Yu Yuanshen spoke coldly and sharply, Li Zhi clenched her five fingers, trembling slightly, feeling embarrassed in the eyes of the family’s sudden realization.

After pausing, she could only take a deep breath, turn around, and coldly admit, "Yes, that’s exactly what I thought. But who should be blamed for this? I haven’t been unreasonable to think that Yu couldn’t be considered, in fact, Yu is very outstanding, I understand this too. If the person you liked back then was Cheng Yue, and Cheng Yue liked you, given the relationship between our two families, I would absolutely have no objections to this marriage. But what can I do when Yu took a liking to my daughter? In this world, there’s nothing wrong with parents wanting the best for their daughter, right? Viewing personal matters differently than family matters can be understandable, right? Since it’s understandable, why should Yu blame me? I guess, if one day Youxuan grows up and she marries someone to become a stepmother, Yu might be even more unwilling than I am?"

After Li Zhi finished speaking, she coldly chuckled and then pulled Feng Yuning’s hand, intending to drag her upstairs, feeling that it would be best for all the theatrics to end as they went upstairs!

It was too absurd, the anger made her vision go black, feeling a bit dizzy.

Li Zhi gently rubbed her forehead.

However, behind her, Yu Yuanshen smoked a cigarette, and his cold laughter made her halt her steps once more.

"Madam Li, making such a decision seems too arbitrary, don’t you think? Do you feel that this matter is something you can decide on your own to agree or disagree with? Or do you think I came today to seek approval from you and Brother Chengxuan?"

Li Zhi was taken aback by the cold voice and turned back, staring at the godlike face enveloped in smoke, "What... do you mean?"

She was Yuning’s mother, she couldn’t even decide Yuning’s marriage?

Unexpectedly, Yu Yuanshen smiled even more coldly and densely, flicking the ash off his cigarette, "If Madam Li hasn’t misheard the previous situation, you should have understood that what Yuning carries in her belly now is my child. Since it’s my child, if this marriage cannot happen, I’d like to ask you how you intend to deal with the belly?"

"This..." Li Zhi’s eyes flickered, speechless.

Yu Yuanshen raised his eyebrow, "Abort it? Sorry, not to mention whether Madam Li views me as an unsuitable match for Yuning, whether or not I’m the best choice among potential marriage partners, but compared to the military and government, can you really say I’m weak in business?"

Facing Li Zhi’s whitening face.

Yu Yuanshen chuckled lowly, "Rong City is the nation’s key area for economic development, I hold the third wealthiest status in Rong City. With what I do, nearly half of the listed shares of prominent Southern enterprises are operated by us, including some divisions of state-owned and central enterprises, secret support in national strategic decisions. You acknowledge relationships are crucial, and I agree, being the granddaughter of a veteran marshal, many will give you face. But do you know, if I wanted to compete in relationships, my network extends far beyond what your family can reach today? A significant leader of the country seeks discussions with me every time there’s reform or transition for the economic development of Rong City, and after retiring this year, this leader has visited Rong City to have tea with me for the third time. While he was invited by your father four times this year and not attended, did you know?"

Instantly, facing Li Zhi’s paler-than-paper face.

Yu Yuanshen finished smoking a cigarette, pressing it lightly into the ashtray, "Thus, whether you agree or not, it’s unimportant to me, I don’t mind. I simply wish to express my stance: the military and government couldn’t surpass the Party! Moreover, the child belongs to the Yu Family, if you wish to harm a Yu Family child, feel free to try!"

The air seemed to freeze.

In the chilling frost, everyone’s expressions at the scene were filled with awkwardness.

However, Feng Yuning looked at Yu Yuanshen, and the feeling of being protected filled her heart layer by layer, overwhelmed by his charm, she felt as if she was seeing the most handsome man in the world!

Yu Yuanshen noticed Feng Yuning’s gaze, paused, the awkwardness in his expression evident.

Finally, he lightly coughed, standing up straight.

Apologizing to Feng Jingguo and others, "Sorry, Uncle Feng, I’ve brought trouble to the Feng Family today, I’ll leave first, let’s meet another day." He walked towards the exit.

Yu Yuanshen was leaving, considering the close relationship between the Feng and Yu Families, having angered Yu Yuanshen away, especially before lunch, the entire family wished they could hide their faces under the table due to the awkwardness.

Nevertheless, Yu Yuanshen seemed indifferent to these, only when taking two steps out, as if recalling something, frowned back at Feng Yuning, "You’re not going?"

Feng Yuning was momentarily startled, feeling her mother’s grip on her wrist and her intense ire, seemingly unsure.

Until Yu Yuanshen’s cold laugh, "The women and children of the Yu Family, ought to reside in the Yu Family, don’t they? Now that it’s come to this, do you still wish to stay at the Feng Family for your pregnancy? Or is it that the Yu Family lack a place for you to stay? You also don’t plan on rushing to pick out wedding dresses, and look at the wedding venue?"

Instantly, picturing the Yu Family’s sprawling 3,000 square meters villa, where Youxuan would leisurely play with puppies, and the bedroom Yu Yuanshen previously never allowed her to enter...

Listening to Yu Yuanshen’s open declaration to marry her...

Exhilarated, Feng Yuning shook off her mother’s hand, grabbed her small bag, and dashed over.

"Going, I’m going!"

Embracing Yu Yuanshen’s arm with both arms tightly, Feng Yuning had never felt so happy in her life.

Yu Yuanshen seemed to have thoroughly adjusted to her clinginess, lowered his gaze in helpless amusement, before leaving, he glanced in a direction, and quickly departed with her.

...

The vehicle departed, the sound fading into the Feng Family’s villa estate.

But inside the living room, the atmosphere of the Feng Family was...

Muted and depressed, Feng Jingguo reflected upon the longstanding positive relationship with the Yu Family, couldn’t help but speak out reproachingly, "Zhi, Yu is not bad, and since it’s at this stage, if it’s going to happen, let it be, you seem too..."

Li Zhi suddenly felt more aggrieved than anything, feeling the daughter snatched away earlier, then sensing even her usually supportive father-in-law was not standing with her this time.

She immediately felt sad, shedding tears, "What can I do? Dad, as parents worldly compassion, you feel the same about Cheng Yue, right? Moreover, it’s a second marriage! Everyone in Rong City knows our two families’ relationship, and the generational differences are clear! But once this is announced, have you thought about the future reputation, Dad? Online, people are so ignorant, the media enjoy speculating, exaggerating, and rendering reports! Once announced, all sorts of unpleasant words like President Yu slept with his friend’s daughter, slept with Cheng Jin’s niece, and only got her pregnant before marrying could potentially be said."

"I am a mother, I can’t bear to see my daughter tied to a single bad rumor, especially with a second marriage... If Yu once liked someone else, in hindsight, it might be excusable, but he liked..."

As if she was about to mention a taboo topic not suited for this moment, Feng Chengxuan immediately frowned and interrupted, "Li Zhi!"

Li Zhi froze and did not speak further.

Beside her, Feng Chengjin, who had been silently watching the spectacle, heard this and gave Li Zhi a deep and cold glance, then got up and walked over to Qiu Zhixuan, who was dazed.

Qiu Zhixuan had been thinking about Brother Yu’s gaze before he left, her heart pounding, truly missing the family quarrel, watching Feng Chengjin walk towards her...