Nobody moved.
Nobody spoke.
[She fights with her family.]
[Refuses to listen.]
[Believes she’s pursuing true love.]
[Believes everyone is trying to separate her from the man she loves.]
Xi Lanyin’s face turned completely white.
Fear slowly filled her eyes.
[Then she marries him.]
[And finally discovers who he really is.]
A cold chill swept through everyone present.
[The gentle scholar disappears.]
[The loving man disappears.]
[The patient gentleman disappears.]
[And all that’s left is a selfish man who only wanted her family’s influence, wealth, and connections.]
Lin Meiyun’s hand began shaking.
Xi Ronghua looked ready to storm into the Baron’s residence immediately.
Old Madam Xi’s expression darkened completely.
Meanwhile, Xi Lanyin felt as though the ground beneath her feet was collapsing.
[He controls her.]
[Uses her.]
[Humiliates her.]
[Treats her like a possession instead of a wife.]
[Turns the proud daughter of the Xi family into a miserable shadow of herself.]
Tears slowly gathered in Xi Lanyin’s eyes.
None of it had happened yet.
Yet somehow the fear felt painfully real.
It felt real enough to make her chest tighten.
Real enough to make her hands tremble.
Real enough to make her question every letter, every poem, every smile Zhao Mingyuan had ever given her.
Then came the final blow.
[And by the time she realizes her mistake...]
[The Xi family is already gone.]
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Nobody moved.
The entire courtyard felt frozen.
Meanwhile, Su Yueqing simply lowered her head and continued eating her breakfast as though nothing unusual had happened.
She remained completely unaware that she had just shattered Xi Lanyin’s understanding of her future.
Across the table, Lin Meiyun slowly reached for her daughter’s trembling hand and held it tightly.
This time, Xi Lanyin did not pull away.
For the first time in her life, she truly felt afraid.