While the Jiangs, the Superfamily, and even most of the Xi family grappled with the destructive weight of Xi Yuan's announcement, the impact was most profound on one particular couple.
For a split second, Xi Chonglin and Luo Youyou clung to the faint hope that they had misheard, that the pounding of their blood in their ears had distorted the truth.
But as the murmurs among the guests grew, their voices steeped in gravity as they dissected their nephew's words, denial became impossible. The reality crashed into them with a ruthless finality, leaving them shell-shocked. It felt as if the ground had been ripped out from beneath them, their world spinning into chaos. How could he do this to them—to his own family?
