As soon as these words came out, it struck everyone's heart like a thunderclap, and everyone fell silent! Yes! They were the proud five major families, but they couldn't do anything to a branch of the Jin family. But, this matter... the Jin family didn't have any legitimate descendants, all of them were branches. Those branches were shameless and willing to take risks, but could they also take risks?

What if it affects the stock market? What if people find fault with them and criticize them, ruining their reputation? What if... there are too many what ifs that they cannot help but consider. Their Lan family is already the last of the five major families, with the Ou family, which is as powerful as a wolf and a tiger, and other newly emerging families behind them. If they make a wrong move, their Lan family will be kicked out by the five major families. If they are not careful, their entire Lan family will be in danger of collapse. There are already many branches of the Lan family who are dissatisfied with the Lan family and want to become independent. Some even want to rely on other families through marriage.

The key is Lan Ziye. Lan Ziye has finally established an alliance with the Chu family. They cannot give the Chu family any reason to cancel the engagement. They cannot let Lan Ziye and Chu Xixuan cancel the engagement. Once Lan Ziye cancels the engagement, their Lan family will be really finished!

Inside the Lan family's gate, there was absolute silence, so great that one could hear a pin drop. However, outside the gate, there was wailing. When one group of people got tired of howling, another group would take over and continue howling. Some even howled in a tune, singing and criticizing Lan Xiaoqi, Lan Ziye, and the Lan family as they howled, as if the Lan family, Lan Ziye, and Lan Xiaoqi were all unforgivable evils.

Only Jin Wang knelt in front of his son's body, crying silently.

He listened to his family members' enthusiastic performances, and his heart sank. He only had this one son, and he was such an outstanding son with a promising future. Why did he have to suffer such a fate? He was so stupid. Why did he choose the girl from the Yin family as his daughter-in-law after so many choices?

Why did he think of using this matter to please Jin Yun when he got the news that Lan Xiaoqi and the girl from the Yin family eloped, sent people to chase them, and even injured Lan Xiaoqi, making the matter so out of control?

Why did he make such a request during the negotiation that day? He even had the whimsical idea of ​​using this incident to bring Lan Ziye down, making Lan Ziye too embarrassed to marry into the Chu family? What did it have to do with him whether Lan Ziye married Chu Xixuan or not? He had tried so hard to help Jin Yun and Jin Ruoxi, but he still ended up without a son to see him off?

Why, why? This was all his fault. Why couldn't he just be content, diligently working for the family, and not bother with all the intrigue? He reaps the consequences of his own actions, yet why did the retribution fall on his only son? His son! His only son!

But even if he couldn't figure it out and got involved in the fight between the Jin and Lan families without knowing his own limitations, his relatives shouldn't have set their sights on his son! Think about his branch, all of them are lazy and ambitious. If it weren't for his hard work and his reputation in the Jin family, the Jin family would have abandoned them long ago. How could they have lived a life of ease and comfort, relying on the power of others to bully others?

Especially his father. Although he had more than one son and more than one grandson, didn't he have any idea of ​​how his sons and grandsons were doing? He was the only child in the family who could be considered talented. It could be said that Youcai was the hope of their branch. How could he kill his son just because of a few words from Jin Ruoxi?