The room fell silent.
Lu Wan and Gu Le exchanged a glance.
The expressions on both women's faces had long since shifted from their initial worry to shock.
Neither had imagined that something like this would stir such fierce pride in Yang Fan.
This man... seemed far prouder than either of them had imagined.
In fact, both Gu Le's and Lu Wan's marriage agreements with Yang Fan had explicitly stipulated ownership of their premarital assets.
This was an extremely common standard clause in upper-class marriages.
Never mind the Yang Group—even if Yang Fan personally sank into a mire of debt after a failed investment, neither woman's assets would be implicated.
That was why both women had been deeply shocked to learn that Yang Fan had invested over eight hundred trillion Divinity Points.
They simply could not imagine... how much pressure Yang Fan was under now.
And yet, just as they were preparing to help, Yang Fan had taken the initiative to keep them out of this storm.
My problems are mine to solve.
I'll never rely on my wives.
Was he really a live-in son-in-law?
In the Five Great Families, both men and women used marriage to draw in talented outsiders with enormous potential.
And among those who became sons-in-law or daughters-in-law of the Five Great Families, who didn't spend their days trying every possible means to obtain more resources from the person sharing their bed?
There was nothing particularly blameworthy about that.
After all, it was an investment to begin with.
I give you resources now and help you grow; once you truly find your footing in the future, you repay me in turn.
Both sides got what they needed.
But someone like Yang Fan... who still flatly refused even after his wives had volunteered to help...
Was practically