Jeffrey’s eyes grew moist. “Of course. She’s been waiting for this day… for far too long.” Cemetery Standing before the modest tombstone, Sloane gazed at the gentle face in the photograph. Tears slipped down uncontrollably. Jeffrey’s hand trembled as he brushed the name on the stone. “My dear, look—our little granddaughter has come home…” Lucas quietly stepped back, giving the family their space. Kaizen came over and handed him a cigarette. “Yesterday… you fought well.” Lucas shook his head. “Uncle, I’ll protect Sloane with my life.” Kaizen studied him for a long time, then suddenly patted his shoulder. “Remember what you just said.” Oliver Group Headquarters Kaizen was reviewing documents when his secretary knocked and entered. “Mr. Victor requests to see you.”Kaizen frowned. “That kid again? No.” “It’s not him… Mr. Ronald came personally.” In the reception room, silver-haired Ronald sipped his tea gracefully. “Mr. Kaizen, my grandson has fallen in love with your niece at first sight. Perhaps our families could—” “Impossible.” Kaizen cut him off coldly. “My niece will decide her own marriage.” Ronald’s smile didn’t waver. “Mr. Kaizen, no need to be so quick to refuse. If we form an alliance, the overseas market—” “Show him out!” Kaizen slammed the table, his voice like thunder. Before the Robinson family even left, a butler from the Morten family arrived with a formal invitation. Then came a special envoy from Rockfall, and the heir of the Dupont family himself. “Mr. Dupont proposes offering three diamond mines overseas as a bridal gift…” “With all due respect,” the Robinson family’s elderly butler said haughtily, lifting his chin, “a daughter from a distinguished house is born to secure alliances. Your niece finding a place among the overseas elite is already a blessing for her.” Kaizen’s pen snapped in half. “Exactly,” the Morten representative added mockingly, flipping through Sloane’s file. “A wild girl raised outside the family should be grateful to marry into nobility. Our young master taking her in is an honor for your Oliver family.” Kaizen’s knuckles turned white. His eyes darkened to something dangerous. The Dupont heir grew bolder. “I heard she’s a doctor? Such a public, indecent profession. After marriage, she’ll have to quit. A Dupont wife belongs at home, raising children.” Bang! Kaizen kicked the tea table over, shattering the fine porcelain into pieces. He grabbed the Dupont heir by the collar. “What the hell do you think you are? You think you have the right to judge my niece?” One hour later, an emergency board meeting. “Terminate all partnerships with the Robinsons, the Mortens, and the Duponts immediately!” Kaizen’s voice thundered through the room. “Inform Legal to pursue defamation charges against them for slandering my niece!”The directors exchanged alarmed glances. “Those contracts are worth hundreds of billions—” “Even a trillion won’t make me keep them!” Kaizen threw a stack of documents onto the table. “Look at what they said about her! ‘Wild girl,’ ‘uncultured,’ ‘reaching above her station’… My niece, Kaizen’s niece, and they think they can call her that?” Oliver Family Estate After reading the board meeting transcript Kaizen handed over, Jeffrey didn’t scold him—instead, he slammed the table and burst out laughing. “Good! Beautifully done!”