A Lack of Cultivation Doesn't Mean a Lack of Strength

"Did... did I really do something wrong?"

Watching Chen Changan and Meng Xiaoxiao walk away, the Meng Family Head fell into self-doubt as well.

In his view, what he had done was not only to protect the Meng family's interests, but also a better choice for Meng Xiaoxiao.

"You were wrong."

"We were all wrong."

After the Meng family's ancestor appeared, he gave the Meng Family Head a helpless look.

From the very beginning, he should never have agreed to the marriage swap. Otherwise, things wouldn't have reached this awkward point.

"Your greatest mistake was doing this under the pretense of what was best for Xiao Xiao."

"If you truly wanted what was best for her, why did you send her away in the first place?"

"If you truly wanted what was best for her, why didn't you ask her opinion beforehand?"

"Xiao Xiao isn't a child anymore. She can make her own judgments and think for herself."

"What you did has broken her heart." The Meng family's ancestor spoke helplessly.

"Ancestor, what good does it do to say all this now?"

"It's already happened. What can I possibly do about it?" The Meng Family Head was in such low spirits that he failed to mind his tone when speaking to his ancestor.

The Meng family's ancestor didn't take offense. Instead, he advised, "It's good to value the family's interests, but don't you think something is missing between our Meng family and the Chen family?"

Something was missing?

"Ancestor, I don't understand what you mean."

"Affection. There's too little warmth in our Meng family..."

Putting the family first and prioritizing its interests wasn't a mistake. But if you pursued nothing but profit and completely cast aside family ties, you would become a heap of loose sand.

The moment those interests