birthday present. But if he continues to be stubborn, the contents of this file folder could turn into a bomb and blow him to pieces!

With his eyes fixed on the file folder on the table in front of him, Jack Ferguson was filled with bitterness and regret. He had thought that by relinquishing some of the family power to Bernardo and Domenech, and gaining their support, he could defeat the old man Martinez at this meeting of family elders and become the new head of the Ferguson family, the new Earl of Ferguson, with the joint recommendation of the family elders. That was why he had been so arrogant at the beginning of the meeting, daring to openly covet the position of head of the family in front of so many people!

But to his utter surprise, Bernardo and Domenech, who had sworn their support the night before to stand firmly against Martinez, were now completely shut down by Martinez in just a few words at the meeting, and dared not utter a single word...

As time ticked by, Jack Ferguson sighed inwardly. He didn't doubt that the file bag Martinez had pulled out was a trap, and that what was inside wasn't incriminating evidence against him!

Jack Ferguson was well aware of his actions, and given Martinez's power within the Ferguson family, he could always uncover some clues with a little effort.

Besides, Jack Ferguson also knew that Martinez could have found him with this file bag before the meeting. With these leverages against him, Martinez could have easily stopped this meeting of family elders from happening today. But the old man didn't do that. Instead, he waited until now and threw the file in front of him in front of so many people!

Martinez did this to embarrass himself, to embarrass himself in front of all the family elders! He wanted to make himself submit to them, admit his mistakes, and be at their mercy. At the same time, he wanted to use himself as a warning to all the family elders that anyone who dared to disobey him again would suffer the same fate!

Although he knew Martinez's intentions, Jack Ferguson couldn't think of any way to resist. After a moment of silence, with ten seconds left before the one-minute deadline given by Martinez's butler, he stepped forward from his seat in the conference room under the watchful eyes of the family elders. He went to Martinez's butler's side, bowed deeply to the old butler who had served the Ferguson family for decades, and said, "Butler Martinez! I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

Upon hearing Jack Ferguson's apology, the head butler, Martinez, remained seated without any change in expression or uttering a word, allowing Jack Ferguson to maintain his ninety-degree bow beside him.

Seeing that Martinez, the head butler, remained silent, Jack Ferguson, who was bowing, naturally understood that the old man Martinez was trying to humiliate him in front of everyone. However, even though his heart was bleeding, Jack Ferguson did not dare to straighten up.

After Jack Ferguson bowed to him for nearly half a minute, Butler Martinez finally spoke calmly, "When you get back, take a good look at the gift I gave you, and see what good deeds you've done in the family!"

Although Butler Martinez's voice was calm, it struck Jack Ferguson like a thunderbolt. After a few seconds of silence, he stood up, bowed his head, and said to Martinez, "I understand. I'll look at it carefully when I get back!"

Seeing that Jack Ferguson had backed down, Martinez coughed lightly and then waved his hand. Jack Ferguson immediately picked up the file bag on the table, sat back down in his seat, and unlike his arrogance ten minutes earlier, Jack Ferguson, now back in his seat, looked like a defeated rooster, head bowed and silent.

Although Jack Ferguson was already in a terrible state, Butler Martinez didn't seem to intend to let him off the hook. He coughed lightly, then glanced around at the family elders in the meeting hall. Wherever his gaze fell, not a single person dared to meet his eyes; they all lowered their heads in respect…